Hey everyone,
I just picked up the HTC One last week and was wondering whether anyone knew how much storage was taken up with the stock software/apps that it comes pre-installed with. I have the 32gb phone and used the transfer tool to transfer text messages, pictures/videos and contacts from my HTC MyTouch 4g Slide. I transferred about 12 gb of info from my old phone to the One, but now I'm only left with about 13 gb of storage! I checked my storage values and it says I have about 6 gb of "other". Could that be all the pre-installed bloatware that came with the phone? Is there a way to know?
I checked my storage before doing anything to the phone and it looked like about 6.6 gb of space was taken.
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doowopmario said:
Hey everyone,
I just picked up the HTC One last week and was wondering whether anyone knew how much storage was taken up with the stock software/apps that it comes pre-installed with. I have the 32gb phone and used the transfer tool to transfer text messages, pictures/videos and contacts from my HTC MyTouch 4g Slide. I transferred about 12 gb of info from my old phone to the One, but now I'm only left with about 13 gb of storage! I checked my storage values and it says I have about 6 gb of "other". Could that be all the pre-installed bloatware that came with the phone? Is there a way to know?
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25 Gb is a bit low, but I'm using TMO. I hear that ATT puts a lot more bloatware on their ROMs. I believe I had about 27 Gb when I first turned on my phone.
How is 25GB a "bit low"?
6GB for the ROM, plus the 25GB = 31GB.. plus the 1GB variance of actual available storage sounds perfectly normal to me. Remember, you don't actually get the stated GB of storage, even on micro SD cards, etc.
There's always some partitioned for the file storage system (and no I don't mean the OS, I mean the "SD" file system)
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How is 25GB a "bit low"?
6GB for the ROM, plus the 25GB = 31GB.. plus the 1GB variance of actual available storage sounds perfectly normal to me. Remember, you don't actually get the stated GB of storage, even on micro SD cards, etc.
There's always some partitioned for the file storage system (and no I don't mean the OS, I mean the "SD" file system)
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It is a bit low because I had more than that when I first powered up my phone.
EDIT: IIRC. I have no particular intention of doing a reset to see what it comes out to.
Really? Lol. Where did you buy your phone from? Because if it's T-Mobile, then you had 26GB max.
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Really? Lol. Where did you buy your phone from? Because if it's T-Mobile, then you had 26GB max.
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And 26 is not larger than 25? Hence, "a bit small".
Yes, but previously you said you believed you had 27. You did not.
The OP's concern was whether or not his was normal. Your response infers his available storage it is not normal, when it is.
ingenious247 said:
Yes, but previously you said you believed you had 27. You did not.
The OP's concern was whether or not his was normal. Your response infers his available storage it is not normal, when it is.
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Sorry, can't remember if I had 27 or 26, as I think I mentioned. What I said was his 25 was a bit low, but maybe he is on ATT. 25 is a bit lower than 26, or whatever the TMO has. I'm not going to reset mine to find out, it really isn't that important.
I don't recall saying his was abnormally low, just that he might be on a bloatware provider that took up extra space.
I think he had the same 26GB, he's just generalizing the amount of data he transferred
i.e. "I transferred 12 GB" really means something like 12.46 GB leaving him with 13.54GB. Add in the 6-point-something OS and you get ~32GB.
Anyway, OP, the answer is, it's the OS (which includes bloatware) your phone is completely normal.
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I think he had the same 26GB, he's just generalizing the amount of data he transferred
i.e. "I transferred 12 GB" really means something like 12.46 GB leaving him with 13.54GB. Add in the 6-point-something OS and you get ~32GB.
Anyway, OP, the answer is, it's the OS (which includes bloatware) your phone is completely normal.
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You know, that is quite possible...
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Why is the total storage space only showing 19.61GB and not anywhere nearer the 32GB space? Where is almost 11GB?
Anybody noticed this?
YOSEFE said:
Why is the total storage space only showing 19.61GB and not anywhere nearer the 32GB space? Where is almost 11GB?
