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Ok, so I'm running out of space on my sdcard and I'm wondering if I can erase all the files on my sdcard and not screw up my root and other rooted privileges or my whole phone for that matter?
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I formatted yesterday and everything is fine.
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Be aware, if you start erasing stuff, your apps/system wont work correctly. The OS stores a lot of stuff on there, especially apps that have been moved to the sd card.
tjwilk said:
Ok, so I'm running out of space on my sdcard and I'm wondering if I can erase all the files on my sdcard and not screw up my root and other rooted privileges or my whole phone for that matter?
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Good question. At least for this noob. What can I delete? What HAS to stay? This is really good to know being that I have been toying with the idea of formatting so I can use apps2sd.
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What I did was move all my apps back to the phone (if you have some on SD card) and formatted.
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After resetting my phone to stock I formatted my SD Card and did a PGP wipe against it.
Phone didn't seem to notice.
Anyone else getting that message saying you are running low on storage space but looking at the numbers in storage under setting the numbers clearly not adding up?
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Anyone else getting that message saying you are running low on storage space but looking at the numbers in storage under setting the numbers clearly not adding up?
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Yes. Had the issue last night. Only when trying to download and auto install. If i install from the filesystem, it does fine. Btw, for questions like this to be best answered, list what rom and kernel you are on. The more info, the better.
The graph on there is defintely not giving an accurate representation, or the numbers are way off. If its an 8gb, youll only have about 6gb of usable user memory space. The rest is used or reserved for the system.
Nexus 7 on AOKP by R4ins
You can't install any apps if you only have 500-600mb left in internal storage.
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Oh yeah specs. I was panicking and freaking out I completely forgot.
16gb c70 model running PA 2.1/faux009u.
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Having same issue starting today.... 16gig C60 rooted, stock Rom ... 5gb available.
Help
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Do you have any CWM backups? Starting with 6.0 CWM stores your backups differently than before and simply deleting them through something like Root Explorer doesn't clear everything out.
Go into CWM>manage backups and delete any you don't need, them run a new backup. I did this and cleared up over 4GB of storage.
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Do you have any CWM backups? Starting with 6.0 CWM stores your backups differently than before and simply deleting them through something like Root Explorer doesn't clear everything out.
Go into CWM>manage backups and delete any you don't need, them run a new backup. I did this and cleared up over 4GB of storage.
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Not using cwm ... No back ups. Again, i have gigs of storage available... i cleared data from a few large apps, uninstalled 100+ mb of apps, rebooted, cleared cache & dalvik cache in recovery.
I searched odex files...TiBU was only odex in data folder, deleted it, restarted. Nothing.
I tried the lucky patch "fix" ... still nothing. Grrrr
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tbonezx11 said:
Not using cwm ... No back ups. Again, i have gigs of storage available... i cleared data from a few large apps, uninstalled 100+ mb of apps, rebooted, cleared cache & dalvik cache in recovery.
I searched odex files...TiBU was only odex in data folder, deleted it, restarted. Nothing.
I tried the lucky patch "fix" ... still nothing. Grrrr
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Do you have ES File Explorer installed? If so, go to menu>manage>SD Card Analyst. See what it says.
Seen this as well with auto install. Turn it off and try manually doing it.
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Seen this as well with auto install. Turn it off and try manually doing it.
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I have tried no auto install...even went so far as to install apps ...
Attached is the sd analyst screen....sigh. Haha...i am tired. That is the screenshot from my amaze... Not N7.. it says total 13.24 gb, used 5.28, 7.96 avail ...
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Only way I got it fixed was deleting everything on my tablet backed everything to my computer before hand, tablet has worked better then ever on paranoid 2.16 and everything was performed via cwm format all
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*Bump* ... this is really frustrating. I'm not sure what I've done.
I keep getting "insufficient storage" when trying to install or update some apps. (YouTube & Google Drive won't update, I can't install Slacker Radio or an app I downloaded from XDA) ... but some other apps seem to install fine. Seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why some apps install & others don't.
I have a rooted, unlocked 16gb C60 N7 with Stock ROM, kernel etc. All I did was root & unlock. The storage screen in settings shows 13.24 total, 8.11 gb available. When I do SD Analyst from ES Flie Explorer, it gives me same numbers...13.24 GB total, 5.13 GB used, 8.11 GB avail.
So how is there insufficient storage? I've cleared cache of Play Store, rebooted, still same problem. I don't have auto-update checked, There a "fix" in Lucky Patcher ... that didn't work either. I don't want to have to flash the factory ROM...I'm ON the FACTORY ROM.
What am I missing? What app could be causing this?
