i am facing sever internal memory problem. A month ago while facing the same issue. It was around 400MB a month ago but it started going down on daily basis. Couple of days ago, it was 113MB and today i am hovering around 100MB.
Did not install any software, instead i am constantly uninstalling them. Checked via settings--->applications--->Manage applications and the largest application i have is "calendar storage" that is taking 46.55MB... facebook takes around 28MB and the if i count all the apps till the size of 1 MB, they are not more than 300MB. i don't think so that the remaining apps having a size of less than a MB will accumulate to 600MB.
Don't know what to do... please suggest...
I think any tries to answer would fail without having more details:
What ROM do you have? What have you tried so far? Can you try a factory reset?
A different ROM, maybe?
s0ulreaver said:
I think any tries to answer would fail without having more details:
What ROM do you have? What have you tried so far? Can you try a factory reset?
A different ROM, maybe?
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using HTC sense... did not root it... factory reset is an option but i am not sure whether it would help... also, anybody with any possible reasons so it can be avoided?
Froyo or Gingerbread?
Could be an app/service with a memory leak.
Maybe there is something corrupted in the system partition.
Did you experience any phone reboots/application crashes?
Do you have the latest over the air software update?
Is the phone up-to-date?
I'm no expert, I'm just trying to help.
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Froyo or Gingerbread?
Could be an app/service with a memory leak.
Maybe there is something corrupted in the system partition.
Did you experience any phone reboots/application crashes?
Do you have the latest over the air software update?
Is the phone up-to-date?
I'm no expert, I'm just trying to help.
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Sense 2.1
Android 2.3.3
Since it's a UK based phone, HTC says 2.3.5 and sense 2.3 will be sent in couple of days.
I did not experience any unexpected reboots/application crash....
All of my software is bought from android market and i keep them updated.
Last night after posting this topic, i deleted couple of apps and the memory was increased to 123MB from 103... just checked now... (after 12hours), its already 116MB with the annoying memory notification on top bar....
I downloaded an app called "diskusage" that shows the following breakdown:
Applications: 296 MB
System Data: 753 MB
Free: 112 MB
As per my understanding, system data is the culprit... is it normal? and any suggestions to fix it?
amnd79 said:
I downloaded an app called "diskusage" that shows the following breakdown:
Applications: 296 MB
System Data: 753 MB
Free: 112 MB
As per my understanding, system data is the culprit... is it normal? and any suggestions to fix it?
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If you would have had root, it would be simple: do a full backup, wipe the device and see if it happens again. If it does, restore from backup, you're back and didn't lose and info. In your case it's quite hard to find the cause.
Not sure you'll be able to find the cause without wiping out.
Maybe uninstalling apps one by one might work? It'll take time.
I have one question because I see you write "memory" but from the discussions it's not clear if you're talking of free RAM of storage space.
Memory normally means RAM but now I think you might be speaking of the storage space.
There is a big difference between the two.
The increase of data is due to apps that save a lot of things and almost never clean
Even when you uninstall
The good behaviour to have is the remove apps through the settings doing first : force stop app (if running) then remove data (which is causing your trouble) then uninstall app and only then
Because if you don't you have to parse manually your data and find what was kleft behind and remove it (requires root)
Download this app and see if it's able to clear a lot of data.
1Tap Cleaner - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.acc.free&hl=en
If nothing works, do a factory reset. Just make sure you've ticked both options under Settings>Privacy, so that you'll get back your apps when you sign in with your Google account. Also check that you've saved your contacts as Google contacts. Your SD card won't be erased unless you choose it.
That should clear any redundant files or whatever is hogging your space. It'll be a bit of work to set your phone up again, but it'll be as good as new.
nothing worked, i did the factory reset and memory is back to normal - showing 60MB of system data and 200 MB of application data... mybackup was pretty useful!
thanks all for your suggestions but i believe there was a leakage.
