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[Q] free internal memory

Hello
is there a way to free space on the internal memory ?
i have something like 17 mb left which is not enough in my opinion
i havent rooted or anything, latest official rom from htc is installed and all apps that support installing on sd card are on it.

Delete apps
No other way other than to go custom and use a ROM with A2SD+

TulpiX said:
Hello
is there a way to free space on the internal memory ?
i have something like 17 mb left which is not enough in my opinion
i havent rooted or anything, latest official rom from htc is installed and all apps that support installing on sd card are on it.
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))) Try moving what you can to sd. Or root and move everything.

hmmm ok.
thx, hoped there would be some other method, the lack of internal memory sucks

I suggest you install DiskUsage from the Market. The app shows you the .apk's on the internal storage and the size of the data connected. Click on a data position (preferably "Cache") and then Menu > Show and you are in the Settings > Applications > Manage Apps section of the phone at the respective app. You then can delete the cache data. (I would suggest that you don't touch the system apps, but your downloaded apps only.) Some apps really gather lots of data by the time, which you can easily delete, like EStrongs File Explorer.
You can also deinstall your email accounts and re-install them. This will also free a lot of internal storage. And, of course, you can go into the settings menu of the internet browser and delete all cache there.
Furthermore, under Froyo, you can use the ADB setInstallLocation (search for it in the General Topics section) command in order to shift really most apps to the SD card.
I hope this helps.

thanks
sad thing is i have done most of those things so it seems i have to possibilities, either being stuck with low storage or root and move apps to sd card.

hey
thanks again for your help.
rooted my phone and went the setinstalllocations way.
now got 28 mb free on internal which is far less than i expected. but at least i can now install all apps on sd.
strange thing: moved a 26 mb big app to sd but it doas not seem to free 26 mb of storage.
htc should make slimmer roms

Backup all your apps, reset the phone and reinstall all over. It will probably take you 30 mins and will free up way more memory. I usually do it once a month if I install/uninstall a lot of apps. There is a stupid memoryleak somewhere...at least on my phone there is.

[Q] Xperia Arc Rom memory or internal Memory

As we all know Xperia Arc has 380MB Rom memory or internal Memory
and we know that apps install on internal memory
i am reading on a web site that when we transfer apps to SD card it not transfer all the data and some data remain in internal memory....
it is True........
if yes then can it is fixed
so that we can able to free arc internal memory ??????????
please help me ??????????????????????????

zohaib0001 said:
As we all know Xperia Arc has 380MB Rom memory or internal Memory
and we know that apps install on internal memory
i am reading on a web site that when we transfer apps to SD card it not transfer all the data and some data remain in internal memory....
it is True........
if yes then can it is fixed
so that we can able to free arc internal memory ??????????
please help me ??????????????????????????
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Not all apps installs do internal memory. Some end up at the SD by default and many of those that installs to the internal can be moved to the SD.
A tiny part will be left on the internal memory but this really should not be an issue for you. You can have tons of apps.
Use the phone as u want and see where u end up at

Also "the tiny part which will be left on the ROM" will have around 1MB

i'm looking on this matter now, so i'm waiting to root my phone and clear some unused application, to clear my ROM

so how can we move apps on sd card

zohaib0001 said:
so how can we move apps on sd card
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Head to Settings->Applications->Installed applications and find the app u want to move to SD. Click it and click "Move to memorycard"
Not all apps can be moved this way tho but it helps a bit!

yes there is the option to move them to sd card but it not apply to all apps
is there any software app who can move every thing to sd card then please tell
thank for your time sharing with this post..........

It's prossible to do a 'full' apps2sd if you have a rooted phone and a specially partitioned SD card, but i havent tried it on the arc so dunno if it will actually work.
I dont know why you really need to do this though. The root method i mention above was popular before 2.2 added built in apps2sd, particularly on older phones with small amounts of internal storage, but since android 2.2 there really isnt much point. I've got *tons* of apps installed on my arc, and still have more than half the space left.
There doesnt appear to be a massive thread describing how to get full apps2sd working for a rooted arc, the reason for this is because nobody really needs it. What are you trying to do that needs this?

be careful some apps wont work when their on your sd that why you can't move them.
for example don't move your launcher app ( when using one ) and don't move apps if you use a widget from the app ( or the app is a used widget )

depulle87 said:
be careful some apps wont work when their on your sd that why you can't move them.
for example don't move your launcher app ( when using one ) and don't move apps if you use a widget from the app ( or the app is a used widget )
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I had the same issue as the OP..
I had install many apps, and then there is warning that my memory is low
I already installed app2sd and moved some apps to sd, but not all apps can be moved.
Is it possible to use an EXT partition on sd as an internal memory?
This trick is common in HD2 world (when using NANDROID).
I havent tried it with my Arc because it is unrooted.
If anyone has tried it, please share it with us
Thanks and cheers ...

