[Q] Is it really 16gb internal???

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Okay, let me know if i'm way off base here, or just not taking formats into account, but when i received my photon (yay sprint premier) a few days ago, i noticed that it only said i had 8.47gb free of space, now i already know 3gb is dedicated for something in the phone, really don't remember, and i tossed my old evo 8gb sd in for more space, but why the misleading ad of 16gb internal storage!?!

there is 16gigs of internal storage, but the amount available is not given on the box. Yes this is misleading, but they did not lie.

2.8gig's for installing apps makes me not care that another 5gigs is being used for Webtop. So all in all 8+gigs for video/pics/extra app content is more then enough. And like you I threw in my old 8gig SD and have the same amount of storage as my old Vibrant now, but I have more space for apps. So I'm a happy camper with that and the rest of the phone

Yep, it's 16GB of total internal storage, partitioned among the system, Webtop, etc.

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9 GB, 15914762240 bytes

~500MB for /system
~3GB for /data
~650MB for /cache
~1.3GB for /osh (webtop)
~350MB for /preinstall
~9GB for /sdcard (internal storage)

And a lot of little partitions dividing up the space even further.

Originally Posted by bane449

Yep, it's 16GB of total internal storage, partitioned among the system, Webtop, etc.

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9 GB, 15914762240 bytes

~500MB for /system
~3GB for /data
~650MB for /cache
~1.3GB for /osh (webtop)
~350MB for /preinstall
~9GB for /sdcard (internal storage)

And a lot of little partitions dividing up the space even further.

Originally Posted by reddragon72

there is 16gigs of internal storage, but the amount available is not given on the box. Yes this is misleading, but they did not lie.

2.8gig's for installing apps makes me not care that another 5gigs is being used for Webtop. So all in all 8+gigs for video/pics/extra app content is more then enough. And like you I threw in my old 8gig SD and have the same amount of storage as my old Vibrant now, but I have more space for apps. So I'm a happy camper with that and the rest of the phone

hmmm, well since i don't have it the dock or the need for webtop (moto phone portal is good enough) is there anyway to get that bit of space back??

Originally Posted by A2CKilla

hmmm, well since i don't have it the dock or the need for webtop (moto phone portal is good enough) is there anyway to get that bit of space back??

Not without repartitioning the internal structure of the phone, which is not possible at this time.

Originally Posted by Beknatok

Not without repartitioning the internal structure of the phone, which is not possible at this time.

I presume once we get an unlocked bootloader/root, that will become possible?

Originally Posted by MultiDev

I presume once we get an unlocked bootloader/root, that will become possible?

Yes. Mind you, repartitioning the internals of your phone is NOT for the faint of heart.

Yeah not sure why you would want to gain that space back anyways. 16gb sd are pretty cheap.

Originally Posted by sonicdivx

Yeah not sure why you would want to gain that space back anyways. 16gb sd are pretty cheap.

Shoot 8gigs is even cheaper, not by much, and 16 gig's in a phone is really good, especially with unlimited data to stream music from the internet via your provider of choice.

I'm still unclear on the amount of space there is for apps without using an SD card. If someone could clear this up further please.

My phone reads as follows:

Application storage - 2.65gb available space (out of how much?)

Internal storage - 8.92gb total 8.61gb available (what is this space used for?)

Where is the remaining to get 16?

Exactly how much total space does this phone have, without an sd card, for installed apps?