Hello everyone,
I am using galaxy sIII international version with android 4.1.2 installed.
There is a huge problem I am having with my contacts. My contacts storage file kept getting larger and larger, yesterday it got to 3gb and now when i look at contacts storage it shows it has a size of 5gb. All my phone memory is thus now full, and I don't have that many contacts.
I am not able to open contacts, however. I can not view any contacts when I connect my phone to my pc with Kies also. And while doing these I have been really patient for them to load, and no, they do not load. I have deleted facebook and haxsync thinking they may be filling it, but still, no change.
So now I have a contacts file that takes 5gb of space (it is stuck to that as it got my memory full) and can not be opened. It is as if my phone has a huge cancer.
Anyone, who can advise anything, I am desperate, waiting for your help. I just want to save my contacts that have a phone number.
Camekan said:
Hello everyone,
I am using galaxy sIII international version with android 4.1.2 installed.
There is a huge problem I am having with my contacts. My contacts storage file kept getting larger and larger, yesterday it got to 3gb and now when i look at contacts storage it shows it has a size of 5gb. All my phone memory is thus now full, and I don't have that many contacts.
I am not able to open contacts, however. I can not view any contacts when I connect my phone to my pc with Kies also. And while doing these I have been really patient for them to load, and no, they do not load. I have deleted facebook and haxsync thinking they may be filling it, but still, no change.
So now I have a contacts file that takes 5gb of space (it is stuck to that as it got my memory full) and can not be opened. It is as if my phone has a huge cancer.
Anyone, who can advise anything, I am desperate, waiting for your help. I just want to save my contacts that have a phone number.
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have you tried doing a wipe data/factory reset.
squ89r97 said:
have you tried doing a wipe data/factory reset.
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If I wipe the data I will lose all the contacts that I use. I aim to find a better solution, yet in the end if someone can't help that seems to be what I will have to stick to.
Any other ideas?
Camekan said:
If I wipe the data I will lose all the contacts that I use. I aim to find a better solution, yet in the end if someone can't help that seems to be what I will have to stick to.
Any other ideas?
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Sync your contacts via your google account if they aren't already! You'll get them back that way, or download an app and save them to your external sd card!
squ89r97 said:
Sync your contacts via your google account if they aren't already! You'll get them back that way, or download an app and save them to your external sd card!
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Thank you sir, a lot! I had forgotten that Google synced all my contacts, I cleared the data and now all are restored from Google.
Again thank you so much, this had made me busy all day, and now it's solved
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I have over 3000 contacts and once they are on my 6800 things tend to slow down a bit Is there anyway to have them stored on the SD card instead of in main memory? I've searched and couldn't find an answer.
Thanks
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Oh, you want to move them from the device to the SD card and be able to access them from there? I'm not sure about that. But wouldn't that make it slower?
Yes.It may be slower accessing them but my device itself slows way down for everything with that many contacts in the device memory.
Dbl_Tap said:
Yes.It may be slower accessing them but my device itself slows way down for everything with that many contacts in the device memory.
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Well if its going to be even slower on the SD card, why move it?
I dont think you can store PIM info on the SD card using windows mobile. There may be 3rd party pim software that will allow you to do that.
Dbl_Tap said:
Yes.It may be slower accessing them but my device itself slows way down for everything with that many contacts in the device memory.
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Careful -- I think that you may be conflating RAM with ROM. That database is stored on your device's ROM -- not its RAM. The read/write rates of such memory is faster than may be achieved from a storage card.
Your issues are unrelated to where the PIM is stored. Rather they are due to either just the size of such an index or possibly the third party contact app (or any other app that is running and refers to your PIM) that you may be using and keep active.
Dbl_Tap said:
I have over 3000 contacts and once they are on my 6800 things tend to slow down a bit Is there anyway to have them stored on the SD card instead of in main memory? I've searched and couldn't find an answer.
Thanks
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3000 contacts is crazy.. thats like having the yellow pages. i guess im a loser. Does it take a long time to sync with active sync after upgrading the rom
It takes about 15 minutes the first time to update but after that it's fine. I'm not worried about the speed of the contacts being searched etc. just how much room it takes up on the device slows the device down.
It's a work phone so I keep all of my contacts on there. When Clients and Realtors call me and I know who they are etc and have all of their info right there is really impresses them and saves me time.
