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Low Space warning on ICS

I am currently running the leaked ICS build 0.12. I keep getting a warning that my tablet storage space is getting low. But I don't understand how that's possible. Because on my storage in settings, it says I have total space 5.36GB. Here is a picture
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By jakob9595 at 2012-04-14
If you add all that together I should have plenty of space not 168MB free.

Have you rebooted? Do you have any "corpses" (left over game data, etc) in your internal storage? Try running this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013063 to see if helps remove anything which is taking up space (and doesn't show up in the storage menu) which you don't know about.

Can't even download it says my tablet doesn't have sufficient space to download it from the play store.

jakob95 said:
Can't even download it says my tablet doesn't have sufficient space to download it from the play store.
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You could move something(s) to your external sd card (temporarily), download and install the app, then move it/them back.

Theonew said:
You could move something(s) to your external sd card (temporarily), download and install the app, then move it/them back.
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How do I do that? No option for that on this tablet.

jakob95 said:
How do I do that? No option for that on this tablet.
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Use root explorer (or some file manager which allows moving - almost all should).

Theonew said:
Use root explorer (or some file manager which allows moving - almost all should).
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In which folder are your apps located in? I want to move Shadowgun./

jakob95 said:
In which folder are your apps located in? I want to move Shadowgun./
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Shadowgun's data is located in Android/data/. Apps on the other hand are located in /data/app/ and /system/app/ (leave those where they are). Judging by the free space on your external sd card, Shadowgun's data will not fit. You'll probably have to move some things to your pc (or use a different sd card).

Okay I moved everything I needed and installed the SD Maid. Now what should I do?

jakob95 said:
Okay I moved everything I needed and installed the SD Maid. Now what should I do?
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Run it. Clean apps, corpses, system, and you can also check for duplicates.

Theonew said:
Run it. Clean apps, corpses, system, and you can also check for duplicates.
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This won't delete any of my apps or data right? To do all of that I have to buy the Pro version.

jakob95 said:
This won't delete any of my apps or data right?
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No. You can check if you want though.

Theonew said:
No. You can check if you want though.
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This scans all my biggest files and here are the results.
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
No way can I fill up my storage with that. That's barely anything.

jakob95 said:
This scans all my biggest files and here are the results.
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
No way can I fill up my storage with that. That's barely anything.
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Did any of the other option help (corpses, etc.)?

Yeah I did all the sections, and I cleared up about 15MB lmao.

jakob95 said:
Yeah I did all the sections, and I cleared up about 15MB lmao.
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It seems like you're going to have to do a factory reset. I would also recommend flashing this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1589034 since it will give you a bit more internal storage.

Hmm I think I will just wait until the official ICS update, and flash that. Maybe that will fix my problem. Anyways thanks for the help.

I just reset the tablet, and it fixed my problem. Restored everything with Titanium Backup and everything is working well.

/data/gps
Had the same problem, also waited for an update to solve it, but nothing changed. I checked the system directories, which are on the same partition but you have no right to look into them without root (pretty dumb if you ask me). I found a dir /data/gps filled with some useless txt files. Then after deleting them with Ghost Commander nearly 2 GB of free space reappeared.
Sorry it took me so long, not checking xda regularly lately.

Albion von Darx said:
Had the same problem, also waited for an update to solve it, but nothing changed. I checked the system directories, which are on the same partition but you have no right to look into them without root (pretty dumb if you ask me). I found a dir /data/gps filled with some useless txt files. Then after deleting them with Ghost Commander nearly 2 GB of free space reappeared.
Sorry it took me so long, not checking xda regularly lately.
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Oh My God, I had over 10GB of files in this folder. Went from a little over 100MB free to 10.63GB. I assume this is GPS cache, but it really needs to be capped so that the older stuff gets deleted.

