I have rooted my phone and I have tried to move as many apps to the SD card via Titanium as possible, and I still cannot get more room on my phone's memory to download any new apps. I cannot even update any of the apps that I already have on my phone!! Even when I take an app off, it still does not give me anymore room!! Does anybody have any advice for me? Thank you.
mordechai said:
I have rooted my phone and I have tried to move as many apps to the SD card via Titanium as possible, and I still cannot get more room on my phone's memory to download any new apps. I cannot even update any of the apps that I already have on my phone!! Even when I take an app off, it still does not give me anymore room!! Does anybody have any advice for me? Thank you.
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i think you should reflash your rom.. and if you want more space for your phone.. try partitioning your sdcard via CWM recovery.. and use the app S2E from the market to move them.. i think titanium is not suitable to move apps.. but its perfect for backing up your phone's data..
How do you reflash your rom, and partition you sdcard via CWM recovery??? Thanks.
mordechai said:
How do you reflash your rom, and partition you sdcard via CWM recovery??? Thanks.
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what phone r u using?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+flash+custom+rom+android
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+partition+sd+card+via+CWM+recovery
mordechai said:
I have rooted my phone and I have tried to move as many apps to the SD card via Titanium as possible, and I still cannot get more room on my phone's memory to download any new apps. I cannot even update any of the apps that I already have on my phone!! Even when I take an app off, it still does not give me anymore room!! Does anybody have any advice for me? Thank you.
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It is possible that it is not complaning about the app storage, but the cache folder the market uses as temporary space when downloading apps or updating apps ( which is downloading the new app and overwriting the last one).
If you are rooted, you could give my app a try SD Maid, especially the system cleaner, it might fix the error for you as it empties the cache directory.
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I installed link2sd on my phone 3 months ago but now i realize that the app is no longer shown in the market.(meaning i cant update it) i have not linked the link2sd app to the sd card; it is in the internal phone memory. how can i solve this problem? any help would be appreciated!!
here you go hope it works for you.
mchlbenner said:
here you go hope it works for you.
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do you mean i just uninstall my current version of link2sd and install this to replace it? The space my apps use on the sd card is like 270mb(definately more than internal space). if i uninstall link2sd, then wont all the apps be unlinked but due to lack of space all the apps wont load up so how do i replace my current link2sd with the one u provided? (I appreciate the effort and time u take to help me solve my problem, thx!)
The current Market version is 1.6.2
3rdstring said:
The current Market version is 1.6.2
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surprisingly i am on 1.6.2. if there ever is an update for the app, how can i update it?
androidlover123 said:
surprisingly i am on 1.6.2. if there ever is an update for the app, how can i update it?
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I was having weird problems with apps missing in market overnight (particularly ones I had installed), but they're back this morning. Maybe Google's running some maintenance/upgrade on the market.
I still havent seen an answer for this issue, but I have over 6GB of Miscellaneous Files in Setting->Storage. nothing in there shows that much info, so I know its from loading different ROMs. I have no idea how to get rid of these files. I've been looking all around CWM for something to clear, but I'm not too confident about messing with that.
Does anyone have an idea of how to clear up this stuff?
Do you have a few nandroid backups? Those will register there. If you're using TWRP, there's a TWRP folder and you can remove them or archive them off. Clockwork is the same, I just don't remember offhand where it stores them.
If this isn't it, you can install busybox, and then either adb shell, or use a terminal emulator on the phone and run `du /mnt/sdcard -hl -d 1` you can then drill down to the directories which are the biggest offenders. Changing the 1 to another number increases the depth that it reports.
Coop9 said:
Do you have a few nandroid backups? Those will register there. If you're using TWRP, there's a TWRP folder and you can remove them or archive them off. Clockwork is the same, I just don't remember offhand where it stores them.
If this isn't it, you can install busybox, and then either adb shell, or use a terminal emulator on the phone and run `du /mnt/sdcard -hl -d 1` you can then drill down to the directories which are the biggest offenders. Changing the 1 to another number increases the depth that it reports.
