Hey guys,
My brother bought a LG G2 six months ago (the 16 GB version) and it's a great phone, but has one problem... internal memory. The phone only has 16 gb, and the OS takes up to 9Gb, and he doesn't have space to install some apps.
What can he do to solve this problem? Install Custom ROM? Cleaning the device with some kind of software? I've already used SD Maid to clean some stuff, but the problem is still there, the OS still eats lots of space.
Thanks!
Go to System settings > General > Storage then screenshot and post here.
There's literally no way that just OS (if stock) takes 9 GB. Must be some preloaded bloat apps.
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Here it is. It's in portuguese, but I think it's easy to understand. As you can see, it only shows 10 Gb available. So... Where are the remaining 6gb? (I know I've said it was 9gb, but it only 6).
Thanks.
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Given that scrot, everything is fine. 10.6 GB is available on 16 GB model (rest is system reserved as OS and system apps needs to go somewhere; it's like hard drive on your PC - OS will take some space).
However, there's 4.7 GB of applications so delete something if it's not needed. In case these are HD games, heh, there's a problem. Go to apps, sort 'em by size and examine those biggest ones if games are not in question.
Also clear some cached data (turquoise colour on that screenshot, right under downloads). It's approximately 500 MBs.
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mwedo said:
Given that scrot, everything is fine. 10.6 GB is available on 16 GB model (rest is system reserved as OS and system apps needs to go somewhere; it's like hard drive on your PC - OS will take some space).
However, there's 4.7 GB of applications so delete something if it's not needed. In case these are HD games, heh, there's a problem. Go to apps, sort 'em by size and examine those biggest ones if games are not in question.
Also clear some cached data (turquoise colour on that screenshot, right under downloads). It's approximately 500 MBs.
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Hmm ok, there's no solution for that... Thanks a lot!
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Under storage, it says:
"Total space: 13.24GB"
"Available: 7.63GB"
So is the total space, 13.24GB, all for me, or does that include the OS and its ROM as well?
I'm just wondering because there is absolutely no way I have ~6GB worth of things on my tablet right now, which both the storage under the OS settings and Windows Explorer confirm.
There is some hidden file taking up the 6gb. It could be a backup or temp file. If you are rooted, save all the files/aps you want in a backup such as titanium backup, and in recovery mode "format /sdcard". I had the same thing, I could figure out what is was and after formating I have 12gb free.
Use at your own risk, but it worked for me. Alternatively, use a file explorer to track down the culprit. there are also apps that tell you which files are taking up how much space.
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There is some hidden file taking up the 6gb. It could be a backup or temp file. If you are rooted, save all the files/aps you want in a backup such as titanium backup, and in recovery mode "format /sdcard". I had the same thing, I could figure out what is was and after formating I have 12gb free.
Use at your own risk, but it worked for me. Alternatively, use a file explorer to track down the culprit. there are also apps that tell you which files are taking up how much space.
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Tried it, didn't help much, but did give me this fact:
With it completely wiped, with absolutely no files in the "internal storage", Windows shows 2.27GB being used-
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Android storage settings show 1.41GB being used somewhere (13.24GB total minus the 891MB used by apps, and 10.96GB available reported):
Where is this 1.41GB? What is it used for?
Since advertisers use that 1000 bytes = 1 kilobytes, 16GB = 16,000,000,000 bytes, therefore using the correct 1024 bytes = 1 kilobytes conversion, that is 14.9 gigabytes.
So... if it's reported that the total space is 13.24GB, where it actually should be 14.9GB, where is THAT 1.66GB being used? I assume this is where the OS and formatting is used for, but what about the 1.41GB that's missing in the storage settings screenshot?
Recovery, System and boot loader?
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Recovery, System and boot loader?
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You mean those are that gigabytes in data? I doubt it really, considering the packages to download are less than a gigabyte in total.
And I've gone through Recovery to wipe the "SD card", and the result was that as you see in post #3.
The numbers in the attached screenshot do not add up. What's possibly abusing my internal memory that wouldn't be listed? And how do I access these locations to free up memory?
I know that some places like clockworkMOD backups aren't listed, but I've been through normal locations and can't find the culprit. Can Google drive take up space (even with no offline file sets)? I ask this as when watching the last backup that I made, the data backup took a long time and listed many Google drive only files (none set for offline access). However, when I look in data I can't find these ???
I'm running C&C 1.3.1 with Broken kernel.
TIA
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Try installing DiskUsage to find out what is taking up your precious storage space.
Very strange.
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happens also with me, do you have backed up apps with a app as titanium backup or do you have cwm backups ? A cwm backup can easily take 2-3 gb. These aren't listed.
Edit: Sorry didn't read your post well.
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This is mine...
Send from my lovely Sensation XL, from a little town in france with a very very slow internet connection.
I have this same on stock 4.1.2
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I have this same on stock 4.1.2
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Are u rooted ?
Send from my lovely Sensation XL, from a little town in france with a very very slow internet connection.
