Questions tagged [storage]
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How does Android saves documents? Where do I save XML, pdf files? Can I store it as part of the App? [on hold]
I am very new to Android Programming but otherwise I have plenty of experiencing in C, PHP, C# etc.
I am building an Application where I will be download PDF files which once downloaded, can be ...
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Is the maximum size of the SD card for the S9+ really limited to 400 GB?
Note: while this is not an exact duplicate, this question is a duplicate in that it asks where the limitation is located (software/hardware ...). So I think marking this as a duplicate is warranted, ...
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Can't access /sdcard after replacing LineageOS with OxygenOS
I have a OnePlus 6 device, with which I was using LineageOS for a while. I reinstalled OxygenOS 9, by doing the following:
In LineageOS recovery, sideloaded TWRP (I couldn't sideload OxygenOS, ...
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Where does The Economist store its data? [duplicate]
I have installed the app of The Economist.
It is configured to automatically download new issues.
I mean to clean some of the files, since it is taking a lot of space.
How can I determine the ...
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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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How to disable bad RAM addresses and fix bad storage blocks?
The symptoms which device presents are:
Restarts randomly with a previous freeze of a few of seconds (this is becouse of /proc/sys/kernel/panic is set to 5).
Sometimes with a blue filled screen.
Even ...
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Delete system image file on kenzo
As the subject line suggests .Can i delete the system image partition on my kenzo?Theres a system partition as well.Both show up on twrp recovery. Ive been looking everywhere for an answer, but ...
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Google Play storage space calculations inaccurate?
Why exactly does this "More Storage Space required" message pop up when installing an app through Google Play store even when enough space is, theoretically available (x more MB needed)? And, on top ...
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How disk space is used on Android device?
I have critical low storage level and can't understand what takes much of it and how that's possible that the installed applications can use 7 GB? I only use a few social media clients without any ...
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.chat_temp folder [duplicate]
What’s “.chat_temp” folder in my internal storage(LG file manager)?
Which app created this folder?
(I don’t have facebook, facebook messanger and Sbapchat).
Thank you!
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Wi-Fi hotspot with access of device storage
Is it possible to create Wi-Fi hotspot on Android phone with access of device storage through that network?
I'm able to create hotspot OR share storage through network, but is it possible to do it ...
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Storage setting not loading. What do do?
When cooking on the storage option it just loads forever, and can't view the setting option. What do I do?
I have a Moto E.
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EXT4 Mount gives this error “SELinux: mount invalid. Same superblock, different security settings”
I am trying to mount a second partition (ext4 ) for my apps ( I guess its a bit outdated with adoptable storage but then ext4 isn't accepted FS for adoption for external card ) . I am on 9.0 ( Pie ) ...
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What Is Using Up My Storage/Data on Android Phone?
First, I appreciate that there are lots of similar questions to this online, but they are often so specific that I haven't been able to solve this question myself (through online forums/questions/etc)....
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How to reset the allocated disk space on my chromebook?
I was messing around with Linux on my Chromebook and decided to install Ubuntu as to extend my usage with a rather lacking computer. When installing Ubuntu, I used crosh and allocated 26 gigabytes of ...
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System storage is showing full even when it is not. So I can't install apk as system app
I have OnePlus 6 with latest Open Beta. It is rooted. I have done everything but I still can't install any app as a system app.
I have tried Link2SD and Titanium Backup. I have tried to copy/paste ...
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System data take of 30 of my 60 GB internal storage
How to improve? Cleaner softwares can do nothing but deleting my chatting record, photos and downloaded files, but all of them only take up 15GB including all the apps, games, ets.
I've seen a post ...
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Android OS Storage Usage
I have two fresh Galaxy device on Android 9 , the difference is in storage , one is 512GB and another is 128GB. System usage in both is different , 128GB version uses 27GB on fresh but the 512GB ...
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Unable to clear user data in Google Play Music
Google Play music occupies more than 1GB on my mobile phone. As you can see in the screenshot below, User Data accounts for most storage around ~1GB.
When I press the Clear Data button, the screen ...
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How to free Internal Storage by moving data or using symlink / bind-mount with Adoptable Storage?
Galaxy S5 running LineageOS 16 (Android 9).
I'm having issues with running out of storage space, even though I have 128GB external SD card, merged with the internal storage. Is there a way to create ...
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Why did my Android's MicroSD Card just stop functioning properly?
My Android Phone is a Motorola Moto G6, Software version 8.0.0. On this device, I have a 400 GB Samsung MicroSD Card [ https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-400GB-microSDXC-Memory-Adapter/dp/B074RNRM2B ] ...
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How can I access my android phone's storage from another device using LAN
How can I access my android phone's storage from another device such as android or PC using LAN?
With ES File Explorer, I used remote manager, but there I am to download files then I am able to use ...
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Samsung Galaxy S6 4.6MB/s Seqential Write (Why so slow?)
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S6 in Aug 2016. Everything was fine, until last week.
It got very slow. For example, when I draw my unlock pattern after a reboot, it takes such a long time to load the ...
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To recover my pictures from sd card
How do I get my images back from sd card and I het a notification "tap here to transfer media files sd card" and it tells that i have encrypted my sd card in another device, where i didnt do such
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Android 9, internal storage running full - 'weird' calculations
My phone (Nokia 3.1) is running low on storage, which is a little weird, because then i go to settings ->storage space-> Internal shared storage i see the it as in the images below.
As far as i ...
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Android storage errors, cannot write files, app keeps stopping?