Dbl_Tap said:
...my device itself slows way down for everything with that many contacts in the device memory.
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I'm not worried about the speed of the contacts being searched etc. just how much room it takes up on the device slows the device down.
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Again, the PIM is stored in ROM but you still appear to be conflating RAM with ROM. Yes, the ROM is 'memory', but 'memory' just as a hard drive on your PC is for storing your Outlook database. The existence of items stored in such 'memory' do not slow you device down.
Again, your problem is not the storage location of such a large PIM but either its shear index size and/or a running background app that keeps referring to it.
How much free RAM do you have a few minutes after a soft-reset? What processes do you have running and do any of them use an extraordinary amount of RAM?
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It takes about 15 minutes the first time to update but after that it's fine. I'm not worried about the speed of the contacts being searched etc. just how much room it takes up on the device slows the device down.
It's a work phone so I keep all of my contacts on there. When Clients and Realtors call me and I know who they are etc and have all of their info right there is really impresses them and saves me time.
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Like Keystone is saying, your confusing the two types of memory. ROM is just like a harddrive - its where you store all your data. RAM is what the phone uses as programs are run.
Whether you have 1 contact or 3000 contacts, it doesnt matter. Your device will run as fast (or slow), all things being equal
If you are finding that your device is slowing down as you add more contacts, my guess would be that its some 3rd party app you have that is making reference to all them, hence using up more RAM
Anyone,
I've run into an oddity that I'm hoping someone could help explain. First, I'm running Cyanogen Mod 6 (update-cm-6.1.2-0.11-Milestone-signed.zip) on my HTC Aria. I've been running CM6 since last December.
A couple of weeks ago, my gmail account quit syncing and I stopped receiving text messages. Over the course of the last 2 weeks, I've gotten it working on and off. What finally got it working was to address the other informational message I was getting (running out of memory on my phone).
I was down to < 10% of the phone's main memory remaining. I found out that if I rebooted and cleared the cache, it would work again until the cache grew and brought available storage on the phone (I have an 8G SD card in it) to under 10% left.
Any app that I can move to the SD card has been moved to the SD card but it appears those apps still have some amount of data that they store on the phone? This AM, I finally removed some apps completely that were nice but not necessary for me to have on the phone and I haven't had a problem.
So, does anyone know if this is a known issue? Or, just a coincidence that text messages and emails stop when running low on memory.
Thanks.
++Rob
rharveland said:
Anyone,
I've run into an oddity that I'm hoping someone could help explain. First, I'm running Cyanogen Mod 6 (update-cm-6.1.2-0.11-Milestone-signed.zip) on my HTC Aria. I've been running CM6 since last December.
A couple of weeks ago, my gmail account quit syncing and I stopped receiving text messages. Over the course of the last 2 weeks, I've gotten it working on and off. What finally got it working was to address the other informational message I was getting (running out of memory on my phone).
I was down to < 10% of the phone's main memory remaining. I found out that if I rebooted and cleared the cache, it would work again until the cache grew and brought available storage on the phone (I have an 8G SD card in it) to under 10% left.
Any app that I can move to the SD card has been moved to the SD card but it appears those apps still have some amount of data that they store on the phone? This AM, I finally removed some apps completely that were nice but not necessary for me to have on the phone and I haven't had a problem.
So, does anyone know if this is a known issue? Or, just a coincidence that text messages and emails stop when running low on memory.
Thanks.
++Rob
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First off, Why are you using the milestone Cyanogenmod6?
use this : http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/update-cm-6.1.1-Liberty.zip
Clear dialer storage.SMS mms dialer all use the same storage.clear that up and you're good.
Sent from my Liberty using XDA App
Thanks for the info.
I was actually on that one (still have that zip on my sd card) but, when it started to not receive txt messages nor gmail, I went looking for something newer than what I had installed to see if there was a different version of Cyanogen that would work better. I tried CM7, a liberated Froyo, and the official Android 2.2 from AT&T (so I had to search through the forums to find out how to re-root my phone). I think I just ended up on the Milestone build (and since it was a CM6 like I had been using since Dec, I just quit trying new versions).
