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Question. Maybe i just never payed attention to notice this, but last night i rooted my phone with 10minute method and sd card click-in. Then followed the same guys video to NAND. Installed CM6, first making a backup of my rom just rooted which is stored on the SD card. When i go to settings on my phone, then go to Storage information. I have 400mb left on my SD Card, which is only 2gb and a rom backup and such. Understandable. However, my actual PHONE storage says only 700mb. Why is there only 700mb available on a 8gb internal storage?? Seems kinda low. Anyway to free this up or do i need to worry about it?
The 700mb is phone storage for apps and stuff. The 8gb is internal storage which is just like another sd card but built in and actually it's about 6.8gb. I know that in CM5.08 the internal storage was not recognized so this may be a problem on CM6. You should look on one of the threads for that rom and see if that's the case.
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killer2239 said:
Question. Maybe i just never payed attention to notice this, but last night i rooted my phone with 10minute method and sd card click-in. Then followed the same guys video to NAND. Installed CM6, first making a backup of my rom just rooted which is stored on the SD card. When i go to settings on my phone, then go to Storage information. I have 400mb left on my SD Card, which is only 2gb and a rom backup and such. Understandable. However, my actual PHONE storage says only 700mb. Why is there only 700mb available on a 8gb internal storage?? Seems kinda low. Anyway to free this up or do i need to worry about it?
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EDIT: Disregard. different issue.
Neither cm 5.0.8 or cm6 show the internal flash as of yet. I have been using the skyraider froyo+sense Rom that recently came out and it has the memory available.
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jtpstealth said:
Neither cm 5.0.8 or cm6 show the internal flash as of yet. I have been using the skyraider froyo+sense Rom that recently came out and it has the memory available.
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Same here.
I've succeeded with [ROM] Black Notes Hybrid 2nd Gen by doing:
DO FULL WIPE TO YOUR DEVICE 2x (flashing newer stock [I8150DXLM3 - Malaysia - New] before is recommended)
DO RESTORE VIA CWM SELECT RESTORE DATA
REBOOT
DONE
everything was smooth & fresh everything is close to perfection. I was greatly surprise with it performance & smoothness thanks all to @Rio Saputro
the problem comes when i've successfully done memory swap as you can see on the attachment. it work well, just that i find it weird when i restore USER APPs + Data with titanium backup it seem restoring the app to internal memory (restored whatsapp app + data used up like +-20mb of internal memory).
I tried install app from play store some of it didn't used up internal memory but for like fruit ninja it used up like 3~5mb of internal memory.
once i've done memory swap i done like 20-30 apps restore using titanium backup when i reboot the phone it laggy & spiky then when i check the storage my internal memory left +- 500mb...
i've done re-flashing rom but still the same & also tried to changed the setting of restore app memory but nothing works.
anyone faced this? before this i was using Cow ROM v7 (Bionic Cow 2) but works perfectly which the rom comes with memory swap.
i've been deciding my next step of solution :
1. redo memory swap
2. do this (no idea if it's work on phone or even GB)b [MOD] MicroSD 2 Internal Memory Swap w/ICS support
3. worst come to worst stay unswap that's means wasted 64GB
SANDISK MOBILE ULTRA MICRO SD which cost me a bomb
I didn't know sgw can support 64gb of microsd card.. could it be the source of the problem?
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Restoring TB backed up User + Data not recommended when restoring to new ROM.
What ROM was TB backup made with??
Don't restore App Data from one ROM to a different ROM.
In your TB pics, 1 & 3.......Internal Memory is exactly the same!!! 947/948MB
Are you speaking about your Internal SD?? [Which now has Large Physical SD Card Mapped]
I would also say that quite a lot of the SD card is unusable due to what darkteb says, 32G may be the limit for SD cards on our device....
Pic 3 says Total 59G, usable 39G....does your App Data take up 20G??
Android Default location for Apps is Phone Memory, not any SD!!
AFAIK, and understand, with a mount swap implemented, External SD card [1.8] and Internal SD/USB Storeage [64/32??] behave same as always, just reversed......
Moved Apps will go to External, which is your 1.8......no sign of any moved Apps!!!....have you moved any Apps???
