Use this tag for questions concerning the internal storage space on your device that can be used for installing applications and their associated data.
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Moving applications to SD card leaves some data behind [duplicate]
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Should apps take up any internal storage when installed to SD?
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace. I have recently rooted my phone and now I can move the apps to the SD card, ...
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Where did the internal space go on my HTC Desire?
I know this a common problem, but my experience has been a little freakish. I am using an HTC Desire 2.2 and usually try to maintain approximately 40 MB space free. I have installed the bloody ...
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When should I use the SD card to store data?
In what situations should I store data on my SD card? When it is best to put data on the internal flash? Is this simply used to expand the storage or are there some situations when using it for ...
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Android Galaxy S phone memory pictures not deleting, new pictures not saving [closed]
I am using Samsung Galaxy S without an SD card. I have taken loads of pictures and videos on it which is causing a few issues. If I try to delete some pictures to free memory, temporarily it shows ...
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Can I store contacts on my SD card? How?
I have 400mb of internal storage on my HTC, 100 of which is consumed by my (extensive) contacts. I am constantly low on storage--is there any way to store my contacts on my SD card?
I looked in the ...
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“You don't have enough free space remaining in your phone's storage” [duplicate]
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Why am I getting a “Low on Space” warning and having other weird problems?
I have a HTC wildfire S and have experienced nothing but trouble with this phone ...
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What kinds of memory does an Android device have?
What kind/types of memory (or data storage devices) does and android device have, and what information is stored in that type of memory?
I know of:
Internal memory
RAM Memory
ROM Memory
Storage ...
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HTC STATUS-INTERNAL MEMORY LOW EVEN WITH SD-CARD? [duplicate]
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What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage?
I have the HTC Status, and love it! But lately I'm getting "Internal memory low" messages when I try to open ...
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why do I have to move my apps manually to the SD card to free up space?
If the internal memory is so precious why doesn't Android move the apps to the SD card automatically. I just don't get the logic of searching through the All Apps list one by one to get a couple of ...
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How to access the internal ringtone folder on rooted 2.2?
I have a rooted Samsung GT5510 running 2.2.
I have tried in vain, using different file explorers, to locate the built in ringtones (folder).
Can someone please point me to the right path? Is it inside ...
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Problems with downloading apps
I have recently brought a Samsung Cooper and when i was trying to download an app from the market it keeps saying insufficient memory on device. My phone has a 16GB memory card and the internal memory ...
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Lost huge internal memory while debugging application on device
I started developing Android apps recently. For debugging purpose I used my device. Debugs and all went good but lately I realised that 32MB of my internal memory is missing.
I have gone through all ...
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“Low on space” warning with over 50% free
I recently started getting the following notification:
Low on space: Phone storage space is getting low.
When I click on the notification, it takes me to the "All" applications screen listing ...
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Should apps take up any internal storage when installed to SD?
I'm running very low on interal phone memory storage - I'm down to 5 MB of the 180 MB available. I understand that not all apps can be installed into SD card, and those will instead use up my internal ...
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/data/data nightmare: FC's because of 100% Utilisation
I feel like I need to clear things from /data/data every 2 to 3 days to prevent cascading FCs when it becomes 100% full. Is there any possible way to move any of that data to the SD card (and still ...
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Is some of my internal memory missing?
I have an HTC Wildfire (the original, not the S version). It is supposed to have 512MB of memory. When I check my free space in the app manager I noticed I have around 185MB. Why is this?
I am using ...
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How can I free some disk space without deleting my apps?
I dont have that many apps. But I had to delete old ones to get new ones because my phone keeps saying I have low storage.
How can I free some disk space without deleting my apps?
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My HTC Desire has suddenly become full and is displaying the “Disk Space Low!” Message [duplicate]
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HTC Desire low on internal storage, I'm clueless — Any help?
I have always had a problem with my Desire's phone storage capacity so recently I did a factory ...
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Google plus application is 24 mb after wrong update
I was updating from the market this app and I got a package error. I uninstalled it and installed it again from scratch. No problem.
Now the app is 24 mb!
To me it sounds like the broken package is ...
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Why do I have less internal storage space after moving Google+ to my SD card?
I'm having a puzzling problem. I was pleased to see that the latest version of Google+ now supports being moved to the SD card.
However, I just installed it on my HTC Desire and, having moved it to ...
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Why is Clockworkmod taking up so much memory?
Question: I was checking the memory storage and found that under miscellaneous, Clockworkmod took up 4.5GB of memory. Is that normal? I’m operating on a HC 3.1 3G 10.1 Tab. with 16GB only. Now I have ...
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How to keep the size of the Dalvik cache small?
I have an issue with the Dalvik cache getting huge and occupying almost all of the space on my phone. I'm running Cyanogenmod 7.X. For the record, I have about 5-6 small applications on my phone ...
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How much internal memory after updating HTC Desire to official Gingerbread?
I'm very tempted to upgrade my Desire to official 2.3.3, but I was wondering if I'd lose internal memory in doing this. I didn't find any info on the Internet, so I would like to ask that to someone ...
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How To Stop Rejecting Messages At Low Memory? [duplicate]
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I can't receive SMS when I have low storage
When my phone reaches ~22Mb (internal) free space, my phone starts to automatically reject text messages. Assuming ...
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Is There *Any* Way To Increase Internal Memory?
Ok, even to me this question sounds stupid but I let's just go with "the only dumb question is the one not asked".
I have nearly 14Gb free on my SD card but the Motorola Droid only has 128Mb internal ...
