i have a question, we have a 24Gb of internal memory, but if you see my screenshot about 14Gb are "System Data" , i cannot understand what's this "system data".
thank all for your answer
Neverending fight for free space
I thought "system data" was some part of the firmware but firmware already took 10gib so not sure what it is. I fight with free space every day single day. There must be some part of the internal space I don't have access to (was to late to get unlock code) which eating up my free space. Can't find it using normal tools
I use Diskinfo as well and mine shows "System Data" having 6.77gib and apps 16gib. I am deleting apps and media and everything I can but never see to win. I am gonna a switch to iPhone on the next upgrade. Honor 7 was same. Just tired of these issues. I had Samsung Xcover which was rooted and I could find a folder getting strange huge files that I had to erase manually in order to get free space. Not having rooted phones or options are limited
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Hi there!
If I root my Nexus S, will it then be possible to see what's going on in the internal storage? My phone is acting rather strangely when it comes to the internal storage. When I delete an app's cache (from Settings/Apps) the indicated space does not get freed up. On the contrary, an equivalent amount of space gets subtracted from the indicated amount of free internal storage! On most occasions when I uninstall an app the space gets freed up. However, recently I had 300 MB available when I installed Chrome browser. That took up about 50 MB, so I had a remaining 250 MB available. I uninstalled it again and now I only have 200 MB free. I often get notifications that there is too little storage space available when updating rather small apps (typically less than 20 MB).
With a rooted phone, will I be able to see what's going on and easily locate and delete redundant files? (Back in the days I felt I had a lot better control and overview over my Pocket PC. With my Android I struggle to make sense of what's going on. Well, not that I´m going back...)
I'm not really asking for a quick solution to the problem because it seems from other discussions that this isn't possible. But I'd like to avoid running into the same problem again after a hard reset, rooting, or ROM change.
Cheers,
Larry
Nexus S I9023 (unrooted)
Jelly Bean 4.1.2
hey Larry,
first of all after you're rooted you can see all of your files and folders from...well..root directory
before doing so i'd try to move apps to SD or from SD depends where the low space is: http://i.stack.imgur.com/Aof9r.png
Hi eytan!
As I said, I'm short of internal storage. I've already moved just about everything possible out of the internal memory. Moving programs out of internal storage does result in more internal storage (as long as there's something left to move). However, this does not explain why my internal memory is disappearing. I ought to have a lot more available internal memory - at least 400 MB.
Yes, that's what rooting does. Maybe I should have elaborated a bit... Will it make sense without extensive knowledge of the Android system. It seems like instead of cache (and certain programs like chrome browser) being deleted they are somehow being copied within the internal storage. I was wondering if I would be able to locate this - find some folder that has grown 50 MB in case of the google chrome uninstallation. Or will all this data be stacked up in some sort of system file that isn't accessible.
- larryvega
Nexus S I9023 (unrooted)
Jelly Bean 4.1.2
well, you can always search your phone by folder size and locate the origin of this.
i guess your best chances are at DATA folder, just be careful and make sure you delete only things your'e sure that are already uninstalled and just have "leftovers"
Omfg anyone at all?!
I've been posting on and off for the past 2 weeks and no one is responding, I've got two threads, one of them being much more urgant right now than the other. Maybe I'm intimidation people with my n00bity, but I really thought providing as much information as I could would get more people better resources to help me. However no one responded so I'll just dumb down my problem and focus on one thing and not multiple things.
So my Intenal Storage space says 0.00B. It doesn't tell me how much available space I have left, but I'm assuming its 0.00B as well. However there is a green bar section saying that 39MB is being used for apps. Now I can't install an app at all on this 0.00B partition, even though this is my main partition where all my system data, settings, misc apps should be stored. If I do manage to find an app that installs on my 2.3GB partition, then the app data being used on Partition 1 will be read as 40.5MB instead of 39MB. If I unistall the app, it will go back to 39MB. Luckily stock came with file manager so i can browse my 1st partition to see that even though I have 0.00B total space showing, theres 500MB worth of data being used somewhere.
Basically I'm asking if anyone here knows how I can get that 0.00B to read AS IT USED TO, so that I can install whatever app I need to. It used to read as I think 500MB total and 300MB available, and 40 green for apps, however that all changed when the fire nation attacked---I mean when I factory reset my device and checked the box to erase the 2.3GB partition.
Couple days ago i have bought LG L90, its a great phone, but i encountered storage issue.
Ive cleaned cache, deleted unused apps. At least warning is gone, but i still cannot install apps over 20 mb because i get that message.
The worst is, there is free space, 400MB, why i cannot use it? Could anyone explain this to me ?
Previously i had Huawei y300 and same message was appearing when i was getting ~100mb space left.