Anybody noticed this?
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I noticed this. The "internal storage" where apps go is something like 7Gb! Why is that and can we change it? Even then, it doesnt quite add up. There must be some reserved space we cannot access I assume.
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Why is the total storage space only showing 19.61GB and not anywhere nearer the 32GB space? Where is almost 11GB?
Anybody noticed this?
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say whuuut!! :-O
That's quite a loss of space!
32gb as formatted will be around 28gbs available to the file system. Then you have OS rom taking up 9gb it sounds like.
My droid x 2.2 rom takes up about 3.8gb.
9gb does sound like alot but not unreasonable.
shadohh said:
32gb as formatted will be around 28gbs available to the file system. Then you have OS rom taking up 9gb it sounds like.
My droid x 2.2 rom takes up about 3.8gb.
9gb does sound like alot but not unreasonable.
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Is it just me or is it just strange to say that you get 32 gig but 9 of it goes to rom?
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Is it just me or is it just strange to say that you get 32 gig but 9 of it goes to rom?
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It is strange. 7Gb goes to the ROM and stores all your data. Personally, I cant see a need for more than 1.5Gb at the moment. Either way, some ability to change it would be nice.
So I asked HTC about this and whether we can link more than one device to HTC SENSE, this is what I got!
Dear Ira,
Congratulations on your new HTC Flyer!
You are correct, a portion of the internal storage is devoted to the device management itself. As you have probably already noticed, the device does also support removable SD Card capability. In regards to the HTCSense account, you are also correct. At this time, only one device can be linked at a time. We currently do not have any information pertaining to any potential updates to the device; however, any announcements will be posted on our www.htc.com website.
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glitzbd said:
So I asked HTC about this and whether we can link more than one device to HTC SENSE, this is what I got!
Dear Ira,
Congratulations on your new HTC Flyer!
You are correct, a portion of the internal storage is devoted to the device management itself. As you have probably already noticed, the device does also support removable SD Card capability. In regards to the HTCSense account, you are also correct. At this time, only one device can be linked at a time. We currently do not have any information pertaining to any potential updates to the device; however, any announcements will be posted on our www.htc.com website.
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Yes, we are fixed, HTC said the following to me also:
'HTC Flyer shows 19.61GB because of many reasons. 32GB is raw memory size and after formatting it is always less than 32gb, it is same like when you formatt your SDcard. Another reason is Android system and all applications are already installed in memory. Your Flyer is not faulty.
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number 11GBCW21ENA001983.
Sincerely,
Tomas
HTC'
32GB wouldn't decrease to 19GB after being formatted.
another CS "inaccuracy" (to remain polite )
I agree with you.
We wish we could get better for the money we pay for these over-priced gadgets.
you have 19.61 for movies and such from watch,( maybe able to use as SD card as well) and then you have 7.24 (+/- a little bit) for applications and ROM so that is pretty close to the 28GB that you get once fromated
My Wifi-only 16 GB model has 8.69 GB total storage space. A little disappointing...
System + data + sdcard (+ some others boot etc) partitions = internal storage...
And yes you did see right... Sdcard partition is infact the internal memory ... The actual SD card is called SDcard2 (from memory)
Kris
I think storage size is as it is.. just partitioned the way not many hope to have..
7+gb for main + 19+gb for secondary memory (aka SDCARD) = 28+gb
Comes up to the same a 32gb SD card would show when formatted.
As to why they have 7+gb, its a personal preference.. if they allow only 1.5gb, some other dud will complain that its too small. They probably ask why didn't htc allow more since they dun need so much secondary storage because of the additional SD option.
i00 said:
System + data + sdcard (+ some others boot etc) partitions = internal storage...
