When I had my GNex I could always look at what was taking up space from storage in settings. Now that I have my One I cannot do this. I've got 2gigs available overall and "other" is using 10gigs. But I don't know how I can see what is taking up so much space. I am rooted, btw. Any suggestions? I've got 18gigs of music so far and I'm not done so I'd really like to free up this storage.
Im a huge fan of Grid Size File Manager. It gives you a visual representation of whats eating your storage. Most likely downloaded roms or videos.
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Thank you, its a great app. Its all twrp. My backups are taking up the space but I never had this problem with my GNex and I had several backups.
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If GNex = Galaxy Nexus, then your backups may have been on an SD card?
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If GNex = Galaxy Nexus, then your backups may have been on an SD card?
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GNex didn't have a physical SD card slot. I've moved my backups to my pc and now I've got an extra 4gb but there's still 6gb being used and I haven't a clue as to what's using it. I even deleted all of my music to make sure there weren't any misplaced files in my music folder. This is driving me crazy.
A ton of space is used by the system.
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A ton of space is used by the system.
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I really didn't want to come to that conclusion but I probably should have just stopped there from the beginning. Of course they're system files, duh. *slaps forehead*
Yup. Out of the 32gb when i took this baby out of the box I had just under 27. Still not bad, as I rely on the cloud for everything but roms, booby pics, and the like
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Am I missing something? I have a16gb mem card that is busting at the seams...... It won't let me even save a photo on it it's so full! I have a lot of apps, however not enough to fill the mem card. Are there certain folders that store random info I can delete using astro? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Could it have anything to do with a partitioned sd card? Thanks...
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Diskusage from the market will tell use what's using up space.
Unless you have some large files, it's possible that you don't really have a 16gb card (fake).
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Thanks, i'll check that out!
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I found I have a LOT of scheduled back ups that are around 650mb each..... Do I need all of these, or is
It safe to delete all back ups prior to the most recent? Thanks again.....
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I don't know why you would need anything more than the latest one our two copies...
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Android as of like ICS or honeycomb supports flac natively. So the answer is yes
My N7 plays flac on stock 4.2 even though its not officially a 'feature'
That's a relief. I just spent ~30 transferring all my FLACs to my SD card. That had better not have been wasted space lol.
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Ponox said:
That's a relief. I just spent ~30 transferring all my FLACs to my SD card. That had better not have been wasted space lol.
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haha, I have a few flac files too, I am in the process of removing as much MP3 files from my device as possible N7 sound is average though, hopefully this phone is better
See here:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ative-flac-support-starting-with-android-3-1/
how do i access this i only have access to 26gb out of my 32gb
in storage settings it says there is 7gb in other but i cant access this??
That 7gb you're missing is the stock Rom and pre-installed apps I believe.
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Can't wait for s-off
If like mine, you will have a pre installed film in there too, I got Thor that took up over a Gb. This is easily deleted by clicking 'free up space' or whatever it's called in settings
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If like mine, you will have a pre installed film in there too, I got Thor that took up over a Gb. This is easily deleted by clicking 'free up space' or whatever it's called in settings
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Could you give us a screenshot? So do you mean the 6gb is not really the system partition but a chunk of data?
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Could you give us a screenshot? So do you mean the 6gb is not really the system partition but a chunk of data?
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No, I'm saying that some of the used space will be stuff you can remove, like 1.27 Gb of film I don't want to watch. There is a huge chunk that is the system partition don't get me wrong!
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There is a huge chunk that is the system partition
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A HUGE chunk. Can't see the reason for it being so large.
im not sure what the other storage is its about 7gb
Yes out of the box only 25gb left. This space matters since the phone doesn't have memory expansion.
HTC shouldn't advertise it's 32gb. It's 25gb
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isn't it possible to delete those bloatware-apps now, as we have the system-partition made r/w?
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isn't it possible to delete those bloatware-apps now, as we have the system-partition made r/w?
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Only if you root but I'm rooted i got about half a gig of bloat wear of the phone if you go to settings then storage then apps there are some you can get off the phone
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Yes out of the box only 25gb left. This space matters since the phone doesn't have memory expansion.
HTC shouldn't advertise it's 32gb. It's 25gb
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All companies do this and HTC isn't the only one.
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All companies do this and HTC isn't the only one.
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Exactly.. Even when you're buyin a flash drive, you never really gets the "advertising" capacity
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...-its-next-generation-nexus-android-smartphone
I spent all my money on a nexus 4 and I'm glad its been googles flagship for 5-6? Months. Its awesome, what could be better?
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I call balls.
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All I'm hoping for is a removable battery this time and larger internal sd card.
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I spent all my money on a nexus 4 and I'm glad its been googles flagship for 5-6? Months. Its awesome, what could be better?
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It will continue to be their flagship phone until the October-December time frame when they usually release their newer models. Remember that Larry Page recently visited LG where they proposed their ideas just like last year, because that's how the nexus program works. I don't expect Google to release a new flagship phone until the end of the year especially since they just discussed a deal.
Yay, it'll still be the newest nexus for months to come
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I dont care much about the lack of SD card slot, but at least give us a 32gb model :fingers-crossed:
apparently...
