My internal storage reads a 12.3 GB size, now is that including the size of the OS or not? Because after formatting my SD i have a little under 7GB available. So is the missing 5GB or so for OS? Meaning the true size of the SD is 12.3GB? That seems awfully low, even after realizing the promised storage size is always optimistic from the producer. Anyone got the answer?
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My internal storage reads a 12.3 GB size, now is that including the size of the OS or not? Because after formatting my SD i have a little under 7GB available. So is the missing 5GB or so for OS? Meaning the true size of the SD is 12.3GB? That seems awfully low, even after realizing the promised storage size is always optimistic from the producer. Anyone got the answer?
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That sounds about right... My 211k Nexus 4 16 GB shows 12.92 GB of free space running CM10.1 nighlies, franco.kernel, .27 radio, and CWM recovery
Should look like so..
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Do without apps/pics/bids etc you should still have around 12.8 available space to be used.
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Here's mine, which in my eyes doesn't quite add up
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Here's mine, which in my eyes doesn't quite add up
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How did you format your SD? Do you have any ROM backups?
right I just ran SD MAID and it says 9.2GB is used in folders /storage/emulated/0 and /storage/emulated/legacy - both are exact duplicates of the same ****! After googling it people seem to have the same issue! Know which one is safe to delete? I'm running AOKP milestone 1 if that helps
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right I just ran SD MAID and it says 9.2GB is used in folders /storage/emulated/0 and /storage/emulated/legacy - both are exact duplicates of the same ****! After googling it people seem to have the same issue! Know which one is safe to delete? I'm running AOKP milestone 1 if that helps
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Both /storage/emulated/legacy and /storage/emulated/0 points to the same location so you are seeing the same files in both locations. SD Maid seems buggy if it cannot detect symlinks properly (maybe there is an option for that app so it doesn't follow symlinks).
Okay, heres a screenshot of SD MAID. I have folders sdcard/ - storage/emulated/legacy - storage/emulated/0 and storage/sdcard0 all containing the same stuff and the memory I'm missing is exactly that of which I'm already using up so it must be duplicating everything elsewhere, but in which directory?
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Okay, heres a screenshot of SD MAID. I have folders sdcard/ - storage/emulated/legacy - storage/emulated/0 and storage/sdcard0 all containing the same stuff and the memory I'm missing is exactly that of which I'm already using up so it must be duplicating everything elsewhere, but in which directory?
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Be careful deleting either. I had a similar issue after using an old version of Astro File Manager. I think they may be "Hard Links", not "Symbolic Links". I ended up backing up my SD data, and did a Factory Reset, which formats the SD partition. All is well now.
It's a known issue that it can sometimes think you have 8GB as opposed to 16GB and the only way to fix it is to flash the factory image...there is a thread on here somewhere about it
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It's a known issue that it can sometimes think you have 8GB as opposed to 16GB and the only way to fix it is to flash the factory image...there is a thread on here somewhere about it
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I would recommend doing this!
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Okay I'll give this a go and report back. Factory reset via setting>backup & reset >factory data reset, right?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
This thread? I shall give it a go. Do I need to flash back to the stock ROM to do this or can I simply flash my recovery back to stock do the factory reset and then flash CM recovery again?
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Okay I'll give this a go and report back. Factory reset via setting>backup & reset >factory data reset, right?
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I think were talking about 2 different issues. You phone knows it has 16GB, it's just the files are taking twice the space.
Yes, setting>backup & reset >factory data reset was what worked for me.
The other issue was when flashing custom ROM's, on a 16GB model, your phone became a 8GB model.
So you don't believe I have this issue of a 16Gb model believing its an 8Gb model? But instead just because my filed are duplicated?
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Holy ****, found the culprit. I had 3 nandroid backups taking up 5.6 GB. Never realised they were located outside of the sdcard. I have 8.somethingGB free now. Apologies for wasting time! Thanks anyway
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They are on the SD card, just not normally visible in Windows. If you go to /data/media/clockworkmod in your favourite root explorer (e.g. ES) you'll find them there (or you can delete them through your custom recovery)
Yes I meant not visible as opposed to not actually being present on the sdcard
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After factory reset I show a total available space of 12.92gb and with nothing loaded on the device it says 10.21gb available. Is this normal? I was under the impression that if the internal storage was wiped I should have pretty much all of the 12.92gb available for use due to the other 3 gb 13-16 being used for the actual system. What am I missing?
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I can't install third party application !?
I uninstalled every application and I can't install any application it says it's full and I need to delete a couple apps, but their's no application in my tablet...
Please help !
Is it possible that you could give us a bit more information here...? What do you have installed, how much memory do you have left, and what are you trying to install?
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Is it possible that you could give us a bit more information here...? What do you have installed, how much memory do you have left, and what are you trying to install?