I just put the 6.1.1-Liberty back on. It had 24MB of internal stoarge left (out of 185MB). I moved a 15MB app from my SD card to my phone to get the available memory down below 10%, giving me the message about being low on memory. I sent a txt msg to my wife and she responded but, the response has not come through after waiting 5 min (while mine got to her phone in a few seconds).
Could there be an undocumented feature to prevent emails and txt messages when there's not much free space on the device? I cannot move Messaging nor Gmail to my storage card so I can see why someone might put a limit on that to avoid filling up the phone storage. Does anyone know if this feature is customizable so I can make it go to 5% before ignoring email and text messages?
I'll make sure to stay on top of those warning messages and make sure my next phone has more internal memory.
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Yes, I have heard of not being able to receive text messages when you are too low on internal storage. I don't know why it happens, but in general Android does not handle low memory situations very well and things just stop working properly.
Unfortuntely the Aria has very little internal storage, so it's difficult to avoid this problem. The best thing you can do is to start taking advantage of one of the various apps2sd methods (not the built-in Android one). There are basically two of particular interest:
Darktremor - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790786
This method should work with CM6, but is more complicated to set up. Once you have it set up, though, you don't have to change anything and can just let it work its magic.
Simple2Ext (S2E) - https://market.android.com/details?id=ru.krikun.s2e
This method only works on CM7, but is very easy to set up.
You mentioned that you already tried CM7. Did you try CM 7.1.0 RC1? I've been really happy with this build for the past month and would recommend it. Of course the added benefit is being able to use S2E.
I've had this issue before. If you're receiving the 'low storage' message, you'll stop receiving emails, texts, and even app updates begin to fail.
Just gotta clear up some space.
Yup, had the same but in my case the GTalk wouldn't start up. Def having low internal memory kills the phone without a good reason, specially because it's a percent rather than a hard number...
Do use a App2SD app that enables you to move the dalvik cache to the SD and you'll see a lot of space cleared. I recommend darktremor + the GUI (available the latter in the market)
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rharveland said:
...to under 10% left...
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The following thread has some good info.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770146 ... more specifically ... this page that is linked from that thread.
One thing that I've done that I haven't seen mentioned is replacing the google apps (Gmail, Googlevoice, Maps, Market, Street...) in system/apps with the updated versions. Keeps the updates from stealing internal storage. As a heads up, the market app is the "Vending.apk" for those that did not know. I actually replace the apps in the rom I'm using (Liberated2.2.2) and reinstall that. Not including google apps I have 51 apps installed, 13 on the phone, 38 on the card and right now I have close to 116 MB internal storage available. I have a feeling that the 51 apps that I think is a lot is a drop in the bucket for some.
I went to do a nandroid backup and it failed, "no space on my SD card".
Thats weird, as usually have at least 4 gig on my Nexus S 4g.
Poking around, it was the cache from Google plus, com.google.android.apps.plus (Android\data). That, coupled with my titanium backup of same ate my SDCARD. easy to fix Titanium from backup it up, but the cache is still several gigs large. 40,000 + files with [number].screen extensions.
I have like 2 friends on google+, 3 posts, and can not for the life of me figure out what in the world all that data is.
I'm going to remove the data , freeze the app, but just wanted to know if anyone else noticed a disproportionate amount of data in the Google+ app compared to the amount of activity/usage I have on google+.
Same problem here
... I'm running out of room on my Nexus, Google+ storage is over 5GB (!)
jfbaudio said:
... I'm running out of room on my Nexus, Google+ storage is over 5GB (!)
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Old thread I know, but it probably is Google Plus photos sync. What I'm wondering is if auto backup could be done without also having to sync G+ albums to the phone.
Hello there, I bought my grandmother a galaxy s 3 yesterday. When I inserted the SIM card into it I found that some contacts were missing so, i took out the SIM card and the contacts were still in the phone although that I didn't import them. So I deleted them from the SIM card (since my grandmother SIM card is old and can't accommodate more than 130 contacts) and insert it into the old phone (nokia 7230) again to copy the remaining contacts. But when I inserted the SIM card back into the galaxy the contacts I moved them in the first place were gone!! Please help me..
reem6006 said:
Hello there, I bought my grandmother a galaxy s 3 yesterday. When I inserted the SIM card into it I found that some contacts were missing so, i took out the SIM card and the contacts were still in the phone although that I didn't import them. So I deleted them from the SIM card (since my grandmother SIM card is old and can't accommodate more than 130 contacts) and insert it into the old phone (nokia 7230) again to copy the remaining contacts. But when I inserted the SIM card back into the galaxy the contacts I moved them in the first place were gone!! Please help me..
