Hello,
the title sounds silly, i know, but i really have trouble deleting some files.
Inside directory: /storage/sdcard0/dcim/.thumbnails there are several files for which if i look their properties i see that they are about 2gb in size.
Since my device has only 8 gb of memory, 2gb is way too much for image cache.
I try to delete theese files.
The problem is that whenever i delete those files they reappear, that is, my internal sdcard is still almost full, and those files despite that are not shown, but they are in the system somewhere, since my free space did not increased at all. Those files reappear in this same folder, after a few days and are still a couple of gb large.
How to really delete those files?
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There are many useless files in the Windows directory that cannot be deleted, however, you can replace them with some 0 KB files. Here are 46 useless files that will free up more than 10 MB of space. There are more useless files, although the file sizes aren't as large as these, but feel free to add/post them. Always backup the original ones in your computer just in case you want to restore them.
To replace these files, copy them to the phone's internal storage with ActiveSnyc, then use Total Commander to copy them to the Windows directory.
You sure?
Just one question... if they're 'useless' files, why are they there? Surely some application somewhere will need them - or am I missing something obvious here
grahamkdt said:
Just one question... if they're 'useless' files, why are they there? Surely some application somewhere will need them - or am I missing something obvious here
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The 46 files that I consider them useless are sample images, ringtones, and a few .cab files. The Album Sample_01.jpg to Album Sample_11.jpg images alone are worth a few MB. For the ringtone, I only use one, so all the others are useless. Finally, there are some .cab files that were used only during the initial setup of the phone, and once they're used, these .cab files won't be used again.
OK...
Cheers... I'm with you. Didn't realise there was all that crap on there. Mind you, I'm using AZTOR's ROM, so he's probably removed all the 'junk' already!
If these files can't be deleted then they're in the ROM.
Replacing them with 0KB versions does not save any disk space and is completely pointless - unless you are deliberately trying to remove functionality.
Davey101 said:
If these files can't be deleted then they're in the ROM.
Replacing them with 0KB versions does not save any disk space and is completely pointless - unless you are deliberately trying to remove functionality.
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Are you sure? When I replaced those files, the free space showing under Memory -> Storage has increased.
To help this man.
What this .cab does it's overwrite existing "installations files", does that appir on first boot. (When you install opera).
This cab, overwrite the installations file, so it not fill up your diamond with old used installations files.
.. And thanks for sharing the cab with us. :=)
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Cheers... I'm with you. Didn't realise there was all that crap on there. Mind you, I'm using AZTOR's ROM, so he's probably removed all the 'junk' already!
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not likely alzphazero's philosophy is to keep everything as close as possible... meaning no image optimization / removal / changes...
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Are you sure? When I replaced those files, the free space showing under Memory -> Storage has increased.
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No I'm not sure... I just assumed they were in the ROM given that you said they couldn't be deleted. If they're not in the ROM then this is a valid workaround, though there must be some other way of deleting them.
i was going to make a thingy like this but now i see it already exists im going to use yours
Replacing files in ROM with 0KB will not save any space. I just tried it. The space you saved is from the files which are NOT in the ROM.
So, I have these outofmemory.hprof files on my sdcard: outofmemory0, outofmemory1 and outofmemory2. I wouldn't be so curious about them if they didn't take 48MB, 24MB and 28MB. What are those files and can I delete them?
They're dump files from OOM(out of memory) errors, they're there to prevent them clogging internal memory. You can analyse them if you want, there's a tool within eclipse. Or just delete them, they're just heaps.
Okay, thanks.
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Hello guys,
I have a bigger problem I hope you can help me with...
My internal storage is somehow messed up. This has effects on MTP and on some apps like the stock camera.
When accessing my internal storage by MTP from PC, only a few folders and files are visible. In contrast, if I list the content of "/mnt/sdcard" or "/storage/sdcard0" they show all my files and folders as one would expect. Also, files visible on the PC are inside this path and even when i copy a file from the PC, it is placed here.
The more serious problem is, that some apps are not able to find their files and folders inside die storage anymore. As an example, the camera app asks me to insert a sd card before taking a picture and Winamp doesn't find my music anymore.
What i tried so far:
Copying files from and to storage with Dropsync, FolderSync and ES Explorer: works without problems
I checked the rights of the files with the terminal: nothing interesting there
I cleared my whole storage (thanks to Unlock procedure) and flashed a new Custom ROM
I drank a lot of coffee because it got late
Nothing worked.
Please help, Thanks!
So thats me again.
I finally found the correct allready existing post. In this thread user dlzinc describes that one has to fix the permissions for /data/media. Good to know that i was right with permissions, bad that i didn't go through with it in the first place.
Mazzen
Hey guys. I flashed cyanogen on my I9190 few days ago and discovered that file manager shows two storage in emulated file. First one is '0' and the second one is 'legacy' and both contain same file with same space. Should I delete one of them?
its the same storage.
dont know if it hast 2 mounting points or is a symlink but its the same try to rename something in one it will change the second.
Both folders point to the same files. You do not need to delete any of them - the storage space will not increase even if you do so.
I decided to upgrade to Lollipop after holding out for awhile.... before I did though, as I knew I was going to run an RUU so I wouldn't have any problems with the OTA, I copied everything in my "storage" (all folders) to my windows laptop desktop via USB.
After upgrading, I copied it all back, making sure not to over-write anything.
What is strange is when I copied all my folders to my laptop initially, I didn't see a Download folder... which I expected to see. But after looking through the folders I had copied, I saw a folder called storage, and in that folder another called emulated, and then another called "0". In that folder I finally saw my Download folder.
I didn't think much of this at the time, however, when I look at storage from Root Explorer, I note there is a new Download folder at the "root" level of storage, but the storage/emulated/0 path is still there as well.... and following it takes me to my old Download folder....
So...to get back my original folders and contents before I upgraded to Lollipop, I have to copy over every folder in this path up 3 levels. i.e., from /storage/emulated/0/storage/emulated to /storage/emulated.
What is going on? Why is there an "0" and a "legacy" if I go up one level from /storage/emulated/??? Why did my old Download folder end up where it did?
I had this exact same thing in my mind.
Why is there such a folder ?
My phone storage was almost full and I found out this folder is taking up whole space.
I cut the storage folder and pasted it into memory card
now all my downloads go to memory card (mmc:storage/emulated/0)
+1
I have also this folder that takes a lot of internal memory space.
I experiment one thing:
I have 1 game that takes 2Gb of data and I have moved it to sdcard memory (using Android-M feature : move app from internal to sdcard )
I saw in this directory (emulated/0/ ) the 2Gb of this game. ????? So, I tryed to copy/paste this data to sdcard, in order to free internal memory space. But I loose the game's configuration.
I was thinking that moving app from internal to scard, the data of the app also move, isn't it ?
I need help to understand that ...
Nang06