Okay so I just picked up a 16GB GS4 and I only have 9.72GB avaliable I know that their wont be 16GB available because of operating system etc..but I find it hard to belive that it uses 6GB is this normal?
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Yep...it may not be using all that, but thats what the system partition is set to...this kinda thing is normal for any device whether its iPhone or android or a computer...heck even flash drives and hard drives have data missing
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mg2195 said:
Yep...it may not be using all that, but thats what the system partition is set to...this kinda thing is normal for any device whether its iPhone or android or a computer...heck even flash drives and hard drives have data missing
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I know that but this much seems very unusual
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Hey there, trying to put ubuntu on a flash drive (fat32) and every time it runs for about 10 minutes before failing and saying cannot mount ubuntu image. Any ideas? Thanks
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Anyone? Can't post anywhere but here, hoping someone sees this...
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Enmadaio said:
Anyone? Can't post anywhere but here, hoping someone sees this...
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You need to provide more info for help. Usb stick size? Stick speed? Usb hub, or just the straigh otg ? Are you makimg sure your using the 13.04 inage, and not the 12.10? What is the name of the image your trying to flash?
When posting questions, provide as much as info as possible. People are helping for free. Dont make us work for it. Having said that, provide the info and I will be more than happy to help as much as possible.
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2 different sticks, one 4gb one 16gb, have no idea what speed they are or how to find that out. Both straight otg. Yes, using the current image, file name is
raring-preinstalled-desktop-armhf+nexus7.img
Sorry for not providing pertinent info, wasn't aware of what was required for help.
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If it is not mounting, it is possible that the image download is corrupted. You may need to download again.
Installing to and booting from slower usb devices is also far from ideal. The type that the dev bought to use was a16 Gb that cost $75. Definitely not a basic stick that can be bought from wal mart. Unless you have a high end usb stick or an external hdd with its own power source, your experience will be extremely slow, and possibly almost unusable. If you do use a fast device, I recommend formatting it to ext4, and stay away from ntfs and fat32 all together.
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I'll try ext4 tonight and download the img again, thanks!
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I'll try ext4 tonight and download the img again, thanks!
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No problem. I hope it all gets ironed out for you. It really is a fun and useful function to have.
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I'm thinking about it as I got my old phone stolen and was stupid enough to not have any security apps and such so that was a loss. So now I'm deciding if I should. Does this slow down my phone?
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I'm thinking about it as I got my old phone stolen and was stupid enough to not have any security apps and such so that was a loss. So now I'm deciding if I should. Does this slow down my phone?
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Apparently
https://plus.google.com/100189201683309462509/posts/9oAtcFrudJ4
There are other articles if you search google for "does encryption slow down android"
I'm curious to know how much of a performance hit the nexus 4 will take after encryption.... But I'm not testing that loll
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I'm interested on trying this
I have a friend who encrypted his Nexus 4 and he says there is no noticeable slow down
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Vanhoud said:
I have a friend who encrypted his Nexus 4 and he says there is no noticeable slow down
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OK I'm going to do it!
If I copy/paste to a PC my encrypted nexus 4 phone (to unencrypt it with a master reset)... Will I have some problems?
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OK I'm going to do it!
If I copy/paste to a PC my encrypted nexus 4 phone (to unencrypt it with a master reset)... Will I have some problems?
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You mean like transferring files? There should be no problem
The encryption is more for protection against someone finding your phone when it's turned off. When you turn the phone on you are required to put a pin number in before it can even boot. One you have entered this you should be able to do anything a non encrypted phone can do
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You mean like transferring files? There should be no problem
The encryption is more for protection against someone finding your phone when it's turned off. When you turn the phone on you are required to put a pin number in before it can even boot. One you have entered this you should be able to do anything a non encrypted phone can do
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I'm actually having a lot of problems with 4.2 to Copy internal memory to my PC (using this "MTP" option).
this is off-topic:
For instance, now i have like 40 items on internal memory (40 folders) i'm trying to copy all of them (except sdcard folder) and when the copy/paste is finished, only half of them are passed to my PC. I'm started having this kind of problems in 4.2.X
So i wanted to know if encryption will make all this even more...problematic.
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I'm actually having a lot of problems with 4.2 to Copy internal memory to my PC (using this "MTP" option).
this is off-topic:
For instance, now i have like 40 items on internal memory (40 folders) i'm trying to copy all of them (except sdcard folder) and when the copy/paste is finished, only half of them are passed to my PC. I'm started having this kind of problems in 4.2.X
So i wanted to know if encryption will make all this even more...problematic.
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Well im not sure about this because i can copy all files just fine...
