Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Mike Easter Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:55:48 -0700 Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 92pG8qRnu6FlsZcP6TUPqgiYVyEkAWkiZSGclOMEkpraTVuqkD Cancel-Lock: sha1:faoihFc+slCOSbMAZQbqo/5Pic4= sha256:MhYpCidoyKyJj9KMUng/P1evEJaYjUXmit2AV6U5vj0= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:154986 Mike Easter wrote: > Whenever I start the phone, I'm informed about how low the 8G internal > storage is. I only recently changed the settings to use the 32G SD card > by default instead of internal. > > My problem is that I can't find a way to 'get rid of' any data in > internal storage that is causing my low storage condition. I've improved my situation. My problem before was that 'everywhere I looked' I could not find any stored data to delete. So I decided to uninstall apps which I had no use for, particularly those which were in Mb instead of kb. A number which had Mb usage which could NOT be uninstalled I learned should/could be disabled instead of uninstalled and recover internal. Doing all that managed to free up more than a gig, which turns out to be very helpful in an 8G device that was using almost all that to just boot. I have 2 8G desktops (both principally running linux/es or occsly W7) which don't need to use anywhere near their 8G; I don't see why the android needs to 'use' 8G before it even does anything. I also have an old RPi 3B running Raspbian which only has 1G and I can do 'all I want to do' with it, being 'respectful' of not engaging in ram-eating behaviors. -- Mike Easter