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Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage

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On 2026-08-15, Mike Easter wrote:

> 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.

On an older-than-that Samsung Android, clicking the "space is running
low" notification opens the part of the settings that shows the storage
usage. I think at least some of the items there can be clicked further
to open another appropriate components (I think the installed
application list is one of them).

I have a somewhat similar situation (said phone is quite full, I need to
move things from internal storage to another µSD card), but at least in
my case I know it's mainly photos and videos, which I stopped moving
often to the desktop as I started having trouble with MTP.

> 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.

... wait, are we talking *non-volatile* data *storage* or RAM?

-- 
Nuno Silva

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Android 6 internal vs SD storage Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-08-14 15:23 -0700
  Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-08-14 20:33 -0500
    Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-14 17:47 -0800
    Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-08-14 22:37 -0400
      Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-08-14 22:46 -0400
        Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-14 20:12 -0800
      Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-15 09:34 +0100
        Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-08-15 10:23 -0400
          Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-15 19:25 +0200
            Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-16 01:14 +0100
              Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-16 11:06 +0200
              Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-08-16 11:52 -0400
                Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-16 13:13 -0400
                Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-08-16 21:26 -0400
                Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-16 23:19 -0400
      Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-08-17 08:32 +0200
  Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-08-14 19:55 -0700
    Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-15 09:25 +0100
      Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-08-15 09:54 -0700
        Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-15 09:22 -0800
          Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-15 10:12 -0800
    Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-08-15 10:59 +0000
  Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-15 19:48 +0200
    Re: Android 6 internal vs SD storage Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-08-15 11:48 -0700

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