And yes you did see right... Sdcard partition is infact the internal memory ... The actual SD card is called SDcard2 (from memory)
Kris
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Sd card on mine is called ext_sd
they force close once I move them I hope there is a fix for the soon since we are waiting on a way to unlock, and didn't get the 4gigs as advertised anybody know of work around
Mikey B's 3D
Spoke with HTC rep today who said they were working on a fix. Anyone know what happened to the rest of the internal memory?
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Spoke with HTC rep today who said they were working on a fix. Anyone know what happened to the rest of the internal memory?
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htc sense happened. the 4gb is there, just in 3gb is in use mostly from sense. the 4gb internal was a spec, not a feature meaning they never said anywhere that YOU will have 4gb but just that the phone will. make sense? HA see what i did there?
HTC is close to launching the successor flagship model to the HTC One. HTC has not revealed the launch date. Nokia has adduced evidence which suggests that the launch date is in the first quarter of 2014 and possibly as early as February 2014. HTC has not contradicted this.
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Very interesting... Coincides with my sprint contract expiration quite nicely.
SD card or bust
I'm really hoping they come to their senses with that. (no pun intended) The one was the first upgrade I've skipped thanks to lack of a sd card, and while the evo lte is still a solid device I'm sure not going to wait another year for a new evo.
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SD card or bust
I'm really hoping they come to their senses with that. (no pun intended) The one was the first upgrade I've skipped thanks to lack of a sd card, and while the evo lte is still a solid device I'm sure not going to wait another year for a new evo.
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Would be a step back, since the Max has a sd slot..
xHausx said:
SD card or bust
I'm really hoping they come to their senses with that. (no pun intended) The one was the first upgrade I've skipped thanks to lack of a sd card, and while the evo lte is still a solid device I'm sure not going to wait another year for a new evo.
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Ditto there.... Debated it many times here and just couldn't do it
Now will get the next HTC With the 805 SoC in it.... Long as it doesn't wait till after mid year...
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So Google now just put this in my news feed and I'll place it right here.
http://phandroid.com/2013/12/12/htc-m8-concept-render-video/
*edit though the battery sounds crazy, if it's close to this I'm down.
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joshuaw84 said:
So Google now just put this in my news feed and I'll place it right here.
http://phandroid.com/2013/12/12/htc-m8-concept-render-video/
*edit though the battery sounds crazy, if it's close to this I'm down.
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Looks nice. Some of the specs sound similar to what I've seen on some other sites. I'd be down for it:thumbup:
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This looks like a very promising upgrade for me. But I really am not a fan of phones without SD cards these days...
SD cards are old hat. Don't need them. they are slower and have more issues then on board storage. Just make the new devices with 32gigs minimum of on board storage and all is well.
Nothing more irritating then SDcard 0 and SDcard 1. How many times has this driven good Dev's batty? Ask the sense 5 rom porters.
Not too mention the only reason the EVO LTE doesn't already have a multirom port is because the sd card issue. Years ago I would have told you I needed an SD card slot. Truth is I buy an sd card and throw it in and forget about it. Hvent removed it since the EVO lTE was new and it might have well just been on board storage. I have a Nexus 7 and love the fact that it doesn't have an SD card confusing everything. Love not having to remember which drive the rom is on when flashing in recovery. "now lets see...did that download go to sd card0 "downloads" folder or sd card 1 "downloads" folder?" Yeah enough of that trash!
SD cards are for OG nerds, you fill up a 32 gig phone and I say go buy a real video camera there Spielberg.
barleysoda said:
Truth is I buy an sd card and throw it in and forget about it. Hvent removed it since the EVO lTE was new and it might have well just been on board storage.
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That's just it, you put it in and forget it. And in the process, you buy 64GB of storage for $40, instead of $300 (or, not at any price, for most phones). I use pretty much all of my storage on videos and other stuff. That doesn't need to be fast.
joshuaw84 said:
So Google now just put this in my news feed and I'll place it right here.
http://phandroid.com/2013/12/12/htc-m8-concept-render-video/
*edit though the battery sounds crazy, if it's close to this I'm down.
