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T-Mobile Dash wm6 to 6.1

I have a quick question - I downloaded an image of WM 6.1.4 Standard from Microsoft. Can that be used somehow to flash my T-Mobile Dash to a 6.1 device? There are 4 different existing ROMs here, and I'm unsure which to use. I don't want to get any customizations, just a straight out WM6.1 for T-Mobile dash, IE (not Opera), and all standard apps (though extra games and weather app would be nice).
Thanks,
James

jjohnson1701 said:
I have a quick question - I downloaded an image of WM 6.1.4 Standard from Microsoft. Can that be used somehow to flash my T-Mobile Dash to a 6.1 device? There are 4 different existing ROMs here, and I'm unsure which to use. I don't want to get any customizations, just a straight out WM6.1 for T-Mobile dash, IE (not Opera), and all standard apps (though extra games and weather app would be nice).
Thanks,
James
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If you're just looking for a basic 6.1 I would suggest v24 vanilla. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=397845
A nice weather app. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=403343
Games and emulators for dash.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395743

Is there any real difference in Vanilla vs. his WWE version?

jjohnson1701 said:
Is there any real difference in Vanilla vs. his WWE version?
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I'm not sure All I know is that vanilla is the basic version of the v24 with nothing extra added. I'm running v24 no opera, but I found myself adding opera afterwards. Opera kicks PIE's ass

jjohnson1701 said:
Is there any real difference in Vanilla vs. his WWE version?
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They are all WWE "World Wide English"
Just answered in the other post you made?
roloracer hit nail on head if u go for Kavana Ricky Remade i'd go for Vanilla as a lighter ROM, the other thing i'd do is the pagepool tweak so as it's 4.5MB as you don't notice a difference in speed in these ROMs but can get an extra 7-8MBish RAM
If you want to do the pagepool the file is in RoseRom Remade thread post 2.

I just got WM6.1 installed using Vanilla. Will I still need to get the t9 updated as well?
I'm going to re-flash in a bit after changing the pagepool. The weather app is going to be there also. Where can I change the clock style? I'm not a fan of the LED style. I kind of like the classic look there (and it's easier for me to read).

jjohnson1701 said:
I just got WM6.1 installed using Vanilla. Will I still need to get the t9 updated as well?
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If you want to make sure that the symbols on your keyboard match.

odd - NRG weather caused a few programs to crash. The top bar doesn't show up on the Today screen, the top bar clock is gone, and the scrolling is slower now.

jjohnson1701 said:
odd - NRG weather caused a few programs to crash. The top bar doesn't show up on the Today screen, the top bar clock is gone, and the scrolling is slower now.
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1. did you install on the storage card?
2. did you get the bj2 instead of the regular?

I don't have any storage card installed...I put it on the actual phone. I went with the third link, for 'any' phone ("Regular version for any device, without the monitor"). I did the pagepool change to 4 5 0, and the top bar is no longer there on the bare today screen, but on every other screen...odd. Curiouser is that when I did another flash without changing the pagepool, it's back.

jjohnson1701 said:
I don't have any storage card installed...I put it on the actual phone. I went with the third link, for 'any' phone ("Regular version for any device, without the monitor").
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Ok, I don't know why this is happening, I've been using this weather app for about 6 months and never had a problem . Ok, set up your weather options for your area (zip code) and reboot your phone, and see what happens.

jjohnson1701 said:
I don't have any storage card installed...I put it on the actual phone. I went with the third link, for 'any' phone ("Regular version for any device, without the monitor"). I did the pagepool change to 4 5 0, and the top bar is no longer there on the bare today screen, but on every other screen...odd.
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I don't use pagepool, you gonna have to ask stylez on that.

as for the installation, just want to make sure I get that right, so that can be eliminated as a problem. Which directory on the device should I copy it into, then install?

John,
Have no idea why yout Top icons didn't show but here are pics one of the ammount of RAM "bare in mind total fresh install, no sim" and the other to show home screen with no issues regarding topbar.
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Here is RUU_signed.nbh with a preset 4.5 pagepool.

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as for the installation, just want to make sure I get that right, so that can be eliminated as a problem. Which directory on the device should I copy it into, then install?
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Your documents folder is fine, install on the device. where did you have it?

