Hi,
My 16GB Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 is frequently lower on free internal storage space than I'd like, currently at 490 MB free.
In a look at how my space is allocated, I note:
I've seen that "Download manager" subdirectory as low as .7 GB, and the current 1.438 is the high-water mark in my experience.
Does anyone know what that is or what app or settings affect its size? Is that user-manageable?
I've been getting a bunch of error messages in which various apps are reported as having "stopped", including core apps like Google Play Services and Contacts, and I wonder if that cache size might either be a cause or an effect.
In what may or may not be related, I've also seen an error message about apps not being able to be installed due to insufficient space--apps far smaller than the 490 MB that I currently have free, a situation that seems similar to that reported here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...cient-space-device-error-keeps-coming-up.html
So...any thoughts or suggestions on what to try in order to maybe free up some space in general, and maybe in particular, what, if anything to do about that cache size?
My 16GB Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 is frequently lower on free internal storage space than I'd like, currently at 490 MB free.
In a look at how my space is allocated, I note:
- /Apps 7.474 GB, of which 1.438 GB is in a "Download manager" subdirectory, which itself contains a 1.425 GB Cache subdirectory
- /media 1.656 GB, wherein 575 MB is in an Android subdirectory, and 485MB is in a .thumbnails subdirectory
- /System data 1.176 GB
I've seen that "Download manager" subdirectory as low as .7 GB, and the current 1.438 is the high-water mark in my experience.
Does anyone know what that is or what app or settings affect its size? Is that user-manageable?
I've been getting a bunch of error messages in which various apps are reported as having "stopped", including core apps like Google Play Services and Contacts, and I wonder if that cache size might either be a cause or an effect.
In what may or may not be related, I've also seen an error message about apps not being able to be installed due to insufficient space--apps far smaller than the 490 MB that I currently have free, a situation that seems similar to that reported here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...cient-space-device-error-keeps-coming-up.html
So...any thoughts or suggestions on what to try in order to maybe free up some space in general, and maybe in particular, what, if anything to do about that cache size?
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