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TechnoStud · 4 weeks ago

https://theknightlyreader.wordpress.com/2016/03/05/solve-androids-internal-storage-problem-ghost-data/ That URL might help someone whose Internal Storage is filling for no reason. Unfortunately, it doesn't help me because it requires a rooted phone to troubleshoot what is taking up so much space. I don't want to have to root my phone. Samsung should create a tool that helps find out what is hogging up so much space in System Data. I can't access that partition, but Samsung should be able to.

TechnoStud · ‎01-29-2021

I am frustrated by how simple the solution could be if Samsung would just offer us a tool that would give insight as to what is being stored in the System Data partition. I agree that write access to the System partition should not be granted without rooting the phone. However, Samsung should provide a read only tool that shows the folder and file sizes of everything in the System Data folder. That transparency would provide the clue that users need to figure out which app is misbehaving. That app's developer could be notified of the problem, and the user could uninstall or reset the cancerous app.

TechnoStud · ‎01-28-2021

For those of you with mysteriously dwindling Internal Storage space, you might try to Dial *#9900# on the phone and then select "delete dumpstate/logcat" from menu. Unfortunately, that didn't solve my problem, but you can read more about other users with similar problems at https://androidforums.com/threads/low-on-space-system-data-h111uge.278837/page-3

TechnoStud · ‎01-28-2021

Here I am a few days later, and my System Data partition has now grown to 19.1 GB. All I have done in the past few days is uninstall apps to create enough space for app updates to install from the Google Play Store. From what I have seen in my research the "/system" partion basically contains the entire operating system, other than the kernel and the ramdisk. This includes the Android user interface as well as all the system applications that come pre-installed on the device. So, the growth in that partition must be coming from the Android OS, system libraries, system apps, or other system media like bootanimations, stock wallpapers, ringtones, etc. Therefore, in my opinion, anything going wrong in this partition should fall squarely on Samsung to help me fix it without hard resetting my phone. Since the Google Play Store is a pre-installed app, I wonder if it could be the culprit in filling up my System Data partition? It's certainly the app that I have used the most during the past few days trying to install app updates as I clear a little space off my phone by uninstalling other apps.

TechnoStud · ‎01-27-2021

Do you have any suggestions that might give me a clue as to what is hogging all that space on my System Data partition? I had to uninstall more apps today just to keep my phone functioning. :pensive_face:

TechnoStud · ‎01-26-2021

DiskUsage App Perhaps this graphical represenation will help illustrate what I've been talking about. The green System Data partition has been growing every day for months. Even though I wasn't installing new apps, I found over several months that I had to clear my photos off more and more often. For the first years that I owned my phone, and I saved my Photos to Internal Storage and did not run out of space for a long time. Then, it got to where I was having to remove Photos more and more often, so I started saving pictures directly to Secondary Storage since I have an SD card installed. When I started tracking my Internal Storage space last summer, I noticed that the size of that System Data partition was growing every week. This happens even if I don't install new apps. That System Data partition is what I think is causing my storage shortage. Since only Samsung can access that partition without rooting my phone, I feel like they need to create a troubleshooting tool to scan that partition and figure out the app or whatever is growing out of control. Perhaps some roque app is churning out log files and not cleaning them up. I have no way of knowing because I can't see what is in that DiskUsage partition. I encourage other users to use the DiskUsage app on the Google Play Store to post screenshots of their System Partition size and watch if if grows unexpectantly over time. It will be interesting to hear from users that have no storage problems as well as users that are experiencing problems similar to mine.

TechnoStud · ‎01-22-2021

Thank you. Perhaps the Samsung Members app developers will see this and add this functionality to the app. Half the functionality is already there since you can add a screenshot to the initial post. They just need to make it so that subsequent replies to an existing thread in the app can also have screenshots. Thanks again for your help.

TechnoStud · ‎01-22-2021

Thank you. I ran across this procedure a few months ago when I first started trying to resolve this problem. I successfully tried it a couple of times, but it never cleared much space. It seemed like a promising suggestion though, so thanks for bringing it up. It does seem like we need a low-level tool that searches through the System Partition to see what is taking up the most space. My inaccessible System Partition is now taking up almost 20 GB of Internal Storage. It seems like Samsung should have the "key" to look inside that System Partition and figure out what the bloat is from.

TechnoStud · ‎01-21-2021

It would be great to display custom reminders whenever talking to a particular Contact. For example, I might set a reminder that displays, "Ask John how the project is going" whenever I'm talking to John Smith. In other words, the Reminder would watch the Phone app and display the Reminder whenever I dial or answer a call from that particular Contact.

