I have a htc 8x.
When i check storage i can see what's using the memory, and It says, that "others" is using 4.37 gb, and i can't discover what is using that memory.
And an hour ago, it was using 4.06 gb, and now 4.37 gb and i didn't put anything on my Phone.
Does someone know whay's using that memory ?
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Do you have any streaming music applications on your phone like Spotify? These store bits of the songs you listen to and can eat up a lot of memory. If it's not that then it is probably just system files. My 16Gb Note II only has 10 Gb available to actually use.
Yes, i have spotify. But i only have 4 albums stored offline. The other playlists take space from the Phone too ?
It's not system items because It says in the storage what the system is using.
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I had the same problem and the only option was to do a factory reset every time it got full. My phone basically became unusable and I ended up getting a Samsung phone instead.
Check the app "storage cleaner" can delete temp files at other space.
I have also a problem with "space" I have free 4.40GB at the device and I am going to download N.O.V.A.3 which needs 1GB space but does not let me installed because I have no space to the device says!!! lol
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I was really excited about the new HTC One X, did lots of research on it and watched plenty of reviews. I was already convinced that I was going to buy it, however I went to a store to test it out today, and found out that they still had that internal storage(2gb) and external storage(now they call it phone storage)... I was disappointed. I was told that the Galaxy Nexus did not have this option anymore you could use all of the 16gb/32gb to dl apps and store everything else. The main reason I wanted to switch from my HTC Desire HD is because I only had 1gb of internal storage. I am a heavy app user, every single time I want to try a new app or update me current apps, my phone just tells me that I have low internal memory space. I had to delete my emails, my msgs, and a lot of my games. If I didnt make space in my internal memory I wouldnt be able to sync my accounts or update my apps.
Anyways I just want someone to clarify to me that the whole internal storage for the HTC One X work the same way as the Galaxy Nexus or Iphone 4S. Or is it still the same like the HTC Desire, that you can only use 2gb to store dl apps. I know that you can move games into the sd cards but widgets, emails, msgs and saved games must be in the internal storage.
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I was really excited about the new HTC One X, did lots of research on it and watched plenty of reviews. I was already convinced that I was going to buy it, however I went to a store to test it out today, and found out that they still had that internal storage(2gb) and external storage(now they call it phone storage)... I was disappointed. I was told that the Galaxy Nexus did not have this option anymore you could use all of the 16gb/32gb to dl apps and store everything else. The main reason I wanted to switch from my HTC Desire HD is because I only had 1gb of internal storage. I am a heavy app user, every single time I want to try a new app or update me current apps, my phone just tells me that I have low internal memory space. I had to delete my emails, my msgs, and a lot of my games. If I didnt make space in my internal memory I wouldnt be able to sync my accounts or update my apps.
Anyways I just want someone to clarify to me that the whole internal storage for the HTC One X work the same way as the Galaxy Nexus or Iphone 4S. Or is it still the same like the HTC Desire, that you can only use 2gb to store dl apps. I know that you can move games into the sd cards but widgets, emails, msgs and saved games must be in the internal storage.
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the 16gb is seperated into 3 sections: the system (or OS), the 2gb app partition your mentioning, and about 10gb of free space.
the system partition cannot be touched (normally), the rest works together. the 2gb is for the apps themselves (think .exe) and can use and saved data to run the app on the 10gb (think .bin).
In other words, an app on the iphone is say, 20mb. well that is probably a 500kb app (.exe) with 19.5mg of supporting data (.bin). on an iphone it just shows 20mb being used.
An android, on the other hand, will use the 2gb partition for the 500kb app, but use the 10gb for the 19.5mb data.
this is not true on all apps but most and all updated and new ones.
in the end, you'll have ALOT of space, just not unlimited, but what does? also note, the one x us version only has 16gb without sdcard expansion (gay). so many people will have to be smart. keep photo's uploaded to photoshop, dropbox, photobucket, ect. use google music to keep audio. use dropbox for nandroids, videos, and other big files. learn how to use vnc. if you learn all of your resources, you'll find that you have plenty of space.
