Yesterday I flashed 5.0 lollipop on my nexus 7 ,it is a 16 GB model but now it says that my total storage is 6GB and that's definitely too low. Can someone help??
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very common problem for nexus 4 & 7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/how-to-fix-internal-storage-16gb-8gb-t2033692
Same thing happened to me.
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Factory reset I've read fixes it. Of course you will lose everything.
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striker59 said:
Of course you will lose everything.
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That's not true, a factory reset wipes /data, so all app data and settings are lost, but the internal storage /sdcard remains intact.
But of course a backup before doing such things is always a good idea.
luckyrumo said:
That's not true, a factory reset wipes /data, so all app data and settings are lost, but the internal storage /sdcard remains intact.
But of course a backup before doing such things is always a good idea.
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Uh, no.
The only way to fix the problem is to recreate the entire filesystem, which completely obliterates the old filesystem. What you are thinking of is the behavior of the "factory reset" procedure of CUSTOM recoveries such as TWRP or CWM which behave the way you describe: they remove all files except those in /data/media (the /SDcard is at /data/media/0 for the first user), but otherwise leave the filesystem intact ... and therefore the total size available.
The "factory reset" procedure of the STOCK recovery apparently does re-initialize the ext4 filesystem. So if you are having the "6 GB problem", it is the STOCK recovery's "factory reset" procedure that you want.
But "make a backup" is always good advise, so do that first.
bftb0 said:
Uh, no.
The only way to fix the problem is to recreate the entire filesystem, which completely obliterates the old filesystem. What you are thinking of is the behavior of the "factory reset" procedure of CUSTOM recoveries such as TWRP or CWM which behave the way you describe: they remove all files except those in /data/media (the /SDcard is at /data/media/0 for the first user), but otherwise leave the filesystem intact ... and therefore the total size available.
The "factory reset" procedure of the STOCK recovery apparently does re-initialize the ext4 filesystem. So if you are having the "6 GB problem", it is the STOCK recovery's "factory reset" procedure that you want.
But "make a backup" is always good advise, so do that first.
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Oh, okay, I learned something again :embarrassed:. I've never used stock recovery, hadn't expected that there's such a difference.
Yeah, the factory reset option fixed it for me.
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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?
veeman said:
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.
Nexus 4, rooted, CM, gravity box.
I want to update to CM11 M6 but I can't get my phone to make a nandroid (using ClockworkMod) because I keep getting an error basically saying I have insufficient storage. These are the steps I take:
Backup using titanium
Go into recovery
Backup using ClockworkMod
It's at this point where it lists backing up the system, but then it gets hung up backing up the data card. I have tried to go back in and delete everything I could possibly think of (w/out wiping the whole thing) but to no avail. I have cleared my cashe and even deleted the titanium backup which was around 1gb and still no dice.
Attached are some screenshots that may be helpful. There has to be something hidden but I just don't know where to look for it. I tried to install DiskUsage but I can't since I don't have enough room. How do I clear up this phone?! Any help would be much appreciated!!
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Nexus 4, rooted, CM, gravity box.
I want to update to CM11 M6 but I can't get my phone to make a nandroid (using ClockworkMod) because I keep getting an error basically saying I have insufficient storage. These are the steps I take:
Backup using titanium
Go into recovery
Backup using ClockworkMod
It's at this point where it lists backing up the system, but then it gets hung up backing up the data card. I have tried to go back in and delete everything I could possibly think of (w/out wiping the whole thing) but to no avail. I have cleared my cashe and even deleted the titanium backup which was around 1gb and still no dice.
Attached are some screenshots that may be helpful. There has to be something hidden but I just don't know where to look for it. I tried to install DiskUsage but I can't since I don't have enough room. How do I clear up this phone?! Any help would be much appreciated!!
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You need at least 3GB of free space to make CWM able to create backup... but you won't find that backup in /sdcard/cloclworkmod folder it's in /storage/emulated/blablabla or something like that and you won't be able to get access there from your computer
parkourz said:
You need at least 3GB of free space to make CWM able to create backup... but you won't find that backup in /sdcard/cloclworkmod folder it's in /storage/emulated/blablabla or something like that and you won't be able to get access there from your computer
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Ok, I'm not sure I understand. I'm in the emulated folder and went into the clockworkmod folder and keep descending and come to just 1 file that is just 7.63mb called "recovery-clockwork-....img". This can't be the solution, can it?
try in /storage/emulated/legacy/clockworkmod... or flash TWRP instead of CWM... if both won't help then you can try to make a backup with toolkit for PC, for example Wug's toolkit
Twrp is showing the backup size and a poseibility to compress it. You probably have much apps or there is some .something fokder what is using much or much cache just like on an desktop. Many things can cause it.
You may want to checkout what is using so much by deleting old folders from old apps or old things yiu dint use anymore.
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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?
sebastienbo said:
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.
My device used to show 128gb of internal storage - with 111gb usable. But after I flashed to Android N Preview 4 with a modified boot.IMG for a decrypted storage so I could have TWRP working. It showed I only had 24.1gb usable. I already tried a factory reset, and flashing back to 6.0.1 (mtc19v), PureNexus, and other ROMs. I'm wondering how I can fix this?