TechnoStud · ‎01-21-2021

Thanks for all the great info. Looking at the graphic in my original post, do you know of any tools to see what is growing out of control in that System Data partition? The size of that partition is now 4GB higher than when I originally posted. There must be a way to find out what is metastasizing in that space. I have been feverishly removing things from internal storage and adding nothing. My only guess is that some rogue app is writing out of control. You would think that Samsung would want to investigate this anomaly to provide a fix for tons of other users that are surely being affected by a similar problem.

TechnoStud · ‎01-21-2021

Thanks for asking. I replied below...

TechnoStud · ‎01-20-2021

The cache for the Samsung Members app was under 1 MB, but I cleared it anyway. The Samsung members app is only taking up a total of 60 MB of storage. Because my available internal storage is so low, every day I use AppMgr III or CCleaner to clear the cache of all of my installed apps. (AppMgr III and CCleaner are from the Google Play Store and automate the process of clearing app cache). It's somewhat futile to clear app cache every day since it just grows again. There is a normal amount of cache growth that naturally happens every day. However, my available storage is so low that I have to continuously clear app cache just to keep my phone operating. By the way, on a separate note, does anyone know how to attach a screenshot here aside from the initial post? If that's not possible, then perhaps somebody could drop that in Samsung's Members suggestion box.

TechnoStud · ‎01-20-2021

You are amazing. Thank you for offering to help! I use a Samsung Galaxy S9+ with 64GB of internal memory plus a 64GB Micro SD card.

TechnoStud · ‎01-16-2021

It has been 18 more days of me uninstalling apps on Internal Storage to make enough space for app updates to work. However, the System Data partition has now grown to 18.9 GB despite me feverishly uninstalling apps. That's 1GB of growth on Internal Storage for no apparent reason in 18 days. Samsung or the community, I beg you all once again to please help me figure out what is growing out of control on my System Data partition. Users should not have to root their phones or perform hard resets for a problem that could just come back again and others have experienced. Help us get to the source of this problem or create tools that help resolve it.

TechnoStud · ‎01-16-2021

It has been 18 more days of me uninstalling apps on Internal Storage to make enough space for app updates to work. However, the System Data partition has now grown to 18.9 GB despite me feverishly uninstalling apps. That's 1GB of growth on Internal Storage for no apparent reason. Samsung or the community, I beg you all once again to please help me figure out what is growing out of control on my System Data partition. Users should not have to root their phones or perform hard resets for a problem that could just come back again. Let's get to the source of this problem or create tools that help resolve it.

TechnoStud · ‎12-29-2020

How could we get Samsung to provide a tool to detect or fix this so that we don't have to root our phones? Does Samsung read these posts, or is there somewhere to go and vote on feature requests?

TechnoStud · ‎12-29-2020

Using the Disc Usage app from the Google Play store, I have determined that over the past month my System Data partition is now taking up 17.9 GB from 15.5 GB last month. In other words, my System Data has grown 2.4 GB in a month. Unexplained growth has been going on all year like this, and I assume that System Data will eventually take over my entire Internal Storage space. During the past month, I have decreased storage usage in every category shown in Device Care > Storage. For example, Other Apps takes up less space because I uninstalled some apps. I have also decreased the usage in every other listed category such as Photos during the past month. So, I should have more free space, not less. However, I have way less storage space because the hidden System Data partition continues to grow out of control. Can anyone please help me figure out what is growing out of control on the inaccessible System Data partition of my Internal Storage so that I can try and stop it? I implore Samsung to please create a tool to fix this or detect when something is growing abnormally like a cancer. We shouldn't have to root our phone to figure out what is taking up space on the System Data partition.

TechnoStud · ‎12-29-2020

Using the Disc Usage app from the Google Play store, I have determined that over the past month my System Data partition is now taking up 17.9 GB from 15.5 GB last month. In other words, my System Data has grown 2.4 GB in a month. Unexplained growth has been going on all year like this, and I assume that System Data will eventually take over my entire Internal Storage space. During the past month, I have decreased storage usage in every category shown in Device Care > Storage. For example, Other Apps takes up less space because I uninstalled some apps. I have decreased the usage in every listed category during the past month. However, I have way less storage space because the System Data partition continues to grow out of control. Can anyone please help me figure out what is growing out of control on the inaccessible System Data partition of my Internal Storage so that I can try and stop it? I implore Samsung to please create a tool to fix this or detect when something is growing abnormally like a cancer. We shouldn't have to root our phone to figure out what is taking up space on the System Data partition.

TechnoStud · ‎12-29-2020

Using another storage analyzer tool, I have determined that over the past month my System Data partition is now taking up 17.9 GB from 15.5 GB last month. In other words, my System Data has grown 2.4 GB in a month. Unexplained growth has been going on all year like this, and I assume that System Data will eventually take over my entire Internal Storage space. During the past month, I have decreased storage usage in every category shown in Device Care > Storage. For example, Other Apps takes up less space because I deleted some apps. I have decreased the usage in every listed category during the past month. However, I have way less storage space because the System Data partition continues to grow out of control. Can anyone please help me figure out what is growing out of control on the inaccessible System Data partition of my Internal Storage so that I can try and stop it? I implore Samsung to please create a tool to fix this or detect when something is growing abnormally like a cancer. We shouldn't have to root our phone to figure out what is taking up space on the System Data partition.