So, all your Apps are on Internal Phone Memory.......about 192M of Apps, is that about correct?? [947M Free/192 Used]
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1.What ROM was TB backup made with??
2.In your TB pics, 1 & 3.......Internal Memory is exactly the same!!! 947/948MB
3.Are you speaking about your Internal SD?? [Which now has Large Physical SD Card Mapped]
4.I would also say that quite a lot of the SD card is unusable due to what darkteb says, 32G may be the limit for SD cards on our device....
5.Pic 3 says Total 59G, usable 39G....does your App Data take up 20G??
6.Android Default location for Apps is Phone Memory, not any SD!!
7.Moved Apps will go to External, which is your 1.8......no sign of any moved Apps!!!....have you moved any Apps???
8.So, all your Apps are on Internal Phone Memory.......about 192M of Apps, is that about correct?? [947M Free/192 Used]
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1. ROM? GB 2.3.6? backup made up with(i don't get it)
2.oh the picture is duplicate.psps
3.yup device memory available: 0.88gb( the first picture)
4. not true. i've search & discover all other android forum most of android can support it simply just insert the 64gb sd card to phone & format it under setting then its usable.
5. oh..that 20GB is made up of my own songs video and other media stuff. nothing to do with other apps.
6. Really? before this i used Cow ROM v7 (Bionic Cow 2) i've all those app that i backup with TB before & it didn't used up like 500mb of my device memory also.
7. i've not move any apps to external
8. right. but for some apps that required download data after installation the data will store in USB storage.
Appreciate your Help.
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I didn't know sgw can support 64gb of microsd card.. could it be the source of the problem?
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yup most android can support it's same format of sd FAT32. just format the sd with your phone under storage setting & use.
watch this SII use it.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/yYUg14u_co8
hmm..just a thought maybe because those apps are backup from DXLC1 & i restored to Base band XXLM6 rom might have changes on it's default app storage.
Anyway i'll try it again on DXLAC1.
Try this tweaked kernel by using this
https://www.box.com/shared/104e8897260cfaf01c8e
Run it using Script Manager from Store....this is a V6 Script...
And I will show you the next step to fix Emission from Apps going to FC.
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ok i'll try never done this.
andynroid said:
Try this tweaked kernel by using this
https://www.box.com/shared/104e8897260cfaf01c8e
Run it using Script Manager from Store....this is a V6 Script...
And I will show you the next step to fix Emission from Apps going to FC.
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this is done right?
batistaong said:
this is done right?
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I think what u did for swapping was correct except the restoring process. U can see that the 1.83GB (internal sdcard) was full. U should restore them to "Original Location". Select his under Preferences->Restore backup to...
Another comment is the Class of ur MicroSD. If u are using Class 4, swapping is not a good attempt, it will cause slow loading and laggy to ur device.
batistaong said:
this is done right?
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Now DL this https://www.box.com/shared/9304e3e204600cc4b93a
Run Emission to prevent FC of apps...worth to try coz I did
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yewsiong said:
I think what u did for swapping was correct except the restoring process. U can see that the 1.83GB (internal sdcard) was full. U should restore them to "Original Location". Select his under Preferences->Restore backup to...
Another comment is the Class of ur MicroSD. If u are using Class 4, swapping is not a good attempt, it will cause slow loading and laggy to ur device.
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Hi yewsiong......
I think you may be correct in identifying the SD Card Class as a possible problem.
Thanks to OP for info regarding the 64G SD, but the class would also be crucial. [Good to know the SGS will accept 64G Card!!!]
Not sure where you see the 1.83G on Internal Card. In OP's pics??
TB pics point to nothing on 1.8G SD [Called External]...the Storage pic (2) does not show the top of the screen, SD Card Total Space bit missing, but I suspect it will show 1.7G....not sure where TB gets the 1.83G from???
For OP:
I still contend that restoring User Apps +Data is not good practise, and is not recommended if you have flashed a new ROM whether new Android Version, or same Version, like 2.3.6......not all 2.3.6 ROM's are the same, as we know.
Most custom ROM Devs say do not restore User Data!!! [even sometimes when going from one version to another version of their ROM.]
