My wife's RAZR Maxx is really dragged down here lately. I removed almost all user apps, but it still is bad laggy. My question is this, since the phone is probably never going to get another update, can I go in and gut all the preloaded apps to free up system space?
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If you can root it you can fix it. On my RAZR maxx I root with saferoot, install safestrap, cyanogenmod 11, titanium backup, nova launcher, 8sms. With that setup, use titanium backup to move as many apps as possible to SD card. A few will have to remain on phone memory, e.g. nova launcher and 8sms. Phone should be silky smooth. There are plenty of tutorials for rooting and getting CM running. The rest is just apps from play store.
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I should add: speedup comes from making space on phone mem.
Nova keeps apps on SD card from disappearing from home screen.
8sms fixes problems receiving mms. Gotta fill in some MMS APN settings within the app then reboot to see effect.
Titanium backup gets the apps on the SD card and requires root. Just using the app manager in system settings to move to SD card is a subpar implementation of this.
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How to update to Android Market 3.3.11:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdujIKw4wXg
Does this fix the issues of the "new" market? :]
Working great on photon with a lot of improvement. Here is the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328792
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Yeah, I downloaded and installed the apk, and I haven't had any issues with it thus far.
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The only problem I've seen so far is it still won't show all the apps. It'll cut off at a certain amount. Not sure why.
Your phone density ok? I have no problem so far.
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Yes. Not sure what the issue is. Oh well.
Works but not showing My Apps.
Tried Titanium Back Up and installing new app.
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I had one problem after the update...I downloaded a game and I got an insufficient memory notice...total BS. I have over 7 GB internal available. I cleared the market cache...and all worked fine...
Edit: just noticed not all apps are showing up also. Google music for one doesn't show in my app list. Even tried clearing cache again...
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I downloaded this app in anticipation of moving data from my S III to my S4 when it arrives next week.
It looked like a really easy tool to use until I opened it & found that you must agree to sharing data regarding your existing apps, etc. That stopped me cold.
Other thoughts?
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Don't you already do this with accepting to Play Store EULA? Same with 1/2 the free apps in it.
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bigblue95z said:
Don't you already do this with accepting to Play Store EULA? Same with 1/2 the free apps in it.
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Yup, guess you nailed it. We'll see if it actually works.
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Okay, I now have my S4 & am ready to use Smart Switch.
However I have an important question that I don't see addressed in the documentation. I have a great deal of data on my micro SD card on the S III. Since there is no SD card in the S4, how does that data get transferred?
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randun said:
Okay, I now have my S4 & am ready to use Smart Switch.
However I have an important question that I don't see addressed in the documentation. I have a great deal of data on my micro SD card on the S III. Since there is no SD card in the S4, how does that data get transferred?
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I'm pretty sure all variants of the S4 have an SD card slot underneath the battery cover?
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I'm pretty sure all variants of the S4 have an SD card slot underneath the battery cover?
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Right, it does. However do I perform an initial transfer with the SD card in the S III then move it to the S4?
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randun said:
Right, it does. However do I perform an initial transfer with the SD card in the S III then move it to the S4?
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Depending on what version of android you have(I think it's 4.2.2) you can move apps right to the SD card. Well some can't however, you can find out through Application Manager in settings. As far as contacts, if you have your contacts synced to your Google account then when the S4 comes in and you do the initial setup and log in with your Google account it will sync your contacts to the new phone.
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Depending on what version of android you have(I think it's 4.2.2) you can move apps right to the SD card. Well some can't however, you can find out through Application Manager in settings. As far as contacts, if you have your contacts synced to your Google account then when the S4 comes in and you do the initial setup and log in with your Google account it will sync your contacts to the new phone.
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Sorry to sound like a clutz but I don't want to screw this up.
My S4 Is running 4.2.2. However I don't have an SD card for it. I'll be using the one currently in my S III.
I'll check what data is actually residing on my current card.
I don't sync contacts with Google.
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I use Helium. You do not have to be rooted to transfer data from one phone to another. It also is just as easy as backing up apps plus data then transfering the helium folder to new phone and restoring. Works with contacts and text messages too. U will need to connect to computer to enable the backup and restore if your not rooted every reboot.
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In our case all you need to do is backup to ext SD card of old phone then put SD in new phone aka s4. Install Helium enable and restore.
I'm currently running cm 10.2, and I'm curious as to why the device is still only showing 7.8gb of available internal storage. I understand that the /system and /data partitions still take up space, but I didn't expect it to limit my storage that much. Any light that can be shed would be greatly appreciated.
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Anyone?
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Your partition sizes are set and cannot be changed. Stock TW is huge so needs a lot of space. Flashing an aosp ROM doesn't free up any usable space. It just takes up a smaller portion of your system partition. Your data portion is also set to like 9±gb. Nothing you can do actually change that.
