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What's the diff because some of my apps are installed on phone and some internal.
Internal is 2gb and phone is 25gb
What should I put it on?
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Internal storage is the reserved space that your phone will install apps be default into. Phone storage is the 25-27GB of space that you can see when connected to the PC.
Some apps support having their data on the Phone storage, and some apps don't. Performance difference having them on one or the other is 0, unlike other phones where the phone storage is actually an external SD-Card, which the HOX does not have~
Check storage in your settings menu periodically and move eligible items to phone storage. Supposedly it helps performance. I do it routinely - clear out data caches and also uninstall apps I'm no longer using but had forgotten about.
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Would like some more info about this please
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If I do a factory reset, will both storages be formatted/restored to new state?
how can I access internal storage from pc? And from phone?!
Using htc 1 x
Thanks
Microzift said:
If I do a factory reset, will both storages be formatted/restored to new state?
how can I access internal storage from pc? And from phone?!
Using htc 1 x
Thanks
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No when you format/factory reset your device, only your internal storage will be deleted. There are file explorer apps which you can get in to the internal storage, but if you are a noob then i recommend not going in there. It is just the system files needed to run Android.
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SD2 storage
It there a way to move apps to the SD2 card? From the above I understand that there is, Intenal storage, Phone storage and SD storage. I see the options to install on either Internal or Phone storage or to move to either, but what about the SD card which in my case is practically empty and which I could exchange for a larger card?
Thank you.
How to increase internal storage from phone storage..?
Hey guys please help me out for this issue.. If i want increase my internal storage to increase more ammount of apps..? I m using lava iris x1 with 16GB phone storage in which internal storage for apps is only 852MB. How i can increase this internal storage..?? Reply and help me out..:angel:
Hi all,
My previous phone was a HTC Buzz (Wildfire). It doesn't have any internal storage, just a pre-installed sd-card.
I got my One V now for 4 weeks, and I just found out it does have internal storage beside the sd-card slot. But what exactly is it?
In Settings --> Storage space it says it got 1 GB of internal storage, of which is 555 MB used by apps. What partition is it they are talking about? In ES File Explorer, I see /mnt/emmc. It is completely empty. Or are they referring to the /data partition (which I, as user, can't really use directly)?
If I want to transfer my own files (music and so on) to the internal storage, in what folder do I need to place it?
Currently a lot of apps are using my sd-card as storage for their settings and caches. Will they use the internal storage for that if I take out my sd-card?
Thank you in advance
Your wildfire could install what....20-40 apps before getting a low storage warning?
Install an SD card, all your apps go to internal, (except app data...ie games) and your SD card is your "user storage".
Unless you install over 200 apps, most of them large, you will never get a low storage warning on the One V and that is a good thing.
When you want to upgrade to a new SD card, just copy the contents over to your new one, install and go........that simple.
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Thank you for answering anyway, but my question was about the internal user storage
Compizfox said:
Hi all,
My previous phone was a HTC Buzz (Wildfire). It doesn't have any internal storage, just a pre-installed sd-card.
I got my One V now for 4 weeks, and I just found out it does have internal storage beside the sd-card slot. But what exactly is it?
In Settings --> Storage space it says it got 1 GB of internal storage, of which is 555 MB used by apps. What partition is it they are talking about? In ES File Explorer, I see /mnt/emmc. It is completely empty. Or are they referring to the /data partition (which I, as user, can't really use directly)?
If I want to transfer my own files (music and so on) to the internal storage, in what folder do I need to place it?
Currently a lot of apps are using my sd-card as storage for their settings and caches. Will they use the internal storage for that if I take out my sd-card?
Thank you in advance
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Please free ur internal memory as free as possible....only keep frequently used apps in it, we have 4GB internal memory of which 1GB is available to us...in es file explorer click on favorites and there will be a phone icon.if u want to paste something not ur internal storage as writable through settings
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Thank you for answering anyway, but my question was about the internal user storage
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Ahhh, you mean that 95 or so mb of user storage?
1. No, you cannot move apps there
2. Really, not alot of place for music, some photos sure, just select internal storage in the camera app.
The 95 mb or so HTC left us is basically a joke, if youx have a suitable sd card (16gb ones are twenty bucks or less) I really sugest using that and consider that small space as a buffer if your card is removed and you want to suddenly snap a photo......or whatever.
In the future, when we have s-off and can repartion the nand that tiny space will be irrelevant.