TechnoStud · ‎12-29-2020

Using another storage analyzer tool, I have determined that over the past month my System Data partition is now taking up 17.9 GB from 15.5 GB last month. In other words, my System Data has grown 2.4 GB in a month. Unexplained growth has been going on all year like this, and I assume that System Data will eventually take over my entire Internal Storage space. During the past month, I have decreased storage usage in every category listed in the original screenshot of this post. For example, other apps now only take up 44.3 GB because I have deleted some apps. I have decreased the usage in every other category during the past month as well. However, I have way less storage space because the System Data partition (not visible in the above screenshot) continues to grow out of control. Can anyone please help me figure out what is growing out of control on the inaccessible System Data partition of my Internal Storage so that I can try and stop it? I implore Samsung to please create a tool to fix this or detect when something is growing abnormally like a cancer. We shouldn't have to root our phone to figure out what is taking up space on the System Data partition.

TechnoStud · ‎12-29-2020

It has been one month, and my System Data partition is now taking up 17.9 gigabytes. In other words, System Data has grown 2.4 GB in a month. This growth has been going on all year, and I assume that System Data will eventually take over my entire internal storage space. Can anyone please help me figure out what is growing out of control on the System Data partition of my Internal Storage so that I can try and stop it? I implore Samsung to please create a tool to fix this.

TechnoStud · ‎11-28-2020

I have been trying to figure out why the internal storage space on my phone continues to dwindle for no apparent reason. I ran an app called DiskUsage, and it generated the enclosed graphic of my internal storage. My phone should have 64 GB of internal storage, and I understand that a good chunk of that is taken up with the Android operating system and system data. Isn't that the 15.5GB of "System Data" in the attached graphic? If so, then why does the graphic say my total internal storage is only 52.2 GB instead of like 59.6? I understand that it would never read the full 64GB, but shouldn't the total storage space be closer to 60GB?

TechnoStud · ‎11-27-2020

There are many posts from users whose phone's Internal Storage is filling up for no apparent reason. From Device Care > Storage, the culprit always seems to lie under "Other apps" or perhaps storage is being consumed in a hidden place that Device Care does not show. So, my first recommendation would be for Device Care to show everything that is using storage on internal memory, even if it's hidden or otherwise unaccessible. If Device Care is already truly showing everything on internal storage, then analyzation should be added to show what is growing over time.

TechnoStud · ‎11-27-2020

Thanks. How do you enter a two-word tag? When I enter a tag called "feature request", it separates it into two separate tags.

TechnoStud · ‎11-27-2020

Thanks. How do you enter a two-word tag? When I enter a tag called "feature request", it separates it into two separate tags.

TechnoStud · ‎11-27-2020

Thanks, but the problem is that Bixby Routines is not compatible with Galaxy S9+ phones, which is what I use.

TechnoStud · ‎11-25-2020

I can reach the other apps list as you described in step one. However, none of my apps in that list are taking a crazy amount of space. Are you saying that when you viewed that list you saw that the Samsung members app was taking TENS of gigabytes of data? or, did it not list the true amount of data the Samsung members app was taking up, and when you deleted the app you regained a bunch of space. in other words, if I don't see particular apps taking up a ton of space in the "other" list of apps, then what else could it be?

TechnoStud · ‎11-25-2020

I have the same problem. There must be something hidden that keeps filling up my internal storage and normal file managers don't show it. How can I figure out what the culprit is? The way my storage keeps filling when I am not even using my phone leads me to believe there is a corrupt folder somewhere or something like log files that just keep filling up my internal storage.

TechnoStud · ‎11-25-2020

I have the same problem. Most of my storage space is taken up by "Other." There must be something hidden that keeps filling up my internal storage and normal file managers don't show it. How can I figure out what the culprit is? The way my storage keeps filling when I am not even using my phone leads me to believe there is a corruption somewhere or something like log files that just keep filling up my internal storage.

TechnoStud · ‎11-23-2020

When an alarm is going off, you can currently either Dismiss or Snooze it from the popup. There needs to be a third option to edit the alarm. Tapping on the title of the sounding alarm should bring you to the Alarm's detail page so that you can edit the alarm. Alternatively, you could add an Edit option between Dismiss and Snooze when an alarm is sounding. For example, sometimes I want to re-set a one-time alarm to go off tomorrow or next week instead. I could Dismiss or Snooze the alarm and then open the Clocks app to edit the alarm. However, that's more steps than are necessary. While the alarm is going off, it would save some steps to tap through to the Alarm edit screen right from the alarm popup.

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