I don't know if this is the right place for this, but I recently got an error that my phone was running out of storage, which seemed unlikely, so I went to check in the settings and apparently my System is taking up 35 GB of storage, which is absurd...anybody know what would cause this, or how to fix it?
I currently have my phone set up for dual boot so I have 3 partitions, A and B each are 32 GB and are running different versions of OOS Beta, and C is 128 GB and is used as a commondata partition for shared storage. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I am referencing this post to try and get more info from a broader audience if possible
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544702
heres the issue:
I wiped fully my p3113 several times correctly... (data / system / cache / dalvik / etc etc)
installed latest cm10 nightly
i get only 4.59gb onboard ram (see the screenshot in the above link)
apparently the cat who wrote the threat above was able to rebuild the partition to solve this problem... my question is, how does one rebuild the partitions??? which ones need to be rebuilt? can i do it within cwm or do I have to do it within odin?
thanks!!!!!!!!!
First off, don't mix up RAM and internal storage, these are different things! What you are talking about is not RAM. Second, 4.5GB of user-accessible storage is all you get on this tab - it's normal, there is nothing wrong with that! The other thread you are linking to is about a different problem - if you read carefully, you'll see that the OP was only having 500MB available out of 4.5GB. That was the problem he fixed. You have nothing to fix, don't mess with your device.
kt-Froggy said:
First off, don't mix up RAM and internal storage, these are different things! What you are talking about is not RAM. Second, 4.5GB of user-accessible storage is all you get on this tab - it's normal, there is nothing wrong with that! The other thread you are linking to is about a different problem - if you read carefully, you'll see that the OP was only having 500MB available out of 4.5GB. That was the problem he fixed. You have nothing to fix, don't mess with your device.
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thank you brother.... my question then is why when I have the stock rom installed does the memory show up as being 8gb internal and only 4.59 with cm10?
is cm10 actually taking up over 3gb of space? and if this is the case what is the best way to use the ext card as the memory to which I install my apps? there is nothing that I have seen that works with cm10 in the memory swap area.
nycdave said:
thank you brother.... my question then is why when I have the stock rom installed does the memory show up as being 8gb internal and only 4.59 with cm10?
is cm10 actually taking up over 3gb of space? and if this is the case what is the best way to use the ext card as the memory to which I install my apps? there is nothing that I have seen that works with cm10 in the memory swap area.
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I don't know much about CM, but on every version and flavour of stock ROMs that I tried on my tab (and I tried quite a few), I always got around 4.5GB of storage available. Also, this is what I recall reading from the specs somewhere. Frankly, I can't understand just how you would get 8GB reported by the system to be accessible, whether on stock, or any other ROM... On all devices, accessible internal storage is always significantly less than the total - for example, on my phone the accessible storage is only 25GB out of a total of a 32GB.
A couple of screenshots to illustrate my point (stock-based 4.1.2).
BTW, I'd like to ask anyone to provide a screenshot from any ROM on this tablet, showing a larger amount of available storage. Really, I would very much like to see that.
kt-Froggy said:
I don't know much about CM, but on every version and flavour of stock ROMs that I tried on my tab (and I tried quite a few), I always got around 4.5GB of storage available. Also, this is what I recall reading from the specs somewhere. Frankly, I can't understand just how you would get 8GB reported by the system to be accessible, whether on stock, or any other ROM... On all devices, accessible internal storage is always significantly less than the total - for example, on my phone the accessible storage is only 25GB out of a total of a 32GB.
A couple of screenshots to illustrate my point (stock-based 4.1.2).
BTW, I'd like to ask anyone to provide a screenshot from any ROM on this tablet, showing a larger amount of available storage. Really, I would very much like to see that.
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thank you so much for the feedback. what rom are you using and how do you not run out of space for apps? are you not using an apps to sd script or app then?
nycdave said:
thank you so much for the feedback. what rom are you using and how do you not run out of space for apps? are you not using an apps to sd script or app then?
