Questions tagged [storage]
The place where your apps and data are stored. Please follow the 'info' link below for some generic details.
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SD Card crashing settings but being detected
I ran out of storage on my:
Oukitel WP20 running Android 12
and so I decided to get a 512GB Micro SD Card from SanDisk.
My previous one was a 128GB from SanDisk aswell.
So I backed everything up, ...
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How to replace the adopted SD card without reformatting the entire phone?
I currently have a Fairphone 4 and a 1 TB SD card. It was set up as shared internal storage. Over the past few weeks, I've been having random crashes on the phone which I think may be down to the SD ...
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Windows Explorer does not show files in Android filesystem
I am using a tablet with Android version 8.1.0
I save files into internal memory using my app which get saved at /storage/emulated/0/FOLDER/filename.txt
Doing adb shell ls -la sdcard/FOLDER in windows ...
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How does an A2-rated microSD card perform as adoptable storage in 2023?
Here's a small backstory. A relative of mine owns a pretty low end Android phone (Redmi 9T) running Android 12. They got the 64gb storage variant which, of course, wasn't the best idea since there was ...
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Move factory apps and services to SD card in Android 5
I've got this non-rooted BLU Energy Diamond with an absurdly long lasting battery that I use at work for testing apps on old devices, however, it only has 4GB of internal memory and a 16GB SD card.
As ...
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How to let Gmail access storage?
When I try to "Share" using Gmail the file never gets attached and I always get the same error: "Gmail needs storage permission to complete action".
However it then directs me to ...
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Can't find "Free Up Space" options in Settings on Samsung (Android 12) device
For some reason, I'm unable to find the Free Up/Clean Up Space feature in Settings on my Samsung Android 12 (specs) phone.
My device has 60GB+ listed under Other in the Storage menu that I would like ...
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Move Whatsapp media folder to SD card without rooting?
Hello Android experts,
The internal storage of a Xiaomi Redmi 7A (Android 9) is running low, so I wish to free up space by moving Whatsapp media storage to the SD card.
I moved the folder manually, ...
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Why gmail android app stops syncing on an approximately 2-3 monthly basis?
I know, this is a decades old question, answered on million sites, still none of this Q/A's match my case: I regularly have to delete the storage of the gmail app on my android (9.0-pie) device in ...
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Picture taken from external Bluetooth connected camera -> save to smartphone camera folder
I am using MacroDroid and Tasker to automate multiple triggers/actions. I have managed to use this as a trigger for an example: a specific Android intent is received and then a photo is taken (even ...
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Reformat sdcard on every reboot in MIU13
I have an Android 12 with MIUI 13, Xiaomi Redmin Note 11 pro 5g.
sdcard works flawlessly, configured as an removable/external memory.
I reboot the phone, and it asks me if I want to use it as an ...
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Apps suddenly unable to access SD card for seemingly no reason
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So this one is weird.
Everything was working fine untill I rebooted my phone earlier today.
For some reason, since this reboot, apps are unable to access my SD card ...
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Android scoped storage on Android 11 - permission denied
The scenario is that one app is creating some files on its external storage /sdcard/Android/data/myPackageName and during testing automation I need to retrieve some files from that folder using adb.
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permanent storage space warning
I have an UMIDIGI A3X with Android 10 (16GB internal ROM) with an 64GB SD-card, that is formatted as internal storage.
I am using 19,39GB storage but it's so poorly distributed that only 3,8 are on ...
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System Suddely Takes Up Too Much Space? [duplicate]
I'm not sure what I did, but it was just today when I noticed that, in the Device Care app, it says that "System" is taking up 52 GIGABYTES of my storage! 76% of my 128GB disk is now used up,...
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Unlimited Google Photos storage?
When I bought my Pixel 3, one of the appeals was that Google promised unlimited storage at Google Photos (although not at max resolution).
Now, https://one.google.com/storage and https://one.google....