3.Are you speaking about your Internal SD?? [Which now has Large Physical SD Card Mapped]
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3.yup device memory available: 0.88gb( the first picture)
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I'm sorry, but either you are completely confusing your storage areas here, or I simply don't get it......
Device memory refers to Phone Internal memory, always, no matter whether you have swap or not!!!
Is this the pic:
irishpancake said:
Hi yewsiong......
I think you may be correct in identifying the SD Card Class as a possible problem.
Thanks to OP for info regarding the 64G SD, but the class would also be crucial. [Good to know the SGS will accept 64G Card!!!]
Not sure where you see the 1.83G on Internal Card. In OP's pics??
TB pics point to nothing on 1.8G SD [Called External]...the Storage pic (2) does not show the top of the screen, SD Card Total Space bit missing, but I suspect it will show 1.7G....not sure where TB gets the 1.83G from???
For OP:
I still contend that restoring User Apps +Data is not good practise, and is not recommended if you have flashed a new ROM whether new Android Version, or same Version, like 2.3.6......not all 2.3.6 ROM's are the same, as we know.
Most custom ROM Devs say do not restore User Data!!! [even sometimes when going from one version to another version of their ROM.]
I'm sorry, but either you are completely confusing your storage areas here, or I simply don't get it......
Device memory refers to Phone Internal memory, always, no matter whether you have swap or not!!!
Is this the pic:
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Hi Irish~
take a look at the bottom of TB pics. 1.7GB is the available storage but 1.83GB is the total space (some space will be taken due to formatting and partitioning)
From what I know so far, SOME developers do not recommend users to restore files from previous ROM is not mainnly because of firmware version but the permission problem which lead to FC. (For example, u allowed ROMtoolbox to have SU to run some tasks in previous ROM but haven't enabled it in the new one, it can cause FC problem)
It can simply be solved by using fix permission via CWM or ROM Manager anyway.
However, if u want to restore apps from different firmware such as from GB 2.3.6 to CM9 (ICS 4.0.X), some apps are just incompatible. That's why acro68 asked us to re-download from market rather than restoring it.
Besides, even restoring contacts/messages could lead to FC problem too though it is a bit unusual.
yewsiong said:
I think what u did for swapping was correct except the restoring process. U can see that the 1.83GB (internal sdcard) was full. U should restore them to "Original Location". Select his under Preferences->Restore backup to...
Another comment is the Class of ur MicroSD. If u are using Class 4, swapping is not a good attempt, it will cause slow loading and laggy to ur device.
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Thats mean if i restore to original location is to 1.83GB (internal sdcard) ??
But i want it to restore to my USB storage which is my sd card due to memory swap.
FYI im using sandisk ultra mobile class 6 its faster that normal class 10 sd card. You can go their website and check it out.
Ive tried out myself its faster transfering file to internal sd via usb tranfering feom pc.
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batistaong said:
Thats mean if i restore to original location is to 1.83GB (internal sdcard) ??
But i want it to restore to my USB storage which is my sd card due to memory swap.
FYI im using sandisk ultra mobile class 6 its faster that normal class 10 sd card. You can go their website and check it out.
Ive tried out myself its faster transfering file to internal sd via usb tranfering feom pc.
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Yup. I know that.
U can restore some of them 1st then use TB to move them into ur huge "internal sd". Two times should be able to finish.
After u have completed, delete the old TB backup folder and remake TB backup for this ROM. Hence, the original location will be what u want for future restoring on SWAPPED rom.
andynroid said:
Now DL this https://www.box.com/shared/9304e3e204600cc4b93a
Run Emission
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You mean Run it using Script Manager also ?
I cant download it from my mobile browser it says download failed. Tried a few times.
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Yup. Two times should be able to finish.
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What do mean by that.
You mean force move to sd card using TB? Wont that cause any apps FC?
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batistaong said:
You mean Run it using Script Manager also ?
I cant download it from my mobile browser it says download failed. Tried a few times.
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Try using Dolphin Browser...
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andynroid said:
Try this tweaked kernel by using this
Run it using Script Manager from Store....this is a V6 Script...