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Okay. I finally managed to get this started. I went through terminal emulator and found that the /sdcard is only 7.6GB while the number in the main settings says over 10. /android has 2GB from some games, but I can't find anything showing where the 6GB of miscellaneous file is at. Even cwm is only 1.7GB from the one backup I have.
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I've been fiddling with this for the last day or so and found that under miscellaneous file, System Memory now shows up as taking 3.67 GB of data. I've been looking everywhere to see where that much info could be, but I'm kinda stuck now.
I now know where that extra space has gone, but I have no idea how to free it up.
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Galaxy S4 Miscellaneous Files: what and where are they?
So I'm getting a warning that the internal SD is out of memory, I've moved all movable apps to external SD, photos, music too.
Rooted and have TWIP as recovery *BUT* before I install a custom ROM, I want a backup *BUT* there's no room as the backup wants to use internal SD (not external)
Somehow Miscellaneous Files show over 8GB but in My Files it only shows about 200MB addressable (erasable). I deleted all Dropbox files and saved 200MB.
Where the heck are the other 7.8GB of files? How can I see them please?
Thanks in advance.
greenja said:
So I'm getting a warning that the internal SD is out of memory, I've moved all movable apps to external SD, photos, music too.
Rooted and have TWIP as recovery *BUT* before I install a custom ROM, I want a backup *BUT* there's no room as the backup wants to use internal SD (not external)
Somehow Miscellaneous Files show over 8GB but in My Files it only shows about 200MB addressable (erasable). I deleted all Dropbox files and saved 200MB.
Where the heck are the other 7.8GB of files? How can I see them please?
Thanks in advance.
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I am in the same boat with no solution
I fixed it
jinan said:
I am in the same boat with no solution
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backup *everything* and reformat *internal* SD card
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44217580#post44217580
hope it helps
greenja said:
backup *everything* and reformat *internal* SD card
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44217580#post44217580
hope it helps
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I did this but didn't solve the problem for me. However, I did find a solution which worked for me. I used CWM, went in to the >Backup and Restore>Delete> and chose to delete all backups in the internal SD. Solved my problem
jinan said:
I did this but didn't solve the problem for me. However, I did find a solution which worked for me. I used CWM, went in to the >Backup and Restore>Delete> and chose to delete all backups in the internal SD. Solved my problem
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WOW!!!!
i am so happy i found your tip. finally i managed to clean the mysterious 9Gb in my storage.
thank you very much!!!
Clean Data folder
DaemonAshra said:
I still havent seen an answer for this issue, but I have over 6GB of Miscellaneous Files in Setting->Storage. nothing in there shows that much info, so I know its from loading different ROMs. I have no idea how to get rid of these files. I've been looking all around CWM for something to clear, but I'm not too confident about messing with that.
Does anyone have an idea of how to clear up this stuff?
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Yes its kinda simple, at least it worked for me. Don't forget to thank me
Download ES Explorer
and go into the /data/media folder.
the troublesome files are there. Careful what you delete tho. For myself I had old remnants from another ROM and the entire rom zip file.
Don't forget the thanx button.
A lot of that is cached data for apps. If you use apps like gmusic, it caches music files to the device and that cache folder will grow. Root access will allow you to clear all your data es, including hidden files and that size will drop.
Adjetey Boye said:
Yes its kinda simple, at least it worked for me.
Download ES Explorer
and go into the /data/media folder.
the troublesome files are there. Careful what you delete tho. For myself I had old remnants from another ROM and the entire rom zip file.
Don't forget the thanx button.
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There's nothing in that folder.
So not that simple.
If you're rooted, get Cache Cleaner NG and let it wipe all that unnecessary data. I run it weekly.
With roms like gummy, you can click on Misc and see which app has all the data... It's likely something like Vine (it had a huuuuuuuge cache) or another app like gmusic.
beepea206 said:
If you're rooted, get Cache Cleaner NG and let it wipe all that unnecessary data. I run it weekly.
With roms like gummy, you can click on Misc and see which app has all the data... It's likely something like Vine (it had a huuuuuuuge cache) or another app like gmusic.
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Sir (or madam).