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My issue has been fixed by formatting userdata via fast boot and I'm now decrypted on Android N beta preview 4 rooted with working twrp!
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TnT_ said:
My device used to show 128gb of internal storage - with 111gb usable. But after I flashed to Android N Preview 4 with a modified boot.IMG for a decrypted storage so I could have TWRP working. It showed I only had 24.1gb usable. I already tried a factory reset, and flashing back to 6.0.1 (mtc19v), PureNexus, and other ROMs. I'm wondering how I can fix this?
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Looks like you flashed the userdata.img. Type this in fastboot: fastboot format userdata
This will wipe everything from your phone. It will resize back to 128 GB.
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Trying this right now, will edit this with results.
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Windows update blocked me, hopefully its not windows 10
You most likely flashed the "Userdata.img" thats included in stock Android firmaware archives. Unless you have a 32GB device, the userdata IMG does not account for storage over 32GB and if you flash it on the 64 or 128GB version, it will partiton the internal storage and only allow for you to access 32GB. I made that same mistake myself when I first got my phone. The userdata img is meant to zap the internal storage and delete all userdata on the device. Instead, just use the command "fastboot format userdata"... It will perform the same function without any loss to your overall storage space. From now on, when you flash the stock firmware make sure you steer clear of that file and instead use the command. MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL FILES FIRST!! That command wipes every partition on the device!! So make sure you've saved whatever you cant afford to lose before using it. Formatting the user data is not always required when flashing roms on your device. Actually its hardly ever a requirement. Usually its used when you want to bring your phone back to the factory settings. The built in SD partition on most Android devices is isolated space. This allows you keep all of your importatnt files safe in the event that your system partition becomes corrourpt forcing you to reflash your old rom or a new one. If you need any help at all please feel free to send me a message. Hope this helps!
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Windows update blocked me, hopefully its not windows 10
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You do know that will wipe the phone but will work I've had that lol
jaythenut said:
You do know that will wipe the phone but will work I've had that lol
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Yes, I was and am aware.
TnT_ said:
Yes, I was and am aware.
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Were you able to restore your storage?
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Were you able to restore your storage?
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I backed up all my files to my PC before I did the process in the first place - 36.8gb. Using BitTorrent sync. I was able to restore using that, therefore there was no loss.
I'm on an s5 neo, rooted but using the same software it came with.
I decided to try a factory reset, as I had done a few things I can't undo, like removing mtp application, with a root app remover whose restore function doesn't work on this device.
I was also thinking, that instead of personalizing everything, and downloading everything, and then debloating, I thought I'd start fresh and then debloat first.
Thank *god*I had gotten brave enough to download and install twrp and make a backup, that back up is where I am coming to you from now.
I used the twrp recommended wipe for the reset, not custom wipe. Worked fine. Powered back on. All looked well until I came across a screen that said "just a sec..." For an extremely long time, like 10 minutes...
Why wouldn't it fully turn on, any ideas? As of now I can't factory reset ever again.... :/ and I'd like to be able to.
I hasn't disabled anything crazy and could reboot normally before I tried the wipe. I just don't get what went wrong?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I cant even start off with a new rom I don't think, they're all made for the 903m or 903f versions of this phone, and I'm on the international 903w. I'm guessing some thing significant is different or else it would just be called the 903.
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what did you wipe in the custom wipe?
also this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/rom-somewhat-incomplete-edition-v0-1-t3295464
I want to say it wiped data cache and dalvik cache
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Pawprints1986 said:
I want to say it wiped data cache and dalvik cache
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Well, with a bootloop you can go to recovery and recipe, then wipe data then go to advanced options in twrp and delete the Android folder in both internal and external and that should fix the issue
Recipe? I should proof read this stuff before I post it. It should have said reset, not recipe
Like, as in deleting the "system" folder, should I have wiped that too?
Or would that totally erase this current android version? And I'd be even more stuck?
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Pawprints1986 said:
Like, as in deleting the "system" folder, should I have wiped that too?
Or would that totally erase this current android version? And I'd be even more stuck?
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No, go to advanced options, file manager, then to either storage, touch the Android folder, hit the check mark in the lower right, select delete, swipe to confirm. Do this with both storages. It's not the system folder and doesn't contain anything that isn't rebuilt upon boot. But it does contain stuff from your previous install that is known to cause bootloops when going from an Android version to another. Nothing to worry about when you delete those folders. It's been the source of tons of bootloops for me
So, the android folder, in my case, I think I've only got the one internal storage path. I'd have to double check but I'm pretty sure. I have technically for some reason a bunch of storages called "USB drive". But I think they're all empty. And I think sd card and emulated lead to the same place. Its a weird setup lol
I just took a screen shot of it, I'll add it in here
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Pawprints1986 said:
So, the android folder, in my case, I think I've only got the one internal storage path. I'd have to double check but I'm pretty sure. I have technically for some reason a bunch of storages called "USB drive". But I think they're all empty. And I think sd card and emulated lead to the same place. Its a weird setup lol
I just took a screen shot of it, I'll add it in here
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Don't do it from within the system. Do it from within twrp
Here, I made a little video. I'm a 100% amateur videographer, so go easy on me lol