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No problem. The link to the ROM I am currently using is in my signature. How I don't run out of space -- I dunno... I just don't. I am not an app junkie, and I don't install or use any games, so everything works fine for me so far. I am also not using any scripts or apps to swap int/ext SD, or to install apps on ext SD card. The biggest space hogs for me are offline maps (I use Maps With Me and Nav Free) and multimedia (photos, music, videos), and I keep those on my ext SD card.
do you have the 8gb variant or 16gb? also when your running stock rom are you using 4.2.2 jb? if so then thats why it shows up as 8gb. with previous version of the stock firmware it used to show up as split partition 4gb for system and 4gb for internal until samsung offically released 4.2.2 for the GT-p3113
xbahamutzero said:
do you have the 8gb variant or 16gb? also when your running stock rom are you using 4.2.2 jb? if so then thats why it shows up as 8gb. with previous version of the stock firmware it used to show up as split partition 4gb for system and 4gb for internal until samsung offically released 4.2.2 for the GT-p3113
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Damn Samsung bastads. This was driving me insane as I just flashed mine last night and thought at first I F'ed it up, then I was going to blame the OS CM-11 for not reporting the full space. sigh this one little sentence puts me at ease. For that, I thank you :good: :highfive:
I bought my daughter a refurbished Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (GT-P3113) for Christmas 2012. If I recall, this was the 8GB model and there were two partitions. It has been running the stock OS, no custom ROMS. I cannot recall if I have ever installed any system updates. A few months ago, the internal SD partition just disappeared. I "fixed" this by installing a 16 GB SD card and redirecting as many of the apps as I could to save to the external SD. The tablet has been running terribly lately (lagging, locking up) so I decided to see if a factory restore would fix both problems. I don't know yet if it fixed the sluggishness, but the storage capacity is showing the same thing, total capacity of 4.59 GB.
Where did that partition go? Can I get it back safely? If I can get it back, can I trust it? She is only 8, so it's not like she is using this for critical data. If I have to, I will just stick to the existing fix, using the external SD card for storage until it is time to upgrade in a year or so.
Thanks,
Paul
Ok, so I installed all of the updates after doing a factory restore, and now the capacity is showing the full 8 GB. Now I am not 100% sure if there were two partitions to start with or not. I know that we also had an issue with her original SD card, so maybe that is what i am thinking of.
Anyway...it appears to be fixed for now.
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As you can see in the screenshots below ~1,3gb of internal storage are missing. ( 0.53 GB free + 2.89 GB apps + 0.06 GB the rest of things = 3.48 GB. Total space 4.74 GB - 3.48 GB = 1.26 GB missing.)
If you look closely there is an anomaly. In list the Miscellaneous file takes only 26.69 mb internal storage but in the graphic look like they are taking much more. I guess there is the missing internal storage.
I am full stock with the latest firmware installed. I have the 4,7 inch model.
I tried to factory reset and wipe cache. At first was ok, but after i remove the bloatware and install my apps same results.
I use cleanmaster,powercleaner but with no result.
I looked up in every folder in internal storage but i did not find anything that can take this space.
What can i do without root? I don't wanna root right now.
tudy88 said:
As you can see in the screenshots below ~1,3gb of internal storage are missing. ( 0.53 GB free + 2.89 GB apps + 0.06 GB the rest of things = 3.48 GB. Total space 4.74 GB - 3.48 GB = 1.26 GB missing.)
If you look closely there is an anomaly. In list the Miscellaneous file takes only 26.69 mb internal storage but in the graphic look like they are taking much more. I guess there is the missing internal storage.
I am full stock with the latest firmware installed. I have the 4,7 inch model.
I tried to factory reset and wipe cache. At first was ok, but after i remove the bloatware and install my apps same results.
I use cleanmaster,powercleaner but with no result.
I looked up in every folder in internal storage but i did not find anything that can take this space.
What can i do without root? I don't wanna root right now.
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i am having the same issue, dont know what to do:S
I'm gonna guess the both of you are running the "8"gb versions? It's possible you may have an actual 16gb nand chip, just partitioned to 8.
If you are, then I would highly advise you repartition the memory and unlock the 16gb. I also think it has been mentioned somewhere that there is some 1.+gb backup file or something or other that appears to be useless. I've seen some users at the russian site 4pda complaining of the same issue.