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1gb=1000mb
1mb=1000kb
16gb=16000mb=16000000kb
This is what I am kind of upset about, if I know I am paying for a phone that has 32gb I dont want to be limited to only being able to use 2gb out of 32gb :S. Right now I have the HTC Desire HD, which gives 1gb of internal storage, I am a very heavy app user, and I have tons of email accounts. These past few months I have been deleting a lot of my apps, and deleting a lot of my emails just to update my current apps and to be able to sync my accounts. It would have been much better if it was like the Galaxy Nexus or the Iphone. Anyways thx for clearing it up for me. Now I know that the HTC One X also works like the HTC Desire HD (storage wise) I am struggling with only 1gb of internal storage, I dont think an extra 1gb will help me with what I want, especially with new apps, and more updates for the current apps.
rickywz said:
This is what I am kind of upset about, if I know I am paying for a phone that has 32gb I dont want to be limited to only being able to use 2gb out of 32gb :S. Right now I have the HTC Desire HD, which gives 1gb of internal storage, I am a very heavy app user, and I have tons of email accounts. These past few months I have been deleting a lot of my apps, and deleting a lot of my emails just to update my current apps and to be able to sync my accounts. It would have been much better if it was like the Galaxy Nexus or the Iphone. Anyways thx for clearing it up for me. Now I know that the HTC One X also works like the HTC Desire HD (storage wise) I am struggling with only 1gb of internal storage, I dont think an extra 1gb will help me with what I want, especially with new apps, and more updates for the current apps.
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You could always.... use sd-ext partitions?
Hunt3r.j2 said:
You could always.... use sd-ext partitions?
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Not for the One X there is no option for an external SD card, and even if that was the case, all the data of apps, maps, emails, msgs, apps with widget, etc all of those have to be stored in the internal memory...
rickywz said:
Not for the One X there is no option for an external SD card, and even if that was the case, all the data of apps, maps, emails, msgs, apps with widget, etc all of those have to be stored in the internal memory...
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No, I'm saying you do a link between /data/app and an ext partition on part of the internal storage that functions as a microSD card.
Another possibility is using a custom hboot that changes the phone to use MTP and place the virtual sdcard into the data partition, but this would require extensive changes to the phone software in the way of recoveries and Roms.
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No, I'm saying you do a link between /data/app and an ext partition on part of the internal storage that functions as a microSD card.
Another possibility is using a custom hboot that changes the phone to use MTP and place the virtual sdcard into the data partition, but this would require extensive changes to the phone software in the way of recoveries and Roms.
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"link between /data/app and an ext partition on part of the internal storage that functions as a microSD card"
How do I do partition it? and will there be a downside of doing that? i.e. slowing down the phone?
making the phone to use MTP will be the best for me ( like the GN) that way I will be able to make use of the whole 25gb for apps without worrying about the internal memory getting full.
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I have recieved this P3113 GT2 8gb as a christmas present. I have rooted it and flashed a custom recovery but remained on official 4.0.4 firmware. When I was trying to install a few apps, a notification popped that I had low memory. My 4.59gb available space turned into 12mb in just 4 days and I haven't installed anything major except for a book reader and books totaling around 600mb.
Is there any fix to get those 4gigs back to usable memory?
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I have recieved this P3113 GT2 8gb as a christmas present. I have rooted it and flashed a custom recovery but remained on official 4.0.4 firmware. When I was trying to install a few apps, a notification popped that I had low memory. My 4.59gb available space turned into 12mb in just 4 days and I haven't installed anything major except for a book reader and books totaling around 600mb.
Is there any fix to get those 4gigs back to usable memory?
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Settings/storage, check your miscellaneous files and download files.... in fact anything that seems to have a high number next to it.
I got an 8gb version a month ago from Amazon, and i find i have to manage storage carefully. This is just one of a few things i do.
All my music is on Google play so i keep a cache and stream most of it. I have invested in a16gb memory SD, which helps as all my photos and videos go straight to my external SD.
I keep my books to a minimum only keeping the ones I'm reading on the device, and taking advantage of kindle and Google books cloud storage ( let's be honest, it takes only seconds to download books).
I also keep my apps reserved to the ones i use the most. They can always be downloaded again when you need them.
My office programs i have linked to dropbox, which upload when closed ( use that too for photos and videos.
I delete podcasts once listened to, and usually only stream these.
These few house keeping tips keep my device running smoothly and i have plenty of memory left.
Hope this helps
Have you tried moving anything over to internal? How big of external SD card do you have? If you have a large SD card, you can swap internal, and external. There is a post here in general that let's you do this. Wish I could be more helpful, maybe post a screenshot to show ur storage.
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What you need is this app : folder size chart from the Play store.
Sort the directories by size and check whats eating your mb.
The folder youre looking is sdcard.
Regards.
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Well, thank you for the help but it was easier to ODIN back to stock 4.0.4
:good: to all of you!
in settings/storage it says my phone has app storage and phone storage. what is the difference between these two because my music is on both of them so it's taking up twice the space. Also can some one tell me how to access them?
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Your music should only be on phone storage, can you post a screenshot?