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I got my Sprint Galaxy Tab today, Rooted it without problems, started installing my apps. Love the device. But now i'm not sure whats going on. In little less than an hour i watched my internal storage go from 1.4 gb to less than 400 megs. Now i know i installed a few apps but i did not install a gb of stuff nor have i downloaded any media. I've tried searching the device for large files but i can't find anything that would be causing this. I've gone through all of the apps i've installed and most have cache and data of 0 bytes since i haven't really got a chance to use it. I have Advanced Task Killer, Memory Booster, and Cache Mate and none of them find anything to remove. I'm at a total lose right now. Anyone else seeing this?
Update 1: The only way to stop it is to restart the tab. I do not notice any one program that is running causing it.
Update 2: I'm down to 270megs i finally had to turn it off and back on again.
How did you root it? This is something that happens if rooted with the clockworkmod recovery script in this thread (I know this because it happened to myself and was a bugger to remove).
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How did you root it? This is something that happens if rooted with the clockworkmod recovery script in this thread (I know this because it happened to myself and was a bugger to remove).
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Thats exactly what i did. How did you get it removed? Did you have to unroot and wipe? At this point i dont care. Woke up this morning and i have 0 bytes free of internal storage.
UPDATE: It was Clockwork Mod causing the issue. I uninstalled it, wiped my device and all it better now. DO NOT USE CLOCKWORK RECOVERY.
I have a fairly new (rooted) Droid Razr M and I have been trying to download the update to Chrome, which is only 20MB. It downloads completely, though as soon as it hits 100% a window appears telling me that I have insufficient disc space. However, that is not true.
I have 700MB used / 3.90GB free on my internal disc, so I don't understand why I can't download a 20MB update..
I have also tried to download a new app, Easy Cache Cleaner, to possibly help with this dilema and even that wouldn't download. Plus, it's only 640KB!!..
I've already tried clearing the caches for all my apps, then restarted. Cleared even more space, but didn't help with my issue. I am simply stumped.. Can anyone offer some advice or suggestions??
Thanks!
So i have this strange problem any app that I try to install from Google Play or manually .apk i get "Out of space" message and I have 514Mb free and the app i try to install has 20mb. As it seems is a pretty common problem, but none of the fixes i found worked...
What i've tried:
1. Delete .obex files from /data/app or system/app. There is no .obex file in them.
2. Cleared cache.
3. Cleared dalvik-cache.
4. Luky patcher fixes under "troubleshooting"
5. Delete titanium backup.
None of them worked... I have the 8gb vs and 500mb are very useful...
Only solution is to free up more space...
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So i have this strange problem any app that I try to install from Google Play or manually .apk i get "Out of space" message and I have 514Mb free and the app i try to install has 20mb. As it seems is a pretty common problem, but none of the fixes i found worked...
What i've tried:
1. Delete .obex files from /data/app or system/app. There is no .obex file in them.
2. Cleared cache.
3. Cleared dalvik-cache.
4. Luky patcher fixes under "troubleshooting"
5. Delete titanium backup.
None of them worked... I have the 8gb vs and 500mb are very useful...
Only solution is to free up more space...
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free some space, get rid of your illegally obtained apps that you used lucky patcher on.
you cant install any apps that will take you under 500mb free space. its not an issue, its how it works. there is a reason for this. your phone needs space foe caches, or it will not run properly. also, you will notice that if you do go below, you will not be able to conbect to googles service, and your blue bars will go gray.
plus, why are you using lucky patcher? you do realize that its frowned upon? plus, it comes from a not very safe russian hacker/site.. you do realize that almost every android virus comes from that area. i cant even imagine what viruses are included in lucky patcher. maybe its even a virus affecting you.
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free some space, get rid of your illegally obtained apps that you used lucky patcher on.
you cant install any apps that will take you under 500mb free space. its not an issue, its how it works. there is a reason for this. your phone needs space foe caches, or it will not run properly. also, you will notice that if you do go below, you will not be able to conbect to googles service, and your blue bars will go gray.
plus, why are you using lucky patcher? you do realize that its frowned upon? plus, it comes from a not very safe russian hacker/site.. you do realize that almost every android virus comes from that area. i cant even imagine what viruses are included in lucky patcher. maybe its even a virus affecting you.
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I installed lucky patcher strictly for this problem, as I found in other threads here, in which it was mentioned that it may help with this storage issue.
500 mb limit seems to much... On my old Optimus 2x it was at 100mb and on Optimus one on 20 or 50mb.