I need you to fully understand exactly how amazing of a person you are. I don't know where the data was or what ate it all, but this app got it all back and you are awesome for recommending it.
Adjetey Boye said:
Yes its kinda simple, at least it worked for me.
Download ES Explorer
and go into the /data/media folder.
the troublesome files are there. Careful what you delete tho. For myself I had old remnants from another ROM and the entire rom zip file.
Don't forget the thanx button.
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It worked for me, I have deleted the folder /data/media entirely。
Tks very much.
I recently ran into a similar issue with my rooted nook tablet. It was killing my sd cards. When I put the sd cards in my laptop, I erased all partitions and that fixed them.
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Eastsun said:
It worked for me, I have deleted the folder /data/media entirely。
Tks very much.
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glad to be of help
Adjetey Boye said:
Yes its kinda simple, at least it worked for me. Don't forget to thank me
Download ES Explorer
and go into the /data/media folder.
the troublesome files are there. Careful what you delete tho. For myself I had old remnants from another ROM and the entire rom zip file.
Don't forget the thanx button.
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Six and a half years later on XIAOMI redmi note 8T I habe finally found 6GB of data in orangenfox folder that I dont need ( for miui ota ). Thank you.
Hi. I have a 16GB Galaxy S3 with a 16GB Micro SD Card. I had about 1.3GB of storage left on my device when I started to get this "out of space" error. I thought this was stupid as that's still a lot of storage. I deleted some apps, as suggested. I got up to about 1.7GB and it was still giving me the error. I decided to delete NOVA 3, which brought my free space to 3.5GB. For some reason, I'm *still* getting this error. I looked at other solutions, and I thought it would be good to get directory bind to free up some space on the internal memory. The thing is, I still can't install the app that will help get rid of this error because of this error. Pretty dumb. The apk is on my saved on the device and I can get to it via any file manager. Whenever I get the error, it prompts me to delete some more apps (even though 3.5GB is a ton of free space). Please help. Thanks!
Boot into recovery and wipe dalvik cache. Or go into /data/app and see if there is a odex file of the name of the app you are trying to install. If there is then delete it.
I have tried those solutions before and I just tried them again now, but they don't work.
Maybe the partition where apps install to is full?
How do I check that?
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It's time to move pictures, video and downloads to your sd card. It put them in cloud storage or on your pc.
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I would copy what you need to PC and reformat/wipe the internal sd, and system and then Immediately reflash rom. As there will be nothing to boot. :cool
I have copied all that I can to the SD card. The only things I have on my internal storage are apps. I don't have any pictures, music, videos, etc. 3.5GB should definitely be enough space to install this small app.
Something is seriously wrong somehow. I just freed another 2.56GB so that I have 6.1GB free. That's more than half of my storage free. I STILL cannot install any app from the play store or from my local storage.
Something is borked, do what prdog said and it will fix you up.
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Something is borked, do what prdog said and it will fix you up.
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Should I Titanium Backup everything and factory reset? I'm rooted and unlocked. I think that a factory reset would break root and maybe even the unlocked bootloader I have now. Thanks.
How should I proceed?
Dillon610 said:
How should I proceed?
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Back everything up that you need and Go into recovery and format/wipe Internal card and wipe/format system and reflash. Would not nand restre cause it will put back whatever is bad. There is no special app partition anymore. Can use as much as you have for apps. For some reason it is being blocked from external sources seeing it.
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Back everything up that you need and Go into recovery and format/wipe Internal card and wipe/format system and reflash. Would not nand restre cause it will put back whatever is bad. There is no special app partition anymore. Can use as much as you have for apps. For some reason it is being blocked from external sources seeing it.
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So I could still use TB? How would I re-flash after I wipe the internal card and system? I am currently unlocked, rooted, and running the stock android touchwiz rom. I'm on android 4.1.1. Would I have to re-root and unlock, re-root, or neither after I re-flash? Sorry that I'm asking you questions that are pretty easy. I'm just a relative novice and I don't want to mess my phone up. Thanks!
Could anyone help me with those questions? Thanks.
Could someone explain a bit more thoroughly? Thanks.