My Android phone runs 8.1, model ASUS Zenfone Live V. I have 15.06 GB/16 of internal storage and roughly 11/128 on an microSD card. (I checked with ASUS when I bought it, it is the max storage and ...
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Why I am only getting 8gb storage when I was said that my phone contains 16gb storage?
I recently bought Oppo A3s smartphone with 2gb RAM and 16gb ROM but I am only getting 8gb usable storage from which Android is using 2 gb. What should I do now?
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Migrate data to adopted/adoptable storage AFTER adopting process has been finished
How do I migrate, say, /storage/emulated/0/DCIM and /storage/emulated/0/Pictures photo directories from internal to adopted storage "after the fact", meaning after adopted storage is already set up??
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How do I reduce WeChat storage size on Android?
Wechat takes up a huge amount of storage space on my phone (Moto G5 plus). Almost all of it is due to the Wechat cache (which has ballooned to 11gb) but neither the app nor my phone settings allow me ...
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SD Card not mounting after reboot
My Android doesn't mount my SD Card after reboot. I need to get out the SD Card slot and put it back in. Can I fix this?
By the way I have a Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017).
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Where does Huawei store “Readjusted Documents”
My P20lite's camera app has a "Document" mode, where photos of documents can be rectified/deskewed/aligned. In the gallery app they are then stored in an album separate from "Camera" (which I ...
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Drunk galaxy j7+ storage
Well my situation doesn't seems good, my phone is kinda drunk, 32 GB of storage and having 500 mb only, in fact when I delete a 60mb file I free up 1.69 gb
BTW it says 21.8 GB taken by apps
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Low flash memory in Android ZTE phone [duplicate]
In my Android ZTE, I'm trying to upload things. Let's say, I'm uploading a resume, I will get a message saying it can't be delivered due to low memory.
I have deleted things like games and pictures ...
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Photos are grey/corrupted?
Whenever I take pictures with my phone, the picture turns grey, with only a strip of the picture on the side. I recently reset my phone to try to solve the problem, and it worked, but then it started ...
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Which apps can find Non-root apps's data? [duplicate]
Where Android apps store data?
I am trying to find all the app data of a game installed on my device(2.53GB) for move it to another device(first time) because I need to change my device soon... I don'...
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How do I move apps to Micro SD card in Nokia 6.1 (Android One) device?
I got a Nokia 6.1 for my son in an effort to get him out of the Apple world. One of the big advantages for him was the ability to store Netflix videos and large games in his SD card enabling him to ...
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PC reading Android phone shows directory in it's PREVIOUS location prior to being moved [duplicate]
MTP (Miserable Transfer Protocol) failed once again.
After moving a directory to a different path, it is still on the same path as before according to MTP.
I already tried re-plugging the USB port ...
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Clear HTML5 storage in Samsung Internet?
I have a problem using Samsung Internet Mobile Browser on my NoteFE running non-rooted Android 8.0.
Some websites (like mega.nz) use - what I suppose - HTML5 to store data/files offline somewhere. To ...
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Why cannot I use my SD card for games on Android 8.0.0?
For some reason, I am not able to download apps onto the SD card that I have. It does show up as portable storage, but I cannot configure it to be internal storage.
I have tried multiple online ...
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External SD card changes mount point
I have a Moto e5 Plus (Android 8.0.0) that has a 128GB Samsung Evo card in it. The card works well in the device (freshly formatted), but has an odd system of mounting.
On previous devices, the ...
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How to access files from shell on Windows? [duplicate]
In Windows File Explorer, my phone is listed along side C, D, and E drives. However, cmd and PowerShell start in C:\. This is the closest thing to what I want, but the command doesn't output anything ...
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Storage full after opening large apk before installing. How to delete the files filling my space?
I downloaded a large apk file from internet and when I opened the file, it kept unpacking for like 2 mins before even the install button was available. I tried like 2 to 3 times, but it was no use. ...
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What are the “dctp” and “did” files in my Android storage?
I have noticed two strange files in my Android storage. They are named "dctp" and "did". They don't have any extensions and my programs cannot read them. What are those files and what are their ...
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Fix “android.process.acore keeps stopping” when the contacts provider can't load it's db
My phone just decided that it should spam an exception onto my screen that reopens as soon as I tap it away.
A look at logcat reveals the following being thrown multiple times per second:
SQLiteLog: ...
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Taking photo and storing it directly to OneDrive/365
At work, we draw on white boards a lot and at the end of the session, we take pictures of the boards (with our personal camera phones) with a goal of putting the pictures on our intranet.
Whilst it'...
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I transfered my photos from internal storage to SD and now some photos are mixed up
So my storage was almost full and I didn't think about it when I transfered my photos over to my SD card.
But now 150-200 photos are under the same date in the gallery (most of them are from albums, ...
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How to grant write access to external SDcard using ADB in Android tv?
I can't get ES file explorer and winrar to write (copy or cut from internal storage and paste to external storage) to SDCard external storage in Android TV. It says that there will be an "open from" ...
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Show size of biggest folders and files in system data
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I don't find, how I can view, which folders and files are the biggest in my system data. So I can manually decide which files to delete and which not.
2. Expected behavior
Ideally to ...
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Internal storage and installation issues
I have Huawei Y7 Pro which has internal storage of 64GB, whenever I want to download more applications it doesn't install it.
When I want to install an application, it refuses to install itself, what ...
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Reset Partition Table for Nexus 7 2013 (Flo)
To cut a long story short I wanted to make the system partition larger on my tablet PC as it's far too small to do anything practical on. I used ADB push to put Parted into the root directory and ...