If this is the case, is there a way to modify this 500mb limit?
kiarfuzzy said:
I installed lucky patcher strictly for this problem, as I found in other threads here, in which it was mentioned that it may help with this storage issue.
500 mb limit seems to much... On my old Optimus 2x it was at 100mb and on Optimus one on 20 or 50mb.
If this is the case, is there a way to modify this 500mb limit?
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then i apologize.
all my other devices it was at 100mb too, except my gnex which is at 300mb. but seriously about lucky patcher, it is probably one of the most susceptible apps for virus attack.
i dont know of any way to change this limit.
i cant get past this limit too, under 500mb it will notify me, cant install apps, but can use that space for other files.
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i cant get past this limit too, under 500mb it will notify me, cant install apps, but can use that space for other files.
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Hi, i am having this problem on MT65xx phone, the storage is showing only 17mb when connecting to PC and i cannot install any apps, let a lone external ones meant to solve the problem.. can anyone please help ??!
Is there way to remove this limit?
Sorry for digging old'ish topic. Im yet another user that is really annoyed with 500 mb limit.
Seriously I need some fix for that. anything that could work, as far as nandroid is enough to make back secure is acceptable. have xposed and so on.
I found quick workaround for installing apps, which may help, usually works. (a tiny bit, but still something!)
requires root
-get the apk file. I personally use google if aptoide fails (its somewhere in the aptoide files on /storage/emulated/0 or any other internal storage path you have.
-get root explorer or any other file manager that is able to broswe the whole android file system
-go to /data/app/ and drop there your APK file. I personally allways change its name to actual package name but honestly I dont know if thats requirement.
-change permissions to rw-r--r-- (no specials, in numbers 644)
-perform reboot
-your app is installed and ready to use.
Ok, I'd like to start off by apologizing for a stupid post, but i need answers and I think this can help.
So let me explain my problem. I recently tried to download 3 'big' apps from the playstore not realizing I had only about 400 mb left of storage; obviously after I finished the downloads it showed a warning stating that I had insufficient space. I cleared up some space but even after having 4 gb of space, I couldn't download even one though they were only about 1 gb each. I figured that I needed more space so I cleared even more to have 19 gb of space, but the when I tried again, the same error showed up. Out of options, I decided to reset my phone after backing it up, but now even with all this space, the apps that I tried to download while I had no space still show the same error.
Hoping for quick replies or to talk with people who experienced similar problems. Again sorry for the stupid post.
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Ok, I'd like to start off by apologizing for a stupid post, but i need answers and I think this can help.
So let me explain my problem. I recently tried to download 3 'big' apps from the playstore not realizing I had only about 400 mb left of storage; obviously after I finished the downloads it showed a warning stating that I had insufficient space. I cleared up some space but even after having 4 gb of space, I couldn't download even one though they were only about 1 gb each. I figured that I needed more space so I cleared even more to have 19 gb of space, but the when I tried again, the same error showed up. Out of options, I decided to reset my phone after backing it up, but now even with all this space, the apps that I tried to download while I had no space still show the same error.
Hoping for quick replies or to talk with people who experienced similar problems. Again sorry for the stupid post.
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Have you try rebooting your phone? force stop the app and run it again?
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Have you try rebooting your phone? force stop the app and run it again?
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Considering SquadronBanana said his device was factory reset then restored I'm gonna go with yes on this....
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Have you try rebooting your phone? force stop the app and run it again?
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Yes, i have tried both, yet nothing seems to work. I also recieve random errors when downloading some apps.
Did you mean you have factory reset your phone? Or reboot?
In any case you can try to Clear Cache or Clear Data for your Google Play app.
If this does not help, there might be a problem with your Google account? Try to delete unneeded apps from 'My apps' list. Or try to add another account to your phone? Then download again.
Are you using a MicroSD? If the answer is yes, How much space is left on that?
I have factory rested my phone; No, I'm not using an SD c
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Did you mean you have factory reset your phone? Or reboot?
In any case you can try to Clear Cache or Clear Data for your Google Play app.
