Literally what the fuck more does Android want
>I have almost 500MB
>>54181520
>this
I don't fucking get
I do know that it just reserves some memory for possible system updates and stuff but fucking
WHY DON'T YOU LET ME USE IT!
this why you need a rooted phone
=total access to everything
>>54181520
There's a reason why the Apple iPhone are constant best sellers.
The worst thing is i believe on pre-MM you could install apps with 400 MB free, still shit but fucking why
>>54181520
upgrade to cm13, marshmellow allows you to use external sd card as internal storage.
>>54181544
You probably have a 16GB memePhone and have 3GB of """" Live Photos"""""
>>54181520
I feel you anon.
What the fuck Android.
Implying someone needs a 500mb limit because some applications may stop working because they need this high amount of space.
Hope there will be a Xposed mod to remove this shiet.
False flag thread, any intelligent person always has at least a gig of multiple gigs freed up at all times
>>54181630
Well fucking phones use a shitload of storage and cache at any time
>>54181630
>not having productive apps in place for sudden use
>at least a gig of multiple gigs freed up at all times
nigga what
its either productive or gaems
So, why is this happening and what is the solution for it?
(I'm seriously asking this because it happened to me too, with plenty of free storage space and while installing very small apps).
>>54182801
I've checked, it seems you need to have 500MB free + the app size itself to install it. It doesn't apply for sideloading though.
>>54182801
Goy pls stop buying chinese trash
>Having /data and /internal_sd separated
>Not using FUSE
Buy a new phone
/Next
Your phone has a mSD slot right?
Apps go into the internal memory and media goes into the mSD slot.
>>54181540
Who are you quoting?
Android has a buffer that means there has to be 500mb of free space at all times. There's nothing you can do.
Meanwhile iOS allows you to install apps to the very last megabyte, take pictures to the last megabyte, and save media on the device to the last megabyte.
>>54185411
>Android has a buffer that means there has to be 500mb of free space at all times. There's nothing you can do.
>Meanwhile iOS allows you to install apps to the very last megabyte, take pictures to the last megabyte, and save media on the device to the last megabyte.
Android is meant to reserve the internal memory for apps and mSD for media. While you struggle to cram all your shit in 16GB/64GB iPhone there are poorfags with $100 android phones that buy a 128GB mSD (~$30) to put all their media in. Then they're left with 4/10 GB of internal space for their apps.
OP is either a nexus cuck or a retard that put media in his internal storage space.
>>54185474
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>>54185504
Is she wrong though?
>>54185524
>she
>>54181520
LE ANDROID MEMORY
See App in Play Store
Oh cool only 10MB (Example)
*Taps Install*
Downloading...
(Creating 10MB file in Google Play internal data /data/data/<some google play folder>)
Installing...
(Copying 10MB in /data/app)
Compiling...
(JITing <D8alvik> or Compiling <ARTing>)
(Create a 8MB~25MB depends in Compiler filter <interpret-only | balanced | speed (default in LL) | evertything)
END
In resume
10MB App
You need 10+10+25 worst case : 45MB
>>54185638
How the fuck is OP low on internal storage space though? You out your music/movies/chinese cartoons in the micro sd storage and you're left with like 16GB for apps. That's a fuckton of storage space to install 20-50MB apps.
>>54185665
If /data and /internal_sd are separated
Phone 16GB
>/system 2GB (Here installs OS)
>/data 2GB (Here install Apps (/data/app), and compiles apps (/data/dalvik-cache) and stores App internal data (/data/data/<app package name>)
>/internal_sd 14GB (Here is music. photos. videos, downloads , etc)
Yoy only have 2GB for installs APPS and DALVIK CAHE AND INTERNAL DATA
not 16GB
Check real size of partition with Diskinfo
>>54185665
Check your privilege
>amerifat
>>54181520
I had this same problem. Some Googling revealed that I should clear the log through adb. After that didn't work, I used an app to clear the cache. Eventually that didn't work. The final solution was to get SD Maid Pro and do a scan and delete. It found close to 500MB of junk.
>>54185773
>Yoy only have 2GB for installs APPS and DALVIK CAHE AND INTERNAL DATA
>not 16GB
>Check real size of partition with Diskinfo
What a load of shit. My $40 LG Volt has a tiny 8GB internal storage space and 4GB of it are usable to install apps in. A 16GB phone would have ~10GB of internal storage space for apps.
