Hey guys,
I'll keep it short.
I am using about 5.7 GB of space on my internal storage although the ES directory analyzer shows about 4GB extra that I could not possibly find.
When I select all my files in on the internal storage ( incl. hidden files), and hit properties, it calculates 5.7 GB
I am enclosing some screenshots.
I have tried various storage analyzing apps and they all show the same.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
do you have root?
Try this app Disk Usage : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage
You can scan normal internal memory or with root the whole phone, this also shows root partitions which you normally can't access.
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Hi, I'm having some issues with the internal storage of my Galaxy S II
I'll start by noting that I don't have an external SD card inserted, what I'm trying to accomplish is using the internal storage of the device.
As everyone knows, the GSII has around 11.5GB of available internal storage, and 2GB of system storage (all part of the device's 16GB total internal storage). Anyway, normally when I download an app, it's installed to that 2GB reserve, which fills up quickly. In theory, I should be able to easily move the apps from the 2GB partition, to the ~11.5GB one using the inbuilt move to SD card function under Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>*application*, but I get a "Failed to move application: not enough memory" error. I've also tried using App2SD, and have read a few guides online on this issue (with the GSII and others), to no avail.
I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on to how I can move the application from the 2GB partition, to the ~11.5GB one? Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
QUESTION
the size of my internal storage is 11.4GB (which is 12GB from 16GB, so the phone uses the 4GB as system)
BUT when i format it, it says only 10GB (9.9GB to be exact) is available.
WHY? and what is using the 1.5GB rest of the storage?
Can it be cleaned up?
Another Question
So, as you can see i did a full format of internal storage to START OVER CLEAN
and i copied every thing to "A folder" in my external memory
BUT after i formated the internal memory i went to the External memory to find that my folder turned into a NON recognizable sort of file with 0kb of size.
the memory size shows that my files are in there but WHERE?
my little girl's birthday videos and pictures are in there so i really really need them back.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
omid_freesky said:
So, as you can see i did a full format of internal storage to START OVER CLEAN
and i copied every thing to "A folder" in my external memory
BUT after i formated the internal memory i went to the External memory to find that my folder turned into a NON recognizable sort of file with 0kb of size.
the memory size shows that my files are in there but WHERE?
my little girl's birthday videos and pictures are in there so i really really need them back.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
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No idea what you are doing but to recover files you can try RECUVA .
Looks like you formatted external sd card .
jje
Take the card out and plug it into your computer.
(Or use my Usb mass-storage mode scripts around here somewhere if you're rooted, it makes no difference)
This is a known issue with the phone and exFAT, Fat32 seems to work fine.
Should the file really be damaged (and not only non-readable by the phone) you can use Recuva as suggested by the parent.
Thank you Guys for the help, and I GOT the whole thing back.
when i removed external memory and put it in my windows laptop (because i did it with mac the first time) i found the folder there.
i renamed it and put it back in the phone and it was OKEY.
QUESTION THOUGH:
as my first post i did this format to have a clean Empty 12GB of internal memory BUT i end up having less than 10GB even after format.
What is this and why can't i empty the rest?
You can't just format the internal memory as it is using a shared file system with the system. Can you tell us what you did to format it?
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i connected it to the computer and did a format.
it was totally fine but it shows the Total size is 11.9GB and after format it still uses about 2GB and says 9.9GB available (2GB used)
the total size of the internal memory is 16GB and 4GB is used by the System but why 2 more is taken from the 12GB too
Probably installed apps. They share the available space with the folder you see as /sdcard/. Check your storage in the settings.
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I have one problem. Recently I have been noticing that I'm losing nearly 70 MB storage space on a daily basis, without having downloaded any music or any other file! How is this possible? I have about 200 apps installed in my phone. Even my Call recorder app does not eat that much space....so how am I losing so much space on a daily basis? Any ideas?
I have all the other usual apps like Tweetcaster, Friendcaster etc.