Is there any way/solution to get remaining space working without having to root the phone?
newestuser said:
Couple days ago i have bought LG L90, its a great phone, but i encountered storage issue.
Ive cleaned cache, deleted unused apps. At least warning is gone, but i still cannot install apps over 20 mb because i get that message.
The worst is, there is free space, 400MB, why i cannot use it? Could anyone explain this to me ?
Previously i had Huawei y300 and same message was appearing when i was getting ~100mb space left.
Is there any way/solution to get remaining space working without having to root the phone?
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400MB free space doesn't necessarily mean that 400MB are free in the partition allocated to applications.
Your L90 should be running KitKat, so moving apps to SD won't be like it could have been with a JB version. But some apps might still be able to be moved to SD. Go through your apps (via Application Manager) and see what you can move to SD.
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400MB free space doesn't necessarily mean that 400MB are free in the partition allocated to applications.
Your L90 should be running KitKat, so moving apps to SD won't be like it could have been with a JB version. But some apps might still be able to be moved to SD. Go through your apps (via Application Manager) and see what you can move to SD.
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thanks, did that already, not much of a change...
What do you mean that moving apps to SD isnt on Kitkat like it was on JB?
Rooted Cricket Stylo - System Data "chunk" ENORMOUS! >6GB on 8GB Stylo!
I have the Cricket version of the LG G Stylo (LG-H634), and the "System Data" chunk has gradually ballooned from under 2GB, to take up now more than 6GB of my total 8GB internal storage! I managed to root the device (thanks to these forums), and have been able to delete enough to increase my available storage from under 300MB to almost 600MB (including uninstalling Facebook, which I'd like to reinstall, once I free up more space). Yet the "System Data" chunk hasn't decreased. If anything, it seems like uninstalling apps has, at times, actually caused "System Data" to INCREASE! I've tried everything I've managed to find in these forums, short of either doing a complete factory reset, or hunting down files individually.
I've used multiple "system cleaning" apps, including several that require root access. I use DiskUsage to view the used space (as much as possible), and have used 2 or 3 different file manager apps, trying to make sense of the folder hierarchy. But I have yet to decidedly figure out which folder(s) are even a part of this "System Data" area, let alone, which ones are taking up so much space. PLEASE, someone help! How do I find out what's clogging up my storage, get rid of it, and keep it from getting SO HUGE again?!?
I'm wondering the same thing and which lg apps I can remove and strip out to make room. My storage manager says there is 4.3GB and it's mostly the pre installed crap I never use.
I have a ROG 5 Tencent version with Global ROM, .86 build.
Found out that my storage was for some reason almost full. Checked on Android's storage manager and found that System App "Media Storage" is taking up 36.2GB of space. Also checked with DiskUsage, and it seems this "Media Storage" is exactly the same amount as all data under "media", which would be all videos and downloads (all non-app files). So it seems for some reason the data is being duplicated.
Upon research, I found two things:
1. This also happened to OnePlus users, and apparently the data isn't actually duplicated in Media Storage; it's just incorrectly displayed, and you can go above the displayed storage limit. If this is what is also happening, it's still a problem for me because if I try to sync data from my computer, it'll stop transferring because it'll detect my phone as full.
2. Happened to some users with WhatsApp. Doesn't apply to me because I don't have WhatsApp, nor have I ever installed it on this device.
The "Clear Storage" & "Clear Cache" options for Media Storage are also greyed out, so I have no clue how to proceed.
Anyone else run into this problem? Any solutions?
Edit: updated to .151, problem still exists.
Make sure all critical data is redundantly backed up.
Try force stopping the app. Still can't app clear its data?
Sync is so much easier but I always do cut/paste for backups... once bitten, twice shy.
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Try force stopping the app. Still can't app clear its data?
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Doesn't give me an option to force stop Media Storage.
Could it be an apk with System Administrator rights be locking it out?
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Could it be an apk with System Administrator rights be locking it out?
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Only apps with admin permissions are Find My Device, Nova7, Outlook. They are also all disabled.
reica said:
Only apps with admin permissions are Find My Device, Nova7, Outlook. They are also all disabled.
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I don't understand why it's locked down like that.
Is that normal for that device?
Make sure that under Settings -> Storage you don't have Storage manager enabled.
Media Storage isn't ACTUALLY taking up that space, though. You can't clear the data for it because it's technically not using it. It is just reporting how much data is taken up by media and the system incorrectly displays that as the amount of data used by the app.
If you look in Settings -> Storage and do the math on the totals, you'll find that the total doesn't match the one in the upper left. Taking Media Storage into consideration, I should be at 403 of 256 GB. Media Storage appears as 186 GB and my remaining storage is still 31 GB.
