I have moved many apps and media to my sd card. My storage was showing internal memory only half full and used up lots of storage on my sd card. Now suddenly my phone is showing internal memory full, but I went into apps and they were still stored on sd card. Does anyone know a fix for this?
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- Thread starter mayfairwitch21
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The obvious question is whether your phone has anything to say about what is currently using your internal storage?
And what is the difference between "half full" and "full"? If "half full" means "2GB free" then it could be app data and caches, if it means "10 GB free" that's not so likely.
And what is the difference between "half full" and "full"? If "half full" means "2GB free" then it could be app data and caches, if it means "10 GB free" that's not so likely.
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If storage was too full, it couldn't download updates. (google playstore and google play services) When you freed up space It probably updated google play services or something.
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The internal storage is 4GB and it has been 2GB free space ever since I downloaded a tweak that lets me move everything except the apps that came pre-installed to my sd card. All media too. I have checked all the apps and they are still showing to be on the card. The internal storage was reading 2GB free space and later the same day, without any new downloads or updates, it was showing full. Nothing had been moved.
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No I freed up the space over a month ago. I disabled updates to most of the pre-installed apps. There were no updates or downloads between the time it showed half full (2GB of 4GB) and the time it said it was full later the same day.
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Google play services will update automatically regardless of if you have the playstore set to not update apps. It won't even show that it downloaded or installed. The only thing you will notice is the file size of the app will increase substantially.
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Eureka! That was it! I uninstalled all the updates and my storage space is back. Thank you - you're a genius!
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@mayfairwitch21
hello, I have exactly the same problem
Can you explain me better, what did you do ?
thanks
hello, I have exactly the same problem
Can you explain me better, what did you do ?
thanks
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I went to Settings>Apps then I moved over to where it says ALL (all apps downloaded on the device) and I clicked on each app one at a time, and if the app said "UNINSTALL UPDATES" I clicked on it to uninstall them. Go through every app. Then you can go to Google Play Store and tap on the MENU button (the 3 horizontal lines) which should bring up your account. Scroll down to "Settings" and tap that. In your Settings under "General" it says "Auto-update apps." Tap on that and it will give you the option of "Do Not Auto-update Apps." Tap on that and it will stop Google from sneaking those storage hogging updates under your nose. I hope it works for you, too!
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Not every app supports being moved, irregardless if bundled or installed later. Likely the "tweak" you installed cannot deliver on its claims. Move the apps back (important), then remove the tweak, then move the apps that ACTUALLY support being moved to the SD card without causing problems.
If an app is "greayed out" as not able to be moved, there is likely a valid reason. Contact the developer of such apps and ask them why.
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