I am on XWLSK rooted with Siah Kernel
Where are you losing storage space?
Phone memory, internal storage or external sdcard?
Internal Storage, from the 11.5 GB available space. I have a 16 GB (actual available is 11.5 GB approx.) internal storage Galaxy S 2. Firmware XWLSK 4.1.2. And I'm not downloading anything, still losing about 70 MB space on a daily basis. Have to keep deleting my stored Music & Video files to make room every time the available space gets close to Zero.
TheMasterOfToast said:
Where are you losing storage space?
Phone memory, internal storage or external sdcard?
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I think it's called the INTERNAL SD CARD Storage. The 16 GB (Actual usable only 11.5 GB approx) storage that came built in by factory in Samsung Galaxy S 2.
Could be app's cache building up, have you deleted cache of apps yet? But 70MB that seems too much so i dont think i can help you any further... :/
Download ES File explorer and then press a "analyze SD-card" option. You will then see what is taking so much space on your internal storage (internal sd.card).
1. Open Es file explorer
2. press manu button and then "manage"
3. press "analyze sd-card"
TheMasterOfToast said:
Could be app's cache building up, have you deleted cache of apps yet? But 70MB that seems too much so i dont think i can help you any further... :/
Download ES File explorer and then press a "analyze SD-card" option. You will then see what is taking so much space on your internal storage (internal sd.card).
1. Open Es file explorer
2. press manu button and then "manage"
3. press "analyze sd-card"
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Ok. I will download this app, then do the analysis and will revert after that. Even I am perplexed what is eating up so much space. Maybe it is some google system app.
It can't be the cache as I clean it regularly with 1 Tap Cleaner. And the cache is used from the dedicated 1.98 GB (Phone memory) space allotted to it. I am talking about losing space from my 11.5 GB Internal SD Card which came pre installed from Samsung.
Some app's cache are stored in the internal storage. Go check out /android/data in internal sdcard (storage)
TheMasterOfToast said:
Some app's cache are stored in the internal storage. Go check out /android/data in internal sdcard (storage)
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Used the ES File explorer to analyse SD, and I found the culprit! It was the Root Uninstaller app whose folder had occupied something like 3 GB of my Storage Space! What the hell was being stored by this app in its folder!! Anyway I deleted it and gained about 3 GB space. Thanks a ton mate for the help
Delete the lost.dir folder and also thumbnails folder under dcim/
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So, under settings -> storage, I'm seeing the external SD card as it should but the internal memory is only 2.35GB. Isn't it supposed to be near to 13GB? I am not getting any low storage space or anything, just setting my available space.
Maybe the space is there with another name, how do I check the available internal space? DiskInfo is showing the similar thing.
lamborg said:
So, under settings -> storage, I'm seeing the external SD card as it should but the internal memory is only 2.35GB. Isn't it supposed to be near to 13GB? I am not getting any low storage space or anything, just setting my available space.
Maybe the space is there with another name, how do I check the available internal space? DiskInfo is showing the similar thing.
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There are three storage areas in the stock Rezound...
Apps - about 2.3GB
Phone Storage - about 13GB
These are part of the internal 16GB of storage in the phone itself, and is shared with the operating system, cache partitions, app partitions, and regular storage. They are segmented and cannot be joined and actually seen as one drive.
External Storage - about 15GB (sd card dependant)
each one is it's own partition, you cannot access the "App" area without root access. the Phone Storage is the "HTC STORAGE" drive that opens when you connect to the PC, the unnamed volume is the external SD card.
acejavelin said:
There are three storage areas in the stock Rezound...
Apps - about 2.3GB
Phone Storage - about 13GB
These are part of the internal 16GB of storage in the phone itself, and is shared with the operating system, cache partitions, app partitions, and regular storage. They are segmented and cannot be joined and actually seen as one drive.
