i had 80MB of system storage and suddenly after downloading this game "free space shooter" of about 25MB, it said i dont have any more space on my archos and it didnt even install the program. I dont think it even deleted the downloaded file but i cant find anything to recover the space. I deleted all the cache, all the apps that can go to SD card are there, i downloaded SD maid and nothing. I have z4root but dont know which files are from the system storage so i dont want to delete anything i dont know :S...any ideas?
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Before turning on usb connect I have about 25MB of internal storage space. Somehow the phone hang when turning on the usb connect and I have to reboot it. After the reboot I lost around 8MB of internal storage space .
I have look through the files using root explorer and did not come across any unusual big files or names.
Is there a program that help to recover the lost space or how can I go about to recover the lost space. I have tried titanium backup dalvik-cache cleaning but failed to recover any space.
Can I delete the log file from the internal storage /data/log directory (see attachment).
curiou5 said:
Before turning on usb connect I have about 25MB of internal storage space. Somehow the phone hang when turning on the usb connect and I have to reboot it. After the reboot I lost around 8MB of internal storage space .
I have look through the files using root explorer and did not come across any unusual big files or names.
Is there a program that help to recover the lost space or how can I go about to recover the lost space. I have tried titanium backup dalvik-cache cleaning but failed to recover any space.
Can I delete the log file from the internal storage /data/log directory (see attachment).
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Hey!
More info PLEASE!
What ROM you use(stock, custom and is it FROYO or GB)? Dose you phone rooted or nope and so on.
Thanks!
CHEERS!
casiocas said:
Hey!
More info PLEASE!
What ROM you use(stock, custom and is it FROYO or GB)? Dose you phone rooted or nope and so on.
Thanks!
CHEERS!
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Using stock ROM Froyo and the phone is rooted.
I think the log files in /data/log directory are text files. I have deleted files which are more than 2 MB and I got back 86MB of space. The phone now seems to response better and has not encounter any issue yet. Why are there so many log files in the first place, using up precious space. I am tempted to delete all the log files. Is it a good idea.
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Using stock ROM Froyo and the phone is rooted.
I think the log files in /data/log directory are text files. I have deleted files which are more than 2 MB and I got back 86MB of space. The phone now seems to response better and has not encounter any issue yet. Why are there so many log files in the first place, using up precious space. I am tempted to delete all the log files. Is it a good idea.
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Hey!
You can delete log files, BUT SOMETIMES they are useful. Of course if you DONT know how to use log files your self, then you can delete them, but some apps(maybe most of them) great them again(log files, I mean).
And if you want some more space, you can move you APPS to SD, with a2sd or link2sd from MARKET. Of course phone acts better, if it hase more SPACE to manage.
CHEERS!
wow that's curious, my log files aren't bigger than 300k, and have only 5 files. :S
casiocas said:
Hey!
You can delete log files, BUT SOMETIMES they are useful. Of course if you DONT know how to use log files your self, then you can delete them, but some apps(maybe most of them) great them again(log files, I mean).
And if you want some more space, you can move you APPS to SD, with a2sd or link2sd from MARKET. Of course phone acts better, if it hase more SPACE to manage.
CHEERS!
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Thanks.
Except for those that must be installed to internal ROM, all my apps are installed in SD card. Now I can move all the log files to SD card and delete from the internal ROM.
So i just went to download something off the internet it said i did not have enough space on my sd card. I don't know how this is because yesterday i had 2gb left and now all of a sudden i only have 30.56mb. So i unistalled a bunch of apps and i am still stuck with 30.56mb which that should of went way up. I only have like 20 apps so there is no way there should be only 30mbs left. Does anyone know how this has happened or how i get it back?
apps will not take up any space on the sd card unless you explicitly move them there through the applications menu or other means... so deleting apps that weren't on the sd card to begin with would not free up any space... If I were in that situation, I would connect the phone to the computer and check the size of each folder on the sd card and see which folder is the biggest... though I'm sure there are quicker methods... have you been doing a large amount of backups or downloads or taking lots of 3d photos and videos?
Omg so i just deleted 440 mb off of it cause i got rid of titanium backup and the free space went down even further! now its at 4.59 mb. wtf
what did you use to delete the titanium backup data? did you do it through something like ES file explorer or Astro? or did you connect the phone to your computer to delete the files?
the phone to the computer? why
are you using a mac by any chance?
nope ubuntu
check your LOST.DIR and see how much data resides in there - if I'm researching this right, theres a chance that the deletions you are making are somehow not completing or something like that...