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I don't know how much it is. I think it's the /mnt/emmc partition. I thought it was 1 GB.
Compizfox said:
I don't know how much it is. I think it's the /mnt/emmc partition. I thought it was 1 GB.
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No problems man, I'll start at the beginning.
Go to settings > storage, you will see:
Internal storage, total space 0.94GB...........it will report apps, and available. The two together should add up.
This is where your apps go
Phone storage, total space 95.23MB.........then available (mine is 95.21MB!!!!)
Storage Card, same total space / available.....this depends on what card you have
This is where app data goes, "user storage" ie. photos, videos, music, email attachments, downloads, etc. It will default to using your SD card if installed. If there is no SD card, or you temporally remove it, it will save stuff to your phone storage.
What partition is it they are talking about? In ES File Explorer, I see /mnt/emmc. It is completely empty. Or are they referring to the /data partition (which I, as user, can't really use directly)?
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The "partions" are as listed above. There are some directories that you may not be able to view because you may not have "root access". If you root your phone, you will now have access to view and edit the entire file system (kinda like being an admin on a windows machine). Unless you are an advanced user, this is not really required. Some system files are hidden by default for good reason, change them or move them (or delete them like my Dad on his home computer**#@!) and you can really mess things up in a way you do not realize until later.
If I want to transfer my own files (music and so on) to the internal storage, in what folder do I need to place it?
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Like I said before, the "internal storage" is for apps only, your "user storage" on your phone is only 95.23MB. Not enough for music really, maybe some photos (In the camera app itself under camera setting > storage > you can select storage card or phone storage) but....you are limited to the 95.23MB of space.
Currently a lot of apps are using my sd-card as storage for their settings and caches. Will they use the internal storage for that if I take out my sd-card?
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Yes, but they obviously will not be able to access any data on the card that is no longer in your phone!!!
It is easy to upgrade your SD card from the one that came with the phone. hook a USB cable to your phone, select "disk drive" from the drop down menu, copy the contents all at once onto the new SD card (if hooked upto your computer as well), power down the phone, swap cards and reboot......boom....more storage!!!
I hope that answered your questions, if not we'll have to talk S-off, hboots, nand partioning etc!!!!
Regards.
Thank you for the clear explanation!
I'm running Lloir's CM10 build now. So I have root
If I understand correctly, the 1 GB internal storage is the /data/ partition? And /mnt/emmc is just 95 MB of useless storage? Weird that CWM has got an option to make a Nandroid backup to the internal storage then. Won't fit
I've got a 4 GB SD-card btw
Compizfox said:
Thank you for the clear explanation!
I'm running Lloir's CM10 build now. So I have root
If I understand correctly, the 1 GB internal storage is the /data/ partition? And /mnt/emmc is just 95 MB of useless storage? Weird that CWM has got an option to make a Nandroid backup to the internal storage then. Won't fit
I've got a 4 GB SD-card btw
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Yup, you've got it right.
The CWM probably has that option for other devices. The HTC desire, by default (similiar to the wildfire), 512MB nand, approx 105MB for the user (apps, user data, everything!). With s-off, we had scripts in which the ext3 partion of the sd card would be read as part of the "internal" storage, so not all was lost.
But, back on topic, yes just nandroid to your sd card.
Cheers man, glad to hear your enjoying your phone.
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it's because i put the option in..
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it's because i put the option in..
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Cool, what partion does this option use?
Edit: disregard the question dude, read the dev thread and got ky answer. Good work.
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Hi
I am so curious about my phone ROM size. I'm not sure if I was cheated. My phone specs say that Internal Memory(ROM) is 4G but when I check it with Antutu, it show only 222MB. Was I cheated? Please check the link and attachment for screenshot.
http://www.handsetdetection.com/properties/vendormodel/Singtech/SGT-X40
Are you asking about your phones ROM, RAM or internal storage? The only number give in the Specifications is 4GB of internal memory... which means internal storage for apps and such.
steelred said:
Are you asking about your phones ROM, RAM or internal storage? The only number give in the Specifications is 4GB of internal memory... which means internal storage for apps and such.
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It should be 4GB but Antutu show only 222MB. That's why I'm curious. Did you check attachment for my screenshot?