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I have need for speed installed and that's about it! I've 12 gb left and I was trying to install a apk for amazon market. I thought it was the apk that was faulty, so I downloaded a random app on the internet and it says that I need to delete stuff..
They don't install into your sd card, they install on your internal memory that's only about 5GB. Go to application settings and see if you can movie them to SD card.
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dunno if they've changed it but normally theres a 2gb partition for apps and 12gb for storage. check if your 2gb partition is full. google recently changed things so that there is no longer a file size limit on what can be installed into the 2gb partition. so if one of the apps you've installed is particularly naughty, it couldve dumped a lot of data into the 2gb partition.
normally i find that shutting down and booting devices up again fixes the issue.
Ignore
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They don't install into your sd card, they install on your internal memory that's only about 5GB. Go to application settings and see if you can movie them to SD card.
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I've done a factory reset and the problem persist, I'll flash everything to stock and keeping you updated
Thank you anyway !
2 words. Incompatible App.
Maybe Amazon Market compatible. Try any other app. See if it installs
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dunno if they've changed it but normally theres a 2gb partition for apps and 12gb for storage. check if your 2gb partition is full. google recently changed things so that there is no longer a file size limit on what can be installed into the 2gb partition. so if one of the apps you've installed is particularly naughty, it couldve dumped a lot of data into the 2gb partition.
normally i find that shutting down and booting devices up again fixes the issue.
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I DO have 12 gigs left, so it's not because theirs too much things installed..
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2 words. Incompatible App.
Maybe Amazon Market compatible. Try any other app. See if it installs
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tried 5 apps
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tried 5 apps
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And?... Mind saying if it worked?
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And?... Mind saying if it worked?
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They didn't work, always get the same error message, but now I'm flashing everything to stock
Will see if it persist !
Edit: the problem is gone.. I guess it was an android 4.1 bug ?
Thanks everyone !
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Edit: the problem is gone.. I guess it was an android 4.1 bug ?
Thanks everyone !
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought all the N7's got the 4.1.1 update?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought all the N7's got the 4.1.1 update?
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Yes. They ship with stock Jellybean.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought all the N7's got the 4.1.1 update?
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well it seems that mine was shipped with android 4.1 and now it's updated to android 4.1 .1
I would suggest if you can, install Quick System Pro, and check your system storage total and free..
Ignore, I didn't see second page
Are they all from play store or another vendor/site? If latter, you need to allow third party apps in settings>Dev options
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Disregard Misread..
Since I rooted my phone and installed some custom ROMS. I've noticed that I've only been able to access about 4gigs of my internal memory on my 16gb Nexus 4. I deleted all the files from my phone to see if a phantom file was holding my space hostage. But nothing I've found works. I'm still checking around to see if there's anything I can do without destroying my phone. I'm currently running Paranoid droid 2.99 Jan 03.
Any backups in data/media/?
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Any backups in data/media/?
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No backups at all. I copied off all of my backups and deleted all the files and folders from my root.
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It only is showing 4gbsnof space available.
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i would unroot and back to stock then call google and tell them to send you new one
You already tried formating everything using recovery and reinstalling an already made backup(system only) stored in your pc using the toolkit?
No but I will later
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I have this EXACT SAME problem... Flashing to stock makes no difference basically looks like the 16gb has been formatted to an 8gb phone with the memory being 5.6gb space... I basically have Learned to live with it now such a shame but not surprised others have come across this problem
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joshndroid said:
I have this EXACT SAME problem... Flashing to stock makes no difference basically looks like the 16gb has been formatted to an 8gb phone with the memory being 5.6gb space... I basically have Learned to live with it now such a shame but not surprised others have come across this problem
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Yes many people have had your problem. I even wrote a how-to to fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
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I'll check this out and let you know how it worked for me. Thanks.
Thanks El Daddy your guide worked perfectly. I'm back to normal and will proceed from here. Anybody else with a internal memory issue please follow El Daddy's link to correct your issue. All you need to know is basically having an understanding of fastboot.
I have a 16gb nexus 4. I rooted my phone a few weeks ago and decided to DL flash cm 10.1 to my phone yesterday. But, it got stuck in a boot loop and I restored to the android backup I had.
The problem is, now my storage says only 435 mb free, but I had around 6gb free before. I have no idea what caused this or how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated.
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Nandroid backups?
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I don't think it's that. I only have one backup and it says it's only a few megabytes.
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Hopefully this answers your question;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
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So, of I do the fast boot and recover my data, it should clear up the storage space?
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This of screen shot of my storage capacity.
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This of screen shot of my storage capacity.
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Oh I misunderstood you, it is showing that you have 16gb its just that a lot of it is missing.
I would try deleting unneeded nandroids, especially if they are CWM as they don't get saved somewhere you can use a simple file manager to get to I don't think.
Also try clearing cache and davlik cache, if this doesn't work, I think you'll have to back up apps and factory reset through recovery.
