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TomTOM 5 not saving settings

Hi guys and gals,
I've recently upgraded my XDA IIs to the latest iMate software. I've then re-installed tomTom 5 with the upgrade to version 5.1
Now my tomtom won't save any of my settings. So i can input my Home and favourties etc... shut down tomtom and then when i go back in, i have to accept the agreement again, and none of my settings are there.
Is anyone else having this problem? and more importantly - does anyone know what the fix is for this?
Thanks all

tcs44_uk - Are you installing from an SD Card? If you are check that the files are unlocked before you copy them onto the SD card or it will act as you have described.
I too had the same problem with a legit purchased copy from TomTom. Someone on another forum advised me to copy the files to the PC, unlock them, copy them back to the SD card the re-install - hey presto works a treat.
HTH

I have nearly the same problem. My settings stay, but favorite and base are gone after a few uses :
I record the base and a few favorites, I exit TT5 using the "quit" icon. When I restart it, the base & favorites are still there (so they are correctly recorded : the file is not locked, and the SD card not Read Only).
After a few runs (I have not been able to check how many, or what can cause that), they're all gone : no base and no favorite.
All I store in POI never disappear, so my work-around is to place all favorite and base in POI.
Tomtom support is ZERO. They have pre-formatted message they send not reading the whole problem, and it is impossible to reply, 'cause the case is closed after their crappy answer.

OhBuggerit2k2, how do I tell if the files are locked?
I have the same problem, TT5 will not remember any favourites when restarted.
I have the files on my computer, how do I check they are not locked?
Thanks Guys
Ginnser

Which files??
I also have this problem.....
does anyone know which file(s) it is that hold the info regarding:
Home location
Favourites
and all the other personal settings
would appreciate any help,
Thanks,
Alan

i had a similar issue & resolved it by changing the settings on the file with extension .cfg from read only. i had 2 copy the file 2 my desktop change the settings then saving back 2 xda2i.
i have a problem with tomtom where it throws me out...any1 know how 2 sort it?

Thanks guys - after copying all of the TomTom files back to PC, taking off the Read Only flag, and then copying the files back - all working fine now.
Cheers

hi guys
I cannot seem to find the .cfg file !
Which folder is it in?
also had a quick check, i dont seem to have any read only files !
Anyone help !
Thanls

Ginnser said:
hi guys
I cannot seem to find the .cfg file !
Which folder is it in?
also had a quick check, i dont seem to have any read only files !
Anyone help !
Thanls
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Check out this thread for the answer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=50200&highlight=

Tomtom Navigator and Map V605 help plzzz.

Hello, I have a legal tomtom v 5.21 installed on my BA. till now i was using a v562 map and ordered the latest cd of european & gb maps from the tomtom site. I got the Cd and I had run the whole setup on from my computer, followed all the instructions of adding GB / france maps onto my 2gb mmc card and it copied everything on the sd card and gave the msg Installation complete.
Now when i switch tomtom ON - on my ppc, it displays me an empty screen, i mean a greyed screen with a + ad - icons on the top left n right side and all gray i dont know y.
I tried to switch to my old map and it works fine, but when i tried to swtich onto the new one, it doesnt. I even tried to install the GB plus map tht came on the CD and it still appears gray. Can someone please help me, y is this happening, is there something wrong that i did. I mean i just followed the instructions on the cd.
cheers

Try deleting currentmap.dat from \my documents\tomtom and then run with the new maps again.
did you copy your Great_Britain_Plus-Map.cfg from your old map folder into your new map folder?

nop mate, i didnt copy the .cfg file. ill try it out today, do you want me to copy or not to copy. cheers

Install the new map, copy the old Great_Britain_Plus-Map.cfg file into the new folder - you may need to rename it because the configuration file should match the name of the map folder so if the map folder is Great_Britain_Plus_Map the configuration file should be Great_Britain_Plus_Map.cfg or if you map folder is Great-Britain-Map then your configuration file should be Great-Britain-Map.cfg
In my experience it is well worth deleting currentmap.dat from the \my documents\tomtom this file doesn’t contain anything of interest it seems to just remember the name and location of the map you last used, although it has just accrued to me that I don’t think this is causing your problems as this would normally cure a “map not found” error message!
To check that you have got the configuration file name correct run TomTom and then check that there is only one .cfg in the map folder, if there are two then you have made a mistake with the name.
The configuration file contains, favourites, history, home location and GPS setup
Hope this makes sense, difficult to explain on here!! 

