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Firsty, I apologize for my poor forum skills.
I am wondering if any gems in the community know of an existing module that is capable of sort of, Removing, Fixing, or Disabling the service or data which notify's google play services that there is not enough storage on a device to install or update an app?
I am not sure if this is a protocol that is implemented in the Android OS or not because when I try to manually install an APK with low storage it is not possible and I get the "insufficient storage" notification.
I am not necessarily counting on a solution per say;
However seeing as how my device is rooted, I would very much like to experience the liberty and satisfaction of truly 'Taking Control' of my device.
To conclude my filibuster,
Is there a module or mod to trick or fool my device into thinking that I have enough storage to install or update an app? I am currently sitting at 420MB of storage and I am a music addict so my options are currently minimal... atleast until I eventually shoot up my photos to DropBox inevitably.
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Impossible, if you use all the memory reserve you will get in bootloop. or dont recieve sms and email messages
The critical storage is for SYSTEM things, not for install apps
Impossible remove Insufficient storage
My good old S2's default /data partition is 2 GB. On Gingerbread, the "insufficient storage" popped up at about 20 MB left. On Jellybean and KitKat as early as about 200 MB. Recently I repartitioned /data to 4 GB, thought that I will never see "insufficient storage" again. But meeeeep, now it pops up when there are 400 MB left. So Androids app installer wants to have about 10% of /data in reserve. The bigger the partition, the bigger the unusable space gets. Kinda gaga.
So what about an XPosed module that sets this free space limit to some lower limit? Enough for critical things, but small enough to not waste this much space.
Hello, I'm new to buying cellphones outside of whatever the local BestBuy is selling. I always bought the cheapest Motorola phone they had. Recently I needed a new international phone and decided to venture out, so I bought the Xiaomi Mi A2. I purchased it on Amazon after reading and watching several reviews on the phone.
My Xiaomi came today and while I was looking through my storage, I saw that the apps total at 36 gb. These numbers are fresh out of the box, no use. Google Play Services is 781 mb, Calendar is 519 mb, Settings is 519 mb, Feedback is 518 mb, Sim Toolkit is 518mb.
What is up with these app sizes? On my Moto E4 plus, the Settings app is 420 kb, not 519 mb! Google Play Services is 17.30 mb on the Moto compared to 781 mb on the Xiaomi. Calendar is 42 mb on the Moto compated to 519 mb on the Xiaomi.
What is going on here? I've tried to find answers, and all I've seen is mentions of the System size using up storage, but mine is only taking up 1.1 gb of space. Is my phone loaded with shady software? Why are the apps so huge?
Thanks
what's your full version? should be something with 10.xxx pdimixm in about phone.
did you get any ota updates and applied them? that's the easiest way to tell. if you apply an update and it bricks it's shady. if you get no updates ever it's shady.
open up the files app, it has a cleaner and might let you save up some storage space.
laviniu_c said:
what's your full version? should be something with 10.xxx pdimixm in about phone.
did you get any ota updates and applied them? that's the easiest way to tell. if you apply an update and it bricks it's shady. if you get no updates ever it's shady.
open up the files app, it has a cleaner and might let you save up some storage space.
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I don't see anything like that in "About Phone." There is Android Version: 8.1.0. There is also a "Baseband Version," "Kernel Version," and "Build Number," but nothing else.
What are OTA updates? I'm new to phones at this level. I understand and build computers, but I'm learning phones.
Thanks for the help thus far.
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I don't see anything like that in "About Phone." There is Android Version: 8.1.0. There is also a "Baseband Version," "Kernel Version," and "Build Number," but nothing else.
What are OTA updates? I'm new to phones at this level. I understand and build computers, but I'm learning phones.
Thanks for the help thus far.
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OTA- over the air update. Update your phone to latest version.
what's the build number?
Alright, I've updated the phone. I'm used to phones prompting me and didn't realize it was something I had to do on my own. Once again, I'm computer literate, not quite phone literate yet.
Now that the phone is updated, the "About Phone" section has changed.