This might help
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717897
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This might help
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717897
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Thanks for offer. As my post above yours states, I've tried the Lucky Patcher "fix" and it didn't work ... I tried. Ironically, the first time I launched Lucky Patcher (I already had it installed) after this problem arose, it tried to update & couldn't!!! HA.
Any other ideas? This is getting quite annoying ... Thanks all.
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Thanks for offer. As my post above yours states, I've tried the Lucky Patcher "fix" and it didn't work ... I tried. Ironically, the first time I launched Lucky Patcher (I already had it installed) after this problem arose, it tried to update & couldn't!!! HA.
Any other ideas? This is getting quite annoying ... Thanks all.
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Sorry, missed the fact you already tried the lucky patcher fix.
Here is another solution I have used in the past, but not sure if it still applies to JB. Using Root Explorer, or similar (providing you have it installed already), or use ADB,
navigate to either /sdcard/.android_secure or /mnt/secure/asec/ folder and delete smdl2tmp1.asec if it is there
If not, I am out of idea's, sorry.
Good to see I am not the only one with an issue from the storage reporting, I was going to start my own thread but I saw this one.
My SD card space shows 13.24GB available, 8.92GB used, 4.31GB available which from first glance adds up.... but the problem is that my apps add up to about 6.64GB and I have 550MB of Images/Roms so where has my extra free space gone?
ES file explorer even reports the SDcard as have 7.26GB of used space, I have attached some images showing the inconsistencies, anyone out there with experience or ideas?
No luck. I am at a loss. But I have noticed it is only Google apps!
That is doubly annoying!
Is there some effing Google support? You guys have been great...
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Guess it is time to but the bullet and flash a new ROM ... Sigh
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Deleted a ton of apps, and and I'm still missing 1gb of storage for no apparent reason, is there no one out there who has encountered this before?
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Is the only way to wipe the sd card is to use CWM? Is there any other way? Also, will this have any negative effects to the device? Does the system require specific folders to work/run?
First you need to make a backup of your rom using CWR, or i prefer 4ext ( mainly cause i can enable usb mass storage while in recovery once plugged into pc)....
2nd ..You should copy all contents from ur storage by connecting ur phone to pc
3rd. place existing folders from sdcard storage to a backup folder a.k.a Nexus 7 backup folder. This will also include your backup under clockworkmod/backup/xxxx_xx_backup.
4th...format sdcard in recovery(4ext) allows for multiple partitioning options..
5th..once formatted...download any ro and boot up..once booted up compare all folders in sdcard to those of backup on pc u created earlier and copy folders to new formatted sdcard..
6th.. note you created the backup earlier which is housed in the clockworkmod/backup folder on pc. Make sure u copy that folder onto sdcard along with i.e dcim, movies, pictures, gameloft..etc...etc..basically all files from ur pc folder that contains all the sdcard contents explained in step 3.
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First you need to make a backup of your rom using CWR, or i prefer 4ext ( mainly cause i can enable usb mass storage while in recovery once plugged into pc)....
2nd ..You should copy all contents from ur storage by connecting ur phone to pc
3rd. place existing folders from sdcard storage to a backup folder a.k.a Nexus 7 backup folder. This will also include your backup under clockworkmod/backup/xxxx_xx_backup.
4th...format sdcard in recovery(4ext) allows for multiple partitioning options..
5th..once formatted...download any ro and boot up..once booted up compare all folders in sdcard to those of backup on pc u created earlier and copy folders to new formatted sdcard..
6th.. note you created the backup earlier which is housed in the clockworkmod/backup folder on pc. Make sure u copy that folder onto sdcard along with i.e dcim, movies, pictures, gameloft..etc...etc..basically all files from ur pc folder that contains all the sdcard contents explained in step 3.
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I am not on any custom Rom at the moment. I'm currently running stock and stock kernal.
All I wanted to do was start fresh since my storage has become some what messy and unorganized. I already made a back up using cwm. I just wanted to wipe the sd card in the device. I already have my important files backed up including ePub, mp3, apk files etc
I'm just concerned that if I wipe the sd, the nexus 7 won't run the way it should.
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bustinstugots24 said:
I am not on any custom Rom at the moment. I'm currently running stock and stock kernal.
All I wanted to do was start fresh since my storage has become some what messy and unorganized. I already made a back up using cwm. I just wanted to wipe the sd card in the device. I already have my important files backed up including ePub, mp3, apk files etc
I'm just concerned that if I wipe the sd, the nexus 7 won't run the way it should.
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Settings>storage>erase USB storage
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DarkhShadow said:
Settings>storage>erase USB storage
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I dont see erase USB storage as an option.
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Use ADB from the CMD :
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
Take a look with what I am dealing with in the screen shot. It says the system has 13 GB in the system but only 3 GB left. If you add up all the apps you can easily see there is no way I used 10 GB of storage. It just doesn't add up. Can't really figure out what's going on.