I place all my apps too the internal storage. It's easy and there is enough space on the phone

Link2SD working backwards?

Hey guys,
to combat the low memory problem, I've been trying to use Link2SD. I have formatted, partioned and set up my sd card as instructed on the link2sd instruction page. However, when I create a link for an application, I LOSE internal memory. how the heck does that happen? Could someone please shed some light on this for me cause it really sucks

Link2sd doesn't move data to the sd card.
Use s2e or app2sd instead.
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Guit4eva said:
Hey guys,
to combat the low memory problem, I've been trying to use Link2SD. I have formatted, partioned and set up my sd card as instructed on the link2sd instruction page. However, when I create a link for an application, I LOSE internal memory. how the heck does that happen? Could someone please shed some light on this for me cause it really sucks
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Don't move all apps to SD Card (it will not increase the Internal Memory). Instead go to each app on Link2sd and create link for Application, Dalvik-Cache and Lib files. Also enable 'Auto Link' option.
Hope this may be useful. (If really press 'Thanks')

Guit4eva said:
Hey guys,
to combat the low memory problem, I've been trying to use Link2SD. I have formatted, partioned and set up my sd card as instructed on the link2sd instruction page. However, when I create a link for an application, I LOSE internal memory. how the heck does that happen? Could someone please shed some light on this for me cause it really sucks
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- Enable autolink.
- Select all apps and create link and link all the files.
- Open titanium backup and integrate davlik into ROM. It'll free up some 60+ mb. but make sure you have space on system partition otherwise delete some system apps you never use.
- Clear cache and reboot.
BTW S2e is also a great alternative. I never used it but heard great review about it.

Thanks for the help guys. So basically, should I move all the apps back onto internal, then create links for all of them instead?

Guit4eva said:
Thanks for the help guys. So basically, should I move all the apps back onto internal, then create links for all of them instead?
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Yes and you can link them directly off the sd card too. Link2sd app will take care of it.

[Q] Suggestions pls, running out of Internal Memory

Hi there, I would like to start by saying that I already moved everything from internal to sd with the native android way, and used Link2SD to move some stubborn apps.
Well, I'm asking for help basically because, the game "Wild Blood" just keeps growing bigger and I have almost no space available now. I just disappointed myself with "Link2SD" (without the 2nd partition), and with "GL to SD" (doesn't reads the sd), and with my last hope "Directory Bind" (Doesn't even reads the "/data/data" file).
I'm looking pretty much for an app that works the same way, if you have suggestions I would really appreciate it. It would be so much of a pain to do a backup to apply a 2nd partition and do Link2SD as it should be. I Don't really have the time to do it. please help.

Wasn't there recently an update for Wild Blood that decreased the internal storage it took? If you partition your SD card and link your apps with that partition, you could save a lot of space. You could also get rid of unwanted apps
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insufficient Internal storage

Hello..
I have htc desire 816 with 8gb of internal storage ....when i bought it,it had about 4gb free of that storage.....which is quite normal.
After buying it, I updated to lollipop 5.1 then i got it rooted......
Lately i've noticed the insufficient internal sotrage,so I've uninsalled ALL the apps and games from internal and external memory,however,that only freed up about 2 gb of the intrrnal storage ....so what is taking all that space despite there is No apps ....I know that the system files are taking some space....but those files only took 4gb when i bought the phone
Now i don't have any apps ,However, there is only free 1.8gb
I tried using clean master,but it only cleaned about 300mb of junks and cache