It now says I'm Android Version 9, Build Number PKQ1.180904.001.V10.0.7.0.PDIMIXM
The size of the apps went from 36 gb down to 5.4 gb total, and my System size went from 1.1 gb up to 13 gb. Some apps still seems large, like "Settings," being 41 mb now, but it's a big improvement.
Is there an explanation for what happened here? Is this normal? I know Amazon had terrible track record for fakes and counterfeits with how they handle their inventory. Does anything I've described sound like a problem?
Thank you again for your time.
i guess the storage counters were bugged in that first version you had...
you should get an update to 10.0.8 soon.
if it updated itself over the air it means the os is perfectly original. so no worries there.
system size 13gb sounds about right - a/b system means the phone keeps 2 installs of the system partition - and depending on what apps you have installed 5gb of apps is OK. open up the Files app it may further let you clean some cache and junk files.
I haven't got an update for version 10. I've had my phone manually check for a new update, but it says Android 9 is the most recent update as of April 5, 2019.
Is this something I need to pull from the web similar to drivers for a computer, or should it come through on it's own? I just want to make sure I've got a good phone before I start using my passwords for my accounts on it.
Thanks again, I'm becoming fascinated with how deep the cell phone world is. It's like building a PC with all the specs that go along with each phone.
i meant 10.0.8 as in that build number - you're currently on 10.0.7. we dont have android 10 yet - maybe they'll release at the end of the year or early 2020.
no drivers needed, should just recognize the phone.
updates usually get released each month second working friday - next week in this case
Thank you very much for all the help.
Howdy people-who-already-have the Mi 9 Lite. I don't want to bore you with the details, so I'll try to keep it short. I bought a Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite for my wife and, in the meantime, managed to bork my OnePlus One. Now, I, too, I'm in the market for a new phone.
From the little I played with her new phone, I love the device, and I'm thinking of picking one up too, as a replacement for my OnePlus One. I have two problems, though:
1. Everything on the screen is too small for my failing eyesight. I enabled the developer settings and tried increasing the DPI, but that ended up screwing how some of her apps look. Is there any other way, apart from the provided one in the "official" settings, to increase the text size? By "official settings" I mean "not the developer options", but the setting for text size somewhere in the Display group of options, that offers three possible steps for the text size. All of them too small for me. And by all of this, I mean only the text size since the DPI option in the developer settings affects everything.
2. Since I am "a more demanding user" (compared to my wife), I am torn between this and the Poco F1. Although the Mi 9 Lite is a newer device, the Poco F1 seems to have a vastly better processor, GPU, as well as lots of love and support over here. I don't really care if the screen is somewhat worse, nor use the camera too much, so I was ready to buy this instead of the Mi 9 lite. Mere minutes before taking the plunge, I saw a video by Linus Tech Tips, where he was talking about how you can install gCam, root it, etc. And he suggested "using the nano version of open Google apps". This started ringing alarm bells: the reason for upgrading my wife's phone was its restricted internal storage. We had reached a point where I was removing system apps to be able to update Gmail and Facebook from the Play Store. Is this also a problem in newer phones like the Poco F1 and the Mi 9 lite? I mean, if you already have to use the nano version of open Google apps in a one-year-old smartphone, then what will we be using one or two years from now, when android itself will have grown a lot bigger?
I am sorry if those questions have already been answered, I did a quick search but I didn't run into anything relevant.
You can find display size option in settings/additional settings/accessibility
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The problem with space for app updates is in devices with 8gb of flash. The cheapest mi 9 lite has it 8 times more. Do you believe , it will be not enough during next 10 years? Remember about card slot. You can keep all pictures and recordings on external memory.
Tomek0000 said:
The problem with space for app updates is in devices with 8gb of flash. The cheapest mi 9 lite has it 8 times more. Do you believe , it will be not enough during next 10 years? Remember about card slot. You can keep all pictures and recordings on external memory.
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I believe what's relevant to the OP is the system partition and not the user storage. When using stock GApps, you need to have a large enough partition for the apps installed on that partition to update correctly. Before the Mi 9 Lite I owned a OnePlus X which had 16gb of total storage. I had no problems installing stock GApps over LOS 15, but after around a year of updates I started to get the "low storage" error even though I had more than 6 gb available (which was fixed with a reboot after every system app update, presumably due to the cache being cleared). I doubt that the Mi 9 Lite would have the same problem any time soon though, as the system partition is probably much larger than that of the OPX.
