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How do you do it? Awesome screen and phone and no way to watch movies, double twist doesn't work, astro doesn't work
My evo is rooted with auto root and warm 2.2 mod
Pleads don't waste time trekking me to search the forums, I've searches all over and I'm on my phone and its a pain, call me a name and answer me instead lol
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I don't have an Evo, but I would definitely recommend VitalPlayer... however I keep Vitalplayer rockplayer and moboplayer (not sure which ones are two words) around so that I can play pretty much anything. If you're just playing local files on the phone, should be able to handle anything you throw at it.
I use it along with cifsmanager to stream video from my network, and it's pretty much perfect unless you want to play 1080P. It can do 720P but I hope you have a good wireless signal with low latency and good bandwidth.
I have a Samsung Captivate
Mvideo player. It plays mkv's among the multitudes of other types it plays... looks great, nice controls/organization....
Yup. Use it all the time
Hmm, haven't heard of mvideo, I'll give it a try
I use handbrake on my pc to encode videos and then put them on my sd card. If you start with ipod setting then increase the resolution to match your phone and maybe increase the bitrate quality a bit higer. Looks great on my epic, I followed a guide written for the evo so should be good to go.
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I'm going to give M video a try I haven't heard of it until now.
rocket321 said:
I use handbrake on my pc to encode videos and then put them on my sd card. If you start with ipod setting then increase the resolution to match your phone and maybe increase the bitrate quality a bit higer. Looks great on my epic, I followed a guide written for the evo so should be good to go.
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Any particular reason you do that? The Epic has plenty of internal storage space right? So why go through the conversion step?
Unless I'm mistaken I thought the Epic had 16gb.
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Any particular reason you do that? The Epic has plenty of internal storage space right? So why go through the conversion step?
Unless I'm mistaken I thought the Epic had 16gb.
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when you can take a 4gb file down to 700 to 900mb without losing much (if any) quality I'd venture to say that that would be more of said files in same amount of space that one file would've resided in
I erasedeverything on my sd card but I saved some things like inception. I put it on the root of sd but it dosent work with the app. It shows up in video player. Anyone know where this files suppose to go
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The inception.pyv and the inception.pyv.png, they originally go into a movie folder in your sd card. you might want to try creating the movie folder in your sd card and putting those files in there.
ssmokey727 said:
The inception.pyv and the inception.pyv.png, they originally go into a movie folder in your sd card. you might want to try creating the movie folder in your sd card and putting those files in there.
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yeah didnt work. I might have to push the files but i dont know where it goes into
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I know we cant post those here, i told him to PM me. Someone allready brought that up in another post about the movie.
But thats not what this threads about anyway. The movie folder in there with as i see:
BBThumbs.dat
Inception_trailer.3gp
Inception.pyv
But when clicking the app it still gives me a "file not found" message
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Yeah I know you know but he doesn't. Make sure the folder is movie. No upper case on the M. In the movie folder I have these 3 files.
.inception.pyv.png
Inception.pyv
Inception_trailer.3gp
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Yeah I know you know but he doesn't. Make sure the folder is movie. No upper case on the M. In the movie folder I have these 3 files.
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Inception.pyv
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is the .pyv.png the banner in samsung media hub?
Sorry I didn't mean to bring all this legal stuff up.
And you could just leave it in a video folder and go the video player app click the movie and start watching. Try it
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is the .pyv.png the banner in samsung media hub?
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I believe it is. That's what the lil icon looks like in root explorer.
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I believe it is. That's what the lil icon looks like in root explorer.
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weird cause on my desktop it says .inception.pyv
but its the icon.
I formatted my card and it's gone. I would think the factory restore odin image would contain it but I guess not. Good one samsung and t-mobile
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I formatted my card and it's gone. I would think the factory restore odin image would contain it but I guess not. Good one samsung and t-mobile
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So let me get this clear..YOU formatted your sd card and expect t-mo and samsung to install something to the sdcard..
