does anybody know of any junk files i can delete to free up some memory on my sprint diamond?
mithritades said:
does anybody know of any junk files i can delete to free up some memory on my sprint diamond?
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well you could always do a hard reset and clean everything lol just kidding.
You could delete your ie cache and uninstall programs that you don't use. In terms of files you could remove bloatware by not letting customization run (doing soft reset before 3 sec countdown) and this way you won't get any junk that the carrier wants to put on device (demo games, nav software etc etc.).
what bloatware exactly?
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1. If i delete the files for the demo games in my device>windows>start menu>games and apps does it delete the game or just a icon/shortcut to the actual game?
I am sure there is more questions to come. thanks!
1 yes just like in windows
it just deletes shortcut.
phelixx1 said:
1. If i delete the files for the demo games in my device>windows>start menu>games and apps does it delete the game or just a icon/shortcut to the actual game?
I am sure there is more questions to come. thanks!
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IIRC if you uninstall them like on desktop windows then the entire program is gone.
It depends. If they are in the add/remove programs list, then using that will delete them. If not, the best you can do is delete the shortcut - most of the apps are stored in ROM, so you can't delete them.
Uninstall games
You can uninstall some games by going to start programs tools java then tap and hold game until the menu comes up and tap uninstall
http://content.modaco.net/tilt/62.png
remove programs window from at&t rom right after customization and soft reset. and i would imagine that the java apps could be removed by deleting the jar file off the device.
Does anybody know how to get rid of the trial games on a Tilt? ATT tech support says you can't, but there has to be a way.
Thanks
Get rid of trialware
The only way I know of is to do a complete reset, found in Settings/System "clear storage" and then let the phone reset. After you do the screen calibration, etc a window will pop up telling you that more software will automatically install in 3 seconds. Do a soft reset with your stylus before that, and then no third party software will install.
Kind of a "blunt attack", but it kept my device clean.
thats weird, there was an option in add/remove programs on my tilt.
I was able to remove some from addremove as well, the icons stayed though.
Just go in using windows explorer and delete the shortcuts if you don't' like fegame. I did it with all the media junk I didn't' use.
You should update to a non-tilt rom imo.
I'm trying to figure out why my phone is so low on space. I hardly have any apps installed, but it still says I have about 6MB free. Some of the apps have downloaded extra things they need to run (like this translator app), but all of that is stored on the SD card to my knowledge.
What is the fastest way, short of naming off every app I have to you guys, that I can figure out what files or files are taking up so much space on my phone?
go to settings, applications, manage applications ..there hit menu and sort by size .. you might find out that your browser and market cache are huge. select them and hit clear cache
turboyo said:
go to settings, applications, manage applications ..there hit menu and sort by size .. you might find out that your browser and market cache are huge. select them and hit clear cache
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yea the cache for many apps can do that to you
simplest way to avoid that is by moving cache to the sd card (just search for a guide, there are many )
Well surprisingly, no cache was that big (just a couple of megs). I can't really figure out what's so big on this thing.
Bkid001 said:
Well surprisingly, no cache was that big (just a couple of megs). I can't really figure out what's so big on this thing.
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do you use the google maps a lot? When you organized it by size were there many apps over a meg?
Root your phone and use Apps2SD and stop worrying about the lack of space.
Have you used any kind of program to backup your apps before a flash? The only way I know of fixing it is to get into recovery and do a FRESH wipe and fresh reinstall, then manualy add all your apps back. Should clear things up.
I apologize if this has been answered earlier.
I use a stock N1 with ADW.Launcher and a bunch of other apps. I recently noticed that even when I uninstall an app from my phone, there are some directories / files that remain on the phone.
Is there any reason why these do not get deleted when the app is unistalled.
May be the same answer as installers written for windows. If the developer didn't do a good job with cleanup, you get trash leftover you need to manually clean.
i agree with both above. i found devs dont do good with uninstalling and leaving folders left behind, i wonder if there is an app that clears them?
The best way is to realize what should and shouldn't be there and manually take care of it. To write an application to clean up after 50,000+ other applications that are messy. Would be a programming nightmare and I would not want to support such an application.
or someone could make some sort of app similar to those on pc, montors what and where files are being installed to so if uninstall doesnt take em out alteast you know where to look exactly.
Edit: better yet, the app itself can uninstall everything on the users request! now that would be an app i wouldnt mind paying a good buck for.
I agree, apps itself should uninstall everything with user consent.
Also I don't think a lot of us mind taking the manual route as long as we know what to delete ..
