i check my tab for storage size and saw the total size is 13gb.
my tab is 16gb version.
is it normal? is it the rom or system partition that took that much space?
i noticed it on stock honeycomb also after upgrade to touchwiz.
im not sure if both rom need same space size.
anyone with answer?
You are correct...
You are correct, the missing space has gone to other partition. There is a total of 16 partition(2-17) each taking space for their special function. Some of these functions include the system recovery partition(8), The boot partition(9), the /system partition(10), and the cache partition(11).
Besides the space you see on your "sdcard" you also have space in the /system folder for when you install apps.
Hope this helps...
Taran
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Hi to all from Greece...
I am facing a strange problem with my 2 months old 10.1v. Since yesterday there is a notification that the internal storage is getting low. In fact in the storage use of the apps is almost 8 Gb that cannot be true as the applications that are installed cannot be more than 500 Mb (including the cache).
I've read a relevant post in the forum that indicates a format of the sd card. I have made a backup of the apps and the data on my pc and I am wondering the best way to proceed.
Will this format affect the system on the Tab? The system apps?
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thank you very much,
DK
P.S... by the way...how can i format the sd card? I have looked everywhere and couldn't figure out how....
Tks again
Internal space...
You internal storage is your APP (partition 10) space. When you are talking about your 8GB's free you're talking about your "SDCard" space (Partition 14). I suggest installing "File Manager HD", and browse your /data/app folder. Sort by size to see what your biggest applications are and uninstall a couple.
Reformatting your SDCard space isn't going to help here but if you do want to reload the entire thing including your SDcard (all 2-17 partitions) check out The Overcome ROM reload instructions. His install walkthrough has your completely erase everything (every partition gets reloaded) and starts everything off empty for you. (Find his ROM and website info on the "Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development" Forum).
Hope this helps...
Taran..
I got a message saying I was getting low on space. I bought a program call SD Maid which tells me I've used 1.4 GB out of 1.97 GB. It has an option called "CORPSE FINDER" which comes up with some files like:
com.motorola.batterymonitor
com.motorola.blur.contacts.deferred
com.motorola.android.wmdrm.webpush
com.motorola.android.simmanager
com.mot.readout
com.motorola.dock.provider
these files are located in /data/data/
and /data/data/.com.mot.readout/lib
and /data/data/com.motorola.dock.DesktopDock/shared_prefs/com.motorola.dock
Is is OK to delete these files?
Are there other obvious files I can delete off the phone?
Another app called FREE SPACE tells me I have used 93% of system space or 298MB out of 319MB available. Is there a way to increase the available space?
Thanks for any suggestions
What? Move apps to internal memory if you need space.
How can you fill up 10GB?
Agreed, move apps to internal storage. And you can use DiskUsage to see exactly what is taking up how much space and delete it.
no effect
Moving apps to external SD or uninstalling apps has NO EFFECT on the SYSTEM space, according to FreeSpace (ROOT). After uninstalling apps the space used by the SYSTEM remains unchanged at 93%:
size: 319.5 MB
used: 298.5 MB
free: 20.9 MB
Uninstalling apps or widgets decreases the space used by DATA which currently is:
size: 2015.8 MB
used: 1371.8 MB
free: 643.9 MB
So the issue is how to decrease space used by the (android) SYSTEM.
thanks
nothing user created is being stored on the /system partition. that partition is only for the ROM itself, all your customizations go to /data partition (except if you modify your /system partition with root access and adb/terminal/root explorer) you shouldnt be bothered about the free space in the /system partition. the /system partition is supposed to stay as it is throughout your usage - except if you flash another rom or mod this one. thats it
free space
Thanks for your info. I am rooted, and installed root explorer, but thats it. I have recently gotten the laptop dock. The only reason this came up was because of a message about low space in my drop down menu. I have a lot of apps installed but have ample space in all partitions except the system partition. I didn't write the message down, but if it comes up again I will in order to get an idea of where its coming from.
