market cache on SD

[NFauteux]

here is the coding to set market cache on your SD card instead of internal memory. I know market can take up over 10mb easily. Its basically the same as internet cache but for market files. i will post ones for streetview and maybe youtube if possible.

cd /data/data/com.android.vending
rm -R cache
mkdir /sdcard/cache/marketCache
ln -s /sdcard/cache/marketCache cache


i hope this helps! its working for me! yay my first tutorial that i didnt copy! LOL


as a note, when i did youtube cache, it wouldnt load anything at all. at this point i dont know if its possible but i will keep looking. on to street which i just got working.

cd /data/data/com.google.android.street
rm -R cache
mkdir /sdcard/streetCache
ln -s /sdcard/cache/streetCache cache


if you change the coding the internet cache, then you will have all 3 cache in "cache" folder on SD card

[NFauteux]

hey everyone. thanks for saying thanks to me! I really appreciate it =) . its good to know i am helping someone.

[upinsmokeee]

hey man dont trip its just that the community for the g1 isnt that big yet. But i appreciate your work and hope to seein more in the future !

[NFauteux]

hey man dont trip its just that the community for the g1 isnt that big yet. But i appreciate your work and hope to seein more in the future !

nah im not complaining or anything. i just never saw myself as actually being able to help people

[NFauteux]

just found out that you can do this for imeem music. works after cache link on SD. I will keep posting more. with my market cache on SD, my market is only 52kb internal memory

[Manup456]

I get no such file or directory when i enter rm -R cache is there a reason for this? I tryed on the phone an my p.c i stll get the same thing.

[living_sword]

I get no such file or directory when i enter rm -R cache is there a reason for this? I tryed on the phone an my p.c i stll get the same thing.

you can try a ls -l /data/data/com.android.vending to check if you have a cache folder.

[Manup456]

I did that an got cache,databases,shared_prefs an lib. When i enter mkdir /sdcard/cache/marketCache i get no such file or directory?

[living_sword]

I did that an got cache,databases,shared_prefs an lib. When i enter mkdir /sdcard/cache/marketCache i get no such file or directory?

check the syntax again, you are probably making a typo error.

[sputnik99]

I suppose you need root access for that? nothing with ota RC30?

[NFauteux]

if you type rm -r and there is no such directory, that means it does not exist. when you clear data and cache, it deletes the whole folder, not just the files inside. so if you are missing a directory, just type "mkdir (directoryname)"


also on the SD card, if you were typing :

mkdir /sdcard/cache/marketCache

it is trying to make a folder called "marketCache" on the SD card inside the folder "cache" . If you do not have a cache folder on your memory card, make one first with:

mkdir /sdcard/cache
mkdir /sdcard/cache/marketCache

You do not need to use the same exact folders that i have but having a single folder called cache in the memory cards root is better than having 4 seperate folders called webviewCache, imeemCache, marketCache, and streetCache . I am sorry for my long response time, I just moved and we don't have internet set up yet so i am typing this from my G1.


also if you haven't figured out the "rm -R cache" yet. you have to be in the directory that cache is contained in. an example would be

cd /data/data/com.android.vending
rm -R cache

[Manup456]

O.k i made a folder on my sd,now im a little confused as to what commands need to be put in once i have telnetd my phone a put my ip # in? can you make a list from the first command to the last one. thanks

[NFauteux]

What are you trying to do? Market, imeem, internet, streets? Also for telnet on device, use localhost and port 23. You can also execute the commands through terminal emulator on the device. You need to enter:

su

First and then hit enter. The $ sign should change to a # sign to show that you are now having root access

[Manup456]

What the hell now when i go into market it says No matching content in anroid market? I need my market back how do i get it back an why did this happen?

[Manup456]

O.k I got it marketcache was in a folder named cache an didn't work I used android file manager an cut the marketcache folder out of the cache folder an pasted it on the root of the sd an restarted the phone now it works fine. Internet,market an street all going to my sd now.