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you have to understand there are many factors at play here
1st no memory in the market actually has as much space as it advertises: your 16gb s4 probably has 14.7 actual GB of usable memory
2nd unlike the good old days (s1 thereabouts) when system memory was the system's only and your stuff went into an included but external SD card; your 14.7 GB need to be used for the phone's vital functions such as boot, kernel, drivers, recovery... all of which take up space
3rd your ROM will take up room too: tw is huge but don't be fooled aosp ROMs also take a good chunk even though the download sizes are two worlds apart this is what you're seeing on the top line (system)
4th your apps and downloaded apps will rob your system storage: there are some apps that still need to install stuff inside the apk itself (which goes in your system memory rather than your "SD card") which is partly what you are seeing on the bottom (data) line
5th ROMs install apps themselves too: cyanogenmod asks you to install gapps (gmail, g+, hangouts, calendar.....) all of which will take up lots of room specially if you set them up. there are many apps that are HUGE yet vital for the phone to function: like Google play and play services. but your rom will come bundled with all the default apps you see on your drawer the first time which will take up most of that (data) space
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also idk if you see it but the systems 2.7 G isn't being used all the way right now. its waiting there empty for you to Dow load more apps
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Thank you.
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I have been getting an "insufficient storage space" warning for months now...need to get it resolved.
I am rooted, on HD10, ME7 with Safestrap 3.65
Storage settings shows the 16GB total space, with 7.70 GB used under miscellaneous files, the majority of which appear app-related
I have no photos, music or other files on the phone
Apps were installed to internal, not card (which is 8GB)
Is it as simple as slash and burn some apps? Move a bunch to the card?
I also keep getting Samsung apps automatically reinstalled after deleting - not sure why
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wedmiston said:
I have been getting an "insufficient storage space" warning for months now...need to get it resolved.
I am rooted, on HD10, ME7 with Safestrap 3.65
Storage settings shows the 16GB total space, with 7.70 GB used under miscellaneous files, the majority of which appear app-related
I have no photos, music or other files on the phone
Apps were installed to internal, not card (which is 8GB)
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Do you have hd10 on a rom slot or on your stock slot?
Is it as simple as slash and burn some apps? Move a bunch to the card?
I also keep getting Samsung apps automatically reinstalled after deleting - not sure why
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Well it sounds like you should at least try moving everything you can to the external card. You can use apps such SD Maid to clean up the phone and see what you're biggest files are and where they are. You can use Es File /download manager to make sure all your download are also going to external card and you can use Folder Mount to point pretty much anything you want to external card as well. So you can try things like that and I bet you'll be in good shape.
I do all those things and I have about 9 gigs free at all times in my 16 G S4
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Is hd10 on your stock slot or a rom slot?
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HD10 is on Rom slot 1
SD Maid says I am using 834MB out of 0.97 GB, leaving 16% available - could this be what is generating the message?
Ext storage shows 6.55GB used / 14.4 avail (54%)
Internal storage shows 6.07GB used / 9.70 avail (37%)
I also get Samsung apps that continue to download after being deleted - ideas for that?
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Well it sounds like you should at least try moving everything you can to the external card. You can use apps such SD Maid to clean up the phone and see what you're biggest files are and where they are. You can use Es File /download manager to make sure all your download are also going to external card and you can use Folder Mount to point pretty much anything you want to external card as well. So you can try things like that and I bet you'll be in good shape.
I do all those things and I have about 9 gigs free at all times in my 16 G S4
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Is hd10 on your stock slot or a rom slot?
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wedmiston said:
HD10 is on Rom slot 1
I also get Samsung apps that continue to download after being deleted - ideas for that?
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I'd try uninstalling them again and make sure auto update apps isn't ticked off on your play store settings. Then try clearing Cache in Safestrap and reboot. Have you tried that?
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wedmiston said:
HD10 is on Rom slot 1
SD Maid says I am using 834MB out of 0.97 GB, leaving 16% available - could this be what is generating the message?
Ext storage shows 6.55GB used / 14.4 avail (54%)
Internal storage shows 6.07GB used / 9.70 avail (37%)
I also get Samsung apps that continue to download after being deleted - ideas for that?
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Well since you're on a rom slot you still have your stock rom taking up space as well so that is why you're running Into this. You can either make that slots sizes bigger and reflash or move everything over to your external card ya know.
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I was considering moving to HD11...would that be a good time to do this? Any thoughts on size of slot? Can I install HD11 right over slot 1?
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I'd try uninstalling them again and make sure auto update apps isn't ticked off on your play store settings. Then try clearing Cache in Safestrap and reboot. Have you tried that?
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Well since you're on a rom slot you still have your stock rom taking up space as well so that is why you're running Into this. You can either make that slots sizes bigger and reflash or move everything over to your external card ya know.
