Lately I've been getting some low memory errors, particularly from the gallery application. "Not enough space, delete unnecessary items. such as downloaded software, pictures, videos and documents." My phone is currently running ND4, rooted and using links2SD to move as much as possible to an EXT4 partition on my SD card (the rest of the card is FAT32).
Last time this happened, it turned out some other app had temporarily stored some large files on my internal memory. Clearing those seemed to make everything normal again.
But this time, I can't seem to figure out why I'm getting the low memory error. Settings>storage says I have 183MB free internally. Oddly enough, when I connect to my computer via USB cable as camera (PTP), it shows me that the internal phone memory (as opposed to the storage card memory) only has 80MB free. Weird. But either way, that's not really all that low, is it? That should be enough for the gallery app to open! (should I be concerned that the numbers don't line up? Why would that be?)
Meanwhile, I tried installing an alternative gallery app (quickpic). Problem is, there are certain parts of the OS that are tied to the stock app and always try to open it, such as using the camera or viewing an MMS attachment. It doesn't let me choose an alternative program to open those things, so I still get greeting with the annoying low memory error.
My next idea was to try and swap internal for external. This is proving more complicated than I thought. I downloaded the Root External 2 Internal SD app, but I don't think I'm using it right. Free internal memory hasn't changed in settings, and when I plug it into the computer in PTP, now it shows phone and storage card are the same! As if there's no SD card at all anymore!
I played around with some settings, then stopped to wonder if this would even fix my problem. I mean, am I really running out of internal memory if I have 80 or 184 mb free (depending on how you get the number)? Is there something wrong with the gallery app if I'm not seeing errors elsewhere? On that note, why aren't the free internal space numbers lining up?
Should I even bother swapping internal and external? HELP!
Last time this happened, it turned out some other app had temporarily stored some large files on my internal memory. Clearing those seemed to make everything normal again.
But this time, I can't seem to figure out why I'm getting the low memory error. Settings>storage says I have 183MB free internally. Oddly enough, when I connect to my computer via USB cable as camera (PTP), it shows me that the internal phone memory (as opposed to the storage card memory) only has 80MB free. Weird. But either way, that's not really all that low, is it? That should be enough for the gallery app to open! (should I be concerned that the numbers don't line up? Why would that be?)
Meanwhile, I tried installing an alternative gallery app (quickpic). Problem is, there are certain parts of the OS that are tied to the stock app and always try to open it, such as using the camera or viewing an MMS attachment. It doesn't let me choose an alternative program to open those things, so I still get greeting with the annoying low memory error.
My next idea was to try and swap internal for external. This is proving more complicated than I thought. I downloaded the Root External 2 Internal SD app, but I don't think I'm using it right. Free internal memory hasn't changed in settings, and when I plug it into the computer in PTP, now it shows phone and storage card are the same! As if there's no SD card at all anymore!
I played around with some settings, then stopped to wonder if this would even fix my problem. I mean, am I really running out of internal memory if I have 80 or 184 mb free (depending on how you get the number)? Is there something wrong with the gallery app if I'm not seeing errors elsewhere? On that note, why aren't the free internal space numbers lining up?
Should I even bother swapping internal and external? HELP!
