I barely have any apps installed at all, but the "low on space" notification is always popping up. The apps taking up the most space are:
- Contacts Storage (23 mb)
- com.htc.socialnetwork.prov (20 mb)
- Mail (17 mb)
- Maps (10 mb)
- Facebook for HTC Sense (9 mb)
After that I have a few apps that are less than 3 mb, and then the rest of them are tiny (but I don't have that many, and most of them are moved to the sd card anyway).
What's going on? Why do contacts and "com.htc.socialnetwork.prov" take up so much room? I have about 600 Google contacts and 700 Facebook contacts.
My Contacts Storage seems to keep growing as well! My top 4 apps (and I can't move them off the phone to the SD card)
Contacts Storage - 13.34MB
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 - 10.96MB
Maps - 10.79MB
Facebook - 8.15MB
With Stock Rom, it might be difficult to move these. If you're rooted, a custom Rom can help move these to Sd-card, though not the contacts.
Custom Rom with Data2Sd/Data2ext can over come space issues permanently.
On Stock Roms, switching the pminstalllocation tab to External can help switch some of these to sdcard.
And your Contacts is typical, it is usual to have over 12 mb, though that can increase exponentially if you have lots of Contacts thumbnails.
droidzone said:
With Stock Rom, it might be difficult to move these. If you're rooted, a custom Rom can help move these to Sd-card, though not the contacts.
Custom Rom with Data2Sd/Data2ext can over come space issues permanently.
On Stock Roms, switching the pminstalllocation tab to External can help switch some of these to sdcard.
And your Contacts is typical, it is usual to have over 12 mb, though that can increase exponentially if you have lots of Contacts thumbnails.
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Most of them have thumbnails because it downloads the Facebook pictures for the thumbnails.
Can a custom rom move the com.htc.socialnetwork thing? That's not a file that needs to be on the phone?
rpimps said:
Most of them have thumbnails because it downloads the Facebook pictures for the thumbnails.
Can a custom rom move the com.htc.socialnetwork thing? That's not a file that needs to be on the phone?
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If you didnt want the Facebook sync, you could do that by removing the FB account, and from the People app.
If you dont want HTC Sense items, a Custom Non-Sense Rom can remove everything. Try Cyanogen.
droidzone said:
If you didnt want the Facebook sync, you could do that by removing the FB account, and from the People app.
If you dont want HTC Sense items, a Custom Non-Sense Rom can remove everything. Try Cyanogen.
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I do want those things though. I have barely any apps installed at all except for the stock ones so I find it hard to believe that there isn't even enough space on the storage to allow for the apps that came with the phone.
It would be nice if it only downloaded the Facebook contacts that were being synced, instead of all the Facebook contacts. Right now it downloads all my contacts including the ones that I don't have in my phonebook, so there's just a bunch of peoples' email addresses and pictures that I don't need.
What exactly is com.htc.socialnetwork?
haakuturi said:
My Contacts Storage seems to keep growing as well! My top 4 apps (and I can't move them off the phone to the SD card)
Contacts Storage - 13.34MB
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 - 10.96MB
Maps - 10.79MB
Facebook - 8.15MB
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HOw do you find out how much space your contacts are taking?
Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>All
Then click on 'Contacts Storage'
droidzone said:
If you didnt want the Facebook sync, you could do that by removing the FB account, and from the People app.
If you dont want HTC Sense items, a Custom Non-Sense Rom can remove everything. Try Cyanogen.
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I went to Settings > Accounts and Sync, and I unchecked the options to sync my Facebook contacts and feeds. But all of the contacts that it's already downloaded are still on the phone, how do I clear them? Also, will I be able to sync individual contacts if I want to, or is it all or nothing?
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Hello to all, I've had MANY WinMo phones (8125,8525,8925,Fuze,HD, and lastly HD2)
There are a few applications that I feel were awesome to have:
--> PIM (saves all your contacts and appointments)
--> and recently the XDA settings exporter/importer ( It saved all your setting basically)
These applications made it easier to re-set up the phone after you had flashed a new ROM, will these types of apps be available to help cross over from WinMo to Android? Especially when you flash a new ROM on the EVO
Also, do the apps save themselves to the memory card on the phone in-case your needs a hard-reset?
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Hello to all, I've had MANY WinMo phones (8125,8525,8925,Fuze,HD, and lastly HD2)
There are a few applications that I feel were awesome to have:
--> PIM (saves all your contacts and appointments)
--> and recently the XDA settings exporter/importer ( It saved all your setting basically)
These applications made it easier to re-set up the phone after you had flashed a new ROM, will these types of apps be available to help cross over from WinMo to Android? Especially when you flash a new ROM on the EVO
Also, do the apps save themselves to the memory card on the phone in-case your needs a hard-reset?
