Hi
I'm just curious as to what methods people use to clean up their S3s? For example any folders that contain junk?
Also any tips, recommended apps etc?
Thanks in advance.
Phil
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philicom said:
Hi
I'm just curious as to what methods people use to clean up their S3s? For example any folders that contain junk?
Also any tips, recommended apps etc?
Thanks in advance.
Phil
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Sd maid from market but is risky if you're not sure what you do...
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xanthrax said:
Sd maid from market but is risky if you're not sure what you do...
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Thanks will check it out. Any others?
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Try System Cleanup as well.
Not worth the effort on an Android phone .
jje
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Not worth the effort on an Android phone .
jje
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Agree :thumbup:
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Here's what I tend to do every now and then (about once a month or so):
Clear call and messaging log, reset voice call duration (I do this at the beginning of each billing cycle).
Delete text message threads
Clear the browser cache and history
Clear cache on downloaded apps (mainly Facebook and Facebook Messenger).
Move pictures/videos from internal memory to external SD card using "My Files"
That's all I feel is really necessary and even then it's more of a "spring cleaning" thing than anything else, just to keep things organized. I don't download and uninstall a whole lot of apps or anything either, everything is pretty much set up the way I want it with the apps that I need.
i just look through a file manager for pointless files and delete them
Leave it as it is. Won't change the performance of your phone.
Thanks guys. Not really looking for performance improvements. Mainly general housekeeping and space saving. Obviously not to much of a problem now but was concerned about long term build up.
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If i erase my internal SD card on with my pc, will my Phone still work?
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Q: If I delete stock browser will it affect the Google search bar and Google now?
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drool on my chin from a mouth full of jellybeans....
Well actually no, the browser and Google apps are different, and the only way to remove the stock browser is to go to /system then /app and remove the browser from the browser, ie cutting and pasting it.
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samsgun357 said:
Q: If I delete stock browser will it affect the Google search bar and Google now?
Thanks
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If you have titanium backup I'd just freeze it.
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xriderx66 said:
If you have titanium backup I'd just freeze it.
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Yea that's what I'll do. I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't affect Google now. Thanks
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xriderx66 said:
If you have titanium backup I'd just freeze it.
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Actually, he doesn't even need titanium backup. He could just use a file browser (ie. Root Explorer) and change the browser.apk extension from "apk" to "bak". That will accomplish the same thing as freezing it. To bring it back just change the extension from "bak" back to "apk". Then reboot.
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N00B_IN_N33D said:
Actually, he doesn't even need titanium backup. He could just use a file browser (ie. Root Explorer) and change the browser.apk extension from "apk" to "bak". That will accomplish the same thing as freezing it. To bring it back just change the extension from "bak" back to "apk". Then reboot.
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Hey N00B, what about just removing from /system/app and moving to ext SD card? I want to clear up space in /system or will renaming .bak successfully do that?
Thanks everybody for ideas, sometimes threads in q&a section can go unanswered for awhile.
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samsgun357 said:
Hey N00B, what about just removing from /system/app and moving to ext SD card? I want to clear up space in /system or will renaming .bak successfully do that?
Thanks everybody for ideas, sometimes threads in q&a section can go unanswered for awhile.
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It's like your insulting him lol with the noob thing, but then I noticed you're quoting noob in need
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If you don't want nor use use the stock browser, then I'd either delete it or move it to your external SD card manually via Root Explorer and keep it backed up there. Freezing an app (manually or with titanium backup) will not clear up any space, just disable the app from loading or being detected. If you do want to use the stock browser, but don't want to waist precious internal SD card space... Well, you could try to move the browser.apk from "system/app" to "data/app", reboot, and then go into your phone's app settings and move it to the SD card. Guess it's worth a try, right?
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It's like your insulting him lol with the noob thing, but then I noticed you're quoting noob in need
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Yup, that's the consequence for making my user name "N00B_IN_N33D". Lol.
