Am I missing some memory? Shouldnt I have more available then 3.5? Is this normal guys I thought this phone has 16gb internal?
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You got one of the recall S4's probably. Shake the phone and see if you hear something rattle, if so thats the missing memory. Take it back to the store for recall replacment
Some of that 16gb is dedicated to the "system" (Rom and pre installed app)
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Some of that 16gb is dedicated to the "system" (Rom and pre installed app)
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^^ this. i have 9.63 available but I also deleted some system apps and ringtones, notifications, and alarms.
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-defends-16gb-s4s-mere-8gb-of-usable-storage-50011111/
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You didnt happen to use CWM to back up, did you? If so, theres your problem.
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You didnt happen to use CWM to back up, did you? If so, theres your problem.
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Most likely the other part of you answer. Although its a 16gb device only around half of it is usable storage. Still after flashing a ROM I tend to have 7+GB available. Backups take a big chunk. 2.5 - 3gb and by default store internally. Move these to an external SD and select external as default storage on next backup. I actually have a separate 32gb thumb drive+ otg cable with a backup from multiple ROMs. And I select the USB otg option. Keeps my on board SD cards clean.
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Not sure if this has been posted yet here but this is how you make you external become your internal and have everything save to it.
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...sd-card-with-rooted-galaxy-note-2-app2sd-mod/
Just want to say I did not create this app I am only sharing it
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I'm not sure If this slows down gaming and processing because some people are claiming it does. I have a 64gig sandisc micro sd ultra and I haven't noticed it yet.
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Ok found one issue with this. When taking a picture the image won't save. When you click on gallery it just disappears, unless you took a burst shot. I don't know if this was just my device or what
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Never mind I'm just dumb. Once you switch your hd you need to go to camera, settings, storage, click on it if it's greyed out, set storage to phone and it should work.
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Never mind I'm just dumb. Once you switch your hd you need to go to camera, settings, storage, click on it if it's greyed out, set storage to phone and it should work.
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When I added my sd card, I went to storage and switched it to the SD card and all pics I take get saved to the SD card except Burst Shot images.
When I go to the gallery, I can see all pics in one place - whether its on the SD card or Internal storage. This is how its supposed to work.
Yea but I made it so my sdcard reads as my internal so anything that is saved even apps goes to my 64gb instead of 16gb internal. So things run a little different
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I just used Titanium Backup to move the apps I wanted moved. I tried the Apps2SD app in the market but it wouldnt move some apps
This is not apps2sd app this actually makes your external storage your main storage.
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Guys if you want to revert changes, do you just copy the folders and files back to the main card and not run the script any more at boot? (of course, just whatever fits in 16Gb that is)
Or will I have to flash a ROM again just to make sure things are not messed up?
i activated the script and just tried installing a game from google play.. it still went to my internal card, not the external card.
Didnt work for me either. I can open all aps. I was expecting then to crash since the sdcard was empty. Darn it I want this to work
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You don't have to flash a Rom for this just follow the directions by going into the app you downloaded open the script and turn on su and boot and save to turn it on. To turn it off turn su and boot off and save. Each time power off your device completely to reset changes.
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Works for me
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Remember it should say your external is now your internal. So if it's going to the new internal that's good
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when i run it, it says: mounting X failed: no such file or directory
You're rooted correct?
If so make sure you download script manager, download the apps2sd script, open in script manager, turn on su and boot, save, power off device and turn it back on.
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You're rooted correct?
If so make sure you download script manager, download the apps2sd script, open in script manager, turn on su and boot, save, power off device and turn it back on.
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That is what I am doing. The internal is still 16Gb sadly.
I am running CleanRom with Perseus kernel btw
My apps switched when I changed it and I had to download patches when entering the app again. Also lost my sounds/have to change them. I'm running multi Window mod.
Not sure what's happening on your end. If you go to the link you can post on the topic or email the moderator, he's usually pretty helpful.
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shaolin95 said:
That is what I am doing. The internal is still 16Gb sadly.
I am running CleanRom with Perseus kernel btw
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Same for me. It's just not working.
