Hullo everyone,
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 with custom Nebulosity mod (android 4.0.4) installed. Since I kept bumping into constant storage problems, I decided it might be best to get things clean. I just can't get over this internal/external SD business. As of now, I have a 1.87 (or so) gig external SD that has two partitions, a FAT32 (around 1.73 gigs), and and ext2 (the rest). (I have partitioned it many times hoping that it would get rid of whatever is eating up all the space, but sadly to no avail.) I've read about internal and external SDs, but I just can't get my head around this whole thing. My SD seems to be full - if I connect through USB, or plug my SD into the SD slot on my laptop, it shows as full, however I cannot find the files or folders that take up the space on it. What I've read is that the Ace basically stores the system files on the internal SD. Might be true, however that doesn't explain why my external should be packed to the brim with data. Whenever I remove my SD card, my phone still functions fine, so it can't be all the system data, could it? I have checked the size of each and every individual file and folder, and they just don't add up to 1.87 gigs. If I check my storage space, it says that the SD card has 445MB worth of Apps, 10 MBs of pictures, 9 MBs of Audio, 1 MB Downloads and yet only 35,6 MBs available. (Also it doesn't display an external SD of any sort.) What gives? If I check my file manager, all the files are under the sdcard folder and the sd-ext is empty. That doesn't explain, however, why my SD card is full even if I unmount it and plug it into my laptop. All in all, I'm confused as heck. Could someone help my clarify what's going on? I will definitely invest into a larger SD card soon, but I'm afraid it won't help since my Samsung seems to treat my external SD as an internal one - or at least so it seems. My basic questions would be: what is the difference between an internal and external SD card? If there's an internal one with all the system files, how come my external is already full even though everything should be stored on the internal one? Does it make sense to buy a larger external SD even though this one should be empty and yet it is already full without any sort of apparent data on it?
Thank you for your answers in advance, any help would be hugely appreciated.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 with custom Nebulosity mod (android 4.0.4) installed. Since I kept bumping into constant storage problems, I decided it might be best to get things clean. I just can't get over this internal/external SD business. As of now, I have a 1.87 (or so) gig external SD that has two partitions, a FAT32 (around 1.73 gigs), and and ext2 (the rest). (I have partitioned it many times hoping that it would get rid of whatever is eating up all the space, but sadly to no avail.) I've read about internal and external SDs, but I just can't get my head around this whole thing. My SD seems to be full - if I connect through USB, or plug my SD into the SD slot on my laptop, it shows as full, however I cannot find the files or folders that take up the space on it. What I've read is that the Ace basically stores the system files on the internal SD. Might be true, however that doesn't explain why my external should be packed to the brim with data. Whenever I remove my SD card, my phone still functions fine, so it can't be all the system data, could it? I have checked the size of each and every individual file and folder, and they just don't add up to 1.87 gigs. If I check my storage space, it says that the SD card has 445MB worth of Apps, 10 MBs of pictures, 9 MBs of Audio, 1 MB Downloads and yet only 35,6 MBs available. (Also it doesn't display an external SD of any sort.) What gives? If I check my file manager, all the files are under the sdcard folder and the sd-ext is empty. That doesn't explain, however, why my SD card is full even if I unmount it and plug it into my laptop. All in all, I'm confused as heck. Could someone help my clarify what's going on? I will definitely invest into a larger SD card soon, but I'm afraid it won't help since my Samsung seems to treat my external SD as an internal one - or at least so it seems. My basic questions would be: what is the difference between an internal and external SD card? If there's an internal one with all the system files, how come my external is already full even though everything should be stored on the internal one? Does it make sense to buy a larger external SD even though this one should be empty and yet it is already full without any sort of apparent data on it?
Thank you for your answers in advance, any help would be hugely appreciated.