[Q] De-bloated 32gb still only has 24gb free? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

I got my 32gb model, and instantly rooted and got TWRP on it, wiped it, and flashed the loki'd cyanogenmod. However, the internal storage is still telling me I have just under 24gb of space. Is this normal, and is there a solution to it?
Thank you all for any help and answers you have!!! (I swear, I searched the forums and google'd but could not find an answer!)

Nothing you can really do its the way the partitions are set up
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Well...ive said it multiple times in multiple threads...
Debloating does NOT provide more space, our phones bloat are located in the system partition which is unuseable to us. Regardles of whether that partition is filled or empty its size remains the same and unusable... we have to wait for a dev to redo our partition layout which may or may never happen...and im leaning towarss never...at least jot universally as that limits the amount of things that can be included in a rom...especially the tw based roms
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StolenVW said:
Nothing you can really do its the way the partitions are set up
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Pretty much. I wish we would have had at least 11GB free of space instead of 9GB, oh well.
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mg2195 said:
Well...ive said it multiple times in multiple threads...
Debloating does NOT provide more space, our phones bloat are located in the system partition which is unuseable to us. Regardles of whether that partition is filled or empty its size remains the same and unusable... we have to wait for a dev to redo our partition layout which may or may never happen...and im leaning towarss never...at least jot universally as that limits the amount of things that can be included in a rom...especially the tw based roms
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Thank you so very much for that clear and concise answer!! I truly do appreciate it. I now at least understand what is happening and why.
Next question-- is it not possible to repartition ourselves?? If the bootloader were to get unlocked sometime soon, surely that would allow us complete control, including partitioning and formatting drives, or no?
Anyway, thank you very much for the help. (And thank you other posters as well, much appreciated it!)

kL7GtEd said:
Thank you so very much for that clear and concise answer!! I truly do appreciate it. I now at least understand what is happening and why.
Next question-- is it not possible to repartition ourselves?? If the bootloader were to get unlocked sometime soon, surely that would allow us complete control, including partitioning and formatting drives, or no?
Anyway, thank you very much for the help. (And thank you other posters as well, much appreciated it!)
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As far as I know it requires kernel/ramdisk edits edits...so you'd have to know how to compile a kernel...someone correct me if I'm wrong
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mg2195 said:
As far as I know it requires kernel/ramdisk edits edits...so you'd have to know how to compile a kernel...someone correct me if I'm wrong
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That and you don't want to be messing around with your partition tables. It's a sure way to brick your phone.
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[GUIDE] Flash genuine and working ICS with CWM and Root on ALL TF101