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Just wondering.
Is there (in your opinion) an useful app to properly uninstall other apps?
meaning something like CCleaner that gets rid of the crap thats usually stays behind, just want to keep my SIII clean
suggestions are very welcome!
android assistant it has cache cleaner batch uninstaller and a lot more
you dont need such cleaner for android.
bala_gamer said:
you dont need such cleaner for android.
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Such a cleaner is needed but not for things like registry entries and cache.
Its needed for those apps that directly store their data and cache on the memory card, and don't wipe it when you uninstall. The worst are those which create vague folder namers like "csdata" or something. How are you supposed to know if it belongs to an app you're using or one you've uninstalled?
There should be a better way to store large amounts of app data than mingling it in with user data with vague names.
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Such a cleaner is needed but not for things like registry entries and cache.
Its needed for those apps that directly store their data and cache on the memory card, and don't wipe it when you uninstall. The worst are those which create vague folder namers like "csdata" or something. How are you supposed to know if it belongs to an app you're using or one you've uninstalled?
There should be a better way to store large amounts of app data that mingling it in with user data with vague names.
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Ya that can be annoying alright.
I see in your profile that you are Irish/in Ireland??
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I see in your profile that you are Irish
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That part's right.
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That part's right.
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Deadly, which part?
There's a good few of us around the S3 forums, we were fairly scarce in the nexus forums.
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bala_gamer said:
you dont need such cleaner for android.
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Yes it is, just posted a new thread about Dolphin Browser (beta) causing standby drain, un installed the app problem persisted.
Hey guys,
I'm having a weird thing happen with my internal storage on my phone.
I'm using stock XWLP7 firmware.
When I try and install an app it says I haven't got enough space, it tells me to delete 1.6gb (I'm trying to install a large Gameloft game)
Sure enough I look in settings-storage and I only have around 700mb available, but I should have ALOT more...... Where has it all gone?
I'm totally stumped and would be very great full for some help.
Here's a screen shot to explain my issue.
If I deduct the used memory from my total 11.49gb I should have 9.8gb spare! It tells me I only have 745mb available, does anyone know where it's gone? lol
Or why this happens?
Thank you guys!
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Obagleyfreer said:
Hey guys,
I'm having a weird thing happen with my internal storage on my phone.
I'm using stock XWLP7 firmware.
When I try and install an app it says I haven't got enough space, it tells me to delete 1.6gb (I'm trying to install a large game loft game)
Sure enough I look in settings-storage and I only have around 700mb available, but I should have ALOT more...... Where has it all gone?
I'm totally stumped and would be very great full for some help.
Here's a screen shot to explain my issue.
Thank you guys!
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Your screenshot is not displaying.
However you can move some big apps to SD
Thank you for your reply Jokesy!
I'm aware I can move apps to SD, but I would like to find out why my storage is all messed up.......
It just doesn't make any sense....
If anyone knows how to fix it and maybe get back my 9gb of storage I will be very greatful
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Thank you for your reply Jokesy!
I'm aware I can move apps to SD, but I would like to find out why my storage is all messed up.......
It just doesn't make any sense....
If anyone knows how to fix it and maybe get back my 9gb of storage I will be very greatful
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Try to upload your screenshot again, it will sure help
Swyped from Samsung Galaxy SII
Just uploaded screenshots
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Get app called sd maid and go through each section clearing stuff.
If you got cwm, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache, fix permissions and reboot.
Thats all i can offer, it may work!?
IRONY = XDA app, buggy and doesn't work properly!
Mod Edit - do not advocate warez
Thank you for your advice
I already have pro version if SD maid and regularly go through each section deleting stuff.
I also regularly wipe cache and dalvik cache. Probably do them both almost every other day!
Fix permissions whenever I install an app and I also zipalign all my apps.
So I don't really know what's going on..... It's really puzzling me.
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No body know how to help?
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Obagleyfreer said:
No body know how to help?
