Can ne1 tell me how much internal memory the Nexus has? I've read two conflicting stories, one stating the Nexus has 16GB and the other stating it has 32GB.
The GSM version has 16GB whereas the Verizon exclusive LTE version has 32GB.
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Here's a better question... Anyone with the Nexus able to tell has how much it ACTUALLY has available to us from the get-go? We all know 16GB doesn't really mean 16GB.
Yumunum said:
Here's a better question... Anyone with the Nexus able to tell has how much it ACTUALLY has available to us from the get-go? We all know 16GB doesn't really mean 16GB.
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My phone says: "Total space: 13.33GB"
Bosse! said:
My phone says: "Total space: 13.33GB"
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Craaaaap. Basically 3GB gone... Brutal. Thanks for sharing, though!
solution: buy a USB cable and hook up your flash drives and portable hard drives to the phone. problem solved.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359491
neok44 said:
solution: buy a USB cable and hook up your flash drives and portable hard drives to the phone. problem solved.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359491
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Yeah cause its so easy and stylish to be using a phone with a USB drive dangling from it.... but yes that does happen to be our only option for expanding memory sans cloud storage
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cbutters said:
Yeah cause its so easy and stylish to be using a phone with a USB drive dangling from it.... but yes that does happen to be our only option for expanding memory sans cloud storage
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for me the 13GB is enough for my most listened to music, around 2-3GB. a few TV shows, of which standard dev is only 350MB, HD is 1GB and the rest for apps.
then i'll plug in my 1TB hard drive if i want to watch an HD movie.
but if the 13GB is not enough then you just gotta wait for the 32GB, which will probably be only 28-29G actually.
neok44 said:
solution: buy a USB cable and hook up your flash drives and portable hard drives to the phone. problem solved.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359491
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but now you have a portable hard drive you're carrying around with your phone
that's more like "burden created", not "problem solved".
So far I'm good with the 16 (or 13gb) you get with the phone. I filled up a first gen iPod 32gb with music and random apps but noticed I really don't listen to a lot of the music I have on there, so for this phone I only put the music I really listen to often on it and synced everything else with Google Music. You can choose songs to remain cached and available offline if you really want it to stay on the phone so no worries about low connectivity. I'm never really in a position to have the time to watch multiple movies on my phone and Netflix is more than enough if I am in that position. Podcasts are the only thing that get me because I always forget to delete them. I averaged around 1-2gb of free space on my NS and I've scrapped a lot of unnecessary self inflicted bloat on this phone so I should be good until this time next year when the next nexus comes out.
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I have ZERO music on my phone. I just put all my music on Google Music and have the GM app on my phone so that way I have all my music all the time. Sure it has to stream it but hay that is what a charger it for!!! I do have a few songs on there just to make ring tones with. but its less then 10 song. Just my 2 cents
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but now you have a portable hard drive you're carrying around with your phone
that's more like "burden created", not "problem solved".
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it depends on how you look at it.
for me 13GB is more than enough for my daily use.
with the adapter i can use one of my 32GB flash drives, which obviously are very small, or i can use my hard drive.
now if i'm on a plane or at school, i'll have the hard drive with me and it's not an issue. It just comes down to how you use your device and what your doing. for me this is an awesome way to get around the 13GB and still be able to watch my bluray rips on the phone.
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Hey, I have searched a bit for an answer here but can anyone actually tell me if I can get a larger SD card or more gigabytes for storage on my Samsung galaxy nexus??
Cheers
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No. Only way to get more space is using a kernel which supports USB hosted storage.
It is too risky trying to change the memory chip (i imagine soldering is needed) already installed in your phone.
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No. Only way to get more space is using a kernel which supports USB hosted storage.
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For any OS but Windows, that would be good, but Windows does support the MTP mode of the Galaxy Nexus.
OK. Bummer
I'll just have to deal with it then. Something to definatly look out for on my next phone phone
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What I'm planning on doing is this:
I've ordered one of these: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/USB-Host-Ada...s=63&clkid=7945018501273467967#ht_1590wt_1067
Hoping it works on the G Nex, I think it should.
And then I'm getting one of these: http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10425
Gonna basically have a little microUSB flash drive. I'm just gonna plug the moskeyto into my computer every now and then to sync, but I think it's the best solution for being able to carry larger files I want to use on my phone.
I'm not sure its gonna work yet. Gonna test my existing drive with the host adapter before buying the new drive, but for $2, its worth giving it a shot.
