Database Storage is getting Low ???

iunlock · Sep 2, 2010

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So I have this 'red' miniSD icon notification on the upper right of my screen. (refer to attached pics).

Pic 2:
...and it says Low on Space etc...

Pic 3:
I click on the notification and it takes me straight to "Manage Applications."

Any idea what the heck is going on here? LOL

How do I correct this notification?

Note:

I checked the stock 2GB miniSD and the only thing on there was Avatar.
Everything seemed to be saving straight to the phone.
I just changed the stock 2GB card out to a 16GB.

bauerlucas · Sep 2, 2010

Go to settings and sd card then scroll down and it should tell you how much memories you have for apps. How many apps do you have?

Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

iunlock · Sep 2, 2010

bauerlucas said:
Go to settings and sd card then scroll down and it should tell you how much memories you have for apps. How many apps do you have?

Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

App Storage:
1.50GB

Phone Storage:
Total space: 12.78GB
Available: 12.35GB

SD Card:
Total space: 14.63GB
Available: 10.15GB

As you can see, running out of space isn't the issue....I'm wondering if it could perhaps be a bug? Debating if I should just factory reset.

This is so strange........anyone????

nacron · Sep 2, 2010

My boss had the same issue with his myTouch slide, only fix was to master reset.

iunlock · Sep 2, 2010

nacron said:
My boss had the same issue with his myTouch slide, only fix was to master reset.

Good to know, I was debating on doing that all day....was hoping for another solution haha....allll those appppppsss...oh well

MrGibbage · Sep 2, 2010

By any chance have you applied the lag fix? Low memory reports are a common side effect of the lag fix.

iunlock · Sep 2, 2010

MrGibbage said:
By any chance have you applied the lag fix? Low memory reports are a common side effect of the lag fix.

I haven't.

I've noticed that the readings in the settings for storage space is not accurate. I deleted 7GB's worth of videos off of my 16GB miniSD card and it still shows the same old reading that it was before. I checked "My Device," app and it shows the correct storage numbers...

I hope Froyo fixes all this...

raduque · Sep 2, 2010

If you are rooted, enable USB debugging and use ADB to enter the following commands

Code:

adb shell
su
busybox df -h

If you use terminal emulator you can drop "adb shell".

You should get an output like this:

Code:

$ su
su
# busybox df -h
busybox df -h
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                   162.8M         0    162.8M   0% /dev
df: /mnt/.lfs: Function not implemented
tmpfs                     4.0M         0      4.0M   0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/stl9         275.8M    248.2M     27.6M  90% /system
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2      1.9G    326.6M      1.6G  17% /data
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3    255.8M     72.8M    182.9M  28% /data_tmo
/dev/block/stl10        127.2M     48.8M     78.4M  38% /dbdata
/dev/block/stl11         30.1M      3.7M     26.4M  12% /cache
/dev/block/stl3           5.9M      4.0M      1.9M  68% /efs
/dev/block//vold/179:1
                         13.2G      6.7G      6.5G  51% /sdcard
/dev/block//vold/179:9
                          7.6G      2.0G      5.6G  26% /sdcard/sd
#

Code:

/dev/block/stl10        127.2M     48.8M     78.4M  38% /dbdata

is the important line. You might be using all your database storage, literally. I don't know how to clean it out, though.

iunlock · Sep 2, 2010

raduque said:

If you are rooted, enable USB debugging and use ADB to enter the following commands

Code:

adb shell
su
busybox df -h

If you use terminal emulator you can drop "adb shell".

You should get an output like this:

Code:

$ su
su
# busybox df -h
busybox df -h
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                   162.8M         0    162.8M   0% /dev
df: /mnt/.lfs: Function not implemented
tmpfs                     4.0M         0      4.0M   0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/stl9         275.8M    248.2M     27.6M  90% /system
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2      1.9G    326.6M      1.6G  17% /data
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3    255.8M     72.8M    182.9M  28% /data_tmo
/dev/block/stl10        127.2M     48.8M     78.4M  38% /dbdata
/dev/block/stl11         30.1M      3.7M     26.4M  12% /cache
/dev/block/stl3           5.9M      4.0M      1.9M  68% /efs
/dev/block//vold/179:1
                         13.2G      6.7G      6.5G  51% /sdcard
/dev/block//vold/179:9
                          7.6G      2.0G      5.6G  26% /sdcard/sd
#

Code:

/dev/block/stl10        127.2M     48.8M     78.4M  38% /dbdata

is the important line. You might be using all your database storage, literally. I don't know how to clean it out, though.

Excellent info...I'll look into it..thanks!

talltexan · Sep 3, 2010

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=752471&highlight=Database+Storage+Low

Check out this thread.

If you click on the memory card you can delete the Contacts (should be bloated 60mb+) I did this two weeks ago and haven't had a problem since.

MrGibbage · Sep 8, 2010

I had the same symptoms (red error message about the database). My web cache had bloated to 110MB. Deleted the cache today and so far so good.

iflyabeech · Sep 8, 2010

talltexan said:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=752471&highlight=Database+Storage+Low

Check out this thread.

If you click on the memory card you can delete the Contacts (should be bloated 60mb+) I did this two weeks ago and haven't had a problem since.

x2.. same here

jwb009 · Sep 8, 2010

MrGibbage said:
I had the same symptoms (red error message about the database). My web cache had bloated to 110MB. Deleted the cache today and so far so good.

I have the same issue, but i'm unable to delete the cache. The browser always force closes when I try. Trying to clear it from Manage Applications doesn't do anything either.

Is there any other way to clear the browser cache? Thanks

MrGibbage · Sep 8, 2010

You might want to try one of the cache clearing tools in the market. You have to be root though. The cache clearing tools did not work for me, but they do work for some people. I was finally successful deleting the cache from the browser settings, but apparently that is not working for you.

Worst case, you may have to factory reset.

jwb009 · Sep 9, 2010

MrGibbage said:
You might want to try one of the cache clearing tools in the market. You have to be root though. The cache clearing tools did not work for me, but they do work for some people. I was finally successful deleting the cache from the browser settings, but apparently that is not working for you.

Worst case, you may have to factory reset.

Thanks...tried all the cache clearing on the Market and they didn't work, but doing a 'Clear Data' instead of Clear Cache worked in Manage Applications. Now all is well again.

Sef_P1000 · May 2, 2011

iflyabeech said:
x2.. same here

great! I just lost my contacts!
good thing i have a back up somewhere...

just see click the red mem card icon on the notification, then browse through the apps that are bloated with data, mine was samsung apps (after an update).. clear this data and you're back to ok.

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