I'm seriously fed up with uninstalling apps/updates when I want to install something else, and I will always have to clear cache, clear data of my Facebook or even to the point contacts, when I need to install a new app/an update.
Is there a fix to this yet?
P.S.: I did use the search button, but couldnt find what Im looking for.
it's my problem too ( . please help me . The Internal memory is very low !
Yeah sadly, android isn't doing anything to fix that. T.T
Actually, "Android" can fix that if you're able to root your ChaCha and partition your SD, "faking" a bigger internal memory.
HTC isn't doing anything to fix that, because this is a hardware problem that can't be totally solved using only software updates. They also don't want to open the bootloader so anyone can root and modify the partitions, that's why this is a big problem to this phone.
HTC ChaCha was destined to teenagers that don't want to use any app other than Facebook. That's the truth.
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I recently got a ChaCha (AT&T Status) mainly because it has such a nice keyboard and I don't like virtual keyboards. It was also a bargain. I don't do Twitter, and I rarely go to Facebook. So these (and other) AT&T supplied apps are just wasting memory space on my phone. I was frequently running into the memory limitation problems (inability to update apps, inability to synch, etc.). But since ATT disallows removal of these apps, we're stuck. Or are we?
If you look at the applications manager under downloads tab, you'll see the updates to facebook, twitter, and other pre-installed apps are huge. While the apps themselves cannot be uninstalled, the updates can be, which is what I have done. First, I went to the market and un-checked the automatic update box so they won't be updated again. Then I uninstalled the updates for Facebook and Twitter on my phone. I also unstalled the updates for the ATT Code Scanner app. Although I might find a code scanner useful, I reasoned there are other code scanner apps out there (probably better ones judging from the typical AT&T Software ) and the other apps could be transfered to the SD card, using very little internal memory.
Anyway, the result is I now have about 39-40MB of free memory . I still can't wait for the gurus here to come up with a permanent solution, but in the meantime, I think I have solved my memory issue.
Hmm running 2.3.5 here and since that I have around 40mb free.
I am using FB, twitter and a bunch of other apps. Trying to clear cache for a lot of apps weekly though.
Check the Everything for ChaCha thread (also in my signature).
Alex C. said:
Check the Everything for ChaCha thread (also in my signature).
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All great suggestions. Unfortunately, most of them require a rooted phone which means I can't use them.
Only one which can help you in this case is a factory reset.
yea..i having the same problem too although had upgrade to android 2.3.5..is there other way to solve this pity fewer of memory?
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Refering to this post Apps to SD, I have some doubts.
1. Is this similar to the 2GB inaccessible partition on Nexus S ?
2. Is that partition ext3 ?
3. Do apps get installed directly on that and I don't have to install apps on sd as explained in that post ever ?
4. If no, will creating partition and installing apps on it slow down the phone ?
I installed lots of apps from market yesterday so thinking of these things as I have read that installing many apps may slow down the phone.
please clarify my doubts
Have you gone to Settings, Applications and checked how much of your internal memory you're actually using? There's a little bar graph at the bottom of the first screen.
I've got over 130 apps installed and still have almost 600mb free. For most users, on the NS, app storage space isn't going to be a concern. We've got 1gb internal for that.
Also, many apps can be pushed to your sdcard without any hacks required.
The old school apps2sd involves repartioning your sdcard, formatting part of it ext4, then creating symlinks to move apps to the sdcard.
Seems like a lot of work unless you're really short of space already.
All partitions on the internal storage space are ext4 or yaffs2...no ext3 on the NS stock,
Thanks. So I shouldnt be really about that
But will installing many apps slow down my phone ? How do I stop some apps from starting automatically in the background ?
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Thanks. So I shouldnt be really about that
But will installing many apps slow down my phone ? How do I stop some apps from starting automatically in the background ?
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I wouldn't worry about it until it becomes a problem, if you know what I mean. If you install a lot of BIG game applications that don't let you move to sdcard from the Applications manager, you might start to run out of room, but I've only seen one person in this forum state that he was filling cramped, and he has 300+ apps, including large games if I recall correctly.
Having a bunch of apps installed should not slow down your phone just because they're installed.
If a bunch of them are active in the background either intentionally or not, that might cause some slow down, but it's just not a real problem on Android 2.2+ in my experience.
Android's memory intentionally loads apps up in advance so they're ready and waiting when you want to use them. They usually just sit there using zero cpu until you give them something to do. It is best to avoid TASK KILLERS, they will screw you up more than help you in general.
If you really feel the need to stop certain apps from being loaded automatically at the phone's discretion, there's an app called AutoStarts in the Market that lets you block apps from loading automatically. There are other apps like that one. They require you to be rooted to use them.
The one gotten is Galaxy Ace S5830L. I've even already read, learned and installed CM7.2 on it.
However I noticed something. It seems that whenever I install application updates for my installed applications the ram is consumed, until the point that all ram is used and doesn't allow me to download more updates, nor install more applications. Moving some applications to SD just leads to the same result: the ram is eventually saturated again.
I'd have posted this on the corresponding model sub-forum, but it seems to happen to some other smartphones in general, even without root nor CM, nor any other modifications, as a friend showed me. What he did was uninstalling all apps, leave those really useful and avoiding updates at all, but I don't think that as a solution.
What can I do regarding this?
