I went into developer options after doing the upgrade and in Process Control I'm seeing either (at different times) "Device Memory is Currently Low" or "Device Memory is Currently Critical." I'm completely illiterate about these things, but I assume that this isn't what I want. How bad is it, and what might I do about it?
dimdem said:
I went into developer options after doing the upgrade and in Process Control I'm seeing either (at different times) "Device Memory is Currently Low" or "Device Memory is Currently Critical." I'm completely illiterate about these things, but I assume that this isn't what I want. How bad is it, and what might I do about it?
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maybe all your space is being taken up by pictures and videos check by going to settings then go to storage to see what is taking up all the space if it is pictures and videos buy an sd card and move them all to the sd card and set the default place for the camera to save to the sd card.
billycar11 said:
maybe all your space is being taken up by pictures and videos check by going to settings then go to storage to see what is taking up all the space if it is pictures and videos buy an sd card and move them all to the sd card and set the default place for the camera to save to the sd card.
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Alas, that's not it. I've got an SD card, and internal storage has over 19GB free. Like I said, I'm illiterate, but I don't think that the flash storage where you'd potentially have things like media files has anything to do with available RAM.
dimdem said:
Alas, that's not it. I've got an SD card, and internal storage has over 19GB free.
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that's weird 19gb is fine maybe its one of those cloud apps that is almost full not the phone it self take a screenshot of the message to do this power + vol down
It's not referring to storage but to memory/ram. Mine says that sometimes, sometimes it says "Device memory is currently moderate". If you aren't experiencing a device slowdown then don't worry about it. If you are worried about it then perhaps take a look at the app listing on that screen and if there are apps you are not using and don't require until YOU start them then try the Greenify app. or check out this thread: on Reddit
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I have an HTC Evo with with a custom rom (CM7 7.0.2). My SD Card became full, so I figured I would delete some nandroid backups. I went ahead and did this (deleted a couple gigs worth). After doing that, my disk usage didn't seem to change - I still had a full SD card. After tinkering and cleaning some more, I still was showing a full SD card. I went ahead and partitioned. After that it still seems as though when I delete things to free up space, my disk usage stats still remain the same. Am I missing something?
Connect phone to computer with usb cable, set mount as disk drive, erase what u don't need, empty recycle bin.
Also try to mount and unmount sdcard to check free space.
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You may need to reboot to get new info. Are you checking in Settings?
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I went ahead and partitioned my SD card. This fixed the problem. Thanks for suggestions.
yeah.. i agree
Stiill happening...
I originally posted this thread about 5-6 months ago. After some time has passed by, I am having the same issue again... If I delete items from my SD card, it does not register the freed space. I can reboot, remount, etc. and whether I go to Settings or Titanium or Computer, it shows the same amount of storage being used. The weird part is that my SD card only has a gig on it (not 5). The only way to fix this is to partition... This is really irritating. Any thoughts?
EDIT: Okay, I went ahead and emptied the trash and everything seems to be fine.
You can also try SD Maid to free up space.
I don't know how it works on android, but when you remove stuff in GNU/Linux/unices it can take a minute or two to once again get registered as available storage.
Then just to rule out the obvious, you mentioned that you partitioned the drive, are you sure you are looking at the right drive for the available space? I would recommend going to a terminal and delete the stuff you want gone and then use the df command to see available space. I think it's in BusyBox I am not sure though but it should be. Good luck
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Why is it whenever I plug in\out phone, the home screen is blank, then 10-20 seconds later all the icons\widgets appear?
Also, related I assume, when I reboot, all the icons come up as the green system standard icon, then the actual icon is populated about 3-5 minutes after. The phone can't seriously be THAT slow can it?
I have a feeling it's based on the apps on the internal vs external SD card, but still, this is 2011, why do they take so long to populate?
Thanks!
This is a question I have had. I have noticed it takes several minutes to populate my Apps in app drawer.
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This is a question I have had. I have noticed it takes several minutes to populate my Apps in app drawer.
