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Memory Problems

Hello,
I upgraded my phone with cooked/upgraded ROM,RADIO etc with no problems. Installed programs to the 4gb internal memory. However I had not manipulated any storage areas (advanced config tool). When installing programs i chose to install to internal storage. However some files must still be written into the phones smaller memory. It now wont let me install programs as it says too little memory. It wont let me install advanced configuration tool either. I would uninstall items if i knew what took up lots of the internal memory or useless items i could get rid of. When i look at the memory using advanced task manager it says
physical memory 67 mb used 113mb avail
virtual memory 5.31 used 32 avail
storage memory 84.54 used 85.81 avail (THIS IS THE ONE I NEED TO LOWER)
Storage card memory 439mb used 3832 avail
any advice or help is apprecitated

Question About The Internal Memory 2GB?

hello there...
i have a Question about how to explore the internal memory (2GB) from the device .. is there any software can help with that?

Use a file explorer or terminal emulator of your choice and navigate to the /data folder. This is your 2GB of internal storage.

May we reduce size of internal phone memo (2gb) > to 1gb? And give that 1Gb to SDcard capacity, because 2gb never fill (for me at least)

Captivate memory layout

It seems to me that the memory layout on the Captivate isn't in line with other Android devices.
Looking at the specs of the Captivate on www.google.com/phone I am seeing:
RAM: 512 MB
Internal Storage: 16000 MB
Yet in looking at "SD card and phone storage" in settings I see.
Internal phone storage, Available space: 1.60 GB
Internal SD card: 13.03 GB
It seems to me that the 16000 MB is partitioned so here are my questions.
1) Where is the 512 MB and what is it for?
2) Why is it if I install some app that is supposed to show me external SD usage it always instead shows that 13 GB internal flash volume?
And in a broader sense...
3) What is the general memory model for Android? I see RAM, Internal, External. What are they all for?

I'm not sure, but of that internal 16gb of storage space, is it merely partitioning a section of that away for the OS?

That is my question. I don't understand the memory model.

This might not be accurate since I don't own an android phone but i'm bored
1) Where is the 512 MB and what is it for?
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System Ram, used by the OS and apps as volatile memory.
2) Why is it if I install some app that is supposed to show me external SD usage it always instead shows that 13 GB internal flash volume?
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Because the 13gb volume is the "general" volume where you can personally store whatever you want, it functions just like an external Sd card would.
3) What is the general memory model for Android? I see RAM, Internal, External. What are they all for?
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Ram - It is for the OS and apps, they need that as volatile storage to function, nothing is really stored there in the long term, the OS manages that so don't worry about it.
Internal memory - This used for many things, app install and to store files like music, pictures, etc. Internal memory is usually partitioned so that you only have a set amount (probalby that 1.60 you see ) for apps install and the rest if for whatever you want(the 13gb).
External memory - That is just an SD card you can use to expand your internal memory, right now (Android 2.1) it only works to add more space for files(music, photos, docs,) but with with froyo (android 2.2) you'll be able to move installed apps to this external (and the internal 13gb) drive.

Ok here's how it's laid out.
Yes, we have 512MB of RAM. However we as the end user will only see around 300MB of that, give or take 20MB. That's because some of it used by the OS and the GPU for different tasks.
That 16GB of internal storage you see, is partitioned off. We actually get around 13GB to use for ourselves. That 1.6GB you also see starts off as around 2GB (I would assume), and the rest used by the system for the OS, apps, cache, etc...
It's just like a hard drive on a computer in that respect. Sure you but a 1TB hard drive, but you actually only get to use around 850GB of it due to formatting and whatnot.

My problem is that I cant install apps in the 13gb partition, I dont know why..
I tried with:
adb shell pm setInstallLocation 0 this is Auto mode but.. installs in 1.8 partition
..........................................1 this install on the 1.8 partition
..........................................2 this install on the sd card
..........................................3 doesent exist xD but i tried..
so does exist any way to install apps for default in the 13.3 internal SD card partition, or any way to errase the partition??..

Try using "apps2sd" from market. It should be app2sd or apps2sd.
But I don't understand the need to do this, given that Captivate has one of the best memory amounts allocated for system.
Also note that, the apps on SD won't be available during the times when apps like "media scanner" are running.

/storage/emulated please enlighten me up

guys,
does your phone have this also?
mine has 848mb free space, (image1)
and it differs from internal storage free which has 7gig free (image2)
and external sd with 4.6gig free (image3)
cause i have a problem on the reading of the free mb on internal storage on my pc (6gig free) and my phone (7gig free). (image 4 and 5)
well i can still copy files to internal sdcard but once the reading on my pc reach 0mb but when in fact i still have 1gig free on phone i cant copy
data. so what i did is copy on external sdcard and with root explorer move the files to internal memory.
another problem is that when the pc reads my internal memory to 0mb i cant import contacts cause it says full memory.
when in fact that i still have 1gig memory.
i have this problem on .290, .257 and .534 firmware
but the difference in reading is decrease from .290=1gig, .257=600mb, and .534=200mb (pc vs.phone reading).

available internal storage issue

This is odd. Trying to figure out why I'm running low on space, I go to the Storage section of Settings. Looking at the amount of storage by type, the system is counting storage on the sd card against internal storage. For instance, the system says there are 1.2GB of photos and videos. All of those files are on the sd card but they are counted in the internal stored storage setting. When I go to Settings/Storage/Internal Shared Storage/Photos & Videos, it says Google Photos is using 523 MB. In actuality 97.61 MB is the app in internal storage and 424 MB is data (photos) on the sd card. Same thing with Lightroom Mobile: it says it occupies 659 MB of internal storage, but in reality 133 MB is the app on internal storage and 546 MB of user data, which is definitely on the sd card. That means the 1.2GB on the sd card is counted against internal storage.
Any idea what's going on or how to fix it?