Cheers Bluetba for the help, It worked but in a very diff way. I copied the map again on the the SD card, deleted the currentmap.dat file, but then tomtom wasnt able to pik up the map, u know when you get the map choice and you select the relevant map, tomtom got stuck there.
Lucky, i copied the currentmap.dat back to tomtom folder, then ran tomtom again, selected the map V605 and it worked perfect, dono whts wrong, but it shows me everything perfect.
But is V605 perfectly working, i read 2-3 comments that its not suitable, doesnt plan perfect. dono if you know abt it.. cheers anyway mate

Glad you got it working, bit strange though!
I had no problems with V605, well othing obvious that I can remember anyway and I use TomTom alot, and I would rather have an upto date road map than anything else anyway.
I am using V671 and that has an error in my area that has been introduced into this version, strange really but I did read somewhere that map makers introduce errors so that they can identlfy which version is which and where they came from.
Glad your sorted
Cheers

hahaha, i was reading a post where one of the users mentioned that he was going to manchester via the long flyover in birmingham.... and tomtom said - go straight - which meant, to smash into the concrete divider and fall down.. hahahah... strange..
well bluetba, do u know how can i add addresses to my contacts, i meant contact navigation. I cant see any program or icon on how to add address details to the contact. Cheers mate

Move tomtom to memory card

is it possible to move tomtom from program files to memory card so I can open up space?

bilgehan1977 said:
is it possible to move tomtom from program files to memory card so I can open up space?
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Yes you can, you'll have to move the \program files\Navigator folder to storage card, then, use any good registry editor to search for the string 'tomtom' and correct all the paths beneath, including the path for the dedicated button.
One last reminder, my advice is to leave this one in its original location: tomtom\tttoday.dll
I swaped it on mine and its working ok... so far
Bye

Vasko said:
Yes you can, you'll have to move the \program files\Navigator folder to storage card, then, use any good registry editor to search for the string 'tomtom' and correct all the paths beneath, including the path for the dedicated button.
One last reminder, my advice is to leave this one in its original location: tomtom\tttoday.dll
I swaped it on mine and its working ok... so far
Bye
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Solved the problem

Thanks Vasko,
I will try tonight!
Regards
Bill

sorry to drag up an old post, does this work with tomtom 6?
going to try it later on.
Thanks
Ben

Yes, just copy everything to the memory card and remake your short-cuts for the start menu.

thanks will give this a try and post back if i have any problems.

all moved over fine, but found that my today screen plugin for tom tom is missing, the tttoday.dll is still in \tomtom but cant find it in the today items options.
Is there somewhere in the registry that looks for today plugins so i can re-register it?
thanks
Ben

am i being dim
Surely the easiest way is to uninstall and reinstall - or is that too simple?
I always keep my tomtom install cab files on my memory stick - just in case i'm hit with a hard reset situation

that is an option, just wanted to see if i could get it back without that as I just spent ages installing poi's and confiuring all my settings.
can live without it for now until my next hard reset heh
Thanks anyway.

i think i found the problem,
can someone with tomtom 6 please post whats in their key here..
if indeed there is a "tom tom" item listed
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Today\Items
Thanks

TomTom 7: Unable to start. Not enough memory is available.

What the hell? Before I've changed the File system cache to auto it did work! But now that I have much more ram available about 21MB, it doesn't want to start. So I tried to go back to 4MB file system cache... but nothing, still that error message.
TomTom 7 is installed in the memory card... wtf???

zooster said:
What the hell? Before I've changed the File system cache to auto it did work! But now that I have much more ram available about 21MB, it doesn't want to start. So I tried to go back to 4MB file system cache... but nothing, still that error message.
TomTom 7 is installed in the memory card... wtf???
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I've had this happen before, and if I remember correctly, it was a corrupt Map File. I restored an earlier copy of my maps to the SD Card, and all was good again.
Try hiding your maps and see if TomTom will run. It should ask you to use a Voucher. If it does, then it's the map problem and TomTom is fine.

Nope, I've tried this tip but no success... It's really odd...

Hi Zooster. Sorry to hear about the headache you currently have.
I have had similar problems in the past month, the first time really freaked me out.
In my case, I noticed that some of the files on my sd card know longer showed up, and later discovered that others had indeed become corrupted.
I solved it (and continue to do so when it happens) by formatting my sd card and copying back onto it a copy I have of all the Tomtom files. Infact, once you get it working again, I suggest you regularly make a copy of whatever is on your sd card in case it happens again. For me, it seems to be ROM specific, i.e. only happens when I flash some of the new ROMs. Sometimes the sd card suddenly stops showing up in file explorer, sometimes I just need to remove tomtom and then reinstall it.
The problem for you now may be getting the original Tomtom files, I guess it depends where you got them from.
When I flash some ROMS, this problem occurs. I have to avoid ROMs that do that and choose another.
I hope you manage to sort it out. I know what's it like when these things suddenly go wrong for no reason! Best of luck.
Mattster.

