Hi guys, I've just discovered that a lot of my internal space is missing. When formatted I think the phone has 26GB available and now it says I have 7GB left which is impossible. All my photos and videos are on my SD card, when I select all the folders on Device Storage including the hidden ones it says they're a total of 6GB. My apps are 12GB total but 5 of those are from Spotify which is in my SD card also. Also the games' data is included in those 6GB stated earlier and they are around 3GB. So by my calculations I've got to have around 16GB of free space, not 7. Can you help me identify the problem? Thanks.
Did you ever figure this out?
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Anyone know what is the storage breakdown of Xoom?
We know it has 32 GB internal memory (storage) ... AND it has external SD card (promised).
But, how is this 32 GB internal memory layout?
Is it now all 32 GB for "apps"? That's a waste of space!
Or is it partitioned, one partition for apps and other partition for storage?
Or is it free-for-all for both "apps" and "storage"?
No Xoom in display at MWC Barcelona?
The app storage will probably be a small section cut out of the 32gb internal memory. It will probably be at least 2gb. with 29gb something remaining for free available space for video, music, etc.
You wont be able to access or see this "space" as it'll be a system "folder" that only Android can manipulate.
kenyu73 said:
The app storage will probably be a small section cut out of the 32gb internal memory. It will probably be at least 2gb. with 29gb something remaining for free available space for video, music, etc.
You wont be able to access or see this "space" as it'll be a system "folder" that only Android can manipulate.
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What makes you think that the 2GB will be shared with the apps? Is this common for Android? Since 2.2 you could install on the memory card. If this is so, why couldn't we just install on the larger partition?
SFBPro said:
What makes you think that the 2GB will be shared with the apps? Is this common for Android? Since 2.2 you could install on the memory card. If this is so, why couldn't we just install on the larger partition?
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I kinda wrote that wrong
The Xoom has 8gb internal and 32 external sdcard.
The app storage will be cut out of the 8gb internal memory me thinks.
Huh, I thought it was 32GB of internal storage with an SD expansion slot. Having us 'pay' for a 32GB card doesn't sound right. Give us the 8GB and let us choose what size SD card we go for.
Anyhow, breakdown is unknown, we'll have to wait and see.
Why did you start 2 threads that are essentially the same subject and both regarding information nobody has yet?
I read the FAQ thread and it says that of the galaxy s2's 16Gb internal storage, only 2Gb is user-available. Is that really true? I figured there was probably some other thread discussing this in more detail but I couldn't find it. Any pointers?
I can understand android + touchwiz taking up a little, but that difference is too huge. Does anybody know how the 16Gb is used, and how much is available for different purposes? Eg I could imagine maybe they have user-installed apps and user-data as two different partitions within the (16Gb - android - touchwiz).
For comparison my understanding of the sensation and evo 3d is that both of those have a 4Gb chip for internal storage and both have 1Gb user-available.
on my sgs2, there's about 2GBish of "device memory" (that's the default place for your apps, etc), 12GBish of "usb storage" (the rest of the internal memory) and 15GBish from my removable microSD card.
That 2GB is for installed applications storage, you get roughly 12GB of free flash memory storage to store whatever you want and the rest of it the phone uses for non-accessible things - system and OS-related, etc.
By the way, it's GB (GigaBYTE) not Gb (GigaBIT), or GiB (GibiBYTE) if you want to get more pedantic. A 'bit' is roughly 8x smaller than a 'byte'.
As I know, HTC sensation got 1gb internal storage for installing apps, and it had not extra space for storage.
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Thanks everybody, having 2+12 Gbyte makes a lot more sense than just 2Gbyte. Glad to hear it does indeed have the space it's "supposed" to.
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As I know, HTC sensation got 1gb internal storage for installing apps, and it had not extra space for storage.
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it comes with an 8GB microsd card
So the SGS II has:
- internal memory : 2GB
- internal SD: 12GB
- external SD: up to 32GB
My question is, can you install an application on all of those mentioned above?