Issue with Titanium Backup

So, I've set the Backup directory to storage/extSdCard/Titanium Backup, but then I noticed that External storage is set to /storage/sdcard0/, so what's the deal with that? :S
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That's a feature of jellybean and because of the partitioned internal. Do not worry. As long though as you point it to your 64gb external card as you have done you are OK.
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mariosraptor said:
That's a feature of jellybean and because of the partitioned internal. Do not worry. As long though as you point it to your 64gb external card as you have done you are OK.
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Thanks for the reply mariosraptor....no wonder why the Move to SD feature in the pro version doesn't really work. I tried moving an app it moves it and I see the memory card icon then when I go back it just disappears and is not listed as an app stored in the ext sd.

Yep cause the apps actually are already in the sd. It's about the partions.
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mariosraptor said:
Yep cause the apps actually are already in the sd. It's about the partions.
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Yeah I know...I just thought to try the move apps to external SD card..but then it's useless.
Guess the only way is Directory bind, but then for some reason I can't find the directories for all my apps? Aren't they supposed to be in /Android/Data? I looked in there and only a few apps are there not all of them. What is the path for the apps?

XeroHertZ said:
Yeah I know...I just thought to try the move apps to external SD card..but then it's useless.
Guess the only way is Directory bind, but then for some reason I can't find the directories for all my apps? Aren't they supposed to be in /Android/Data? I looked in there and only a few apps are there not all of them. What is the path for the apps?
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I do not use directore bind. I use a more convenient solution.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036796
You already hace root. You need a kernel with init.d support.
I have been using this since my S3.
With this I have about 9gigs to install apps in the "real" internal card. All others like game data, and photos and stuff are in my 64gb extcard which now is internal.
Just read the thread by Mattia.
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mariosraptor said:
I do not use directore bind. I use a more convenient solution.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036796
You already hace root. You need a kernel with init.d support.
I have been using this since my S3.
With this I have about 9gigs to install apps in the "real" internal card. All others like game data, and photos and stuff are in my 64gb extcard which now is internal.
Just read the thread by Mattia.
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I have tried it and it worked but it caused me more confusion than make things easier and had trouble with the camera and gallery so I removed it. What I hated most about this mod is the reversed partitions when copying things from the pc via MTP
I may give it another try and see how it goes..

I have no problem in camera nor anywhere else.
The first time though after flash that you will open camera and it says it detected a memory card just say NO when it ask if you want to store them there.
Also in browser set phone as where to store downloaded data so you don't end up with this or that file is corrupted.
Hope this help
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I have no problem in camera nor anywhere else.
The first time though after flash that you will open camera and it says it detected a memory card just say NO when it ask if you want to store them there.
Also in browser set phone as where to store downloaded data so you don't end up with this or that file is corrupted.
Hope this help
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Alright will consider this the next time I flash the mod...I better of start doing it from scratch after a full wipe.
Thanks again
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XeroHertZ said:
Yeah I know...I just thought to try the move apps to external SD card..but then it's useless.
Guess the only way is Directory bind, but then for some reason I can't find the directories for all my apps? Aren't they supposed to be in /Android/Data? I looked in there and only a few apps are there not all of them. What is the path for the apps?
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No, Android/Data will contains only such application which requires to download/store some external data.
All application data stores in hidden data folder, titanium backup is actually backup applications in that folder.
Directory bind useful which have big data like gameloft/navigation map. rest of data is very small and can be created again once you hard reset.

dr.ketan said:
No, Android/Data will contains only such application which requires to download/store some external data.
All application data stores in hidden data folder, titanium backup is actually backup applications in that folder.
Directory bind useful which have big data like gameloft/navigation map. rest of data is very small and can be created again once you hard reset.
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Right...thanks for clearing that up dr.ketan...I just thought if its possible to bind apps that are above 70MB coz I have several ones of those that I would like to move to the external sd.
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[Guide][How To] Fix Sdcard / Find backups after cm10.1 Flash!