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I was considering moving to HD11...would that be a good time to do this? Any thoughts on size of slot? Can I install HD11 right over slot 1?
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Yea sure if you're considering moving to that why not. As far as what size to make the slot I'd jump over to the Safestrap thread and ask someone opinion there. I've always kept my slots on the default sizes and had no problems so.. SBREEN always suggests doing a full Wipe and then fresh install so I wouldn't dirty flash.
Right now unless you just don't want Knox which I suppose is understandable, there's a safe root method for 4.3 if you wanted to move up and get on HD12 too which is what I'm on. It's debatable at best if it's worth staying on 4.2. They're currently working on kexec support on Safestrap 3.71 /mj7 base so maybe one day we will have more options. Hyperdrive is really the only stable option right now anyways. That's up to you though.
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Any questions you may have regarding updating and what can and can't be done can be found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
It's a wip but there's a lot of great info there
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You may not have meant this, but I only saw to do a full factory wipe in SS, so I'm in the process of all my play store apps coming back down. Good news is that immediately prior, by deleting a few system apps i no longer get the message. Seems to indicate the message isn't based on internal or external storage, but rather system storage, right? If that is correct, and based on you telling me that with both HD and stock roms I will continue to have this problem, what would you suggest?
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I'd try uninstalling them again and make sure auto update apps isn't ticked off on your play store settings. Then try clearing Cache in Safestrap and reboot. Have you tried that?
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Well since you're on a rom slot you still have your stock rom taking up space as well so that is why you're running Into this. You can either make that slots sizes bigger and reflash or move everything over to your external card ya know.
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wedmiston said:
You may not have meant this, but I only saw to do a full factory wipe in SS, so I'm in the process of all my play store apps coming back down. Good news is that immediately prior, by deleting a few system apps i no longer get the message. Seems to indicate the message isn't based on internal or external storage, but rather system storage, right? If that is correct, and based on you telling me that with both HD and stock roms I will continue to have this problem, what would you suggest?
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Well any rom slot you create is just using another piece of your internal storage space for all that roms system apps and data and any other apps you may download. So you can eat up 1 or 2 gigs pretty quickly on a rom slot if you're not careful that's all I was getting at.
You really shouldn't have a problem if you get rid of apps you don't need, move the ones you can to your external card then have all your downloads, music, pictures whatever else pointed there as well.
You have a ton of apps?
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Presently have 65 since fresh download from playstore after wipe. Doesn't seem excessive. Since it seems related to system apps is there a way to cull clutter there without screwing stuff up?
Going to HD12 seems a bit beyond my comfort level. Is upgrading from 10 to 11 any big deal or do you follow the same steps?
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Well any rom slot you create is just using another piece of your internal storage space for all that roms system apps and data and any other apps you may download. So you can eat up 1 or 2 gigs pretty quickly on a rom slot if you're not careful that's all I was getting at.
You really shouldn't have a problem if you get rid of apps you don't need, move the ones you can to your external card then have all your downloads, music, pictures whatever else pointed there as well.
You have a ton of apps?
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wedmiston said:
Presently have 65 since fresh download from playstore after wipe. Doesn't seem excessive. Since it seems related to system apps is there a way to cull clutter there without screwing stuff up?
Going to HD12 seems a bit beyond my comfort level. Is upgrading from 10 to 11 any big deal or do you follow the same steps?
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Well I don't think it's the system apps in particular. Everything you download whether from the play store or the Web goes directly to internal storage unless you change that. Add those things in with the actual rom itself and your going to eat up internal space quickly.
So again move whatever apps you can to your /ExtSdCard.
And get rid of the ones you don't need.
Move all pictures and music to /ExtSdCard
Get something like Es File manager which has a download manager built in that way all the downloads from the Web go to external storage as well.
Finally if you read up a bit on Folder Mount you can move even more things there.
Upgrading from 10 to 11 shouldn't be an issue since 12 is the one you need to upgrade firmware and Safestrap for.
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so it s simply a matter of these steps again, right? Which kernel? - have read both safestrap and stock.
1. Download HD!! onto card
2. Reboot into Safestrap
3. Select Rom Slot 1 (has HD10 now)
4. Wipe Data/Factory Reset
5. Wipe cache and dalvik cache
6. Install Rom
7. Pick Safestrap Kernel in Aroma (DO NOT check the reboot step at the end, instead navigate back to module file)
8. Flash ME7 Module.zip
8. Reboot (First Boot may take up to 10 mins)
9. Let Phone sit for 10 minutes
10. Reboot again
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Well I don't think it's the system apps in particular. Everything you download whether from the play store or the Web goes directly to internal storage unless you change that. Add those things in with the actual rom itself and your going to eat up internal space quickly.