Any way to find out what files belong to what apps?.... or is it the same as on any unix/linux platform.
thats what i was trying to say. windows has a simple app that makes a txt file of all files being installed including registery. launch the app to monitor first, install like normal. in this case, the app itself will make a database of the app then the user can use that app to delete everything catched that was installed. that would be very nice. i find myself doing google search to see where files came from and when i see i uninstalled that i have to delete it myself. this would save me lots of time. i dont really worry about it though i have a list of apps i must install and with all the froyo i keep wiping the os to try new roms. until everything is stable ill worry then but for now im good.
garryvirdi said:
I apologize if this has been answered earlier.
I use a stock N1 with ADW.Launcher and a bunch of other apps. I recently noticed that even when I uninstall an app from my phone, there are some directories / files that remain on the phone.
Is there any reason why these do not get deleted when the app is unistalled.
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do you mean the directories on the sd card?
Yes directories and files on the SD card.
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garryvirdi said:
Yes directories and files on the SD card.
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You could have data that could be reused if you decide to use the app again. Settings, preferences, keys, notes, photos etc..
I do hope that the default folder for apps defaults to something like /sdcard/appdata/ instead of the root folder /sdcard/ (unless explicitly set)
I have about 1.01GB of Gameloft files on my internal SD and copying them back from a full format/reflash firmware takes close to 1hr, is there a way for this to be stored on my external SD and still work with lag fixes and such ?
wait for froyo
then it can be done
before froyo it's not possible
as you need to keep the game data in the Internal SD
AllGamer said:
wait for froyo
then it can be done
before froyo it's not possible
as you need to keep the game data in the Internal SD
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Froyo official or the pre-release JPM would do ?
yeah leaked 2.2 will do, but not recommended
expect problems
AllGamer said:
yeah leaked 2.2 will do, but not recommended
expect problems
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I only see move game data thats like 7-10MB large the entire game files still sit on the internalSD
Does anyone know some kind of a method to point the game files over to the external_SD? its really a pain restoring about 3,000 game files thats barely over 1.5GB takes hours!
Sorry for bumping this, but did anyone figure this out on froyo 2.2 or 2.2.1?
Never got this resolved, I would like to have all of my game data on the external_SD
exactly, im looking very hard for this questions to be resolved..but i tried searching elsewhere in other forums and there too did not provide any best answers...can anyone out there help us out pls
Not possible for mobile games
I also have tons of game data, especially gameloft's. I do really want to keep it in my external SD. So whenever I reinstall my system and the games, I can just simply put my extSD back in, then the game loads.
But as far as I know, this currently not possible even in froyo. App like Apps2SD can move apps to extSD, but not the game data, which are too big.
Even if it could, with the data that big I wonder how long should it take to load all the apps in the applications list when we run it to -- let's say uninstall other apps?
To prevent this, the dev separate the game from the data but I think the game is programmed to search the data path to internal SD by default, and could not be changed.
This is just like in PC, the default 'savegames' folder will be created separately and each game has it's own place. Some chose to be in the installation folder, others in my documents... So on...
And when we reinstall our PC OS then reinstall the games, we must restore our savedgames from our backups that we have copied in other disk, to the game default save folder.
Unfortunately, for mobile games the data are not just for the savedgames, but also for the main game resources... Which are too damn big and takes time to restore... Hmmm...
TerraBuzz said:
I also have tons of game data, especially gameloft's. I do really want to keep it in my external SD. So whenever I reinstall my system and the games, I can just simply put my extSD back in, then the game loads.
But as far as I know, this currently not possible even in froyo. App like Apps2SD can move apps to extSD, but not the game data, which are too big.
Even if it could, with the data that big I wonder how long should it take to load all the apps in the applications list when we run it to -- let's say uninstall other apps?
To prevent this, the dev separate the game from the data but I think the game is programmed to search the data path to internal SD by default, and could not be changed.
This is just like in PC, the default 'savegames' folder will be created separately and each game has it's own place. Some chose to be in the installation folder, others in my documents... So on...
And when we reinstall our PC OS then reinstall the games, we must restore our savedgames from our backups that we have copied in other disk, to the game default save folder.
Unfortunately, for mobile games the data are not just for the savedgames, but also for the main game resources... Which are too damn big and takes time to restore... Hmmm...
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I have same problem
Did anyone find a solution? I would also love to more gamedata to the exxternal sd card, seems a bit silly we cant
take a look http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129134&highlight=gameloft here...i haven't tired it yet, but i think it should work
dudau16 said:
take a look http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129134&highlight=gameloft here...i haven't tired it yet, but i think it should work
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I can confirm that solution here works