We all had that problem, we can't find our backups after flashing Cm 10.1. IT IS FIXABLE! So why would you factory reset through Odin? Here is how to fix it.
Step One: Make sure you are on a ROM with the play store. (When I flashed CM10.1, I had CM10 still on my sdcard with the Gapps, so I flashed that.)
I use ES file explorer, but you use what you want. Be sure to rename any important folders just in case so the files don't over lap.
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If you play games.. BACKUP YOUR DATA! THIS PROCESS DELETES GAME AND APP DATA! I AM SORRY! USE BACKUP PRO OR TITANIUM BACKUP IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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Step Two: Go into your 0 folder and highlight everything in there except Android. Shown here:
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Step Three: Hold down on a folder and select "Move to"
Step Four: it will bring up a box, go up till you get to the parent folder, shown here, and select SDcard (Internal SD!).
Step Five: After Selecting the internal SD Card, hit "ok" and it will move everything up to your parent folder where the "0" is. You can delete the "0" Folder (Make Sure there is nothing left in there that you need!), reboot into recovery, and get your backups back!
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Hope that saves someone from doing a factory reset with Odin! Any questions just ask!

corrupt files
i tried to transfer files between my internal memory to my sd card and half the files got corrupted, and also write protected my sd card afterwards. has anyone else experienced this?

bone6606 said:
i tried to transfer files between my internal memory to my sd card and half the files got corrupted, and also write protected my sd card afterwards. has anyone else experienced this?
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the only time I saw writer protected is when I used a computer...
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Won't this just be a problem later when you go to download more stuff. The phone will continue to store files in the "0" folder and not the internal SD card or will it reroute all files to that folder from that point on?

ArmyGurl2011 said:
Won't this just be a problem later when you go to download more stuff. The phone will continue to store files in the "0" folder and not the internal SD card or will it reroute all files to that folder from that point on?
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I said in the guide to select the internal SD card. I will show you what I mean. This is what my Sdcard looks like before I delete the 0 folder.
This Should be your end result.
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Thanks for this, I had about eight "0" folders, driving me nuts!

Lobster$ said:
Thanks for this, I had about eight "0" folders, driving me nuts!
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No problem! Hope this helped fix your problem! I had about 5 0 folders and I would see everywhere people having problems with it, so I thought I would post it.
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Whiplashh said:
No problem! Hope this helped fix your problem! I had about 5 0 folders and I would see everywhere people having problems with it, so I thought I would post it.
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Only issue that I encountered was I lost a bunch of my pictures in the transfer, When I selected internal SD to move them to, a box popped up saying if I wanted to override something and I clicked yes...I wonder if that was the issue. Also I lost all of the files that I downloaded to the internal such as new roms.

Lobster$ said:
Only issue that I encountered was I lost a bunch of my pictures in the transfer, When I selected internal SD to move them to, a box popped up saying if I wanted to override something and I clicked yes...I wonder if that was the issue. Also I lost all of the files that I downloaded to the internal such as new roms.
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I didn't have that problem... you moved everything right? Maybe all add to the OP to change the picture file name. Maybe that will save ot
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Whiplashh said:
I didn't have that problem... you moved everything right? Maybe all add to the OP to change the picture file name. Maybe that will save ot
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Actually I recall that I ran out of internal memory while the move was going on so some things probably didn't make the transfer. All those "0" folders really sucked up my space!

Lobster$ said:
Actually I recall that I ran out of internal memory while the move was going on so some things probably didn't make the transfer. All those "0" folders really sucked up my space!
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When the 0 file is made, it adds extra empty folders. You could delete those
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[Q] Internal memory question

So I have flashed a couple of different ROMs some debloated TW some full featured TW and some without TW and the internal memory always stays at 9.72 available even without all the bloat. My question is is there a way to change that can I format or re partition the internal storage without screwing everything up royally???

