my nexus 4 using astro manager says i have about 600 free Mbs, but i only have 2.7gb of music in, nothing else. i have the 8gb model which is supposed to have 5.8GB usable space. Now when i go to the settings then storage it shows at least half of the bar empty, meaning i should have maybe 1-2gb more...i think it's because i used to have dual boot and had PA as my secondary rom but i dont think i ever deleted the rom. i did go to the thread and tried deleting /tmp and /multirom but nothing helped.
justin11141 said:
my nexus 4 using astro manager says i have about 600 free Mbs, but i only have 2.7gb of music in, nothing else. i have the 8gb model which is supposed to have 5.8GB usable space. Now when i go to the settings then storage it shows at least half of the bar empty, meaning i should have maybe 1-2gb more...i think it's because i used to have dual boot and had PA as my secondary rom but i dont think i ever deleted the rom. i did go to the thread and tried deleting /tmp and /multirom but nothing helped.
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Use a USB cable and connect your device to the computer. Browse the folders for your device and try to find the culprits. Check to see if there are any multirom folders and delete them.
What version of Android are you running? If 4.2.2 its possible that your device keeps downloading the 4.3 OTA but because the boot loader is unlocked it won't install it.
If neither of the two you might just have to do a complete wipe and start fresh. It doesn't look like a backup would be possible as you have very limited space left.
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Hi there XDA !
I can`t find an answer for my problem..even google did not helped me!
I bought Nexus 7 32Gb GSM (tilapia) to try out Ubuntu Touch and to play with other OS`s and roms. I flashed the device many times with native roms and with Multirom so the last events are: removed all secondary roms (Plasma active,ubuntu core and ubuntu touch), removed multirom with multirom_uninstaller, upgraded bootloader to 4.23, upgraded radio to 1231_0.18.0_0409, flashed stock Android 4.3 and installed again Multirom (multirom_v12_n7-signed) with kexek kernel, installed Bodhi linux.Then I tried to put back again Ubuntu core and the process was stopped with msg like "there is not enough space".When i check in "Storage" tab in Android the info is Total space 6.02Gb and available 5.81Gb..
Is there any junk left after the old roms and how can I fix this mess?
Please help!!!
I remember I was having a lost memory issue, not nearly as bad as you, but if you have root Explorer or some way to get to /data/media/0/multirom check the ROMS folder and ensure it is empty. If it isn't, then you still have old ROMS there. Not sure if that will help but let me know
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I remember I was having a lost memory issue, not nearly as bad as you, but if you have root Explorer or some way to get to /data/media/0/multirom check the ROMS folder and ensure it is empty. If it isn't, then you still have old ROMS there. Not sure if that will help but let me know
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I`m sorry but I can`t find /data/media/0/multirom ! The folder /data is empty ! Right now I don`t have multirom installed. I used Root Browser and ES Explorer cause Root Explorer is payed
Is there someone who can help me ?
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I`m sorry but I can`t find /data/media/0/multirom ! The folder /data is empty ! Right now I don`t have multirom installed. I used Root Browser and ES Explorer cause Root Explorer is payed
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If /data is empty then you have no files on your SD card I'm guessing? If you have files on your SD card then you are looking at the data folder in your SD card and you need to get a root app which allows you to see the data folder on the root of your system
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Hi there XDA !
I can`t find an answer for my problem..even google did not helped me!
I bought Nexus 7 32Gb GSM (tilapia) to try out Ubuntu Touch and to play with other OS`s and roms. I flashed the device many times with native roms and with Multirom so the last events are: removed all secondary roms (Plasma active,ubuntu core and ubuntu touch), removed multirom with multirom_uninstaller, upgraded bootloader to 4.23, upgraded radio to 1231_0.18.0_0409, flashed stock Android 4.3 and installed again Multirom (multirom_v12_n7-signed) with kexek kernel, installed Bodhi linux.Then I tried to put back again Ubuntu core and the process was stopped with msg like "there is not enough space".When i check in "Storage" tab in Android the info is Total space 6.02Gb and available 5.81Gb..
Is there any junk left after the old roms and how can I fix this mess?
Please help!!!
