I'm using the stock kernel and, of course, facing issues with the small internal memory. I'm using link2sd, but it still leaves a fair amount of data in the internal memory (ie, 16 mb for Asphalt 6, 14 mb for Facebook, 13 mb for Flash, a couple of mb for many other apps), so I'm always with a somewhat limited space for applications.
So I wonder if there is something capable of moving far more data to the SD card, so I don't need to worry about having enough room for apps. I was looking at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spazedog.mounts2sd but it mentions init.d support, and googling about all that stuff doesn't really explain it in more layman terms.
Thanks in advance
You cant be using Link2Sd properly then. It leaves virtually nothing in the internal memory. I had a 32gb SD card full of games and still had about 200mb free internal memory. When you create a link are you trying to move the apps to SD afterwards as they should show as being on internal?
Well, I have it set up to link automatically on application install, and to link application, dalvik-cache and libraries. The install locationis set to external and I have ticked the check boxes to relink libraries and dex files at startup.
To test it, I've unistalled Facebook and reinstalled. Once the app finishes installing, I get the link2sd notification that it's linking it to the SD. I login to my account and once I go to the application settings to check the app size, it reports a total of 31,33 MB, of which 23,56 MB correspond to the aplication and 7,77 MB to data. And has the option to move to the SD so it's certainly in the internal memory.
Link2SD storage info reports the internal memory (380 Mb total, 15% free), the Sd card (12% free) and the sd card's second partition, at /data/sdext2, with 712 MB total, of which 390Mb are used.
Sorry for bumping, but is the link2sd behaviour I'm describing normal behaviour then?
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Sorry for bumping, but is the link2sd behaviour I'm describing normal behaviour then?
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Yes, it does appear to be normal behaviour. Try going into the Link2SD app and see if it says whether the app is linked or not. I've had instances where my apps don't get linked even after running the process. When you check the application size in settings (not in Link2SD), the application size will remain unchanged as I think Link2SD treats your partition as internal storage and therefore it still shows the application as it's full size as opposed to how much of it is actually on your internal storage
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I have just recently gotten a new HTC EVO from Sprint and even though it came with an 8GB micro SD card, I was dismayed to learn that it comes with very little internal storage (~277 MB with default apps installed). Android 2.2 is installed on the device, which does allow some of the newer apps to be installed on the SD card, but there are a lot of older apps that can't be moved to the SD card due to Android's original security.
It got me to think about a similar situation I used to have with my Palm Treo. We had an external SD card, but no real way of using it. Then came PowerRun, a utility that allowed us to offload apps to the SD card while not in use, and reload them to system memory and executed upon relaunch automatically.
My question is, could it be possible for the wizards here at xda to come up with a similar utility for Android systems? I know there would be limitations, such as running processes and other system programs that need to remain in internal memory, but it seems to me that other non-essential games and apps could be offloaded to the SD card and deleted from system memory and only leave behind a launcher icon that would call the launcher app that would reload the app on the SD card back into internal memory, then launched. This would free up the internal memory for max efficiency. Could this be possible?
See the original PowerRun for Palm OS system here for the basic idea behind it at simple-palm.com/powerrun/index-e.html
Interesting idea indeed. There is already a great deal of effort in this area of freeing up internal phone memory. A2SD, Dalvik2Cache, and firerat's partition resizing are some great ways to increase internal phone memory by moving things around and optimizing the usage of what we have.
Hi all,
my wife owns a Wildfire S since a couple of days.
But I am quite disappointed about the amount of available memory (internal storage) for applications.
She does not have a lot of applications installed (about 5), but the available is only about 93 MB.
When going to "Settings - Applications - Manage Applications" it shows me at the bottom of the screen "Internal Storage: 57MB used, 93MB free".
The phone specs state RAM 512 MB and Internal Storage also 512MB. Why is it showing only 140MB in reality?
Can someone explain this, please?
Is this normal?
How much available storage do you guys have on yours, please?
(Btw, also via "Settings - Storage" it shows "92,07MB as available space" on internal storage)
The phone is a T-Mobile branded one from The Netherlands.
Thanks in advance.
Mine got 512MB internal storage as well, but i think that the OS uses some space that don't show up. Have you tried moving apps to the SD card?
Moving apps to SD indeed does free up some memory, however...
I have only installed a few apps (less then 10mb all together), therefore I am quite disappointed with the little available memory.
The phone is a dutch Tmobile version. I can see there are a few Tmobile apps built-in into the rom, but surely they can't take up that much space, could it? (Adding up used + available internal storage only totals about 150mb, which is far from the 512mb as in the specs?)
