2015-03-06 23:49:45 +00:00
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created: 2012-11-11 00:29:15 +0100
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2022-01-23 17:14:59 +00:00
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language: en
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redirect_to: https://blog.mbirth.de/archives/2012/11/11/duplicate-files-in-dataapp-asec.html
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2015-03-06 23:49:45 +00:00
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2022-01-23 17:14:59 +00:00
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- know-how
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- software
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- android
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title: Duplicate files in /data/app-asec/
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updated: 2012-11-11 00:29:29 +0100
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2015-03-06 23:49:45 +00:00
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2022-01-23 17:14:59 +00:00
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2015-03-06 23:49:45 +00:00
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On Jelly Bean, using FX with root, I noticed duplicate files in /data/app-asec/, e.g.:
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* `com.disney.WMW-1.asec` (56,9 MB)
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* `com.disney.WMW-2.asec` (56,9 MB)
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It looks like one is obsolete and consuming almost 60MB.
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So I deleted the older ones of the duplicates and also renamed all files to have the suffix `-1`.
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After a reboot, some apps were not working. The launcher showed a "app is not installed" message.
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After some more research, I found the file `/data/system/packages.xml` which contains lines like these:
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{% highlight xml %}
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<package name="com.disney.WMW" codePath="/mnt/asec/com.disney.WMW-2/pkg.apk" resourcePath="/mnt/asec/com.disney.WMW-2/res.zip" nativeLibraryPath="/mnt/asec/com.disney.WMW-2/lib" flags="0" ft="13ab353ea00" it="13484d822a3" ut="13ab3547873" version="16" userId="10214" installer="com.android.vending">
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{% endhighlight %}
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So I changed these lines to read `com.disney.WMW-1` and after one more reboot, all apps worked again. AND I had **500MB more free space**.
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