Ok, I'll try to restore original files... I'll let you know.

WHAT TOMTOM FILES DO YOU NEED ON YOUR SD CARD?
There seems to be an awful lot of tomtom files on my sd card, so I've started to delete some and see if Tomtom still works. And it does!
I've got it down to:
My Documents folder with maps inside
Voices folder
plus the following files:
ALBUM.VOL
AutoRun
Autorun.exe-run
Start
TTN
TTN2003
ttnavigator.bif
I've lost the 2257 file (that apparently causes automatic self install of Tomtom when you insert the card) so if anyone has that I'd like it back!!!
So, my question to all of you Tomtom users is: Which files are actually needed for Tomtom to work?
(I know there is the tidy up option of chucking any mystery files into a folder, but I like to know what all files on my sd card are actually doing!)
Mattster.

Hmmm...
Just had this problem myself, but might have fixed it on my Artemis
Originally I copied the TomTom Navigator.EXE to \windows\start menu\programs and it worked
However; it stopped working with the "not enough memory error" - so I started disabling applications, uninstalling them etc.
Still no joy
Just out of interest tried the TomTom Navigator.EXE within the TomTom folder on my SD card - and it worked...
I've deleted the .exe from "my device" and created a shortcut to my SD Card and now it looks like it is working again
Going to keep testing now - but perhaps worth a shot

Mattster_spv said:
WHAT TOMTOM FILES DO YOU NEED ON YOUR SD CARD?
There seems to be an awful lot of tomtom files on my sd card, so I've started to delete some and see if Tomtom still works. And it does!
I've got it down to:
My Documents folder with maps inside
Voices folder
plus the following files:
ALBUM.VOL
AutoRun
Autorun.exe-run
Start
TTN
TTN2003
ttnavigator.bif
I've lost the 2257 file (that apparently causes automatic self install of Tomtom when you insert the card) so if anyone has that I'd like it back!!!
So, my question to all of you Tomtom users is: Which files are actually needed for Tomtom to work?
(I know there is the tidy up option of chucking any mystery files into a folder, but I like to know what all files on my sd card are actually doing!)
Mattster.
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For tomtom, TTN is the installation file, the others can be all deleted.
After installation, we only need the following 3 folders:
1. maps
2. voices
3. zip
All of them need stored in sd card root path.
If you need the satellite view, then you need one more folder in your sd card root, which is "raster"
The file "ttnavigator.bif" is auto generated by tomtom everytime you use it, you will always find it is still there even you have delete it sometime before, just leave it. Also "ttnavigator.bif" is a log file for tomtom, so it is useful, dont delete this file.

Mattster_spv said:
WHAT TOMTOM FILES DO YOU NEED ON YOUR SD CARD?
There seems to be an awful lot of tomtom files on my sd card, so I've started to delete some and see if Tomtom still works. And it does!
I've got it down to:
My Documents folder with maps inside
Voices folder
plus the following files:
ALBUM.VOL
AutoRun
Autorun.exe-run
Start
TTN
TTN2003
ttnavigator.bif
I've lost the 2257 file (that apparently causes automatic self install of Tomtom when you insert the card) so if anyone has that I'd like it back!!!
So, my question to all of you Tomtom users is: Which files are actually needed for Tomtom to work?
(I know there is the tidy up option of chucking any mystery files into a folder, but I like to know what all files on my sd card are actually doing!)
Mattster.
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In the 2577 (not 2257) map are the following files:
AutoRun.exe
Autorun.exe-run
TTN.cab
TTN2003.cab
So you just moved them to the root
The actual files for running TT are automatically stored on the device, not on the storage card
Arjan

adejager1 said:
The actual files for running TT are automatically stored on the device, not on the storage card
Arjan
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Thanks Arjan. Thanks for the reply.
What I'm curious to know is, after a new ROM flash (i.e. before TT has been installed on their clean device) what TT files do they have on the SD card.