Now since YOU didnt make a backup prior to formatting you're pissed at both companies.
This is not either companies fault, this is on you and only you. Own it and deal with it.
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I formatted my card and it's gone. I would think the factory restore odin image would contain it but I guess not. Good one samsung and t-mobile
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So you think 1.3gb media file should be included in a restore??? wow... Don't blame others because you forgot to back it up.
It's not included because it's not actually part of the Rom it's exclusive to the SD card that came with the phone.
Well off to watch inception lol
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So let me get this clear..YOU formatted your sd card and expect t-mo and samsung to install something to the sdcard..
Now since YOU didnt make a backup prior to formatting you're pissed at both companies.
This is not either companies fault, this is on you and only you. Own it and deal with it.
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You are right it is their fault, . They could put it in with the Odin restore file because you OWN the phone meaning you OWN the movie. I bought a few movies from the play store and I can format the device all I want and still download the movie because I OWN it. Amazing concept I guess right
Since this thread is on the Inception topic, does anyone know a player that can play the movie, or a way to convert it to a watchable format on PC/Android? Ever since flashing to a custom ROM (first Octane, now AOKP), I haven't been able to find a player that will play it, so I just removed it from my SD card. If there's a way to pull, I'll copy it off my sister's phone.
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Since this thread is on the Inception topic, does anyone know a player that can play the movie, or a way to convert it to a watchable format on PC/Android? Ever since flashing to a custom ROM (first Octane, now AOKP), I haven't been able to find a player that will play it, so I just removed it from my SD card. If there's a way to pull, I'll copy it off my sister's phone.
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I don't have it but Rock Player seems to play nearly everything I try.
hwchan said:
Since this thread is on the Inception topic, does anyone know a player that can play the movie, or a way to convert it to a watchable format on PC/Android? Ever since flashing to a custom ROM (first Octane, now AOKP), I haven't been able to find a player that will play it, so I just removed it from my SD card. If there's a way to pull, I'll copy it off my sister's phone.
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.PYV files seem to be a Samsung proprietary file format that hasn't been cracked yet, but that's what I remember from months ago.
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I'm not sure on this, but on froyo there was allsync or something like that which might work. I believe I read somewhere that you need media hub also.
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GrandMstrBud said:
You are right it is their fault, . They could put it in with the Odin restore file because you OWN the phone meaning you OWN the movie. I bought a few movies from the play store and I can format the device all I want and still download the movie because I OWN it. Amazing concept I guess right
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No its your fault for not making a backup. You never owned the movie you had a free copy that was part of your phone. T-Mo and Samsung are not required to supply the movie that came on the sdcard not the rom itself. Everything they include in a rom is available within a tarball. If it is not included then its not something they are responsible for. When I bought my phone the shortcut for the movie was on my homescreen but no where on the sdcard.
The company responsible for providing the movie is the movie studio. So they are who you should be bugging and complaining to.
So has my phone I bough already unlocked and the sdcard didn't have the inception movie ......the funny part its that I was newbie in android stuff and the xperia play was already available and I just bough the phone because I was thinking "oh yeah free movie and it looks cool" then when I charged the phone first thing I did is click the movie icon but then it said file not found my first reaction was "FUUUUUUUUUUUU" lol
[Q] With the Galaxy Nexus coming, my only concern is the lack of SD slot. So I thought I'd ask you Nexus S owners what it's like living without an SD card. Is it a pain, or is it not a big deal outside of not being able to increase space?
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[Q] With the Galaxy Nexus coming, my only concern is the lack of SD slot. So I thought I'd ask you Nexus S owners what it's like living without an SD card. Is it a pain, or is it not a big deal outside of not being able to increase space?
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I've never once been in a situation where i do not have enough space.
So far it has been more than enough for me. I DO use google music however, so that saves a lot of space.
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[Q] With the Galaxy Nexus coming, my only concern is the lack of SD slot. So I thought I'd ask you Nexus S owners what it's like living without an SD card. Is it a pain, or is it not a big deal outside of not being able to increase space?
