Nexus 4 Internal Storage inconsistency

[Andrew Clarke2]

When my Nexus 4 is plugged into my laptop via a USB cable, the computer informs me that there is 21.2 MB free for Internal Storage. However, on my phone it says 121 MB is available. Can anyone explain this inconsistency?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! First of all, man, that's not much storage left! Might be time to start deleting stuff. Second, how are you checking the available storage using the phone--in the Settings>Storage​ menu? I'd probably trust the phone's reporting over the computer's interpretation.

 

[Andrew Clarke2]

Yeah, I'm using my phone to store a lot of music files, and I'm slowly deleting some of my music, but even if the phone is correct, the computer won't let me transfer more than a couple of songs, if that! And yes, for the phone I'm checking through Settings>Storage!

 

[B. Diddy]

You may be hitting a low memory threshold where the system prevents you from saving anything more, since I would imagine the system needs to have a certain amount of storage available to hold various cached data.