Mattster_spv said:
Thanks Arjan. Thanks for the reply.
What I'm curious to know is, after a new ROM flash (i.e. before TT has been installed on their clean device) what TT files do they have on the SD card.
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Sorry, can't answer that. Flashed my rom quite a few times but never bothered to clean up my storage card. Probably still got Tom Tom 6 and or WM5 stuff on there

i had the issue with artemis and tomtom Navigator v7.910.9185. It was on sd. Then i deleted voice and raster folder and suddenly the problem solved!
Then i copied voice folder back to sd with 3 voices (before i had about 25) and now it works like charm.

I have had this same 'memory' problem on a few devices,
it has always been sorted by an SD card format and a card restore from my PC.
as to Tomtom after a re-flash ... I have never had any issues with it at all,
I just restore a full backup with SPB backup.

i have tomtom 7 ver. 7.910 on my p3600 running wm6 pro but seems to always come up no gps device can anyone help, please send me a message soon thanks mossy

Go to Change Preferences, Configure GPS, Click Configure, Tap left Arrow to show Other NMEA GPS receiver and tap Select, Set 4800 Baud and tap Done, Select GPS in COM9, and you are good to go. Click Done to go back to main screen.

I had the same problem once, install chaps advance config an relocate the internet temporary internet files.
by default they are located in: \windows\profiles\guest
if you use youtube a lot and google maps i can happen too.

I get this all of the time.
the problem occurs when my battery gets lower than 70% and I launch TomTom Navigator 7.
what i do now is make a copy of the Map Folder and keep it on my memory card.
I also make a zip archive and keep that on my device (not SD Card) in My Docs or somewhere else with a copy of the corresponding .dct file and .bif files and installers.
this way, i can restore tomtom onto another sd card if need be.
usually i format the card and restore the zip archive!

*chung* said:
Hmmm...
Just had this problem myself, but might have fixed it on my Artemis
Originally I copied the TomTom Navigator.EXE to \windows\start menu\programs and it worked
However; it stopped working with the "not enough memory error" - so I started disabling applications, uninstalling them etc.
Still no joy
Just out of interest tried the TomTom Navigator.EXE within the TomTom folder on my SD card - and it worked...
I've deleted the .exe from "my device" and created a shortcut to my SD Card and now it looks like it is working again
Going to keep testing now - but perhaps worth a shot
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Just had this same problem. Changing the Start Menu from a copy of the executable to a shortcut seems to have fixed it. Thanks for the tip!
Dan

Formatted sd card, reinstalled maps and everything needed from a backup = works.
Thanks xda, once again a timesaver...

Unable to start. Not enough memory is available. Mio 678 tomtom 7910
zooster said:
What the hell? Before I've changed the File system cache to auto it did work! But now that I have much more ram available about 21MB, it doesn't want to start. So I tried to go back to 4MB file system cache... but nothing, still that error message.
TomTom 7 is installed in the memory card... wtf???
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hi, i have this problem to Mio spirit 678 when i try to stat tomtom 7910.
Can you help me.
ciao Diego.

[SOLVED] Where did all my storage go? CM10.1

[Q] Where did all my storage go? CM10.1
Hi all, I'm currently have a problem finding out where all my storage space has gone and what is safe to delete.
I'm on CM10.1 and the storage indicator in settings is attached. It says I only have 888MB available but the graphic shows around 2/3 of the internal storage is unused
I found 3 folders (storage/sdcard0, storage/emulated/0, and storage/emulated/legacy) that are both 2.62GB large. They look to be identical copies of /sdcard.
are any of these folders safe to delete? I am running out of memory and I believe these folders are the reason why.
Thanks!

Only yesterday someone mentioned something similar somehow. So I don't think that thread is really far away if you checked the first few pages in this Q & A section.
By typing in the searchbox "4.2 storage", I got this thread as the first result. So please try searching harder next time
Feel free to explain further if your issue is not resolved using the above link

Do not delete those folders. They are merely symlinks and not taking up any extra space.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

Thanks for the reminder to search more, I will remember to do so in the future.
I thought they were symlinks because changes i made in sdcard were reflected in the other folders however when i check the size of the storage folder I can see that the total size is 7.87GB. If they were symlinks wouldn't that be 2.62 gb? I will continue to search for how to fix this issue.
I don't think the problem is an app because that would show up in the storage graph under settings would it not?
thanks!

found this thread that seems like a very similar issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906449&highlight=storage
however again I see a discrepancy in the used storage vs per app usage. The SD card Analysis is attached.