>>54185773
More proof
>>54185900
>Data(userdata)
Actually this is a FUSE partition
> /internal_sd is located in /data/emulated/0
Other phone have /internal_sd and /data separated
New Phones (post KK) have /data only (and /internal_sd is "emulated")
Are you that same fucking faggot who couldn't download a shitty font the other day? Kill yourself.
>>54185900
>he uses a skinned version of Android
>it is probably the ugliest version of Android I have seen in months
>calls Nexus users cvcks
>>54185638
This is why android so fucking shitty, whatsapp/snapchat/twatter took about a gigs+ on my devices.
10 mb apps, but shitty oversize bloated after a week use.
>>54181520
Solution:
>Open the download page in browser
>copy link
>go to apkpure.com
>paste link
>download
Hope it works OP.
>>54185900
This is a 4GB internal phone
>he hás a phone with less than 16gb of internal storage
You should be ashamed instead o complainig here. Yeah, Android is a piece of shit but ypu have bigger things to worry about.
>>54186126
OP probably fell for the nexus meme
>>54185900
This is a FUSED storage
>>54186076
>>54186138
Interesting. Glad new android phones have a fused internal storage. My 16gb S4 has ~9gb for apps. It would have pissed me off to no end if only 2gb could be used for apps.
>>54181520
your soul
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>>54186652
lol I didn't even notice that. Thank you my kind anon-kun.
>>54185900
>LG Volt
holy shit how fucking poor are you
>>54181544
Most iPhones sold have the smallest storage and most people I meet with one have it so full of shit they can't even take a picture.
>>54186741
>Not buying cheap phones for planning terrorist attacks
holy shit how fucking haram are you
>>54186798
Terrorist aren't poor
>>54186773
Because most people are cheap and buy 16GB.
The problem with Android though is that storage management is just terrible. iOS is way better in this point, though this isn't really hard to achieve with sandboxing and apps unable to write shit everywhere they want.
>>54186741
I'm smart with money, I only buy what I need. I have a job irl so every cent I spend hurts, I'm sure you'll know that feel when you get a job too. I need a phone that can take ok photos and has a microsd slot to put my Chinese cartoons/movies in. My LG Volt has served my needs. Though I do plan to upgrade to a zte warp elite soon but that's mostly because I just want more RAM on my phone.
>>54186818
>I want to gift expesive iPhones to FBI Officials
no thanks
>>54181520
>he doesn't have 64GB internal storage and a 128GB micro-sd card.
Lmaoing at ur life
>>54186862
>tfw have less than 2GB free on my 64GB mSD
God fucking damnit, I knew I should have bought a 128GB one.
>>54186856
Yeah, I have a job but I probably just make a lot more money than you.
You should probably have used your time to get a good diploma instead of wasting it watching anime because it must suck to be a namefag in technology board and not even be able afford a decent phone.
>>54186906
Yeah, don't skimp on storage. I initially bought a 16gb card thinking that I'd never use it all up. Ended up filling it up withing a few months. Went and bought a 128gb card and then put the 16gb one in my camera.
question. when you buy an android phone with like 16 GB internal storage, how much of that is available to the user? in ios it's like 11 or 12.
>He didn't buy 64GB model
>>54186963
Depends on the phone.
>>54186935
>Yeah, I have a job but I probably just make a lot more money than you.
Maybe and good for you if that's true.
>You should probably have used your time to get a good diploma instead of wasting it watching anime because it must suck to be a namefag in technology board and not even be able afford a decent phone.
Not gonna reveal too much about my life but I could buy an unlocked Galaxy S7, 200gb mSD, and overpriced otterbox case right now and I would be fine. I just chose not to because I don't really need any of that.
>>54186997
jesus fuck, i've heard samsung bloats their phones to fuck but this is ridiculous. these are OOB tho right? can erase the bloat?
>>54181559
wait. so until now you couldn't do that? what was the external memory used for then?
>>54187050
Not him, but mostly songs, pictures, certain apps that could be put on SD.
>>54187065
i see. so for apps you were limited to the internal storage? what was the reasoning for this?