So again move whatever apps you can to your /ExtSdCard.
And get rid of the ones you don't need.
Move all pictures and music to /ExtSdCard
Get something like Es File manager which has a download manager built in that way all the downloads from the Web go to external storage as well.
Finally if you read up a bit on Folder Mount you can move even more things there.
Upgrading from 10 to 11 shouldn't be an issue since 12 is the one you need to upgrade firmware and Safestrap for.
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wedmiston said:
so it s simply a matter of these steps again, right? Which kernel? - have read both safestrap and stock.
1. Download HD!! onto card
2. Reboot into Safestrap
3. Select Rom Slot 1 (has HD10 now)
4. Wipe Data/Factory Reset
5. Wipe cache and dalvik cache
6. Install Rom
7. Pick Safestrap Kernel in Aroma (DO NOT check the reboot step at the end, instead navigate back to module file)
8. Flash ME7 Module.zip
8. Reboot (First Boot may take up to 10 mins)
9. Let Phone sit for 10 minutes
10. Reboot again
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Looks good to me!! Then point everything to extsdcard and you should be good to go!!
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which kernel?
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Looks good to me!! Then point everything to extsdcard and you should be good to go!!
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which kernel?
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I believe when I was on 11 only the stock one worked for me I don't recall. Sorry. You can ask in that thread and see if stock optimized works or not
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Jeez my fault.. 11 is based off 4.3 as well. You're not going to be able to flash 11 unless your stock is also 4.3
I was confusing my versions
Having a bad day. Again my fault.
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10.2 is what I was meaning the whole time.
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any big benefit in 10.2 over 10? If not I may just stay where I am.
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I believe when I was on 11 only the stock one worked for me I don't recall. Sorry. You can ask in that thread and see if stock optimized works or not
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Jeez my fault.. 11 is based off 4.3 as well. You're not going to be able to flash 11 unless your stock is also 4.3
I was confusing my versions
Having a bad day. Again my fault.
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10.2 is what I was meaning the whole time.
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wedmiston said:
any big benefit in 10.2 over 10? If not I may just stay where I am.
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You'd have to check out the respective threads and see for yourself, there probably won't be any huge changes until you get up to 11 or 12 but look and see. Again my bad on that.
I'd look into getting up on 4.3
Read up and see if that's something you'd like to do. Just my opinion. That's all. Good luck
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[Q] Sony Xperia Z Ultra: Latest file > SD Card swapping not working? Best ROM to fix?
I cannot live without being able to swap files from the phone to my card
Please someone point me in the right direction? If I have to put a Custom ROM on it I will, I'm not being stuck with this for another year..
I put Paranoid Android on my old Note Mk1 - didn't mind it but was a bit meh.
Any advice appreciated..
For transferring files from phone to memory card you can use the File Commander app. No other third party app will work once you are on Kit Kat. This is due to sd card restrictions implemented by google under kit kat
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Also if you are rooted, there is an app on the playstore called SDfix or something like that. It males the sd card writable agaim
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Thanks for this info, SK
File Commander just appeared on my phone, I did not install it? Or did I?
It's all a bit 187 Lockdown this restriction though, reeks of "control," and the ability to off phones in riots etc...
#Googpression
Thanks again
smokinfish said:
Thanks for this info, SK
File Commander just appeared on my phone, I did not install it? Or did I?
It's all a bit 187 Lockdown this restriction though, reeks of "control," and the ability to off phones in riots etc...
#Googpression
Thanks again
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File Commander was bundled with the Kitkat update, so Sony is probably just trying to give its non-rooted users an option without reverting the permission and pissing off Google.
There is however a reason why Google is doing this and they've explained it several times. It boils down to security. An SD card is removable; your NAND is not. I've also read about a bunch of devs that hates SD cards because of issues with having to develop for something that has removable storage, so it can **** up their app if the user simply removes the SD card (and a bunch of other reasons). I get it, but this whole thing is poorly executed by Google and the OEMs. Don't want us to use removable storage? Well stop giving us the option. OEMs will have to drop SD support and give us devices with 64GB+.
You can read my about this by googling.
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Exactly. They should just make the new phones with AT LEAST 64 GB of storage to avoid these problems. And honestly, during the update to Kit Kat, it should be mentioned somewhere in the changelog, that there are such restrictions. Most people get to know this after the update and some don't even know how to revert back and hence the complaints.
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Thanks again for the info, I personally never remove my memory card but obvs it happens..
Is there any reason why File Commander keeps crashing when I try to open it? It gets some way into drawing the thumbnails of pics folder that I'm in, then just bombs out. Is it rubbish?
Just when I thought my prayers were answered....
See if yours is the latest version on playstore. That didn't happen to me :/ or you can try to wipe data in settings>apps>file commander
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