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I believe it brings an SD Card. Also its not a pain at least on my end. I haven't reached 6 gb yet and we all have 16 here. Unless u put massive amounts of music into your Memory then that's when Ull have to worry lol. But there's Google music for that (if u haven't been invited yet) I use it all the time but quality is alright, with voodoo its better than beats
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I don't care about no SD card. It is pointless to me.
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i was worried about it too at first but imo the transfer speeds make it all worth it.
and for the record the "16bg" actually amounts to .98gb internal storage and 13.31gb usb storage.
Not a big deal, I hardly fill even half of it..heck my previous milestone with sdcard slot+8gb experienced the same.
again, depends on your usage behavior..horses for courses.
I wasn't sure at first but don't miss having card slot in the end. 16gb is a lot (roughly half full local music and all) and btw the Galaxy Nexus even offers 32gb model (Expansys is listing it in both 16gb and 32gb) if you need more space.
In the end i don't regret getting my Nexus S (I miss not getting it in black tho).
Not a deal breaker in my opinion. Whether it's 16GB or 32GB, you'll find a way to fill it and have to transfer anyways.
I do use my 32GB card for a lot of music, but if Google music becomes more available, then perhaps that won't be an issue. Except I do love my PowerAmp.
Does it make flashing new ROMs any different?
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I do use my 32GB card for a lot of music, but if Google music becomes more available, then perhaps that won't be an issue. Except I do love my PowerAmp.
Does it make flashing new ROMs any different?
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No. Its important to remember there IS a 16 or 32 gb partition that behaves exactly as SD card, the only difference is you cannot remove it. But I don't think of this as a problem because you can just mount it to PC and copy/move everything all the same.
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Cool. Well maybe the Galaxy Nexus is on my plate after all. Thanks for the info, guys.
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No external sd is the reason not to buy this phone for me.
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No external sd is the reason not to buy this phone for me.
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Please explain why you "need" tho be able to remove it?
If you want stuff off it it's quicker to mount it and copy
For me, the issue was never about removing it, but more about whether it changed anything as far as modding is concerned. That, and the fact that I could get a galaxy s 2 or even Droid razor with 16 GB of memory then add my 32 GB card for enough space to replace my Zune.
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I thought it would be a huge sacrifice before I bought the NS but it has really been a non-issue. There is plenty of space for apps + pictures and I use Subsonic for music. Only issue I foresee is if you plan on shooting several hours of 1080p video as that will easily eat up 16GB.
I've had my NS4G for about 2 weeks after having an xperia x10 for a year with an sd card for storage.
I use mine for music, and I come very close to filling it on a regular basis....I'd love to have the option to recycle my old 8gb card from my old phone, but I can't. And no, it doesn't hold "a ton" of music, as previously stated. I have about 4gb of music and about 4gb for apps, roms, backups, etc. and I have to always pick what music I want to transfer, and what music I am going to sacrifice.
Honestly, it's not THAT big of a deal, but having an option to expand your storage would be a no-brainer, I would think. It's not like it costs that much to add an sd slot...and I'm sure people who use their phone as an mp3 player, video camera, whatever, would happily pay an extra few $$ for the option to be able to expand your storage.
Also, I find it easiest to transfer apps to other people by just backing them up to SD card and inserting it in their phone for a quick install....I can't do this anymore, which means I have to jump through hoops and email the app or worse, use bluetooth, which is always a headache with people who don't know what they are doing.....ALWAYS. SD just saves me from the headaches.
Installing roms, apps, flashing zips, etc is exactly the same...you'll never even notice the difference unless you like to remove your sd card to transfer files all the time, or something like that.
In the long run it's up to you, and if you are used to having expandable storage, you will definitely miss it....but it's the size of the sacrifice that makes it a deal breaker or not.
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I do use my 32GB card for a lot of music, but if Google music becomes more available, then perhaps that won't be an issue. Except I do love my PowerAmp.
