Can't delete all the stuff off my phone.

[vagabond007]

When I first got this Galaxy S3 about 2 weeks ago it had 11gb out of 12gb free. All I have done is flashed a few ROMs to try them out. Only apps I have downloaded is Google play services, store, and search. And a free texting app. No music or anything else, and it says I only have 8gb out of 12 GB free.
Even when I factory reset and stuff it doesn't change. How would I go about getting back that used space?
Thanks.

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[mattzeller]

When I first got this Galaxy S3 about 2 weeks ago it had 11gb out of 12gb free. All I have done is flashed a few ROMs to try them out. Only apps I have downloaded is Google play services, store, and search. And a free texting app. No music or anything else, and it says I only have 8gb out of 12 GB free.
Even when I factory reset and stuff it doesn't change. How would I go about getting back that used space?
Thanks.

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Backup anything you might want to save to your external SD card, including any Titanium Backups, then in your recovery do a factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache, format SD (internal NOT external). Flash the ROM of your choosing you should gain that back.

 

[vagabond007]

Backup anything you might want to save to your external SD card, including any Titanium Backups, then in your recovery do a factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache, format SD (internal NOT external). Flash the ROM of your choosing you should gain that back.

Thanks man, worked perfect.
Do you have any idea why it did that, like is it stuff from installing the ROMs? Just curious xD
But thanks again for helping me out.

 

[mattzeller]

Thanks man, worked perfect.
Do you have any idea why it did that, like is it stuff from installing the ROMs? Just curious xD
But thanks again for helping me out.

If you've never done that before flashing a ROM a lot of crud builds up, especially on the internal SD card. That's where apps like Kik and Zedge, for example, store downloaded media.