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I had the same problem and it was caused by nandroid backups, duplicated 0/0/0/0 folders (with allll my files mirrored) and misc junk items in my system. I used disk view app to determine where all my space went and deleted all the appropriate files. This was on my 16gb N7, which lost 12gb once. That's how I was able to recover most of that space. Now, whenever I do nandroids on my 32gb N7, I move them to my computer immediately. I also make sure to clean up with root cleaner every so often, wipe cache and dalvik, etc. Get the disk view app, it will show you where your space has gone. I was able to recover almost all of my lost 12gb on my 16gb N7 by doing this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2382756
I understand this is an old thread, but I recently had the same thing happen AGAIN on my Nexus 7 32gb. This time I updated from 4.2.2 to 4.4.4. After the flash, I had 6gb of usable space. I reflashed 4.2.2 to no avail, updated my recovery, and checked all my files/folders. I found an interesting, unexpected solution...
I upgraded my bootloader to 4.23, then I re-locked it, and then re-unlocked it. Voila, it was back to my normal space (something like 27gb usable). I read somewhere this worked for someone else, so I tried it, and it worked. Locking & unlocking the bootloader could help others reclaim their missing unused space.
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I understand this is an old thread, but I recently had the same thing happen AGAIN on my Nexus 7 32gb. This time I updated from 4.2.2 to 4.4.4. After the flash, I had 6gb of usable space. I reflashed 4.2.2 to no avail, updated my recovery, and checked all my files/folders. I found an interesting, unexpected solution...
I upgraded my bootloader to 4.23, then I re-locked it, and then re-unlocked it. Voila, it was back to my normal space (something like 27gb usable). I read somewhere this worked for someone else, so I tried it, and it worked. Locking & unlocking the bootloader could help others reclaim their missing unused space.
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An alternative that is much easier if you're familiar with fastboot is:
fastboot format system -w
It completely erases your rom and the entire user data partition. The partitions will have to be reformatted in recovery, but you'll be sure that there aren't any orphaned folders anymore.
brandon_edge1994 said:
An alternative that is much easier if you're familiar with fastboot is:
fastboot format system -w
It completely erases your rom and the entire user data partition. The partitions will have to be reformatted in recovery, but you'll be sure that there aren't any orphaned folders anymore.
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I'm always happy to learn new methods- the more, the better. Thanks! Also wanted to add, I didn't have to update the bootloader, I just chose to. It would have also worked had I simply locked & unlocked the BL. It was super easy & didn't have to reformat anything. Anyway, I have a list of commands I'm compiling & saving for future use, so I'll add yours to the list.
absinthesummer said:
I understand this is an old thread, but I recently had the same thing happen AGAIN on my Nexus 7 32gb. This time I updated from 4.2.2 to 4.4.4. After the flash, I had 6gb of usable space. I reflashed 4.2.2 to no avail, updated my recovery, and checked all my files/folders. I found an interesting, unexpected solution...
I upgraded my bootloader to 4.23, then I re-locked it, and then re-unlocked it. Voila, it was back to my normal space (something like 27gb usable). I read somewhere this worked for someone else, so I tried it, and it worked. Locking & unlocking the bootloader could help others reclaim their missing unused space.
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I had the same problem with my 32gb nexus 7 2012. And this method worked. Thanks man.:good:
pol359 said:
I had the same problem with my 32gb nexus 7 2012. And this method worked. Thanks man.:good:
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No problem, glad it worked! Worked for me (twice haha)
Hello,
I've done a big search to solve this issue, but none that helped. I just bought a Note 3 32GB version Verizon, and I rooted it immediately and added Jelly Beans Build 4. I've barely put anything into internal memory. I look at the Storage and it says I have 29GB used up as Miscellaneous Files. (To which I clicked on and it at most lists 50mb of miscellaneous files) I then used DiskUsage and scanned and saw that my internal SD card only has 2493 MB of storage total. There's some type of issue with it that doesn't allow me to use up all of my 32 GB of internal memory. Could it be the root or rom preventing it?
How do I fix this?
Now that I think about it deeper. I did use Safestrap to root it and I had to create my own partition. Could it be the fact that I just created the partition with the default settings (as in the amount of memory used)? Should I have raised this to 32gb? I think Default was 2.5GB.