It would be much appreciated if someone could describe those steps a bit more clearly.
Hi,
I have updated (RUU) my HTC Desire S phone to ICS. It showed that it's updated successfully but I can't see the previously installed apps now. I have linked my earlier gmail account with play store also, still no success
Please let me what can I do?
Thanks,
Kunal
kunalg said:
Hi,
I have updated (RUU) my HTC Desire S phone to ICS. It showed that it's updated successfully but I can't see the previously installed apps now. I have linked my earlier gmail account with play store also, still no success
Please let me what can I do?
Thanks,
Kunal
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Well...install them again....
when you flash RUU, it basically wipes device`s
ROM memory to the bone- thoroughly,
all data is lost....
For the future plans,
it is a good habit to read something about the process
before you begim....
good luck....:good:
apps were in SD card
asgardr said:
Well...install them again....
when you flash RUU, it basically wipes device`s
ROM memory to the bone- thoroughly,
all data is lost....
For the future plans,
it is a good habit to read something about the process
before you begim....
good luck....:good:
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Thanks. I understand that. I meant the apps that were installed in my SD card. I have read before starting the process that the data in the card remains intact. So I'm expecting to see the apps installed in the card. Do those also get wiped off?
kunalg said:
Thanks. I understand that. I meant the apps that were installed in my SD card. I have read before starting the process that the data in the card remains intact. So I'm expecting to see the apps installed in the card. Do those also get wiped off?
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The data for the apps are still on the sd, however the app itself was wiped with the installation of the ruu because it's stored in the /data partition of the phone
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kunalg said:
Thanks. I understand that. I meant the apps that were installed in my SD card. I have read before starting the process that the data in the card remains intact. So I'm expecting to see the apps installed in the card. Do those also get wiped off?
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there is two options then:
1. you`ve installed them to <ext> partition,
which stock rom doesn`t support,
that is why you cannot see it...
2. they were put on to sdcard in a normal-stock
kind of way,which means:
an app stores only its parts and/or its data on an sdcard,...
While flashing RUU, the part of the app remaining on internal
(phone`s memory) has been wiped with all else,
so, an app has lost its integrity,
in such a state is no longer usable or recognised...
if the second case is what you`ve done,
then- i do not promise anything, but...
you may try to install the apps again,
and see whether they`ll find and recognise their belongings
remaining on an sdcard...
...never have done it, but it wouldn`t harm anything if you try...
Edit: as @jugg1es sugests,
even if there is something,
left behind, it just is a bunch of random files,
that system does not realy care about
I'm unable to delete files or create new ones in my internal storage/sd.
I can read files that are already there.
I'm also able to read/write from a PC
It seems that permissions are not set properly for this partition?
I want to add that this happened after I updated my S4 GT-I9500 to 5.0.1 lollipop (don't really know if it matters) then tried to fix permission to be able to write to external SD card .
after searching the forum for a solution and trying different "fixes", this is what the situation is like:
I can only write/delete when I access (/data/media/0) but not( /sdcard) , (/storage/sdcard0) , (/storage/emulated/0) or (/storage/emulated/legacy). I'm sorry if I'm being kinda noob.
thanks
Help???
HELP...anyone?? My apps are currently useless as they can't write on internal memory...
DuLLaG33 said:
HELP...anyone?? My apps are currently useless as they can't write on internal memory...
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you don't need to fix permissions or anything of that kind. Lollipop already allows 3rd party apps to write on SD card..
If I was you I'd just wipe everything from recovery and reflash with Odin.
awyeahh1 said:
you don't need to fix permissions or anything of that kind. Lollipop already allows 3rd party apps to write on SD card..
If I was you I'd just wipe everything from recovery and reflash with Odin.
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The only reson I did the External storage permission fix is because some apps didn't have access to it, but now all apps have access but not to the internal memory.
I know the most obvious solution is to try to reflash a stock Rom, but I don't currently have my laptop, I'll get it back at the end of the week. So I was looking for an actual troubleshooting/fix?? Plus I kinda want to know what went wrong cuz I want to learn xD
Thanks for trying to help anyway.