On my GNex, the storage/sdcard0 is of size X, and it is the same X size for each of storage/emulated/0 and storage/emulated/legacy. This is very similar to what you originaly mentioned in your first post. I was just checking mine as well.
Hmmm, is this only happening with CM 10.1 ? Any other ROM you tried ? A reboot could help?

ahmadallica said:
On my GNex, the storage/sdcard0 is of size X, and it is the same X size for each of storage/emulated/0 and storage/emulated/legacy. This is very similar to what you originaly mentioned in your first post. I was just checking mine as well.
Hmmm, is this only happening with CM 10.1 ? Any other ROM you tried ? A reboot could help?
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Check how much storage is used by your nandroid backups. I know that those aren't reported on the Storage space screen.

ahmadallica said:
On my GNex, the storage/sdcard0 is of size X, and it is the same X size for each of storage/emulated/0 and storage/emulated/legacy. This is very similar to what you originaly mentioned in your first post. I was just checking mine as well.
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This is true for mine as well. The size of the /storage is 3*X. Good to know this isn't problem I am having.
AOKP gave me the same problem earlier. I have rebooted and wiped data... Is there any other folder i can check?
I've attached another screenshot of the sdcard analyst in es file manager. This is very confusing to me that the directory size is 2.48GB but out of a total 13.33GB space only 1.01GB is free?!

Reedbo said:
Check how much storage is used by your nandroid backups. I know that those aren't reported on the Storage space screen.
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I am not complaining of any problem. I was trying to help the OP
Anyway, the ES File Explorer "SD Card Analyst" seems to include the nandroids as well
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extraGuac said:
This is true for mine as well. The size of the /storage is 3*X. Good to know this isn't problem I am having.
AOKP gave me the same problem earlier. I have rebooted and wiped data... Is there any other folder i can check?
I've attached another screenshot of the sdcard analyst in es file manager. This is very confusing to me that the directory size is 2.48GB but out of a total 13.33GB space only 1.01GB is free?!
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Just to confirm, do you remember making any "hidden" folders on your sd card?
Actually SD Card Analyst should by default show hidden folders as well but I thought it is bettER to ask you and be sure

ahmadallica said:
Just to confirm, do you remember making any "hidden" folders on your sd card?
Actually SD Card Analyst should by default show hidden folders as well but I thought it is bettER to ask you and be sure
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No, i don't recall intentionally making hidden folders.
and if the nandroid comment was directed at me, I checked the CWM folder where I believe they are saved. I only have one nandroid backup currently and the size is 1.25GB,

What do you have in /data/media/ ???
I have 3 folders there: 0, legacy, obb
the "0" folder seems to be another symlink as well.
I am trying to find anything on your sdcard different than mine. That's why I'm asking

ahmadallica said:
What do you have in /data/media/ ???
I have 3 folders there: 0, legacy, obb
the "0" folder seems to be another symlink as well.
I am trying to find anything on your sdcard different than mine. That's why I'm asking
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This is very strange, my /data/media/ is very different from yours.
I have the same 3 folders you have: 0, legacy, and obb however I also have what seems to be an older /sdcard backup. There are folders in there that seem to be from before I wiped data.
The 0 folder also appears to be a symlink but unlike the other symlinks this one takes up no space. In fact none of the folders in /data/media take up any space. When I check the size of /data/media es file explorer says it contains 0 files and 0 folders???
Thanks for all your help so far! I will keep searching

Yes it does not show any size with me as well but I can see the same contents of /sdcard/ in /data/media/0/ .
Would you please explain further about that "older" /sdcard/ backup you mentioned?
I am starting to think that maybe the first few times you went to 4.2, you did NOT have the latest TWRP or CWM installed. So the sdcard files were moved inside a "0" folder each time, then maybe you transferred your backup from PC to /sdcard/ so it became duplicated. Sorry I am not sure I am clear enough in explaining this but it is just an assumption because something similar happened with me before this "0" folder issue was fixed in TWRP actually.
Maybe I can help you bettER if you explain to me more about that "older" /sdcard/ backup you found

ahmadallica said:
Yes it does not show any size with me as well but I can see the same contents of /sdcard/ in /data/media/0/ .
Would you please explain further about that "older" /sdcard/ backup you mentioned?
I am starting to think that maybe the first few times you went to 4.2, you did NOT have the latest TWRP or CWM installed. So the sdcard files were moved inside a "0" folder each time, then maybe you transferred your backup from PC to /sdcard/ so it became duplicated. Sorry I am not sure I am clear enough in explaining this but it is just an assumption because something similar happened with me before this "0" folder issue was fixed in TWRP actually.
Maybe I can help you bettER if you explain to me more about that "older" /sdcard/ backup you found
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This was immensely helpful. You are correct, I had stock 4.2 on my GNex before I got CWM. This will get confusing but I will try to explain what I see in /data/media
/data/media/0/ seems to be a symlink for sure. however the other folder in there are from before wiped data earlier today. /data/media/download/ has a file I downloaded last week however /data/media/clockworkmod/backup has backups as recent as yesterday. I believe these are app data backups because I recall 3 of them. I do not see the nandroid I recently created in this folder. Is there anything you need to know?