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nice guide but i believe this should be moved to general
I'm thinking now there is nothing here that wouldn't work on ANY version of TF101, including SBK-V2 models.
Thoughts anyone? Anyone brave enough to try?
I will try this now on a B60. Tks for the tips
EDIT: Done it. Worked perfect!
it might be a stupid question, but how do i flash an image?
Edit: i thought that i would download an img file, but now everything works great, thanks
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Rooted my tf101 earlier from another thread and now installed cwm very easily because of this thread. Thank you.
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Everything is running very nicely here after 2 days, and no reboots and none of the problems reported in other threads.
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Works!!!!! I tested in my tf101 b8okas.
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At this point, the only thing that seperates a B60 and below vs b70 and above is the ablility to nvflash. B60 and above can nvflash because of having sbk 1. Good info though.
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cavsoldier19d said:
At this point, the only thing that seperates a B60 and below vs b70 and above is the ablility to nvflash. B60 and above can nvflash because of having sbk 1
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Yep I was initially being over cautious, I didn't want to be responsible for problems on sbkv2 systems as I had no way to test.
Have updated the first post to indicate its suitable far all TF101, now it's been tested on a B8O
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I'm able to get the ICS upgrade to install, however when it reboots I get the Asus logo and a circular progress bar that never stops.
Hi.
I have a asus tf101 b70-s/n and it won't allow me to access the microsd from the recovery screen in cwm. It says unable to mount sdcard and won't format it either. I have tried other cards and same error. I have used sdcard formating program and I have tried commands in terminal. My version of the tablet reads an interior sdcard, which is not recognized in cwm. So this is obviously a huge problem if I'm to perform the factory condition flash.
I've been trying for days, different methods. Any help in the right direction would be nice. Thanks.
daemonrebel said:
Any help in the right direction would be nice. Thanks.
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I'm not going to help you out. Polluting threads with unrelated problems won't gain you any favors here.
I'm not going to help you out. Polluting threads with unrelated problems won't gain you any favors here.
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This reply wil get you friends over here???????
I always thought this forum is to help each other and his question is rom related.
In the early day's the fisrt time i rooted devices i was very glad that someone over here helpt me on the questions.
what a snobbish self centered asshole. people like you bring down a great web site. But the again in your tiny mind you was born a genius. I have read a lot of web sites and that by far is one of the most ignorant reply i have seen. Bet you have a lot of fiends
you. yourself ,and peter..maybe you will burn your snobbish mouth when having a spot of tea!
CrazyPeter said:
I'm not going to help you out. Polluting threads with unrelated problems won't gain you any favors here.
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Uncalled for.
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CrazyPeter said:
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Your post WAS very informative and to the point. I think it was wrong that you removed it. Maybe you should reconsider...
Come on... that guy does not belong here. If you do not help people, do not post here.
MOD Please delete thread. OP deleted original Post that made thread worthwhile. Apparently he did not feel like playing nice and took his ball and went home.
Ugh. When are people going to grow the hell up around here?
Both parties are wrong. OP is childish for removing helpful post ( not sure entirely how helpful since it's gone!) And those who talk ish to someone trying to be helpful. Wtf guys?
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[idea] general efs edit

Hi guys. I do not even know if this is doable.
I have no problems with my EFS folder, i have backed it up in a safe place
But i see alot of people here with efs problems so i am throwing this for the technically knowledgeable.
Is there a way to make a general EFS folder with no personal and device specific data. What i mean is to have an EFS folder for every user to download and that user to download it and to edit it by injecting his broken device IMEI and other potentially required data such as the Serial Number and others.
P.S: this is just an idea. If this is in the wrong place and/or brakes any rules (which i doubt), then Mods please excuse me and delete the thread.
I just hope that people who did not backup their EFS folder find a solution by this great community.
Cheers guys!
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at a guess Samsung has a tool of some similar nature for when they do repairs. Would certainly be very useful
mariosraptor said:
Hi guys. I do not even know if this is doable.
I have no problems with my EFS folder, i have backed it up in a safe place
But i see alot of people here with efs problems so i am throwing this for the technically knowledgeable.
Is there a way to make a general EFS folder with no personal and device specific data. What i mean is to have an EFS folder for every user to download and that user to download it and to edit it by injecting his broken device IMEI and other potentially required data such as the Serial Number and others.
P.S: this is just an idea. If this is in the wrong place and/or brakes any rules (which i doubt), then Mods please excuse me and delete the thread.
I just hope that people who did not backup their EFS folder find a solution by this great community.
Cheers guys!
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Just back up the efs folder to ext sd card and restore when needed. Viola job done. Better still keep the backup off the phone altogether so it's not corrupted or wiped inadvertently while flashing new and exotic Roms
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alchopop said:
Just back up the efs folder to ext sd card and restore when needed. Viola job done. Better still keep the backup off the phone altogether so it's not corrupted or wiped inadvertently while flashing new and exotic Roms
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I really hope that you understood what i wrote in first place. Re-read it please. Thank you!
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It's a good idea, but couldn't people who use stolen phones just change their imei and get the phone functioning again?
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kofiaa said:
It's a good idea, but couldn't people who use stolen phones just change their imei and get the phone functioning again?
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I like this thread and hope mods don't close this. I agree that this knowledge can be used for both positive and negative purposes, however it doesn't mean that we should not understand how it works.
You can own a gun to protect yourself or to kill someone. Government doesn't stop you from having one. Torrents can be used to share legitimate files and piracy both, doesn't mean it's illegal.
I strongly believe that we should get some advice on this item from knowledgeable devs here.
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ceo.mtcl said:
I like this thread and hope mods don't close this. I agree that this knowledge can be used for both positive and negative purposes, however it doesn't mean that we should not understand how it works.
You can own a gun to protect yourself or to kill someone. Government doesn't stop you from having one. Torrents can be used to share legitimate files and piracy both, doesn't mean it's illegal.
I strongly believe that we should get some advice on this item from knowledgeable devs here.
☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
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I do agree with you. I just hope there is a way that only the original imei works.
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I guess that this cannot be done! Atleast it was worth the try!
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Extremely happy