If this does not help, there might be a problem with your Google account? Try to delete unneeded apps from 'My apps' list. Or try to add another account to your phone? Then download again.
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Well, I tried using a new account and I realized the apps i tried to download were blocked in the country I'm in. (I'm in China for vacation) I'll update everyone to see if the problem is fixed. Thanks
Hi all,
I updated my Nexus 7 to lollipop using the factory image (just to have a fresh start ..), but I noticed the available free space on /system partition is just a few Mb's.
After rooting (just superSu, no busybox) available space is 1.7 Mb and after editing the hosts file it is just 700 kb. I deleted the ringer tones (quite useless on a wifi only tablet) and that gave me 2.5 Mb of extra room. Any other tip to increase the /system free space ? The partition is typically read-only, but is it dangerous to be so low on free space ?
I'm afraid that could pose an issue on future upgrade, do you think google might consider re-partitioning the internal flash ?
thanks
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The above are reasonable questions.
Not being an expert, I wonder how much file system manipulation may be accomplished with an "in place" update.
I don't think the lack of file system headroom is a problem.
For upgrades down the road, cross that bridge when and if you get there. This device is not likely to receive another major update such as this.
I too deleted all my ringtone files save one. Also, I froze certain Google apps I'm unlikely to use. No ill effects that I can see.
With only 670 Mb of /system partition google has to decide what is in and what is out: as an example the launcher is still the old basic one because it has a smaller footprint. My Nexus 5 has googleNow launcher by default because its /system partition is 1 GB (and only 40Mb free). There will be a moment when the system files will not fit in 670 Mb and the nexus 7 will be abandoned ...
Sure the tablet is 2 years old and lollipop is very likely the last update, but I hope it will still be eligible for a 5.1 update (if any).
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Enrico
maybe something related with
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/how-to-fix-internal-storage-16gb-8gb-t2033692
No, that is a different issue (which I also had and fixed with a factory reset). The /system partition is 670 Mb by google design and it is filled with system files.
For Google, 3 Mb of free space is more than enough, but if you have to root and/or do other changes, that might be a problem.
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i deleted all the programs in system that could be installed from the play store. even launcher since i installed the Now launcher.
Freed up a lot of system space and seems to have stopped most of the system lag.
I deleted the Maps and Chrome APKs, it looks like the updated versions of those google apps went into /data anyway so it wasn't needed in /system
I deleted some gapps with titanium (chrome, documents, "edicola" i don't know english name) but at reboot I have a lot of system UI error, so I return back to 4.4.4.
How I have to use for delete unwanted system apps?
Thanks!
When it comes to perceived or measured performance, it is inconsequential for a read-only filesystem to be nearly full. And /system is designed to be mounted read only - so there are no processes trying to write things there anyway.
It only matters to folks who might want to add additional content to the /system partition - and even then only at the moment of that operation; even if they fill it to 100% capacity, that will not cause a single performance issue.
Move along folks - nothing to see here.
Performed a full clean install last night, there was some lag. I rebooted a few times left it idle for a while but no difference. I'm doing this as I want to install Phantom kernel and move to F2FS which apparently needs a little more space free. So I moved some apps out of system to data and the difference was instant and noticeable.
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When it comes to perceived or measured performance, it is inconsequential for a read-only filesystem to be nearly full. And /system is designed to be mounted read only - so there are no processes trying to write things there anyway.
It only matters to folks who might want to add additional content to the /system partition - and even then only at the moment of that operation; even if they fill it to 100% capacity, that will not cause a single performance issue.
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That is exactly my feelings, I do not care if currently I have left only few Mb AFTER rooting and other tweaks, the partition is read-only and nobody is writing there during normal operation. After the initial adjustments, the tablet is smooth and runs fine even if the partition is nearly full.
I'm worried about future upgrades (if any): if an OTA fails because there is not enough space to update the /system partition (due to customised extra files) and/or after the OTA upgrade there is no room to add the superSu app to root ... then we are in trouble.
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Enrico
enryfox said:
I'm worried about future upgrades (if any): if an OTA fails because there is not enough space to update the /system partition (due to customised extra files) and/or after the OTA upgrade there is no room to add the superSu app to root ... then we are in trouble.