The bottom line is you're going to have to root to fix the issue. Re-flashing the software via the mobile update app will just lead you to the same situation.
There is a flashable zip in the repartition thread in the dev section, that makes it pretty painless through TWRP. It will check to see what actual size nand chip is present.
correction: i have a 16 GB 5.5"
Hi, I'm french and sorry for spelling.
Same concern on Idol 3 (5.5) 16Gb
Parameter> Storage
(Miscellaneous) different between the graphic and its size indicated
Coordialement.
I have the same problem, what is the solution for this?
Solution here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/help/space-device-t3276090#post64473286
My oneplus 3t always shows around 3 gb used space even after formatting.
I tried fastboot format userdata, and when i get into twrp the internal is around 24gb in which around 1.5 gb is used. Then i would use twrp's format data option and then it will show 54gb, in which around 3gb is used.
This 3gb is showing as others when a rom is flashed and the storage option is selected from the settings of the rom. I have tried fastboot erase userdata and fastboot flash userdata userdata_64GB.img with no luck. Anyone please explain to me why this happens and how can i get rid of that used space. Also i would like to know why after formatting using fastboot , the internal shows only 24 gb.
Thank you.
Solaman Solu said:
My oneplus 3t always shows around 3 gb used space even after formatting.
I tried fastboot format userdata, and when i get into twrp the internal is around 24gb in which around 1.5 gb is used. Then i would use twrp's format data option and then it will show 54gb, in which around 3gb is used.
This 3gb is showing as others when a rom is flashed and the storage option is selected from the settings of the rom. I have tried fastboot erase userdata and fastboot flash userdata userdata_64GB.img with no luck. Anyone please explain to me why this happens and how can i get rid of that used space. Also i would like to know why after formatting using fastboot , the internal shows only 24 gb.
Thank you.
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Did you ever read about this lost space in all phones?
The 32GB phone comes with 24GB only usable, because of the space taken by (system, data, cache..) and other partitions, same for 64GB phones, and other phones as well, 16GB phones come with 11.5GB usable only for media, 8GB phones come with 4.5GB.
It's pretty much like when you buy a 8GB flash memory or SDcard and you get 7 and a few more.
It's normal, don't bother about that.
MigoMujahid said:
Did you ever read about this lost space in all phones?
The 32GB phone comes with 24GB only usable, because of the space taken by (system, data, cache..) and other partitions, same for 64GB phones, and other phones as well, 16GB phones come with 11.5GB usable only for media, 8GB phones come with 4.5GB.
It's pretty much like when you buy a 8GB flash memory or SDcard and you get 7 and a few more.
It's normal, don't bother about that.
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Thank you for replying. I know and understand that a portion of the total storage space will be taken up by other partitions. But the size of my internal sdcard storage( userdata partition) is 54 gb/64 gb, and out of that 3 gb is always shown as used up. If i connect my op3t to the computer while in twrp, it will show that 51.3 free out of 54.4gb, even after formatting the internal using fastboot and twrp. This 3 gb data loss is my concern. Kindly reply.
Solaman Solu said:
Thank you for replying. I know and understand that a portion of the total storage space will be taken up by other partitions. But the size of my internal sdcard storage( userdata partition) is 54 gb/64 gb, and out of that 3 gb is always shown as used up. If i connect my op3t to the computer while in twrp, it will show that 51.3 free out of 54.4gb, even after formatting the internal using fastboot and twrp. This 3 gb data loss is my concern. Kindly reply.
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try using a space usage app to identify what is exactly taking that space, maybe "DiskUsage" app.
As stated in the title, my internal storage is lower than normal (showing 64gb out of 256 gb). 16 gb is for the system and the apps installed bring it down to like 44 gb of free space in the end. I am pretty sure when I was attempting, but fail to install the firmware I probably created multiple partitions. What I am wondering is how am I suppose to delete or re format the failed firmware partitions in my phone? the partitions for the failed firmware installs do not show up on twrp or on my pc.
I was able to fix this issue. I posted my fix under johnny886 5s firmware install post.