Android workaround for the NFS Most Wanted "not enough free space" problem

Ok guys, so i decided to play NFS Most Wanted on my new device (LG L Fino) so i installed from market and started the app.. Ok BUT as many of you i was facing the "Not enough memory on device,clear up some memory to proceed" message. So i got angry and decided to see if there is a workaround of the problem. Well generally the problem itself is that my device (like many others) uses ONE memory chip which is split into TWO 4GB parts, the first is system only, and the second is user- accessible, BUT 2GB of that "user space" are flooded by system junk and bloatware etc etc.. So all you have left in the so-called Emulated SD is actually some 2 gigabytes which (AGAIN) have some 1gb used by another system junks - that leaves you with 1gb to use which is not sufficient in any way, when you want to install NFS Nost Wanted, because when you start the app first time it asks you to download some 2055mb's game data and says you have 0mb free on device, when the actuall gamedata size is only 670mb.. So i found this workaround and i decided to share right away.. Enough dumbtalk - lets get to business:



Prerequisites:

ROOT IS A MUST HAVE FOR THIS JOB!!!

Install RAR app from rarlabs (search on google play)

Install ES File Explorer

Install NFS Most Wanted from google play

Make sure of having at least 700mb free on internal mem.



Lets start.

First open ES File explorer and turn Root Explorer "on"

Then navigate to root/data/app and find a file named " com.ea.games.nfs13_na-1.apk "

Now COPY that file to the root of your ext SD (for the sakes of easy navigation)

Next click and hold on the file till you have it marked then from the popup menu (right lower corner) choose "Open as" (not extract) then choose "ES Archive manager" and once inside, navigate to /assets/downloadcontent .

There you will find a file named: "config.properties"

Copy that to the root of you ext SD and open it with text editor.

what you need is to find the two lines that read



TOTAL_SPACE_MB=2055

# TOTAL_SPACE_MB_MIN=440



and edit them to look like this:



TOTAL_SPACE_MB=0205

# TOTAL_SPACE_MB_MIN=044



Now close the file and save the changes.



Next open the RAR app and navigate to the root of your ext SD then click and hold the edited text file till a menu pops up, select "Copy to buffer"

Then click and hold at the apk file, select "Open as archive" (NOT EXTRACT!) and again navigate through assets/downloadcontent, then click and hold on a random file and from the popup menu select Paste, it should ask you if you want to overwrite, choose YES and close RAR.

Final step is to open ES File Explorer again, navigate to root of ext SD, COPY the now edited APK then navigate to root and /data/app and PASTE. Select YES to overwrite file.

Now click and hold the apk one last time, and from the popup menu (lower right corner) choose "Properties"

Right next to "Permissions" there should be a button named "Change" go ahead and push the button. Now you have to fix those permissions, you should see 9 checkboxes. CHECK the three ones that are underneath "Read" and check ONLY the topmost thats underneath "Write". ALL OTHER HAVE TO BE UNCHECKED!

it should now look like this:



.......................Read.........Write......... Execute

Owner:........(*)...............(*)............... ....( )

.

Group:.........(*)................( )...................( )

.

Others:........(*)................( )...................( )



Click Ok, close ES File explorer, run game, download 650mb gamedata and have fun :) (optional is when you download gamedata to use app like GL to SD)

if you mess up the process, start over-rinse-repeat

I hope i helped someone and if yes please feel free to hit thanks button ( no it doesn't bite) :)

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