It seems as though something is slowly stealing internal storage space. I can't seem to find where it's going. I store pics on ext sd. Any ideas?
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acooken said:
It seems as though something is slowly stealing internal storage space. I can't seem to find where it's going. I store pics on ext sd. Any ideas?
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how many 0 folders do you have. also are you rooted. try a root explorer. take a look around the internal see sizes of files.
Rooted and only 1 zero folder. I've been checking folder sizes but nothing I jumping out @ me yet
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In device/data down a little ways is "RS_.xxx log" and there are a ton of them with same date? small files individually though, but they're dated from a year ago.
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acooken said:
In device/data down a little ways is "RS_.xxx log" and there are a ton of them with same date? small files individually though, but they're dated from a year ago.
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back them up to pc then delete them see if it helps. i switch rom so much i never have your issue. if your looking for a good app for using extsd for storage like old android system. check out folder mount in market. was so good i bought it. i use it to bind my gps maps 1.5gb on extsd and app thinks its on internal. so frees up space for me. like 5gb worth with games and nav stuff.
I did a little digging n found dcim file had 2 ? Files. Both had duplicate pics totalling 790 megs each. I deleted both and it showed me NO gains in my internal storage
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I just upgraded from the S2 and on that phone it was possible to have apps on SD card.. But on my S3 there is option in settings at all.. Does anyone know a way to do this? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
pinkcandygirlx said:
I just upgraded from the S2 and on that phone it was possible to have apps on SD card.. But on my S3 there is option in settings at all.. Does anyone know a way to do this? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
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Yup no longer an option while stock. Have a read here to see if this is something you may be interested in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849861
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Yup no longer an option while stock. Have a read here to see if this is something you may be interested in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849861
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Oh root is the only option to fix it? I'm kinda afraid to void my warranty
Don't be scared... come on over to the dark side. Seriously though, do some reading to see if it is for you. There are ways to root and unroot, this might be a good place to start looking
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726558
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Don't be scared... come on over to the dark side. Seriously though, do some reading to see if it is for you. There are ways to root and unroot, this might be a good place to start looking
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726558
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YES! Come join us on the root side, everything is better XD
Additionally to evoer's suggestion, you can also check Link2Sd which is a free app that allows you to move selected apps to the extSdcard. Root is also need for this app to work, so yeah root it! You must partition your sd to have one part FAT32 and one part ext4 partition. There are free apps for that floating around that'll work on PC, not sure if the current custom recoveries have this integrated. I know back in the EVO OG days we were able to partition directly in recovery.
Warning - before partitioning, you must back up everything in the sdcard to you PC since this will format you sdcard.
As for rooting, if you take that road, go this thread found in the Android Development section. It's a tool created by Senior moderator/Recognized developer mskip. Read through the OP and some pages before attempting this. But this is on of the most straight forward and easiest methods available.
Really good instructions too
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5idWFrLkxpbmsyU0QiXQ..
I can look into this but let a pro root it if thats what i decide to do. Thanks
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I dont know bout the Dark Side, but the Rooted side definietly!!!, It isnt hard to root and flash roms, just takes careful reading thats all.
Im now sporting my new GS3 16 gig using Phantoms Blaze Rom with the extsd2internalsd GS3 64g class10 mobile, internal 16 gig ext.
worked like a charm. Their are some issues where some apps install the app and data into the real internal memory but noting too big, Atleast thats the prob im having. Good thing i didnt spent 400 bucks for the 64 GS3 im a happy camper with this mod.
pinkcandygirlx said:
I can look into this but let a pro root it if thats what i decide to do. Thanks
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Just my opinion but if you choose to root it, do it yourself. That way if anything ever does mess up, you can figure out how to fix it on your own instead of going on one of the forums saying "help my friend rooted my phone and now everything is force closing, what do I do?!?".