No the attachment was unable to open for me... But to answer your question I have seen some factory installed ROM's as large as 6gb so im not suprised that most of your space has already been taken. Just add an Micro SD card. Another way to check is to hook it up to your PC and see how much space windows says it should have. You can also find the largest files and see if its bloatware or something else.
steelred said:
No the attachment was unable to open for me... But to answer your question I have seen some factory installed ROM's as large as 6gb so im not suprised that most of your space has already been taken. Just add an Micro SD card. Another way to check is to hook it up to your PC and see how much space windows says it should have. You can also find the largest files and see if its bloatware or something else.
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OK, I attached JPG. Why 4GB turn to 222MB? It is not even close.
First of all you are not in the right forum, this is the i747(m) forum. Secondly the information you are looking at is the physical memory (RAM), and the size of the rom that is installed (ROM, go figure). This simply means that the partition size to install an OS on your device is 222 MB large, which is stored on the internal storage (sdcard). The specs for the device list 4GB total internal storage, after subtracting system reserved space (ROM, Recovery, Bootloader, etc.) you are probably left with a little over 3 GB of actual accessible storage space. The screen shot you have provided does not include the internal storage capacity.
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First of all you are not in the right forum, this is the i747(m) forum. Secondly the information you are looking at is the physical memory (RAM), and the size of the rom that is installed (ROM, go figure). This simply means that the partition size to install an OS on your device is 222 MB large, which is stored on the internal storage (sdcard). The specs for the device list 4GB total internal storage, after subtracting system reserved space (ROM, Recovery, Bootloader, etc.) you are probably left with a little over 3 GB of actual accessible storage space. The screen shot you have provided does not include the internal storage capacity.
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That Internal Storage is ROM, isn't it? Why did you say it doesn't include Internal Storage Capacity? I attached another half of Device Information. Please check.
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That Internal Storage is ROM, isn't it? Why did you say it doesn't include Internal Storage Capacity? I attached another half of Device Information. Please check.
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No, as i stated in the instance of this screen shot the ROM label is signifying the size of the partition you have available to install an OS, i say it doesn't include internal storage because it doesn't mention internage storage (or sdcard) anywhere in the pictures. I have never used Antutu so i downloaded to see what it looked like on mine and it is much more detailed. I attached a screenshot, and i also attached a screenshot of the storage menu from the settings menu, which is all you need to look at to find out how much internal storage you have. As you can see my device has 1700 MB of RAM (physical memory) and although their label of 'memory' under storage is incorrect and misleading you can see it matches exactly and is in fact the internal storage size...the information you are seeking. You can see the same information on internal storage with the built in storage menu. You will also notice that i only have a useable 12GB, when my phone actually has 16GB internally....this is because of system reserved space. Im not really sure how much more specific i can get about the difference between RAM, ROM, and storage....i hope this helps.
On a commentary note, seriously dude if your device only had 222 MB of internal storage after the intial install size of your ROM you are left with 46 MB, you would be hardly able to install a couple apps and cache a few websites before you phone decided life isn't worth it and jumped out the window.
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No, as i stated in the instance of this screen shot the ROM label is signifying the size of the partition you have available to install an OS, i say it doesn't include internal storage because it doesn't mention internage storage (or sdcard) anywhere in the pictures. I have never used Antutu so i downloaded to see what it looked like on mine and it is much more detailed. I attached a screenshot, and i also attached a screenshot of the storage menu from the settings menu, which is all you need to look at to find out how much internal storage you have. As you can see my device has 1700 MB of RAM (physical memory) and although their label of 'memory' under storage is incorrect and misleading you can see it matches exactly and is in fact the internal storage size...the information you are seeking. You can see the same information on internal storage with the built in storage menu. You will also notice that i only have a useable 12GB, when my phone actually has 16GB internally....this is because of system reserved space. Im not really sure how much more specific i can get about the difference between RAM, ROM, and storage....i hope this helps.
On a commentary note, seriously dude if your device only had 222 MB of internal storage after the intial install size of your ROM you are left with 46 MB, you would be hardly able to install a couple apps and cache a few websites before you phone decided life isn't worth it and jumped out the window.
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Do you think Android 2.3 OS take more than 3GB? It could be enough for OS for PC. I'm not sure if you say ROM and Internal Storage is different?
Rexkh said:
I'm not sure if you say ROM and Internal Storage is different?
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That is precisely what i said, in great detail.