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What I'm planning on doing is this:
I've ordered one of these: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/USB-Host-Ada...s=63&clkid=7945018501273467967#ht_1590wt_1067
Hoping it works on the G Nex, I think it should.
And then I'm getting one of these: http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10425
Gonna basically have a little microUSB flash drive. I'm just gonna plug the moskeyto into my computer every now and then to sync, but I think it's the best solution for being able to carry larger files I want to use on my phone.
I'm not sure its gonna work yet. Gonna test my existing drive with the host adapter before buying the new drive, but for $2, its worth giving it a shot.
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Another option if you've got a microsd card laying around from a previous phone (like I do) is to get that same OTG cable and a mini microsd reader like http://www.amazon.com/ELAGO-Mobile-Reader-World-Smallest-EL-RD-012/dp/B002K7EJDK
Now suddenly that 16GB microsd isn't as useless as it was although you'd still have to put up with the terribad transfer speed.
Speaking of which, do they publish the Moskeyto's read/write xfer speed? I mean you know, it doesn't actually matter on the device (as long as its fast enough to stream a 720p video without any issues) but it does matter when you're just trying to get some data on it from your PC .
On a related note re: storage space, I got Google Play Music working 2 nights ago and I must say that I'm impressed at how seamless it works. It's also nice having my entire active-music library, has also meant that I can trim my "offline" sync playlist even more to save more space. This space saving method, of course, does mean you gotta have a decent data plan if you wanna stream and drive.
Cheers everyone. At least I have a couple options now.
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I'm looking to transfer files to and from my phone. I have all my music on my PS3 along with some movies and pictures. Is there possibly an all share app or something else dlna?
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I'm looking to transfer files to and from my phone. I have all my music on my PS3 along with some movies and pictures. Is there possibly an all share app or something else dlna?
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Just mount it using the usb cable
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Just mount it using the usb cable
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When I plug it in it says usb device unknown and does not come up.
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Just mount it using the usb cable
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You can't "mount" the Galaxy Nexus. It doesn't have UMS.
You might try Bluputdroid
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You can't "mount" the Galaxy Nexus. It doesn't have UMS.
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Sorry just giving my two cents, good to know though
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What if I reformatted the fs to fat32? Would that screw up anything on the phone?
Transfer to PC and then transfer to console.
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BBlunts456 said:
What if I reformatted the fs to fat32? Would that screw up anything on the phone?
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Yes.
and it still doesn't "solve" the problem that the phone is still all 1 partition and can't be mounted as UMS...
chancy319 said:
Transfer to PC and then transfer to console.
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do this. only way to do it UNLESS your PS3 is hacked and you can load a FTP program on there.
Damn that sucks. Its just a PIA to do all that transferring. It does kind of suck to have 32gb that can't be partitioned. Do you guys think there will ever be a way to partition it?
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Damn that sucks. Its just a PIA to do all that transferring. It does kind of suck to have 32gb that can't be partitioned. Do you guys think there will ever be a way to partition it?
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Why would you ever want that? The whole idea of unpartitioned storage w/ MTP is that its less of a hassle. You're just creating more problems by introducing different formatting and partition tables. Kinda funny how everyone complained on old phones dealing with partitions, "low storage" errors, and Apps2SD... now that they have large internal storage and no partitions they hate it too.
Just leave it be. It works really well (on the aggregate) and its the way that Google wants it. I don't see them ever going back to partitions and UMS. Better get used to it.
I just want to be able to connect to my PS3 because my laptops were stolen when my apt. was burglarized, and the only place I have media is on my PS3. I'm not looking to make things difficult. I just think that Samsung already did that by not making it USB compatible with devices such as PS3, tvs, sound systems, etc. Especially these days. My 5 year old Sansa Clip will connect to any media device, I'd like to think the GNex is more advanced than that. Just my opinion...
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I just want to be able to connect to my PS3 because my laptops were stolen when my apt. was burglarized, and the only place I have media is on my PS3. I'm not looking to make things difficult. I just think that Samsung already did that by not making it USB compatible with devices such as PS3, tvs, sound systems, etc. Especially these days. My 5 year old Sansa Clip will connect to any media device, I'd like to think the GNex is more advanced than that. Just my opinion...
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Well I'm sorry that your laptop was stolen, but that's not Samsung's fault (and btw it was Google's decision on the design and implementation of the storage, not Sammy). Single internal storage and MTP is more advanced and overall a better solution. I think that asking most people, they'd take this solution over the partitions and UMS that allows them to connect to a PS3...
