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Thread ID: 148902 2020-03-20 00:57:00 Storage Issue Driftwood (5551) PC World Chat
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1467459 2020-03-20 00:57:00 I have a nagging issue with my andriod tablet.
Recently I have been getting a message saying "Your internal storage is 80% full would you like to transfer data to SD Card" or words to that effect.
When I check the Internal storage it says 2.3 GB free of 11.4 GB.
If I check the contents of that, it shows, Pictures, Music, Videos, Archives, Documents & Other.
The first 5 have have minimal but the "Other" has 9.1 GB
I can open & inspect the contents of the first 5, but not "Other"
I am assuming it contains the system files, but it shouldn't be that size.
Any Ideas ?
Driftwood (5551)
1467460 2020-03-20 01:51:00 Don't panic, I've got it down a lot by manually clearing the cache of every app on the system. Driftwood (5551)
1467461 2020-03-20 07:57:00 Move all your pictures on the tablet to the sd card if you used it's internal camera, assuming it has one. zqwerty (97)
1467462 2020-03-20 19:28:00 Already keep all music, pictures and video on sd card, so it's just apps causing the issue. Driftwood (5551)
1467463 2020-03-20 20:27:00 Some devices dont have a large amount of Storage. My phone has a higher Main storage than Tablet. The phone has 16GB, with a 64GB SD card (But I don't live or have loads of apps on my phone so not large amounts needed) The tablet only has 8GB, with a 128SD card, any photos, music etc all get relocated to the SD card.

SWMBO has a cleaner that came on her phone so installed it on the tablet, just removed 580MB worth of junk.
wainuitech (129)
1467464 2020-03-20 20:37:00 There can be an option in settings to send pictures taken directly to the SD card and avoid using internal storage for pictures, altogether.

Maybe have a look for that setting.
zqwerty (97)
1467465 2020-03-20 22:11:00 This tablet is a Sony Xperia Z.
It has 16 GB internal storage & 32 GB external.
As I said in post #4 all pictures, music & video are stored on SD.
Documents is empty.
So my problem is with the apps.
Any non default apps I have installed are already on SD.
None of the default ones can be moved.
When I cleared all the caches the contents droped to about 8 GB but I notice this morning it has risen back to 11.4 GB.
I guess this is one way of telling me it's time to buy a new one.
Driftwood (5551)
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