Where's all the space on my phone ?

[Jaffafa]

I have this phone with 8gb storage as you can see in the attached image, the android folder is only 7.51mb, I have over 4.72gb storage with just over 1.24gb for apps only but where has the rest of storage disappeared to ? How comes I only have such small amount left for apps ? the built in system apps are taking up only 556mb.

so, basically buying this phone with 8gb storage, i get half of the space to use and then only 1.24gb for Apps ?

This is a Huawei G535-L11 Android Jellybean 4.3, i even deleted a lot of stuff and bloatware of the phoe with apps and manually, just like i would on a computer

 

[B. Diddy]

The OS typically takes up about 2-3 GB, so that's why your total available space is only 5.49 GB. And your phone likely partitions that space into an Apps area (the 1.24 GB mentioned) and an "Internal SD," which is treated like an actual SD card. See this guide: http://forums.androidcentral.com/am...y-how-deal-insufficient-storage-warnings.html

 

[kramer5150]

Manufacturers ALWAYS over-rate storage capacity. I don't think I have ever seen a storage device measure out larger than claimed spec. From what I have seen the OS and bloat-ware needs at least 2-4 GB. This varies greatly though since some bloat is non-removable variety from both the carrier and manufacturer.

The only other thing I can suggest is to use file manager and manually look for residual storage folders left over from removed apps. Un-installing the app does not always delete everything. Just the other week I found residual folders left over from apps I had deleted several months ago.