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Why is my 16 gb T-mobile Note 2 only showing 10 gb? Did i get a defective device, or does this particullar device use 6 gb for system? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Quite a bit is used for the system, and is normal (unfortunately)
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Quite a bit is used for the system, and is normal (unfortunately)
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Thanks for your help! But it really sucks that I only have 10 GB of storage left and most of that is being used on apps
fatannasty said:
Thanks for your help! But it really sucks that I only have 10 GB of storage left and most of that is being used on apps
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You can always buy an sd card, you can add 64gb. At least we have an option to add an sd card. If you need more space there's options.
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You can always buy an sd card, you can add 64gb. At least we have an option to add an sd card. If you need more space there's options.
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And if you get a usb OTG cable, you can add a flash drive to add even more storage! I got a 64gb card in the phone and another 64gb flash drive which I've loaded with music and videos.
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You can always buy an sd card, you can add 64gb. At least we have an option to add an sd card. If you need more space there's options.
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I currently have a 32 gb sd card in the note 2, however i do not see a option to transfer apps from the phone storage to the sd card. Any ideas?
fatannasty said:
I currently have a 32 gb sd card in the note 2, however i do not see a option to transfer apps from the phone storage to the sd card. Any ideas?
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There's an option to transfer user apps to sd card in Titanium Backup paid version.
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fatannasty said:
I currently have a 32 gb sd card in the note 2, however i do not see a option to transfer apps from the phone storage to the sd card. Any ideas?
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Gemini app manager will let you transfer to sd card... and it's free.
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There's an option to transfer user apps to sd card in Titanium Backup paid version.
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I was looking for an easy way to do this because I am lazy. Saw scripts and stuff but that seemed like work.I tried this, but I am not certain it works, at least not well. I ran it, and it says it ran successfully, but the device memory didn't change at all. Same amount taken up by applications, same available space over all.
However, I did try to move the apps back and forth again to test this, so maybe it moved once, but then refused to move any more. Not sure...
Do I have to have a rooted phone in order to move stuff to my sd card? This is insane that u can't move apps or music to an sd card. WHY would Samsung do that?
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There's an option to transfer user apps to sd card in Titanium Backup paid version.
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I have the paid version, and every time I move a app to SD card it never works.
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Markor13 said:
I have the paid version, and every time I move a app to SD card it never works.
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They are probably not transferring because they don't run properly from the external sd. There's plenty of room for apps in the internal.
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I rooted my s4 but I have no clue how to move anything to the micro sd card its 32 gigs class 4 I bought music from the playstore and some apps and just want to move it to the sd. This is my first android I had ipod/iphones before this
Welcome to Android
First off, congrats on the switch to Android. I personally believe you won't want to go back to iPhone. With that said, I don't have my S4 yet, but if it's anything like other Androids, you can use a file app (I use Astro) and move any files back and forward as you see fit. You can also mount the phone to a PC and move it that way or put the SD card itself in the PC. If your filling up the whole 32GB or a lot of data, the fastest would probly be mounting the SD card itself into the PC.
Hope this helps, but then again.... I'm still waiting for the S4 to release in my area.
I found a way to move the music to sd card just not apps I think they made it harder to move because no apps I download do it but ill try astro. Ipod/iphone jailbreaking is simpler lol.
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lawliet13 said:
I found a way to move the music to sd card just not apps I think they made it harder to move because no apps I download do it but ill try astro. Ipod/iphone jailbreaking is simpler lol.
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Why do you want to move the apps to the memory card?
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Theres only 9.1 gigs of free space on the s4
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Theres only 9.1 gigs of free space on the s4
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That's more than enough for your apps.
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That's more than enough for your apps.
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Not if you plan to install games.
I have a 32gb iPhone 5 and have at least 17gbs in games alone.
I'm also looking for a way to install apps on the SD card.
I haven't open my GS4 yet so I can return it incase we can't.
600+ for a 9GB is a not good.
@@@use " link2sd " application...download from play store...its not only let u too move apps to sd...and u can also uninstall unwanted system apps if u [email protected]@@
So I did a fresh install of a tw rom and its saying I have used 5.4 gb Ive factory rest like 3 times already ... whats the deal thanks.