Does it make flashing new ROMs any different?
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hey if you want a google music invite PM your email
I rarely miss sd card slot actually never. Google music has all my music and it works every well you can even download your tracks for offline use.Plus my spotify account
I suppose if for someone that wants to load their phone with blueray rips and be able to watch every movie they every owned at any given second it might be a difficult situation.
Flashing roms is the same since your 16gb is partition for internal space then 12gb is left for storage and it acts the same as a sd card, even in a file manager it will show as teh sd card hope this helps
Didn't google release an API for google music, or am I thinking of something else. I would love it if PowerAmp could access google music streaming.
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hey if you want a google music invite PM your email
I rarely miss sd card slot actually never. Google music has all my music and it works every well you can even download your tracks for offline use.Plus my spotify account
I suppose if for someone that wants to load their phone with blueray rips and be able to watch every movie they every owned at any given second it might be a difficult situation.
Flashing roms is the same since your 16gb is partition for internal space then 12gb is left for storage and it acts the same as a sd card, even in a file manager it will show as teh sd card hope this helps
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True blu ray rips are over 16gb most times....so good luck even fitting one lol It's hard to even find an m-HD movie that's under 1gb!!
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Please explain why you "need" tho be able to remove it?
If you want stuff off it it's quicker to mount it and copy
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If you don't have a computer or laptop with you, then you can't mount to anything.
I can put GB's of movies on cards and swap them out whenever I want when traveling.
I have 80GB of music. I guess if you have a small amount of music or only want to carry a small % with you, then internal memory is fine.
If you keep phones 2 years (like most do on contract), 32GB might seem like a lot now, but how will that look in 20 months? With a card slot, it isn't an issue- you can upgrade anytime.
All that being said, for most people 32GB with no card slot is probably enough.
hey ive searched but couldnt find a solution....my question is that whether i can play music from internal storage as 4 gb is too much for apps....how can i do that...im on ota ics
Short answer? No. The internal memory is reserved only for the system partition. Even if you could throw some mp3's into a folder in the system side. There's not a music player out there that would look for the files in the system partition. So, no man. You're outta luck.
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This is some what useless way to say if there is no other option..... The only real way would be to use something like root explorer..... From there you could move a folder of music from sd to /folder name..... Then from root explorer you could use the music files one at a time .... Best bet go to rat shack and get a 32 gb sd for like $20.....
hemanbond said:
hey ive searched but couldnt find a solution....my question is that whether i can play music from internal storage as 4 gb is too much for apps....how can i do that...im on ota ics
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As much as iOS is junk, no doubt, shouldn't this be what your iPod is for? (I'm kidding, but seriously)...
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This is some what useless way to say if there is no other option..... The only real way would be to use something like root explorer..... From there you could move a folder of music from sd to /folder name..... Then from root explorer you could use the music files one at a time .... Best bet go to rat shack and get a 32 gb sd for like $20.....
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Well, actually you don't want to stick in /system or /anythingelse, you will bootloop.... If you copy anything to internal storage, it is best to "attempt" put it in /data/music or something, but that is still not a good way to do it. Now this is all just in theory mind you, as it is known that putting things that were not meant to go in certain places on this phone has caused way more heartache than it should and caused more bootloops than I care to elaborate on now.
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Well, actually you don't want to stick in /system or /anythingelse, you will bootloop.... If you copy anything to internal storage, it is best to "attempt" put it in /data/music or something, but that is still not a good way to do it. Now this is all just in theory mind you, as it is known that putting things that were not meant to go in certain places on this phone has caused way more heartache than it should and caused more bootloops than I care to elaborate on now.
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+1 :good: Yea I have had more than my fair share or bootloops from just looking at my / wrong LOL.....
all of my internal memory is going waste..i hardly use any apps....all i do is music and vids.....i had 16 gb card but it had problems with my ph.....my battery wasnt lasting long enough.... so internal memory problem is the same with other phones also ....i wonder how ppl use nexus phones?
