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[Q] Critical Storage memory with nothing in it a t all!PLS help!

Hello Everyone!
I'm experiencing an issue with my touch Diamond.
Usually, I put nothing on my storage memory, I put all my data on the Internal storage.so, there should be nthing on the system storage, what means there should be at least 40MBs free outta the 85.but I still get the "Storage memory critically low" message, and all the memory in the storage disappears!
when I connect my device to the PC via ActiveSync, and look up the my device folder (not the 4gb internal), it says I've got no memory free,but when I go into there, select all my files and click "properties",it says theres only 40mbs of data on it, still the 85mb system storage is full!I've tried everything:registry cleaning, removing all the programs, cleaning Opera cache and e-mail attachments, too, still nothing helps but a ROM update!after that everythings OK (for a while), and then starts all over again after a few weeks,and I don't wanna spend every 3rd week with reinstalling the ROM and set all the settings back (yeah I have the backup but still annoying to update ROM every month....:S)
Please,anybody, HELP!!!!

Something that might point you in the right direction ... when you select all the files and check the size, hidden files won't be included. Make sure you have explorer set to show hidden files and system files, or use something like total commander to find them.
Once you find out what is really taking up all the space, hopefully it will lead you to the solution. Sorry I can't suggest something more specific.

I realise this wouldn't help the original poster, but I'm posting this in case it helps others in a similar situation.
Today, for the first time, I got the dreaded 'you are running out of memory' warning and, sure enough, I only had 2MB left on the Storage partition. I only ever install apps to the 4GB Internal Storage partition and all that so there's really no reason why this should've been happening. What tipped me off to the solution was the fact that the only app I'd been using at the time was Opera. So, I tried clearing the Opera cache and, despite the fact it's set to only use 4MB of space, clearing it out reclaimed about 25MB of space in the Storage partition.
So, it would seem there's a bit of a bug there in Opera and I'd advise anyone having storage space issues to try that no matter how little space Opera might claim that it's cache is taking up.

Medulla said:
So, it would seem there's a bit of a bug there in Opera and I'd advise anyone having storage space issues to try that no matter how little space Opera might claim that it's cache is taking up.
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You're a star...!
I couldn't work out why I had lost so much device storage space either...
Just regained a whole 9MB
Not a hell of a lot, but sure explained half of my problem...!

I ran out of memory - now WM wont load
I had those critical memory messages. did a hard reset, and now my diamond won't restart. it hangs on the windows mobile 6.1 screen.
any tips?
I can get into bootloader mode. is my only option to flash a new ROM?
tks.

With the latest SKTools (if you don't wanna edit the registry) it's easy to move the Opera cache to the internal 4 gig storage instead.

[Q] Apps2sd, cleared cache and my phone still is out of space

My phone seems to need to be reset about every 4 months or so because it completely runs out of storage space on the phone. The apps are on the sd card, clearing cache and dalvik cache only frees up a couple mbs. If I wipe it and start out with a fresh rom it starts out with something like 50 mb free. What's taking up all my disk space? Are there some files I can delete, like a temp folder or something?

Try to clean up some caches from applications like browser, feed reader, etc.
Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications
Look at applications which might cache some internet data, i.e. browser, facebook, google+, maps, ... select them and clear cache. This should give you some more free space.

[q] what 'system data' is stored in data/data

I have determined that a lot of my low space issues in the data/data folder are from nearly 120MB of 'system data'. I was confused but willing to work around it since system data is usually pretty important.
However, I recently set up my wife's cappy just like mine (same ROM, Kernel, Modem) and she only has 8MB of system data in her data/data folder
So, now I'm looking to understand what system data goes into that folder. I know I could do a complete clean install to figure parts of it out, but if there is an answer out there it would be much easier than the pain of a clean install.

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe all of your application data (cache & user data, but not the applications themselves) lives in there. If you go through your application list and clear the caches, or use a cache cleaner from the market, you should be able to free up much of that space.
The nice thing about the cache cleaners from the market is that they will sort by cache size so you can see which programs hoard cache space (*coughFacebookcough*)

I've thought of that, and 1 Tap Cleaner only shows 1MB in cache. In fact, since I haven't been using a lot of my apps while figuring this out, nearly all of them are 0 cache.
Is there something that 1 tap cleaner is missing?

Cache is the easiest way to free up space, but I believe all of your user data, databases, etc. live in there as well. If you move some apps to the SD card, I think it takes the user data with it which should free up some space.
You could also go through and clear the user data from apps that have big databases (like Facebook), but this will clear all of your settings and account info. Once you start using it again, this is obviously going to start filling up again but I find it a bit hard to believe that my username, password, and settings really need to occupy the 3.06mb that it's currently taking up on my phone. It must be accumulating crap somewhere along the way.

