HELP - System Data size is 8GB of my 16GB N4

[p1neapples]

Does anyone have a clue what is going on with this? I have a 16GB Nexus 4 rooted running CM 10.1 with TWRP installed as my recovery. I installed DiskUsage and my "system data" shows 8GBs of space being taken up leaving me with only 1.2GB free on my device. I read in a N7 post elsewhere that he rebooted and it magically reappeared but this is not the case for me. Other ideas?

 

[Austin Wilkerson]

I had the same problem on my Galaxy S3. But I was able to free up a ton of space by deleting my old backups in Clockwork Mod. I also used clockwork mod to "free up space."

 

[salmanahmad]

Does anyone have a clue what is going on with this? I have a 16GB Nexus 4 rooted running CM 10.1 with TWRP installed as my recovery. I installed DiskUsage and my "system data" shows 8GBs of space being taken up leaving me with only 1.2GB free on my device. I read in a N7 post elsewhere that he rebooted and it magically reappeared but this is not the case for me. Other ideas?

Seriously don't worry about this, it isn't a huge issue and should be relatively easy to fix.

Delete some of your old files and media that may be taking up huge chunks of your storage.

And also if that doesn't work then maybe the ROM or something thinks you own a Nexus 4 8GB version, this is also a common error and is easy to fix.

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[mariusfilip]

Does anyone have a clue what is going on with this? I have a 16GB Nexus 4 rooted running CM 10.1 with TWRP installed as my recovery. I installed DiskUsage and my "system data" shows 8GBs of space being taken up leaving me with only 1.2GB free on my device. I read in a N7 post elsewhere that he rebooted and it magically reappeared but this is not the case for me. Other ideas?

you could download ES File Explorer or any file explorer, and see the properties(the size) of every single main folder stored on your 'virtual' SD card...the space may easily been used by downloaded ROM's ,nandroid backups ,videos ,photos...you could check the apps installed(Settings,Apps)...pardon me for the analogy, i have a strange imagination and when i saw the thread title and the 'problem', it's like you've shot yourself in the foot and calling 911 saying that someone shot you LOL ,just joking, hope you find the answer,good luck

 

[LeoRex]

Does anyone have a clue what is going on with this? I have a 16GB Nexus 4 rooted running CM 10.1 with TWRP installed as my recovery. I installed DiskUsage and my "system data" shows 8GBs of space being taken up leaving me with only 1.2GB free on my device. I read in a N7 post elsewhere that he rebooted and it magically reappeared but this is not the case for me. Other ideas?

Drill down with DiskUsage and find the culprit. Something's gotten a little selfish and decided to take a bit out of the disk space... but that app should be able to find it for you.