It really isn't as complicated as it seems, so long as you follow all instructions and there are many here to help of you get stuck and can't find a solution to a problem. However, a decision only you can make if it is worth it. There is always a small chance of a brick. I've done it before but only cause I was a idiot and flashed an international s3 version ROM when rooting my Sprint galaxy s3
I rooted my LG optimus way back so that I could remove T-Mobile bloatware since the phone was crap anyway. Since then, I always root and have become a flashaholic (although wicked sensations v1.1 is keeping me grounded for a bit ). I'm slowly learning thanks to all the great info here, I was all proud of myself for modifying my mms.apk last week and recompiling it with no issues I still have way more to learn but once you start it is like an addiction. Lol.
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GL to SD ( playstore )
evoer said:
Yup no longer an option while stock. Have a read here to see if this is something you may be interested in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849861
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Worked like a charm..!!! Good lookin out..!:laugh:
pinkcandygirlx said:
I just upgraded from the S2 and on that phone it was possible to have apps on SD card.. But on my S3 there is option in settings at all.. Does anyone know a way to do this? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
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Pardon my ignorance but why would you need to move any apps 2 sd card? I mean I have a S3 16GB with a 32GB card added to it and I have about 70+ apps installed on the 16GB card and I still haven't reached 50% of the memory on the phone....
CR1T1C4L718 said:
Pardon my ignorance but why would you need to move any apps 2 sd card? I mean I have a S3 16GB with a 32GB card added to it and I have about 70+ apps installed on the 16GB card and I still haven't reached 50% of the memory on the phone....
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Games and such take up a ton of space. For example NOVA 2 downloads 2 GB of content. Theres also music, videos, etc
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CNexus said:
Games and such take up a ton of space. For example NOVA 2 downloads 2 GB of content. Theres also music, videos, etc
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I don't think there is any need for these kinds off apps/hacks anymore. The original EVO and other androids had horrible memory issues. They were trying to get by with 512MB to 1GB for both the system files and the apps. The big apps like NOVA etc only have a small piece on the ROM portion of the memory. The rest is on the internal or external SD card. So there's no need.
Granted I have the 32GB version with an additional 3GB SD card only because I had it from my EVO days. Most people don't need that much space.
Jimmy_Jo said:
I don't think there is any need for these kinds off apps/hacks anymore. The original EVO and other androids had horrible memory issues. They were trying to get by with 512MB to 1GB for both the system files and the apps. The big apps like NOVA etc only have a small piece on the ROM portion of the memory. The rest is on the internal or external SD card. So there's no need.
Granted I have the 32GB version with an additional 3GB SD card only because I had it from my EVO days. Most people don't need that much space.
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Using Link2SD, I get a failure to move due to insufficient space. I have a 16gb SD, with 14gb allotted to FAT32 and 2GB allotted to ext2. Any ideas?
workingmomjd said:
Using Link2SD, I get a failure to move due to insufficient space. I have a 16gb SD, with 14gb allotted to FAT32 and 2GB allotted to ext2. Any ideas?
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Right now CyanogenMod is giving me problems. The "best" app Link2SD won't work. It says it will not work with my device. Maybe i'll downgrade to stable cm 10...
Jimmy_Jo said:
I don't think there is any need for these kinds off apps/hacks anymore. The original EVO and other androids had horrible memory issues. They were trying to get by with 512MB to 1GB for both the system files and the apps. The big apps like NOVA etc only have a small piece on the ROM portion of the memory. The rest is on the internal or external SD card. So there's no need.
Granted I have the 32GB version with an additional 3GB SD card only because I had it from my EVO days. Most people don't need that much space.
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Nandroids and roms also take up a lot of space, and some apps save enourmous amounts of data as well, cache is also another biggy
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I have 16gb GS3 on Wind, and im left with 2gb of storage. Im running CM10 Stable as of now. Can someone help? Cuz im F****d over right now. I have 2 back ups, one is a old cm10 (1gb) and one is my touchwiz back up(3gb). So around 4gb is taken up, and another 1gb is taken up by my picture, so i should in essence (including my apps and stuff) be left with about 6gb. Ive deleted all cache's, and wiped dalvik and pretty much everything ive read on the internet. All my music (16gb) is on my 32gb sd card, so it couldnt be my music
Any help guys? Any at all would be much appreciated!