I've moved some apps to SD w/o really affecting the amount stored there. I have also cleared some data which did help, but doesn't affect the system data.
That's the strangest part. The system data seems to be ~120MB no matter what I do. From all I can find, I only have approx 35MB of actual application user data... the rest is listed as system data, which I can't break down any further.

I've heard of the contacts storage going haywire and taking up space. Have you tried checking and/or clearing that one? Obviously you'll lose anything you don't have backed up with Google.
If that doesn't help, I'm out of ideas short of wiping all of your data and starting over.

Huh... I'll check into the contacts one. I'll report back here with what I find.
Thanks!

Darnit... only 4MB was in contact storage... and it didn't seem to affect my system data.
I guess I'll start preparing to start over. I think I may have done a backup after i fresh installed everything... perhaps I could reinstall that and see what things looked like!

Thunderbolt adds a sqlite_optimize script which defrags databases. That may help reduce the size.
Any time I use Titanium Backup to restore my apps, I do it in chucks and never restore system data since I'm always changing ROMs. For chunks I mean restore apps+data only for apps that need it, then restore apps without for all the rest. Any apps which I don't run never save any data so it saves space.

[Q] Internal storage 75% full?

My TL gives an warning says my internal storage is 75% full, but clearly I only used like 10%.
I transferred all my stuff to cloud (I don't have a SD card) and cleared the internal storage. Then it's been good for 2 weeks before the warning came back again. Now I can't even install apps because it says there's no sufficient storage. What is going on?

pentaquine said:
My TL gives an warning says my internal storage is 75% full, but clearly I only used like 10%.
I transferred all my stuff to cloud (I don't have a SD card) and cleared the internal storage. Then it's been good for 2 weeks before the warning came back again. Now I can't even install apps because it says there's no sufficient storage. What is going on?
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Force close that service or disable the notification by holding it down from your notification pannel->info->disable notification

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Force close that service or disable the notification by holding it down from your notification pannel->info->disable notification
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Well I tried to ignore the notification but that's not a solution. It is a real problem. Now I got an Chrome update but it won't install because "Insufficient Storage".

ok now I've temporarily solved the problem by moving some apps from "phone" to "internal storage" (what does that even mean?)
so is there a "phone" storage separate from "internal storage"?

pentaquine said:
ok now I've temporarily solved the problem by moving some apps from "phone" to "internal storage" (what does that even mean?)
so is there a "phone" storage separate from "internal storage"?
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Well, yes. You have 2GB reserved on your phone (from the 16gb internal) for apps. Then you can move a part of some apps to the internal. Thats why you only have like 10GB on your internal. And not the 16GB as the phone comes with. It also uses that space for apps,rom,...

ArmaNineTSeven said:
Well, yes. You have 2GB reserved on your phone (from the 16gb internal) for apps. Then you can move a part of some apps to the internal. Thats why you only have like 10GB on your internal. And not the 16GB as the phone comes with. It also uses that space for apps,rom,...
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I see. Can I put more space to the reserved? Like 4GB for apps and 8GB for internal storage?

I found out clearing the cache of Chrome and Google+ frees up a lot of memory.

Software Update Insufficient Memory

I'm on OF3 update. S5 AT&T obviously. I just recently tired to update my software, and a message saying insufficent storage showed up. Which was logical, I didn't have much space. It said the update was something like 300MB. But after uninstalling a couple apps and deleting a $hit ton of photos, I now have 3GB. But the update won't start? The message still shows in the notifications, and I can't open it. I tried restarting and shutting off. Nothing. I know battery can sometimes be an issue, but I had 80%. So I need initiate the download.

You need to create 4 to 7 GB of free space on your phone. Others have been having the same issue.
Resolution
The issue may be related to available storage memory on the device. If clearing space does not resolve the issue, the device can be updated to the latest version of software at an AT&T DSC or Best Buy Samsung location.
To resolve the issue:
1) Clear Cached Data
Tap Settings > Storage > Cached data > Clear Cached data
Try downloading the software update again
2) Create at least 4 to 7 GB of free storage space
Tap Settings > System Tab > Storage > Available Space to check current storage usage
Delete Unnecessary files (such as Pictures/Video/Music Files)
3) Visit an AT&T Device Support Center or Best Buy location for help updating to the latest software
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Reference: https://forums.att.com/t5/Samsung-D...terrupted-on-Select-Samsung/m-p/4331876#M9292
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/5-1-1-phones-t3231280