I hear you. I know people didn't just buy this phone to connect to PS3 and to me, it really is a small price to pay for an otherwise great phone. (It's probably gonna make me get a new cpu)lol But its pissin me off that this elite smart-phone can't do something my LG Dare did! I just wanna make sure its not a "pebkac" problem.
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Well I'm sorry that your laptop was stolen, but that's not Samsung's fault (and btw it was Google's decision on the design and implementation of the storage, not Sammy). Single internal storage and MTP is more advanced and overall a better solution. I think that asking most people, they'd take this solution over the partitions and UMS that allows them to connect to a PS3...
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Mtp blows a new technology should work with old technology the technology that the op is talking about is not even that old.
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bulvine420 said:
Mtp blows a new technology should work with old technology the technology that the op is talking about is not even that old.
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I thought there would be an easy work around this... especially for PS3... Samsung TV remotes are even compatible with PS3 out of the box.lol Im really surprised about the incompatibility. Makes me wonder what else isn't gonna work... MEHHH
Do you want to actually transfer or would streaming be fine? If streaming is okay, I suggest imediashare from the Play Store. You can stream images and videos to your PS3 this way(tried it myself today)
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I tried imediashare and it only seems to let me copy to my PS3, not from. All share from samsung worked on my og epic and actually recognized it as a device. I cant find an apk to it tho. I wonder if that would work? Does someone have an apk of that or samsung apps?
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I hear you. I know people didn't just buy this phone to connect to PS3 and to me, it really is a small price to pay for an otherwise great phone. (It's probably gonna make me get a new cpu)lol But its pissin me off that this elite smart-phone can't do something my LG Dare did! I just wanna make sure its not a "pebkac" problem.
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Could always just go back to your Dare... your choice.
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Mtp blows a new technology should work with old technology the technology that the op is talking about is not even that old.
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It works fine with old technology. PC's recognize a GNex (or any camera, for that matter) in MTP/PTP mode and transfer files without issue. I think you're confusing an "issue" on the Galaxy Nexus with an actual issue on the side of the PS3 not recognizing MTP/PTP...
MTP isn't some fancy new technology. It's been around forever (since at least Windows XP). It's not like Google invented MTP for use on the Galaxy Nexus (it was actually invented by Microsoft) just to piss everyone off.
And as I said before... single, non-expandable internal unpartitioned storage and MTP are here to stay and you're just going to have to deal with it. Google isn't going to change this, and I for one am happy they've made this decision. Really wish people would quit *****ing about it. If you don't like MTP, don't buy the Galaxy Nexus. You'll be missing out on a great device for a silly reason.
When you open up the internal memory via pc it says its only 10gb? wheres my other 6 gb?
system files and other stuff.
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finalhit said:
system files and other stuff.
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^^^^^^^ This.
And, just like any other HDD advertised, there's rounding involved. That 250GB HDD you bought is actually only 236GB, or something like that. It's all about them rounding and dividing by 1000 instead of the proper 1024.
I believe my GS3 had more than 10 though?
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I believe my GS3 had more than 10 though?
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The GS3 also doesn't have S Note and all the files required for the S Pen framework. It would make a little more sense.
In any case, the proper solution to this thread and its question is to man up and buy a 32GB MicroSD for $20-$30. It's a better solution anyways IMO. If you switch devices for any reason, all your important files are already on your MicroSD and ready to go. I switched to the GNII from an EVO 3D and I didn't have to copy over all my music and ringtones or other important files. I just put my my MicroSD in and everything was there.
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The GS3 also doesn't have S Note and all the files required for the S Pen framework. It would make a little more sense.
In any case, the proper solution to this thread and its question is to man up and buy a 32GB MicroSD for $20-$30. It's a better solution anyways IMO. If you switch devices for any reason, all your important files are already on your MicroSD and ready to go. I switched to the GNII from an EVO 3D and I didn't have to copy over all my music and ringtones or other important files. I just put my my MicroSD in and everything was there.
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I do have a 32gb card. I just think it sucks that its only 10gb and not 16gb.
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When you open up the internal memory via pc it says its only 10gb? wheres my other 6 gb?
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Do a backup and you will see where it all goes, adds up quick on a beast like this. Largest back up on a phone ive had yet if im not mistaken it was a hair over 4gb
df -h shows 10.3G
I see total available memory as 10.3G, with only 2.3G free space. I'm on CM 10.2 on Galaxy Note 2. I went to TWRP, wiped internal storage, but still doesn't help.
df -h shows filesystem as 10.3G only - where is the other 6G? Why is it not getting used for custom ROM installation?