They could just be temporary files which should be removed when you reboot. 3rd party disk usage tools might list that space as System Reserved or System Files.
I've had over 5 gigs used by these types files on my Galaxy Nexus several times, and rebooting restored that space, but it's possible that they're removed on the fly as more space is needed, since I never actually got any warning that I was running low on space when I had around 1 gig left.
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Try installing DiskUsage to find out what is taking up your precious storage space.
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Thanks all. This app above really helped to see things. Clockwork MOD backups use a ridiculous amount (the blobs folder separate from the backup is insane), and as suggested, so do tibu backups. Between these two (only one backup on each) 6.7gb was being occupied.
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Now everyone enjoying wp 8.1 ....
One of the best feature in 8.1 is You can Install apps and games directly to sd from.
SETTING > Storage Sense.
But if you want to Move pre installed apps or game on sd like android then:
Goto Setting > Storage Sense > Phone > Apps + Games
Select your app or game and tap it...
Now you get Move to Sd Option...
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Enjoy...and Decrease your phone space
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Now everyone enjoying wp 8.1 ....
One of the best feature in 8.1 is You can Install apps and games directly to sd from.
SETTING > Storage Sense.
But if you want to Move pre installed apps or game on sd like android then:
Goto Setting > Storage Sense > Phone > Apps + Games
Select your app or game and tap it...
Now you get Move to Sd Option...
Enjoy...and Decrease your phone space
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Not only increase your phone space but according to a certain web site(I won't give the link as the site contains cracked versions of paid apps) by moving sideloaded apps to SD you bypass whatever limit(2,3, or 10 apps) your Dev Account allows.
thank you, but i think that acction will move data only
maitrunghieuit said:
thank you, but i think that acction will move data only
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it's moved the whole Installation + isolated storage... (if the developer allows it)
Hi Guys, I have problems with my \system partition, it's almost filled for 90% and I moved almost everything out of that partition by converting it to user apps...
My current Note 3 (32gb) config is:
/System : 2,21
/Data : 26,36
I want to use 1 gb from my /data partition to be part of my System partition so that I have 3,21gb and my data partition 25,36
I found these two articles for other samsung phones:
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/79112/resize-system-partition-of-galaxy-s-2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2765846
But I was wondering if there is some other way for the Note 3 ?
Help?
No ideas?
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Wrong forum. Q&A - here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help
On a side note...
DON'T GODDAMN PLAY WITH PARTITIONS ON A DEVICE YOU PAID 600$ FOR.
Do like normal people - a factory reset, a new ROM, easy squeazy peazy smooth fast stable phone.
Partitionning is not magic or sorcery
I do it all the time with devices of 2000+ euro
It's just that with android it's a bit new to me, but everybody that has used a pit file to flash their custom rom also has partitioned, so it's not really a biggie and it is done frequently.
In my case I have 650 apps and nothing is on the system partition but for some reason I still get up to 2gb of the system partition...
I therefore suspect that each app has maybe some cache or configuration that is anyway stored on the \system partition, or maybe it's the photo app , i know that the thumbnail cache can also grow enormously
Partitionning is not magic or sorcery
Maybe not but flashing PIT files is probably the easiest way to end up with a brick ,
Have a look at Philz Recover .
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You could start by removing all the languages and csc's you don't need, also all tts files, etc.. i could easily have 900mb+ free in my system partition if i removed some more stuff i didn't need. For example i added the Samsung UK high quality tts voice files into my system partition, it was around 120mb.
Messing with your device's partition table is entirely unnecessary, and just asking for a brick. But hey, if you want to go for it, more power to you. Just don't come crying back here when you're left with a paperweight.
Dear All members;;
I am new to this forum and i have a problem regarding my storage space in LG G2 D802 i read a lot of FAQ in this forum but not got my problem solved, so guys please help me for this problem ,after i updated to lollipop i see my space reduce to 10 GB and Misc files folder is around 21.5 GB when i click Misc folder i see system Data folder of 21.5 GB i flashed a new 32 GB KDZ of jelly bean still same also tried flashing with lollipop 32 GB tot file still same.
can any one help me to free my system data folder and how can i access this folder.
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siddiq86 said:
Dear All members;;
I am new to this forum and i have a problem regarding my storage space in LG G2 D802 i read a lot of FAQ in this forum but not got my problem solved, so guys please help me for this problem ,after i updated to lollipop i see my space reduce to 10 GB and Misc files folder is around 21.5 GB when i click Misc folder i see system Data folder of 21.5 GB i flashed a new 32 GB KDZ of jelly bean still same also tried flashing with lollipop 32 GB tot file still same.
can any one help me to free my system data folder and how can i access this folder.
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Try SD Maid, it's been one of my favorite play store purchases. Make sure to go thoroughly through the settings and options, their are extra things u can scan for that aren't enabled by default. Also take note of folders listed in the CorpseFinder since not everything listed are truly corpses it will think your TWRP folder among others are Corpses so make sure to add things to the Exclusions list. Double check the SystemCleaner too. It is a very powerful app with many features.