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Hahaha, that's not a spec list, it's a wish list. Lol. It may as well have said 32gb ram and 40,000mah battery .
Still, I'd love to see them keep it looking pretty damn close to the One. One is the sexiest phone I've ever seen, but I had to skip it due to no upgrade, so anything else made won't look as goof, unless nearly identical.
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barleysoda said:
SD cards are old hat. Don't need them. they are slower and have more issues then on board storage. Just make the new devices with 32gigs minimum of on board storage and all is well.
Nothing more irritating then SDcard 0 and SDcard 1. How many times has this driven good Dev's batty? Ask the sense 5 rom porters.
Not too mention the only reason the EVO LTE doesn't already have a multirom port is because the sd card issue. Years ago I would have told you I needed an SD card slot. Truth is I buy an sd card and throw it in and forget about it. Hvent removed it since the EVO lTE was new and it might have well just been on board storage. I have a Nexus 7 and love the fact that it doesn't have an SD card confusing everything. Love not having to remember which drive the rom is on when flashing in recovery. "now lets see...did that download go to sd card0 "downloads" folder or sd card 1 "downloads" folder?" Yeah enough of that trash!
SD cards are for OG nerds, you fill up a 32 gig phone and I say go buy a real video camera there Spielberg.
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I could fill up a 64 gig card with music alone. I don't find it confusing because I don't use the onboard drive for anything.
barleysoda said:
SD cards are old hat. Don't need them. they are slower and have more issues then on board storage. Just make the new devices with 32gigs minimum of on board storage and all is well.
Nothing more irritating then SDcard 0 and SDcard 1. How many times has this driven good Dev's batty? Ask the sense 5 rom porters.
Not too mention the only reason the EVO LTE doesn't already have a multirom port is because the sd card issue. Years ago I would have told you I needed an SD card slot. Truth is I buy an sd card and throw it in and forget about it. Hvent removed it since the EVO lTE was new and it might have well just been on board storage. I have a Nexus 7 and love the fact that it doesn't have an SD card confusing everything. Love not having to remember which drive the rom is on when flashing in recovery. "now lets see...did that download go to sd card0 "downloads" folder or sd card 1 "downloads" folder?" Yeah enough of that trash!
SD cards are for OG nerds, you fill up a 32 gig phone and I say go buy a real video camera there Spielberg.
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Some people like to have most of their music with them (me included), and NOT stream from a cloud with ok reception and eat up battery life. Maybe a 128 gb phone would be acceptable, 16 and 32 are not enough, and haven't been for yrs. Better graphical games are bigger nowadays as well. And I have tons of games, and all emulators on mine. Seriously, stop bashing on people who like options. U want to be ruled by Nazis, than get an iPhone! Sorry, but that's my 2 cents
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I had been using a Samsung evo 32gb in my g3 with no issues. I upgraded to the Samsung evo 128gb and now when I play my music, the music drops out a lot. I don't understand. I had a replacement sent to me and it does the same thing. I bought them from Amazon and have ran two different apps to test them. They come back as genuine Samsung cards. The cards are reading @ 41 mbs. So I'm not sure what the deal is. I only have a couple of days before I have to send the card back so I'm trying to find out if the cards are good or not. Thanks.
I had been using a Samsung evo 32gb in my g3 with no issues. I upgraded to the Samsung evo 128gb and now when I play my music, the music drops out a lot. I don't understand. I had a replacement sent to me and it does the same thing. I bought them from Amazon and have ran two different apps to test them. They come back as genuine Samsung cards. The cards are reading @ 41 mbs. So I'm not sure what the deal is. I only have a couple of days before I have to send the card back so I'm trying to find out if the cards are good or not. Thanks.
What format is the card in? FAT32? ExFAT? Whichever it is, try the other. Even if it came formatted, you can try formatting it from the phone instead. Sometimes it makes a difference.
Also, there's some apps to increase the cache for your Micro SD card. I think some music apps have a cache setting, too.
