All of the sudden, I'm finding I cannot install as many apps as I once did - cleared davlik, etc., but system only shows 200mb + total space on internal memory. Anyone tell me why?
edit: I show only 229mb total space on system storage - is that correct?
Something is messed up then.
My G shows 1.82gb space with 1.21gb available (yes, I have a bunch of apps installed).
Are you using TnT? I have used all versions, but not seen this issue. See it ALL the time on my Incredible though.
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Hi there!
If I root my Nexus S, will it then be possible to see what's going on in the internal storage? My phone is acting rather strangely when it comes to the internal storage. When I delete an app's cache (from Settings/Apps) the indicated space does not get freed up. On the contrary, an equivalent amount of space gets subtracted from the indicated amount of free internal storage! On most occasions when I uninstall an app the space gets freed up. However, recently I had 300 MB available when I installed Chrome browser. That took up about 50 MB, so I had a remaining 250 MB available. I uninstalled it again and now I only have 200 MB free. I often get notifications that there is too little storage space available when updating rather small apps (typically less than 20 MB).
With a rooted phone, will I be able to see what's going on and easily locate and delete redundant files? (Back in the days I felt I had a lot better control and overview over my Pocket PC. With my Android I struggle to make sense of what's going on. Well, not that I´m going back...)
I'm not really asking for a quick solution to the problem because it seems from other discussions that this isn't possible. But I'd like to avoid running into the same problem again after a hard reset, rooting, or ROM change.
Cheers,
Larry
Nexus S I9023 (unrooted)
Jelly Bean 4.1.2
hey Larry,
first of all after you're rooted you can see all of your files and folders from...well..root directory
before doing so i'd try to move apps to SD or from SD depends where the low space is: http://i.stack.imgur.com/Aof9r.png
Hi eytan!
As I said, I'm short of internal storage. I've already moved just about everything possible out of the internal memory. Moving programs out of internal storage does result in more internal storage (as long as there's something left to move). However, this does not explain why my internal memory is disappearing. I ought to have a lot more available internal memory - at least 400 MB.
Yes, that's what rooting does. Maybe I should have elaborated a bit... Will it make sense without extensive knowledge of the Android system. It seems like instead of cache (and certain programs like chrome browser) being deleted they are somehow being copied within the internal storage. I was wondering if I would be able to locate this - find some folder that has grown 50 MB in case of the google chrome uninstallation. Or will all this data be stacked up in some sort of system file that isn't accessible.
- larryvega
Nexus S I9023 (unrooted)
Jelly Bean 4.1.2
well, you can always search your phone by folder size and locate the origin of this.
i guess your best chances are at DATA folder, just be careful and make sure you delete only things your'e sure that are already uninstalled and just have "leftovers"
Omfg anyone at all?!
I've been posting on and off for the past 2 weeks and no one is responding, I've got two threads, one of them being much more urgant right now than the other. Maybe I'm intimidation people with my n00bity, but I really thought providing as much information as I could would get more people better resources to help me. However no one responded so I'll just dumb down my problem and focus on one thing and not multiple things.
So my Intenal Storage space says 0.00B. It doesn't tell me how much available space I have left, but I'm assuming its 0.00B as well. However there is a green bar section saying that 39MB is being used for apps. Now I can't install an app at all on this 0.00B partition, even though this is my main partition where all my system data, settings, misc apps should be stored. If I do manage to find an app that installs on my 2.3GB partition, then the app data being used on Partition 1 will be read as 40.5MB instead of 39MB. If I unistall the app, it will go back to 39MB. Luckily stock came with file manager so i can browse my 1st partition to see that even though I have 0.00B total space showing, theres 500MB worth of data being used somewhere.
Basically I'm asking if anyone here knows how I can get that 0.00B to read AS IT USED TO, so that I can install whatever app I need to. It used to read as I think 500MB total and 300MB available, and 40 green for apps, however that all changed when the fire nation attacked---I mean when I factory reset my device and checked the box to erase the 2.3GB partition.
After falshing rom i installed 10 apps amounting to 78mb but the free is just around 55+mb.
Deleted cache & history(10mb) also.When total alloted is 200mb then where is the rest gone?Before flashing on stock i used to have much more apps,i still haven't installed facebook,wechat,couple and maps which i had earlier.And even the ram always hovers around 50mb and lags a little,not very much though.
