Comments on: How To Free Storage Space On Your Android Device

By: alson

alson — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:30:24 +0000

the thing is my storage shows 7 gb available on the sd card and when i open application in setings it just shows that 5.5 gb used and thats the limit it gives..whats happening to the rest of the 2 gb thats still free

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:37:25 +0000

this happened with me too..
2-3 gb in rom backups and old game data.. glad i found this article

(wish my GNex was 32gb+)

By: Eric Stoick

Eric Stoick — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:11:37 +0000

Try not to add to many apps. Get rid of unused ones too. When i get a little more familiar with it I will try other things!

By: Erez Zukerman

Erez Zukerman — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:09:02 +0000

Woot! Happy to hear it helped! :)

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:35:58 +0000

great stuf.. managed to get all my storage back without having to formal my s2. i was down to 2gb and deleted every thing i could find. Sd maid showed me that my rom backup were taking 5 gb. and old ‘corpses’ of games another 3 gb. so now i got 9 out of 12 gb. my internal memory was ok. thanks a lot dude

By: Erez Zukerman

Erez Zukerman — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:42:39 +0000

I suggest using a file manager like Total Commander for Android, or Root Explorer.

By: Totoy Badiola

Totoy Badiola — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:42:04 +0000

How does one move files from internal sd to external sd? I use ICS on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

By: Athos

Athos — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:00:19 +0000

Thanks, i’ll check diskusage.

By: Spencer Vincent

Spencer Vincent — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:30:32 +0000

HTC Wildfire S is a great phone but the memory problem is ridiculous! No Way Out

By: Erez Zukerman

Erez Zukerman — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:45:34 +0000

Hi Scott,

I use Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). If you do not have this option in your ROM, it is probably because your carrier disabled it for some reason.

Android fragmentation is a huge issue, and this is an implicit disclaimer in all Android posts: Not all phones will have the same options, ever. Sad, but true.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:25:44 +0000

Erez, what version of Android are you using? On mine (LG Optimus with Virgin Mobile) when I tap on “Settings” I do not see the same “Storage” option you displayed. Mine says “SD Card and Phone Storage”, then when I choose that I am only shown how much storage each area is using. Tapping on them does not show the more detailed breakdown in your screenshot or open a file manager. I truly wish my Android had a built in way of showing exactly what is using up all my space… I am always getting “low memory” settings. Right now it says my available internal space is just 38mb. Anyhow, you should probably update your article to clarify which version of Android has the built in Storage setting and file manager you write about since apparently not all have it.

By: Bumferry

Bumferry — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:29:28 +0000

I use app2SD which allows me utilise the little amount of storage available on my xperia arc S. easy to see what uses the most memory and the cache as well as moving apps from internal storage to the SD card where optional.
It also lets you know what aspects of the app (widgets and the like) might not work if they are moved.
it takes up very little space and has allowed me to utilise a lot of space on my phone and speed it up no end in the process.
For a free app, its been a life saver.

By: Mac

Mac — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:14:43 +0000

I’m using Link2SD with a partitioned SD card. Simple and very effective!