Some phones have user accessible internal storage and in those phones it's done in a way that the user wont be able to modify critical system files. The Atrix 2 is not one of those phones so if you make a mistake you will get a bootloop like hankbizzo5 said. How did you determine that the SD card was reducing your battery life?
Just make sure you get a class 4 card and you'll be fine.
my battery was draining very fast...so i used battery monitor widget...i showed me 200-300 mA discharge even when screen off....so i formatted....same peroblem....i changed the sd from 16 gb sandisk class 4 to 2 gb ....nw everything is fine
so nothing could be done? i mean galaxy note....s3 all have large internal....cant we do anything abt it?....i mean atrix 2 is one of the best dual cores around...i thought this would be solved with ics...some say moto media centre transfers music to internal but i doubt
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so nothing could be done? i mean galaxy note....s3 all have large internal....cant we do anything abt it?....i mean atrix 2 is one of the best dual cores around...i thought this would be solved with ics...some say moto media centre transfers music to internal but i doubt
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Yeah, I got an idea.... go find Jims sig and click on his dropbox link, sign up, and you will have 2.5gbs free online storage and you can even put your files in a public folder to play them from anywhere. Its not 4gb but it could be if you then get other people to sign up.
FWIW, I used a 32gb class 10 from time to time and never really noticed a battery problem. That's interesting.
hemanbond said:
so nothing could be done? i mean galaxy note....s3 all have large internal....cant we do anything abt it?....i mean atrix 2 is one of the best dual cores around...i thought this would be solved with ics...some say moto media centre transfers music to internal but i doubt
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No nothing can be done as far as actually utilizing the internal storage for your personal use. Yes, I'm not surprised your note can do it, add I have access to my internal storage on my skyrocket. But you just can't do it with the A2.
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Hello fellow XDA members,
I may be upgrading to my first smartphone without an SD card since the first moto droid came out. I have become very dependent on my SD cards, my current phone has a 64gb SD card which I am using a good portion of it.
My assumption is that about 95% of all people use their phone for their music device. I DO NOT stream. I would not have the data capacity for that. I put all of my 2000 songs on my SD card and throw on the shuffle or sift through and find what I like. I do this because I drive over 20-30 hours a week and steaming would easily crush my data for more important things and also I think it's pointless to not stream exactly the songs you want that at that moment.
I also have approximately 2000 pictures and growing. Which I would prefer to keep on my phone to reference when necessary or just look through for memories.
What to do If I upgrade to a new phone with only 32gb internal storage, leaving approximately 25gb of space left for stuff.
What do you people use? How do you deal with having limited storage but being a heavy user? I cannot legitimately think of anything without making sacrifices on how I use the phone meaning I'd have to remove many pictures and songs to have room for apps and other stuff, which obviously I don't want to do, and I can't burn through data.
Thank you so much guys! I appreciate any advice!
BlueForce64 said:
Hello fellow XDA members,
I may be upgrading to my first smartphone without an SD card since the first moto droid came out. I have become very dependent on my SD cards, my current phone has a 64gb SD card which I am using a good portion of it.
My assumption is that about 95% of all people use their phone for their music device. I DO NOT stream. I would not have the data capacity for that. I put all of my 2000 songs on my SD card and throw on the shuffle or sift through and find what I like. I do this because I drive over 20-30 hours a week and steaming would easily crush my data for more important things and also I think it's pointless to not stream exactly the songs you want that at that moment.
I also have approximately 2000 pictures and growing. Which I would prefer to keep on my phone to reference when necessary or just look through for memories.
What to do If I upgrade to a new phone with only 32gb internal storage, leaving approximately 25gb of space left for stuff.
What do you people use? How do you deal with having limited storage but being a heavy user? I cannot legitimately think of anything without making sacrifices on how I use the phone meaning I'd have to remove many pictures and songs to have room for apps and other stuff, which obviously I don't want to do, and I can't burn through data.
Thank you so much guys! I appreciate any advice!