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Your system and recovery partitions use a portion of the 16gb that the phone has. Kind of like if you do a fresh install of Windows on you PC, the system files take up part of the hard drive. There's no real way around that.
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What's on your internal sd card?
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nothing. This is a fresh install and I deleted everything and I'm using 5.4 GB....
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nothing. This is a fresh install and I deleted everything and I'm using 5.4 GB....
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Are you saying the device shows total available internal memory to be ~9GB? If that is the case, that's the way it is with the way it's partitioned. If you mean there's 5.4GB missing out of the ~9GB it's supposed to have, then there's a problem.
your backup is in the external, can't see it unless you're in recovery. I figured out the hard way.
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Are you saying the device shows total available internal memory to be ~9GB? If that is the case, that's the way it is with the way it's partitioned. If you mean there's 5.4GB missing out of the ~9GB it's supposed to have, then there's a problem.
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OK it says I have 9.62 GB then out of those I have 3.95 GB left to use but under what I'm using I'm only using about 1gb or less 900mb why is it saying I'm using about 5.4 GB I connect it to my PC I look under all the folders nothing in them plus fresh install factory rest 2 times. ....
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OK it says I have 9.62 GB then out of those I have 3.95 GB left to use but under what I'm using I'm only using about 1gb or less 900mb why is it saying I'm using about 5.4 GB I connect it to my PC I look under all the folders nothing in them plus fresh install factory rest 2 times. ....
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If you are using CWM and have made a backup (or two) check /data/media/clockwork. It's the root of the phone, not of the internal memory partition or SD card.
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If you are using CWM and have made a backup (or two) check data/media/clockwork.
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I have but on my SD card let me go check .... Sorry guy might even be my own fault thanks though.
EDIT: so I deleted 2 back ups in cwm smh had no idea they were saved in internal but thank you guys !
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I have but on my SD card let me go check .... Sorry guy might even be my own fault thanks though.
EDIT: so I deleted 2 back ups in cwm smh had no idea they were saved in internal but thank you guys !
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Good to know! Glad you got that resolved!
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I have but on my SD card let me go check .... Sorry guy might even be my own fault thanks though.
EDIT: so I deleted 2 back ups in cwm smh had no idea they were saved in internal but thank you guys !
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Thought you said there was nothing on your internal sd card?
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What are some things I could delete or move to SD to get more internal memory. I am running liquid smooth ROM. I know there used to be an apps to SD option through titanium backup but I don't see it anymore.
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realizerecognize said:
What are some things I could delete or move to SD to get more internal memory. I am running liquid smooth ROM. I know there used to be an apps to SD option through titanium backup but I don't see it anymore.
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Have you read any of the other numerous threads on the subject of internal memory? This subject has been covered so many times and it's always the same thing.
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What are some things I could delete or move to SD to get more internal memory. I am running liquid smooth ROM. I know there used to be an apps to SD option through titanium backup but I don't see it anymore.
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Use folder mount to move big files to ex card. This phone does not have option yet to move apps to sd unless you use a rom from another carrier on it.
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Have you read any of the other numerous threads on the subject of internal memory? This subject has been covered so many times and it's always the same thing.
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This!
The easy bet is that it is your rom backups. That has been the answer for all 900 other people who have made this same thread.
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That's why you always save backups on the ex card. Never save them on internal sd.
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Have you read any of the other numerous threads on the subject of internal memory? This subject has been covered so many times and it's always the same thing.
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I always search before making a post. Haven't started too many posts... Sorry I couldn't find the answer :/ but thank you other guys for the help. I wasn't sure if backups could go to SD because of them being through cwm. But yes I knew they were taking a lot of my memory away.
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Next questions search. Getting backups to SD..
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To get back ups to sd, first you search your recovery since they are not all created equal. On cwm I know you have the option right after you select backup and restore. It is a few selections down. Not sure on twrp, Im sure its easily spotted though.
Figured out how to back up to SD. Thanks for the help!
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