So apparently I have the 8 gig model and I've cleared a lot of my sdcard off to where I have 2.38 GB used and 3.29 GB free. So where is the rest of my space? I've went through every folder on my internal SD card. Is 3gb being used by the system? If so is there a way to change it? I'm running carbon 4.3 bout to switch to slim
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The rest is used up by system. I have the 16gb and had 12 free out the box.
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I installed android 4.2 official on my nexus 7 16gb and now I have only got 6bg of internal storage left. Anyone has same problem or has a solution?
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I installed android 4.2 official on my nexus 7 16gb and now I have only got 6bg of internal storage left. Anyone has same problem or has a solution?
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Anyone?
How did you install? Ota or manual flashing? I had that issue when I first went to stock with the n7. A simple factory reset solved it
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Yea I'd say that it probably just needs a factory reset to clear unneeded files. I find it good practice to clean up my SD storage occasionally too. Between old backups and app data, you can usually free up lots of wasted space.
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My internal storage reads a 12.3 GB size, now is that including the size of the OS or not? Because after formatting my SD i have a little under 7GB available. So is the missing 5GB or so for OS? Meaning the true size of the SD is 12.3GB? That seems awfully low, even after realizing the promised storage size is always optimistic from the producer. Anyone got the answer?
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My internal storage reads a 12.3 GB size, now is that including the size of the OS or not? Because after formatting my SD i have a little under 7GB available. So is the missing 5GB or so for OS? Meaning the true size of the SD is 12.3GB? That seems awfully low, even after realizing the promised storage size is always optimistic from the producer. Anyone got the answer?
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That sounds about right... My 211k Nexus 4 16 GB shows 12.92 GB of free space running CM10.1 nighlies, franco.kernel, .27 radio, and CWM recovery
Should look like so..
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Do without apps/pics/bids etc you should still have around 12.8 available space to be used.
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Here's mine, which in my eyes doesn't quite add up
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Here's mine, which in my eyes doesn't quite add up
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How did you format your SD? Do you have any ROM backups?
right I just ran SD MAID and it says 9.2GB is used in folders /storage/emulated/0 and /storage/emulated/legacy - both are exact duplicates of the same ****! After googling it people seem to have the same issue! Know which one is safe to delete? I'm running AOKP milestone 1 if that helps
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right I just ran SD MAID and it says 9.2GB is used in folders /storage/emulated/0 and /storage/emulated/legacy - both are exact duplicates of the same ****! After googling it people seem to have the same issue! Know which one is safe to delete? I'm running AOKP milestone 1 if that helps
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Both /storage/emulated/legacy and /storage/emulated/0 points to the same location so you are seeing the same files in both locations. SD Maid seems buggy if it cannot detect symlinks properly (maybe there is an option for that app so it doesn't follow symlinks).
Okay, heres a screenshot of SD MAID. I have folders sdcard/ - storage/emulated/legacy - storage/emulated/0 and storage/sdcard0 all containing the same stuff and the memory I'm missing is exactly that of which I'm already using up so it must be duplicating everything elsewhere, but in which directory?
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Okay, heres a screenshot of SD MAID. I have folders sdcard/ - storage/emulated/legacy - storage/emulated/0 and storage/sdcard0 all containing the same stuff and the memory I'm missing is exactly that of which I'm already using up so it must be duplicating everything elsewhere, but in which directory?
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Be careful deleting either. I had a similar issue after using an old version of Astro File Manager. I think they may be "Hard Links", not "Symbolic Links". I ended up backing up my SD data, and did a Factory Reset, which formats the SD partition. All is well now.
It's a known issue that it can sometimes think you have 8GB as opposed to 16GB and the only way to fix it is to flash the factory image...there is a thread on here somewhere about it
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It's a known issue that it can sometimes think you have 8GB as opposed to 16GB and the only way to fix it is to flash the factory image...there is a thread on here somewhere about it
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I would recommend doing this!
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Okay I'll give this a go and report back. Factory reset via setting>backup & reset >factory data reset, right?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
This thread? I shall give it a go. Do I need to flash back to the stock ROM to do this or can I simply flash my recovery back to stock do the factory reset and then flash CM recovery again?
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Okay I'll give this a go and report back. Factory reset via setting>backup & reset >factory data reset, right?
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I think were talking about 2 different issues. You phone knows it has 16GB, it's just the files are taking twice the space.
Yes, setting>backup & reset >factory data reset was what worked for me.
The other issue was when flashing custom ROM's, on a 16GB model, your phone became a 8GB model.