I have app which shows both internal and system storage but i got concerned when i saw system storage had only 48kb free.So i removed two apps and now it is 5mb free.Yes there are App2Sd or Link2Sd
but why my internal storage is occupied is what i want to know?
Thanks
kitu34 said:
After falshing rom i installed 10 apps amounting to 78mb but the free is just around 55+mb.
Deleted cache & history(10mb) also.When total alloted is 200mb then where is the rest gone?Before flashing on stock i used to have much more apps,i still haven't installed facebook,wechat,couple and maps which i had earlier.And even the ram always hovers around 50mb and lags a little,not very much though.
I have app which shows both internal and system storage but i got concerned when i saw system storage had only 48kb free.So i removed two apps and now it is 5mb free.Yes there are App2Sd or Link2Sd
but why my internal storage is occupied is what i want to know?
Thanks
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I am using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668247 and I have 164mb free left after all my apps.
Ive recently brought a moto g 2015 less than a week ago and have installed some apps, when i originally did this there was over 1.0gb of free internal space left. Over the week the space has shrunk to 500mb and is now notifiitying me that the internal storage is low (i cleared the cache out 3 hours ago and it was 540mb free now its 500mb so that 40mb in a couple of hours?!).
Ive cleared the cache, ive not installed any extra apps and there hasnt been any significant app upgrades that would use this space, also deleted all content from whatsapp etc and looked in the misc part of the storage and theres nothing using the space.
Has anyone else come across this or have any idea whats using the space up?
Cheers
rich0898 said:
Ive recently brought a moto g 2015 less than a week ago and have installed some apps, when i originally did this there was over 1.0gb of free internal space left. Over the week the space has shrunk to 500mb and is now notifiitying me that the internal storage is low (i cleared the cache out 3 hours ago and it was 540mb free now its 500mb so that 40mb in a couple of hours?!).
Ive cleared the cache, ive not installed any extra apps and there hasnt been any significant app upgrades that would use this space, also deleted all content from whatsapp etc and looked in the misc part of the storage and theres nothing using the space.
Has anyone else come across this or have any idea whats using the space up?
Cheers
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Alot of apps/games use alot of data storage so that might be your issue and if your storing stuff from downloading like music and photos etc that will take up space as well
Hi thanks for the reply! I've got all my music and pictures stored on an sdcard and haven't downloaded any on this phone or taken any pictures. I'm just not sure what as suddenly used up all this storage that I can't now use in the space of a couple of hours without me doing anything on the phone or any apps updating
I had that to on a old phone, i think its your google play services.
my tip is to look in your apps and see what apps use to much space, than try to delete it
Probably other apps accumulating stored data, as was mentioned above. Chrome will grow over time, Google drive, Facebook etc.
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You can move apps to the SD also. OP doesn't say they did that, but that can be done. Just go to settings, Apps, and then "ON SD CARD" tab. Any apps that can be moved will show there. Note that not 100% of the apps info can be moved, but most of it can. for example if you have an app that is 100MB, and move it, you will still have about 20MB on internal. Still better than the full 100MB.
Thanks for all the suggestions, ive tried them all and got a lot of free space back. Also found that google drive had 500mb of data which ive deleted!
Rooted Cricket Stylo - System Data "chunk" ENORMOUS! >6GB on 8GB Stylo!
I have the Cricket version of the LG G Stylo (LG-H634), and the "System Data" chunk has gradually ballooned from under 2GB, to take up now more than 6GB of my total 8GB internal storage! I managed to root the device (thanks to these forums), and have been able to delete enough to increase my available storage from under 300MB to almost 600MB (including uninstalling Facebook, which I'd like to reinstall, once I free up more space). Yet the "System Data" chunk hasn't decreased. If anything, it seems like uninstalling apps has, at times, actually caused "System Data" to INCREASE! I've tried everything I've managed to find in these forums, short of either doing a complete factory reset, or hunting down files individually.
I've used multiple "system cleaning" apps, including several that require root access. I use DiskUsage to view the used space (as much as possible), and have used 2 or 3 different file manager apps, trying to make sense of the folder hierarchy. But I have yet to decidedly figure out which folder(s) are even a part of this "System Data" area, let alone, which ones are taking up so much space. PLEASE, someone help! How do I find out what's clogging up my storage, get rid of it, and keep it from getting SO HUGE again?!?
I'm wondering the same thing and which lg apps I can remove and strip out to make room. My storage manager says there is 4.3GB and it's mostly the pre installed crap I never use.