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lennykravitz2004 said:
^^^^^^^ This.
And, just like any other HDD advertised, there's rounding involved. That 250GB HDD you bought is actually only 236GB, or something like that. It's all about them rounding and dividing by 1000 instead of the proper 1024.
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Partitioning is why.
Rounding isn't why.
It is because the user-usable-storage partition and the normally-non-editable system partition are counted together. Which makes no sense to common people, but makes perfect sense to advertising agents.
yep, it's that 6GB that samsung reserves for the system partition on just about all the devices they make. seems the should start adding 16GB , 10 useable like they used to do with old school monitors.
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When you open up the internal memory via pc it says its only 10gb? wheres my other 6 gb?
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Are you new to computers, file storage, formatting, partitioning or just technology in general? The computer you're using to be online and on this website, what do the specs list as it's hard drive and what is really available? That 32GB microSD card you say you have, let me not shock you but if you look it up, it's really not 32GB, but ~ 28GB or so (give or take), really. The industry is to blame..really.
Question appears to be answered. Time to close an unnecessary thread.
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Question appears to be answered. Time to close an unnecessary thread.
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I seriously concur.
I have a USB powered WD passport.
I want to connect this passport to my galaxy s3 which can play all types of video formats and have my galaxy s3 which is hooked up to the tv hdmi play movies.
How would I do this and what would I need to buy as far as cables?
Doing this for a friend's wedding gift Help me out brothers
you might want to try something like that
http://www.chinavasion.com/china/wh....0_TV_PC_Box_EZTV__HDD_Bay_WiFi_Media_Player/
or
http://stores.ebay.com/eforaus/Media-HDD-Player-/_i.html?_fsub=506425619
Probably would be cheapersolution?
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you might want to try something like that
http://www.chinavasion.com/china/wh....0_TV_PC_Box_EZTV__HDD_Bay_WiFi_Media_Player/
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http://stores.ebay.com/eforaus/Media-HDD-Player-/_i.html?_fsub=506425619
Probably would be cheapersolution?
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Hmm. That is ok I guess. I was thinking this. I buy him an external hard drive, and some connectors and he can travel and play his movies with him his android and some cables wherever he goes for his honeymoon etc.
cash365 said:
you might want to try something like that
http://www.chinavasion.com/china/wh....0_TV_PC_Box_EZTV__HDD_Bay_WiFi_Media_Player/
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http://stores.ebay.com/eforaus/Media-HDD-Player-/_i.html?_fsub=506425619
Probably would be cheapersolution?
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Is there a more specific name for a product like this with android, where I can plug in an external HD and have it play media?
How good is that product you posted. Would you personally recommend it? It would be nice if it were in the US/on amazon
Don't have an answer for your questions, since I haven't got any experience You could do a google search and see if someone else has posted any experience with that).
The other solution I was thinking is to buy him a 64GB miniSD card and a cable to connect his phone with the TV set. You must consider though fact that playing movies from his phone will deplete his battery quite quick! I have a 64GB Sandisk card and is more than enough!
Btw are you sure he is going to use it on his honeymoon? (His wife might not find it a good idea)...
Try this if you are still looking for a solution also
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-EAD-T10JDEGSTA-WI-FI-All-Share-Cast/dp/B0089VO7MY?tag=viglink121875-20
Does your tv have WiFi?
Hi,
I have an old A100, thinking how to use it~ use as Photoframe?
Jc003125 said:
Hi,
I have an old A100, thinking how to use it~ use as Photoframe?
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i want to mount mine in my dash, except im sure theres better tablets for this since theres no OTG support, however if you could get over that youd be fine.
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i want to mount mine in my dash, except im sure theres better tablets for this since theres no OTG support, however if you could get over that youd be fine.
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really headache no resell value
Resale value? Who cares! Haha
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I'm not sure what most people are using they're tablets for but IMO this is still a pretty good tablet. Its got a decent camera for a tablet, quick enough for internet, email, Netflix and videos, HDMI connection for my TV, SD card port. But I mainly use it as an e-reader!
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Mine does triple duty primarily- depending on the situation.
It is still used off and on to navigate web and to read Kindle books.
On road trips it's my map display tethered to a MIFi.
When at home it's on my night stand and serves as a real time weather display.