Issue with "low on space" - Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers

My S7 has been a great daily driver up until recently. It's running stock firmware, and is up to date with Oreo.
My issue is that I have been getting the "You're dangerously low on space" notification. My phone is indeed low on space, but most of the usage is in the System area and can't be accessed.
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This issue has been ongoing. Before Christmas last year I got the notification for the first time and just decided that I needed to go ahead and reset to factory settings. Then it happened again about two months later, "low on space." Factory reset and set everything back up. About two more months, and the same thing happens again.
I've tried removing apps, cleaning cache, deleting media, etc; this all works temporarily, but then the system storage creeps up and fills the empty space. Resetting to factory settings seems to be the only way to rectify this issue, but only for about two months.
Anyone else experiencing something similar, or have an idea on how to stop this from happening?
Edit - Guess I can't insert a pic yet, here's a link to the screenshot. Screenshot

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Wireless Tether FC

Today I needed to take the laptop on my route for work. Every time I tried to start wireless tether it would FC and give the option to report or cancel. Restarted phone to just do the same thing.
Went to "Manage Applications" and cleared data which fixed it but still have no clue what would cause something like that. The report gave a list of running apps and other stuff but gave no explanation that could see.
Have anyone experienced the same thing and if so did you ever figure out the cause? Wasn't a big deal, just had to reconfigure the WPA setting which took all of 30 seconds. It was just a PITA cause was in a hurry and busy when it chose to mess up.
Did you install the new Wireless Tether update that says in the Market description that you should uninstall it and reinstall from scratch if you get force-closes after the update?
Didn't even notice as updated a few at same time. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
Thought it was something I did wrong...... Well except for not reading update info.
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Sent from my HTC Incredible using XDA app.
Heh, I've been "burned" enough times by not reading the changes and recent comments before doing an update that I never touch the "Update All" button anymore.

[Q] Phone thinks no storage left!! help

So my SM-G900H keeps giving me the "internal storage running out" warning even though in storage settings it says I have 14.98gb of free space. I also took out the SD card now to eliminate that factor and still this message is there. It doesn't let me install apps because it says there isn't enough storage space for them. However, it still Downloads the app no problem, error pops up when it tries to install it. I went through the whole internet and couldn't find anything. Any ideas? Thanks!
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The entire internet, huh? How long did that take you to do?
Anyway, back to reality - a forum search usually fixes issues like this. It's a good habit to actually search before posting, as it often gives you an instant answer. And at least lets you pose better informed questions.
Try the solution in the top search result. And failing that, restore a backup or write a 100% stock firmware image to the phone to correct obscure system corruption.
Google search: [url="http://goo.gl/XJy3Mq]internal storage space error XDA[/url]
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Notification Bar always says no notification, Quick Settings does not come down.

Hi Guys,
Suddenly today morning i notice that the quick settings and notification is not coming down, and the home button only works when it is on recent apps screen in my Moto X Style(Marshmallow 6.0) . Has anyone faced this problem? Or doe anyone know how to fix this. Previous night i put the phone to charge before going to sleep, and it was downloading torrents in Flud app. Could Flud be the problem?
Earlier i have seen that the internal memory gets filled totally and the phone restarted once. Can this corrupt any of the system files. And yes the Moto Display is also not working. The phone is not showing any time when i hover my hand on it. Can anyone please help?
Screenshot attached below:
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did you get the fix yet? Im facing the same problem and need help
I have face the same problem today. Also cannot factory reset. The reset phone button was dimmed. Help!!
Akshat111 said:
did you get the fix yet? Im facing the same problem and need help
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You have to do a factory reset, back up all of your data from internal storage, remove external sd card before doing a reset, everything is ok after doing factory reset.

Excessive "Other" System Storage One Day after Pie Update and Factory Reset

Hello everyone!
I finally decided to bit the bullet and upgrade to Pie hoping for the best.
After updating, then factory resetting, then restoring contacts, texts etc through Smart Switch and the cloud service, storage usage was still minimal and just fine.
However, about a day after, there is about 20+ gigs of "system data" usage that I just can't track down. Throughout the day when this happened, I was not even connected to a cell network, much less data, as I was not within service range.
Things I have tried:
- Factory reset (of course)
- Clearing cache partition (I knew this wouldn't help)
- The *#9900* then clearing logs advice I found online
- Checking the storage usage of ALL apps, even system apps
- Using the "DiskUsage" App to try to track it down. (Screenshot attached)
- Built in storage analyzer/cleaner, CCleaner, Norton Clean
Also, I have removed all large files that could be constituted as "Other"
Does anyone have any idea of what it could be?
All the screenshots are in the following album:
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[HELP] ASUS ZENWATCH WI500Q NOT WORKING

Hello i always had the ASUS zenwatch but i haven't been using it for a year or two in this pandemic. I updated everything after i turned it on but its so slow that i cannot operate. touch delays are very long. so somehow i hard reset it and connected to my wear OS app (updated) and now i am getting "google play store stopped working message" and "android wear is not working do you want to force close it" also "Process System isnt responding" message. i successfully connected few times. even got notifications but after sometime i get the message again and the watch becomes extremely slow
Things i did--
1. Went to recovery and factory reset after clearing cache
2. Uninstalled wear OS and installed again.
3. Cleared Google play Services data and cache and tried again.
Seems like nothing is working. can anyone please help me to solve this.
I really love this watch and wouldn't want to throw it away.
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