Brand new TILT 2- very Slooow internet access.

I'm in NY and new to WinMo. I just got the Tilt 2 and at first the internet pages came surprisely fast. But now either they don't load at all or take an unbeareable time. Regardless if I use Wifi or 3G (I've never seen the 'H' )
BTW windows live imported 500 contacts. could that be the reason for the problem?
I ned help with a couple of less serious problems:
- The default clock is gone and now it is plain text. How I get it back?
- Where I find what programs are running in the background, because I'm runing out of memory.
- How I import my contacts from Razr V3 (The original) into my New Tilt 2.
- Is there a way to add multile contacts into the favorites at once? One at a time takes for ever.
- Is there an official Sense UI update?
Thanks in advance.

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I'm in NY and new to WinMo. I just got the Tilt 2 and at first the internet pages came surprisely fast. But now either they don't load at all or take an unbeareable time. Regardless if I use Wifi or 3G (I've never seen the 'H' )
BTW windows live imported 500 contacts. could that be the reason for the problem?
I ned help with a couple of less serious problems:
- The default clock is gone and now it is plain text. How I get it back?
- Where I find what programs are running in the background, because I'm runing out of memory.
- How I import my contacts from Razr V3 (The original) into my New Tilt 2.
- Is there a way to add multile contacts into the favorites at once? One at a time takes for ever.
- Is there an official Sense UI update?
Thanks in advance.
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Most people on here would probably scold you and set you on fire , and tell you to use the search features (which half the time are not the best results) But I appreciate this site and remember all the help it's ever brought me, so i try to help out when i can to return the favor ! So I will try to give you the best advice I can. It's been awhile since I had my razor, I too had the original.
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Problems:
- internet pages came surprisely fast.
just be sure to clear your history, it's just like on your Computer, it builds up and slows it down, so you have to clear it out. if you're using IE go to Menu/Tools/options/Browsing History You will find Temp Files , cookies, history. Clear the desired ones you'd like to clear. probably similar with other browsers.
- The default clock is gone and now it is plain text. How I get it back?
I use SPB Mobile Shell instead of Sense/Touch Flo, some people don't like it, but it really has changed over the last year or two, and I Love It and it's totally customizable. Anyways I'd have to look to figure out your clock problem and i'm at work so I'm not gonna do that right now, Sorry.
- Where I find what programs are running in the background, because I'm runing out of memory.
just use your task manager in the top right hand corner, also to free up alot of memory and make it more responsive and faster, delete all the bloatware, here is a link and list for those items to be removed, you will love the results.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=UninstallingTilt2Software
- How I import my contacts from Razr V3 (The original) into my New Tilt 2.
unfortunately by hand I'm afraid , or if you could get Motorola Phone Tools , you could use that to get all the numbers off of there , but you'd have to copy and paste into your outlook.
- Is there a way to add multile contacts into the favorites at once? One at a time takes for ever.
I don't think there is, but I don't use sense like I said, so there might be a way, just keep searching
- Is there an official Sense UI update?
again I may be wrong , but I think the only way to get a newer version of the sense is with a new custom rom .
Anyways I hope these helped you out a little, and let me know if you have anymore questions !

Pinguino1 said:
- The default clock is gone and now it is plain text. How I get it back?
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Are you talking about the default "flip-clock" on the home tab? Is it just small numbers now, and moved up near the top of the screen? If so, just swipe your finger down the middle of the screen, top-to-bottom, and that should bring the flip-tiles back.
If that's not the issue, give us a few more details (or a screenshot if possible...use MyMobiler), and we'll go from there.

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Are you talking about the default "flip-clock" on the home tab? Is it just small numbers now, and moved up near the top of the screen? If so, just swipe your finger down the middle of the screen, top-to-bottom, and that should bring the flip-tiles back.
If that's not the issue, give us a few more details (or a screenshot if possible...use MyMobiler), and we'll go from there.
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Oh yeah I forgot about that one, HaHa so simple, but like i said i don't use the Sense/touchflo3d !