Or only on internal memory and external sd? Because on the app's properties page u have the option to move it only to internal memory or external SD.
Why?
Sorry if this question was asked before, I'm new to Android, and I did make a search before I asked, but I couldn't find this information.
I installed App2SD, but the movable apps only moved to the INTERNAL SD, not the external_sd.
All the things that installed and or created by the user or the apps themselves would go to the INTERNAL SD, and the external_sd is only used by the user manually putting things into it.
Since SGS II is one of the first Androids with 16GB "internal" Mem PLUS option to insert msd-card app2sd-apps are not modified to move to the "external_sd" which is actually a 2nd sd.
What I dunno if Android itself would allow to read apps from a second sd.
With time there will be an app that can manage this but not yet ............
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A 'bit' is roughly 8x smaller than a 'byte'.
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Roughly?
I am having an issue with storage on my phone. I have a 16g phone with a 32g card. I have moved all my pictures, movies, and apps (that can be moved) to my SD Card. The issue is on the storage menu under internal storage it says under applications that I am using 9.5gigs but all I can count under the downloaded apps is 2.8 gigs of apps. So where are the other 6 gig's of mystery apps. Im trying to download a rather large game to put on my sd card but my phone has been rendered useless.
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Hi, I have a strange problem with my S7 Edge. It seems that my space is running low everytime and I keep deleting stuff to free up space for updates. Im sure my data is no more than 6GB. I know the usable storage for the 32gb version is 24gb. So why cannot access the rest of the storage?
Can anyone run an analyze and see how much storage usage they have on their internal storage?
Here is how mine looks like:
You need to show what is in "others" it is probably your data partition and it perhaps has big game files installed in there to be 20G in size. Do you use Gear VR? There are some huge downloads in that which end up in internal SD only, do you have a dual SIM version? If not, run a micro SD card, move your DCIM folder across and your camera app will typically auto-switch it's preferences to saving photos and videos to the "external" SD instead of internal.
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Have you tried clearing the cache from the settings , storage menu?
I did tried opening the Others- doesnt show anything useful. How can I browse the data partition? I always thought that the internal sd is the data partition. Ideas?
I'm using normal sim version with internal sd card already setup to store images in sd card.
I dont use gear VR. and when I analyze space the Apps and DCIM folder with all my data is around 7GB. I cannot seem to find what takes the rest of the storage - not with a meaningful software. When I browse my internal storage, it seems that the used space there is aroung 7-8GB, and thats all.
Yes, I do this often in order to allow Google updates. Otherwise it cannot update apps.
Samsung s8 sd card finally can use to move/install apps and oculus apps ?
I can do that on my S7 Edge now so I suspect you will be able to. I moved Wands over to the SD card last night.
Honestly, the whole "move to card" crap is annoying. I've found that some apps claim to have migrated, but the amount of space they take up on the internal memory is far larger than it claims. With 64 GB (vs anemic 32 GB) you should be able to leave all the apps on the internal storage and only put the photos, music, and video on the external.
YouTube and others are equally misleading. When you tell them to save stuff to the SD, it claims to be doing that, but the app's data size on the internal storage obviously includes huge chunks of video.
you'll prob see worse performance in apps when they get moved to SD if you run them from there. I wouldn't move them.
Unhappily S7 don´t move apps to sd card, but only a little part of this....
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I can do that on my S7 Edge now so I suspect you will be able to. I moved Wands over to the SD card last night.
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Honestly, the whole "move to card" crap is annoying. I've found that some apps claim to have migrated, but the amount of space they take up on the internal memory is far larger than it claims. With 64 GB (vs anemic 32 GB) you should be able to leave all the apps on the internal storage and only put the photos, music, and video on the external.
YouTube and others are equally misleading. When you tell them to save stuff to the SD, it claims to be doing that, but the app's data size on the internal storage obviously includes huge chunks of video.
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Yea, this is especially true with large games. Only way to move everything is by using adoptable storage. Which I wish Samsung allowed, because you can still choose what to put on internal or external.