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Super annoying when I just want to get loaded back up and run an app and can't because it's not showing in the apps listing yet and on the main screen it's showing as a default system icon. Ugh :-(
Where it gtg to solve my problems?!?!
After unplugging your phone from a PC, the internal and external SD cards do a rescan.
It can take a while, especially depending on the size of your external card.
I suggest moving ALL of your apps back to the phone and off the SD card. This helps a bit. Unless you have a trillion apps, there's not much point putting apps on the SD card anymore. That was for old android phones that had little to no internal storage space for apps.
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After unplugging your phone from a PC, the internal and external SD cards do a rescan.
It can take a while, especially depending on the size of your external card.
I suggest moving ALL of your apps back to the phone and off the SD card. This helps a bit. Unless you have a trillion apps, there's not much point putting apps on the SD card anymore. That was for old android phones that had little to no internal storage space for apps.
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What's the best way to move them from external to internal with ease? Then how do I tell my phone to install to internal SD by default?
bella92108 said:
What's the best way to move them from external to internal with ease? Then how do I tell my phone to install to internal SD by default?
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First of all, this isn't a matter of installing to the internal SD as opposed to the external SD. I recommend installing to the 2GB "Internal phone storage".
If you look under
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Settings > SD card and phone storage
you'll see what I mean.
The internal phone storage never gets unmounted.
Go to:
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Settings > Manage applications > On SD card
Click each app and the tap the "Move to phone button"
You could get the app SDMove which may help you manage your apps a bit easier. I'm sure there are dozens of other similar (maybe better) apps, too.
The only apps I install to the SD card are games. I really don't care if a game isn't available the second I unplug my phone from the PC.
I have no clue how to set everything to install to phone by default instead of some apps defaulting to SD. I believe it's something internal to the individual app installer itself.
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First of all, this isn't a matter of installing to the internal SD as opposed to the external SD. I recommend installing to the 2GB "Internal phone storage".
If you look under
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Settings > SD card and phone storage
you'll see what I mean.
The internal phone storage never gets unmounted.
Go to:
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Settings > Manage applications > On SD card
Click each app and the tap the "Move to phone button"
You could get the app SDMove which may help you manage your apps a bit easier. I'm sure there are dozens of other similar (maybe better) apps, too.
The only apps I install to the SD card are games. I really don't care if a game isn't available the second I unplug my phone from the PC.
I have no clue how to set everything to install to phone by default instead of some apps defaulting to SD. I believe it's something internal to the individual app installer itself.
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Cool, I've moved everything over, and now just giving it some time to see if it feels snappier Thanks for the tips!
I have a sidekick from tmobile and it keeps telling me that my phone storage is full but I have a 8gig memory card what do I need to do to stop getting this message?
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I have a sidekick from tmobile and it keeps telling me that my phone storage is full but I have a 8gig memory card what do I need to do to stop getting this message?
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You're in the wrong section, not to mini-mod, but you would have gotten a faster response in the right forum. Anyways...to continue..
Phone storage space is much different from the SDCard's space. Your SDCard likely has a lot of free space left. A Sidekick 4G only has a default of 512 MB of phone space in which system applications can be installed, pictures, videos, and music can be stored.
To move some apps from the phone to the SDCard go to Settings>Applications> Click on the application you want to move to the SDCard, and if says "Move to SDCard" click it. Otherwise, if it says "Move to Phone", it's already on your SDCard. This will free up phone storage. Not much else to it honestly.
Look up in settings under about phone or sd card and it should tell you how much space is left on your phone.
Hello there, first poster in XDA here. Let me tell you my issue that's been driving me crazy for the past weeks.
I've been using a Motorola Moto G3 for about two years now, running Marshmellow, with a Toshiba 32GB SD Card formatted as internal storage. My problem started a few weeks ago, when I tried to backup my Whatsapp files from internal storage to the SD Card part, and I think something went wrong in the process, since it did, indeed, move my files, but, since then the SD Card would unmount now and then, by its own accord.
I assumed my SD Card went corrupt and tried to save most of my data, but, as I said, it would unmount itself, lasting each time less and less time mounted until, finally, my phone stopped recognizing it. I played along, not being able to save anything else on the phone, since I had no more free space.