Short answer: No. Too risky.
A little more information, mostly speculation. Repartitioning your device's internal memory could very easily leave you with a brick. While it may be possible, the risks are greater than any benefit.
This may be totally off-base, but I'd guess that you'd probably need a custom bootloader redesigned with the proper starting and ending addresses for the new partitions, especially if you wanted to resize any partitions that affect the way the phone starts up (boot and system, I'd imagine).
edit: Does anyone think it may be possible to repurpose some of the unused space on the system partition of some ROMs as extended media storage through the use of symlinks? Not sure I'm saying exactly what I mean, and I might be completely misunderstanding how symlinks work, but here's my thought:
e.g. Create a folder in /system/extended_media_storage. Create a symlink on data/media/ pointing to /system/extended_media_storage.

crawler9 said:
Short answer: No. Too risky.
A little more information, mostly speculation. Repartitioning your device's internal memory could very easily leave you with a brick. While it may be possible, the risks are greater than any benefit.
This may be totally off-base, but I'd guess that you'd probably need a custom bootloader redesigned with the proper starting and ending addresses for the new partitions, especially if you wanted to resize any partitions that affect the way the phone starts up (boot and system, I'd imagine).
edit: Does anyone think it may be possible to repurpose some of the unused space on the system partition of some ROMs as extended media storage through the use of symlinks? Not sure I'm saying exactly what I mean, and I might be completely misunderstanding how symlinks work, but here's my thought:
e.g. Create a folder in /system/extended_media_storage. Create a symlink on data/media/ pointing to /system/extended_media_storage.
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I figured that would be the case, ill just stick to using folder mount to use up my SD card when needed.
Thanks

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edit: Does anyone think it may be possible to repurpose some of the unused space on the system partition of some ROMs as extended media storage through the use of symlinks? Not sure I'm saying exactly what I mean, and I might be completely misunderstanding how symlinks work, but here's my thought:
e.g. Create a folder in /system/extended_media_storage. Create a symlink on data/media/ pointing to /system/extended_media_storage.
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An interesting idea, but a quick attempt didn't work. Easier to just get a big MicroSD and symlink your media folders to that.
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An interesting idea, but a quick attempt didn't work. Easier to just get a big MicroSD and symlink your media folders to that.
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Thanks for trying it out and letting me know. I doubted it would actually work, but figured I might throw the idea out there just in case.
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linux experience
my experience with Linux suggests that a simple repartition resize would suffice, if possible.
In Linux there are nice programs like GParted that can change, create, modify partitions Live, It is risky but I've never lost data.
Those were windows machines running Linux distros though. Android is a form of Linux but I'm not sure what you can do partition wise.
Not quite that far in my quest of knowledge and understanding.
The thing is, your partitions are set and don't change, even when you flash, so basically that space is pre-allocated by the factory.
even when you flash, you aren't flashing the partition structure, just the data inside it (those memory addresses), IF after you flashed with the No Bloatware Flash theoretically you should be able to resize that particular partition and also resize the device storage partition in sequence to a bigger size. All that should be possible without affecting the important system partitions etc. Even if you did **** it up, the system and recovery partitions are hidden and you should be able to do a full rewrite recovery with some software and a usb cord, theoretically. You would need to be accurate, not just precise when you resize the partitions. As a matter of fact if you did do it, you should resize according to actual drive blocks and not bytes.
Just my 2 cents, Ayyyyy

recovering deleted pictures from internal sdcard

hello , is there anyway to recover deleted pictures from internal sdcad after formating system ??? , i tried many apps through google but all failed ,
i desperately need these pictures cuz they contain credit card informations which i must have

You are going to have to put your SD card into the computer and use a recovery program. SD cards don't have a "trash" so you will need to find software to recover it. IMPORTANT!! DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! the more reads and writes to your card, the more likely that the files you are looking for will be purged off. The reason I know its possible is because I just had to do this about 6 months ago. Good luck
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Success100 said:
You are going to have to put your SD card into the computer and use a recovery program. SD cards don't have a "trash" so you will need to find software to recover it. IMPORTANT!! DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! the more reads and writes to your card, the more likely that the files you are looking for will be purged off. The reason I know its possible is because I just had to do this about 6 months ago. Good luck
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internal SD.....not external SD ! zo thats a nice idea but not going to work as its not removable.
as long as you can't mount the internal SD as an USB disk its a no go to run recovery software as 99% of those type of software needs a USB disk to run and NOT MTP type of storage.