BTW windows live imported 500 contacts. could that be the reason for the problem?
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Are you using memory card for storage ? if not get one,
if you are using At&T here is a cab that might fix your issues..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1590643&postcount=4

Pinguino1 said:
- How I import my contacts from Razr V3 (The original) into my New Tilt 2.
Thanks in advance.
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As long as the razor takes a sim card, just copy to sim and then put sim in your Tilt 2 and copy them over. Or am I missing something lol j\k

@ bwnotredame06, sirphunky, F2504x4, zelendel,
Wow! Thanks to all, I knew my concerns were really basic but your generosity is appreciated beyond what I expected.
I'm following each advice, even the stupid swipe down to get the clock back. I'm embarrased.
The only one that would not work is to copy to the sim card because it would erase all the details and leave only the numbers. I will sync the V3 to outlook (after I clean my outlook 5 contact list over 1500 numbers) and sync my Tilt with outlook.
BTW I have and 8 GB microsd, I will check the link to better use the additiopnal storage.

Pinguino1 said:
@ bwnotredame06, sirphunky, F2504x4, zelendel,
Wow! Thanks to all, I knew my concerns were really basic but your generosity is appreciated beyond what I expected.
I'm following each advice, even the stupid swipe down to get the clock back. I'm embarrased.
The only one that would not work is to copy to the sim card because it would erase all the details and leave only the numbers. I will sync the V3 to outlook (after I clean my outlook 5 contact list over 1500 numbers) and sync my Tilt with outlook.
BTW I have and 8 GB microsd, I will check the link to better use the additiopnal storage.
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On the clock been there done that ...welcome to the duh club
on the storage card, be sure to check the camera settings ,email attachments so that they are saving to card..
FYI i created a folder called Tilt2 cabs to store all my cab files, makes it easier to re-install if need be..
as for the help, anytime

SD Card Issue

I bought a 32gb SD card for my Epic as I really need the space!
So I took my 16gb card, plugged it into my laptop, copied all the files to a folder and removed it.
I put the 32gb SD card into my phone, formatted it, removed it, plugged it into my laptop, dragged all the files onto it, removed it, put it back in my Epic and none of the apps that were on my SD card will run.
The Epic shows the massive amount of storage from the card, but it simply will not run any of the apps on the card.
Did I miss a step? Did I do something wrong? Can anyone offer any advice?
This is driving me crazy so any help is appreciated!
Thanks!

use a backup app?
Maybe if you use titanium backup or mybackup pro to make a backup of apks and data; copy all to the 32, pop it in and then restore the backup, there may be some other info that tells android where to find the apps and their data.
good luck

I just got a 32 card as well to replace my 16, did the same steps you just described and it never missed a step. All apps working normally. Can u explore android secure and see that they are in there. I know on some custom roms every so often, the system wldnt load the sd card properly. It wld show the apps as installed in app mnager, but wld be grayd out as if the card was removed. That was on eb13 and eco5 roms. I shld note I did the sd card switch while running hurricane eh17 gingerbread. Sorry, this is probly not anything helpful.
P.s. Most often had the loading issue when I had a ton of apps on the sd card.

I've tried everything I can think of and nothing seems to work. I even found this awesome free service called Tonido & tried that...no go.
When I put it in my phone it shows that 29 point something gb of storage is there so the phone is recognizing the size of the memory...but apparently the files aren't showing up on the SD card even though they are there. All that shows up in the app drawer are the apps stored on the internal phone storage. This is really frustrating. I really need some help with this

I would try app backup and reinstall or app backup reinstall.
They scan the sd card and show what you have and you can reinstall. Never tried titanium. So dont know if that works or not.
Best of Luck....Let us Know!!
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Backing up is Very Very Important. No Matter the Case. Anyone, even Rooters and Developers will tell you that.
Sure at any point and time, not everyone, but Most have forgot.

Check your 32gb card folders if nothing inside 0kb then you have faulty card mean not truly 32gb but a lot less.
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There's an app on the market that rescans your sd for you. Can't remember what its called and chances r it won't help it find the apps, but its worth a shot. Sd scan, or sd rescan, something like that.
If you go into settings, apps, manage apps, are these apps showing up there either?
Also, if u put the old card back in, do they come back?