extraGuac said:
This was immensely helpful. You are correct, I had stock 4.2 on my GNex before I got CWM. This will get confusing but I will try to explain what I see in /data/media
/data/media/0/ seems to be a symlink for sure. however the other folder in there are from before wiped data earlier today. /data/media/download/ has a file I downloaded last week however /data/media/clockworkmod/backup has backups as recent as yesterday. I believe these are app data backups because I recall 3 of them. I do not see the nandroid I recently created in this folder. Is there anything you need to know?
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Well, I think that "everything" you already have on your /sdcard/ including "clockworkmod" backups, blobs, and so on, should be duplicated (as symlinks) in the /data/media/0/ not in /data/media/. At least this is what I have in my sdcard. This should be the same for /data/media/download/ because the "download" folder of your /sdcard/ should be duplicated (again, as a symlink) in the /data/media/0/. Therefore, you said there are "backups" for clockworkmod in /data/media/clockworkmod/, so assuming the backup would be around 1.5 to 2 GB, then 3 backups of these would be about 4.5 to 6 GB of storage.
Please take note that I have "never" messed with these files and my above thoughts may be incorrect, so maybe first you may try to check whether these clockworkmod backups are really consuming a lot of storage. If they are really consuming that much storage, then it is bettER to play it safe by taking them out to your PC first just in case deleting them would cause something wrong. I hope some other more experienced member can "confidently" tell you to proceed in either deleting this /data/media/clockworkmod/ or suggest another solution. Sorry but I would not tell you to do something unless I am very confident and sure of it. I hope you understand
I will try searching for an exact answer on whether this /data/media/clockworkmod/ is safe to delete, and if I found something then I will let you know for sure

I made a nandroid backup and deleted all files in that folder except for 0, legacy, and obb. checked my storage and now I see 9.65GB available which is fantastic! I still have 1.18GB unaccounted for but I now that I know what seems to be the issue I can go through the rest of my data and try to weed out the problems.
Thank you so much for your help!

WOW! Glad to hear so
That was a brave thing to do. I would have done it if it is my phone but would not suggest for others unless I am sure it won't cause any trouble
It would be great if you mark/edit the thread's title as "[SOLVED]"
Well Done! :highfive:

In hindsight it was not my smartest move Thanks again for all your help!

Fixed
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SOLUTION:
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Here's what worked for me.
1. Make sure your phone is rooted
2. Open ES File Explorer
3. Press the Menu key > Tools > Root Explorer (grant it super user premission)
4. Some dialog pops up. I didn't understand the options, chose R/W permission and then pressed back at the next screen
5. Go to the root directory "/" and then "/data/logs"
6. Delete all the files in there
7. Thats it! :good:
There was about 1.6 GB of log files in there for me. 1440 files about ~1.5 mb each.
(Strangely, a huge number were from the 26th of last month, then 1 on the 27th, 30th and then all the rest from the 14th of this month?)
cya
R

Where did my storage go?
A huge thank you R !!!
been breaking teeth & puling whatever little hair got left for ages trying to solve this, mostly with complicated & futile suggestions. But yours worked right off the bat ! God bless you.
although i already had to go back twice within hours and wipe all files again its probably because i restocked on all those apps i had to delete before due to lack of space. At this point i'll take any solution over none.
if anybody ever rights a code that will prevent the dumpstate from accumulating he'll have a serious karma !
Rehaan said:
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SOLUTION:
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Here's what worked for me.
1. Make sure your phone is rooted
2. Open ES File Explorer
3. Press the Menu key > Tools > Root Explorer (grant it super user premission)
4. Some dialog pops up. I didn't understand the options, chose R/W permission and then pressed back at the next screen
5. Go to the root directory "/" and then "/data/logs"
6. Delete all the files in there
7. Thats it! :good:
There was about 1.6 GB of log files in there for me. 1440 files about ~1.5 mb each.
(Strangely, a huge number were from the 26th of last month, then 1 on the 27th, 30th and then all the rest from the 14th of this month?)
cya
R
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