I used galaxy tab 4 with 8GB of flash with 1.7GB of free flash and 80GB of applications installed on second partition. There was not problem to have hundreds applications installed in device with 8GB flash. The only to do was take care to not let start not needed apps on boot and let them to be in ram. I replaced it with mi pad 4 because of a7 core in galaxy.
If you have 64 or 128 GB build in , you are able to install thousands applications. The only limitation will be card size.
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I used galaxy tab 4 with 8GB of flash with 1.7GB of free flash and 80GB of applications installed on second partition. There was not problem to have hundreds applications installed in device with 8GB flash. The only to do was take care to not let start not needed apps on boot and let them to be in ram. I replaced it with mi pad 4 because of a7 core in galaxy.
If you have 64 or 128 GB build in , you are able to install thousands applications. The only limitation will be card size.
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You're conflating the system partition (where the android framework resides, including the system apps such as GApps) and userdata partition (where apps are installed after the fact, like from the Play Store). You could theoretically have, say, a 512gb device with a 1 TB sdcard installed in which you can install all the apps you'd ever want but the system partition will always be limited to just a few GB.
There are ways to increase the storage allocated to the system partition (this is Android after all), but it requires a bit of tinkering.
In short, yes, a device with 8gb of storage is enough to download plenty of apps, but will not be enough to hold Android 10 (~1.5gb for the OS + ~700mb for stock OpenGapps + storage reserved for any updates) if the system partition on that device is 2 gb.
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In short, yes, a device with 8gb of storage is enough to download plenty of apps, but will not be enough to hold Android 10 (~1.5gb for the OS + ~700mb for stock OpenGapps + storage reserved for any updates) if the system partition on that device is 2 gb.
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Theoretical yes. I thought about it with galaxy and decrease system partition for make data partition larger. It was not possible because of not existing custom kernel for galaxy. Do we have custom kernel for mi 9 ? If yes, resizing partition will be possible. But I do not think we need it anytime. Custom rom creator is able to modify partitions in flashing time or use other partitions size for own needs. The gapps will never be problem. Much better is to install nano or pico and add needed other google apps from play store to data partition.
Device: Redmi Note 10 Pro, Indian version, out of box, no tweaks, MIUI Global 12.5.2
What I've tried: Factory reset x3 , clear data, clear cache, update
(TL;DR: MIUI File Manager taking an eternity to open folders and display files, cannot transfer files from first space to second space)
I hope this post abides by all the rules of this forum. I am writing this with a sense of urgency. I recently switched from Redmi Note 5 Pro to Redmi Note 10 Pro. It's been 2 days. Everything's working fine, except two major issues, the first one bigger than the second.
1. The default out of box MIUI File Manager. It's painfully slow. It's taking 5 full minutes to refresh(the landing screen), and 5 full minutes to load the contents of a folder (one which has 10,000 images). I also tried Files, Solid Explorer, they are only slightly faster. Bringing me to my question, what is the problem specifically? Is it a software issue or a hardware issue? Is it a read/write issue? Only other instance of someone else facing this issue was this . Please help a brother out. Is anyone else facing this issue? My Redmi Note 5 Pro is opening the same folder contents in a jiffy (barely 2 seconds), and all Redmi Note 10 Pro is doing is frustrating me by taking 5 minutes to open a folder which has just photos. What use is AMOLED, 120Hz, and Snapdragon 732G when it can't open folders which Snapdragon 636 breezes by?
2. Cannot transfer files from first space to second space anymore? Only apps? Redmi Note 5 Pro allows for transfer of files from first space to second space. Why doesn't Redmi Note 10 Pro?
Should I put in a request for replacement? I don't want to delay it any more, unless need be.
Edit: Problem occurs while accessing folders out of internal storage. The refreshing of the landing page of the File Manager nevertheless takes time. Accessing SD card works fine.
