When I go in under settings>storage > and my internal SD card, I have almost 6gb of misc files. Is it safe to delete them? Its not music or pics, I have all that on my external SD card. Most look harmless. I'm just trying to free up some room on my internal storage.
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Hard to really say. Sure, you can, but there could be stuff in there related to existing applications that it just doesn't know how to categorize. You're probably not going to hurt anything permanently if you do delete. You could try something like SD maid and see how much it cleans up too.
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For the most part. Misc files are files or folder that are not recognized by the phone folders. For instance, when you first get the phone it automatically makes folders for you. Folder such as: Camera, Downloads and Music. However, if you move files over to it from a computer or even bluetooth and you don't put in one of those specified folders, it will go into the Misc files.
My suggestion is to get ES file explorer and use the app's SD Card Analyst to give you a detailed look of whats really on the SD card.
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i'm new to android so please bear with me.
i have a 32GB SD class 4 in my phone. it's been formatted so all it has is the lost.dir (i'm on a mac)
since there are no folders there - how do i gets apps to use it? where do i put music and other files? i have podcasts and other stuff i'd like to drag over but i'm not understanding how the different apps would see it.
i can move some apps to SD card but i think it just moves them to the internal SD card.
it seems that there are 2 SD cards in the phone but no way to differentiate between the 2.
also it sometimes takes forever for the gx2 to recognize the card, its kind of annoying. is having a class 10 better for this?
I use filemanager from the market and it recognizes my external as........"_externalSD" also allows me to transfer files between the two.
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i'm new to android so please bear with me.
i have a 32GB SD class 4 in my phone. it's been formatted so all it has is the lost.dir (i'm on a mac)
since there are no folders there - how do i gets apps to use it? where do i put music and other files? i have podcasts and other stuff i'd like to drag over but i'm not understanding how the different apps would see it.
i can move some apps to SD card but i think it just moves them to the internal SD card.
it seems that there are 2 SD cards in the phone but no way to differentiate between the 2.
also it sometimes takes forever for the gx2 to recognize the card, its kind of annoying. is having a class 10 better for this?
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When you have your phone plugged in pull down the alert bar on the top of the screen and press the "USB Connection" option. It should ask you if you want to turn USB mode on and have a picture of an Android. This will allow you to mount your internal and external sd as if they were regular flash sticks. You can then copy whatever you want to them. I also like to use drop box in combination with Astro for moving things to and from the cloud.
ecpht said:
i'm new to android so please bear with me.
i have a 32GB SD class 4 in my phone. it's been formatted so all it has is the lost.dir (i'm on a mac)
since there are no folders there - how do i gets apps to use it? where do i put music and other files? i have podcasts and other stuff i'd like to drag over but i'm not understanding how the different apps would see it.
i can move some apps to SD card but i think it just moves them to the internal SD card.
it seems that there are 2 SD cards in the phone but no way to differentiate between the 2.
also it sometimes takes forever for the gx2 to recognize the card, its kind of annoying. is having a class 10 better for this?
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1. G2x has the internal sd card partitioned into 2 parts (1 for OS & apps & other for storage & apps).
2. Sd card's class does help but it is not something important until you're running a high def video.
3. Use any file explorer app (File expert etc) for copying files from Internal SD Card to External SD Card.
4. Most of the app's setting menu gives you an option to physically select the storage destination folder i.e. external sd card.
Hope I helped.
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so say i have podcasts and other files on my computer i want to copy to the 32GB SD card - do i just make folders on the card and copy the files over from my computer?
ecpht said:
so say i have podcasts and other files on my computer i want to copy to the 32GB SD card - do i just make folders on the card and copy the files over from my computer?
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Yes, just simply copy the entire FOLDER of the particular file to your External SD Card & if in future, if u download something directly from your phone then simply just copy/paste it from your using any file manager app.
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so i have the phone connected to the computer and I see 2 No Name disks. That's fine. I put a folder called music at the root level of the 32GB card. Now I find that folder in File Expert and I go to play something and it says that file isn't supported. I tried Google Music and Doubletwist. Just mp3's from a CD. are there certain settings for android i need to know about? and do i need to go to File Expert to play this music everytime? Or should I be going through doubletwist on my mac and using it like itunes?
thanks you any help, i'm pretty clueless with this aspect of android right now, trying to catch up.
also both SD cards randomly unmount themselves. is there a reason for this or a way to prevent this?
ecpht said:
so i have the phone connected to the computer and I see 2 No Name disks. That's fine. I put a folder called music at the root level of the 32GB card. Now I find that folder in File Expert and I go to play something and it says that file isn't supported. I tried Google Music and Doubletwist. Just mp3's from a CD. are there certain settings for android i need to know about? and do i need to go to File Expert to play this music everytime? Or should I be going through doubletwist on my mac and using it like itunes?
thanks you any help, i'm pretty clueless with this aspect of android right now, trying to catch up.
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Ok. After reading your problems, here are my suggestions:
1) Copy your 32 GB SD Card files on your computer.
2) Format your 32 GB card. Replace all files back in it.
3) Stop worrying about putting certain files (pics, music) in a root folder. Simply just put any files OR folders inside the Sd card.
4) When it comes to File sharing, think of Android in the same category as Windows.
I hope I helped.
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I'm asking this because I added an external SD a couple weeks ago, and can't seem to figure how to make the best use of it. I can't move apps to it through Apps2SD, and when I try to move my Amazon MP3 folder to it, that doesn't seem to change where the app saves new songs I download to my phone.