I ended up buying My Backup Pro and it worked for the most part. I backed up everything online, swapped SD cards and "restored" to the 32gb card. A few photos & videos wouldn't back up. I'm also having some incredibly annoying issues with Beautiful Widgets. I have uninstalled & installed several times but it doesn't fix.
All my apps, data, pictures, vids, etc are still on the old SD card. Hopefully I can figure out how to take the BW stuff from the old SD card & get it to the new one.
Thanks all for helping me out.

Try "fancy widgets". I like it better than beatiful widgets. Tho, I don't think it has much more than weather, clock, and battery widgets. Some sexy skins available for it

SMF80 said:
Try "fancy widgets". I like it better than beatiful widgets. Tho, I don't think it has much more than weather, clock, and battery widgets. Some sexy skins available for it
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The only issue there is that I paid for BW a long time ago. The standard skin works but none of the other ones will. Sucks.

I just don't get it.
My 16gb card has 14.73gb of space used. Which is why I bought a 32gb card.
I put every single folder, file, etc on there AGAIN (folder by folder this time) and my card still doesn't show all the files being on there. This tells me that for some reason that data isn't being recognized by the phone?
I can't believe I'm the first person that's ever encountered this issue!
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Sorry mang. The only thing i can suggest is returning the card for a new one if its not too much of a hassle. I had similar trouble with my second 16gb card and i gave up and got a new one. If no one (who actually knows what they are talking about) checks in here, try reposting under a different description. Good luck
I dont know if this is possible, but since it says 29 total and 26 still available, and you were transferring over 14 gigs to it, maybe the card isnt even close to a 32gig and is just reporting that it is.

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Sorry mang. The only thing i can suggest is returning the card for a new one if its not too much of a hassle. I had similar trouble with my second 16gb card and i gave up and got a new one. If no one (who actually knows what they are talking about) checks in here, try reposting under a different description. Good luck
I dont know if this is possible, but since it says 29 total and 26 still available, and you were transferring over 14 gigs to it, maybe the card isnt even close to a 32gig and is just reporting that it is.
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I think the only conclusion is that the card is corrupted in some way. It's the only explanation. The 16gb card is working fine...there's just no room on it!
Guess I have to return it and get another.

Internal memory issue on CM11

I've Googled this to death and can't find what is wrong. Apparently my system is taking up 10gb of memory, but I've gone through every logcat folder and other folders and can't figure out what the problem is.
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Nobody? I'd really appreciate any help!
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Nobody? I'd really appreciate any help!
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seems like you just have alot of apps installed to me

1.22gb? It says my total space is 12.05gb. That leaves 10+gb unaccounted for.
The second image shows my system data as taking 10+ gb. Why would that be.
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radrobe said:
1.22gb? It says my total space is 12.05gb. That leaves 10+gb unaccounted for.
The second image shows my system data as taking 10+ gb. Why would that be.
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Honestly I've been having internal and external issues with storage and cm11.
It's really odd how it's acting, but for me it's adjusting stuff IE removeing, adding folders I have to re-scan the storage be it internal or external...to even get things to notice....that or a reboot. Moving files from microsd to internal and/or back result in stalling out or not moving when it says it does move it, again re-scan seems to help at times when it says it moved it, but with the stalls it just hangs forever and never does anything.
I've had this with multiple Cm11 revisions, so I am leaning to KK being the culprit.
I keep looking around and can't really find MUCH at all on this sd card issues, but I have seen a few.
I have three 32GB class 10, a 16gb class 4, a 8gb class 6 and class 4.......every card has the exact same issue. So it's not releated to class or size.
I will however add CM1 does NOT like 32gb cards, as when I boot up it has a loop that keeps saying "sdcard removed unexpectidly......remounting sdcard" and it will loop like that indefinately until I go into storage settings. I don't have to touch any settings jsut enter it and it stops. After I exit out, it's fine until I acess the sdcard again and it acts all wonky again. It oesn't always loop, somtimes it jsut dones't see the cahnges made, but a lot of times it will then loop into the same "sdcard removed unexpectidly......remounting sdcard" loop, until I again enter the storage settings, and then stops again.
I'm surprised there aren't more posts about this.