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App storage is for apps (somewhat obvious) and storage reserved for the OS. Phone storage is the user accessible portion of storage (music, photos, video, extra app data that would normally be installed on a removeable SD on some apps).
Agree with the above post, you should post a screen shot. I think you are mistaken, music should only show up on the phone storage. The OS takes a huge chunk of the app storage, particularly if you are on a Sense ROM (almost 4 GB on my phone) so you might be confusing this with your media files. I believe the OS portion of the storage shows up as "Other" on the app storage on Sense ROMs.
ohhh actually I was mistaking it lol thanks
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hi,
is it now possible to move apps from the internal storage to the SD-Card. Which of theese Apps will work, with an Note 3 (no root - just stock)?
With the Note 2 it wasn´t possible.
Note3 already have move to sd function on stock firmware right? Go to application manager and check it.
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No from all applications! Right?
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This is stock lol
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It actually installs half the apps to the external SD by default....
Annoyingly. I've yet to find a way to turn it off. I have 22GB free internally, and 18MB on my 64GB MicroSD. I do not want the apps on my Media card! How the bloody hell do I turn it off?!
ShadowLea said:
It actually installs half the apps to the external SD by default....
Annoyingly. I've yet to find a way to turn it off. I have 22GB free internally, and 18MB on my 64GB MicroSD. I do not want the apps on my Media card! How the bloody hell do I turn it off?!
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Hahaha I just don't understand how you manage to curse in a specific way in every thread but you always make me laugh. Anyway my N900 doesn't do that but just download "AppMgr (either normal or pro) III (App 2 SD)" and manage them to select the ones you don't want in your precious sd (A part of me dies everytime I end with the space of another sd so I understand)
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Hahaha I just don't understand how you manage to curse in a specific way in every thread but you always make me laugh. Anyway my N900 doesn't do that but just download "AppMgr (either normal or pro) III (App 2 SD)" and manage them to select the ones you don't want in your precious sd (A part of me dies everytime I end with the space of another sd so I understand)
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Practice, practice, practice...
Well, The phone does tell me what app is on my SD (under apps/sd it has a green checkmark) and I can move it through there, but thank you for the reminder, I somehow completely forgot you could also use App2SD the other way around... :laugh:
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ShadowLea said:
Practice, practice, practice...
Well, The phone does tell me what app is on my SD (under apps/sd it has a green checkmark) and I can move it through there, but thank you for the reminder, I somehow completely forgot you could also use App2SD the other way around... :laugh:
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strangely it DOES NOT movie any SD data to extSD although press move to SD option. so my 64 gb external micro sd cannot be used for apps right? only the internal sd (32 gb) can be used to move the app data into not the micro sd??? I m on n9005 btw
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strangely it DOES NOT movie any SD data to extSD although press move to SD option. so my 64 gb external micro sd cannot be used for apps right? only the internal sd (32 gb) can be used to move the app data into not the micro sd??? I m on n9005 btw
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It(Samsung's) will allow you to move any app that doesn't impact on the system... Games should be fine as well as as any app not related to the system....
For instance, I have my Note 3 rooted by de la Vega method with xposed framework installed. Can't move any of the framework modules onto external sd card but games like Plants vs Zombies 2 are no problem...
onours said:
strangely it DOES NOT movie any SD data to extSD although press move to SD option. so my 64 gb external micro sd cannot be used for apps right? only the internal sd (32 gb) can be used to move the app data into not the micro sd??? I m on n9005 btw
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You can't move system-essential files. Wallpapers also tend to make a fuss if you move them. Games and such work fine. No, you can't move Twitter, Youtube and the likes, for some unfathomable reason it sees that as essential. I call it Bloatware, but alas.
Anything else you can move. They end up in the .android_secure folder on your SD. (you can see that one even without root. Just enable hidden files.) I accidentally deleted that folder a while ago. The apps remained installed, but they could no longer be found on the device for launching. (even using S Finder.)
Anyway I was working in the opposite direction. As I said, My ExtSD is full, but my internal memory still has 13GB free. (I've moved things.)
I prefer to keep internal for apps alone. Less clutter means less slowdowns. And that way if my phone dies for whatever reason and I need to factory reset or RMA, I can just pull the MicroSD and all my data will be fine. Which in turn means one less panicked member on XDA begging the others how to recover the data, and a lot less people needing to say 'you should've backed up!'.
I have always used the same principle on my pc and laptop. C:\ for programs alone, the other drives (or if I only have one, partition) for data. it'll always be safe if I need to wipe Windows. Always keep your data separate from the system!