Hello note 2 users.I have just purchased 2 brand new white notes today.
And both me and my partner are more than happy with this device.it is lightning fast and amazing features.
I sold my Samsung galaxy s3 today.and I don't miss it one bit.....
Does any one no if you can move apps to the sd card as I couldn't on my sgs3 unless it was rooted.....
Thanks in advance
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No you can't move apps to sd.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931500
I would advise you to get root anyway. There's some useful tools by mskip on here. Give them a whirl and ask any questions in the respective section. Good luck and welcome.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956
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croatia1 said:
CONGRATS *-* sorry buddy noone is interested in your story.
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and noone is interested in knowing weather you are interested in his story or not..
on a serious note, if you aren't interested in what the OP said, why bother to reply?
we could always use positive feedback. but your post is exactly the kind of **** that destroyes this community
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If it makes you feel any better, you can't move apps to SD any more either on an unrooted S3 running jellybean.
Yes you can move apps to SD, and you don't even need to flash a custom kernel. Details here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889550
gabster21 said:
Yes you can move apps to SD, and you don't even need to flash a custom kernel. Details here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889550
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Yes, Directory Bind is awesome I use it myself, but it doesn't move apps to sd card. It allows you to move a directory to the sd card and mount it so that the phone thinks it exists in the internal memory. The .apk still exists in the internal memory.
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The original Note comed with the huge satisfaction from customers. And Note 2 seems to be way better than its predesessor.
I extremely love my Note 2
Guys I got mine today,n it's way way better than the gnote 1, in terms of speed, battery life, just fell in love with it all over again
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Is Tutorial Needed?

Has anyone OTA'd to MF9, rooted and then wanted to reset flash counter and unroot? If so, has anyone tried to do so and found that they are having major issues doing so? Let me know what the problems are and if there is Want/Need for a tutorial. I also want to know if anyone e has had any issues doing so just in case problems are isolated to just me or not. I have successfully done this many times myself to ensure safety and all 5 times have been the exact same way and haven't been able to do it any other way. Please do not remove until we figure out if a tutorial is Wanted/Needed. Thank you.
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Wat up.......
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Holy cow! How have you been!? Are you on the right device on thd right carrier now!?
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I'm sure people would be grateful for a tutorial for going back to stock no doubt. But this being just a question - it still should be in general or Q&A
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Well, the reason being in Dev. is due to this where it needs to be if/when posted and Q/A is not where someone is going to look for this type of tutorial. It is a very fragile process the way I have to go about it and do not want to have issues ALL over to be honest.
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EPayne123 said:
Well, the reason being in Dev. is due to this where it needs to be if/when posted and Q/A is not where someone is going to look for this type of tutorial. It is a very fragile process the way I have to go about it and do not want to have issues ALL over to be honest.
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You have your reason and XDA has our reasons. Development is for development and Q and A is for questions. Simple as that. That won't change. And we are not going to follow your reasoning. The point being follow XDA rules and not your own here please. I had already moved this to Q and A by the time you posted your above response BTW...
That's fine. No need to be rude, just move it and done. I was giving my reasons as to why I posted it, not trying to justify. Keep it calm and friendly here, plain and simple.
EPayne123 said:
That's fine. No need to be rude, just move it and done. I was giving my reasons as to why I posted it, not trying to justify. Keep it calm and friendly here, plain and simple.
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That wasn't rude. Those were the rules explained to you and everyone else. And I am a very friendly Moderator. I can't sugar coat anymore than that for you.
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free up space