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bustinstugots24 said:
Take a look with what I am dealing with in the screen shot. It says the system has 13 GB in the system but only 3 GB left. If you add up all the apps you can easily see there is no way I used 10 GB of storage. It just doesn't add up. Can't really figure out what's going on.
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I think you have the "Dead Space" that android commonly sees.
Like you already asked you need to reformat your tab etc, that is THE ONLY way to return the dead space back into usable.
Maybe: backup and restore->factory reset, is the option you are looking for?
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Wilks3y said:
I think you have the "Dead Space" that android commonly sees.
Like you already asked you need to reformat your tab etc, that is THE ONLY way to return the dead space back into usable.
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stijndebruin said:
Maybe: backup and restore->factory reset, is the option you are looking for?
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If I do the factory reset, I have a few questions.
One, will it cause me to lose root?
Second, will it also wipe the storage card? ( I would assume so)
Third, I never heard of this dead space issue. Why does this happen?
Don't know about root. But that should be easy enough to get back. I was ballsy enough to press the option thought it would prompt me before wiping and it did .
See screenshot.
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stijndebruin said:
Don't know about root. But that should be easy enough to get back. I was ballsy enough to press the option thought it would prompt me before wiping and it did .
See screenshot.
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Thanks for that. I am currently trying to back everything up at the moment. I'm nervous but I'm going to give it a shot. Let you know how it goes.
I was thinking, maybe if I went in to staples and showed them that the storage card was showing me incorrect info, maybe they would swap it ouf for me for one of the newer 32 gb ones. I'd even pay the $50 difference if the 16gb drops down to $200
Might be worth a shot lol
bustinstugots24 said:
Thanks for that. I am currently trying to back everything up at the moment. I'm nervous but I'm going to give it a shot. Let you know how it goes.
I was thinking, maybe if I went in to staples and showed them that the storage card was showing me incorrect info, maybe they would swap it ouf for me for one of the newer 32 gb ones. I'd even pay the $50 difference if the 16gb drops down to $200
Might be worth a shot lol
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Okay, so I reset the tablet and nothing really has changed. It didn't format the storage because pretty much everything I had it in there before is still there except for music and videos etc. i still have root access. I still only have 3 gb available so something is definietely wrong. I'm just not really sure what to do. The system even rebooted in tablet mode which I had it set to before. What does anyone think the next step should be?
bustinstugots24 said:
Okay, so I reset the tablet and nothing really has changed. It didn't format the storage because pretty much everything I had it in there before is still there except for music and videos etc. i still have root access. I still only have 3 gb available so something is definietely wrong. I'm just not really sure what to do. The system even rebooted in tablet mode which I had it set to before. What does anyone think the next step should be?
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Anyone that can help?
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Anyone that can help?
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If you've formatted your system you're not a noob so you've probably already done this too, but run ES File Explorer > Manager > SD Card Analyst.
Do you use CWM to backup you roms?
johnnyvol said:
If you've formatted your system you're not a noob so you've probably already done this too, but run ES File Explorer > Manager > SD Card Analyst.
Do you use CWM to backup you roms?
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I grew the balls to just format the SD card using CWM. I was pretty nervous but it did reboot and it wiped everything.
I now have 13.0 gb free out of 13.2. Pretty pleased. Finally!.
I was also able to keep root as well.
Nice. Thanks for finding this out for the community!
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stijndebruin said:
Nice. Thanks for finding this out for the community!
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No problem. I was really nervous. In all honesty though there has to be another way. I mean I have root access obviously. Lets say you get some regular user who doesn't know much and they just want to wipe their device clean. What exactly are you supposed to do? why isn't a factory reset wiping out the storage card? It is very strange.
bustinstugots24 said:
No problem. I was really nervous. In all honesty though there has to be another way. I mean I have root access obviously. Lets say you get some regular user who doesn't know much and they just want to wipe their device clean. What exactly are you supposed to do? why isn't a factory reset wiping out the storage card? It is very strange.
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Because the SD card is where you store pictures, music and other stuff, a factory reset wiping that would be a long process(copying it off then back on) and most of the time not required
and the space not showing up in storage settings menu, it only shows stuff in the default android locations, just a fyi
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Ok so hopefully somebody can set me straight here. My M comes with 8gb of internal storage. But I have run into app space issues and have read that only 4gb is accessible. If I'm correct that's disappointing. However it feels like less than 4gb is accessible to me. I deleted a couple more apps today, but here is my current storage usage (screenshot). I'm rooted on JB and have Titanium Backup so maybe that will allow me to transfer apps from internal storage to sd card. I have not yet tried it on the M and from the couple of posts I've read it may or may not be possible. I do not have a developer edition M. Which is what I read that you need. Is this the case? All my pics, vids, and music are already on the 32gb sd card. It's just apps taking up space on internal. What are my options for continually running out of storage so quickly?
