Currently, my internal storage is running low on space.
What can I do besides moving applications to the external memory, as to free up more space, but preserve my current applications and avoid uninstalling?
(Some of them won't be moved)
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The only way to do this is linking apps to SD card. First : Rooting. Disclaimer : I'm NOT responsible to any damage you do to your phone ,Although it is very rare for someone to damage his phone while rooting (or a myth), and Rooting might void your warranty , some warranty policies void if rooted and some other void when unlocking bootloader (i.e installing custom mod) ,I did both actually. Second : Partitioning SD card. Linking apps to SD card requires a second partition on SD card. Third : Activating Link2SD or S2E. You can use one of these apps to link apps to SD card(I prefer Link2SD) : If you use link2sd you must choose the type of your ext partition at the first open of the app ,then restart ,if you restart and the app tells you the same message see BONUS section of my answer. Fourth : Linking apps to SD card. This is using Link2SD (I didn't experience with S2E) : After activating Second Partition of your SD card you should now link apps to SD card. NOTE : an app must be on internal memory before it can be linked , if you try to link an app while it's on SD card it will be moved to internal then linked ,so make sure there is enough space to move it. when you long press on an app ,a context menu appears ,press Bonus : Manually mounting second partition : first you must install this app to mount it: then open the terminal emulator(and make sure you give it root access),and type the following (each line standalone): now open link2SD and |
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Many people have that kind of problem and I have the same one. I finally figured out and it works great. I have a Galaxy Tab 7 but many android devices will experience that. There are 2 important folders. The one called /data is actually not really just data but it is where Android install the application apk and some of the data related to it. If you force the apk to install on SD card, it will still use some of the /data space (small amount) for some data. Be aware that there is a confusing "sdcard" name usage. Most Android devices have a "sdcard" that is an internal flash configured like an SD card but the real external SD card is often name external_sd or something along those line. the problem I discovered is in /data/tombstone, you will find 10 files named tombstone_0#. These are debugging info collected by android. These files build up over time. You don't need that for a normal user. Delete all of them. These 4 files were using 1.4GB of my 1.89GB internal tablet storage. To do so, you will need to root your device. Yes, you must. And it won't explode don't worry, I've done it and many others too! Then get a program like "Root Explorer" to browse and delete the junk. It will request and be granted root privilege if you rooted your device before and you will be able to do whatever you want. To root your device, just google "root android my device model" and you should find quickly how to root your device. This problem is a design flaw. When there is a low internal storage, Android should start a background task to clean up that junk. (haven't seen such idiot unfriendly behavior on IOS devices yet, except may be the new maps ;-) ) |
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