The present invention relates to a method for managing storage area in a flash memory of a portable radio communication equipment, whereby the flash memory comprises a raw storage section for storing software code and a file system storage section for storing file information, comprising the steps of receiving size information about the size of additional software code or information to be stored in the raw storage section, and allocating free space from the file system storage section to store the additional software code. The present invention further relates to a computer program product and a portable radio communication equipment for performing the method.