The thing is, yesterday I bought a new SD Card since I finally discovered my old one was corrupted, and I formatted this new one as internal storage as well, but now I still can't save save pictures, whether I download them or try to make a screencap. I can still download new apps, but it's quite a pain.
Anyone know how could I fix this?
Thanks in advance
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Oh, and to list things I've already tried:
- Tried updating Android version
- Tried shutting down and rebooting a few times
- Tried wiping out data from "External Storage" and "Media Storage" in the Apps section then rebooting
I don't think you understand "adopted storage"... once you make a card adopted (internal) storage, you don't have any external storage, or an sd card from an apps point of view.
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I don't think you understand "adopted storage"... once you make a card adopted (internal) storage, you don't have any external storage, or an sd card from an apps point of view.
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Yeah, I know. However, when I go to Settings->Storage, it still recognizes the SD Card. I would show you some screenshots, but then again, I can't save pictures. The thing is. I thought I couldn't download stuff because my old SD card was corrupted, but even with the new one, I still can't manage to get it done.
RadeonThe1st said:
Yeah, I know. However, when I go to Settings->Storage, it still recognizes the SD Card. I would show you some screenshots, but then again, I can't save pictures. The thing is. I thought I couldn't download stuff because my old SD card was corrupted, but even with the new one, I still can't manage to get it done.
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That's ok, I know what it a looks like.
Did you perform the migration of data in the adoption phase? If not, there should be an option in the 3-dot menu on the storage page.
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Did you perform the migration of data in the adoption phase?
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The thing is, as soon as I moved the files, the SD card started unmounting itself from time to time. I succesfully moved my Whatsapp files, but everything went downhill from there. I don't know if that's what you were asking...
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The thing is, as soon as I moved the files, the SD card started unmounting itself from time to time. I succesfully moved my Whatsapp files, but everything went downhill from there. I don't know if that's what you were asking...
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You need a different/better microSD card if that is occurring.
And no, migrate data is part of the adoption process and if it didn't complete then the card isn't being used properly. Once the card is adopted you should not be selecting internal or external storage or moving things, that defeats the purpose of adopted storage.
The reality is adopted storage is garbage, it doesn't work quite as well as we all hoped... Which is why many manufacturers disable it, and most experienced users don't recommend it.
Strongly tempted to do it on my note 8 as 64GB isn't enough.
Does adoptable storage mean that i can't add anything anymore to the main 64GB storage, only the sdcard from then on as the sdcard is the new storage the phone installs to? Cause i do want to add or remove stuff between both. Cause as i sorta value the warranty on my note 8 more as it's a 1280 usd phone in norway, then it's not so tempting to root.
If there is an option for a microsd card, then you can put whatever you want on it. Remember, microsd card is expandable storage, never heard of the terminology adoptable storage but assuming it means the same thing. It is extra storage, everything else will go on the main phone. If you have your phone, go to settings and go to storage (without inserting a microsd card). You will see that the system is taking up space by default, and every app you install and all your pictures, music, movies are on the phone taking up space. You can move these files to the sdcard so you could avoid filling up space on your main phone to make room for apps, etc.
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If there is an option for a microsd card, then you can put whatever you want on it. Remember, microsd card is expandable storage, never heard of the terminology adoptable storage but assuming it means the same thing. It is extra storage, everything else will go on the main phone. If you have your phone, go to settings and go to storage (without inserting a microsd card). You will see that the system is taking up space by default, and every app you install and all your pictures, music, movies are on the phone taking up space. You can move these files to the sdcard so you could avoid filling up space on your main phone to make room for apps, etc.
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Adaptable storage is something Google setup for low budget devices. It allows you to use an sdcard as main storage. But (there is always a but) once you set it for adaptable storage, you can't use it as a normal swappable sdcard. If you remove it before undoing it the your device won't boot up without a full reset.
I'll be honest, it is wasted on divices like yours. Samsung normally disables it because it is pretty useless with devices that have more then 16gb of storage.