WAIT. THAT's IT.....the laptop dock. That message must have come from using the dock !!
I will confirm next time it happens......
thanks guys.
The message is about the Ram consumption, which the webdock consumes rather fast with several programs open (firefox with many tabs, open office and so on)
Galaxy 10.1 16gb rooted galaxy task 14.
I was running GT 10 and started to get low on storage space. Then I noticed that my GF's 16gb tablet had lots of space left. I installed storage analyzer & saw that I had about 12.5 gb free. When I look in settings it says about 1gb free. So I reflashed to factory, rooted, installed GT 14. Still missing about 11gb of storage. I cleared caches & partitions when I did new root. Did I miss something or is it a hardware issue?
Repartition with PIT file, or possibly your GF stacked a whole lot of movies or your porn is in a folder you completely forgot.
What does your graph show on what consumes the most space?
I tried to attached a couple images to help explain but couldn't get them to upload so......
Under settings>storage it shows the bar almost full(1.3gb available) but under the individual headings(apps, downloads, images......) its says "calculating......" never completes. Also the bar is all black(no corrisponding colors). When I open storage analyzer it shows my list of files & folders. Largest being 350mb with a total of about 1 gb. At the bottom ist reads 12.4gb available. When I click the partition button it shows the SD card with 1.3 gb avail. No other partitions.
UPDATE:
I changed the settings in Storage Analyser to show all partions. This is what it shows:
/SD 13.27 total 1.35 free
/system 568mb total 110 MB free
/data 13.27 gb total 1.35 gb free
Don't know if this helps
chrisbob said:
UPDATE:
I changed the settings in Storage Analyser to show all partions. This is what it shows:
/SD 13.27 total 1.35 free
/system 568mb total 110 MB free
/data 13.27 gb total 1.35 gb free
Don't know if this helps
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You're not missing any storage. You have some big files in there. If you're using storage analyser, you should be able to figure out where they are...
Yeah but the files don't show up anywhere
Data being flooded, are you fond of downloading a lot of games? Most games now are like 700MB, you need something like root explorer to check the /data on what you have that's flooding it. Or just repartition with a pit file and format Problmemo de nada.
I have a big problem if it is not normal or not, I just installed the rom based on android 4.1 (omega rom), did a full wipe, even format the internal storage was empty now, but for some reason there are 500 mb that are being used by a hidden folder called:'' system data'', which can not be deleted and also missing from Windows Explorer.
Is this normal? I would also like to clarify that the size of this ''folder'' for some reason is growing
And it will grow with any apk you'll install.
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And it will grow with any apk you'll install.
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Thanks for the comment, then it is normal that in the phone's internal memory truth (which supposedly is 16GB)?
I do not understand is why they are there if i format the internal memory from recovery.
UP, please help me!! apparently this space: ''system data'' increases more and more for every application that installed, this means that applications are installed on internal memory space?
That 500MB is a partition on the sd card for.....you guessed it......system data.....note in the picture you took there is currently nothing in that partition
slaphead20 said:
That 500MB is a partition on the sd card for.....you guessed it......system data.....note in the picture you took there is currently nothing in that partition
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But if a partition, its size should not be still? because it increases and decreases in size?
Why is it then that partition increases when installing an app? and if uninstall the volume decreases ... assumes that applications are installed in "/ data/app" then that is what takes up space?
updates
any??
Okay, so my phone has about 2GB of internal storage for all my apps and whatnot, but now my phone only has 441 mb of internal storage after flashing this rom.
My phone is the samsung showcase/fascinate, the sch-i500, but I don't think it really matters what phone I have in this situation.
I used root explorer to look at my system files and when I go to /data, root explorer says that there is only 441 mb, just like it says in the settings. But when I go to /system, there is 1.21 GB storage free. And shouldn't these two be the same, or shared or something because I have all this space that system apps can use up but not my regular user apps [emoji35]
The rom I flashed is;
full_fascinatemtd-ota-eng.sbrissen.ALPHA6.zip
Is there any way to fix this?