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Reformat SD Card from internal to portable
Device: Redmi Note 11
I formatted a SanDisk SD card as internal, using the Android's native file app (com.google.android.documentsui) but now I can't see the card anywhere.
However when inserted, the ...
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Recovery of unsaved 40 minute long video on Samsung A32
I took a video of approximately 40 minutes long this morning at a funeral. I stopped taking the video and waited for it to "process". It took very long, so I switched my phone off. But now I ...
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How to fix "android.process.media keeps stopping" - error re-appears in a 10-second loop
On a Galaxy Tab A on stock ROM the last update was the June 1 2022 patch for Android 10 received from Samsung in Oct 2022 and also brought with it some Samsung updates. The update has introduced a ...
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Failed installing a large game (APKs) but still take up so much storage
I tried to install a large game (3.2 GB) in APK format from my SD card (the place where I save the APK file) using ZArchiver. I clicked install and waited for like 10 minutes but there was nothing, no ...
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Interoperation between DroidVim and Termux
I've been using DroidVim under Android for a few years now, primarily to edit a rather sprawling notes repository that I sync with my PC using git under Termux. The repo lives in a subdirectory of ...
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Where does Whatsapp store its data on the phone? [duplicate]
I was clearing up some storage in my phone. The File Explorer App says Whatsapp takes 10.68 GB (see screenshot 1), whereas the folder Android/media/com.whatsapp is only 6.23 GB (see screenshot 2). Is ...
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Storage manager (SM) Partitioned Micro sd card but how to mount the extended partition and use it as internal storage.?
Question:- Storage manager (SM) Partitioned Micro sd card but how to mount the extended partition and use it as internal storage.?
I purchased 6 months before, Samsung Galaxy s20 Fe with android 12 ...
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Other storage taking over
My other storage has taken over my phone. I have factory reset it and cleared cache, removed unneeded apps. But still the other storage keeps increasing. I don't know what to do anymore.
I have a ...
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App ill installed
I have attempted to install an app from its apk file, but I failed. It was a game created with RENPY, turns out apps over ~2GB cannot be installed and the app I wanted to install was a bit more. At ...
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There's only 5.5 gb of stuff on my GalaxyTab A, why is my storage almost full?
I've deleted as much as I can. I only have a handful of apps and two pictures.
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Cannot access sdcard on Android 9 from Settings?
This is weird; I have an Android 9 device, and I have added an sdcard there. Using a standalone file manager, I can access the sdcard. However, when I go to Storage from Settings:
... I can see the ...
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Guaranteed storage locations
I'm writing a debugging tool that needs to create a temporary file somewhere. Normally, I would use /tmp but there's no such directory on the phone I'm using. mount | grep tmpfs shows several ...
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Symlink temporary file
I'm attempting to backup my Signal chats totalling almost 15GB, which presents a challenge in my 32GB phone. I simply have no space to do it, and even stripping the system of pretty much all apps ...
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Access Mega Cloud Storage from File Manager on a non rooted device
Is there a way to mount Mega cloud storage from file manager. Mega has some option to do that as Webdav Server for Desktops but is there a way Android Phone with TLS encryption. I am even comfortable ...
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Does Android hold audio in RAM when listening for ‘hey google’?
When Android phones have the ‘hey google’ wake word setting enabled so it’s always listening for it, are these audio snippets held in RAM when looking for the wake word and not stored on the phone or ...
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How to delete data from an uninstalled app?
My Android 8.0 phone is showing the 32 GB is full. I have deleted videos and stuff but I wonder if apps that I uninstalled have not deleted their data.
How to find out?
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Is it possible to limit read permissions for some folders on external SD card to certain apps on Android 10?
My device has 64 GB of internal storage and it's nearly full. I can expand storage with a 256 GB microSD card. However, I don't like that everything stored on the SD card is freely accessible to every ...
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Is it possible to dump an Android partition with file-based encryption (FBE)?
