Hi all,
Since some weeks I'm happy owner of a Galaxy s2 (g-Version, Android 2.3.6, unrooted). So far I'm really happy with the phone.
BUT, after some time of usage (approx. 1 week) my internal Memory fills up rapidly. I have approx. 35 apps installed. Of those most apps are only to have Widgets for some stuff and thus should not be too big. No huge apps. Since a few days the internal storage fills up more an more although I do not really use the phone. For instance, last night I lost 100 MB in several ours over night without using it.
What I tried so far:
- Gmail and K9 only sync 1 day and selected folders and K9 syncs to SD --> they cannot really casue the problem
- chaches of apps are emptied regularly
- I read about a huge .trashe(s) file. I cannot find it. Any suggestion where to find this folder/file?
If anyone has an idea which apps might cause this kind of issue, I would appreciate any feedback!
Cheers
kopfleuchten said:
Hi all,
Since some weeks I'm happy owner of a Galaxy s2 (g-Version, Android 2.3.6, unrooted). So far I'm really happy with the phone.
BUT, after some time of usage (approx. 1 week) my internal Memory fills up rapidly. I have approx. 35 apps installed. Of those most apps are only to have Widgets for some stuff and thus should not be too big. No huge apps. Since a few days the internal storage fills up more an more although I do not really use the phone. For instance, last night I lost 100 MB in several ours over night without using it.
What I tried so far:
- Gmail and K9 only sync 1 day and selected folders and K9 syncs to SD --> they cannot really casue the problem
- chaches of apps are emptied regularly
- I read about a huge .trashe(s) file. I cannot find it. Any suggestion where to find this folder/file?
If anyone has an idea which apps might cause this kind of issue, I would appreciate any feedback!
Cheers
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See this thread. (but you'll need to root to apply the workaround described)
Then see this thread. (specifically #1)
Thanks a lot! I was looking for the wrong keywords. Looks like I need to root!
Cheers
first get ur phone rooted as in the aboue links u will get an idea y to...
intall apps on sd card..there r many apps tht will help u,its free in market....
second thing u say lot of data is used,so turn ur auto sync off an widgets an live apps will periodically run to check updates so lok out for those...hope u get the point.....cheeeeerz
If I root my S3 is it possible to make more ram available to me?
With all apps closed I have 650/780 being used so that only leaves me with 130mb of ram.
uf21 said:
If I root my S3 is it possible to make more ram available to me?
With all apps closed I have 650/780 being used so that only leaves me with 130mb of ram.
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Jesus. There's a huge panic now because the variant has 2 gigs of ram...
http://www.androidcentral.com/ram-what-it-how-its-used-and-why-you-shouldnt-care
You actually have more free, but the android has a lot of it saved for caching, etc. For example, Facebook takes 40 mb, but when I open it only like 5 or 10 mb of the ram shown as "available" is taken away because parts of it are actually open already.
But yes, if you root it, and a developer adjusts the Minfree to a large amount you will have more free but your phone will probably be slower.
Folks need to keep in mind, that keeping RAM free as you would with a Windows based OS, is NOT ideal in Android. Android uses RAM completely differently and it is perfectly okay for your phone to make use of RAM, even for apps you are not currently using.
There's a fair amount of documentation out there about this - do some Google-fu to deep dive further.
Actually I ask because when I was trying to send a picture in whatsapp it kept sayin "try again" but when I closed all tasks in multitask the picture did send. So I'm guessing it is a ram problem.
Also take it easy on Mr. This is my first android phone, I've been using iphone since the 3g and don't know nothing about android..... yet
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You don't really want to much free ram. If there is to much free ram it means apps are not going in to cache witch will mean really slow app loading times. 200-300mb free is ample for new apps to run, if the OS needs more then its auto memory management will come in to play to free up more if needed, android is a very smart peace of kit
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if anyone were to choose pre-caching order for faster load times ( usually just by seconds than non-pre-cached) to no random force closes because there is more free memory, they would chose more free memory.
but since the experts have already said android memory doesn't work the same way like windows does, then the best would be a balance between cache and free memory. right? right. that's where official updates and dev fixes come in.
Hi,
I have an unrooted Samsung Galaxy Grand I9080L (single SIM). It has 4 GB of internal memory... but it only allows me to download apps from google Play up to 1 GB of space occupied. So It remains with 3 GB of free internal storage, and google Play says no more memory space is available when I try to download a simple app.
Even more strange is the following:
I uninstalled apps to free about 40 MB of internal storage, and try to install a 1 MB app and IT SAYS NO SPACE IS AVAILABLE.
Any clues?
Thanks.
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JuanP33 said:
Hi,
I have an unrooted Samsung Galaxy Grand I9080L (single SIM). It has 4 GB of internal memory... but it only allows me to download apps from google Play up to 1 GB of space occupied. So It remains with 3 GB of free internal storage, and google Play says no more memory space is available when I try to download a simple app.
Even more strange is the following:
I uninstalled apps to free about 40 MB of internal storage, and try to install a 1 MB app and IT SAYS NO SPACE IS AVAILABLE.