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by doing this all my apps will install to my swap sd card memory ''USB storage''
andynroid said:
Run Emission to prevent FC of apps...worth to try coz I did
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done! wow this script is awesome so many tweaks. much much more things to play with now i know tweaks with script is fun Thanks alot.
yewsiong said:
Yup. I know that.
U can restore some of them 1st then use TB to move them into ur huge "internal sd". Two times should be able to finish.
After u have completed, delete the old TB backup folder and remake TB backup for this ROM. Hence, the original location will be what u want for future restoring on SWAPPED rom.
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i think i just use your solution better..haiz so troublesome with swap memory...
un-swapped memory & wipe & restore factory.. New start...thanks guys..
So im a rogers S3 user. I have a Sd card and internal storage of 16 gigs. currently I am running cyanogenmod...and for some reason I cannot view all the files of my internal storage. I keep moving pictures over to my SD card but not all pictures go nor do they even come off as what is being used in the internal storage. currently under miscellaneous there are 10 gigs of memory being used on what i do not know. any recommendations on how to lower this..should i just delete the entire miscellaneous and start new? its really confusing as I looked into my SD card and I had moved everything but i am not sure why the SD card is not showing all my pictures yet on my phone the pictures are somewhere yet i cannot see all of them from the internal storage either..any ideas?!
Well you can always transfer your stuff to a PC then go into recovery and make a nandroid. Then completely wipe everything, then restore your system
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The thing is it looks like everything I save to sd is going to internal
Well just transfer everything you want from there onto your PC and wipe it all including your sd card if you have one. That's just what I would do I've never cared to mess around. I'll just wipe all then go from there, doesn't take long
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So I would just wipe all using cwm?
adeolshivraj said:
So I would just wipe all using cwm?
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Yea absolutely after you've got everything you want of course
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Hello.
I am on Jedi master 12, suddenly last night , I an message that storgae space is low, I check the internal storage it is at zero. I don't understand it just yesterday my storage space was at 2.6GB. I did not install anything since then.
I run the AVG virus nothing was seen.
Any advise
thank you in advance
tomasitoc said:
Hello.
I am on Jedi master 12, suddenly last night , I an message that storgae space is low, I check the internal storage it is at zero. I don't understand it just yesterday my storage space was at 2.6GB. I did not install anything since then.
I run the AVG virus nothing was seen.
Any advise
thank you in advance
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Have you try, setting > Applications, go to each app, clear cache?
leprophotography said:
Have you try, setting > Applications, go to each app, clear cache?
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I tried to do wipe cache, wipe dalvik, didn't work.
But I didn't install nay new apps, the last app I installed was the windows 8 launcher , but I uninstalled it last saturday.
Are you saving larger files like pictures, video, games, etc. To your internal? Maybe time to go through and do some cleaning and change camera settings to save to external sd card...move stuff from internal to external and just be aware of where you download stuff
Disk Usage is a good app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5nb29nbGUuYW5kcm9pZC5kaXNrdXNhZ2UiXQ..
It will graphically show you what is using the storage space.
It helped me the other day when I realized some app had made 1.5 Gb of thumbnails on my internal storage.
The Android folder takes up a lot of room. Like the person above said download disk usage or android tuner/system tuner..http://bit.ly/10ccwQw
..Also if it is your sdcard/Android folder. try JB ExtSD App Binder. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2021049
ronin178 said:
Are you saving larger files like pictures, video, games, etc. To your internal? Maybe time to go through and do some cleaning and change camera settings to save to external sd card...move stuff from internal to external and just be aware of where you download stuff
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picture are saved in my external SD card
pbelcomp said:
Disk Usage is a good app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5nb29nbGUuYW5kcm9pZC5kaXNrdXNhZ2UiXQ..
It will graphically show you what is using the storage space.
It helped me the other day when I realized some app had made 1.5 Gb of thumbnails on my internal storage.
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I will try this app
I found another app called: SD maid system cleaning tool.
It has good reviews but I am unsure how to use it.
Has anybody used this app?
I deleted some files last night I had around 600mb of free space, then this morning when I woke up. A warning message on the notification bar said storage system memory low. I went to the storage setting, the internal storage available space is zero!.
All my photos are saved in the external SD card, music are in the external SD card
Don't know what is happening, any ideas.