Consider an unrooted Android 9.0 device with file-based encrypted (FBE), a locked bootloader and only recovery and download modes available. Is there any way to dump the internal storage either to the ...
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For Android devices, is internal storage memory typically faster, slower, or equal to microSD card storage?
For Android devices, is internal storage memory typically faster, slower, or equal to microSD card storage?
For example, let's take the Samsung Galaxy S10 Android phone. It comes in 128GB, 512GB, and ...
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Can you record video to external drive?
If I connect an external ssd drive to the phone, it can browse its file system and write to it. Is there an app (or a setting) that allows me to record video directly to this external drive? The use ...
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com.google.android.trichromelibrary - An app that gets installs multiple times .....what's the point?
As I understand com.google.android.trichromelibrary is supposed to be a webview replacement in android 10+
find /data/app -type d -iname "*trichrome*" -exec du -hs {} \;
70M /...
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How to clean com.android.providers.media.MediaApplication App Data?
com.android.providers.media.MediaApplication keeps throwing errors on me and I cannot access internal storage on my Oneplus since this morning.
I've already tried cleaning the media packages ...
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File attributes on Android (Linux): Any way to make a file fully writable but not deleteable?
I tried chattr with the +a (+i is even more restrictive), but it immediately caused app panic aka "app has stopped". What I want to do is make a file & folder undeletable.
You can ...
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Looking for the folder location of where Google Chrome bookmarks are stored on Android [duplicate]
I'm looking to manually back up and restore the Google Chrome mobile bookmarks on my LG smartphone and wanted to know the folder and filepath of where they are stored on Android. I checked in /data/...
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"The Magic", that Magisk isn't supposed to do
I have magisk 24 which I futilely tried to downgrade using XDA's guide but did not succeed, which is the 2nd part of my Question . There is something v interesting I note ( not sure how long its ...
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Can I get a virus from a browser that doesn't have storage permission?
I am using Android 8.1.0 on an LML212VL LG Tracfone (more info at bottom). I downloaded the "DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser" app through the Google "Play Store" app. (This is the link ...
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contents of data partition in android
does anyone know what all content is stored in /data or userdata partition in android-10.
I see a lot of directories in /data like app-staging, misc, system, vendor.
what information is stored in ...
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Android lost disk space
in my Huawei P10 Pro 64Gb the free space is running low, so I checked at the memory page to have a look where all the space is allocated.
So, in the following screenshot, some things are to me not so ...
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LineageOS 18 -> USB storage is not being attached
I am using Raspberry Pi with installed LineageOS 18 and basically all works well. The only issue I do have is that when I put an USB stick (storage) it is not visible in the GUI. I tried several USB ...
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EDL is non-functional and /data partition is inaccessible, and I fear that my Android device is permanently damaged
I have a OnePlus 7Pro (GM1917) that was working fine for a long time with OOS 10.3.8. Its bootloader is unlocked, and it was rooted. I hadn't upgraded it for a long time, and recently I decided to ...
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Is it possible to "freeze" applications so that they do not run unless "unfrozen" - essentially make them work only when they're in the foreground?
What it says on the tin.
I'm used to a work partition, but since recent android versions don't support the required storage permissions (which means that I can't get data out of the work partition ...
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Can I fix a bootloop for non available storage by mounting a SD card?
I was receiving an alert from Whatsapp saying that my storage went full, so I wanted to clean it up but this morning I saw my phone and it got stuck in the boot logo. The weird thing is it lets me to ...
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Restoring adopted storage key which was forgotten
is it possible to restore adopted storage key which was forgotten? I have rooted android phone, I tried to navigate to /data/misc/vold/ folder with TWRP, but it seems that the key is lost forever?
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Permissions for Photos/Media/Files vs. Storage
I have seen apps requiring permission for
Photos/Media/Files
read the contents of your USB storage
access USB storage filesystem
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage
read the ...