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But the nandroids are only 7.38 mbs. I don't think they are the cause of the problem. I was researching the problem online and I think it might be the lost.dir folder, but I can't find it.
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Here's a screen shot of what android tuner tells me about my system space.
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But the nandroids are only 7.38 mbs. I don't think they are the cause of the problem. I was researching the problem online and I think it might be the lost.dir folder, but I can't find it.
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there's something wrong then. a nandroid will NEVER be 7.38mb
Wait, I think you're right. The nandroid back up I made on my computer says 5gb. But, which system folder is it in on my phone?
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there's something wrong then. a nandroid will NEVER be 7.38mb
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Wait, I think you're right. The nandroid back up I made on my computer says 5gb. But, which system folder is it in on my phone?
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Wait, I think you're right. The nandroid back up I made on my computer says 5gb. But, which system folder is it in on my phone?
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which recovery did you use?
CWM goes to /data/media/clockworkmod
TWRP goes to /sdcard/TWRP/backup
I think...
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which recovery did you use?
CWM goes to /data/media/clockworkmod
TWRP goes to /sdcard/TWRP/backup
I think...
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Thank you so much.
I found it, deleted it, and got my space back.
But that leads me to another question. If I don't have a backup on my phone, how will I restore? Because yesterday, I was in a boot loop, and the ADB connection wouldn't work. The only reason I could restore was because I had the nandroid back up on my phone already.
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Thank you so much.
I found it, deleted it, and got my space back.
But that leads me to another question. If I don't have a backup on my phone, how will I restore? Because yesterday, I was in a boot loop, and the ADB connection wouldn't work. The only reason I could restore was because I had the nandroid back up on my phone already.
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If you were in a bootloop, get into recovery and choose sideload. Then you can push a rom file and flash it. Or you could just not remove the recovery. TWRP nandroid take less space.
I see. I just used CWM because I read that they were better. I'm still new at all of this. Thank you. You've been very helpful.
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I see. I just used CWM because I read that they were better. I'm still new at all of this. Thank you. You've been very helpful.
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No problem. It's not really.. accurate to say which is better.to each his own.
So i just went in to back up my rom but it says that my data backup will be 1,009,312mb Why is it so huge (thats what she said)??.. ive tried searching but i havent found any solution.. can someone please help!
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GS4 TW backups are massive. That's the correct size, they could even be bigger lol.
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Well, technically that is EASILY going to be the incorrect size unless you meant to type Kb and not Mb. If so, yes, that would be correct.
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So your saying its almost 1 terabyte?
That doesn't sound right
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No 1 Gigabyte is a typical backup size. If you start loading up with apps it can get much bigger.
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No 1 Gigabyte is a typical backup size. If you start loading up with apps it can get much bigger.
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Do you not see thr commas? Its almost 1tb
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Anybody?
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I had this same thing happen to me over the weekend. I think what worked for me is doing a factory reset through twrp, then rebooted twrp to get the partition sizes to sync. I had all my data backed up to my sd card so I was able to restore the apps. I also did a full system wipe and flashed a Rom I had on my SD card. I hope one of those two things work. Let me know if it does.
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Hey guys, I rooted and flashed a custom ROM and put a few of my pictures back on my phone(2.3GB) and now I have 1 GB left. (I have the 16GB version). I'm running the beanstalk ROM btw.
When I look in the / directory I see stroage, sdcard, stroage/emulated, stroge/sdcard0, stroage/emulated/legacy & storage/emulated/0
I'm assuming most of those are duplicates?
which ones can I delete?
Thanks!
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Those paths are kinda like shortcuts.
Not sure about the free space problem, but I read before that the 16 GB version could sometimes be incorrectly detected as 8 GB.
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Don't delete any of those!
If you check settings -> storage... What is the total? If your 16gb device shows as 8gb (will always show a little less due to system requirements) check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
Also, how many nandroids do u have?
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at4r1 said:
Don't delete any of those!
If you check settings -> storage... What is the total? If your 16gb device shows as 8gb (will always show a little less due to system requirements) check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
Also, how many nandroids do u have?
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Ah yes I it thinks I have 8GB version. The link you posted is helpful but doesn't that return me to stock? I have one nandroid.
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Ah yes I it thinks I have 8GB version. The link you posted is helpful but doesn't that return me to stock? I have one nandroid.
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Those "duplicates" are emulated storage paths. They all access the /data/media/0 folder, which is the real path to your sd-card.
The 8GB nexus has 6GB of available user storage. With one nandroid, 2 GB of other stuff, apps, 2 GB of free space kind of adds up.
See post 48
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Those "duplicates" are emulated storage paths. They all access the /data/media/0 folder, which is the real path to your sd-card.
The 8GB nexus has 6GB of available user storage. With one nandroid, 2 GB of other stuff, apps, 2 GB of free space kind of adds up.
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He has the 16gb version (see op) but its only showing up as 8gb.
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