External Storage - about 15GB (sd card dependant)
each one is it's own partition, you cannot access the "App" area without root access. the Phone Storage is the "HTC STORAGE" drive that opens when you connect to the PC, the unnamed volume is the external SD card.
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So, is there any easy way to see how much actual free space do I have left?
lamborg said:
So, is there any easy way to see how much actual free space do I have left?
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Settings - Storage shows free space on all 3 volumes.
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acejavelin said:
Settings - Storage shows free space on all 3 volumes.
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I can only see
Total space - 2.3, then sub-sections like downloads, cached etc
SD card - (external card space), same sub-sections
Unmount SD
Erase SD
Does your settings like any different?
lamborg said:
I can only see
Total space - 2.3, then sub-sections like downloads, cached etc
SD card - (external card space), same sub-sections
Unmount SD
Erase SD
Does your settings like any different?
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Yes... This is stock, rooted. Are you running a custom ROM?
acejavelin said:
Yes... This is stock, rooted. Are you running a custom ROM?
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Yes, I am running a custom ROM. That could be the reason for the different screen.
There is an issue sometimes with the newer ROMs where the internal or external memory is not seen in the ROM but is when connected by USB... You usually just need to format the partition in FAT32 either via CWM/TWRP/Amon Ra or Windows.
Can you browse to it with ES File Explorer or other file manager?
acejavelin said:
There is an issue sometimes with the newer ROMs where the internal or external memory is not seen in the ROM but is when connected by USB... You usually just need to format the partition in FAT32 either via CWM/TWRP/Amon Ra or Windows.
Can you browse to it with ES File Explorer or other file manager?
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Would you be willing to list out the process for properly formatting the internal storage? I've tried several things, the most recent of which was mounting through recovery and formatting with Windows. However, the internal storage still can't be accessed by the camera, in ES File Explorer, etc. Thanks for any help you can provide.
millerslxk said:
Would you be willing to list out the process for properly formatting the internal storage? I've tried several things, the most recent of which was mounting through recovery and formatting with Windows. However, the internal storage still can't be accessed by the camera, in ES File Explorer, etc. Thanks for any help you can provide.
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In TWRP, you would go to wipe - advanced wipe - then select only internal SD option.
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I am using the solid exp and here's this folder "Internal memory" at SystemRoot, Now, this internal memory is actually my memory card. At the systemroot, there's another folder named "Storage". This folder has these 3 sub-folders - Internal memory (same as the previous one), sdcard1 (empty with free space 376MB) and usbdisk0 (empty with 376MB).
BTW, using the Xenon HD ROM and as far as I can remember, TRON had the same folders and all.
Hi,
I have Lineage / CM14.1 installed, and my SD is formatted as internal memory.
Now it is so that most apps are installed on the SD by default. A few of these must be mandatory in the internal memory. Now I have the problem that i can't move some Apps to the internal Memory. So when I try to move apps from external memory to the internal, I get the error message: Not enough space
But there is definitely enough internal memory space (9GB). The app itself has so around the 25MB (Watchmacker Pro)
Does anyone have a tip for me?
You can't have your SD card formatted as internal storage and still use the device storage. It is one or the other.
If i go to Settings / Apps / choose an App ( for me Watchmaker) / Storage(?) / change. There can i move from SD to Internal shared Memory.
That is necessary, because Apps, that uses Widgets, must be installed in Internal shared Memory.
Baron1971 said:
If i go to Settings / Apps / choose an App ( for me Watchmaker) / Storage(?) / change. There can i move from SD to Internal shared Memory.
That is necessary, because Apps, that uses Widgets, must be installed in Internal shared Memory.
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I understand that. It is also that many apps are coded not to be moved to sdcards. This is why Google added the merging of sdcard and internal storage into android 7.0
I would run a logcat and see what is causing the out of memory issue. It could be something as easy as one of CM features/bugs that was never fixed as apps to sdcard has been frowned upon for many years and some rom devs made it not work on purpose.