Hey guys, I just deleted a whole bunch of photos and videos (all saved to my desktop PC first) and my available storage space went from 4.8 GB to 8.48 GB, so only 2 GB short of the 11.50 GB total space which is great.
About the device memory, it says available space 1.61 GB. How much device memory does the phone come with and if I want to regain memory, how do I do that?
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Device Memory?
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Device Memory?
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Lol, who cares, honestly? Noone answered and it went to page 2. In the time it took you to write your reply you could probably have made an attempt to answer my question. Everyone's a moderator..
Device memory is about 2gb. Its a seperate part where apps are stored, so if you want to regain memery there delete apps. But you will only gain about 400mb max and have no apps.
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sxi200 said:
Device memory is about 2gb. Its a seperate part where apps are stored, so if you want to regain memery there delete apps. But you will only gain about 400mb max and have no apps.
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Thanks matey. Ah, in that case, I'm fine with 1.61GB if I'm only down from 2GB. I was more curious than anything else.
So all apps get installed to the 2GB device memory only, and the USB storage is only for storing media right?
Roman5 said:
So all apps get installed to the 2GB device memory only, and the USB storage is only for storing media right?
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No, lots of apps also store their data on SD.
Usb storage is external flashdrive if your using an usbOTG adapter.
The SgsII has mainly a 16Gb version although some have reported owning 32Gb versions. That comes down to about 1.8Gb for apps separate, and 11.5Gb for your data.
Some apps can be installed on the 11.5Gb partition. That mainly depends on the app itself.
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Robi-K said:
Usb storage is external flashdrive if your using an usbOTG adapter.
The SgsII has mainly a 16Gb version although some have reported owning 32Gb versions. That comes down to about 1.8Gb for apps separate, and 11.5Gb for your data.
Some apps can be installed on the 11.5Gb partition. That mainly depends on the app itself.
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Thats the thing, for what the partitioning table (PIT in Odin) is used.
On my phone:
aroung 500MB for the system
2GB for appdata
12.5GB for userdata
These are around 15GB, to be correct i must say 15GiB, because if you convert it to the normal space everyone is talking about, you will get 16GB.
(1GiB = 1,073GB)
Silberpfeil3110 said:
Thats the thing, for what the partitioning table (PIT in Odin) is used.
On my phone:
aroung 500MB for the system
2GB for appdata
12.5GB for userdata
These are around 15GB, to be correct i must say 15GiB, because if you convert it to the normal space everyone is talking about, you will get 16GB.
(1GiB = 1,073GB)
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Also I heard Samsung include the 1gb RAM as part of the 16gb storage ...
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I was just wondering what the internal 16gb memory is used for. I haven't changed any storage settings yet, but it seems like most of my 2gb sd is used up (probably from apps), while the internal storage is mostly unused.
Also, my wife's vibrant shows 223mb free space (ram I'm guessing) while mine shows around 140, with less apps installed and no programs running according to atk. What could be making the difference?
Thanks!
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Your apps have 2GB of space on the 16GB of internal. The rest is for pictures and such. Some apps will store their cache there as well. The external would be for like movies and music, at least that's what i use mine for.
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Looking in my Settings>Storage and Applications, I am being told I have 15gb of Apps. This can't be as I only have about 80apps installed.
Anyone have any idea about this.
Thanks.
Reboot and see what happens. Sure its not 15 gigabyte free?
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michaelg1030 said:
Reboot and see what happens. Sure its not 15 gigabyte free?
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Thanks for the suggestion but it is now 17.22gb used by Applications.
I suspect something is just filling up the space. I have a 32gb Iconia and a 32gb SD card.
After a bit more digging using DiskUsage App, it appears that in the /mnt/sdcard I have 17,779mb of System Data somehow!!
Any help much appreciated.
Something funky for sure, since even if all 16gb were free, it would of course be less than 16gb total. Out of box, the A500 has 12.5gb or so free, but 1gb can not be used due to Honeycomb's sucky memory management.
Hello everyone
Sorry for my last post. I didn't attach pic in that. Here it is. My model has 8gb space. Apps and files take only 4gb. And alloted space is 4.7gb for this. As a result I get storage space minimum notification constantly. So can anyone tell me where the remaining space is and is it possible to shift some space to storage
Thank you
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kaskoraja said:
Hello everyone
Sorry for my last post. I didn't attach pic in that. Here it is. My model has 8gb space. Apps and files take only 4gb. And alloted space is 4.7gb for this. As a result I get storage space minimum notification constantly. So can anyone tell me where the remaining space is and is it possible to shift some space to storage
Thank you
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There is 8gb there, but it's partitioned into about 4gb each. One for the OS and the other for media. So, you'll only be able to utilize 4gb for app storage.
Thanks for the reply. Is there any way to reduce the space alloted to OS?
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kaskoraja said:
Thanks for the reply. Is there any way to reduce the space alloted to OS?
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wipe stock rom and install one that specializes in space saving? or get an sd card
Also besides the point but are you running softkeyZ? i notice your back button is a tad bigger than home and task i had the same issue when ii had it...
Even after update
Cyko.Tech67 said:
wipe stock rom and install one that specializes in space saving? or get an sd card
Also besides the point but are you running softkeyZ? i notice your back button is a tad bigger than home and task i had the same issue when ii had it...
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Even after update the new rom will be alloted in the same space right?
Have you looked into this...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2229848 I haven't tried it as I've never had and issue with storage space....
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Have you cleaned your app cache? I was getting low and was amazed how much space I gained. You can do it app by app or download something like this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gannicus.android.cacheclearer
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Even after update the new rom will be alloted in the same space right?
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no it shouldnt...
Curious about buying this phone. Not so sure I want to do without an external SD card. So what exactly is the data partition size?
It has 24GB free if its not the international 16gb version.
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It has 24GB free if its not the international 16gb version.
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I'm asking how much space do you have to install user apps?
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I'm asking how much space do you have to install user apps?
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Thats how much app-install space you have for the 32gb versioin of this phone and the 16gb model has 10.4gb available for apps and user data.
Seriously? That's awesome. So how does it break up the partitions for the fat32 side? Or is it just one large partition?
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Seriously? That's awesome. So how does it break up the partitions for the fat32 side? Or is it just one large partition?
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Just one large partition.
Very adequate for app + data but lacking if you like to store a lot of music/video. Cloud storage.
The "SD card" is emulated. It's stored on the data partition and expands as necessary.
If you only need extra space for infrequent circumstances like road trips or flights, you can always get a Meenova.
Hi all - not sure if I'm installing or not deleting old information correctly but I anytime I put a simple rom, my 32 SDcard only has 24 available gigs of storage.
Am I installing something wrong or do you lose 8 gig right out of the gate? That seems like more than I'd expect.
I've googled for an answer but it's a weird issue - any help is appreciated - thanks!!
Im guessing you are talking about the phone version with 32gb internal storage? If so, I also have 24.8gb available space. I'm guessing the rest is reserved for android etc itself.
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archzz said:
Im guessing you are talking about the phone version with 32gb internal storage? If so, I also have 24.8gb available space. I'm guessing the rest is reserved for android etc itself.
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Yeah - I guess it takes 8 gig for firmware/OS - didn't think it'd be that much. Thanks.