hi,
is there any chance to see the specific usage of the storage in the system.
I copied a folder onto my phone with 11gb but deleted it again and there where already broken links in pictures music and videos.
Now i have 2.39 GB of "other" storage and i dont know where this is coming from.
Apps is 611MB music 89 and videos 90.. system 1.91gb
is this 2.39 something apps and browser put there or should they count into apps. and where do my 2 nokia maps downloads count in?
in the explorer i only can see pictures and video that is right.
music is only my music pass files without downloads
Reported as dup of thread in Lumia 920 Q&A forum.
The word is this is flexible storage that Windows Phone uses. This is larger than it needs because your not using the space. it will compress if you need the space..
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I've got a HTC TyTN and a 6GB MicroSD memory card.
I was taking photos with the internal cam, I’ve set the camera to stores the photos on the MicroSD card. The card was filled with 2GB of music files. This is the problem I’ve experienced.
The camera indicates its possible to store 0 photo’s on the MicroSD card. When i delete a few music files, I had around 1700MB stored in use on the card. Now its possible to store more than 300 photos (in 3MPX format) on the card.
Is this a bug, because I had more than 4GB free space left. Could someone test this?
Believe it or not this might be a directory limitation. I had the same problem before with my O2 xda IIs. I put every single thing in the root directory.
I forget what the limit was, but as soon as I sorted my content and added them to subdirectories that I created - the problem was solved. Try that.
Thanks will test this out. I have some tomtom maps in de root, maybe thats the issue.
same problem here...4110MB free and only 27 pics to go!
I added a 700MB xvid movie on my storage card and now i've got 2000 pictures to go again. I think there is some kind of limitation. The card is filled for 2500MB now.. so there is enough room voor the photos
Will try that tonight
hmmm, i think i know what the problem is: if the camera reads the free disk space the old way (32bits) the maximum free space correctly reported is 2 or 4G depending on the signed / unsigned type (remember the old problem windows had with files > 2G ?).
Thats what i thought in the first place.. thats why i posted it on the forums ;p.. maybe somebody had a fix for this issue.
just did put 309MB of MP3 on it and i got now 7363 pics to take...so thanks very much
what are the necessary files to keep on the sd card?
im running low on space on my 16gb and dont really know what to delete...
or alternatively, what can i do to create more space on the card...
it wont take any more roms casue theres no room1
You only need what you personally put on the card.. pics, music, etc. If you have moved any apps to the card you will need to keep that file too, and any backups that you have. All the system files will be created as needed by Android.
I uploaded all my music onto Google music, and then deleted most of my music off my SD card. Cleared up around 8 GB. You can do the same with photos, too. Put them on Picasa, Flickr, Facebook, whatever. (not sure if there's a good solution for videos besides YouTube. And I think that would just be inconvenient.)
Little things like that can help clean your storage space up.
Also, wrong section.
Minus = free file storage, because there aren't enough of those available. I found this app in Play Store? I'm sure some of you are familiar with it but if not it's worth checking out. Free accounts start at 10Gb and can get up to 50Gb free storage by posting invite links http://min.us/rpQ6awK, spamming your friends email or linking on fb and twitter. The thing that grabbed my attention is the ability to upload files as large as 2Gb which no other free service is offering; They also have desktop clients for most os's and browser extensions. If anyone else has tried it, give some feedback.
http://min.us/rpQ6awK (this link will absolutely + my storage limit)
Edit: After using this for a couple days im pretty happy with it. It's definitely not a dropbox replacement because it doesn't have an option to sync files with your PC but it makes a nice companion app. I can confirm that you get 1Gb free for every user that you get to sign up (they also get 1Gb for using your referral) which is pretty cool. I uploaded some photos, videos, music, zip, tar, pdf and other random files including a 1.7Gb Movie file. The ui is clean and simple to use, nice gallery view for photos, pretty standard layout for streaming music.
Click to expand...
