My phone says that I have 19.09gb available. It has 9.97gb being used up by other. Can someone tell me what this "Other" is referring too? I just recently flashed the deodex stock 4.2.2 rom and the only other thing on my phone is some photos and videos that take up 2.41gb.
is the files you put on your phone that are not in folders like rom.zips mods
No he didn't pull his files off his sd card before he flashed
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The rom and the mod are just in the root directory, but they dont come close to 9 gigs
Is there a way to fix this, I wiped all the data after I flashed the rom, but strangely enough all of my media (photos and videos) where still on the phone.
As i said, pull all your files off the sd card and wipe it, put the rom on your sd card using adb while in recovery, wipe data, flash, and then put everything back on.
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I am using TWRP, what is the reasoning that it didnt wipe everything when I wipe it after the install? Also what all do I need to wipe, there isnt an sdcard option using TWRP, only thing is see is " dalvik cache, cache, data, system, usb-otg". Also is there anyplace on the phone memory that is safe from being wiped?
It has to do with the partitions of the sd card being changed in 4.2.2 allowing for multi user support. Do as I suggested, pull all files off and then in that menu if you click data I believe that will wipe your sd since everything is stored in that folder. A regular factory reset just skips over the virtual sd card.
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I only want to keep the contents that are in my DCIM folder, so that is the only folder that I need to pull correct?
Also could I not just go to a certain directory and delete out the stuff without having to reflash everything?
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If that's all you want to keep then yes. And no you need to re flash in order for the sd card to be set up correctly.
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yes pull you dcim folder off and wipe everything except system and you should not have to reflash the rom
Last question, if done correctly should there still be a "sdcard" folder on your phone?
He should though because his data will be wiped anyway and now he'll have a clean start
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Yes
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Im starting to think that the duplicates are what they call symlinks, because they dont actually take up anymore space, and that they are in about 3 different locations
Correct. All files are actually stored in /data/media and now with 4.2, /data/media/0
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If this is true, couldn't one just remove the symlinks and fix the issue? I have the same issue but I'm not sure i feel like all the trouble just to get back a few gigs.
They are symlinks, don't remove them it will break things. Besides they are recreated on boot.
Wiping your phone and SD partition and starting from scratch doesn't solve the issue of almost 10gigs taken up and not knowing what it is. The stock rom itself surly isn't 10 gigs, we all know that for a fact. I just did a complete wipe of everything on my phone, and I'm still short 10 gigs. I paid for a 32 gig phone under the impression that I was getting 32 gigs of SD space for my personal use. Not 10 of it being used in some "other" category. HTC really dropped the ball on this. Just when you buy a phone with removable SD, advertised as 32 gigs, you GET that 32....well minus a gig or 2 for drivers for the card, but system files are stored on their own partition on the phone itself while you have full use of the SD card. When i go through file explorer, I see 2-3 different paths to get to the same point on my SD car which makes no dang sense to me. And I've been tempted to delete them but I'm afraid to do so. I've tried moving them and they end up coming back..obviously, after a reboot. There should be one path from the root of the system files to get to SD, not 3. On my phone, I've got SD, MMT, and storage, and all of them lead to the same end point, some with a few more stops along the way than others. HTC really dropped the ball when it comes to the user ability over storage management, and what they advertised vs what they provide in terms of storage capacity in this device. Would I return it? hell no. i love this phone despite this flaw. Would i go for it again knowing what I know now... honestly I'm unsure. I'd probably save up a little more and go for the 64 gig..be a little miffed over losing 10 gigs, but at least I'd know I still have plenty of space left as opposed to now. I take lots of pics of my family and i love music, so this is my MP3 Player as well. Not to mention any backups I do of the system and what not
Side note, I in fact asked this question when i first bought the phone when it made it's US debut, and got all sorts of off the wall answers.
Side note, I in fact asked this question when i first bought the phone when it made it's US debut, and got all sorts of off the wall answers.
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