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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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1answer
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Lost pictures on Samsung Galaxy S3 internal memory
I just hooked my Samsung Galaxy S3 up to my PC via USB to transfer some photos from one folder to another on the device itself. Well, the USB cable got accidentally unplugged during the process, and ...
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1answer
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Confused by the many locations of the virtual /sdcard/
Some devices (like my Nexus 4) don't have an external slot for an SD Card. Instead, there's a root folder called /sdcard/ that is treated the same way. But I also find other paths that all point to ...
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1answer
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Asked to set PIN for credential storage
I've never had a smart phone before. Now, I'm being asked if I want to set a pin or pasword for my "credential storage" before using it. I'm not even sure what this is. It looks like I do not have ...
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1answer
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How to store data on internal memory on LG Optimus 4X HD
After first use of LG optimus 4x HD I set storing of photo and video files on a SD card. Now I want this files to be saved back on internal memory.But I can't find where I did this setting. Please ...
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1answer
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How can I Configure Andriod to save pictures/video to SDCard?
The camera settings only save it to the phone or the internal virtual sd card. I have installed a 32 bit hispeed sd card. How can you force it to save in the external sd card?
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How to have unused apps not take up resources
Is there a way I can have unused apps not take up resources? Especially Internal memory and other resources not on Sd card.
I am already using Link2SD to move what I can to SD.
I know you can back ...
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1answer
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How do i fix low storage space so i don't have to reset my phone?
I have an android Samsung Intercept SPH-M910 and I have read all the directions for resetting and clearing apps and cache. However I still have to reset my phone every three days because the low ...
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Need more memory to install Nova 3 Near Orbit on Samsung Galaxy S2
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2, running Android 4.0.3.
I want to install Nova 3 Near Orbit on this device. I need 2 gigabyte of memory to install the game, but I only have 1.97 gigabytes in total.
How ...
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1answer
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I'v lost my phone recently
I'v lost my phone recently and it's got a pattern lock on it but iv also reported the phone as stolen so it's been barred. Would it be possible for a thief to unlock it
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Too little memory in Android NAND ROMs. Cannot install apps!
(I was about to ask it here, but since I found the answer I'll share it too)
After installing Android on NAND on my HD2, I found that the available system memory is too little for everyday use. It's ...
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1answer
143 views
Link2sd boot issues
I've got a stock, rooted firmware on my LG Optimus One (P500) handset.
I installed Link2SD, and I've got roughly 100 apps installed.
Whenever I boot my device, however, it takes 5-6 minutes to boot ...
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1answer
126 views
Is there a way to adjust the memory allocation to increase the allocation for apps?
I have an Mi Traveler Android model 10R2 tablet and I am continuously getting a "memory low" message. I have added a SD card and moved some apps to the card, but still get the same messages. In ...
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0answers
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Record video and send it to server
I want to record a video, and stream it directly to the server while recording (i.e. the video should be saved on the server, not necessarily locally on the Android device). How can this be ...
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External HDD not recognized by tablet
I have an external 320GB HDD with Backtrack on it, partitioned as follows:
-partition '/' ext4
-partition '/home' ext4
-swap
-free partition fat32
The problem comes when I connect it to my tablet ...
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transfered game to external SD Card
I just got a Galaxy Note 2. This phone came with 3 games - I bought them, downloaded, and then found: oh I have used up 7GB of data already! So thought I would transfer the games to my external SDcard ...
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2answers
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Is there a way to temporarily unload a 1GB file from my Samsung Galaxy S3? [closed]
I need to free up some space on my phone temporarily but I can't delete anything. So, I'm looking for a way to upload/etc. to free up some space and re-download the files later that I can't lose. I ...
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2answers
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How to clear up SMS space?
I just got a notification that I can't receive an SMS because "the space/memory was full". Which is it, the internal or SD space, and what's the best way to free it up?
Note - I just installed a ...
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2answers
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Where does Google Play store its ebooks on an Android device?
In the Google Play Books Android application, there is an option to keep an ebook on a device if the user wants to do it. So when you decide to do such a thing, the ebook may be stored somewhere on ...
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1answer
617 views
Can Android tablet read external hard drive and if so which formats?
Can an Android tablet read external hard drives and if so which formats?
I have a Samsung Note and tried accessing a hard drive but failed. I've been told that if I format my 1TB hard drive to FAT32 ...
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4answers
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How can I free up storage on my SGS II?
I got a notification on my SGS2 today that said the phone memory is nearly full.
So my question is: How can I move apps to the internal USB storage? I don't have a micro SD card in my phone.
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2answers
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Rooted Froyo phone, deleting apk files doesn't free up internal memory
I am constantly running into storage problems on my 2.2 Froyo Samsung Galaxy Ace. I decided to delete some memory intensive stock apps that I didn't need, and deleted the .apk files using Root Browser ...
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11answers
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HTC Desire low on internal storage, I'm clueless — Any help?
It's been bugging me for a while but getting quite bad lately. I get warnings that my internal storage is full, I have about 13mb left of what I believe is 512mb worth of rom. I have checked with the ...
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1answer
513 views
Is a Class 10 MicroSD overkill or is a Class 6 adequate? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is the class rating of my MicroSD card relevant?
I don't see any speed class or × rating markings on the 2GB card that came with my phone. Is a Class 10 card going to be ...
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3answers
283 views
How can I prevent android apps from reformatting my SD card?
I have a 32GB micro SD card, and some of the apps I use state that they have permsisions to modify sd card memory. I have a lot of personal files on my card, and the other day, some app, I don't know ...
