One of the most recurring questions from users of Androidsis in our Forum is
Why, if my Smartphone or Tablet has X MB / GB of memory, I only have a small part of it to install applications? Why does my memory fill up so fast if my Android device has X GB?
Today I am going to explain the reason for this event and it has a name: PARTITIONS.
Android makes partitions on the "hard drive" of the device in a similar way to Linux (Android is based on Linux). Each partition stores a series of information independently:
- /boat. Contains the data necessary to boot the Android device.
- /recovery. Contains an alternate boot. Accessing this boot we can find advanced options for our device (delete factory applications, install new ROMS, etc.).
- /system. The operating system and applications that come from the factory are stored in this partition.
- /cache. Stores temporary operating system information.
- /misc. Stores important configuration data.
- /date. This is the partition that interests us. This is where the applications we download and install and your data are stored.
That is why if for example our device is 512MB, we only have about 100MB to install applications. Since the rest of memory is partitioned and each partition stores a series of important data for the operating system and the device.
But all this is about to change. As Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich version will work with a single partition (as long as the manufacturer does not modify it).
So if our device has 8GB of space for example, we will have all that space available to install the applications (minus the space required for the operating system and settings).
Note: Partitioning memory is nothing more than dividing it in a virtual way. Being each partition or part of independent use.
Note 2: I have put "hard disk" with quotes, since the Smartphone and Tablet do not contain a hard disk like computers, but a solid disk or SSD.
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That ICS uses a single partition does not mean that if we have 8Gb of internal memory we will have those 8Gb available ... as it says right there in the note, there is a part that the system needs for its files and configurations ... and that part is used so much WITH or WITHOUT partitions.
Therefore for me it is the same, the space that we are going to have available will be the same (perhaps a little more in ICS since there will be no free space without being able to be used in the other partitions).
I have an HTC walfire mobile and 2GB of memory on the card, and I don't know why everything is saved in the phone memory ... I would like to be able to save everything on the memory card and thus be able to have more space in the phone memory than everyone every day I get a FULL MEMORY ERASE SOME DATA.
You have to root your phone and install an application called link2sd.
And everything is installed on the sd card.
hello I have an optius 2xx but my memory is 0 gb and according to me I have 16 free but I can no longer download anything if you could help me I would thank you my email is mtal_je@hotmail.com
Ola my name is unique. I have a samsum galaxy y) and it tells me that my message memory is full and that there is little space in the system storage ... Or something like that. Xfavor pdrian aydrme thank you very much contact me at 1166506701 in vrdad it is URGNtE xeso pngo my cell helps !!!
In short, I want to know exactly how much memory I have available in an 8gb. because I want to buy the nokia lumia 710 and that has memory. thank you ...
Can this space be increased on my tablet from the data partition… ??
I want to install applications and it tells me that it is full, how do I do it? it's a samsung young
I have a 16 gb card pr I sle that the memory of the device is full cm I do it to empty without deleting any application prfa help
I stayed in the same. I don't know how to free memory
Hey men . I have a samsung galaxy tab 2 7.0 8gb. I have the same problem. I have not downloaded any applications / I have 200 songs. My question is why my memory has filled up if I only have 200 songs, nothing more. please help me how to eliminate what is not useful .. please
The same thing happened to me but I discovered that it was the music that weighed a lot I came to the conclusion that it is because we downloaded it directly from the cell phone, tablet etc and now I download the music from the computer
hello, does anyone answer all these questions? Well, I have the same problem, I don't know where to go to eliminate those data that fill my memory, having already rooted and partitioned the card. any solution? Thank you
Hello I have a SONY XPERIA MINI PRO SK17a… my SD memory I only have using something of 900 MB… it is 2 GB and when I want to take photos it tells me that the sd memory is already full .. Please help me
Hello, my cell phone does not let me download things due to lack of space in memory, and when I go in to see how much memory I enter it tells me
STORAGE
180MB / 181MB
MEMORY CARD
0,95GB / 3.69GB
The point is that I have 3.69 GB and I don't know how to use them
What do we do then when it says that the database is full and does not allow to put contacts neither in the sim nor in the telephone ?. I tried to delete contacts and it keeps telling me the same thing. Mine is a huawei u8652-51- It is appreciated if you could give some guidance
How is it possible that I have music from my computer on my phone that I never played? I'm crazy ... thank you
Hello, my Samsung galaxy tab 2 of 7 ″, although I have nothing, the memory fills itself, it must be a virus or something but I have already tried several antivirus and I still have to be restarting it from the factory to be able to use it, this problem happens every month or 15 days that fills up by itself !!
HELLO I HAVE AN ORINOQUIA THE MICRO SD MEMORY IS 2GB AND PERATIVE SYSTEM 2.1 AND THE MEMORY GETS FULL I CANNOT DOWNLOAD THEM ANYTHING I DO NOT DO IT.
