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[q] please halp. Low disk space

My phone is always saying LOW MEMORY when I have well over 250mb of space left... I tried downloading some apps around 100mb and they didn't install(insufficient storage)
Can't even transfer 100mb of music via USB
This is the 3rd ROM I've tried and the storage is still an issue
Any ideas? Before I flash everything back to stock ?
Thanks!

bodom_hc said:
My phone is always saying LOW MEMORY when I have well over 250mb of space left... I tried downloading some apps around 100mb and they didn't install(insufficient storage)
Can't even transfer 100mb of music via USB
This is the 3rd ROM I've tried and the storage is still an issue
Any ideas? Before I flash everything back to stock ?
Thanks!
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the phone needs more than 500mb free space in the storage, otherwise you will get the message, and your blue telephone/data signal bars turn gray(dont connect to google servicers). this space is needed for the phones caches. free up some space.

simms22 said:
the phone needs more than 500mb free space in the storage, otherwise you will get the message, and your blue telephone/data signal bars turn gray(dont connect to google servicers). this space is needed for the phones caches. free up some space.
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really? is that new? because ive never had that issue before
i put a bunch of stuff and got it my storage down to 105 mb and its saying insuffient storage when transferring a single mp3

bodom_hc said:
really? is that new? because ive never had that issue before
i put a bunch of stuff and got it my storage down to 105 mb and its saying insuffient storage when transferring a single mp3
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no, not new, its always been that way. for the n4 its 500mb, for every device its different. nexus s was 100mb, galaxy nexus was 300 i think.

simms22 said:
no, not new, its always been that way. for the n4 its 500mb, for every device its different. nexus s was 100mb, galaxy nexus was 300 i think.
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wow, oh well thanks for the info,
i guess i've never got my storage this low before

bodom_hc said:
wow, oh well thanks for the info,
i guess i've never got my storage this low before
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i get it there all the time, thats how i know that it is why the blue bars turn gray when that message comes up. it was the same on the g1, but it was like 20 or 25mb free space on the g1 when it appeared. anyways, i was just there yesterday, it was a matter/reminder of moving 4gb of photos to my computer :angel:

storage calculating time?

everytime I go to settings and check storage it takes a solid minute to calculate the internal storage. I have a 128gb external sd that shows up immediately but as far as internal takes a while. any one else experiencing this?

yeah i've been experiencing the same thing. not sure what's causing it, but it is kind of annoying. Not that it's something that i do often, but yeah.

SD card notification

How do you stop this notification from popping up in the status bar?
Thanks

evoguy404 said:
How do you stop this notification from popping up in the status bar?
Thanks
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I think you can just swipe it away

How do you keep it from showing up.

I think there is a problem with the SD card reader. That notification means that the SD card unmounted and re-mounted itself. So it thinks you just inserted the SD card.

It happens on my phone too. Since Samsung blocked adoptive memory android is forced to mount and unmount during reboot

bash_array said:
It happens on my phone too. Since Samsung blocked adoptive memory android is forced to mount and unmount during reboot
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/03/04/galaxy-s7-brilliant-feature-uturn/#4d373def1757
the adoptable storage was a blow, but at least we can still install apps on the micro sd.

Om thinking of moving to this device from the Note 4 which I love but was getting these chronic dismounts w a Samsung 64 gb evo class 10 sdhc, lss, the card was bad after less than 2 years, have an ancient 1gb sandisk class 6 in it temporarily and no issues. Now Handset will not be recognized on any pc as usb mtp just charging. I think its the micro usb jack, even though its had minimal use bc I wirelessly charge, didnt first year. I think that is a poor protocol as it adds a vunerable vector for all kinds of headaches. Anyhoo how would you guys compare the 2 phones? Removable memory is non negotiable for me as was removable battery, but I'm willing to forgo the latter for this form factor. Im a heavy user, gamer WOT Blitz addict. Sorry if I derailed a bit.
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It only shows after boot. You can swipe it away to keep it from during until next reboot.

I rebooted and it hasn't showed up since the first day it ever showed up

Adoptable storage came at the urging of Google. LG G5 doesn't have it either. Adoptable storage was memory for devices with low storage amounts. Presumably, 32GB isn't considered low storage.

Mine keeps doing it. When trying to put music on the sd card, it will keep saying sd has stopped working. Brand new sandisk ultra memory card too. Will work until I set the phone down and phone shakes a little. Will not play music on sd card either.
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I took the ultra card out and put in a $6 128 GB card and it works now.

My note 4 is 32 gig and I get low mem warnings if I dont load apps pics music movies to an sdhc. Expandable storage is always a plus.
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If you guys are getting the message. Turn off your phone and reseat the SD card then turn it back on.