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do you still have the contacts stored on the Nokia? If so copy again, if not, you will have a challenge in recovering them. You could try some tool to restore the data on the S3 though.
Usually a good practice is to sync all contacts with your Google Account, that way you always have a backup!
Try RECUVA
jje
JJEgan said:
Try RECUVA
jje
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that's the tool's name that I could not remember thanks @JJEgan
The other one from Play might be Delete pro or something like .
jje
Back up your contact with GMAIL @ Google Account. You will restore them automatically whenever you did a factory reset or switch phone without hastle.
chrismast said:
do you still have the contacts stored on the Nokia? If so copy again, if not, you will have a challenge in recovering them. You could try some tool to restore the data on the S3 though.
Usually a good practice is to sync all contacts with your Google Account, that way you always have a backup!
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unfortunately not, and that's the problem. I did search for some recovery applications but i didn't know how to make them recognize the phone memory ( i'm a mac user).
thank you for the help.
JJEgan said:
Try RECUVA
jje
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this is for windows. im i mac user. i might try the other one in the play store when my grandmother comes back. she traveled to another city today but i have the nokia. is it possible to recover the data from the nokia?
thanks a lot.
YRAJ23 said:
Back up your contact with GMAIL @ Google Account. You will restore them automatically whenever you did a factory reset or switch phone without hastle.
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i always do that i just forgot to sync since the phone was just unboxed. I'v learnt the lesson of course.
thanks for the advice.
First of all, I know this have been asked numerous times but I only got more confused of the threads that were aboout this...
My S2 has been showing the message "Insufficient storage available" for the past 8 or 9 months, but it has gotten worse since. At first I couldn't download any big apps, now I can't even download apps that are small (like 5mb). Anyway, I don't exactly know how it started but it probably has something to do with Android 4.x.x ... It has gotten really annoying because I needed to do some necessary updates on certain apps (WhatsApp for example) and I can't use them anymore because of this problem.
It's probably something with System Data. (yes I know I still have about 600mb of apps, but those are either apps I really need or apps that are on my phone as a default.) But as far as I know, I can't reach that System Data... It's just a chunk of (useless??) data that's just there. I don't really what it consists of, because the app (DiskUsage) I used to look into me storage won't let me open that map (as can be seen).
I WANTED TO SHOW A PICTURE HERE BUT I CAN'T SINCE I'M A NEW MEMBER BASICALLY, THE SITUATION IS LIKE THIS:
DATA [2015 MB]
- APPLICATIONS [574 MB]
- SYSTEM DATA [1397 MB]
- FREE SPACE [what's left. this ranges between ~90mb and ~10mb since I clear cache now and then]
I've been to a store with this problem and they basically said that there is nothing I can do... Is there really nothing I can do? I tried wiping my cache but that didn't do enough. I usually clear 90mb of cache when I do this once in every 3 days (after those 3 days I have about 5mb of space left), but like I said, this doesn't do enough.
Any suggestions? Sorry again as I know there are some threads already about this, but I looked into them and didn't really got a lot out of them...
Thanks in advance.
Did you try *#9900# on phone call menu?
From what I think, it's because of your application files. For example if you always use whatsapp(what I mean here is, if you keep on chatting), it'll store your chat messages into your phone memory which will 'eat' your memory bit by bit. And also, this is from what I've experienced, whenever you uninstalled an application, let's say TubeMate, you'll see tubemate's folder(s) is/are still inside your phone.
So what I'm trying to suggest here is, whenever you want to clear some space, try to delete some of your whatsapp chats or maybe other chat apps that stores chat messages if you don't want to uninstall other app. And when you want to uninstall an application, make sure you delete the app's folders inside your phone.
I'm don't know much about phone memory, so if I'm wrong about it, correct me
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Artwing said:
Did you try *#9900# on phone call menu?
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Why haven't I thought of that 2 months ago... I thought that option was only for clearing my storage of calls and texts and since I don't call or text a whole lot, I thought it wouldn't be beneficial.
I've cleared over 1,2 GB by this. Thanks for your help, really appreciate it!