So, I've had this problem for a little while, and I feel as it's just now starting to get out of hand now that my phone is refusing to update apps due to lack of storage on my phone.
I got my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini from my parents as a Christmas present last year– which is fine, since before I had the LG Octane... yeah– at least, that's before I knew that that phone would get very slow very quickly, and freeze for upwards of 5-10 seconds at a time. But, that's besides the point. The point is that my phone has 8 GB of storage, and what I think is 6 GB of extra storage via an SD card. Since this phone's purchase, I've spent 4.91 GB on apps alone. Which is fine, really, as I don't save much music or bulky photos on my drive. The problem however, is this.
(*Big photo alert!*)
Now, I see this and I notice, huh, I only have 411 MB (now 529 MB) left; I need to start uninstalling some apps and cleaning my cached data to free up some space.
Until I notice that I have 3.68 GB in "Miscellaneous Files" (now 3.69 GB). Well, I thought, that's odd. I take a closer look at what "miscellaneous" entails, and I find something very strange:
From what I can interpret... is my phone making a backup of itself on its storage?? Clearing these data doesn't clear this "System memory" distinction, either, so I can't touch it at all through traditional methods.
Any question on what's going on, and any way I can consolidate these data into a smaller package?
- Fun377
I got my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini from my parents as a Christmas present last year– which is fine, since before I had the LG Octane... yeah– at least, that's before I knew that that phone would get very slow very quickly, and freeze for upwards of 5-10 seconds at a time. But, that's besides the point. The point is that my phone has 8 GB of storage, and what I think is 6 GB of extra storage via an SD card. Since this phone's purchase, I've spent 4.91 GB on apps alone. Which is fine, really, as I don't save much music or bulky photos on my drive. The problem however, is this.
(*Big photo alert!*)
Now, I see this and I notice, huh, I only have 411 MB (now 529 MB) left; I need to start uninstalling some apps and cleaning my cached data to free up some space.
Until I notice that I have 3.68 GB in "Miscellaneous Files" (now 3.69 GB). Well, I thought, that's odd. I take a closer look at what "miscellaneous" entails, and I find something very strange:
From what I can interpret... is my phone making a backup of itself on its storage?? Clearing these data doesn't clear this "System memory" distinction, either, so I can't touch it at all through traditional methods.
Any question on what's going on, and any way I can consolidate these data into a smaller package?
- Fun377
