[Q] 4GB or 8GB? and Apps to SD? - Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I see my phone says that its 8 GB on the storage page, but then why does only 4GB show up as useable? Is there any way to change this also is there a way to install apps to SD card?

As far as I know only the dev edition with an unlocked bootloader will free that 4 gigs up. The retail RAZR m has the internal memory partitioned. 4gig for the OS and 4 gig for user app storage.
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So APPS2SD isnt working on retail one?

I haven't had any luck with an app for moving apps. I've just shuffled them with root browser.
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The way motorola set up the storage directories tricks app data to be placed on the internal storage. Its named sdcard. Then you got sdcard1 which is your actual sdcard. Its easy to move your music, pics, videos or movies onto the sdcard. However large amounts of additional game data is installed in internal. Should you move the data to sdcard1, the games won't detect them (with bards tale being the only exception). Moto did this on purpose to get you to buy their other droid with slight hardware improvements and larger storage areas. Now, to truly move data to the sdcard, you will need to gain root and install an app called directory bind. Which allows you to move data over to the actual sdcard using directory path manipulation.

IIRC its the norm to store data on internal sd in android... Not just a Motorola marketing scheme
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Internal memory and sd use

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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[Q] Moving apps to the external SD card?

Is there a way that I can move my running apps to the external MicroSD card?
No that is not supported on honeycomb.
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No need. Unlike a phone, the apps reside in the 16 or 32 gb storage space on your unit.

Hack without sd card

When I received my refurbished attic they didn't include the sd card so I was wondering if there was a way to forgo having one but still flash rom's sideload and all that good rubbish.
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the atrix does not come with a sd card. it has 16gb built in storage memory, so just install applications and download things as you would and u shouldn't be running out of space anytime soon.
Go into best buy, spend 9.99 and get a micro sd card.
Indeed the phone has 16 gigs of internal storage....what do you think this is an Inspire?
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Regaining device memory

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?
You've already made a thread in the (correct) Q&A section, no need to make another here.
Device Memory?
oinkylicious said:
You've already made a thread in the (correct) Q&A section, no need to make another here.
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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[Q] 16GB Owners, What are you doing with the low space storage problem?

I did not paid attention when people started to complain about the low memory matter and ended up buying a 16GB i9500, now that I know what's the problem is there an alternative for this? what do you recommend ?
Get a micro sd card and u r good to go
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Like what Saad2687 said. My advise dont get scandisk though. I have samsung 32 gig class 10 and its amazing.
Yes I got a 32GB Samsung, but the thing is with the installations and all the bloat, is there something I can do? With my S3 I used aroma debloater it was awesome it left my phone free of non useful stuff.
Brother i am infact using sandisk 32gb class 10 micro sd from past 20 days and its great no problems at all.
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Use onboard storage only for apps and move media (photos, songs, videos) and documents onto SD card. But dont cheap out to buy any no name or cheap class 4 card. Class 10 is a must.
Root ya phone and grab titanium backup. You can uninstall about 900mb of crap such as eye scrolling etc...
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This is the one i bought.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Micro...0224244&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+32gb+micro+sd
munkyboy said:
I did not paid attention when people started to complain about the low memory matter and ended up buying a 16GB i9500, now that I know what's the problem is there an alternative for this? what do you recommend ?
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As the others said, get a SD card. Also VERY helpful is Folder Mount as it lets you remap the /sdcard/Android folder from the internal memory to the external SD card which gets around the problem that most apps want to store everything inside those folders or directly in /sdcard.
jj03 said:
Root ya phone and grab titanium backup. You can uninstall about 900mb of crap such as eye scrolling etc...
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ewok666 said:
As the others said, get a SD card. Also VERY helpful is Folder Mount as it lets you remap the /sdcard/Android folder from the internal memory to the external SD card which gets around the problem that most apps want to store everything inside those folders or directly in /sdcard.
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Thanks I'll give it a try. that's what I was looking for.
Got myself a 64gb Samsung pro microsd and moved all my images/videos/music.
I only use my internal storage for apps.
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munkyboy said:
Thanks I'll give it a try. that's what I was looking for.
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By the way, be sure to read the guide on what is safe to uninstall before you go ahead.
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munkyboy said:
I did not paid attention when people started to complain about the low memory matter and ended up buying a 16GB i9500, now that I know what's the problem is there an alternative for this? what do you recommend ?
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32 GB external SD Card
Move anything that isn't apps (music, movies, any extra files) onto the external SD card. Get at least a 32gb and you should be golden.
Save to the SD instead internal memory
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Thanks I'll give it a try. that's what I was looking for.
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How do I redirect just the pictures and videos to my SD without rooting????? any ideas????
munkyboy said:
I did not paid attention when people started to complain about the low memory matter and ended up buying a 16GB i9500, now that I know what's the problem is there an alternative for this? what do you recommend ?
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get another 16/32 Gig card, that should suffice.
i am suing sandisk 16 gig for the past 1 year and no issues till now, and most of the times its a life saver as i keep everything in my sd card (music pic etc)...
My setup which 16gb users might like.
My phone is 16gb
My sdcard is 32gb
But thays not enough space so i added an extra 64gb via usb
The method to mount usb is OTG in a modified case.
(*please note just use the usb when you need it as it obviously drains battery faster)
Here is a image of modified case
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Use foldermount to switch game data to my 64 gb class 10 sd card.
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XeroFox said:
Use foldermount to switch game data to my 64 gb class 10 sd card.
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This didn't work for me.
/sdcard is a link to /storage/emulated/0
that's internal mounted fuse
/storage/extSdCard is real sdcard mounted normally.
It's 4.2s storage problem
in previous versions it was as.simple.as editing fstab.
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I don't really put a lot of stuff on my phone as I have a separate mp3 player on me at all times, so the space taken up by bloat wasn't really a problem. I already had a 32GB card on me though so I slapped that in.

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