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Pros:
Up to 50Gb free storage
Available for nearly any OS
Upload files up to 2Gb
Option to download individual files or entire folders
"Social site" friend other users, +1 their public files
Cons:
Can't sync to PC
No video streaming
Limit 300 files per folder
Can't put folders in your folders
"Social site" friend other users, +1 their public files
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I have same problem as these others and can't find can't find solution for this:
"So I've tried everything to get music to stay on my "external" SD card (32gb Micro SDHC class 6, by Kingston). I say
STAY because its syncs fine. But as soon as I try to unconnected it ( I've just yanked it, ejected the drive from
windows then pulled it, ejected it then shut off the phone and pulled it then turned it back on, etc...) it moves 90%
of the files from the music folder to lost.dir. I've done just about everything i can think, heres a list (sorry if some of them seem silly)
unmount SD card, remove from phone, plug into computer, load songs, re-mount = all files in LOST.dir
Sync "USB Mass Storage" Using
Windows Media
VCast media Maneger = all files in LOST.dir
Motorola "motocast USB"
WinAmp
Drag and Drop to folder
sync with the "windows Media Sync" mode not "USB Mass Storage"
Windows Media
VCast media Maneger
Motorola "motocast USB" = all files in LOST.dir
WinAmp
Sync to internal memory and move files to external. = All file in LOST.dir
Now here's where it gets strange, I've done this with 2 different SD cards, (both 32gb one a class 6, one a class 10)
and the same thing happens. I've use both of these cards on 2 different phones (talked to Verizon and they just sent
me a new phone) and the same thing happens. What the heck is going on?"
and this guy:
I'm having issues with music on an external sd card, can anyone advise?
I mounted a 32Gb sd card in Samsung Galaxy 1. I then copied music into music folder on card.
This has been done using Kies and several other times using a usb card holder and Win Explorer - all with same
results...
When I turn on phone, the external media scanner runs ok. I go to music and it only shows approx 16 cds of music. The
remainder seem to be "dumped" into media folder without structure,or alternatively get dumped into the Lost.dir.
Its almost like there's a limit on the size of the memory space allocated to the music folder.
I have used other apps to rescan media. I have also reformatted the cards to ensure no hidden files or attributes.
Also tried this with another new 4Gb card with same issue.
I just got a new Ainol 7 Advanced 7 inch Android tablet (which is pretty cool for cost v's performance).
Unfortunately, this has the same issues as the Samsung.
Obviously, this is due to the same "features" of the Android O/S and its memory mgt of external cards."
I'm using a 16gig card myself and the same thing is happening. Even if I transfer files over wifi and rescan media.
Someone said "I could be mistaken, but I think you may be right about the memory limit in file allocation on that device. I know it's true of some versions of the Android Operating System. The OS wants more storage area for system activity than
or media. Some users solve that issue by rooting their device and manipulating those parameters"
also said "In Unix the lost & found directory is for orphaned files and/or directories. They become orphaned due the OS no longer having the correct pointers to those files.
and "Some tweaks such as sdcard speed tweak and other sdcard related tweaks in init.d folder is causing this problem... Try to boot your phone without them and see if it works"
So I removed what I think was a speed tweak from the init.d folder and rebooted...same thing.
There seems to be from what I've seen, a 1.8 or 2gig limit on media files on the external SD. Everything works great until you add past 2gig, then the rest goes to LOST.DIR. So I tried something, format the SD and copied over 5gig of PDF files, I got the same thing only it seemed the limit was now 3.8gig. So does anyone know how to get around these limits?
My phone says I'm running out of space so I used ES File Explorer. It says my internal storage capacity is 52.9 GB, used is 22.2 GB, free is 2.6 GB.
Where is the rest?
Same problem 51.9 size 9.2 used where is the rest?
All your apps uses the internal storage as well. If you have big games that will take allot of space. Social apps like telegram uses allot of space for gif, pics, txt/files, and images you scroll through.
Apps cache is also stored there.
Try clearing out old apps and moving some to sd card.
Can try sd maid app to clear out junk files.