I will transfer the CWM backups into the external SD card, I will check if the problem still presists.
tomasitoc said:
I deleted some files last night I had around 600mb of free space, then this morning when I woke up. A warning message on the notification bar said storage system memory low. I went to the storage setting, the internal storage available space is zero!.
All my photos are saved in the external SD card, music are in the external SD card
Don't know what is happening, any ideas.
I will transfer the CWM backups into the external SD card, I will check if the problem still presists.
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Copy all the files you want to your extsd. dcim,android,downloads ,Pictures nandroids ect or Make a copy of your whole sd to your pc.... reboot into TWRP and wipe internal sd (it wont wipe system btw)
deeznutz1977 said:
Copy all the files you want to your extsd. dcim,android,downloads ,Pictures nandroids ect or Make a copy of your whole sd to your pc.... reboot into TWRP and wipe internal sd (it wont wipe system btw)
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I am using CWM.
I think I found what the use is, I upgrade to the new CWM 6.0.3.1, now it is making a backup size of greater than 1GB.
can anybody help me/give instructions on how to go back to the CWM version before the upgrade.
How do I go back to the last CWM version?
thank you in advance
Used to be open rom manager, scroll down to older version or something like that, click on it and select what version you want..
Ok
tomasitoc said:
I am using CWM.
I think I found what the use is, I upgrade to the new CWM 6.0.3.1, now it is making a backup size of greater than 1GB.
can anybody help me/give instructions on how to go back to the CWM version before the upgrade.
How do I go back to the last CWM version?
thank you in advance
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yup, ditch cwm and use twrp much better you can store your backups on you external sd
deeznutz1977 said:
yup, ditch cwm and use twrp much better you can store your backups on you external sd
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I've been reading a lot of good feedback with TWRP. I like to try it, how I get TWRP
What is the file size of your CWM backups?
Presently the file size of my CWM backup are more than >1GB, before it was just maybe less than 100mb.
I don't what was is causing this. Has I unknowingly chnage a setting?
This is probably the reason why I am running out of space.
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I've been reading a lot of good feedback with TWRP. I like to try it, how I get TWRP
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Download goo.im from the playstore open, press menu button.. grab SU... click install OpenRecoveryScript.... yes... it goes to the goo.im website downloads than installs all on its own...... profit
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deeznutz1977 said:
Download goo.im from the playstore open, press menu button.. grab SU... click install OpenRecoveryScript.... yes... it goes to the goo.im website downloads than installs all on its own...... profit
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what is the file size of the TWRP backups ?
tomasitoc said:
what is the file size of the TWRP backups ?
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It depends since you can choose what to back up i would say anywhere firm 1.75 gig up to 4–5+
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I have been researching ways to save space on the internal sd card. Feel free to add a few.
Move Google music cache to ext sd. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYFw9bEAzM8
i couldnt watch the whole video haha... something about the dude annoyed the hell out of me.
as far as saving a little space though you can also delete any system audio files such as the alarms and ringtones youll never use anyways. I also used titanium backup to delete all system apps and bloatware I dont use.
quick question. How much storage do you guys usually had left after full wipe and flashed new rom? Mine only has about 3gb left is that normal?
dddsj said:
quick question. How much storage do you guys usually had left after full wipe and flashed new rom? Mine only has about 3gb left is that normal?
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I have nearly 7gb... Make sure any backups are on the external SD card as well... These backups take a lot of space and by default are stored internally.. At least with TWRP they are.
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Here's a guide on XDA for saving your Play Music to the SD
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34403753
That way you don't have to listen to the annoying video lol
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A lot of camera apps including the stock app store images on the internal phone storage. I usually set the the storage to external sd in the settings (if available). If the options not available, a smali edit can be made (if im not mistaken) or, transfer the images to sd when they build up
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I have nearly 7gb... Make sure any backups are on the external SD card as well... These backups take a lot of space and by default are stored internally.. At least with TWRP they are.
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How do you access the ext from twrp? I was trying to figure that out.
jrkart99 said:
How do you access the ext from twrp? I was trying to figure that out.
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Twrp > Backup > Storage: ... (its a button under the "set backup name" and "refresh sizes" button). Click that and change it to micro sd card.