I did that but that only gave me 50mbs, i got rid of 440 from titanium so why isnt that showing up in free space?
well, I'm stumped and unfortunately, the GF is home from work so it's bed time... at this point I'd probably copy the entire contents of the sd card to the computer - format the SD card - and copy the contents back... that should remove any chance of there being a "ghost file" or anything taking up unnecessary space... see you in the morning -
Did you nand backup anything
Like the person above said nanodroid back ups take a lot of memory
I did a factory reset and that didn't fix it but then i noticed a new folder called .Trash-1000 so i checked that deleted it and now have 3gb. So that worked i don't know how that happened tho. Thanks for helping tho.
.Trash-1000 is apparently the "recycle bin" for Ubuntu. the files you were deleting were simply going there to await permanent deletion. good to hear you got it figured out though...
Hi
Sorry not a high tech question but would appreciate some help
Re. my viewpad 7
Seems to be constantly short of inbuilt memory.
(should be 512mb)
was down to zero today though have not addded anything for a while.
Clearing cache and history via browser took it back up to 8 mb but already with an hours use down to 6mb again.
Have moved everything that Apps manager allows over to the (16GB) SD card, which still has lots of space.
Neither of the "File Explorer" or "Settings/SD card and phone storage" routes let me actually see what's in phone memory.
Pad is "as bought" re rom's etc
Would appreciate any help.
thx
Russ
It's got 512mb total, which is split over different partitions.
You are running out of space on the /data partition, try uninstalling some apps, or use an app like apps2sd to move some to your sd card.
Thanks for quick response but have tried deleting a few apps and have already moved everything that can be moved onto sd card
have downloaded a couple of versions of app2sd apps 2sd etc but they do not offer any more suggestions on apps that can be moved as I say I have aready moved all that seem moveable
It does seem that it's some sort of data thats the problem but I can't see into the inbuilt memory to see what data it is or from what app
rgds
russ
It is stupid Android. When you move apps to SD, than still some (usualy bigger) parts is still in internal memory. When you move apps to SD, than info about occupied space is valid only for occupied space on SD by the apps. If you want to know how big is the application than you have to move back to internal memory, than info is correct.
Also some updating of system apss can consume very big space of internal memory. For example Aldiko can occupy 6MB !!!!
The problem is, when you install a new app either from Android Market, Amazon App Store or anywhere else, the system retains the .apk install file somewhere in memory. I'm yet to find where those files are stored.
You can use a file manager like Astro File manager to see all the files on your viewpad 7's internal memory however, manipulating those files is a bit trickier. I thought I found them in a \sys\data directory or something like that but the system refuses to let me delete them.
Does anyone know for certain where these .apk files are stored. I've deleted/moved everything I can and am down to the apps that I need on the unit. If I have to delete more, then there is no sense having a small form-factor tablet. The space that is being used is far above the applications that I have installed so there has to be garbage files somewhere that need cleaned up.
Hi,
I have a ZTE Blade with CM 7.1 (don´t kow if it happens on another devices / roms) and i´m having a serious problem.
Internal storage memory is getting low at a very fast rate.
The problem is, when i install an app, it decrease the internal storage memory, ok everything normal.. but when i move it to the SD card or even when i uninstalled it, i can´t recovery the free space it had before..
For example, i installed an app of 30mb (automatically on the SD Card), and it occupied the 30mb on the internal storage memory too.. Worse, i uninstalled the app, and the 30mb are still used on internal storage memory. I´ve tried to clear the market cache without any success.. I suspect it has the apk install file somewere on the internal storage memory, but where?
Knowing that your phone is CM7, it is rooted, right?
Try using Root Explorer (or any explorer with root rights) and go to /data/app. Check if the app is still there, delete it if yes.
Go to /data/data and check for a folder with the app name, delete it.
Warn: Do that if you unnistalled the app.
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Ok so i can install almost any app on the market except these 2 that i have tried . I cant intsall directory bind and gl to sd (root).
Just to be clear all other apps install fine , i have plenty of space but these 2 apps give me the insufficient space or out of space errors , i have wiped dalvik i have wiped all the cache , i have tried looking for the odex files in root explorer , tried restarting my phone but nothing helps.
Im on stock ics with root , i get the feeling like these apps ar blocked on my phone or something because i cant use the app2sd apps so i though ill just change the primary storage to my ext sd but its impossible because the apps that i need are not installing