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Well, there is an App for that ... (ducks...).. I use MyBackup Pro which does pretty much the same thing as PIM Backup on WinMo. It can backup content (Contacts, SMS etc) in the cloud and applications on the SD Card. It is not a free app, but worth the cost. There are other apps that do the same things - use the market to find them.
Also if you are gmail user, your appointments are managed in google calendar, so you do not need to back them up.
Hope this helps
All your contacts and calendar events are in the cloud. GMail and Google Calendar. You flash a new ROM and then sign-in in the new ROM using you google id, and you will 'magically' get all your contacts and events.
You don't need any apps for that.
yeah, dude. Move all your contacts and calendar entries to Google. If you haven't already, create a Gmail address. I can't tell you the last time I had to sync my phone to my computer using outlook. Everything is on a cloud now, so get a cloud. Flash a ROM, enter your Google Account user/pass, and BAM! Everything is back (save for apps, though depending on the ROM, that will restore, too).
Best part, Google Clouds are free!
i moved all my contacts and calendar events to google on my winmo phone by setting up the google sync through activesync.
here is the web site with the information:
http://www.google.com/sync/windowsmobile.html
Anyone try Sprite Software's Spritemigrate?
http://www.spritesoftware.com/Great-for-You/Migrate/How-Does-It-Work-
what's this 'cloud' business? or is that just another way to say the google network?
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what's this 'cloud' business? or is that just another way to say the google network?
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Cloud is the term for OTA/virtual storage. All your info is in the cloud, and you can download it to whatever device or PC from there. Saves having to sync to a computer here and a computer there.
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Anyone try Sprite Software's Spritemigrate?
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sanjsrik - did you try this?
Just got my Evo in the mail today, so will be migrating my WinMo6.5 (HTC TP)...
Also, anybody use the Sprite Andriod Backup utility?
I used to use Sprite utilities back when I had a Moto Q and it did what I needed.
root, and flash cyanogenmod 6 rom. then all your contacts, calander and apps will restore when you sign into google!
*gushes* boy how i love you google. how did i manage all those years with without you on winmo?
ps, check out titanium backup if you do not want to jump to a froyo rom. if you root it can backup practically everything and a ton still even if you do not root. there is a free and paid version. paid version is just faster and one click restores.
pss this shouldnt be in the development section, should be in q&a
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...change the home key to double tap brings up all the home pages, like Sense?
...check for updates?
...save my data (Text, Contacts, etc...) from my stock ROM and import it in to my new ROM?
...move apps to the SD Card?
I have been rooted for a full day and this is all new to me. I have searched around a read a good bit. Love the forum and hope to be able to answer questions soon.
...change the home key to double tap brings up all the home pages, like Sense?
Go to launcher settings..then system settings..then Home button binding. Select option- "move to default desktop/show previews"
...check for updates?
Go to App: ROM Manager- Select Option "Check for Rom Updates"
...save my data (Text, Contacts, etc...) from my stock ROM and import it in to my new ROM?
First- I would start saving all contacts here on out to your Google. Dont save to phone. That way everytime you sign into google on your new ROM, contacts come up instantly. For text messages- I use SMS backup and restore. It's in the market. It backs up on SD card..and you can name each backup...
...move apps to the SD Card?
I had to move to SkyRaider cause I needed BT audio streaming again, but I believe when you go to settings>>applications, theres an option to move to SD card. Be careful when moving apps to SD card, as some rely on being on your phone.
Great! Thanks for the pointers. With this new ROM, I have so many options. I'm loving it.
New question...
My contacts from facebook can't be edited, converted or uploaded to google. Does anyone know of a app that will take my facebook contacts, including birth days phone numbers and email addresses, and convert them into a csv file so that I can upload them to google. I'm assuming that something from facebook is blocking this. But if I have the info on my phone, I should be able to do whit it as I see fit. With sense, you can link contacts on your phone. That's what I'm trying to get back, but keep it on goggle.
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i found an app on facebook, but it failed when i tried it..maybe i took out too many options?
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=32853197098
Check it out..good luck. I dont believe facebook will let you take out email addresses, cause privacy and stuff like that.
Does anyone know what this is? I had 25mb of internal storage free and then suddenly this popped up in the applications list, takes up 15mb and now the "low storage" notification keeps showing up.
It's com.htc.socialnetwork.provider and that space is taken up by Facebook related data.
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It's com.htc.socialnetwork.provider and that space is taken up by Facebook related data.
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The Facebook app is already taking up almost 10mb and Contacts Storage is taking up 20. Are Facebooks contacts counted in Contacts Storage or somewhere else? I don't remember seeing the com.htc.socialnetwork.provider taking up this much space.
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The Facebook app is already taking up almost 10mb and Contacts Storage is taking up 20. Are Facebooks contacts counted in Contacts Storage or somewhere else? I don't remember seeing the com.htc.socialnetwork.provider taking up this much space.
