• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Accessories The curious case of the vanishing internal phone storage

master_yoda

Android Enthusiast
Jun 17, 2010
259
50
United Kingdom
How can the internal phone storage lose 5mb in 1 day when I havnt installed any new apps or added any new contacts etc?

All I have done in the last 24 hours is send a few texts and browse the internet on my handset, so I asumed it must be internet cache/history/cookies etc, so I deleted/cleared all these.. guess what .. still the 5mb is missing. :thinking:

Any ideas where this could have gone and how to get it back again?

Cheers
 
You try a reboot? I have found that deleting cache tends to only be recognized in the memory usage after a reboot


No, thanks ... I'll check it again after a reboot

EDIT: Just done a reboot, and Ive actually gained 22mb!!! note: this was the first time ive cleared the internet history/cache/cookies since Ive had the phone (10 days)

Nice one
 
Upvote 0

BEST TECH IN 2023

We've been tracking upcoming products and ranking the best tech since 2007. Thanks for trusting our opinion: we get rewarded through affiliate links that earn us a commission and we invite you to learn more about us.

Smartphones