HTC M8 Other Storage - One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone,
I need help with something, yesterday I was looking at some settings on my M8, I went into settings->storage, and then I noticed that Other is using 5.67GB of my 16GB storage! Naturally I started investigating. Apps were fine -> 2.27 GB I presume with cache included, I also presumed that it is not system, since system is probably using that part of memory from 13.58GB 'til 16GB. So the big question is what the hell is this and why os ot using so much space? I also asked people with M8, and everyone is reporting having more than 5GB under Other! So I need help tracking what this is,and how to get rid of it. Also people could check and post their screenshots here.Also, I dont have facebook,skype or any games installed on my M8, so this is really interesting. Hoping to get some clarification on this. Thanks!
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Same here, Other was about 6GB when I was on Sense. I guess it's all the bloat HTC puts on the device. Right now I'm on GPE which doesn't have any "Other Storage".

FreeloaderCG said:
Hello everyone,
I need help with something, yesterday I was looking at some settings on my M8, I went into settings->storage, and then I noticed that Other is using 5.67GB of my 16GB storage! Naturally I started investigating. Apps were fine -> 2.27 GB I presume with cache included, I also presumed that it is not system, since system is probably using that part of memory from 13.58GB 'til 16GB. So the big question is what the hell is this and why os ot using so much space? I also asked people with M8, and everyone is reporting having more than 5GB under Other! So I need help tracking what this is,and how to get rid of it. Also people could check and post their screenshots here.Also, I dont have facebook,skype or any games installed on my M8, so this is really interesting. Hoping to get some clarification on this. Thanks!
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I suggest you get the DiskUsage app from the Play Store. You will be able to find out exactly what is taking up your storage. I use it myself, and it is a great tool to have.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage

Hi all
I have also m8 and under storage I saw 7G !! In other section ,I download the tool but it's not specific to tell exactly which app eat all my storage . Any suggestion ? :/

ofir_a said:
Hi all
I have also m8 and under storage I saw 7G !! In other section ,I download the tool but it's not specific to tell exactly which app eat all my storage . Any suggestion ? :/
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It won't tell you what app, but it will tell you what files are taking up all the space. From there, you should be able to figure out what is going on.
What is te name of the folders that DiskUsage is indicating as taking up all the space?

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[Q] [MIUI] i just installed it BUT What is wrong with my App2SD+??

here is my problem in picture
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So, as you see here the applications i`m RESTORING using Titanium Back up aren`t being installed on the App2SD ext but rather they are all going to the Internal Memory then i moved them (one by one) to the SD but the internal memory is still the same and the SD partition decreases but the ext partition stays as empty as ever,,,, So can anyone help me?
Note: i WIPED everything before installing MIUI!! ("Wipe data/factory reset")
There is none :] I emulate it with a Folder i've put into the dock.
Miui places ALL applications on multiple pages on the device. There is no actual app drawer unless you place all apps into a folder and move it to the dock. Are you positive titanium backup was sucessfully installed? Try doing a reboot on the device.
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LOLWUT!! NO APPDRAWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMGGGGGG (<<This is the first time IN MY LIFE i make this face in real life) THIS is VERY iPhonish xP
but actually it still BEATs iPhone hands down ,,,, Because we HAVE waaaay more capabilities LIKe (WIDGETS <3) - <<we have that right?! -
well, i guess i keep it for a week and just make sure NO ONE sees my "Android T_T"
oh and thanks for having the courage to deliver such news!! (God bless Android ... he was such an AWESOME OS and a lovely .... OS)
its not a bad thing actually
i had the same shock but then i just made a folder called apps and put all my apps in it and then attached it to my dock
now it looks like this
Any Dev who can help
Anyone HELP me guys i flashed a new ROM to get a free space and a fast phone!!!
Problem is still here!!
I think your question may be a bit specific for the 'Desire General' section.
I think MIUI specific questions are best off in the relevant 'Desire Android Development' threads.
Just a thought.
PS
I think there are several flavours for the App2/wherever of MIUI -you'll have to follow the threads to get the full picture.
Same thing
Did you select the option, ''Force move to same location'' or something in Titanium preferences?
I too had the same problem when i was trying out a MIUI based rom. I thought it was a problem with the A2SD or something. So i reinstalled the rom, manually installed all my apps using appbrain and it was ok. The apps mostly went to A2SD partition like its supposed to.
I think its something to do with Titanium itself.
I read on miui page to use in a terminal emulator:
su
a2sd cachesd
I solved by this way..
have a look there

