Teclast P98 9.6inch 3G root / adjust storage

sinners007

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I bought a Teclast P98 3G 9.6" tablet - it comes with 32GB internal memory but the memory has been partitioned by the manufacturer (2GB for apps / 24GB for media - the rest is the Android OS) - that means I can only use approx 2GB internal memory for apps - a few apps later and it's full. The remaining internal memory can only be used as storage for media.

I've been told I need to root the device & then change the internal memory partition, Any guides / thoughts on how to do this? Thanks in advance.
 
You could add an external Micro SdCard - Kit Kat should allow you to install Apps to one. If you upgraded it to Lollipop you may - just may -- get an opportunity to choose your own partitioning, or even none.
 

sinners007

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Thanks for your reply. The device comes with lollipop installed - and whilst some apps (and some parts of apps) can be move to the SD card, most apps remain on the internal memory and it gets full really quickly.
 
There is an App that can help with installing Apps to the SdCard but even its own advertising warns you things can go wrong.

Start off by going into Settings>More and tap About Device seven times to invoke Developer Options. You'll see a message telling you're now a developer. Go into that menu and tick USB Debugging which means it can be visible to a Windows system.

Then you can root the device but that could invalidate your Warranty and possibly break some terms of the contract with your service provider. KingoRoot not Kingroot) is the best in my view and you download that into a Windows system and work it as a exe file once the device is connected through USB.

Once rooted, find APP2SD in the Play Store and read what it has to say about the possibilities of it all going wrong. I've used it twice but the decision is yours.
 

AIVASPERN

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P98(M1A5) Emmc internal memory resized to 6GB
japanese only
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/qe_epjo_oj/66033911.html


P98 3G (M1A5)-Android5.1-V1.02-36B8.rar
https://pan.baidu.com/s/1nvbBPJN

6580_Android_scatter.txt
It rewrites the following parts

- partition_index: SYS21
partition_name: userdata
file_name: userdata.img
is_download: true
type: EXT4_IMG
linear_start_addr: 0x7a800000
physical_start_addr: 0x7a800000
partition_size:0x180000000
region: EMMC_USER
storage: HW_STORAGE_EMMC
boundary_check: true
is_reserved: false
operation_type: UPDATE
reserve: 0x00

- partition_index: SYS22
partition_name: intsd
file_name: NONE
is_download: false
type: EXT4_IMG
linear_start_addr: 0x1fa800000
physical_start_addr: 0x1fa800000
partition_size: 0x0
region: EMMC_USER
storage: HW_STORAGE_EMMC
boundary_check: true
is_reserved: false
operation_type: INVISIBLE
reserve: 0x00

- partition_index: SYS23
partition_name: flashinfo
file_name: NONE
is_download: false
type: NORMAL_ROM
linear_start_addr: 0x1FFFF0084
physical_start_addr:0x1FFFF0084
partition_size: 0x1000000
region: EMMC_USER
storage: HW_STORAGE_EMMC
boundary_check: false
is_reserved: true
operation_type: RESERVED
reserve: 0x00

- partition_index: SYS24
partition_name: sgpt
file_name: NONE
is_download: false
type: NORMAL_ROM
linear_start_addr: 0x1FFFF0004
physical_start_addr: 0x1FFFF0004
partition_size: 0x80000
region: EMMC_USER
storage: HW_STORAGE_EMMC
boundary_check: false
is_reserved: true
operation_type: RESERVED
reserve: 0x00


A rewrite of 6580_Android_scatter.txt
https://mega.nz/#!ZdEFzCwa!UVLheMbPBptKpCdHghfPjQ5NJfs00ivzQlhZTG-qLZM

Rewrite folder name of the Chinese to the English folder names

Start
升级程序.exe

format download

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