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1answer
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How can I know the directories used by an application
I've been testing some dictionaries the last few days and right now I've my SDCard with plenty of directories with many MB of data that belongs to those dictionaries.
How can I find out for a ...
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1answer
573 views
Any way to place a link to `/sdcard2` within `/sdcard`?
I have a Sony Tablet S, for which I am not aware of any method of rooting. On this device there is an amount of internal storage (dependant on model 8 - 24 GiB) and an external sdcard slot. The former ...
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3answers
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Not enough storage on android device
When I download application from Market I obtain out of memory error.
In fact I have about 2Gb free storage on SD Card and it seems there is out of space of internal phone storage.
How to clear ...
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1answer
261 views
An app that can give a clear overview of what exactly is eating up my phone space? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage?
I'm curious to know how my 2GB memory card could fill up so quickly as well as my internal phone memory. I ...
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1answer
493 views
What is the application space limit on Galaxy Nexus?
Samsung Galaxy Nexus has a 16GB internal memory and no external sdcard. I'm wondering if that means I have 16GB (or at least the free space left of that memory) to install applications?
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2answers
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Why is the SD-card mounted to “/sdcard/external_sd” instead of “/sdcard” (or “/mnt/sdcard”)?
I recently upgraded my phone to an LG Motion 4G (Android 4 ICS). I see that the sdcard is mounted at /sdcard/external_sd. I also noticed that this appears to be the same with some other newer models. ...
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2answers
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Internal storage, phone storage and SD card
I am new to Android (v4.0.4) and trying to understand it.
By looking at the storage setting, I found the followings are listed:
Internal storage: total space 807MB
Phone storage: total space ...
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1answer
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Recovery Mode does not find internal nor external storage
Before I had CyanogenMod 9 on my Samsung Galaxy S i9000. Then, suddenly it did not boot anymore and I could not boot into recovery mode neither.
So I flashed different kernels with Odin (speedmod, ...
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2answers
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First time with Android, need help with adding media
For Christmas this year I am getting a 16GB (really 10.6 GB) Galaxy Note II, which will be my first Android device after having a slew of iDevices. I have ~12 GB of music in iTunes and Google Music, ...
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0answers
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Low internal memory, but high local and SD memory
I have a MID android tablet which has been giving me low storage messages during some downloads lately. But when I check, the local and SD have practically 3GB free. So, where is this data going, and ...
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Is it possible to add arbitrary folders to the media scanner?
I have a samsung captivate glide and it's got 4 gigs of storage that isn't main storage and isn't sd card memory. It shows up as a separate section under settings->storage and it's mounted on ...
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Read/Write not working on external sd card - Android
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and no applications can read or write to the external SD card - except the Root Browser. This happened a month or so ago after I installed a custom ROM (Alliance) and I have ...
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3answers
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Application backup/restore - for saving resources
I was thinking I could completely backup apps to the SD card, and then restore them when needed. This for saving system resources.
Is there some efficient way to do this?
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1answer
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Missing internal flash memory and SD card does not mount
Some time ago I installed a custom firmware (YAR28) on my Archos 7HT. This worked fine for a while, until some day when I switched it on it showed the initial startup screen, and after that all my ...
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2answers
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Moving app between _three_ possibilities for storage?
My son has an Android phone, and when he bought it the storage space was divided thus:
System Memory: 157MB
Internal Memory: 1024MB
When this was essentially full we put in an SD card to give him ...
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2answers
958 views
Check what storage an app uses?
Is there a way to check what storage a third party application is using? i.e which of these it uses?
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1answer
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Navfree required space
I was wondering how much space Navfree needs for its maps. I know it depends on what parts of the world you download, so is there any place I can check it, other than the app itself? (Alternatively ...
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0answers
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What is meant by System Memory in android? [duplicate]
I have an LG -E405 phone running Android 2.3.6.
As can be seen here, the phone has 1GB internal memory and 384Mb RAM.
When I look at default App manager, this is what I get,
RAM - 231Mb
System ...
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1answer
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What is the difference between system memory and internal storage?
I am using LG Optimus L3.
When I look into the app manager, there is a system memory of 157MB and an internal storage of 1GB. I can't install all the apps on internal storage. It's something like ...
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0answers
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Useless internal storage on Atab Phone 5
I have an Atab phone 5 (similar to the Galaxy Note) with Android 4.0. It has 512MB RAM, 2GB internal storage, and 16GB SD card.
When I install apps, is it normal them to appear in the 512MB RAM, ...
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How to “un-save” attachments in Gmail on Jelly Bean?
Gmail on Android 4.2 brings a boatload of improvements over the version I'm used to from 2.2. Its improved interface for dealing with (received) attachments is very welcome.
However, I cannot find a ...
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1answer
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How can I see how “Internal” storage is used
How can I see how apps are using Internal Storage?
How can I see percistent/constant usage?
How can I see how much applications on SD-card would use extra, if I moved them to the phone.
I am ...
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1answer
1k views
What is the installation size of a clean build of 4.2?
This is a pretty simple question, but one that I have not been able to find the answer to. How much disk/storage space does an installation of Jelly Bean (bonus points for other versions) take up? I ...
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Use android 2.3 as a wireless Mass Storage middle man
Context: I would like to use an old phone as a USB Mass storage device/slave, but read/writes to a Network share. So I can attach it to the Kitchen TV and direct it to a windows/linux directory.
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2answers
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Limited internal storage, how to shift stuff to sd card
Total Available Internal storage on my Sony Ericsson is ~412MB. This is really low but many apps apparently need to be installed there and others still need a footprint even after being shifted to SD ...