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Example: The screenshot says I have 550mb available... Which isn't much at all... But I'm trying to install a 43.5mb app right now and I'm getting an internal storage warning. So my problem is two parts. 1, can't use the full 8gb and 2, can't even use what little space it says I have.
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Do you have safe strap installed with an active slot? If so, use your root browser and delete the ss folder and in sdcard0, the safestrap folder which contains the ROM slot information. That should put you back around where you should be. Don't touch the TWRP folders and you will be fine to continue using safe strap.
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skippid said:
Do you have safe strap installed with an active slot? If so, use your root browser and delete the ss folder and in sdcard0, the safestrap folder which contains the ROM slot information. That should put you back around where you should be. Don't touch the TWRP folders and you will be fine to continue using safe strap.
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I did install safestrap last week intending on loading a custom ROM, but ended up not feeling like I was experienced enough to do so at this time so I deleted the app. Would deleting the app have been enough to solve that issue?
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You can also use directory bind to bind the data to the sdcard1 path. Works like a charm.
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You can also use directory bind to bind the data to the sdcard1 path. Works like a charm.
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Not exactly sure what you mean. Is directory bind an app? Would this be necessary if I have already deleted safestrap for the time being?
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Jersey846 said:
Not exactly sure what you mean. Is directory bind an app? Would this be necessary if I have already deleted safestrap for the time being?
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if it has 8gig why does it only let you use half of it..and what's the purpose of the other 4gig left... because as far as I know when you install apps it takes up the space of the 4gig that you you.
Directory bind can get you in some trouble if you are not careful. Delete one side on accident, you delete the other's content as well. Directory bind just links two locations and basically acts like a forwarding service.
Back to Safestrap. Yes, Safestrap partitions your usable memory for the other operating system file. Its just like dual booting a computer, you don't have shared memory between the two. (As far as internal memory is concerned.)
Did you delete the folders? It should fix your issue. Check your storage stats in stock settings afterwards to confirm.
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Jersey846 said:
I did install safestrap last week intending on loading a custom ROM, but ended up not feeling like I was experienced enough to do so at this time so I deleted the app. Would deleting the app have been enough to solve that issue?
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Deleting the app alone will not get rid of the partition, in my experience. Reboot your phone to see if its gone too. The folders are /ss and /storage/sdcard0/Safestrap. You could also delete the TWRP folders if they are present, since you do not need Safestrap any longer.
Let me know if this solves your issue.
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I don't seem to have either of those folders when I tried to search for them with root explorer. So maybe I didn't do anything when I opened up safestrap when I had it.
And to clarify, sdcard0 is internal storage and sdcard1 is the actual sd card correct?
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Jersey846 said:
I don't seem to have either of those folders when I tried to search for them with root explorer. So maybe I didn't do anything when I opened up safestrap when I had it.
And to clarify, sdcard0 is internal storage and sdcard1 is the actual sd card correct?
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Yes sir. That is correct. Did you make a slot when you opened safe strap? Normally that eats up memory like crazy.
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Yes sir. That is correct. Did you make a slot when you opened safe strap? Normally that eats up memory like crazy.
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I probably downloaded it then left it alone while I researched a bit and never ended up doing anything. I'll move some stuff over from sdcard0 if I have any pics or music still on there to free up a little space or maybe try one of those complex work arounds to free up some of that extra 4gb eventually.
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WHAT?!?!?!?!? WHAT HAPPENED?!?!?
I WAS ON CM 10.2 AND WANTED TO INSTALL CM 11 AND WHEN I FACTORY RESET IT DELTED EVERYTHING IN MY EXT SD CARD!!!!!!!
Why?!?!?!? WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!? WTF do I do now?! OMGGGGGGGG
Happened with me twice including the internal storage. Nothing can be done now. And yeah wrong section
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Calm down, accept the fact that there's no way to get stuff back now. And jeez, spellcheck, every browser has that integrated now.
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lukasspro777 said:
...... accept the fact that there's no way to get stuff back now. .....
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WROOOONG, still recoverable.
Lots of programs(like get data back, advanced file recovery... etc) can recover the data. Do NOT write any data on extSdcard and scan at computer with revovery programs. If sdcard had fat32 file system most easly recoverable, ntfs is harder than fat32. If had exfat file system i dunno
Again Do NOT reformat or write any data to extSdcard(microsd i assume) and scan with programs.
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Bei60 said:
WTF do I do now?! OMGGGGGGGG
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