This is strictly a personal opinion but you should lose Clean Master and anything else made by Cheetah Mobile.
As for your storage issues... You state you've rooted. Have you done a backup? If so, are you sure your recovery is saving backups to the external storage?
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Ibrahim elhossiny said:
Hello..
I have htc desire 816 with 8gb of internal storage ....when i bought it,it had about 4gb free of that storage.....which is quite normal.
After buying it, I updated to lollipop 5.1 then i got it rooted......
Lately i've noticed the insufficient internal sotrage,so I've uninsalled ALL the apps and games from internal and external memory,however,that only freed up about 2 gb of the intrrnal storage ....so what is taking all that space despite there is No apps ....I know that the system files are taking some space....but those files only took 4gb when i bought the phone
Now i don't have any apps ,However, there is only free 1.8gb
I tried using clean master,but it only cleaned about 300mb of junks and cache
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Had the same issue. The firmware is in it's own partition with room for updates but some of those files fill up your internal storage as well, they did for me when I updated so the solutions are either use a root file explorer or Titanium Backup app to move some user apps to system apps , use the forum here in XDA for altering your SElinux permissions and enable write permissions to your system partition(WP.MOD_KO) so that you can use Link2SD app to move your user apps to your external SD card or pay to obtain full S off using the Sunshine app and have those permissions plus more enabled at the system level so that you can also use Link2SD app to move user apps to the external SD card.
The last 2 methods are the most used and also require you to reformat your external SD card into 2 partitions using EaseUS PARTITION MANAGER on a P.C. Instructions for doing this are easy and available on Youtube and Google if you want to read them instead. These are really the only ways to help your storage issue other than just not using very many apps. I chose the full S off method and Link2SD but the other works it just alters your SElinux permissions and has to be removed to do stock updates whereas S off doesn't affect stock updates. Only system file changes do like the mod I described.
I also echo the previous posters thoughts on Cleanmaster and most all "task killing" apps. Android has built in RAM management that does a good job on its own of managing memory and there is the on screen square button on the right that shows you open apps and tabs and allows you to quickly close them all out. You'd be better off regulating Wavelocks using Amplify app and Greenify to freeze apps from staying on . Root required and there are paid version but the basics are free in both apps.
I had a brain f**t and misread that you've uninstalled "all" of your apps so the previous poster might be onto something if you've done any TWRP nandroid backups to internal instead of micro storage. They can take up to 2 to 4 gbs just on their own even with compression enabled. If you haven't and even if you have my previous info and advice is still accurate for improved storage space.

On my phone, the .thumbnails folder in DCIM takes 1 GB...

TobiBot said:
On my phone, the .thumbnails folder in DCIM takes 1 GB...
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Yeah mine says 550 mb total in thumb data but it is not pictures from my camera like the other few kbs are. Can't open it so I wonder if it's some sort of cache for something else. Don't know all the ins and outs of the Android file structure but I do know that when I started flashing custom roms,CM in particular, my internal storage went up due to the lack of bloatware coming from my stock Rom. Good to know this though. Not going to delete it though for now till I find out what it is.

Some Facts About Thumbnails
thoctor said:
Yeah mine says 550 mb total in thumb data but it is not pictures from my camera like the other few kbs are. Can't open it so I wonder if it's some sort of cache for something else. Don't know all the ins and outs of the Android file structure but I do know that when I started flashing custom roms,CM in particular, my internal storage went up due to the lack of bloatware coming from my stock Rom. Good to know this though. Not going to delete it though for now till I find out what it is.
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Some Apps, like WhatsApp save pics in .thumbnails to work smooth, i think.
You can delete them, but they will create themselves at the next boot again, i also tried to write an init.d script which deletes them at boot, but it doesnt work.
Also if you create a file ".thumbnails" which isnt writable, the system doesnt give you the space
Ive read something about creating this file before first boot after flashing so it works, but i havent tried it...
Damn thumbnails
Sorry if my english is horrible ^^

TobiBot said:
Some Apps, like WhatsApp save pics in .thumbnails to work smooth, i think.
You can delete them, but they will create themselves at the next boot again, i also tried to write an init.d script which deletes them at boot, but it doesnt work.
Also if you create a file ".thumbnails" which isnt writable, the system doesnt give you the space
Ive read something about creating this file before first boot after flashing so it works, but i havent tried it...
Damn thumbnails
Sorry if my english is horrible ^^
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Your English is perfectly fine. Better even than some to whom English is their "first" language. Thanks for that breakdown and I bet that's what it is. I forgot about the apps storing their stock images in your phone. I used to love using the app called Pocket until I found that it stores all the saved links and images directly on your phone. I saved almost a full gb by deleting it finally. Great app other than that and if I had a device with more storage I'd still have it on my phone instead of just my computer. This is all why it pays to be curious about your own phone storage and learn how to navigate a good root file explorer.