32GB is more than enough for apps. I have 430 apps installed, amongst which several 1GB+ games, and still have 13GB free. The only thing I keep on my MicroSD in terms of apps are navigational data. (So I don't have to redownload all 5.8GB of that when my phone rolls over and dies, or I switch.)
ShadowLea said:
You can't move system-essential files. Wallpapers also tend to make a fuss if you move them. Games and such work fine. No, you can't move Twitter, Youtube and the likes, for some unfathomable reason it sees that as essential. I call it Bloatware, but alas.
Anything else you can move. They end up in the .android_secure folder on your SD. (you can see that one even without root. Just enable hidden files.) I accidentally deleted that folder a while ago. The apps remained installed, but they could no longer be found on the device for launching. (even using S Finder.)
Anyway I was working in the opposite direction. As I said, My ExtSD is full, but my internal memory still has 13GB free. (I've moved things.)
I prefer to keep internal for apps alone. Less clutter means less slowdowns. And that way if my phone dies for whatever reason and I need to factory reset or RMA, I can just pull the MicroSD and all my data will be fine. Which in turn means one less panicked member on XDA begging the others how to recover the data, and a lot less people needing to say 'you should've backed up!'.
I have always used the same principle on my pc and laptop. C:\ for programs alone, the other drives (or if I only have one, partition) for data. it'll always be safe if I need to wipe Windows. Always keep your data separate from the system!
32GB is more than enough for apps. I have 430 apps installed, amongst which several 1GB+ games, and still have 13GB free. The only thing I keep on my MicroSD in terms of apps are navigational data. (So I don't have to redownload all 5.8GB of that when my phone rolls over and dies, or I switch.)
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guys C'MON.. offcourse I know that system app and or data cannot be moved to external "micro sd" unless you use a directory binder kinda app.
what I mean is altahough the app manager shows that app data is in SD (green tick) card my external "micro" sd cards .android_secure folder is empty and the only storage occupied is internal sd (32gb) on which the data is stored at android/obb
what the heck is wrong with my note 3
so is it just me?
Use FolderMount
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ShadowLea said:
I prefer to keep internal for apps alone. Less clutter means less slowdowns. And that way if my phone dies for whatever reason and I need to factory reset or RMA, I can just pull the MicroSD and all my data will be fine. Which in turn means one less panicked member on XDA begging the others how to recover the data, and a lot less people needing to say 'you should've backed up!'.
I have always used the same principle on my pc and laptop. C:\ for programs alone, the other drives (or if I only have one, partition) for data. it'll always be safe if I need to wipe Windows. Always keep your data separate from the system!
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Exactly my philosophy on storage, though it started with a separate drive for /home on Debian rather than with Windows, but has expanded to the point where I even have a specific hard drive for game installs on my WIN7 gaming rig.
Funny that before Google started going on about orphan files and the mess apps make on SD cards there wasn't one. My SD card was set up exactly how I wanted and data was shared nicely between apps.
Now there seems to be no option to stop putting junk files on there, an issue I haven't seen since 2.3, and even when I move them back the phantom folders for the apps that I've taken off the SD keep showing back up where I deleted them.
i know there are a lot of similar issues people have asked about, but i cant find anything, either on xda or google.
i ordered my phone from b&h. the site info on my phone says 8 gb of internal memory. so does the receipt. but in the phone itself, there are only 4 gb! both the apps and the file storage share 4 gb, not 4 for each! i used es file explorer's analyze sd option, shows only 4gb.in app manager in settings, it shows only 900 mb free (out of 4gb), with only 10-20 small apps installed, so i went into files and deleted some big files, (movies, videos, etc.) and then i go back into app manager, and now voila! there are 2.5 gb available!
that seems to show that there are only 4 gb available, and have to be shared between files storage, and applications. so where did the 4 gb, go, or is the phone i was sent not the one i ordered????
Kobro said:
i know there are a lot of similar issues people have asked about, but i cant find anything, either on xda or google.
i ordered my phone from b&h. the site info on my phone says 8 gb of internal memory. so does the receipt. but in the phone itself, there are only 4 gb! both the apps and the file storage share 4 gb, not 4 for each! i used es file explorer's analyze sd option, shows only 4gb.in app manager in settings, it shows only 900 mb free (out of 4gb), with only 10-20 small apps installed, so i went into files and deleted some big files, (movies, videos, etc.) and then i go back into app manager, and now voila! there are 2.5 gb available!
that seems to show that there are only 4 gb available, and have to be shared between files storage, and applications. so where did the 4 gb, go, or is the phone i was sent not the one i ordered????
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do you count cache and davilk cache part ?
3lo0sh said:
do you count cache and davilk cache part ?
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cach i just cleraed, its 14 mb, where is dalvik cache to check?