>>54187079
Some of them, yeah. Some you could move to your SD card. Not really sure why, just android being android ig.
>>54187031
S3 and S4 was the epitome of Samsung bloat. They've gotten a lot better with their newer phones though. But yeah, I think you were able to remove most of the bloatware.
>>54187079
Reading and writing to an SD card is much much slower than from internal memory. Apps written to SD card will be slower to load.
>>54187103
i actually thought iphones were bloated, because a lot of the time people who have 16 gb devices run into problems. constantly having to delete stuff, and there was the shitty ios 8 update that required about 4.5 gb of free storage which on a phone with 12 gb accessable meant a lot of people just said fuck it and didn't bother. ios 9 kinda fixed it with needing 2 or 1.5 gb.
at least most android phones can use micro sd cards for music etc
>>54185900
>mfw no sdcard slot
>>54187079
Because of privacy concerns. If you lose your android phone someone can remove the microsd card and extract private data from it on a computer. Yeah you can encrypt your microsd on android but most people don't. So eventually android devs decided to outright ban apps from running off a mSD all together.
The "microsd cards are too slow" is just a meme. Cheap UHS-I microsd cards write at ~24mb/s and read at ~48mb/s. That's plenty fast for phone apps.
>>54181520
Not only that, once you have around 500mb left all apps starts to present malfunctions.
>>54187184
What were you thinking? Were you drunk when you bought your shitty onplus/nexus?
>>54187219
I bought by the end of 2014, back then I had no idea what to look after in a phone.
>>54187186
aren't you in danger any way if you don't encrypt? can't they also read what's on your internal memory?
>>54187249
Well, lesson learned then. Buy a new phone with support for an sdcard and stop blaming Android for a mistake you made earlier in life.
>>54187273
>aren't you in danger any way if you don't encrypt?
Not really, as long as you have a lock screen pattern/password then nobody can read what's on your phone. Worst they can do is factory reset your phone and gain access to the microsd card. Your camera app saves to internal storage by default so thieves will only be able to salvage the chinese cartoons on your microsd card. However if you store sensitive data on your microsd card then you should encrypt it.
>can't they also read what's on your internal memory?
Nope, android will tell you to fuck off if you can't unlock the lock screen. Only way to access data on an un-encrypted but lockscreen password protected android phone is to remove the NAND chip and have it read by computer scientists.
>>54187364
If you run TWRP all of your phone's memory is exposed when you connect it with usb to a PC. Still no idea how to prevent this besides encryption.
>>54188098
That's the point of encrypting. Or having a locked bootloader, though this still isn't as safe as just encrypting.
To those fags saying
>Move your media to the SD card
Of course I leave it on the SD card, all of my storage is filled with my own apps plus meme pre-installed one's. That said I still should be able to fucking install shit to the last megabyte!
>>54189335
>Of course I leave it on the SD card, all of my storage is filled with my own apps plus meme pre-installed one's. That said I still should be able to fucking install shit to the last megabyte!
No you shouldn't. Those last 500MB are reserved for system stability.
You're obviously storing something other than apps on your internal storage because 16GB for apps should be more than enough for your shitty android games and 100s of apps you will never use.
>>54189517
This isn't just about me and I don't always use up my entire storage, but when it does happen from not deleting cache and shit it gets annoying
>>54189517
Also this post serves to show how much of a meme non-stock Android phones are.
On this HTC One there are almost a hundred apps you can't fucking delete. Facebook alone is preinstalled at 200 MB!! The Gallery app is around 80MB, Internet 70MB etc.
This is the last time I fall for the Samsung, HTC, LG meme
>>54189550
If what you say is true, how the fuck can you fill 16GB of storage with apps and cache. Do you know how ridiculous that is? 2 GTA games + many smaller vydias + facebook/twitter whatever apps will only take up like 4GB at most. Make it 5GB with cache generated over months. There's still a fuckton of room left over to record yourself whacking off in 4k for at least an hour.
>>54189607
nigga even after all that bloat you still get 9-10GB of storage space for apps on a 16GB phone.
If you play that much fucking vydia then get a 32GB android phone. Just make sure to avoid nexus and oneplus phones they're worse than lg, samshit, and htc combined.