Any clues?
Thanks.
Sent from my GT-I9080L using xda app-developers app
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Hi, there are 2 possibilities I can think of so far, it is possible that the apps you install (most likely games, photo editors, music players, etc.), have created some files for themselves so that it can operate, therefore leading up to a lack of space. However, that wouldn't really happen if you have an external storage. I do recommend you to get one if you don't.
The second possibility is that the systems are already messed up, either doing a factory reset might help, or sending the device to a local Samsung store for service.
These possibilities might or might not help you, but the most important thing is that you should consult the authorized stores. Thank you for asking us here at the forums. If I did help you, please click the "Thanks" button below this post.
Sincerely, ATkeneiville
I have seen many people complaining about storage full in moto e (condor) I have a easy solution for non rooted users (there are numerous guides for rooted user but this is for non rooted users)
There are few simple steps:
1- Disable all big apps like chrome , gmail , galley etc. It will uninstall there update and you won't be asked to update them .
2- search for the apps as a replacement to the apps you have disabled , the apps you are choosing should be small in size and should be movable to SD card for example - you can use cm browser as a replacement to chrome(its just consume 10 mbs and can be moved to SD card) ,for gallery use quickpic (3-4mb) , and use stock email app instead of gmail , use being or hound in place of google now.
3- clear cache from settings/ storage
You can uninstall updates or disable all those apps for which you can find a small sized alternative.
P.s. by this method I got almost 350-400 mb free space
That's grt!
But my point is, if you are rooted, you can have 1gb free even after installing 105 apps including bulky games! (presently in my case) by using app2sd
P.S. don't mind ?
sikoo1996 said:
That's grt!
But my point is, if you are rooted, you can have 1gb free even after installing 105 apps including bulky games! (presently in my case) by using app2sd
P.S. don't mind
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By using app2sd I had 1.7 GB free even after installing 132 apps
And using adopted SD I got 1.5 GB free thanks to force move option
One big issue nobody talks about or is completely unaware about is that everytime you download or store any media like movies, not only does the original space of the movie gets occupied, the media storage app in the phone magically increases the exact same amount of storage usage. You could verify it yourself by going into storage and select the view system apps option. So for example if you download a 2 gb movie, instead of going from 62-60gb storage space, it goes from 62-58gb storage space. This is very big issue which is also faced by many OnePlus devices. You cannot force stop the media storage app or delete any data or cache in it. The only temporary solutions which worked for some is deleting the recycle bin data, clearing unwanted data using files app and maybe resetting your device but the fact that this issue exists is a huge problem and is still unresolved for many users. I hope someone might be able to solve this issue or could at least help make realme aware about this issue.
Google has already solved it with Pixel 5. But Chinese manufacturers seem, kind of, lost in translation
Jokes apart, I have this same problem with OP 9RT and am really tired of deleting my videos, photos again and again..... Android 12 didn't solve it and after Oxygen OS 12 I have little hope that Android 13 will be any better.
jitd said:
Google has already solved it with Pixel 5. But Chinese manufacturers seem, kind of, lost in translation
Jokes apart, I have this same problem with OP 9RT and am really tired of deleting my videos, photos again and again..... Android 12 didn't solve it and after Oxygen OS 12 I have little hope that Android 13 will be any better.
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I think I might have been wrong, after further inspection the Google files app showed the proper storage. I think it may be a problem of the storage app showing wrong storage for some reason instead of actually losing storage. I don't remember correctly if the issue was on the storage options in setting or Google files itself.
Yellowflash070 said:
I think I might have been wrong, after further inspection the Google files app showed the proper storage. I think it may be a problem of the storage app showing wrong storage for some reason instead of actually losing storage. I don't remember correctly if the issue was on the storage options in setting or Google files itself.
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Are you sure?
Asking as I also used many Storage apps, like SD Maid etc. and some of them actually did not show the space taken by Media Storage app! As per them the storage was fine and free there.....
But then I found out that when the Media Storage size went over 50-52Gb, I couldn't install a huge game, like Genshin in my phone any more as Play Store showed the message that I have to uninstall some apps to make space!!!
So apparently, at least in my 9RT, the Play Store/System is considering the space shown in Media Storage as real!
This is the present situation in my phone, after many resets ....
Out of this 40Gb apps, the Media Storage is taking 30Gb....
Which, by now, I'm sure is consisting of that 25Gb videos and other app data
All I can hope for now is by some miracle, OP fix it or that Google brings the Pixel 7 to India...... as at least they listen to the Bug reports and do solve them even if it takes some time. OP 9 Pro has this problem since launch, and by now, in almost 1 year One Plus couldn't solve it....so I really have very little hope from them now.
jitd said:
Are you sure?
Asking as I also used many Storage apps, like SD Maid etc. and some of them actually did not show the space taken by Media Storage app! As per them the storage was fine and free there.....
But then I found out that when the Media Storage size went over 50-52Gb, I couldn't install a huge game, like Genshin in my phone any more as Play Store showed the message that I have to uninstall some apps to make space!!!