easyrider77 said:
Honestly I've been having internal and external issues with storage and cm11.
It's really odd how it's acting, but for me it's adjusting stuff IE removeing, adding folders I have to re-scan the storage be it internal or external...to even get things to notice....that or a reboot. Moving files from microsd to internal and/or back result in stalling out or not moving when it says it does move it, again re-scan seems to help at times when it says it moved it, but with the stalls it just hangs forever and never does anything.
I've had this with multiple Cm11 revisions, so I am leaning to KK being the culprit.
I keep looking around and can't really find MUCH at all on this sd card issues, but I have seen a few.
I have three 32GB class 10, a 16gb class 4, a 8gb class 6 and class 4.......every card has the exact same issue. So it's not releated to class or size.
I will however add CM1 does NOT like 32gb cards, as when I boot up it has a loop that keeps saying "sdcard removed unexpectidly......remounting sdcard" and it will loop like that indefinately until I go into storage settings. I don't have to touch any settings jsut enter it and it stops. After I exit out, it's fine until I acess the sdcard again and it acts all wonky again. It oesn't always loop, somtimes it jsut dones't see the cahnges made, but a lot of times it will then loop into the same "sdcard removed unexpectidly......remounting sdcard" loop, until I again enter the storage settings, and then stops again.
I'm surprised there aren't more posts about this.
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I don't get it either. Last night, I completely wiped my system and data, reinstalled fresh, and no effect.
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radrobe said:
I don't get it either. Last night, I completely wiped my system and data, re-installed fresh, and no effect.
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Just a suggestion, and not sure if you did it this particular way or not, but sometimes I have to do it this way........instead of the normal "wipe" this and that, go to mounts section and format the areas....then do a wipe like normal. Make doubly sure you pull the sdcard though then it doesn't get wiped....I accidentally wiped all mine heh, good thing I had it all backed up on the pc.
Seems like no one has a solution for the sdcard issues I've read about and seen, that or else everyone is like REALLLLY busy, because forums irc chat, and online searches are like dead, can't get a rise out of anyone right now. If so it'd still be nice to get a "hrmm, I'm not sure" or a "how bout you just piss off" or a solutions or some kinda answer, even a... would at least show me people have read the post.
I just got cm11 back on.
I was using root browser before, but decided to look into this issue. I figured I'd start with a different explorer app so I tried ES File Explorer, but that didn't let me do root stuff, I'd hit root where there is suppose to be a menu under that, but it just went directly back to the folders I was in, so there was really no way to get r/w or root access or permissions. After looking at some forums I came across one that said try Solid Explorer out. I of coarse was leery and reluctant to try it, because I have been using root explorer for SO long.....just like the transition from ES FIle Explorer to root explorer, I was the same way with that transition, I always like to stick with what works, so going to something new and moving on, it really hard to do at times.
Well I finally took the plunge and went for it, and found out I don't have the issues I did before, everything works fine.....things seems to refresh/re-scan fine, and update to see the latest changes I have done, file transfer works good, everything jsut works.
So it seems it's not KK after all as I had first thought.....it was root explorer.
Evidently root explorer and ES have not modified or updated to work correctly with KK. That or else it's just this particular phone/model (Samsung S3 SPH-L710), but I really don't see it being that.
So all that being said, maybe try that out....it's free too, that's just the icing on the cake . It's actually a nice file explorer.

It's definitely not a file Explorer issue. Updates have not made this issue go away. Anyone else have insight into this?
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I would also like to figure out what is going on. Even when I plug my phone into my computer to look at files, there is hardly anything there, but it says i only have 230 MB left of storage on my 11GB internal drive. My apps take up 1.5 GB, pics 35 MB and everything else is just a few MB, yet I lost about 10GB of internal space. I can't even shoot a video on my phone since it only saves to internal drive and I don't have much space left.
Will someone please advise as to the best thing to fix this (I will admit, I am a bit of a noob)

Hi, new on the forum for the Tab 2 10.1, facing same memory issues as mentioned.
Currently on the latest CM 11 nighlty.
Would there be an update on this topic and how to solve?
txs!