[Q] Re-partitioning option

Hello, I have spent all day looking for this answer without any luck so I am hoping someone can answer my question here.
I wanted to upgrade my SII to the latest Cyanogenmod I did the following:
1). Downloaded and used Odin to install StockCWM-EL26.tar (CWM v5.0.2.7)
2). Using my SD card upgraded to CWM v5.8.1.5 (newest version I could find)
3). Factory reset and wiped everything.
4). Using my SD card installed the latest version of Cyanogenmod cm-10.2-20140330-NIGHTLY-d710 (Jelly Bean v4.3.1)
Everything booted fine and worked fine however I quickly ran out of app space. I noticed that my App partition space is 2GB where my S3 phone running the same OS (factory version) has the entire phone's space available for apps (16GB). I figured to fix this issue I just needed to re-partition the phone using a PIT file but I can't find this anywhere. Am I missing something or am I just stuck with a 2GB App partition and no chance of anything larger?
Thank you very much...
Taran.
There is no "option" to change partitions for this phone. Or any device anywhere haha. Its more of a procedure. Anyways a lesson in terminology doesn't help. But yes you are "stuck" with 2 gigs. But I've installed literally hundreds of apps before having this problem. You should look at app2sd or something. No need to partition anything. Good luck ^ ^
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oh...
Thanks for the quick response Linux guy. I am sad to hear I can't re-partition the phone but at least I can quite looking around for a way to do it...
I've moved all my apps using the built in "Move to SD" function in the system app menu but still almost out of space. I'll check out App2SD.
Thanks again,
Taran
Here's something else to do. Go to settings>apps and click the menu button to sort your apps by size. I bet you have an app that's being a hog *pictures*
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If I was having space issues the first thing I'd do is delete Facebook in my case ^ ^
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Ok, time to start house cleaning and saving for a newer phone.
Thanks again.
Taran
Check the apps that use any type of avi/avatar image...Twitter, Facebook tend to Cache images and sap storage as well, each app selected will show you the cached size
Bashing away at my HTC Desire C
Thanks again for the replies. After a bit of looking around I ended up using Link2SD by Bulent Akpinar. So far that has solved all the issues I was having with space (seems to work a lot better then the built in "Phone to SD" did).
Take care...

Help with ROM memory (Android Revolution HD)

Hi to all.
I have a problem with the ROM "Android Revolution HD 33.1.
The ROM is amazing, but I believe I do something wrong. I installed ROM and it works very well (in HTC One X). But the internal space (6,76GB total) is busy. I had only 1,4 gb free. And in the configuration of the phone, it tell me that 500mb are in apps and 4,82 in "other" stuff.
Anyone know why happen this? Because in the previous version of this ROM I had enough space, but in this version...
Maybe the reason are the tweaks installed? I installed most part of them, to improve perfomance.
Thanks a lot for the help . And sorry for my english, I dont talk it very well.
Regards
I also had this with stock rom. The "other" is the system i guess
Angelo37 said:
I also had this with stock rom. The "other" is the system i guess
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Hi Angelo, thanks for respond me.
Really? Because I believe that other version of "Android Revolution" (version 17) take less space in memory than this. With version stock I dont remember, but sure that take a lot of memory too.
Maybe this is because instaling the ROM I put some tweaks, one of them have separate partitions to /home, etc.
Anyway you may have reason, and "other" is all the system.
Thanks a lot
rasteck said:
Hi Angelo, thanks for respond me.
Really? Because I believe that other version of "Android Revolution" (version 17) take less space in memory than this. With version stock I dont remember, but sure that take a lot of memory too.
Maybe this is because instaling the ROM I put some tweaks, one of them have separate partitions to /home, etc.
Anyway you may have reason, and "other" is all the system.
Thanks a lot
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im on ARHD too and i enabled all tweaks
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im on ARHD too and i enabled all tweaks View attachment 2916921
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Ok, you have the same free space, like me haha. Ok, so this is normal. I save from format the device again.
Ok Angelo37, thanks for your help, really .
And to moderator, this thread is solved, thanks.

