Ok this might seem like a total noob question, but please bare with me for a quick sec...
I have a stock 6.5/2.1 TP2 and I somehow ran completely out of internal memory! I couldn't even receive texts. I know I have lots and lots of text messages, about 1000 contacts, and a few emails on my phone, but I have NO media whatsoever stored on the phone. In fact, I only have a couple visible files on the phone that are larger than 1MB. I did delete a bunch of visual voicemails and that got me about 10MB back. I ran a level 3 Clean Ram, message purge, soft reset, all that jazz but I still have less than 11MB left. Where is all my storage space going?!
Anyhoo I did install some programs to my internal memory, but can someone tell me if there's a way to tell which programs are installed to your phone memory and which are installed to your external storage??? That was really my question
U can use "Installed programs" option in SK Tools.
You can check the "\storage card\program files\" folder, and see what's in there; that's the location where programs end up, if they are installed to the storage card.
ridolfo said:
You can check the "\storage card\program files\" folder, and see what's in there; that's the location where programs end up, if they are installed to the storage card.
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darkic said:
U can use "Installed programs" option in SK Tools.
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Thanks guys. I appreciate it!
when installing a program, it should ask you where you would want to install a program, on the device or on your memory card. Install on yoour memory card in order to leave your internal memory available.
dont forget to clear out cache in opera or IE because that takes chunks of internal memory out
marduk79 said:
when installing a program, it should ask you where you would want to install a program, on the device or on your memory card. Install on yoour memory card in order to leave your internal memory available.
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Not allways, some programs bz default installs at internal memory, and some programs are recommanded to install at internal memory......
XERO_Racer said:
dont forget to clear out cache in opera or IE because that takes chunks of internal memory out
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Good idea. I didn't even think of that. I do it all the time for my desktop browser but it never occurred to me to do it on my phone. I cleared my Opera cache and got about 30MB back!
That should hold me over for awhile, at least until I flash my next rom I use my internal memory mostly just for PIM and important apps like Opera.
I remember awhile back, a guy wrote a program that automatically deleted bloatware from stock AT&T rom's. I searched and to my knowledge no one has done the same for T-Mobile or other rom's. Does anyone know of such a program or a method of deleting apps that won't show up in uninstall menus?
darkic said:
Not allways, some programs bz default installs at internal memory, and some programs are recommanded to install at internal memory......
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Thank you for the correction.
a2002cmacg said:
Good idea. I didn't even think of that. I do it all the time for my desktop browser but it never occurred to me to do it on my phone. I cleared my Opera cache and got about 30MB back!
That should hold me over for awhile, at least until I flash my next rom I use my internal memory mostly just for PIM and important apps like Opera.
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There are advanced settings in Opera that allow one to set the cache to the storage card. Do a search.
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I downloaded some apps from the Marketplace. I usually get the cabs online and just install all my programs to the storage card and leave the main storage open. But with Marketplace it seems to install them directly onto the device. Is there a way to change that? To make the Marketplace programs install onto the storage card instead? Apparently...all these apps I've installed have caused the memory to get low. It says I have 13MB available and the phone is running slower than usual. Is there a way to safely move these program files over to the storage card or am I just gonna have to remove them and see if I can't find the cabs online?
Or does anybody know a way to open up more storage/memory ...temporary files, files I don't need that came with the Tilt 2. (Note: I already use ClearTemp and CleanRam)
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I downloaded some apps from the Marketplace. I usually get the cabs online and just install all my programs to the storage card and leave the main storage open. But with Marketplace it seems to install them directly onto the device. Is there a way to change that? To make the Marketplace programs install onto the storage card instead? Apparently...all these apps I've installed have caused the memory to get low. It says I have 13MB available and the phone is running slower than usual. Is there a way to safely move these program files over to the storage card or am I just gonna have to remove them and see if I can't find the cabs online?
Or does anybody know a way to open up more storage/memory ...temporary files, files I don't need that came with the Tilt 2. (Note: I already use ClearTemp and CleanRam)
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There is a Thread on this forum on how to remove some of the ATT Bloat. I was able to free up a bunch of memory 10-20MB.
LINK: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=UninstallingTilt2Software
Or you could also Flash a new ROM.. With a TON of stuff installed, I have 209MB Free Storage
I had Good Results with one called e2 ROM - Also Adds the Weather to the TF3D Home Screen
TRY: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=585403
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I downloaded some apps from the Marketplace. I usually get the cabs online and just install all my programs to the storage card and leave the main storage open. But with Marketplace it seems to install them directly onto the device. Is there a way to change that? To make the Marketplace programs install onto the storage card instead? Apparently...all these apps I've installed have caused the memory to get low. It says I have 13MB available and the phone is running slower than usual. Is there a way to safely move these program files over to the storage card or am I just gonna have to remove them and see if I can't find the cabs online?