Thanks to everyone that helps! :fingers-crossed:
Everything on the card is in /data/media. /storage/emulated/0 = /data/media/0. In other words, some files that you can't see are present.
That's my guess mnt/shell is where I find them sometimes lol. Switching back and forth is a head case for internal memory, I format it once every month.
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That's my guess mnt/shell is where I find them sometimes lol. Switching back and forth is a head case for internal memory, I format it once every month.
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I wish they'd find a way to fix it... I use Folder Size Chart to find offenders and remove them when my space is getting low (lots of duplicate crap)...
Jaz-Crahh said:
Hey
I have 16gb GS3 on Wind, and im left with 2gb of storage. Im running CM10 Stable as of now. Can someone help? Cuz im F****d over right now. I have 2 back ups, one is a old cm10 (1gb) and one is my touchwiz back up(3gb). So around 4gb is taken up, and another 1gb is taken up by my picture, so i should in essence (including my apps and stuff) be left with about 6gb. Ive deleted all cache's, and wiped dalvik and pretty much everything ive read on the internet. All my music (16gb) is on my 32gb sd card, so it couldnt be my music
Any help guys? Any at all would be much appreciated!
Thanks to everyone that helps! :fingers-crossed:
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Move (Save) all the old unused backups to ur Cpu desktop and delete it from ur Twrp or Cwm
Or use Data2SD mod...you'll need a kernel that supports init.d
Had this on my Asus transformer and used my 32GB card (external mount) ₩ as the internal instead of the regular 16GB internal
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just installed the new rom, CivZ-FLEXBEAM-4.2.2-REV3.0-N5110-MH3. Factory reset, wiped cache, wiped the advanced Davld something.
Got into system, without installing anything yet, and here's the internal storage!
It's a 16Gb version yet it only shows maximum of 9.87Gb, and only about 2Gb free space available!
Could anyone please help?
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please help！
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That, to the best of my knowledge, is normal. Mine shows the same. Large portions of the drive are walled off for System files and the like in 4.2.2. I read where a very similar situation exists for the SGS4. Not sure exactly why this is but until someone devises a method of safely re-partitioning the internal (same happened with one of the versions of Nook Color Tablet) we'll have to watch the available space and use uSD as much as possible.
Sucks doesn't it?
yeah, it's always been like that. one of the biggest complaints was about the amount storage available on the 16gb drive.
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yeah, it's always been like that. one of the biggest complaints was about the amount storage available on the 16gb drive.
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I do wonder if some android guru might be able to figure out a method of safely re-partitioning to reclaim some space? That's what happened a while back when the Nook Tablet was released. Of course, it was due to BN reserving space for downloaded content and not system files. Just hard to believe 4.2.2 "needs" that much space to operate. On my N7 4.3 System only takes up 5.7MB.
But it IS a different device I suppose.
if you get an aosp rom, they're still around 200-300MB. it's all the touchwiz stuff that inflates the roms, but some of that touchwiz stuff is why we got the tablet in the first place. but still, reserving 6GB for the system partition seems a bit overkill to me. if i could get a full functioning spen and multiwindows in cm i'd switch.
There has to be something wrong. My free space is not that low, and I have more space taken up by apps. I'm using the stock rom firmware though.
I'm not sure how to post captures here. But I have 2.13gb of applications and 6.47gb free.
Not sure if this will work, but here is mine.
Your graph of the used storage space is also smaller than mine.
darn, i didn't notice that you meant the free space was wacky. try backing up everything to the sd card and then formatting the data partition. or worst case just wipe and start fresh.
Dang! It just hit me! I have like 4 GB in backups in CWM on the internal. Am moving them to uSD pronto!