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What format is the card in? FAT32? ExFAT? Whichever it is, try the other. Even if it came formatted, you can try formatting it from the phone instead. Sometimes it makes a difference.
Also, there's some apps to increase the cache for your Micro SD card. I think some music apps have a cache setting, too.
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Sweet. I'll check into the formatting. Can you give some examples of apps you are referring to? Thanks!
renegadejd said:
Sweet. I'll check into the formatting. Can you give some examples of apps you are referring to? Thanks!
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I haven't used any in a while so I don't remember specifically the app names.
If you search the Play Store for SD cache I see some but some of the hits are for other things related to cache, so you'll just have to judge by their names.
I think among all the other things it does, I believe ROM Toolbox by JRummy does that, but that app's overkill and might require buying for some features.
Sometimes I wish I could pay it forward with apps I've bought in the past. I've probably stopped using more apps that I've paid for than apps I currently use that require being bought.
You're welcome!
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I haven't used any in a while so I don't remember specifically the app names.
If you search the Play Store for SD cache I see some but some of the hits are for other things related to cache, so you'll just have to judge by their names.
I think among all the other things it does, I believe ROM Toolbox by JRummy does that, but that app's overkill and might require buying for some features.
Sometimes I wish I could pay it forward with apps I've bought in the past. I've probably stopped using more apps that I've paid for than apps I currently use that require being bought.
You're welcome!
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Thanks man. I sure appreciate your help. My old card was fat 32, new one is exfat. I'm backing up my sd card at this moment, so I can change it. Again thank you. Much appreciated.
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Interesting to hear if your reformatting makes a difference.
I have a 128gb Lexar 633x Class 10 (black/blue) that my VZW G3 will not recognize(mount) the card in any format or formatted with different softwares. Works fine is cameras and pcs/laptops.
But it will mount the 54gb version of same card.
good luck
Well, going from exfat to fat 32 seems to have helped some. It still has some drop out, but not like before. I'd say it's probably reduced to 1/2 or 1/4 of what I was experiencing.
Does anybody know if this feature is part of the phone's software? I can't seem to find the option. Kinda useless to have SD card slot if I'm limited to transferring files over.
For instance all my music is backed up via Google music and I save stuff to the phone as I go which eats up a lot of space..
And the worst part is some apps allow you to move to the SD card but it seems like all the important ones don't even have the option.
ANNOYING!
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junior_mafioso said:
Does anybody know if this feature is part of the phone's software? I can't seem to find the option. Kinda useless to have SD card slot if I'm limited to transferring files over.
For instance all my music is backed up via Google music and I save stuff to the phone as I go which eats up a lot of space..
And the worst part is some apps allow you to move to the SD card but it seems like all the important ones don't even have the option.
ANNOYING!
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Adoptable storage isn't enabled on mm on any OEM roms including Sony that alone tells me how reliable it'll be. It can be enabled though via adb pretty easily check the Normal xa forum someone has already done it but the storage details are all messed up its just a load of random no's. Also Google it there's plenty of ways to get it working if that's what you want.
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aidy.lucas said:
Adoptable storage isn't enabled on mm on any OEM roms including Sony that alone tells me how reliable it'll be. It can be enabled though via adb pretty easily check the Normal xa forum someone has already done it but the storage details are all messed up its just a load of random no's. Also Google it there's plenty of ways to get it working if that's what you want.
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Thanks. Its hard to think that it is such a big deal to have this feature, but oh well.. There should at least be a standard 32gb rule on any Android phone at this point considering how much usable space you end up with. I'm at almost 80% with just apps downloaded.
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Thanks. Its hard to think that it is such a big deal to have this feature, but oh well.. There should at least be a standard 32gb rule on any Android phone at this point considering how much usable space you end up with. I'm at almost 80% with just apps downloaded.
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Yep that I do agree on 32gb should be the standard now. I'm not that bad yet still got just over 4gb free. The last update on my xa ending in 73 freed up a extra gb internal memory no idea what they've deleted though.
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