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Same issue! I got mine yesterday and after barely installing anything. Im low on internal memory and it adds up to 140mb not 512.
Btw android, sense and other HTC things take up that memory. It is only 512mb when there is nothing on the internal memory.
Same issue here. Quite a disappointment and no way to really solve it.
Hello all, search 'darktremor app2sd' in this xda website
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Im amazed at how little memory this phone has. After 2 days and 5 apps its basically completely out of space. I liked the smaller form factor but this is ridiculous.
U can move all of ur apps to SD if u want...and it doesn't even require rooting...i was also having problem with this whole low internal memory thing..but i found this...
"http://androidforums.com/desire-tips-tricks/174345-how-move-apps-sd-card-unrooted-device-noobs-guide-updated-09-02-11-a.html"
its quiet simple really...it does help a little...with this u can use "move to SD card" option in application settings for nearly all the apps..
Hope this helps..
PS : u can use an app called android tool box..its really useful..it has many options like app manager, cache cleaner,file explorer,start up manager and many more..it is quiet handy when u'r low on Ram or space..
I have one 20 apps installed and the phone memory is showing only 18mb
of the 2gb I believe thats internal memory of the phone
is there a way to correct that
are you sure you werent looking at the ram stats? because the 2gb you were referring to is the internal storage (1.2gb is available for apps). though 18mb is quite low for ram too, you should use a task manager (like es task manager)!
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I used titanium backup and its welcome screen shows
System rom 342 mb
internal 133 mb
sd card 8.01 gb
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ashwanikoul said:
I have one 20 apps installed and the phone memory is showing only 18mb
of the 2gb I believe thats internal memory of the phone
is there a way to correct that
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One 20 = 120?
for storage (internal) settings> storage. There you can check how much phone storage is left of the 2 gb. For ram if you have a task killer it will show you how much is left.
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Went to scan something with Photo Reader and was told that I didn't have enough storage space available. This seemed odd to me as I've installed fewer apps than on my tablet, and haven't even had time to download data files for most of the games.
1.45 GB Available, and it's not enough space for system functions?
Is ~10GB how much I should have internal?
EDIT - Probably should have said 11GB, just actually looked at the full number 10.97 is rather closer to 11 than 10... And that's why you sleep at 3 am not post!
I'm having issues now with CM10 running out of internal storage. I did enough digging to find that it was a change in CM10 that caused this. The solution is to move some of the larger apps to the SD card.
The problem I have is that the highest offenders of space are all the google apps. My top offenders are:
Chrome: 60mb
Amazon App store: 28 mb
Media Storage: 28 mb
Google Search: 22 mb
Google Drive: 16 mb
Google Maps: 16mb
RssDemon: 15 mb
Google Play Store: 12mb
Android System: 10b
MoboPlayer: 9mb
Document Viewer: 9mb! (WTF is that?)\
HDR Camera+: 8 mb
Google Play Music: 9mb
Google Play Services: 8mb
Titanium Backup: 8mb
Gmail: 8mb
I'd love to move some of my apps to the SD card, but most are the Google Apps. And the others I'd rather have internal if I had my preference.
Is anyone else seeing the same thing? Do any of these mb sizes look ridiculous? These numbers are before any data or cache wipe for any of these apps.
I'm having the same issues on my TF101 and it's really starting to erk me.
CM10 did alter the size of the system partition accommodate the rom size. However, not a huge amount. That being said, we have a reduced amount of memory compared to more modern devices. Consider moving apps to sd that don't need to run at max performance. Maybe a clean data wipe would help some as well. It's amazing how much a clean start can help. But that's the beauty of root and custom roms, do a backup and try it out. If it doesn't work out, restore your backup image and try again.
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CM10 did alter the size of the system partition accommodate the rom size. However, not a huge amount. That being said, we have a reduced amount of memory compared to more modern devices. Consider moving apps to sd that don't need to run at max performance. Maybe a clean data wipe would help some as well. It's amazing how much a clean start can help. But that's the beauty of root and custom roms, do a backup and try it out. If it doesn't work out, restore your backup image and try again.
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Thanks for the response. I've moved what I wanted over to the SD card and I still only have 96mb available and get low space errors quickly.
What about when I scroll lower and it says I have 6.65gb available? I'm guessing it's referring to the SD card, but how the heck do I make a folder that utilizes this? My intention is to create a folder where I can save images that I've downloaded from browsing.
How do I differentiate between the onboard memory and the SD card?
Pics and downloads should automatically be sent to SD. In settings-storage, it should have headers that show weather or not its internal or SD storage.
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