Boys the same thing happened to me and I solved it simply I removed the micro sd I formatted it with the odin and kedo all right
I have a sony cell phone I don't have any micro but it has 2 GB of internal memory which I say that most of it is free so when I want to install an application I designed
error there is no space in memory »
How are you Dmte check this and tell me: first change the date of the cell phone, then give it in the cell phone information update software, then in applications check each of the screens that you get says downloaded, on memory card, in use, everything, At the bottom it says how much memory it says it has and how much I use, you can pass me that data and I will help you for a better analysis
I have Vtelca Caribe 3 791, and it appears continuously: memory full… little space… Thu-Dec-31-2009. Why does that date appear if I bought it in 2014? Please, what do you advise me? I appreciate your fast asnwer.
"Daissy" first change the date of the cell phone, then click on the cell phone information to update software, then in applications check each of the screens that you get says downloaded, on memory card, in use, everything, at the bottom it says how much Memory says what it has and how much I use, you can pass me that data and I'll help you for a better analysis
"Daissy" first change the date of the cell phone, then click on the cell phone information to update software, then in applications check each of the screens that you get says downloaded, on memory card, in use, everything, at the bottom it says how much Memory says what it has and how much I use, you can pass me that data and I'll help you for a better analysis
I have a smartphone with 16 GB of ROM memory and it won't let me store files when the 1,27 GB capacity (of memory, not files) is exceeded. On the other hand, in my nokia n97 mini, with 8 gb of internal memory, I had no problem putting 3-4 gb in files. I do not understand.
when you mean storing files is it installing applications or storing as a USB device?
Hello Good morning, I have a phone Brand bq reference E4 and I do not know why I can not transfer applications to my sd card that has 8gb I want to be able to save all of them on the SD memory card and so I can have more space on the phone's memory card. Thank you, please help me as a solution to this problem bye
I don't know what the hell to do with my Wiko Lenny… .He doesn't stop telling me that it's 100% on the sd but there is still space in the bar: / and it won't let me keep anything on it. I don't dare to turn on the cell phone because I am afraid that, according to my father, "I will CAPUT" and it will not turn me on ... is it possible?
Someone help me ... yes, and tell me to delete an email account (I have two) but I need it because it supports a blog and I don't want to lose it:, (
My phone is an Archos 4oc titanium and it tells me all the time that the internal storage is running low. The process has stopped. Free up space and try again, I put the option to free memory, press to free memory and it tells me the same thing, Can you tell me what to do, thank you very much
Good afternoon, I'm desperate, I have an HTC one x, which has 2 gb app storage memory available, which is not enough for me, leaving 25 gb in the other memory in which I can not save app if not only updates, excuse my ignorance but I want to know how I do to merge everything in a single memory, thanks
Because spotify takes me 2GB of storage if I pay a monthly fee for them to accumulate it. ??? Please I would like to know why
Doesn't anyone notice? It is incredible how people are unaware of what the companies that manufacture smartphones are doing, we are already in an advanced year and theoretically there should be no internal memories of 8gb, they do not remember that the nokia n95 (I am talking about this cell phone because It was well known) it brought 8gb in a version, everything is purposeful so that we have to renew the smartphone every certain amount of time, they manufacture cell phones of 8 and 16gb (and less too) so that in the short term their memory is filled, achieving That way the cell phone lowers its performance and they end up like the majority of users that I see in the comments complaining that the memory is full, that they cannot install an application, etc., and if you want to buy a 64GB smartphone, which theoretically today It is not too much, it costs you a lot of money and it would not only be that, but also that sometimes they partition your memory and you only use 16gb or 32gb for applications and the excess of the GB as if it were a mic ro sd, I mean only for photos, videos and music, unfortunately smartphone companies abuse themselves and take advantage of the lack of knowledge of many people to continue selling smartphones with low memory, greetings to all and this comment is for many to open the mind of what happens and look well which smartphone to buy
I have a Tablet with twelve gigabytes of memory, but I installed too many applications and used up all the memory, the launcher started to stop working, so I decided to restart it and now it does not turn on, it stays loading infinitely. Is there something that can be done?
good day
To give a solution, you must enter the recovery mode, do a wipe cache and if the novelty persists, enter the recovery again and do a wipe factory (format).
Hi, I'm Luciano and I have a motorola g3 (imitation) and when I go to applications you saw the sky bar below it appears full but in storage the internal storage is empty. What do I do?
Hello, I have a blu dash music 2 and it only has 100mb, it is not enough for me to install almost nothing, they can help me as I increase the memory, I already did the root and an application called linksd, but the whole application does not pass me but only a part
Hello, I have a samsung J2 prime. The fact is that even though I have a memory card, I still get insufficient space. The truth is not what it is.
Hello, I have a j7, it was blocked by my Google account, I had it fixed and before it had 10 GB, now it tells me that it is full, I need help, thank you, greetings
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