I stuck a piece of tape to hold the SD card in place and create a fine extra layer. Haven't had the notification in 6 hours. Used to get it once an hour or so.

My SD card notification keeps showing up no matter if I swipe it away. It shows up about every 20 minutes
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hawkye said:
It only shows after boot. You can swipe it away to keep it from during until next reboot.
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My notification regarding the SD card shows up about every 20 minutes. I swipe it away and it will show up again. This started about 2 days ago. Didn't have a problem when I first got the phone.
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Tidbits said:
If you guys are getting the message. Turn off your phone and reseat the SD card then turn it back on.
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Done that. Even got a new SD card and reseated it and still does it.

Mine does come every few hours, 5 or 6, not too bad, but would prefer this is not happening, as it seems like the sd cards are like inserted and ejected improperly, I'm afraid this will bring damage or problems with the sd cards later on.

Mine comes every reboot. Annoying.

20degrees said:
Mine comes every reboot. Annoying.
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This is the intended behavior, if it didn't show at boot time, that would indicate no sd card is present. The ones seeing it randomly throughout the day are the ones with issues. Either the issue is the card is not seated properly, the card is damaged (or contains corrupt media files), or there is something physically wrong with the phones. It is showing this because it believes the card was removed and reinserted. I have not seen it, except after booting, and I have had a card in it since day one.

You can also turn off the notification for my files ask.
Settings>notifications>advance(top right corner) scroll to my file previews on popup off and lock screen hide. Should do it

BowLow said:
You can also turn off the notification for my files ask.
Settings>notifications>advance(top right corner) scroll to my file previews on popup off and lock screen hide. Should do it
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Disabling the notification does nothing to help these people solve the actual problem. If the device is unmounting the sd card randomly, there is a problem. Imagine you were recording a movie to the sd card, and it disappeared from the system, not only would you lose your video, most likely the phone woukd crash and massive corruption would occur on the sd. There is a great potential for data loss here, in fact some may already be occurring. No file system likes to be uncleanly dismounted repeatedly, eventually corruption occurs.

My phone claims apps have been moved to external storage, but it's lying

So my phone started complaining about low storage space, and I checked AppMgr III, found a few I hadn't moved yet. Moved them over and...no change.
I checked in Settings and the apps all claim they're on external storage. Every app that I put on external storage says it's on external storage. Both the Storage settings screen and DiskUsage, however, say they are all on internal storage.
I have a 64gb SD card which only has 3gb of pictures on it, no apps. So uh...why is my phone claiming all these apps are on "external storage" when they're not, and how can I fix it? I am not rooted, but didn't think I needed to be...

Mi A1 - new SD card showing double size than it is

Hello,
I just purchased a 64gb micro sd (samsung evo plus) card and inserted it into A1; formatted it as permanent storage, and now it shows as 128gb with half space used with system files. Tried reformatting on the laptop and doing it again in the phone, same result. As far as i can tell, it still works (still 64gb free), but it is annoying as it shows system is using half, so you dont have the real numbers.
I tried googling, found similar problems (a year ago), but no follow up how/if this is resolved. Im running latest 8.1 (november patch).
Any help / ideas?
thanks,
Jaka

After formatting you need to select an SD card as an external memory and then you will have a real state
All of this is done in the seting> memory setting

permanent storage is an extension of internal storage so all correct.

Thanks for clarifying. What is the difference between permanent/removable storage in terms of what the phone can store on it? My phone is full and need the extra space for pictures, cache (streaming apps burn a lot) and, if the card is good enough, apps.
thanks guys, always appreciate the support here on XDA!
jaka

jsuln said:
Thanks for clarifying. What is the difference between permanent/removable storage in terms of what the phone can store on it? My phone is full and need the extra space for pictures, cache (streaming apps burn a lot) and, if the card is good enough, apps.
thanks guys, always appreciate the support here on XDA!
jaka
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I don't' like an SD as an extension of internal memory, it becomes non removable and if it gets corrupted can cause serious problems with apps crashing. It also needs to be as fast as possible.
I would rather have it set as external/removable, you can still store all your media (music photo video etc) on it but it remains removable and the system does not reply on it.

Hey guys, a bit of an update.. Today a got a notification that i am running out of space, a few days after I have inserted a fresh 64 gig card (first post), but now take a look at these screenshots .. In a few days, my whole storage shows as 100% full, just with system files .. ?
I also do not see this extra space in root explorer (where can I?)
Can someone help with this issue? What is going on here?
Cheers,
Jaka