I think I saw a hack around XDA that allowed you to mount the memory, or extract the contents, to be able to recover (possibly) data. But it seemed like a lot of hoops to jump through. Plus, data recovery programs will often be only partially successful, under the best of circumstances.
Consider it a lesson learned, and backup your photos next time. With a variety of easy cloud options, there is really no reason not to.

pinkslips said:
hello , is there anyway to recover deleted pictures from internal sdcad after formating system ??? , i tried many apps through google but all failed ,
i desperately need these pictures cuz they contain credit card informations which i must have
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do you have a Nandroid ? why didn't you use the Google drive or Dropbox for backup ?
HTC gives every One owner a Google Drive just for this reason

pinkslips said:
hello , is there anyway to recover deleted pictures from internal sdcad after formating system ??? , i tried many apps through google but all failed ,
i desperately need these pictures cuz they contain credit card informations which i must have
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well you could try
reboot to TWRP recovery to avoid further damage to the partition, make sure /external_sd is mounted
Code:
adb shell dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p47 of=/external_sd/mmcblk0p47_userdata.img
(that should be a raw ext4 partition)
once that's done, take out your external sdcard, and using a card reader, try mounting it in linux then use some recovery program,
you may possibly need to convert it the raw partition, but i'm not sure about all that, just trying to point you in the [possibly] right direction
but in all cases, very low chance of success probably
EDIT: for example, i was able to mount the partition (i made a backup when i first got the phone), just to test using DiskInternals Linux Reader:
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thanks all i managed to do it , i went for a guy and he recovered them for me using terminal emulator and some other program i can remember its name

pinkslips said:
thanks all i managed to do it , i went for a guy and he recovered them for me using terminal emulator and some other program i can remember its name
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Wow that's Great news... Please find out what he used to recover the files . I could really use it.

if you are rooted, there is an app available through the playstore called diskdigger that recovers deleted files from your internal storage

methslushee said:
if you are rooted, there is an app available through the playstore called diskdigger that recovers deleted files from your internal storage
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yes exactly diskdigger root paid one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdiggerpro&hl=en
u can try the free version first if it didnt work for u go for pro , i dont know why int the reviews alot of people says it doesnt work but it worked like a charm , i even used it later afterwards to recover some music and some videos i shot with the camera ,

methslushee said:
if you are rooted, there is an app available through the playstore called diskdigger that recovers deleted files from your internal storage
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pinkslips said:
yes exactly diskdigger root paid one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdiggerpro&hl=en
u can try the free version first if it didnt work for u go for pro , i dont know why int the reviews alot of people says it doesnt work but it worked like a charm , i even used it later afterwards to recover some music and some videos i shot with the camera ,
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Disk digger works very very well. I have used it a few times to help others out. It's success rate is pretty high.
Just ensure to recover to the external sd card.

I suggest that you try this htc data recovery solution.
Good luck.

peternik999 said:
I think not possible for internal storage.
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Phone based data recovery apps (such as from the Play store) are your best bet.
As you may be referring to (hard to tell with a one line, vague post) PC based programs have been (at least somewhat) successful recovering data from smartphones in the past. But since Android has moved to MTP protocol (versus USB mass storage), most of those programs won't work.
The phone apps will work to some degree, with internal storage. But data recovery is always an iffy proposition. Once the memory blocks get overwritten, the data is gone for good (at least by any reasonable, consumer level retrieval methods).