Check yours.
That did it. Added 4.5GB to internal.
Just recently ive its come to my attention that ive got only 1 gb of free space on my internal memory card on my phone running a leaked version of JB 4.3.
I just looked at my downloaded apps and theres only like 25-30 of them. no bigger than 300mb and smaller.
what could be taking up all that space?
(note i rooted my phone and backed up all 59 apps i used to have [then, i didnt have low space] and now all of a sudden i no longer have root access and cant access Titanium Backups, backed up app to remove them)
any help is appreciated
patar.atreyu said:
Just recently ive its come to my attention that ive got only 1 gb of free space on my internal memory card on my phone running a leaked version of JB 4.3.
I just looked at my downloaded apps and theres only like 25-30 of them. no bigger than 300mb and smaller.
what could be taking up all that space?
(note i rooted my phone and backed up all 59 apps i used to have [then, i didnt have low space] and now all of a sudden i no longer have root access and cant access Titanium Backups, backed up app to remove them)
any help is appreciated
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Try going to settings abd then click storage to see whats eating up all your space. You can tap on the categories withing that section (misscelaneous files, applications, etc) and itll show you which ones are takkng up the most space.
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I have my Galaxy Note 10 + for 11 months now, with 256 gb internal storage and 128 GB SD card and a few months ago I was notified that my internal storage space was almost full. It was very difficult for me to believe this, as I do not have nearly enough pictures to be taking that up (pictures and videos are routinely uploaded to Google Drive and are stored on external SD card), and all of my music is loaded onto an SD card.
I have cleaned recycle bin but something is getting piled up day by day reducing main storage of the phone base memory. When actually measured the folders account only 60 gb in base memory but there is very less free memory.
Looking at the storage analysis, the problem seems to come from a large amount of space being taken up in the "other" category, but I cannot figure out what is categorized under "other" or why it is filling. How do I identify these files and delete them if unwanted?
SD Maid Pro works great for me. I can confirm that it can delete files. Just did some storage management yesterday.
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SD Maid Pro works great for me. I can confirm that it can delete files. Just did some storage management yesterday.
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Good app...
The original samsung Device Care that was loaded with Pie cleans very well.
Don't update it... the new sanitized version sucks.
I put the phone in airplane mode when using it and keep it package block it otherwise. It's probably chinese spyware but works well if gagged, lol.
I use a tool called "DiskUsage". Try installing that from the play store and give it a shot...
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I use a tool called "DiskUsage". Try installing that from the play store and give it a shot...
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Thanks but i does not allow to delete. how to delete the identified junk?
knn1111 said:
Thanks but i does not allow to delete. how to delete the identified junk?
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Check browser caches/data etc.
Go down the line with all apps including system ones. Google is a hog. See who'd hogging the beef....
I use SD Maid Pro to clean, it does a good job.
Just about time to do a reload anyway. Be picky about the apps you put on the new load.
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Check browser caches/data etc.
Go down the line with all apps including system ones. Google is a hog. See who'd hogging the beef....
I use SD Maid Pro to clean, it does a good job.
Just about time to do a reload anyway. Be picky about the apps you put on the new load.
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Thanks but My problem is not resolved even after buying the pro version . How to clean "other" with huge size in internal memory in analyse storage. The size of other is still 179 gb
knn1111 said:
Thanks but My problem is not resolved even after buying the pro version . How to clean "other" with huge size in internal memory in analyse storage. The size of other is still 179 gb
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Use the file manager and sort by size, what's on top?
You need to manually hunt for it. Check app data especially Google's. SD Maid doesn't delete app data.
Get the Windows driver for it and view the Android on the PC. Play with it. Off load some of the files and watch how it behaves. Does internal memory unexpectedly keep being used up?
You can try clearing the system cache on the boot menu but I don't think it will help. Never hurts.
That copy sounds like it's getting old... maybe reload time anyway.