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How to see what is stored in System memory area? [duplicate]
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" tablet (Android 4.1.2, not rooted). I tried to install a big app recently and it failed because it said that I didn't have enough space.
When I go into Settings > ...
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I can't find files taking up space in my android phone [duplicate]
I have bought Lenovo k4 note and have recently upgraded to Marshmallow. So I've 16 GB of internal memory out of which the Android 6.0 inbuilt memory app inside storage and USB setting, says 5.37 GB is ...
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How do I get rid of "System Data" that takes up half my hard drive? [duplicate]
So since I updated my phone, there seems to be a mysterious 3-4GB of "System Data" on my phone's hard drive that I can't get rid of.
Here are some screenshots of this:
I have an LG Leon running ...
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Android Phone taking up more space than it should [duplicate]
I have a relatively new HTC ONE M8 running Android 5.0.1 (according to the settings page).
The phone is supposed to have 10.5 GB space according to Windows, but at the moment only 945 MB is free (...
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Galaxy Tab A (2016) always shows full memory [duplicate]
My tab always warns of dangerously low memory. It shows 15.4 GB used of 16gb even though the sum of the images, video, documents and apps is only around 2.5 GB (per attached image). I've tried disk ...
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Why is my internal memory almost full while the files add up to only a few gigabytes? [duplicate]
My HTC One M8 internal memory is almost full (15.40 out of 16). The phone says it's mostly applications. But when I connect it to my computer, go to Internal Storage and add the sizes of all ...
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How can I find out what's using all of my internal storage? [duplicate]
I'm using CyanogenMod 11 on an i9300. The internal memory of my phone is quite full, but when I tried to find out what was taking this space I found out something really strange.
I installed the ...
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What is inside the "other" category in the storage settings and how can I delete these large files eating my storage space? [duplicate]
I know this question has been asked before, but I cannot find a clear answer.
I just recently flashed lineage is 14 on my Samsung galaxy S4. I used TWRP to wipe the internal storage with eh wipe ...
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Why does Windows think my phone has 52 GiB of internal disk space whereas my phone sees 64 GB? [duplicate]
From my phone:
From Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate:
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Internal Storage calculation wrong [duplicate]
The calculation does not really add up. Previosly more storage was occupied by Spotify although the downloaded music is saved to the external SD card. How can I get Android to recognize the correct ...
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Internal storage fills up [duplicate]
I had a Sony Xperia C with a 16GB memory card. My internal storage kept filling up which made it unable to update or download any apps. The only apps I had were WhatsApp and Instagram. Sent my phone ...
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Android 10 system taking up too much hard drive space [duplicate]
I have a Nokia 5.3 running Android 10. Of the 64GB hard drive space, the system file is currently taking up 52GB.
Couple of days back, it was taking up 48GB and my phone was complaining of running out ...
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My storage keeps increasing drastically despite not downloading anything and freeing up lots of space (4GB>200mb??) [duplicate]
I am using a Huawei P10 Lite.
This is absolutely insane and I desperately need a solution, I can't even begin to imagine what's causing this.
I've been getting the whole "storage space running ...
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What is taking the storage of my Huawei phone? [duplicate]
Update: The suggested duplicate question does not indicate how to solve it, nor do I think it explains the situation unless there is a unusual amount in the hidden folders
I recently did a factory ...
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Memory - 20Gb being used by something [duplicate]
Apologies that this is a similar question but I have not yet found the solution here. I have 32 Gb A6, apps consume around 10Gb and I have a ton on SD card but storage info says I only have 2Gb free ...
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