So what's it good for? Larger video file storage? Am I missing something?
I put music on my SD Card. What I need to know is what's the best use for the External memory that comes with the phone. Nothing is ever stored there.
There is thread in development about changing internal mounts that might be helpful
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I would like to clean up my sd card and free up as much space as possible.
Right now i find it pretty annoying that while using a file explorer seeing all the useless folders I don't use, that apps make or android makes.
is there going to be an issue if i rename all of the folders with a "." in front of the name so that they're hidden?
I would also like to free up as much space on the sd card as possible.
right now 1.5Gb is being used by a folder called Android/Data.
I would like to free up as much of the 16Gb as possible.
Which version is urs international or att because if u buy att then you will have only 10gb available on sd card
Regarding keeping a dot to hide the folders. Ya you can use that to hide the folders but I am sure it won't help you in reducing the space on sd card .
Wait for someone with more knowledge on changing or deleting names of android and app folders because I am not sure if they cause any problems ( usually app create those folders while installation to store app data )
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abhipati said:
What is the storage capacity of ur phone I mean 16gb or 32gb
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16Gb, the att/rogers version only have 16Gb versions I thought?
Ya att version has only 16 gb in which only 10 gb is available
Refer to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715582
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i have 7.8Gb free, then I have some music and pictures.
still trying to figure out if i make all of the folders hidden, while the phone still be able to find them?
and i have a folder called "android" on my sd card thats taking up 1.5Gb.
cant tell if its safe or not to delete/move.
The android folder contains data for apps you installed from the play store.
If you hide folder associated with an app, the app will likely not work properly. For most folders that have been generated by the OS or apps, I'd leave them alone. Messing with them will either break an app, or the OS will just assume the folder is gone, and make a new folder.
Couple exceptions, if there are any files in LOST.DIR, you can delete them. As long as you are confidant that none of your SD card files (photos, etc.) have been corrupted (that you may want to recover), since this is where they end up, if they do. You are probably also safe deleting any folder called "temp" or something similar. But that folder doesn't always show up.
I have been experiencing low internal memory on my Sensation and it is not letting me do anything with the phone (not receiving/downloading emails, no voice mails, Ive deleted apps that I used daily). Internal memory is usually around 1GB. I am down to 32MB. I have deleted texts, voicemails, apps stored on the internal memory and it will help but then the space drops back down. Can someone please tell me what is making the memory drop? I am not downloading emails, keeping texts, etc.
My phone is rooted and s-off. No custom ROM. I have 2.3.4 with Sense 3.0
I had read in these forums about something that can be done in regards to a script or folder. Something to that extent. I have tried everything. I used the make more space feature (clear app cache) and it barely helps. I did a factory reset but it deleted all my contacts and texts (I dont want to do that) so I restored everything back through clockwork recovery. I know there must be something I can do. I have ES File Explorer, can someone please tell me what folder to look in and delete or clear out (I don't want to delete something I am not suppose to). Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
Just a thought, do you have lots of clockworkmod backups, because they can take up a lot of space if you have lots of them.
You could you could try going through each app you have and see how ugh space it takes. Also move some of them to sd card?
Many apps do not move to sd card well, and store their data on internal memory, like corporate email. And.the atachmeta.would be a problem. So go.through the apps and you should find the one Hittite on your storage.
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You could you could try going through each app you have and see how ugh space it takes. Also move some of them to sd card?
Many apps do not move to sd card well, and store their data on internal memory, like corporate email. And.the atachmeta.would be a problem. So go.through the apps and you should find the one Hittite on your storage.
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One thing is sure my HTC is the shiznit tbh
Moving apps to sd card had always helped me also I look in es file explorer and delete old downloads, back ups I no longer need, junk left behind from old applications . I usually can recognise what's in the folder by looking inside each folder. You will recognise a folder left over from old applications as it usually had the name of the app associated with it. I am betting you need to clear out some old folders. I hope this helps. Best wishes .
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I just purchased an external sd card from my phone.
I'm wondering if there's a thread, or some web resource somewhere which gives ideas of the best way to use the external sd card - Especially when using custom ROM's, ETC.
Are there certain standard aps or other data that people usually move over by default, or keep on the internal sd by default, ETC?
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pilotgav said:
I just purchased an external sd card from my phone.
I'm wondering if there's a thread, or some web resource somewhere which gives ideas of the best way to use the external sd card - Especially when using custom ROM's, ETC.
Are there certain standard aps or other data that people usually move over by default, or keep on the internal sd by default, ETC?
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Basically... any files you truly value, store on the external sd. I keep all my music, all my pics (and set camera default to store pics on external), my nandroid backups, theme icons, all my downloads (flashable zips, other downloads, etc), and documents (xlsx, docx, pptx, pdf, etc). I also copy both my internal and external to my desktop computer as a secondary secure backup. If you are concerned about space on your emmc (internal), you can also move certain apps to external sd (some apps don't play well on external, but most have no issue being moved). That should get you started.
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Basically... any files you truly value, store on the external sd. I keep all my music, all my pics (and set camera default to store pics on external), my nandroid backups, theme icons, all my downloads (flashable zips, other downloads, etc), and documents (xlsx, docx, pptx, pdf, etc). I also copy both my internal and external to my desktop computer as a secondary secure backup. If you are concerned about space on your emmc (internal), you can also move certain apps to external sd (some apps don't play well on external, but most have no issue being moved). That should get you started.
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+1 I use in exclusively for media files and nandroids/ROMs. Saves so much space on phone.
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