Or does anybody know a way to open up more storage/memory ...temporary files, files I don't need that came with the Tilt 2. (Note: I already use ClearTemp and CleanRam)
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You can move the programs to the storage card with SKTools, or re-install them from cabs. I guess Marketplace forces it to Memory.
You might also check your PIE/Opera cache, it can get rather large.
Thanks so much for the advice. Where can I find the PIE/Opera Cache at? What's the path?
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Thanks so much for the advice. Where can I find the PIE/Opera Cache at? What's the path?
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I clear in MemMaid or SKTools myself, but you can do it via the programs themselves.
pie: path: \windows\profiles\guest
Or launch, Menu, Options, Browsing History, Temporary Files highlighted, Clear (soft key)
Opera: path: \windows\opera9\cache
Or again launch Opera, Settings, Privacy, Delete Cache.
You can now specify in Marketplace in options to download to storage card
I have a Sprint Touch Pro 2 with stock WinMO 6.5. Recently when trying to watch youtube vids I get an error stating "Storage Full".
I have a 4GB microSD card that I install most of my stuff on. The onboard memory shows:
OS Memory = 512MB
Total Storage = 192.80 MB
Used Storage = 185.16 MB
Free Storage = 7.65 MB
OS Program Memory = 288 MB
Total Program = 183.18 MB
Used Program = 105.80 MB
Free Program = 77.38 MB
I'm not a techie so I'm not really sure what the difference is between the OS Memory and the OS Program Memory. I've removed some of the programs from the remove program feature under the settings tab. But it hasn't freed up any space. I've soft reset the device and also ran cleanram on setting #3.
What do I need to do to free up space? I used the file explorer to see if I could locate any items bloating my storage space but had no luck.
Anyone?
Total Storage = 192.80 MB
Used Storage = 185.16 MB
Free Storage = 7.65 MB
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theres your problem, you need to delete or uninstall things that are installed to the device, not the storage card, check in My Documents, you might have a lot to delete in there
i noticed when i sync files with my PC using activesync it tends to double up a lot of them every time i sync, so ill have this:
Ringtone.wav
Ringtone (1).wav
Ringtone (1) (1).wav
Ringtone (2).wav
also you can look in program files to see what apps are installed to the device rather than the storage card (look in \Program File\ not \Storage Card\Program Files\)
defaultdotxbe said:
theres your problem, you need to delete or uninstall things that are installed to the device, not the storage card, check in My Documents, you might have a lot to delete in there
i noticed when i sync files with my PC using activesync it tends to double up a lot of them every time i sync, so ill have this:
Ringtone.wav
Ringtone (1).wav
Ringtone (1) (1).wav
Ringtone (2).wav
also you can look in program files to see what apps are installed to the device rather than the storage card (look in \Program File\ not \Storage Card\Program Files\)
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Thats the thing though. My documents really doesn't have much in it. No music, videos, ringtones, etc. There are a few stray files in the "My Documents" root that might total 100k. Is there a specific folder on the "Device" that shows the installed prgrams to internal memory? And if so is it safe to just delete the folders or should I use in uninstall feature of some type?
anything installed to the device will be installed to \Program Files\ and if there is an uninstall option use that, if not it should be ok to delete the folder if you dont use the app, i dont know what all get installed with the stock sprint rom
and on that note, it might not be a bad idea to look into custom roms, i use energy rom myself (also on a sprint TP2)
Well I went into programs files and found a few stray pieces of software that I originally downlaoded via marketplace. These did not show up in the remove prgram area of the setting menu.
I also found a temp directory that had a lot of facebook album photos cached there. That freed up a little more space. Now it shows I have 20.5MB free. I'll have to scan more directoried and see if I can find more garbage to get rid of.
Thanks.
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Well I went into programs files and found a few stray pieces of software that I originally downlaoded via marketplace. These did not show up in the remove prgram area of the setting menu.
I also found a temp directory that had a lot of facebook album photos cached there. That freed up a little more space. Now it shows I have 20.5MB free. I'll have to scan more directoried and see if I can find more garbage to get rid of.
Thanks.
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Clear your browser cache. That helped me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=681365
Some folder that you can clean once in a while to free internal memory?
each app has its own cache', try an app like cache mate (Paid) or cache cleaner (free), both are great chache' cleaners
Linux does not work like windows, you should not need to do this, it won't free too much space.
If you clean this cache out then use those apps again it won't take long for the cache to build right back up again.
Lennyuk said:
Linux does not work like windows, you should not need to do this, it won't free too much space.
If you clean this cache out then use those apps again it won't take long for the cache to build right back up again.
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OK, so you have any other suggestions for clearing some internal space?
except moving apps2sd 'cause i've done it?
I found a temp folder /data/drm/tmp that sometimes contains the .apk file after you already used them, someone know anything about that?
Lennyuk said:
Linux does not work like windows, you should not need to do this, it won't free too much space.
If you clean this cache out then use those apps again it won't take long for the cache to build right back up again.