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facebook contacts are stored in contacts storage, and com.htc.socialnetwork.provider.apk has always been there, its nessesary to run the integrated social network elements in htc sence, its stores your usernames, passwords and other related data, i used to periodically clear the data for all the things like that to reclaim some space (that was before i changed the mtd partitions on my device) lol
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facebook contacts are stored in contacts storage, and com.htc.socialnetwork.provider.apk has always been there, its nessesary to run the integrated social network elements in htc sence, its stores your usernames, passwords and other related data, i used to periodically clear the data for all the things like that to reclaim some space (that was before i changed the mtd partitions on my device) lol
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Oh, somehow I never noticed it before. Does yours take up 15mb of space too? Seems like a lot.
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Oh, somehow I never noticed it before. Does yours take up 15mb of space too? Seems like a lot.
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no it dosent, but i have like 5 facebook n twitter friends lol
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no it dosent, but i have like 5 facebook n twitter friends lol
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Oh ok. I have about 650 Facebook friends, and I don't use Twitter. I think it wastes a lot of space on my phone downloading all the friends, it would be nice if you could set it to just download the friends you've linked and ignore the rest.
So if I don't use Fakebook or Twitter, is it safe to remove com.htc.socialnetwork.provider completely (e.g. freezing it with Titanium Backup)?
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So if I don't use Fakebook or Twitter, is it safe to remove com.htc.socialnetwork.provider completely (e.g. freezing it with Titanium Backup)?
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If you don't use Facebook, I'd assume it wouldn't take up much space on your phone anyway, right?
It's really starting to annoy me how just my contacts seem to take up almost all the space on the phone and there's no room to download any new apps. Now I know why people like iPhones.
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So if I don't use Fakebook or Twitter, is it safe to remove com.htc.socialnetwork.provider completely (e.g. freezing it with Titanium Backup)?
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Yes. I have them all removed including their widgets. The ROM functions as normal.
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I went to Settings > Accounts and Sync, and I unchecked the options to sync my Facebook contacts and feeds. But all of the contacts that it's already downloaded are still on the phone, how do I clear them? Also, will I be able to sync individual contacts if I want to, or is it all or nothing?
Thank you, th3 - that's exactly what I wanted to read I already froze all the other stuff, I just wasn't sure about this one.
I used MyBackup Root to back up all my contacts on my phone while I was using leedroid. When I've reloaded them into cynogenmod each contact has about 4 copies.
Is there a way to sort my contacts and remove the duplicates? or is there an alternative contact list like that on sense I'm missing having peoples profiles linked with their contact data. The non sense contacts in cm7 rc2 is weak in comparison to the sense verison.
Any ideas are much appreciated.
Thanks
The way I did it I setup my contacts to sync with my Google Account so no matter what rom I have I always have my contacts. Then I just link Facebook and Twitter and I get the contact pictures. It's much easier than using 3rd party apps to do it for you.
Ignore this i've posted my question elsewhere.
Sync all your (multiple) contacts contacts to gmail.
Log into gmail on a pc, click contacts on the left side bar. Then click the drop down box "more actions", and select "find & merge duplicates".
Having your contacts synced to gmail works really well for swapping and changing roms, and also pretty much guarantees you will never loose them.....
So, I just started using CM7 and I can't figure out why my background won't change.
I head into the gallery, find the picture I want, set it as my background. When all is said and done, I head back to my homescreen and I get grass (which was not what I had selected). I don't know what's up with that.
I use Zeam launcher, and coming from Skyraider Athena I don't have that problem.
Also, facebook related question:
I know that through Sense I could connect my FB account to my contacts and get contact pictures there. Is there a way to do this without Sense?
these are my only qualms with a vanilla build.
I had the same issue with mine after I ran a titanium backup to restore my apps, it had a pic as my ground image, when I went to change it to something else, the pic was still on the homescreen. there were some other issues I didnt want to deal with, such as not all of my apps transferred over and google auto send them to the phone, so i went back to skyraider 3.5
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So, I just started using CM7 and I can't figure out why my background won't change.
I head into the gallery, find the picture I want, set it as my background. When all is said and done, I head back to my homescreen and I get grass (which was not what I had selected). I don't know what's up with that.
I use Zeam launcher, and coming from Skyraider Athena I don't have that problem.
Also, facebook related question:
I know that through Sense I could connect my FB account to my contacts and get contact pictures there. Is there a way to do this without Sense?
these are my only qualms with a vanilla build.
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I dont know why your background img wont change but i can help you out with the facebook.
if you download facebook for android and go to options you will see a sync contacts with facebook. just tell it to sync all. if the pictures still dont show up. you can download an app called "syncmypix" from the market and this will do it for you. (as long as facebook is linked to the right contact.)
Facebook for android syncs for you
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Somehow this got fixed! I reinstalled the rom a few times (after a failed installation due to bootlooping) and now it works!
I've gotten my facebook contacts synced (via fb and syncmypix, because a bunch of my fb friends aren't using their real names (those jerks!)).