How can I free up space I got 12gb free and got few apps installed I've installed a few Roms I figure there is files left behind
MrSparkles said:
How can I free up space I got 12gb free and got few apps installed I've installed a few Roms I figure there is files left behind
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If you have 12 GB what's the problem no files are left behind when you flash ROMs 12gb is normal for a 16 GB nexus
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Captain Sweatpants said:
If you have 12 GB what's the problem no files are left behind when you flash ROMs 12gb is normal for a 16 GB nexus
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Its a 32gb flo 2013 edition I don't have many apps no music or movies on it
MrSparkles said:
Its a 32gb flo 2013 edition I don't have many apps no music or movies on it
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You could try the below app to see where the storage is being used up.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage
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gsmyth said:
You could try the below app to see where the storage is being used up.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage
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Ok thanks ill try that in a second
gsmyth said:
You could try the below app to see where the storage is being used up.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage
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Well used it and it said one folder was 3gb and stuff
Sometimes when you flash ROMs the tablet gets confused as to how much memory is available I've heard of it plenty times when going back to stock usually a factory reset or if that doesn't work reflashing the ROM. You need to get the tablet to reevaluate how much storage it has. It currently thinks it a 16gb version.
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Captain Sweatpants said:
Sometimes when you flash ROMs the tablet gets confused as to how much memory is available I've heard of it plenty times when going back to stock usually a factory reset or if that doesn't work reflashing the ROM. You need to get the tablet to reevaluate how much storage it has. It currently thinks it a 16gb version.
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Thanks ill try it tomorrow
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Its a 32gb flo 2013 edition I don't have many apps no music or movies on it
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Might I suggest that future inquiries for your device should be directed to the 2013 forums so that you don't get the wrong information considering the 2 devices are so different from each other
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Pirateghost said:
Might I suggest that future inquiries for your device should be directed to the 2013 forums so that you don't get the wrong information considering the 2 devices are so different from each other
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I thought you only harrassed people in the PA threads, guess I was wrong.
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I thought you only harrassed people in the PA threads, guess I was wrong.
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So you would be OK if this person took some advice from you specific to the 2012 and applied it to their 2013 model? And if it bricked it?
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Pirateghost said:
So you would be OK if this person took some advice from you specific to the 2012 and applied it to their 2013 model? And if it bricked it?
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Considering that this person only asked about how to free up space on his Nexus, I doubt that would have happened. Of course I would have offered direction to the proper forum if it was something critical. I didn't find it surprising at all that after a few members jumped in to help, your post had be the one letting him know that he shouldn't be in this thread, nevermind any advice on his issue. But it seems that every time I run into one of your posts, it is almost never helpful yet very terse and usually rude. Most of your answers are either about the member being in the wrong sub forum or that they didn't read the changelog. It's almost like spam being posted over and over.
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Considering that this person only asked about how to free up space on his Nexus, I doubt that would have happened. Of course I would have offered direction to the proper forum if it was something critical. I didn't find it surprising at all that after a few members jumped in to help, your post had be the one letting him know that he shouldn't be in this thread, nevermind any advice on his issue. But it seems that every time I run into one of your posts, it is almost never helpful yet very terse and usually rude. Most of your answers are either about the member being in the wrong sub forum or that they didn't read the changelog. It's almost like spam being posted over and over.
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Cool story bro
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I made a thead about this in the general section I think we need to change the forum title. Not much danger in this case but a 2012 ROM or kernel on a 2013 device would be a pain in the a$$ to fix.
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Captain Sweatpants said:
I made a thead about this in the general section I think we need to change the forum title. Not much danger in this case but a 2012 ROM or kernel on a 2013 device would be a pain in the a$$ to fix.
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My point exactly.
If we were to wait to inform the op that he was in the wrong forum until after he had done something like that, it would have been irresponsible of us to not head him off at the pass and try to prevent such a thing.
There was nothing rude in this thread until someone wanted to play keyboard cowboy because they had a grudge against me.
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Let's just try and be polite to each other @Pirateghost is correct I should have pointed out he was in the wrong forum before giving advice.
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