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What is SNS App?
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy I551 with Android 2.2 FroYo.
Sorry for my ignorance, but I have not idea what is that app (which came installed and without rooting can't be removed). And it is using 15MB ...
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what is my personal data storage as opposed to program storage and how can I reduce it?
I am using Android 2.2, samsung galaxy tablet.
When I look at task manager, summary it list 4 types of storage
1. program mine is 1.1 / 1.5 gb full
2. personal data 59.35 / 81.26 megabytes
3. ...
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Getting market error “Sorry there's not enough space to install this item.”
Android Froyo 2.2 with 3GB available mmcblk0p2 space and over 3GB free space on MicroSD.
Have no idea from when it started. Since then, every time when I try to download/update an APP from Android ...
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Is the Google Nexus S capable of reading the exFAT file format?
If I backup, reformat the internal memory "disk" of my Google Nexus One (running Android 2.3.4) into the exFAT format (for storage of file sizes over 4GB) and restore the contents, will it spasm and ...
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Erronous Low Data Space Error on Droid Incredible
I've see this question asked a lot, but I haven't seen any real answers.
I'm getting the low application data space error, but I have 440MB/750MB free on my internal storage.
With more than 50% ...
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Memory Expansion For Asus Eeepad Transformer
Hello I am planning on getting the 16GB version of the Eeepad Transformer, however I would want to upgrade the memory via the expansion slot.Does anyone have an idea up to how many gigs the expansion ...
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What is a tool to sort apps by their data size?
During development, internal storage size is severely needed. Cache cleaner is ok, however, apps have another component called data which can be cleared. Is there an app out there that organizes by an ...
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How can I remove pictures from contacts to save space?
I am desperate for app space on my HTC Desire. When looking at what I use app storage for, i can see that 12 mb (since this question was first asked this has grown to 16 mb) is spent on contacts. This ...
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Memory requirement (for HDD) for Android based tablet?
Background: I'm currently considering buying a Acer Iconia A50x Tablet device that runs the Honeycomb OS. The device is available (or, well, not) in a variety of configurations (16GB / 32GB / 64 GB ...
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27 MB + 4.2 MB = 28 MB? Where'd my space go?
After getting the "low on space" message on my Nexus One for the umpteenth time, I went to into the "manage applications" screen to uninstall applications I hadn't used recently. I waited for the ...
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Space issues and rooting
I have a Huawei IDEOS u8150 running Froyo. Ever since I got this device, I've been running into low disk space problems (because of only 150 MB internal space). So I've had enough and moved all the ...
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How to delete gReader stored RSS feeds from Phone memory manually
I was just fiddling with gReader when I noticed that by default the application saves the feeds to the phone memory. So I immediately changed that to SD card memory. However, on doing this all the ...
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Which system files are safe to delete?
I got only 160MB internal storage out of which 100MB is reserved by android operating system.
Which System files and folders are safe to delete?
For example:
de, fr, es and it files in ...
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Why is “insufficient storage” wrongly reported when installing an .apk via adb?
I have an HTC Desire running Froyo. It is not rooted, nor have I installed any custom ROM.
I get an "Insufficient Storage" error when I'm trying to install an app via adb/eclipse. The .apk is only ...
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Low disk storage Space
I have not added applications to my phone. I have actually been deleting applications from my phone because it will tell me I have low disk storage space. Sometimes it goes away, but will come back ...
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Acer A500 internal storage is not auto-mounted by Ubuntu
I just got my Acer A500 and have problems accessing the it's storage from my ubuntu machines.
If I try it with Win7 in VirtualBox it is automatically mounted without requiring any actions on the ...
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Is there a way to avoid disk space errors when batch updating apps (using 'Update All')?
This is related to the question 'Is there any way to force market to update and install apps one at a time?'. That question asks specifically if apps can be queued to update, rather than all run ...
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How to install a ringtone into internal memory?
I am using a custom ringtone. It is a mp3 which is stored on the external SD card.
When my phone is connected via USB to my computer and the SD card is mounted, my phone uses a default ringtone on ...
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Good ways of clearing internal space? [duplicate]
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HTC Desire low on internal storage, I'm clueless
I need a good and solid way to find large things which are taking up lots of phone internal memory. My phone really ...
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Where are attachments stored when sending text messages
Where are the attached images to text messages stored on Froyo 2.2.1 ( Samsung Galaxy S , if that should make a difference ) ?
I am asking following problems I have now when sending texts with images ...
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How much disk space does Android 2.3.3 and its default apps use?
Different phones advertise different total disk space. When you get a brand new phone with Android 2.3.3 and its default apps, how much disk space do those take?
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Is “ROM” the same as internal flash memory?
I saw the Nexus S storage specs are
512MB RAM + 16GB iNAND flash memory
and for the HTC Incredible S:
768 MB RAM and 1.5 GB ROM and microSD slot up to 32GB (8GB card included)
Is the ...
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Download from internet to phone hard drive. Droid x rooted
My droid x recently got damaged and the sd reader no longer works, is there some way to download from the internet to the phone's hard drive rather than the sd card?
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Can only access 2.2GB of internal storage from Windows
Anyone have any thoughts about this:
It seems to me that when the phone's internal storage is mounted using the Mass Storage mode, Windows only sees the first 2.2GB of space. If I try to format it ...
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How much space do the data of apps take on the phone storage?
As I am seriously out of space on my phone storage on my HTC Desire, I would like an overview of how much phone storage each app takes up. The point is that I can see how much space the data of each ...