On a second small question, I recently saw Clean File Manager, which allows to also browse phone's internal memory, for the case I installed a game and wanted to backup the savegames. But if I wanted to write on the internal memory, would this app allow me, or would I need to root?
Thanks beforehand.
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a Friend is trying to download and install BBM from the Play Store, but it won't download at all. Keeps saying something about not enough space on the disk.
He has like 400MB free space on the device and the BBM app is only 22MB(Make it 25MB max) so there should be enough space, yet it doesn't download at all.
His device is stock 100%, not rooted. I'm not familiar with Samsung devices that much(Galaxy S3 was the last one I had and that's been a while back already). I did some searching on google and saw mentions of a hidden menu *#9900# . Will this work on the Galaxy S4 Zoom? Worst case scenario, let's say it doesn't work, is there another method we can resolve this issue without rooting or making other changes to system?
Deleting an excessive amount of apps is not a total solution as a lot of the apps is for both personal and business related purposes. I already made a similar suggestion and he won't be able to go without many of the apps, I managed to only free up like 100MB after getting rid of the things he didn't need.
I only have access to the device for maybe 10mins, max.
Any help would be appreciated thanks in advance.
No one?
I used the *#9900# code and it did work, I freed up some more space on the phone, albeit it was only a couple of MBs. It didn't make a difference, couldn't download the BBM app still. I then proceeded to downgrade(uninstall update) Google Play to a previous version and at least this time around the app downloaded but after downloading it attempts to install it and then stops stating that there are no storage available.
Is there no solution to this problem? I went through every app he has(Even though he really doesn't have a lot of apps on the phone) one by one and can't seem to move a single app to SD Card.
The guy is close to painting a wall "Galaxy K" colored.
Hi,
My question is, whats the cause for a bootloop after it optimises apps.
Basically I was doing really well modding out my XA, until I tried adoptable storage. It was not really functional using the root essential app. Atleast not for me. So I started to use apps2sd which I found to be really good, alot better at finding the second partition, more options etc.
To cut it short, after I couldn't find what was taking up so much space,
I moved a heck of alot of apps to sd card,
removed some apps, - apps removed - chinese keyboard and a photo feature. I also added some root apps in, and removed kobo books etc :s
canned it,
reset the phone in twrp,
now it bootloops.
My immediate problem is that I can't wipe cache?
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Hi,
My question is, whats the cause for a bootloop after it optimises apps.
Basically I was doing really well modding out my XA, until I tried adoptable storage. It was not really functional using the root essential app. Atleast not for me. So I started to use apps2sd which I found to be really good, alot better at finding the second partition, more options etc.
To cut it short, after I couldn't find what was taking up so much space,
I moved a heck of alot of apps to sd card,
removed some apps, - apps removed - chinese keyboard and a photo feature. I also added some root apps in, and removed kobo books etc :s
canned it,
reset the phone in twrp,
now it bootloops.
My immediate problem is that I can't wipe cache?
Thanks
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Had to reinstall the firmware thanks to Malleliu at
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-xa/help/bootloop-flashing-33-2-3-81-firmware-t3502160
I now don't have a recovery though, so I'll count myself luckier than bricked and stop modding.
At first I tried manually deleting cache in TWRP then formatting and immediately rebooting TWRP. Whether this was right, someone can scrutinize. So I think my problem was irreparably messing with system apps, which may make sense seeming as alot of apps in an xperia device seem to be linked. And when it did essentially format a non existing folder, it was still not booting.
Anyway peace out peeps, I'm going to enjoy a stock phone.
Wiping cache is useless, use file explorer in TWRP and you will see that there is near nothing in it, partition size is less than 200Mb. Only recovery logs and few things. If you really need to wipe it use fastboot command.
Adoptable Storage works very well only if you don't use mixed AS, only full. I use it with a SanDisk 128Gb class 10 SDCard.
Hey guys, new here, hope it's right to post this here and not in my device's section but it's probably pretty empty in there.. Anyways, i have a very strange problem with my storage access where apps can't properly see contents in my storage (both internal and sd card) meaning the following: apps know folders exist and that space is taken up, but they seem to be unable to actually read or write files somehow. For example the storage tab in the settings shows how much space is free but the categories like pictures, music etc files show 0 bites, except for apps, that section shows up fine. Another example: fx file explorer can't show the amount of used space in the general overview or the folder information tab. But when i actually go into a folder it does show how much space is used and how much is free. I can open a music file in the built in fx music player but when i try to open in an external app it cant play it, shows its at e.g. 116:27:01 out of 5:52 actual play time and that the media format may not be supported. I'd post screenshots but i cant actually make any as the system cant save them.
I have tried restarting, even had a security update from before a few days that i was to lazy to install so i did that, still no change. I also tried removing the sd card to no avail. Since the google play services were using up alot of battery i tried deleting cache, data and even updates for both them and the play store but it seems that this was just another symptom and not the cause. So i think the culprit might be the whatsapp beta version 2.19.365 which crashed at the splash screen for most of it's users. I somehow managed to update it but the problems started when i tried opening it so i don't see what else would be the culprit. I've already contacted their support but tbh i don't ecxpect much help from them.
I'm on an unrooted Honor 7x with Emui 9.1 (based on Android 9).
Does anybody have any idea on what i might try except for a factory reset? I would really like to avoid doing that.
I thsnk everybody who took their time to read and maybe even answer this. Hope your day is going better. Cheers