My phone has 32GB of internal storage. I also have a mini SD card for additional storage. I have no photos or vid. saved on my internal storage currently. But my phone says I have used almost all or my 32GB. What else would be using all my internal storage?
Apps and OS use up a ton of storage space on smartphones now. It's not uncommon to see apps that are 1 or 2 GB now. Just OS updates alone can be 10-20 GB
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Another good reason to root your phone. Once you have administrator privileges, many of those memory-stealing apps can be moved to external storage, or simply deleted.
Posts: 7181 | Location: NoVA | Registered: July 22, 2009
Originally posted by old rugged cross: And what does "Root your phone" mean?
Most mobile provides have exclusive administrative rights to the mobile units they support. "Rooting" your phone means obtaining these rights for yourself. The vendors claim to be restricting these rights/privileges for "security reasons," and they expend considerable resources to frustrate these efforts. To a certain extent their claim is true, keeps unknowledgeable users from screwing things up beyond economic repair. However, if you can't control something, you don't really own it.
Historically, the term root comes from the name of the account on Unix systems that runs as user zero and has full rights to make changes in the file system. Both Android and iOS owe much of their code base to Unix. This account is also sometimes called the "superuser" account. So rooting is shorthand for obtaining superuser/administrator privileges for oneself. Of course, with great power comes great responsibility.
The current state of the art for rooting entails exploiting vulnerabilities in the mobile provider's code base that they have overlooked. There are sources for "root kits" on various websites, but it is a steep and long learning curve for those who do not have a Unix software development/hacker background. Just learning the "133+ sp3@k" can be a tremendous challenge. 133+ sp3@k == leet speak == the speech of the elite. Think about the juvenile minds that think those kinds of intentional misspellings are "cool" and you will understand some of the challenges of conversing in that environment.
The XDA Developers website is where these dudez hang out.
Posts: 7181 | Location: NoVA | Registered: July 22, 2009
my pixel will show where that data is being used or stored,
I use my phone to put stuff online (Gunbroker/ebay etc) and make a point to delete pics once they are downloaded , however I was getting the ''you are out of storage or damn close to it'' messages as well,
I do have a ton of pics and vids from concerts, but found out the biggest hog was texts and esp, emails
I found pics that I had sent to folks as documentation when I was in the grocery biz, via text or email
deleted all that crap and freed up over 1/2 the space on my phone
That's what made me switch back to iPhones. I couldn't load all the apps to the SD card.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
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lyman's experience kind of emphasizes my point about ownership. Just because your phone OS doesn't show a file, it does not mean that it is not still there and using up storage space. It is not in the phone vendor's interest to extend the life span of the phones they sell.
And, sorry about the TMI on rooting, it is a complex notion that has become more complex over time, as have all aspects of computer security.
Anyone who is interested in learning more, there are many sources of information on-line. I'd recommend starting with the basics of Linux administration. After all, Android is basically Linux with a fancy GUI over top of it.
Posts: 7181 | Location: NoVA | Registered: July 22, 2009