So apparently, at least in my 9RT, the Play Store/System is considering the space shown in Media Storage as real!
This is the present situation in my phone, after many resets ....
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Out of this 40Gb apps, the Media Storage is taking 30Gb....
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Which, by now, I'm sure is consisting of that 25Gb videos and other app data
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jitd said:
Are you sure?
Asking as I also used many Storage apps, like SD Maid etc. and some of them actually did not show the space taken by Media Storage app! As per them the storage was fine and free there.....
But then I found out that when the Media Storage size went over 50-52Gb, I couldn't install a huge game, like Genshin in my phone any more as Play Store showed the message that I have to uninstall some apps to make space!!!
So apparently, at least in my 9RT, the Play Store/System is considering the space shown in Media Storage as real!
This is the present situation in my phone, after many resets ....
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Out of this 40Gb apps, the Media Storage is taking 30Gb....
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Which, by now, I'm sure is consisting of that 25Gb videos and other app data
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How much storage do you have left? Cause I just looked into and remembered that you don't have to worry too much about the media storage app taking your space cause I don't think it actually affects your space even though it shows in your settings.
My phone has a total internal space of 256gb(my phone doesn't have a sd slot also) and as you can see, I've only used 204gb of my space but adding all the storage shown below(especially the video and app storage) I've almost used 300gb space which is almost impossible.
Another example is my Google files app which literally shows I've used 297gb even though my phone literally has a 256gb internal storage. So I think it's safe to assume that the media storage app doesn't actually cause much issue and you don't have to worry about it too much.
Interesting!
My Google Files is showing I have 66GB free (out of 128GB). But Downloads(4.1)+Videos (25) + Docs (4.7) + Apps (40) is totaling to 73.8GB. That comes to a total of 74+66 = 140GB!!!!
Now, taking that (as per Files) I have 66GB free, I have used up 62GB already. That may be as - Videos(25)+Downloads(4.1)+Docs (4.7)+ about 28GB of System, may be? I don't have any idea how much space Android 11/12 takes now a days....
Tomorrow I will fill my phone with some more videos to take the Media Storage app size to around 60GB at least (need some 35GB of movie files, which fortunately I have This should make the device think that I have used up all of my 128GB (incl. system) space. And then I will again try to install Genshin/WOT Blitz/Grid , any one game of about 3-4-5GB and see what the system says......
As it's past 12:30 at night in my end, I'm switching off for today now....Will report tomorrow about the storage experiment! Take care, bye!
jitd said:
Interesting!
My Google Files is showing I have 66GB free (out of 128GB). But Downloads(4.1)+Videos (25) + Docs (4.7) + Apps (40) is totaling to 73.8GB. That comes to a total of 74+66 = 140GB!!!!
Now, taking that (as per Files) I have 66GB free, I have used up 62GB already. That may be as - Videos(25)+Downloads(4.1)+Docs (4.7)+ about 28GB of System, may be? I don't have any idea how much space Android 11/12 takes now a days....
Tomorrow I will fill my phone with some more videos to take the Media Storage app size to around 60GB at least (need some 35GB of movie files, which fortunately I have This should make the device think that I have used up all of my 128GB (incl. system) space. And then I will again try to install Genshin/WOT Blitz/Grid , any one game of about 3-4-5GB and see what the system says......
As it's past 12:30 at night in my end, I'm switching off for today now....Will report tomorrow about the storage experiment! Take care, bye!
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Have a good day
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Hi!!!
Became so busy I couldn't come to this thread.....
As per my last post, I filled up my phone towards up to 60GB and yup, my total storage went well over 128GB as per Files app And yeah, Play Store didn't let me install a small game of about 10MB as it showed the message of no space available.
Lost the screenshots, as I hard reset the phone again on the advice of some OnePlus customer care service provider. No result, it's still the same......
jitd said:
Hi!!!
Became so busy I couldn't come to this thread.....
As per my last post, I filled up my phone towards up to 60GB and yup, my total storage went well over 128GB as per Files app And yeah, Play Store didn't let me install a small game of about 10MB as it showed the message of no space available.
Lost the screenshots, as I hard reset the phone again on the advice of some OnePlus customer care service provider. No result, it's still the same......
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So i guess apart from installing new apps after the fake storage filled situation, i guess we won't be having much problems.
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So i guess apart from installing new apps after the fake storage filled situation, i guess we won't be having much problems.
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Well, lol, looks like that....
The short time I had with my Phone being over 128GB in size, it performed normal tasks well, no lag. But, can we record Videos/photos in that situation? As I just hard reset my phone, it will take some time to get filled up again. So I suppose, this time you'll have to test if we can record videos when our phones get well over their storage limits , provided you have the time off course
Did you by chance try using a third party app store or apk files for installing apps when the storage was "overfull"?
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Did you by chance try using a third party app store or apk files for installing apps when the storage was "overfull"?
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Never used any Third Party App Store. It was pure Android 12 issue which OnePlus developers didn't have the time to fix. It is solved now in Android 13.