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You have Wi-Fi, don't you? Why don't you just backup all your photos on Google Drive? That could free up a decent bit of space off of your phone. As for music, I would recommend that you backup the songs you usually don't listen to on Drive as well. When you get home, you could backup your stuff, and you could retrieve whatever you need from Drive some time before you leave. I'm sure you've already thought of this, but just a suggestion in case you haven't. =P
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You have Wi-Fi, don't you? Why don't you just backup all your photos on Google Drive? That could free up a decent bit of space off of your phone. As for music, I would recommend that you backup the songs you usually don't listen to on Drive as well. When you get home, you could backup your stuff, and you could retrieve whatever you need from Drive some time before you leave. I'm sure you've already thought of this, but just a suggestion in case you haven't. =P
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Wow, totally didn't think of that honestly. I haven't actually tried Google drive yet, I guess it's time to give it a shot. Thank you, I'll try it
If anyone has any other suggestions that would be great!
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If anyone has any other suggestions that would be great!
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Try rooting and uninstalling system apps(if there preloaded) Use cleaner master. It cleans alot. Mine cleaned 5gb in one month.
Try using basic cleaning. Apps that you dont use uninstall them as it took 3 gb of unused apps on my Phone
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Try rooting and uninstalling system apps(if there preloaded) Use cleaner master. It cleans alot. Mine cleaned 5gb in one month.
Try using basic cleaning. Apps that you dont use uninstall them as it took 3 gb of unused apps on my Phone
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Yeah I would definitely try to uninstall bloats are. And thanks, I can give that app a shot
A solution so obvious you might have overlooked it, just don't use your phone for a music player. Get a Sandisk Sansa Clip Zip (or Fuze) .mp3 player and stick a microSD card in there. I've been using a Clip Zip for a couple years now. Small, weighs practically nothing, has great sound (with some tweaks). Plays FLAC too. Or just use an old phone as a media player.
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A solution so obvious you might have overlooked it, just don't use your phone for a music player. Get a Sandisk Sansa Clip Zip (or Fuze) .mp3 player and stick a microSD card in there. I've been using a Clip Zip for a couple years now. Small, weighs practically nothing, has great sound (with some tweaks). Plays FLAC too. Or just use an old phone as a media player.
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Oh yeah, i should of thought of that, makes sense. Haha. I do have Viper on my phone now as well for audio. Perhaps i'll look into that for options. Good idea, thanks
Definitely get root access and remove all unneccesary system applications first.
Then, let's say you download an app that "needs" a physical sdcard - what do you do then?
Well, if I'm not mistaken there are ways to mount a "virtual sdcard" by repartitioning the unallocated space/taking some space out of another partition to act like an external sdcard. This will fool the problematic apps into thinking you have a real sdcard in, and then they will work correctly.
This would be more toward the technical side of this question, but yeah.
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Definitely get root access and remove all unneccesary system applications first.
Then, let's say you download an app that "needs" a physical sdcard - what do you do then?
Well, if I'm not mistaken there are ways to mount a "virtual sdcard" by repartitioning the unallocated space/taking some space out of another partition to act like an external sdcard. This will fool the problematic apps into thinking you have a real sdcard in, and then they will work correctly.
This would be more toward the technical side of this question, but yeah.
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Hmmm interesting. I haven't looked into that but I'm pretty sure I'd have that capability. I'm pretty tech savvy. That's good info because I think I do play games that I think need an SD card but not sure.
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Hmmm interesting. I haven't looked into that but I'm pretty sure I'd have that capability. I'm pretty tech savvy. That's good info because I think I do play games that I think need an SD card but not sure.
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Good - you would definitely need to be tech savvy to accomplish it!
I have a crazy idea that I personally use, who knows... Maybe you wanna be crazy like me
I do have two nandroid backups, and I keep switching between them. Each one is nearly considered another phone with its own apps xD
But I use this method mainly because I like modding my SM-G7102, so one backup is main, and another for testing new stuff and experiencing performance issues.