[TUT] How to get rid of automatically created .Thumbnails folder

Hello, I was going through a very serious problem since days. When we have few pics in Albums, it creates cache for those pics in memory qith folder name .thumbnails
Sometimes the size of these cache is more than 1.5GB+.
This is a big issue for devices like Xperia M, with very low internal memory.
So i got a way to solve this.
For that, you will need ES File Explorer. No root is needed for this.
You have to do is follow these instructions.
1. Open ES File Explorer.
2. Make the hidden files viewable.
3. Go to DCIM folder.
4. You'll see thumbails folder, delete it.
5. Now create new file and name it as ".thumbnails" without quote.
And you are done.
Click on "Thanks" is important before going to make this thing work. :beer:

Are you aware that despite reporting 1.5GB+ size, this folder takes only 30-40MB of your storage, right? It's an issue with the stock Album app that makes the database file size displaying incorrectly, replacing the stock version with an updated version in /system/app fixed that for me...
Also, preventing the folder being created cause a big performance loss in the Album app, since it'll always regenerate the thumbnails when you open the app, but after your guide the thumbnails won't be saved, so it'll do this all the time...

And additional info regeneration of the thumbnails every time you open album will cause more battery drain as it will increase the cpu load
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Well, this will be helpful for unrooted 4.1 XM single phones who are running on very lesser internal memory.
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Are you sure that the cache won't just be created again?
If the answer is yes, rather than the "how to", i would be interested to know why you think that it is a good idea to completely get rid of .thumbnails...

stamatis said:
Are you sure that the cache won't just be created again?
If the answer is yes, rather than the "how to", i would be interested to know why you think that it is a good idea to completely get rid of .thumbnails...
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Yes, I'm sure.
Im using it, and the cache folder will be gone for life and about battery life, how much battery life it should take? Very few, we worry about memory and not battery.
People gone foolish here.
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StraightEdgeKid said:
...how much battery life it should take? Very few, we worry about memory and not battery.
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I don't have a SD Card, but I have around 300-400 photos in the internal storage, in that case the battery loss will be noticeable (I tested your tutorial to measure and I lost 2% of my battery every time it regenerated the thumbnails). Also, the phone will get hot and laggy while regenerating the thumbnails, and it'll do this every time you use the Album app or the Photos widget. In that case I still prefer wasting around 30-40MB with the thumbnails folder than having the phone getting hot and laggy every time I need to access the gallery

Camera photos stored on MicroSD card.
Having the photos taken by the camera stored directly to the microSD card is not an option? [pause for effect]
I have a 64GB SanDisk Extreme, so it's faster than writing to internal storage anyway.
On 64GB nobody cares about a few indexing cache files...
In the Camera go to settings and change Data storage to SD card.
Basic 32GB Class10 MicroSD cards are cheap as chips these days.

No, camera can save in the SD Card normally, I just didn't buy a SD Card yet. My point is that even if you don't have a SD Card, the internal space you get freed by doing this tutorial (around 30-40MB) isn't worth because of the problems it causes (laggy gallery, phone getting hot, increased battery drain, etc)...

And here's a picture...
mbc07 said:
No, camera can save in the SD Card normally,
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Sweet, I'm just so happy my stock 15.1.C.2.8 XPERIA C1905 ROM is different from everyone else then.
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You can move pictures, music and videos to SD card too via:
Settings -> storage -> Transfer data to SD card (under Miscellaneous).
This is a reactive process task as it doesn't proactively move stuff as you can do with a lot of applications and the camera via settings.
But handy to have when one wants to do an internal data cleanup to free up what one can of the ~2GB internal storage.

I never said that camera wouldn't let me save in the SD Card, I have the same options you mentioned in my stock 15.2.A.2.5 too. I was referring to the .thumbnails folder, it'll be on your internal storage, and following the OP tutorial you'll permanently disable it, saving a few megabytes from internal storage, but as I said before, these few megabytes you save by following the tutorial aren't worth because of the mentioned side effects the tutorial causes...

mbc07 said:
I never said that camera wouldn't let me save in the SD Card,..
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Ah, sorry my mistake. I had hidden files.."hidden'".
True, you still get thumbnail files in /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/thumbnails/