Cleaning up memory space.

D_ko

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I would like to know how to go about cleaning up my memory. I think I have files on my tab and sd card that I do not need. I see this when I hook my Galaxy Tab up to my Mac. I think this because this is what I see... :confused:



Tab memory

Alarms
Android
ApplifierVideoCache
burstlyimageCache
burstlyVideocache
DCIM
Download
innerGarden <~~(I think this was an app the little one installed and I uninstalled later)
Input
kindle <~~(I know this is one I want to keep)
MagicRing <~~(?)
mm_uuid.info <~~(this looks like a text tab)
MovieMakerLib
Movies
Music <~~(duh...)


Then when I look at my SD card this is what I see. I might want to note that the SD card came from my first android cell phone. I put it into my tab to add memory to it


Android
browser
com
crashlogs
DCIM
Download
glu
incrediapp.robodefense.backup.full <~~(This was a game I played on my phone NOT my tab)
kindle
logs
LOST.DIR
media
Messagaing
mms_oom_hprof_data
my_flix
my_music
my_pix
my_sounds
twc-cache



As you could guess I opened up a few of these and they went to empty folders?!?! I don't really understand to much of it but I like the idea of my tab having EVERY bit of memory space it can get.

What can I do to get this figured out? Can I remove some of these folders because they will never be used?

What folders would I NEED TO KEEP?

What folders I can delete?

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SpiralBorg

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LOST.DIR, isn't important. If you use Windows. Don't delete if you have another OS.
All those other files- Don't delete the files, if you have the related app.
Example: "Example-app", if there is a app with the same name, or similar (Exampleapp), don't delete it. It won't do serious harm, but will delete the apps data

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D_ko

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That's cool man thanks a lot! I was just a bit confused as it just seemed like a lot of what I would see as needless. But if I need to keep the folders and not the files in the folders then ...I have some work to do.
 

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Your welcome :)
Are you going to delete app?
-If so delete the folder entirely. Sometimes un-installing apps dosen`t get rid of the folders. This does remove the data.
 
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D_ko

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A lot of the apps are already gone and the folders included. I was just thinking of not needing all of the folders on the sd card because anything I want to download will be saved on the tab. My music and pics ect will be on the sd card.
 

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If you have photos move them to somewhere safe.
If all the apps are deleted, delete the folders. Unless you have a photo app, in which that will delete your photos you made with the app.

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pduffer

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I use an app named Clean Master that gets rid of leftover remnants of old apps. It can really reclaim a lot of memory.

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