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The free storage displayed by the system usually only reflects the sdcards partition status, while the low space warning is probably talking about your /data/ partition.
Upgrading to new roms is a pain, because it takes a lot. For people who work or italian students that have to study 229 pages of literature for the next week, this is often a pain.
I am looking for the quickest way to put all my stuff on a newer rom (im on 4.1.1 stock rooted, gonna upgrade to foxhound)...ive searched the web and fastest way seems to be titanium backup...that's good and all...but it doesnt convince me too much.
Is it possible to just restore data fron a nanadroid backup?
Or tell how you manage to do it, and what the most efficient way you think might be...
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TB pro
or the newer Carbon .
Data only from Nandroid yes .
Flash new rom boot recovery restore data only works 99% of the time .
Only problem can be the odd app conflict or a conflict if you move from ICS to JB .
jje
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JJEgan said:
TB pro
or the newer Carbon .
Data only from Nandroid yes .
Flash new rom boot recovery restore data only works 99% of the time .
Only problem can be the odd app conflict or a conflict if you move from ICS to JB .
jje
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Great answer! Is tb better than carbon thou?
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killbubble said:
Great answer! Is tb better than carbon thou?
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Never used carbon .
jje
titanium backup
titanium backup pro
carbon is awesome because it allows to sync data between devices.
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carbon is awesome because it allows to sync data between devices.
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Could do that with a micro sd, plus in italy internet connections are low speed, so it would be a total waste of time and broadband to have it sync thru wifi...
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I believe titanium backup pro is best method, cause restoring just data on foxhound made it crash.
Plus carnon seems to be not as much developed as tb...
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Could do that with a micro sd, plus in italy internet connections are low speed, so it would be a total waste of time and broadband to have it sync thru wifi...
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yeah, or you could do it with a click of a button, see which one's more convinient.
Local syncing does not use any traffic, it syncs locally.
but if you've already made up your mind I guess there's no point in asking.
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but if you've already made up your mind I guess i should stop spamming.
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Yeah that's what i thought...
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am I not helpful?
I guess I should stop feeding the troll, bye
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Yeh gotta admit u said something helpful...but you really fattened up the troll these few days
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Titanium back up I believe it does one app at the time and then I have to keep on giving it permissions, is it just me? Nandroid back up is an "image" of the actual ROM, data, settings etc. so if you try it, you would go back to previous rom, etc.
Forza Milan.
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Tuckycv said:
Forza Milan.
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Totally right!!!!
Forza Milan!
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I know there are tons of threads on here about wiping your device to sell, but I'm more paranoid than most.
This has come from the shock I experienced with exactly how much data I've been able to recover by deep-scanning Hard Drives in the past that I thought was deleted/lost many years ago. This phone is going into a pool at work, so there are some things I don't want my colleagues, no matter how determined they are, to be able to know about me. LOL.
I'll delete everything I can see manually first, then if I carry out a wipe from the recovery menu, does this remove all the user files, photos etc 100?%
I know some pics were stored on the device itself, not on the external card.
No, factory reset from the settings menu should format the internal storage. As with most media this won't remove the actual file information from the emmc chip partition, only the allocation table.
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No, factory reset from the settings menu should format the internal storage. As with most media this won't remove the actual file information from the emmc chip partition, only the allocation table.
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But using this method, the files could possibly still be recovered if someone was determined and sad enough to do it?
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But using this method, the files could possibly still be recovered if someone was determined and sad enough to do it?
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Possible but hard and tedious.
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Possible but hard and tedious.
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OK, thanks for that. To clarify, it's not life/death, but I'd just like to prevent possible future embarrassment. Sounds like me manually removing everything then doing a factory wipe will do fine. :good:
When u mean manually, u mean pressing delete for everything by urself? Tat doesn't work too.
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Run the mega wipe script for installing a new rom, then use kies to do an install of the latest stock rom for the device.