Over 11GB of inaccessible Device Storage Space ( Pictures ) URGENT: Memory being eaten from inside. What do I do?

[lpcs1]

ollll

 

[latinking91]

From looking at your last screen shot it says applications is holding 14 gigs. Have you checked your apps to see if one is sucking up storage? Because that's a lot. The most storage an app uses on my phone is like 300 or 400 mb

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[latinking91]

Your application data shouldn't be that much. This is mine and I have some pretty heavy duty apps that are big in mb

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[latinking91]

Sorry the other picture was wrong

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[sparksd]

Another good app to help track down space usage is DiskUsage:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&hl=en

It showed me that the Downloader system app was using 1.5GB of cache on my Note 4.

 

[lpcs1]

Thats precisely the point,, adding up the space used up by the apps gives off a number nowhere near 14 GB !

Check for yourself ! it doesnt make any sense ! there are at least 6 gb missing in "ghost space"

 

[goin_nil]

Maybe cloud storage (photos, videos, docs, etc) getting synced back to your phone.

 

[goin_nil]

Another good app to help track down space usage is DiskUsage:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&hl=en

It showed me that the Downloader system app was using 1.5GB of cache on my Note 4.

That's a very handy app to find where you can quickly figure out what is taking a lot of space and delete it on the spot.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[sparksd]

That's a very handy app to find where you can quickly figure out what is taking a lot of space and delete it on the spot.

Thanks for sharing!

You're welcome. I look at it every so often to look for surprises (e.g., Downloader using 1.5GB of cache).

 

[lpcs1]

thank you for your help , but why would this appear as "ghost" inaccesible space and why does it keep on growing daily with no way for me to delete it ?

less than 140mb of free space left right now ...

 

[Mike Sjaarda]

I had this happen as well. I have everything backed up so I did a system reset. Sorry.

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[srvctec]

Maybe check thumbdata files/folders in the DCIM folder of device storage. Same thing happened to me a couple of years ago on a Samsung Tab 2 7.0 and those files were the culprit.

 

[Ntchwaidumela]

Have you tried Clear Cache Partition?

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[sparksd]

Maybe check thumbdata files/folders in the DCIM folder of device storage. Same thing happened to me a couple of years ago on a Samsung Tab 2 7.0 and those files were the culprit.

This was another case where the DiskUsage app showed me large usage - thumbnails:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&hl=en

 

[srvctec]

This was another case where the DiskUsage app showed me large usage - thumbnails:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&hl=en

Yep, that's a great app. Been using it on all my devices for a couple of years.