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If the current OTA update is how future OTA updates will be installed (and there's no reason to suggest it's not) then any change you make to System will cause the OTA to fail, even if you change back everything. Meaning it will fail, not because it ran out of space because of the customized files you mentioned, but because it was tinkered with even the slightest bit.
So if the OTA behavior is like the current one, then do whatever you want to System, delete stuff, fill it up to the brim, doesn't matter because come next OTA time you'll have to flash the stock system image file anyway, if you wanna keep your data, or flash the then new stock firmware entirely, like you did this time.
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If the current OTA update is how future OTA updates will be installed (and there's no reason to suggest it's not) then any change you make to System will cause the OTA to fail, even if you change back everything. Meaning it will fail, not because it ran out of space because of the customized files you mentioned, but because it was tinkered with even the slightest bit.
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Actually I started with a rooted 4.4.4 and sideloaded the 5.0 OTA: it worked and the the update was applied successfully. My problem was that /system was really full to the brim, with 0 bytes left and that is way I applied the factory image. With current grouper 5.0 official image there is simply not enough space to root, install busybox and change the hosts file, we need to make some room to get all three tweak's.
I'm surprised future OTA's will not work simply because we tinkered with system files; until now I always applied new OTA's over rooted system files and they always worked (from 4.3 all the way up to 4.4.4).
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Enrico
enryfox said:
Hi all,
I updated my Nexus 7 to lollipop using the
factory image (just to have a fresh start ..)
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enryfox said:
Actually I started with a rooted 4.4.4 and sideloaded the 5.0 OTA: it worked and the the update was applied successfully.
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Kind of conflicting statements there...
Anyway here's what I understood about Lollipop OTAs: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...e-means-update-will-fail-system-modified-way/
So in conclusion I'm just gonna do whatever to system and flash stock system when next OTA comes around.
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Kind of conflicting statements there...
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no Conflicts here :
enryfox said:
Actually I started with a rooted 4.4.4 and sideloaded the 5.0 OTA: it worked and the the update was applied successfully. My problem was that /system was really full to the brim, with 0 bytes left and that is way I applied the factory image.
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the OTA + root process left me with a /system partition full and there was no way to free space (I do not know why) so I had to restore the factory image.
The new OTA policy, as for my experience, does not apply to the our Nexus 7: the android 5.0 OTA applied to my rooted nexus7 flawlessly; if it wasn't for the rooting process filling up the /system partition, I would have kept it as it was.
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Enrico
i think same Problems in my moto g 5.0.2 LP stock 20mb free space in /Sys.
Someone should make a deodexed stock ROM, so there'd be more free space? I'd do it myself but my PC isn't powerful enough to run the deodex tool and my upload speed is 350kb/s so I wouldn't be able to upload it anywhere (400-500MB)
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It's all the apps that the ROM flashed into the system partition. I found myself with 1MB free. I needed that space for root apps so I installed Titanium Backup and uninstalled several apps that you can grab from the Play Store. I got to 103MB free in /system.
I wasn't sure if uninstalling the foreign language keyboards would cause problems, so I left those alone. If anyone know if they can be safely removed please let me know.
Anywho, I'll list what I removed.
Chrome
YouTube
Drive
Maps
Street View
Google+
Wallet
Play Music
Sound Search
Don't forget to reboot after uninstalling. Then install from the Play Store.
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It's all the apps that the ROM flashed into the system partition. I found myself with 1MB free. I needed that space for root apps so I installed Titanium Backup and uninstalled several apps that you can grab from the Play Store. I got to 103MB free in /system.
I wasn't sure if uninstalling the foreign language keyboards would cause problems, so I left those alone. If anyone know if they can be safely removed please let me know.
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The foreign languade keyboards (as well as the ASUS keyboard) are among the things I've uninstalled to free up some space in the system partition. I've seen no ill effects. My system partition has about 65 MB free. Here's what I've uninstalled:
ASUS Keyboard
Docs
Google Hindi Input
Google Korean keyboard
Google Pinyin Input
Google Play Games
Hangouts
Sheets
Slides
Talkback
I confirm that, also, N7 3G is smoother than before with lollipop 5.0.2 with more space in system partition