I don't get it well. If they are different, why both of them are not mentioned together in specs list. Basically, If Internal is mentioned, no ROM is mentioned. Look at this link for example. Spec show only ROM, no Internal Storage.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-THL-W10...1233484441?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3cd2baa299
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I don't get it well. If they are different, why both of them are not mentioned together in specs list. Basically, If Internal is mentioned, no ROM is mentioned. Look at this link for example. Spec show only ROM, no Internal Storage.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-THL-W10...1233484441?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3cd2baa299
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Their specification is labeled wrong. Like i said several posts ago, go into the settings menu on your phone, then storage. This will tell you how much internal storage you have available and a chart of what is using it.
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Their specification is labeled wrong. Like i said several posts ago, go into the settings menu on your phone, then storage. This will tell you how much internal storage you have available and a chart of what is using it.
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One reason I'm trying to figure out if manufacturer sold me what I've been told. The second reason, I want to buy a new phone which is not popular brand like Samsung. If I can't figure out what is the real Internal Storage, I might end up buying a phone with very small internal storage which I won't be able to install many apps. I mean 4GB is really enough for me if it is really 4GB, not 222MB or less.
I have a weird issue with the phone. When I am connected to my PC by wither USB cable or wifi I am seeing 1gb less space than there actually is on the internal memory. For example, when I look at the storage on my phone I have 4gb free, but when I see it on my PC it says 2.99GB. When the free space is less than 1gb on the phone, windows says there is no space at all and I cannot copy anything to the phone. I can copy stuff to the external card and then copy it over to the internal storage with a file explorer but it's a bit of a pain. Any idea what is going on?
This appears to be 1024MB of reserved space set aside for MTP mode on the internal storage. From the Android source:
Number of megabytes of space to leave unallocated by MTP.
MTP will subtract this value from the free space it reports back
to the host via GetStorageInfo, and will not allow new files to
be added via MTP if there is less than this amount left free in the storage.
If MTP has dedicated storage this value should be zero, but if MTP is
sharing storage with the rest of the system, set this to a positive value
to ensure that MTP activity does not result in the storage being
too close to full.
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This is why the SD card shows the full available amount instead, it seems.
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neonpsn said:
I have a weird issue with the phone. When I am connected to my PC by wither USB cable or wifi I am seeing 1gb less space than there actually is on the internal memory. For example, when I look at the storage on my phone I have 4gb free, but when I see it on my PC it says 2.99GB. When the free space is less than 1gb on the phone, windows says there is no space at all and I cannot copy anything to the phone. I can copy stuff to the external card and then copy it over to the internal storage with a file explorer but it's a bit of a pain. Any idea what is going on?
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little different about it is because of different algorithm to read storage. it means some files will be available for an OS.
But more than 1GB is not normal!
try restart phone. mount-unmount sd-card and ...
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I have a weird issue with the phone. When I am connected to my PC by wither USB cable or wifi I am seeing 1gb less space than there actually is on the internal memory. For example, when I look at the storage on my phone I have 4gb free, but when I see it on my PC it says 2.99GB. When the free space is less than 1gb on the phone, windows says there is no space at all and I cannot copy anything to the phone. I can copy stuff to the external card and then copy it over to the internal storage with a file explorer but it's a bit of a pain. Any idea what is going on?
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I also have the same issue with my android.. It's xperia z ultra... Windows shows less internal storage available space, with exactly 1 gb different, just as OP's story... hope someone can clarify this and the MTP thing....
i was looking in web sides is anybody has this problem, i had to, now windows shows 0,5 gb less storage then is in phone under a MM roms
Before you leave a comment please read the entire post.
I just got my device today and wanted to check the storage of my device in de My Files app.
And saw the amazing 1TB of storage and 99GB of used storage which was strange since I only got the device today and am pretty sure their system ROM doesn't use 80GB of internal storage.
I then download ES Filemanager to see what was using all the storage and then saw that I was in fact only using 13GB of internal storage and that actual total of usable storage only amounts to 937GB.
I don't really mind that it isn't really 1024GB of usable storage. But that they lie to us by showing 99GB of used storage in the My Files app to reach the total of 1TB usable space. That just doesn't sit too well to me.
What do you think about this?
