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[Q] A math problem with the storage size?!

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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MattSkeet said:
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>

marnel47 said:
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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AW: [Q] A math problem with the storage size?!
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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MarcPlusTwo said:
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.

[Q] How To Tell 8gb or 16gb?

On the phone, how do you tell if you have a 8gb or 16gb? Thanks.

Go to storage in settings.. And if you have more than 8 in the total space.. You have a 16 but a 16 will actually show 12.92. I don't know about an 8
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noodles2224 said:
Go to storage in settings.. And if you have more than 8 in the total space.. You have a 16 but a 16 will actually show 12.92. I don't know about an 8
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5.67
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Buying a Nexus soon.

Hello I plan to buy a nexus 4 next week but i dont if i should buy the 8gb just to save a little money & for it to come faster or should i just buy the 16gb ?

I think you should get the 16gb if you have the money in my case I wanted to save as much as I could and got the 8gb I dont store too many songs and always backup my pics to the cloud. Still have 4 gb of free memory.
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You really need to give more info on how you plan on using the device. 8GB is just enough for a decent music library, a fair number of smaller apps and possibly a large HD game or a movie.
16GB is about right for me with my music, a movie, two large games (>1GB each), a Titanium backup, a CWM backup, some photos/videos and other random downloaded files.

better to shell out the extra cash, then to find out that you should have bought the 16GB.

Buy the 16gb if you ever plane to play on the nexus or you listening to music offline.

Picc0 said:
Buy the 16gb if you ever plane to play on the nexus or you listening to music offline.
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I stream my music online so i wont need to use the storage on the nexus for music. But i also heard that 16gb takes a longer time to be delivered? is this true?

Mine came the day after I ordered it. Earlier there was much higher demand for the 16GB N4 so it took longer to deliver. Right now not many people will be buying N4s so I don't see why it would take any longer than the 8GB version to be delivered.

I've the 16Go model since February and I'm really happy with it. My previous phone had 8Go of storage and I feel it was quite short for my use. Now I haven't anymore problem of storage.
The nexus came to me in 5 days after ordering on the playstore (sunday included).
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J3COMPUTERSERVICES said:
I think you should get the 16gb if you have the money in my case I wanted to save as much as I could and got the 8gb I dont store too many songs and always backup my pics to the cloud. Still have 4 gb of free memory.
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Can u plz confirm it how much storage do u actually get on 8GB nexus 4? Because some storage out of this 8GB will be used by OS, so how much one exactly gets?
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omer7 said:
Can u plz confirm it how much storage do u actually get on 8GB nexus 4? Because some storage out of this 8GB will be used by OS, so how much one exactly gets?
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It's about 5GB or so

Yea bro always go for more cause it could always help in the long run especially if u like to flash roms and things and music
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I have the 16gb, and it has 12.something available gbs, so I expect the 8gb to be at around 4-5gb of available space. Keep that in mind, it's pretty low.

5.67 gigs available to user..enough for apps but maybe not enough for music and pics..
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wow I just order my brothers nexus 4 yesterday it coming tomorrow in the morning that some fast shipping. I order a 8gb to see how much the system takes.

Sd card has 16 gb but only 896 mb shown?

My SanDisk sd card has 16 gb on it but on S4 and all devices it has only 896 mb? How can I fix it? Already tried reformatting.
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Google search "counterfeit sd card". Maybe that is the issue.
Or if you have a windows 8 PC with an SD card reader and a full size SD card adaptor, try using the built in "Disk Management" utility to see the actual room on the card and to reclaim it if it is there.

pcguy22 said:
My SanDisk sd card has 16 gb on it but on S4 and all devices it has only 896 mb? How can I fix it? Already tried reformatting.
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DOWNLOAD a free re-partition tool and try to re-partition the card. good luck
true on the counterfeit might be a 1gb hacked to look like 16gb its been a big issue goin on for a while. did you order from ebay?

pcguy22 said:
My SanDisk sd card has 16 gb on it but on S4 and all devices it has only 896 mb? How can I fix it? Already tried reformatting.
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It sounds like you go burned TBH.
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I bought it from radio shack. I thought SanDisk was reliable?
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pcguy22 said:
I bought it from radio shack. I thought SanDisk was reliable?
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they pretty much are I never had an issue with them just exchange it if you just got it and test it while your still in the store..

I have read about the San Disks having issues with this phone. Forget where. The 64gb Samsung solved those issues. They didn't talk about smaller Samsung cards. And don't remember if it was only a certain size San Disk card.

bori1030 said:
they pretty much are I never had an issue with them just exchange it if you just got it and test it while your still in the store..
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The OP said the card reported limited storage on other devices as well, but didn't say what other devices, so I'm thinking it is a problem with the card in general this time.

i'm running a Sandisk 64gb right now for about a yr had it in my S3 and now in my S4 and a 32gb sandisk before this one no issues

Repartioning nexus 4 16 gb. Is there a way?

Hi guys,
We knw that a nexus 4 with 16gb has only 12 gb user usable memory. After almost 6 mnths with my nexus 4 i admit 12 gb is not enough. I had read in some forums about repartioning the internal memory.i just want to know if there is a way to repartion nexus 4 such that we can atleast get 14 gb useable memory and spare rest for OS.
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There's no way an average user can do that. And for some one very advanced it'll probably brick the device. So, to answer your question, no
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With no expandable memory I think ur only choise is cloud storage.