So you don't believe I have this issue of a 16Gb model believing its an 8Gb model? But instead just because my filed are duplicated?
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Holy ****, found the culprit. I had 3 nandroid backups taking up 5.6 GB. Never realised they were located outside of the sdcard. I have 8.somethingGB free now. Apologies for wasting time! Thanks anyway
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They are on the SD card, just not normally visible in Windows. If you go to /data/media/clockworkmod in your favourite root explorer (e.g. ES) you'll find them there (or you can delete them through your custom recovery)
Yes I meant not visible as opposed to not actually being present on the sdcard
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After factory reset I show a total available space of 12.92gb and with nothing loaded on the device it says 10.21gb available. Is this normal? I was under the impression that if the internal storage was wiped I should have pretty much all of the 12.92gb available for use due to the other 3 gb 13-16 being used for the actual system. What am I missing?
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am i the only one ticked off because the internal memory card in this dang phone is emulated and the software doesnt support apps to sd? so you use up all the memory cuz u have about 50 apps installed?
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am i the only one ticked off because the internal memory card in this dang phone is emulated and the software doesnt support apps to sd? so you use up all the memory cuz u have about 50 apps installed?
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I have 80 apps installed and I still have 7.70gb free on a 16gb s4... But yeah your not the only one there are about a 100 threads complaining about the same thing...
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Pretty sure there is a mod for this.
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CM 10.1 mounts in the internal SD in the proper root directory: /sdcard/
Just a thought if it's a deal breaking feature for you.
EDIT: I'm actually not sure this can be done on CM10.1 either....
Edit: ive just found out a day ago that if u install the international version of software that has been pushed out as an ota update it has this done ! Apps 2 sd!! But still have to wait for ours on att. Or hopefully a dev will code it into a rom for us . I was just actually mad becuz the sell it as internal sd storage when it really is not separate from the phone memory that the system is on . I had a captivate that had it separated. But still loving the phone regardless.
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Goldeneye rom in Android development is tw based and had app2sd.
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I read recently in the papers that there's a way of being able to install Apps onto a SD card in the phone instead of on the device due most of the internal memory being taken up with all kinds of crap.
If so, how do I do it if I install a custom ROM as I'm planning on rooting the phone ASAP and putting in a 64gb microSD card of which there should be plenty of space to install games onto it.
You can transfer app from internal memory to SD card with app.
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You can transfer app from internal memory to SD card with app.
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So if I use a App like App2SD, there shouldn't be a maximum size limit on installing apps to the SD card, except the one for the SD card itself, I take it?
You are correct
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To be clear, the stock app to sd implementation is extremely limited. You only move the apk. All of the app's data still resides on your internal
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FolderMount does a pretty decent job - just gotta know how to set it up
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Hey guys, I rooted and flashed a custom ROM and put a few of my pictures back on my phone(2.3GB) and now I have 1 GB left. (I have the 16GB version). I'm running the beanstalk ROM btw.
When I look in the / directory I see stroage, sdcard, stroage/emulated, stroge/sdcard0, stroage/emulated/legacy & storage/emulated/0
I'm assuming most of those are duplicates?
which ones can I delete?
Thanks!
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Those paths are kinda like shortcuts.
Not sure about the free space problem, but I read before that the 16 GB version could sometimes be incorrectly detected as 8 GB.
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Don't delete any of those!
If you check settings -> storage... What is the total? If your 16gb device shows as 8gb (will always show a little less due to system requirements) check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
Also, how many nandroids do u have?
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Don't delete any of those!
If you check settings -> storage... What is the total? If your 16gb device shows as 8gb (will always show a little less due to system requirements) check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
Also, how many nandroids do u have?
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Ah yes I it thinks I have 8GB version. The link you posted is helpful but doesn't that return me to stock? I have one nandroid.
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Ah yes I it thinks I have 8GB version. The link you posted is helpful but doesn't that return me to stock? I have one nandroid.
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Those "duplicates" are emulated storage paths. They all access the /data/media/0 folder, which is the real path to your sd-card.
The 8GB nexus has 6GB of available user storage. With one nandroid, 2 GB of other stuff, apps, 2 GB of free space kind of adds up.
See post 48
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36673191
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Those "duplicates" are emulated storage paths. They all access the /data/media/0 folder, which is the real path to your sd-card.
The 8GB nexus has 6GB of available user storage. With one nandroid, 2 GB of other stuff, apps, 2 GB of free space kind of adds up.
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He has the 16gb version (see op) but its only showing up as 8gb.
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