To further try to solve this issue, is there a way to increase the amount of data allocated to this partition? Or is there a way to copy everything in this partition to a new one that I would create at 32GB? I would rather not have to restart and redownload everything again, etc.
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Now that I think about it deeper...
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Your problem seems to be that you need to read a little more - you are not in the correct forum, this is NOT the Verizon Note 3 forum!
Oh I'm sorry, I Thought this was a general Note 3 forum. And I thought this would be a general Note 3 issue, but I guess it seems to be a rooted and ROM issue.
Your search failed you. Put the rom in the stock slot and your memory readings will be correct. Otherwise, ignore them.
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Hello,
I've done a big search to solve this issue, but none that helped. I just bought a Note 3 32GB version Verizon, and I rooted it immediately and added Jelly Beans Build 4. I've barely put anything into internal memory. I look at the Storage and it says I have 29GB used up as Miscellaneous Files. (To which I clicked on and it at most lists 50mb of miscellaneous files) I then used DiskUsage and scanned and saw that my internal SD card only has 2493 MB of storage total. There's some type of issue with it that doesn't allow me to use up all of my 32 GB of internal memory. Could it be the root or rom preventing it?
How do I fix this?
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Safestrap does not show your free space correctly, it has to do with the way Safestrap creates its partitions. If you use a file browser or switch to your stock ROM you will be able to see the correct amount of space. If you want to maximize your free space and if you want everything to show correctly the only way to do it is to flash the ROM to your STOCK slot. There have been numerous posts about this and I advise you search a little more. Anyways, it isn't anything abnormal and it's perfectly fine. Not something to worry about.
I've been loading Rom after Rom on my S4 and settled on the GoldenEye 29 Rom.
Now.....after all is said and done, when plugged into my PC, it's only showing 9.57gb total.
16 gig phone.......... Strange??
I'm going to do a full factory wipe to bring i tback to the way it came out of the box
and start over.........How?? How to format the entire phone? EVERYTHING....bring
the directory structure back to normal?
Thanks.
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I've been loading Rom after Rom on my S4 and settled on the GoldenEye 29 Rom.
Now.....after all is said and done, when plugged into my PC, it's only showing 9.57gb total.
16 gig phone.......... Strange??
I'm going to do a full factory wipe to bring i tback to the way it came out of the box
and start over.........How?? How to format the entire phone? EVERYTHING....bring
the directory structure back to normal?
Thanks.
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Bloatware.
dssking said:
I've been loading Rom after Rom on my S4 and settled on the GoldenEye 29 Rom.
Now.....after all is said and done, when plugged into my PC, it's only showing 9.57gb total.
16 gig phone.......... Strange??
I'm going to do a full factory wipe to bring i tback to the way it came out of the box
and start over.........How?? How to format the entire phone? EVERYTHING....bring
the directory structure back to normal?
Thanks.
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If you want to bring it back like new use Odin and flash the same firmware you're currently on back onto the device
But the amount of storage you have does not look unreasonable. Did you make any nandroid backups? They take a lot of space
Edit, a search found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40717698
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Hey Guys.
But we are using custom roms. So how would it still take up the extra 6 gigs missing? Or am I forgetting something?
Unless I am missing something, you are not going to see more than that. I think the area that Samsung set aside is not changeable. And your numbers are consistent with what others report. My 32gb phone shows 23.81 availabe and 13.11 free after taking into account what I have loaded. It won't show 32gb. I am also running CM11 M6, a light rom in comparison to TW roms.
If I am off on this you more techy guys can set me straight--
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Hey Guys.
But we are using custom roms. So how would it still take up the extra 6 gigs missing? Or am I forgetting something?
