Questions tagged [internal-storage]
Use this tag for questions concerning the internal storage space on your device that can be used for installing applications and their associated data.
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What happens if I clear user data of Facebook app?
I have a Xiaomi Mi 9 SE, with MIUI 12.5.1.0. If I go in settings>apps>app manager>Facebook I see 2GB of user data (not the cache). What happens if I clear the user data of Facebook app? Do I ...
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How can i free up space on samsung s23?
How can I free up space on internal storage without factory resetting all data? I have tried to remove apps and other stuff, but still nothing has changed.
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What is /data/data/package_name?
What is meant by package_name? Is it the app's name? For example, /data/data/gallery I need to know what is in the app internal storage before I can delete it. Is there a way to limit the file size ...
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Trying to set up new phone and want to know if Chrome backup local data like cache and thumbnails to the cloud?
I am trying to set up my new phone and want to understand what information is backed up by chrome in Android/Windows which I can restore. My questions are: Does chrome back up cache, local data like ...
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Formatted SD Card as internal storage, now facing major storage issues
I recently bought an Intenso microSDXC UHS-I Premium card, formatted it as internal storage, and the content has been moved without any errors. But after that, the phone started having several issues: ...
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Can you flash a custom ROM without adb?
My device has terrible adb support. Can I install a ROM without using adb?
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What is eating up the Internal Storage of my Xioami phone? [duplicate]
I know, similar posts about this topic have been discussed but reading through them couldn't solve my problem: I have a 5-year-old Redmi note 8 pro (MIUI 12.5.7, Android 11). The internal storage is ...
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Prevent WhatsApp to save sent media
I see that whenever I send via WhatsApp a media already existing in my device, being it a picture or a video, the app automatically creates a copy of it in Internal memory\Android\media\com.whatsapp\...
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Delete files from WhatsApp without deleting files in Gallery
I'd like to delete some files on my Android device (Xiaomi) by deleting files stored by WhatsApp that I didn't save in my gallery. I have a few questions. If I understand correctly, whenever I send a ...
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Export data locked away in internal storage
I have used a specific app for more than three years (writing down my dreams and updating a sleep statistic). Now this app is all of a sudden gone from the Play store, and the developer is unreachable....
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Can't Access internal storage after formatting SD card as internal then removing it
I integrated my SD card to use as phone memory. Everything was fine until a couple of days ago. All of a sudden I saw the "insert SD card" notice appear on the notification bar. I open the ...
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Moving whole internal storage to external SD card
My phone is an (old, trashy, crap, …) LG l65 phone with custom ROM with patches on patches on patches on… This phone has 2 GB of internal storage, is fully rooted (along with custom recovery and ROM I ...
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High storage usage with Samsung Galaxy S8 and image / image quality retention
My Samsung Galaxy S8 alerted me that the storage was critically full and may result in data corruption or failure to boot. I immediately deleted some apps to free up 2GB. But I am worried that it may ...
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How to prevent an app clearing its own data
How to prevent an app clearing its own data . Thats the 3rd time WhatsApp deleted its own data against Users wish. There can be a zillon reasons which I don't care . If the user does not clear data - ...
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How to Recover Data if Metadata partition was deleted
I accidentally wiped the metadata partition along with Dalvik/ART and Cache using TWRP and now I can't boot into the OS. Internal Storage and USB-OTG were excluded. Is there any way to backup my data (...