Good luck with your new phone.
citBabY said:
I have a crazy idea that I personally use, who knows... Maybe you wanna be crazy like me
I do have two nandroid backups, and I keep switching between them. Each one is nearly considered another phone with its own apps xD
But I use this method mainly because I like modding my SM-G7102, so one backup is main, and another for testing new stuff and experiencing performance issues.
Good luck with your new phone.
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Yeah that does sound pretty crazy haha. On my s4 I used to run 2 Roms, but I'm sick of this phone. It just doesn't do it for me. I miss my Motorola because of the amazing speakers and microphones they have, as well as the near vanilla android. I'm planning on moving to the moto x 2nd gen once its available for Verizon. It should be awesome. Maybe I'll do that to my moto x haha. Thanks lol
BlueForce64 said:
Yeah I would definitely try to uninstall bloats are. And thanks, I can give that app a shot
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No problem glad to help:good:
I really think the idea of no SD card isn't necessarily a bad thing. As long as you have enough internal space. I have a 64gb SD card and I'm only using 18gb including 3 backups which total somewhere around 8gb.
I think about 25gb internal after rom and essentials should be more than enough. I only have 16gb of internal space of which 12gb is usable so I definitely think it's possible with 32gb
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ShapesBlue said:
I really think the idea of no SD card isn't necessarily a bad thing. As long as you have enough internal space. I have a 64gb SD card and I'm only using 18gb including 3 backups which total somewhere around 8gb.
I think about 25gb internal after rom and essentials should be more than enough. I only have 16gb of internal space of which 12gb is usable so I definitely think it's possible with 32gb
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I dont know, I have 2000 pictures and 2000 songs both of which grow on a somewhat regular basis. Right now I'm using 24gb of my 64gb SD card. I have no backups on mine. Its 100% songs/pictures with maybe a little app data. In order to use the new phone I will have to do what someone said and get a separate music player. There's pretty much no other way for the quantity I have.
BlueForce64 said:
I dont know, I have 2000 pictures and 2000 songs both of which grow on a somewhat regular basis. Right now I'm using 24gb of my 64gb SD card. I have no backups on mine. Its 100% songs/pictures with maybe a little app data. In order to use the new phone I will have to do what someone said and get a separate music player. There's pretty much no other way for the quantity I have.
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Yea songs tend to take up more room in general. I have 3gb of music and it's only a hair over 300 songs, and yea in your case a separate music player would be good
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There's several things that I did when I switched from SD -> Internal Storage.
First, most of the data I used was saved in the cloud. Google Photos backed up all my photos, music was streamed, etc. This allowed me to conserve a lot of space. Of course, if you don't have an unlimited data plan, then this isn't the best option.
Aside from that, there are apps that will help manage your internal storage. You essentially end up removing apps you don't need/use. This primarily includes games because they tend to be the largest apps.
For photos and videos, limit the amount that you store on your phone and use WiFi to fetch from the cloud as much as possible.
For music, same as above.
For media in general, if you want to go to super space efficient mode, save media in a compressed / lower quality format. For photos and videos this may mean low res. For music, change the bit rate of MP3s or don't use flac. Of course, this is if you can tolerate the loss in quality.
A potentially weird solution would be to archive (as zip, bzip, 7z, etc.) anything that you don't use.
dyczone said:
[…] A potentially weird solution would be to archive (as zip, bzip, 7z, etc.) anything that you don't use.
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Not weird at all - I discovered the usefulness (not a word?) of zipping up unneeded files as .zips, .bz2s and .rars about a half a year ago, and it's been a real lifesaver!
Do it, guys - it actually saves space!
thenookieforlife3 said:
Not weird at all - I discovered the usefulness (not a word?) of zipping up unneeded files as .zips, .bz2s and .rars about a half a year ago, and it's been a real lifesaver!
Do it, guys - it actually saves space!
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Might just try it myself, thanks for the suggestion :thumbup:
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