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The partition sizes are set. Custom roms don't change those. Userdata is what you have available the rest is allocated by android. Even if you don't use all the space in other partitions you don't have access to that storage
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jd1639 said:
The partition sizes are set. Custom roms don't change those. Userdata is what you have available the rest is allocated by android. Even if you don't use all the space in other partitions you don't have access to that storage
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Thought So--:good:
Understood................makes sense. Good thing about the SD slot...........
hi guys,
My stepson has a galaxy s4 i9500
he plays alot with it and has installed several roms after rooting the phone.
at some point he realized that after burning a new rom ha has almost no storage left on the phone itself. we tried to check the data visible during a usb connection but the total size doesn't even come near te 16GB. now he has no games or heavy apps installed and after running cleanmaster app he has 18mb free left. what can we do?
thanks alot
Michael
hokerme said:
hi guys,
My stepson has a galaxy s4 i9500
he plays alot with it and has installed several roms after rooting the phone.
at some point he realized that after burning a new rom ha has almost no storage left on the phone itself. we tried to check the data visible during a usb connection but the total size doesn't even come near te 16GB. now he has no games or heavy apps installed and after running cleanmaster app he has 18mb free left. what can we do?
thanks alot
Michael
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It's all your downloads and other stuff like that.
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thanks but this is not the case
LiL_Assassin said:
It's all your downloads and other stuff like that.
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As i said before we have just installed a new rom so there are almost no downloads at all.
i must say that im an IT specialist so i am familiar with storage folders downloads an temp files. obviously the problem is a bit mor sofisticated then that but thanks anyways
It doesn't work like that. 16gb is not one partition. It are multiple partitions. The rom itself (TW based) eat up a lot of storage. Together with a few apps it can become full easily. But maybe it's also possible that he didn't wipe properly before flashing a new rom and old files are still left.
So do a full wipe from the custom recovery and flash the rom again.
Installing a custom rom will not wipe the internal storage (unless you/he chose to do it when doing the standard wiping procedure).
So, even if he installed several roms, files usually still remain on the internal storage. Backups, rom zips, game data, etc.
Try this: Backup everything that is on the internal storage onto your pc and do a factory reset. See if it fixes anything. A factory reset wipes everything, including the internal storage.
You should also note that, even though Samsung advertised the phone as 16GB, it's actually only 9GB of usable space.
The rom partition takes about 2-3 GB. So that's a total of 12GB. Not 16, like Samsung says..
Hey I have a weird issue with my internal storage lately and cant figure out what the issue is or find anything really online about it.
I have a Galaxy S5 with Android 5.0. The problem right now is, that im having way more internal storage occupied than it should. If im connecting my phone to the PC, it says that 2,04 GB are free from 11,6 GB (so around 9 should be full). This is ridiculous though, as currently I only have a few apps installed and some fotos. The weird thing also is, if I copy all the files to my computer, its only 101 MB ??!? When im looking in the storage menu, it says that 9 GB are from applications (also listing internal ones), but how can this be? Is there anyone having a fix or a link where this was already described maybe?
did you try emptying the cache?
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Hey I have a weird issue with my internal storage lately and cant figure out what the issue is or find anything really online about it.
I have a Galaxy S5 with Android 5.0. The problem right now is, that im having way more internal storage occupied than it should. If im connecting my phone to the PC, it says that 2,04 GB are free from 11,6 GB (so around 9 should be full). This is ridiculous though, as currently I only have a few apps installed and some fotos. The weird thing also is, if I copy all the files to my computer, its only 101 MB ??!? When im looking in the storage menu, it says that 9 GB are from applications (also listing internal ones), but how can this be? Is there anyone having a fix or a link where this was already described maybe?
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If it says 9GB is taken from apps, then find out which ones are using up most of the room and remove them...
Android itself takes up a fair whack, along with touchwiz and bloatware cr4p
Okay I managed to remove some of the data from google services apps, like chrome and maps, but actually a phone restart after that freed a lot of internal storage again. I cant remember having this happen like that before.
FeuchtVonLipwig said:
Hey I have a weird issue with my internal storage lately and cant figure out what the issue is or find anything really online about it.
I have a Galaxy S5 with Android 5.0. The problem right now is, that im having way more internal storage occupied than it should. If im connecting my phone to the PC, it says that 2,04 GB are free from 11,6 GB (so around 9 should be full). This is ridiculous though, as currently I only have a few apps installed and some fotos. The weird thing also is, if I copy all the files to my computer, its only 101 MB ??!? When im looking in the storage menu, it says that 9 GB are from applications (also listing internal ones), but how can this be? Is there anyone having a fix or a link where this was already described maybe?
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You only can copy 101MB from your phone due to file name restrictions...the file path is too long somehwhere in the Android folder app data, use smart switch to backup and it'll backup all used space (idk about app data)