after samsung removed that option from device maintenance, i struggle to find a good cache cleaner that actually does its job properly. i tried cache cleaner but it shows it cleaned 2gb(let's say) but then if i go to apps, instagram, facebook and a few other apps that have largest cache....are not cleaned. i am looking for an app (paid/unpaid) that would clean cache of all apps without me having to double check that this was actually done
thanks
SD Maid has been my go-to for years. I bought the Pro version. It's fantastic and has a huge range of functionality.
jl10101 said:
SD Maid has been my go-to for years. I bought the Pro version. It's fantastic and has a huge range of functionality.
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I tried that. But all it did was say it cleared all cache on device, but when i went to apps, Instagram,facebook,messenger all.had 100+mb of cache
RockyAJ said:
I tried that. But all it did was say it cleared all cache on device, but when i went to apps, Instagram,facebook,messenger all.had 100+mb of cache
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You have to adjust options in the settings. It works great.
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I don't know what's going on, but my browser keeps getting larger (yesterday it was only 9mb). I've cleared caches, historyl etc. I tried moving caches to sd card (which works since it shows the files on my card) but nothing decreases it's size. Any idea what's up? Any programs I'm unaware of that builds up my cache?
have you gone in and cleared your downloads? press menu, more, downloads, menu, clear downloads. That might free up some room.
Sounds like the browser cache. When you go to websites it downloads the data and stores it ion the phone for faster browsing. Just go into settings->applications and click browser. Click clear data and you should be good. Alteratively if you rooted your phone you an run a script to copy caches to your sd card but thats a bit technical.
Thanks for the replies but I've tried both solutions and no dice.
Like a lot of people, I would imagine, I have a constant battle to try and fit all of the apps that I want on my phone memory. There are a whole heap of apps already that I would like that I have had to delete already.
My phone memory was down to 2MB and I really want to add Skype to it now that has been launched. Knowing that I would never fit it on unless I deleted something, I decided to remove my greediest app, Documents to Go, which is also around 8.5MB - the same as Skype.
I deleted it, checked how much memory I had left, expecting there to now be 10.5MB, but found that it is still telling me that I only have 2MB left.
I have tried everything to try and find where the missing memory has gone - the app has definitely been removed from my phone.
Any ideas why I still don't have more than 2MB of memory after this?
Wipe cache.
Try to delete cache of all applications and then reboot the phone
I have gone through the caches of all of the apps that I can access and cleared them. This brings it up to 4MB, but it is still far short of the 8.5MB that I thought that I would have gained by deleting Documents to Go (which I never got around to using anyway).
I guess I really should wipe the thing and start again after downloading and deleting so many apps, but it will be a major pain to set everything up the way I like it.
Roll on Froyo when I can download apps onto the SD card, which should solve the problem once and for all.
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I have gone through the caches of all of the apps that I can access and cleared them. This brings it up to 4MB, but it is still far short of the 8.5MB that I thought that I would have gained by deleting Documents to Go (which I never got around to using anyway).
I guess I really should wipe the thing and start again after downloading and deleting so many apps, but it will be a major pain to set everything up the way I like it.
Roll on Froyo when I can download apps onto the SD card, which should solve the problem once and for all.
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Is your phone rooted? If yes, go to recovery and wipe cache and dalvik-cache.
rajasyaitan said:
Is your phone rooted? If yes, go to recovery and wipe cache and dalvik-cache.
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No, it's not rooted. I looked at the process of rooting and it looks terrifying and complicated!
If it was rooted, then I know I could just install apps onto the SD card and then the problem would be solved immediately.
If Froyo doesn't get released for Legend soon though, I think I will have to try and root it though as this memory problem is really starting to drive me insane.
What's a good app to clean the cache and ram? Also how do you utilize the space on the phone using OneDrive. I have auto sync set up and i got the additional 100 gbs on OneDrive. I have always had a mem9ry card lol. Do I delete the pictures from the gallery once I take them because they are synced to OneDrive?
What cache are you talking about? Individual apps' caches can be cleared in stock settings, system cache can be cleared in recovery.
You shouldn't really ever have to worry about RAM, as Android does a fine job of managing it under normal circumstances.
Had some problems with ram aswell on the stock firmware. I used Clean Master to improve it
You have the stock app like smart manager, if you want another you can use SD Maid pro, is the best.
Clean master for me
My Galaxy s5 has been super laggy. I cleared the cache Partition and it runs great...until later tonight or tomorrow morning. Then if I clear the cache Partition again it runs great again. Is there a way to limit how much data the system cache Partition holds so my device will stop lagging? Thanks.
Find out which app is causing the problem and get rid, the cache is not causing the problem, something else is
That sounds right. Is there an app or chart that will show you which app is causing it? I'm not sure how to narrow it down.
There are plenty of apps that show rogue apps that are draining battery or using a high RAM/CPU resource, you could try one of those from the play store
But other than that, look back to approximately when the problem started, and which apps you installed just prior to that (Or however long it takes for the problem to show up once you clear cache) and remove those one by one
Or remove all apps (factory reset) and install them all again one by one
Also check play store app reviews for apps you are suspicious about, and see if anyone else is getting the same problem / google those apps and the problem
Cool. Thanks for the help. And so quickly at that!
Hooray!
I think I found the app. It was Kindlde for Samsung. That thing restarts like crazy. My phone is running much better thanks for the help.
Do system cleaners work?, no they don't. You can use any on the market like DU Cleaner, clean your phone using that which I just used and it found 761mb of junk which I deleted, then I used Super Speed Clean which found 847mb of junk so no, they don't work. The only way to delete junk is to go into recovery and delete cache and dalvik cache so save your money people and forget about these apps.
wondered this already,, but i fugure cant go worng with the stock one samsung comes with
No. It's snakeoil nonsense. Kinda like antivirus for android, but worse.
Sure you can delete cache files and whatnot, and the system one provided by Samsung has root (or some kind of elevated) access so it can actually touch more things.
It's 100% not going to speed up your phone. Inert files on your storage do not slow down your UI or add work to your processors or take up RAM
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Do system cleaners work?, no they don't. You can use any on the market like DU Cleaner, clean your phone using that which I just used and it found 761mb of junk which I deleted, then I used Super Speed Clean which found 847mb of junk so no, they don't work. The only way to delete junk is to go into recovery and delete cache and dalvik cache so save your money people and forget about these apps.
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Only use device maintenance...
Go to settings/device maintenance, otpimise now and enjoy. [emoji16]
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Only use device maintenance...
Go to settings/device maintenance, otpimise now and enjoy. [emoji16]
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That's what most people do, thanks for the instructions
I wouldn't even use device maintenance, it's powered by Clean Master/Cheetah Mobile....
El Presidente81 said:
I wouldn't even use device maintenance, it's powered by Clean Master/Cheetah Mobile....
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They must be paying samsung oodles of money to bake that into touchwiz.