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I have a ROG 5 Tencent version with Global ROM, .86 build.
Found out that my storage was for some reason almost full. Checked on Android's storage manager and found that System App "Media Storage" is taking up 36.2GB of space. Also checked with DiskUsage, and it seems this "Media Storage" is exactly the same amount as all data under "media", which would be all videos and downloads (all non-app files). So it seems for some reason the data is being duplicated.
Upon research, I found two things:
1. This also happened to OnePlus users, and apparently the data isn't actually duplicated in Media Storage; it's just incorrectly displayed, and you can go above the displayed storage limit. If this is what is also happening, it's still a problem for me because if I try to sync data from my computer, it'll stop transferring because it'll detect my phone as full.
2. Happened to some users with WhatsApp. Doesn't apply to me because I don't have WhatsApp, nor have I ever installed it on this device.
The "Clear Storage" & "Clear Cache" options for Media Storage are also greyed out, so I have no clue how to proceed.
Anyone else run into this problem? Any solutions?
Edit: updated to .151, problem still exists.
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Hi! Quite late to the party, still posting just to ask if you found any solution to this "Media Storage" issue?
My OnePlus 9RT is having the same problem now. What is worst is it is not like just "incorrectly displayed" as some users said on Reddit, here and other forums. Recently my Media Storage size went up to 58Gb and then when I went to install Grid Autosport, which takes around 4Gb space, PlayStore showed me that I have to delete apps to make space for Grid!!! So, that means the Phone is reading this Media Storage app space, its not just a virtual/incorrectly displayed number!
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Hi! Quite late to the party, still posting just to ask if you found any solution to this "Media Storage" issue?
My OnePlus 9RT is having the same problem now. What is worst is it is not like just "incorrectly displayed" as some users said on Reddit, here and other forums. Recently my Media Storage size went up to 58Gb and then when I went to install Grid Autosport, which takes around 4Gb space, PlayStore showed me that I have to delete apps to make space for Grid!!! So, that means the Phone is reading this Media Storage app space, its not just a virtual/incorrectly displayed number!
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I think you are confusing the words with a visual misrepresentation that can be ignored. As I posted last year, it means that media storage "thinks" the files are there and is telling the system that space is used, but the physical files don't exist. It is not that the space is actually available and it's being shown incorrectly. It's that the system is reserving that space for files that aren't present. If that weren't the case, then the answer would be simply to clean out your storage of any files you don't need and free up the space.
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I think you are confusing the words with a visual misrepresentation that can be ignored. As I posted last year, it means that media storage "thinks" the files are there and is telling the system that space is used, but the physical files don't exist. It is not that the space is actually available and it's being shown incorrectly. It's that the system is reserving that space for files that aren't present. If that weren't the case, then the answer would be simply to clean out your storage of any files you don't need and free up the space.
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Which simply means what the OP posted. At the end of the day that space cannot be used and that's a problem. Technically you are correct but you have killed the discussion on this thread by twisting it into another direction. So let me try to bring it back.
Mediastorage is a problem! It is causing the system to reserve space unnecessarily. For every 1 GB that I consume, mediastorage consumes and equal amount of space (at least from the OS's POV).
@twistedumbrella Stop saying that it is a "visual representation". And you're 100% wrong. The answer isn't to clean out our own files. The answer is to stop mediastorage from causing the OS to reserve space unnecessarily.
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Which simply means what the OP posted. At the end of the day that space cannot be used and that's a problem. Technically you are correct but you have killed the discussion on this thread by twisting it into another direction. So let me try to bring it back.
Mediastorage is a problem! It is causing the system to reserve space unnecessarily. For every 1 GB that I consume, mediastorage consumes and equal amount of space (at least from the OS's POV).
@twistedumbrella Stop saying that it is a "visual representation". And you're 100% wrong. The answer isn't to clean out our own files. The answer is to stop mediastorage from causing the OS to reserve space unnecessarily.
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Interesting. This problem is being seen on other makes as well. May be related to the OS version or the media storage app; they're all might be using the same open source code.
Or both together. Scoped storage sucks... just a guess.
Back up all critical data redundantly first then play with it to try to find the app(s) responsible as in indicated in the link above. Do some more Google searches for the same issue, it doesn't have to be your exact make/model neccesarily to apply.
Is it a clean load loaded after firmware upgrades? Was it hand loaded rather than a automated transfer app like Samsung's SmartSwitch? These apps are known troublemakers when going cross device or platform.
Try to develop a work around... more fun times with Android.
Play with it.
Got my Oneplus 9 same problem with os11. maybe only google can resolve this issue?
Were you able to fix or found a fix on this, i just checked mine and this "Media" app taking a lot of storage on my Xiaomi 11t pro