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Where is all my storage space?

I'm no mathematician, but i figure that i should have a bit more free space than this. The OS doesn't take up that much space does it?
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brunswick000 said:
I'm no mathematician, but i figure that i should have a bit more free space than this. The OS doesn't take up that much space does it?
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It does, so this is normal. Unless it's a CDMA phone
Swype'ed on my CM10 Galaxy Nexus

Herman76 said:
It does, so this is normal. Unless it's a CDMA phone
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The OS doesn't take nearly the 5GB that the OP is missing.

Cilraaz said:
The OS doesn't take nearly the 5GB that the OP is missing.
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5GB missing? i dont see 5GB missing. 16GB - 13.33GB != 5GB

Zepius said:
5GB missing? i dont see 5GB missing. 16GB - 13.33GB != 5GB
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13.33GB is total available. That's the 16GB after formatting (without getting into Gigabytes vs Gibibytes). However, only about 3.447GB is shown as in use.
13.33 - 3.447 = 9.883
It shows 4.59GB available. That's about 5GB missing.

[App] Dumpster - a recycle bin

I'm not related to the developers in any way, just wanted to provide some info for you guys about this must to have app.
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it does exactly what it says:
if a file been deleted by accident or you decided to keep some photo you took but after deleting it ... with this app you will be able to simply restore it back.
tested it on my HOX, my wifes' SGS1, and it works just great !
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLmJhbG9vdGEuZHVtcHN0ZXIiXQ..
give it a go, its a mandatory application on every android device !

But does it have a black hole like on PC? Once I had 100 GB hard disk and I had around 300 GB with **** in recycler bin. Does it work here too?
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haven't noticed any additional directories on the storage after deleting some files... so i think that the "black hole" is not present here.

VaderSKN said:
But does it have a black hole like on PC? Once I had 100 GB hard disk and I had around 300 GB with **** in recycler bin. Does it work here too?
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Windows doesn't delete any files it just makes the space the data is store as "writable" and all "writable" space is shown as "free space" in windows even if there is actually data stored there, the reason behind you being able to recover files after they have been deleted.
Also you can't have a 100 GB disk and "around 300 GB" of data stored in writable space just can't happen, unless you mean 1000 GB..... and even still that 300 GB of "****" would be classed as writable so the operating system will just write over it when that time comes.

Ultra battery saver

Hello everyone
Is that possible to make ultra battery saver feature in our galaxy nexus? after s5 announcement , i feel it will be much improvement to our nexus community if someone can add this feature
Thanks

You can turn it off..
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lolz very funny.. Good try !

Really sorry for off-topic but I'm going to buy a nexus. I know it has 1GB RAM but actually how much RAM is usable? I try to find some About phone screenshot but found only this:
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Only 693MB, really? In LG L9 (nearly similar specs) it has more than 800MB RAM

123Kage said:
lolz very funny.. Good try !
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In all seriousness. It is probably a lot of work.. And if it is even working in probably wouldnt be optimized so there would be very little improvement..
nhoc_maruko9x said:
Really sorry for off-topic but I'm going to buy a nexus. I know it has 1GB RAM but actually how much RAM is usable? I try to find some About phone screenshot but found only this:
Only 693MB, really? In LG L9 (nearly similar specs) it has more than 800MB RAM
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There are superram kernels with around 800 mb ram. But I have never had issues with the normal ram..
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[Q] apps to sd card?

Hello I have 64gb ad card not yet installed in phone it needs backing up first. On this phone can anyone confirm you can still move apps to an ad card?
Thanks

You can move apps to SD card in app info
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You can move apps to SD card in app info
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That's great thanks

So does this mean we can run apps stored on the SD card? Will this affect performance?
I am living in a region which may not receive the 32GB model and so I am not sure whether the 16GB would be enough for games/apps.
Thanks!

amritsg said:
So does this mean we can run apps stored on the SD card? Will this affect performance?
I am living in a region which may not receive the 32GB model and so I am not sure whether the 16GB would be enough for games/apps.
Thanks!
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So long as you use a class 10 ad card I see no reason why performance would be effected.

shankly1985 said:
So long as you use a class 10 ad card I see no reason why performance would be effected.
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Awesome, so at least I won't be restricted to having 2 heavy memory games on my phone at one time. 128GB here I come! Thanks for your help.

How to recover space from internal memory?

Folks my M8 is now running out of space. I noticed there is an others folder but I can't find it.
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I recommend the app "Disk Usage" which provides a really nice intuitive and slick graphical interface, to allow you to pretty easily determine what files are taking up all your storage: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage
But you should be aware of what the files are, and what the result of deleting them will be, before doing so. Depending on what the file is, you might want to at least copy it to your computer before deleting.
You haven't mentioned if your phone is modded (custom recovery, custom ROM, etc.) but if you have any TWRP backups or ROMs, those will usually default to internal storage (unless you've set it up otherwise) and fall under the "Other" category, and often a big consumer of that much space. In particular, a single TWRP backup can easily take up 5 GB (depending on number of apps, etc.).

You can always move important files to your external Sdcard and format internal memory ,in most cases the "other" file won't have anything that will brake your phone if deleted
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My m8 is rooted with twrp. But I am using stock rom.
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WingZer0n said:
My m8 is rooted with twrp. But I am using stock rom.
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That still doesn't answer the question of whether you have a TWRP backup on the phone, or not.
I gave a suggestion on how to determine what files are taking up all the storage. Did you try it?