Confirm amount of built in ROM and RAM

Hi all,
Hi All, I bought the US Version 64 GB/4GB phone. How do you test/confirm the amount of ROM and RAM on your zf2? In Titanium Backup I see the following and wondering if this is a cause for concern. It shows ROM at 2.34 GB is this what others are seeing?
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bhoth said:
Hi all,
Hi All, I bought the US Version 64 GB/4GB phone. How do you test/confirm the amount of ROM and RAM on your zf2? In Titanium Backup I see the following and wondering if this is a cause for concern. It shows ROM at 2.34 GB is this what others are seeing?
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So what you are looking at is the system rom partition (closed system that can be accessed by root), your internal storage and your external storage. There is no mention of RAM there...
You need to check with some other app to find out your RAM...
ROM is your system partition, which is were you "system.img" goes, ram is around 3.7GB which is completly normal since the gpu takes ram and system runtime, and after that "user available ram" which is 1.4GB or so depends on how many apps your running etc...dont be concerned those numbers are completly normal.
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So what you are looking at is the system rom partition (closed system that can be accessed by root), your internal storage and your external storage. There is no mention of RAM there...
You need to check with some other app to find out your RAM...
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Any suggestions on an app that does that? And whats the point of having 4 GB of ROM if it's partitioned and the OS can't even access it all?
bhoth said:
Any suggestions on an app that does that? And whats the point of having 4 GB of ROM if it's partitioned and the OS can't even access it all?
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Thats a safety measure in case the manufacture needs more space in a future OTA update, and you "can" access it with root, like i said stop worrying about rom partition size, sit back and enjoy your new phone.
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Any suggestions on an app that does that? And whats the point of having 4 GB of ROM if it's partitioned and the OS can't even access it all?
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With a 64GB Internal Storage, it wont make much difference
As for the app, look on the play store for a "Hardware Checker"

LG G8s Demo retail how to get more storage space

i recently purchased a lg g8 demo of supposedly 128gb, but i can only use 4gb.
I don't want to switch to another room, as I have read that the wifi doesn't work. So I'm just looking for more storage.
With a file explorer I noticed that some repeated folders occupy much of the memory and I would like to know if they can be removed with some adb command.
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HI what is the path of those files I am interested in knowing Have you managed to root your brother lg g8?
Don't think there's an adb command to remove them. But why not just delete the folders from the highest level with a file manager? Just click the beginning directory and select delete?
They look strange to me, odd name, all created with the same date, and taking up tremendous amounts of space. If u didn't create them, delete them. My opinion anyway.
cheers
Theres actually just not a 128gb storage chip on those demos...safe to say its a 32
gb chip
How have you able to obtain 32 gb of space?
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Theres actually just not a 128gb storage chip on those demos...safe to say its a 32View attachment 5446785gb chip
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how did you free up more space ??????????????? If it is not too much trouble, could you explain plis .something that nobody does on the entire internet?
I was also able to unlock, root, and get the wifi working and it really only has 32gb of space.
I'm from Brazil and I use google translator, if you have the patience I can help you.
Please let us know how you have done it.
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Sergio Melo said:
I'm from Brazil and I use google translator, if you have the patience I can help you.
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<mesg deleted> Looking forward to Sergio's post of the whole procedure. Any language is fine as we could use google translate to understand. Thanks.

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