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Well im not sure about this because i can copy all files just fine...
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Tried with OS X too, and had the same problem....(too much time calculating the estimated time or preparing to copy...but when it starts..it only copies a few folderss).
I'm going to try to copy/paste with 4 selections of 10 items (folders) instead of one of 40 that always fails. As far as i see...the "android/data" folder is one of the main problems here.
After doing this...i'll try to encrypt my phone.
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I failed you...i won't try this...because another thing ( i didnt know ) just appeared...
The reason: After encryption i won't be able to user Pattern Unlock. Only PIN or PASSWORD unlock.
http://nerdland.net/unstumping-the-internet/pattern-unlock-after-android-full-device-encryption/
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Oathkeeper1212 said:
I'm thinking about it as I got my old phone stolen and was stupid enough to not have any security apps and such so that was a loss. So now I'm deciding if I should. Does this slow down my phone?
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There are security options available that shouldn't slow down your phone... I use TrustChip to secure my phone, and TrustCall along with it to encrypt my calls, or if I am sending a file for work. I don't need to be logged into a server to use it, so it doesn't drain the battery or slow down my phone.
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There are security options available that shouldn't slow down your phone... I use TrustChip to secure my phone, and TrustCall along with it to encrypt my calls, or if I am sending a file for work. I don't need to be logged into a server to use it, so it doesn't drain the battery or slow down my phone.
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I usually just use AirDroid instead of MTP, since wifi transfering seems faster than USB when using it as a MTP device, I kind of miss the old USB mounting style, least could be read/written directly.
I bought the nexus 4 8gb. too small i know buts thats what i can afford.
any way can some one explaine why the storage capacitiy is only 6 gb?
thats a real let down.
AW: [Q] A math problem with the storage size?!
It's because the system takes about 2GB of storage. So no "math problem" but some irritating advertisement.
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This is no different than any other device. The same is true for any other android device and yes even the iPhone. The system ROM will always require a small portion of available space
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As above plus have you ever seen a HDD that was advertised as e.g 500gb and actually had that 500 as usable space
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As above plus have you ever seen a HDD that was advertised as e.g 500gb and actually had that 500 as usable space
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<pedantic>Every 500GB HDD I've seen has at least 500GB of user-addressable space. Though not 500GiB.</pedantic>
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This is no different than any other device. The same is true for any other android device and yes even the iPhone. The system ROM will always require a small portion of available space
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No. On the iPhone the nand is larger than what is advertised. If you buy a 16GB phone there is a 20GB+ nand in there so that the user can access the 16GB that was advertised.
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Where did you get this? There was a 20+ NAND built in but I could only use 14 in my 16 gig version.
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Where did you get this? There was a 20+ NAND built in but I could only use 14 in my 16 gig version.
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I am talking about the iPhone 5/4/4S
Users that use iDevices get the full space as advertised, probably because it costs more anyways.
Android devices are cheaper so they couldn't care much about delivering whats advertised.
Any how, you shouldn't have any issues with an 8GB N4.
Considering DropBox (You can get 18GB of Dropbox space for as little as $5. I've personally bought it from here http://www.ebay.ca/itm/160943243088?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
I don't play games on my phone so that wont waste space either.
I just have about a gig of music on my phone.
Alot of apps the I have moved to my SD still show as they are on the phone and which meams its taking up the phones storage. When I remove the SD none of the apps work because they are in fact on the SD card and not on the phones storage. Does anyone else have this problem? I'm only concerned because I have the 16gb model, you know the one that's actually 9.6gb? Anyone have any ideas?
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Alot of apps the I have moved to my SD still show as they are on the phone and which meams its taking up the phones storage. When I remove the SD none of the apps work because they are in fact on the SD card and not on the phones storage. Does anyone else have this problem? I'm only concerned because I have the 16gb model, you know the one that's actually 9.6gb? Anyone have any ideas?
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I may be wrong on this as I haven't read much on it for awhile. But I think only the data is moved. So app is still there.
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I may be wrong on this as I haven't read much on it for awhile. But I think only the data is moved. So app is still there.
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rugmankc said:
I may be wrong on this as I haven't read much on it for awhile. But I think only the data is moved. So app is still there.
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That's what I thought as well. It seems like the data is still being registered on the phones storage as opposed to the SD card even though the app has been moved to the SD card.
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any way to get full 32 out of lgg2. dont feel like reading all this 100 pages in threads but i know answer is there .
Lol no.
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The system uses the 32 for itself, the only way to get the full 32 would be to not have an os installed abs then i don't see how you would access your data
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about 8gb is used for OS itself,
so the simple answer is no