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it will free up space on rarely used apps tho, and especialy the market cache can rob 2mb+ when downloading
Try moving Dalvik cache to sd if you want, but if you have 100mb free and your apps are already on the sd I really don't see what your worrying about 100mb is loads when its just being used by cache.
ilya.glants said:
OK, so you have any other suggestions for clearing some internal space?
except moving apps2sd 'cause i've done it?
I found a temp folder /data/drm/tmp that sometimes contains the .apk file after you already used them, someone know anything about that?
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thats the digital rights management folder dont delete nothing from there lol
AndroHero said:
thats the digital rights management folder dont delete nothing from there lol
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But it's the temp folder within it. I deleted two big .apk file that were there. I know it's just apps that I just installed, it had the full name of the .apks I used. And nothing went wrong ^^
BTW, How do I move delvik cache to sd? How much space does it take? Can it affect the apps performance?
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But it's the temp folder within it. I deleted two big .apk file that were there. I know it's just apps that I just installed, it had the full name of the .apks I used. And nothing went wrong ^^
BTW, How do I move delvik cache to sd? How much space does it take? Can it affect the apps performance?
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It can free up loads of space, and yes it can affect performance depending on your sd card.
But you missed the big point!
If you move apps2sd then Dalvik Cache to sd the only thing left in data will be the phones data which is tiny, so in effect you will be having over 100mb of wasted space in your phone. Why do you want this?
If I understand correctly then, moving delvik cache can seriously mess up the phone right?
I have now 85MB free on my phone, I think the more the better for phone performance =]
ilya.glants said:
I have now 85MB free on my phone, I think the more the better for phone performance =]
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Why do you think this?
First of all, the memory we are talking about here is being used for disk space, so having more available just means you have more disk space!
Secondly, having loads of free program memory (i.e. the memory used by running programs, as opposed to disk space) won't improve performance anyway. Since Android doesn't use swap, once it starts running low on program memory it will start killing off applications, and will endeavour to optimize memory usage on it's own.
Regards,
Dave
thanks for the info =]
I have searched every where I could and is still without a solution. I cannot save any files to my internal memory at all. I cannot download torrents with utorrent, browser, or onedrive. I cannot even backup my apps or contacts to internal memory. It keep saying its either inaccessible or its low on memory. I even factory reseted the phone and im still having the same problem. I am stock rooted. I use my tether alot so I am hoping thats its not a hardware glitch. utorrent no longer gives an option for external memory so I cannot get any torrent. The last time I remember it working was when I downloaded a picture from bing on my browser on May 22nd. Please help or point me to a fix. Thanks in advance.
What does "internal memory" mean to you -- '/storage/emulated/0'?
Frank
Frank Westlake said:
What does "internal memory" mean to you -- '/storage/emulated/0'?
Frank
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Yes. I can add and remove files with my computer but root explorer doesn't even let me move files from my SdCard to the storage/emulated/0. Its frustrating
Two problems with my device
Hi,
I having two problem with my device which after two days, I'm not manage to solve.
First of all in my storage, I got 25.3GB (!) of used space under "Other" section, I don't have any idea what takes all that space.
Second when I try to get to the device files from the computer, I can see only 7 folders, which most of them empty and none of them can't explain the 24GB of space that are used in my internal storage
where's all my files and why I cant get them from the computer??
Any help?? Thanks!
Avishay28 said:
Hi,
I having two problem with my device which after two days, I'm not manage to solve.
First of all in my storage, I got 25.3GB (!) of used space under "Other" section, I don't have any idea what takes all that space.
Second when I try to get to the device files from the computer, I can see only 7 folders, which most of them empty and none of them can't explain the 24GB of space that are used in my internal storage
where's all my files and why I cant get them from the computer??
Any help?? Thanks!
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Reset it
kartik.kayz said:
Reset it
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Factory reset?
I did it, but everytime I got the same phone after it automatically install all the apps and data that was before.
If you have any guide of how to completely reset the phone with TWRP (like delete everything expect of the OS) it will be great.
Avishay28 said:
when I try to get to the device files from the computer, I can see only 7 folders, which most of them empty and none of them can't explain the 24GB of space that are used in my internal storage
where's all my files and why I cant get them from the computer??
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Connecting the phone to your computer just enables you to read the "internal storage" (data/media) partition, and does not let you see the rest of the user data (including app data, which is likely what is filling up your storage).
To see what is taking up all your storage, install the app "Disk Usage" from the Play Store. Great app that lets you see though an intuitive and visual interface, what is filling up your storage. Then use a good file manager like ES File Manager to browse and delete the unwanted files.
Of course, know what you are deleting; and don't delete any system data unless you really know what you are doing.
Avishay28 said:
Factory reset?
I did it, but everytime I got the same phone after it automatically install all the apps and data that was before.
If you have any guide of how to completely reset the phone with TWRP (like delete everything expect of the OS) it will be great.
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In TWRP select Wipe then Format data - type yes then reboot.
You'll have to setup your system again and you will gain all your lost data space.
Ok guys thank you
I reset my phone and start it from 0