1tb flash storage are not 1024gb but 937gb. i know that because i use byself on my pc nvme drive and i have a samsung 970 evo 1tb mounted that have exactly 937gb. the system of the s10+ use only 5gb and not 13. what you need to know is how linux works. the phone have more as 1 partition . system partition is allmost 6gb, vendor partition other 1.15gb, cache when i saw right on my s10+ 900mb, swap memory 2.5gb etc etc. so when you remove all partition from the 937gb is normal that you have left 901gb. you can buy a 1tb ssd for the pc and you see the same. you haven then 931 or 937gb (differs from brand to brand). in fact the chip have 1tb because it have 1000202039296 byte
^this! Kudos
If you use all 1TB of storage I'll buy you a 256gb SD card to make up for the loss. If you have ever used any phone, computer, or device with any kind of storage you would know this is how storage works.
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Seriously dude?
geiti94 said:
1tb flash storage are not 1024gb but 937gb. i know that because i use byself on my pc nvme drive and i have a samsung 970 evo 1tb mounted that have exactly 937gb. the system of the s10+ use only 5gb and not 13. what you need to know is how linux works. the phone have more as 1 partition . system partition is allmost 6gb, vendor partition other 1.15gb, cache when i saw right on my s10+ 900mb, swap memory 2.5gb etc etc. so when you remove all partition from the 937gb is normal that you have left 901gb. you can buy a 1tb ssd for the pc and you see the same. you haven then 931 or 937gb (differs from brand to brand). in fact the chip have 1tb because it have 1000202039296 byte
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Not really talking about the partitions tho, I'm wondering towards why they show 99GB in use...
Did anyone read till the end, yes I know 1TB doesn't always equal 1024GB and yes I know partitions do exists and that system most of the time takes around 4GB. And no I honestly don't care about the lost space of not having exactly 1024GB. I was wondering towards why they show 99GB of storage in use while only 13GB really is used
I think that nobody really read the post so to clarify. He isn't complaining about him not getting the full 1TB storage, he is wondering why the software from samsung says it is 99GB used and the software from ES Filemanager says it's 13GB.
It's probably that the software from samsung the flash storage without partitions shows, so it doesn't take in consideration that the flash storage might have multiple partitions. While ES Filemanager shows that you have 13GB used in the partition your files and apps get stored in.
So technically samsung isn't "Lying" to us. They are just showing the intire flash storage.
geiti94 said:
1tb flash storage are not 1024gb but 937gb. i know that because i use byself on my pc nvme drive and i have a samsung 970 evo 1tb mounted that have exactly 937gb. the system of the s10+ use only 5gb and not 13. what you need to know is how linux works. the phone have more as 1 partition . system partition is allmost 6gb, vendor partition other 1.15gb, cache when i saw right on my s10+ 900mb, swap memory 2.5gb etc etc. so when you remove all partition from the 937gb is normal that you have left 901gb. you can buy a 1tb ssd for the pc and you see the same. you haven then 931 or 937gb (differs from brand to brand). in fact the chip have 1tb because it have 1000202039296 byte
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Thanks for explaining before I did lol. Also got 1TB model. Also got 250 ish micro sd card in mine too
Sleak Ghost said:
Before you leave a comment please read the entire post.
I just got my device today and wanted to check the storage of my device in de My Files app.
And saw the amazing 1TB of storage and 99GB of used storage which was strange since I only got the device today and am pretty sure their system ROM doesn't use 80GB of internal storage.
I then download ES Filemanager to see what was using all the storage and then saw that I was in fact only using 13GB of internal storage and that actual total of usable storage only amounts to 937GB.
I don't really mind that it isn't really 1024GB of usable storage. But that they lie to us by showing 99GB of used storage in the My Files app to reach the total of 1TB usable space. That just doesn't sit too well to me.
What do you think about this?
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That's how all storage works. You never have the true amount. There is space reserved for the operating system and apps.
Xak said:
Thanks for explaining before I did lol. Also got 1TB model. Also got 250 ish micro sd card in mine too
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Buy why so much storage
I would assume they have it "hardcoded" to show "Used Space" = ( 1TB - "Available Space") ? Other thing I am not sure but on Linux (pretty sure Android uses ext4) you have by default 5% used for root filesystem so that takes away from your storage. Anyone to correct me maybe ?
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I would assume they have it "hardcoded" to show "Used Space" = ( 1TB - "Available Space") ? Other thing I am not sure but on Linux (pretty sure Android uses ext4) you have by default 5% used for root filesystem so that takes away from your storage. Anyone to correct me maybe ?
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Oh thank you someone who doesn't act toxic, thank you. And yes the probably hardcode and that was the point I was making. A lot of people just started raging as if I'm not happy with the 1TB usage...
What a reach
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