Does it even matter if the Nexus 4 isn't the "newest" Nexus? It's more than powerful enough to handle many more Android versions to come, so at least we'll be updated.
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All I'm hoping for is a removable battery this time and larger internal sd card.
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Well you might get the larger SD card but 16gb is plenty you don't like storing stuff in the cloud.
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Well you might get the larger SD card but 16gb is plenty you don't like storing stuff in the cloud.
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It's a bit tough for those of us with large-ish music collections. Particularly if we rip at 320kbps bit rate. I'm constantly bumping against the limit. And I don't even have games on my N4. I'd gladly welcome a 32gb or 64gb variant of the next one.
Actually, I hope they stick with the "all glass" format. I think it's sexy.
Wireless charging orbs will not be for just one phone!!!!!!!!
Just hope they get that wireless charging car dock out soon.
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Well you might get the larger SD card but 16gb is plenty you don't like storing stuff in the cloud.
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Right because there are more and more service providers capping the data usage.
Cloud is NOT an alternative to local storage.
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Right because there are more and more service providers capping the data usage.
Cloud is NOT an alternative to local storage.
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Unfortunately, that's why I had to give up my N4. I live and work out in the boonies and unless I can store it on my device, most of the time I don't have access to it.
And, since Google did come out with a 32 GB N7 and dropped the 8 GB model after a while, I'm hoping they do the same with the N4. If they do, I'll be blowing my money on an another N4.
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Right because there are more and more service providers capping the data usage.
Cloud is NOT an alternative to local storage.
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T-Mobile is truly unlimited! So cloud is an option, or another option is don't buy phones with locked memory.
I went from a 32GB SD in my doubleshot to an 8GB N4, I stream all my music from google with no need for any more memory to fill with useless junk.
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I have 100gb of free cloud space, unofficial 4glte, and unlimited data. Why do I need a 64gb sd card? I thought only having 16gb was going to be a deal breaker I was way wrong.
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T-Mobile is truly unlimited! So cloud is an option, or another option is don't buy phones with locked memory.
I went from a 32GB SD in my doubleshot to an 8GB N4, I stream all my music from google with no need for any more memory to fill with useless junk.
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Cloud is not always an option. To be honest it makes listening to music annoying at best. Mainly if you live in a place where your data bounces in and out. As for unlimited T-mobile they still throttle you at a point so still not a viable option. Also cloud storage is still not accepted in alot of business so having a good amount of internal storage is a good thing.
We will not see an SD card slot until the average person get smarter. So dont count on it anytime soon
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Reality is simple, cloud storage is where we are all being steered toward. If you can't embrace it, or afford one of the cheap unlimited data packages offered, do yourself and everyone else a favor and buy a 64gb ipod. It floors me that people still feel the need to have 30 gigs of music on their phone.
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Why give up on convenience? it just requires a lot more work to delete and add the music you want to listen to today. Also, it's not only for music. People store games, applications, photos, videos etc on their phones too and 16/32 GB can be filled pretty fast with that stuff.
Sure, some things are "moving to the cloud", which doesn't mean that every new trend that's emerging somewhere is good. The "cloud" has way too many flaws to be considered an alternative to any kind of local storage.
First and foremost, there are a lot of privacy concerns.
Are you really going to confide all your private stuff to some company that is most likely based in another country where you have no or hardly any control about what really happens with all your data? Also, most companies are going to hand out information about you to governments without questioning it.
Furthermore, what happens if such company gets hacked? All your intimate stuff will be exposed to potentially malicious people.
Then, there can be loads of problems when you're trying to access your data.
What if your home internet goes down? Or you are in an area with no or only a slow connection? Maybe the host's website is inaccessible? Right, no access to your stuff.
The cloud is way to dependent on 3rd parties and other effects you have no control of. While everyone tries to increase their data's security and accessibility, the cloud is an enormous step backwards.
Last but not least, what if the cloud provider goes out of business or gets shut down by law enforcement like Megaupload did some time ago? Thousands of legitimate users lost all the stuff they entrusted to Megaupload and there is no way for them to get it back any time soon.
tl;dr: Don't blindly follow some obscure trend just because the media or anybody else tells you to.
I don't see a inconvenience, the cloud is a new technology, don't get stuck in the past. As for music and work I have no problems
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Hi all. First post on the One forum. Great phone so far, but only had it a day. Can anyone tell me what the hell is taking up nearly 8gb or my 32gb storage. This is obviously all the storage we have and if it's the system that is taking it up...well...I'll not be happy!
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VaderXI said:
Hi all. First post on the One forum. Great phone so far, but only had it a day. Can anyone tell me what the hell is taking up nearly 8gb or my 32gb storage. This is obviously all the storage we have and if it's the system that is taking it up...well...I'll not be happy!
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Yes, that is the system files. I think on my US TMO one it used up about 5 or 6. I remember having 27 Gb, but I had installed a couple of apps by the time I thought to look.
EDIT: You can look for a custom ROM that has less bloat, or you can root and uninstall files from the storage.
You can use 28GB for your app/music/photo etc.
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You can use 28GB for your app/music/photo etc.
5 GB are for system...
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That is about right for my US system as well, but evidently the OP had 8 Gb used up on his phone.