I would suggest you to flash a custom rom. If you want better speed, battery, stability, ram management, etc, install a custom rom. I recommend Arrow os.
Stan m said:
I would suggest you to flash a custom rom. If you want better speed, battery, stability, ram management, etc, install a custom rom. I recommend Arrow os.
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Not a huge fan of custom roms. MIUI does it for me. I've set it in such a way that I don't get the pesky side of things. I need MIUI for the functionality. Second space, dual apps et all.
All of those can be done in a custom rom. But if you want to stick with MIUI, I respect your decision. But I cant help you with your issue. Maybe you can try on xiaomi reddit, xiaomi forum, or directly contact them.
Edit: also see if any system update is available.
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All of those can be done in a custom rom. But if you want to stick with MIUI, I respect your decision. But I cant help you with your issue. Maybe you can try on xiaomi reddit, xiaomi forum, or directly contact them.
Edit: also see if any system update is available.
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I've ran all the updates. No improvements. Posted it on reddit (got a few responses: some are facing, some aren't), xiaomi forum (no replies yet). Last option, yes, I would directly contact them. However I was interested in knowing the technical side of things in order to not get blindsided by them. Whether it's a hardware issue, wherein there are problems with read/write, problems pulling up data from Internal Storage or whether a software bug. Because it's not just File Managers that's not working, no other file manager seems to work as well. Only Google Files works slightly faster.
Because I'm pretty sure they'll make me go through the same cycle of factory reset, clear data, clear cache, update.
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I've ran all the updates. No improvements. Posted it on reddit (got a few responses: some are facing, some aren't), xiaomi forum (no replies yet). Last option, yes, I would directly contact them. However I was interested in knowing the technical side of things in order to not get blindsided by them. Whether it's a hardware issue, wherein there are problems with read/write, problems pulling up data from Internal Storage or whether a software bug. Because it's not just File Managers that's not working, no other file manager seems to work as well. Only Google Files works slightly faster.
Because I'm pretty sure they'll make me go through the same cycle of factory reset, clear data, clear cache, update.
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I would flash stock miui via pc and if it's not really faster in internal memory then make a warranty request.
If it's on external sd then may a problem with file system and or some files
Laptapper said:
I would flash stock miui via pc and if it's not really faster in internal memory then make a warranty request.
If it's on external sd then may a problem with file system and or some files
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I'll do that. Flash stock miui via pc. And yes, it's on internal memory only. Loading files in SD card works fine. It's the refreshing of the landing page and opening folders in the internal memory that takes an awful amount of time.
Hey guys,
Newbie question here... Got the Pixel 7 a few weeks ago and did the December feature/security update last night.
Coming from an S10, I'm used to going to recovery and clearing cache partition after an update, or even factory reset after a major update to make sure the system doesn’t ‘hang up’ on old files.
Now, I don’t see the‘clear cache partition option in the Pixel 7 recovery. Is there any procedure I should follow after the update or just update, restart and you’re good to go ?
Thanks
Pretty much that's it. I personally go into the Google 1 app and the storage settings to free up junk files and some duplicate pictures I don't need. That, a reboot and that's it.
Pixels apparantly lack the ability to clear the system cache. Been wondering about that too, more out of curiosity rather than need though.
Clearing the system cache has saved my system more than once.
Unlike Google or Samsung I don't touch the firmware if the OS is fast, stable and fulfilling its mission. I'm still running Pie on this N10+; last update was 3 years ago, current load is over 2.5 yo. Security simply isn't an issue, zero malware in that 2.5+ year time frame. It still runs like a bat out of hell with minimal maintenance.
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Pretty much that's it. I personally go into the Google 1 app and the storage settings to free up junk files and some duplicate pictures I don't need. That, a reboot and that's it.
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I use SD Maid pro which does a very good cleaning job for me. Not sure how well it works on Android 11 and up though. I generally ignore duplicate files though as deleting them can cause issues sometimes.
In this day and age you shouldn't need to worry about phone storage space but it's actually gotten worse not better. Embedded fast flash memory is dirt cheap... and this is the same corporation that says you don't need expandable storage or a dual drive smartphone