Help .alog files

[mroyal43]

The lucky thing about the triumph is that it cones basically rooted, with a sudo such binary in xbin and they left the system being mounted as read/write in the kernel so even without rooting this phone with like gingerbreak or something, you can gain root access from a terminal emulator and can delete those log files like that!

So my Triumph is bordering on unusable due to something taking up about 90% of my internal memory. If I want to see if it's the log files, what would be my next step? I downloaded a terminal emulator, but don't know how to navigate to the proper place to delete the log files.

Also, are there any log files that should not be deleted? Any possible side-effects from randomly deleting log files?

Thanks!

 

[perfectstranger]

So my Triumph is bordering on unusable due to something taking up about 90% of my internal memory. If I want to see if it's the log files, what would be my next step? I downloaded a terminal emulator, but don't know how to navigate to the proper place to delete the log files.

Also, are there any log files that should not be deleted? Any possible side-effects from randomly deleting log files?

Thanks!

I'm no pro, but this is how I rooted my Triumph and delete the log files.

Root:
- Taken from article with link that no longer works - Prepaid Androids | PrepaidAndroids.net
- Can not vouch for the 'unroot' portion because I haven't done it

Step 1: Download Android Terminal Emulator from the market.

Step 2: Open up the Emulator and type in sudo, you should get the # symbol.

Step 3: Type in the following code:
ln -s /system/xbin/sudo /system/bin/su
ln -s /system/xbin/sudo /system/xbin/su

Step 4: Reboot and you should have root access. NOTE: This will not install busybox, so if you wish to have busybox you will have to install it from the market or manually. This just provides you with root access.

To unroot using this method you just open the emulator and type sudo then type this:
rm -rf /system/bin/su
rm -rf /system/xbin/su

Delete files:
I do it manually using a file explorer (File Expert).
The log files are located in device's internal data directory.
See b_randon14's long post above for the files to delete.

So simple that even I can do it!

 

[MCPhotographer]

I deleted some of the alof files that were taking up space. Some of my apps won't connect to the internet now. Have to assume the deletions and immediate inability to connect are directly related.

 

[OverByter]

Not if you deleted what was posted above, as stated they are simply log files of system events. Absolutely nothing to do with your Internet connection.

 

[MCPhotographer]

Well something went whacky. I ended up unrooting and rerooting and that solved the problem.

 

[mykylc]

Can all of the alog files be deleted including alog_system, alog_radio?

 

[mykylc]

And can pmlog.log, pmlog.log.1, pmlog.log.2, etc. be deleted as well. My God, I have never seen so many log files that just keep getting bigger and bigger in time.

 

[MikeRL]

You can delete them or get a custom ROM. Everything but HDMI works on MTDEV CM7. I know of no other solution.

 

[prrep]

I'm just quoting what a previous post mentioned,I can't remember who it was,but all you need to do to stop the memory loss is delete the (.alog) files then reboot your phone & go back to the same .alog files & they will be a lot smaller in size then just remove all the permissions for each (.alog) file & they will never grow again more than a few kbs.Of course you have to be rooted & use a file manager like Esfile explore.This worked for me.Never had to worry about these files ever growing again.Like I said I take no credit for this brilliant idea,I'm just sharing it.Most likely the op has moved on like myself.

 

[thangfish]

I've posted that for people a number of times.
It's simple and it works for those who want to run stock ROM for whatever reason.

I think maybe it should be a sticky, judging by all the new posts that continue asking for a solution to the killer, phone eating alog files.