Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,195,081 members, 7,957,035 topics. Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2024 at 05:27 AM |
Nairaland Forum / Science/Technology / Phones / 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively (14190 Views)
How To Stop Whatsapp From Eating Your Smartphone Storage / Don't Delete Your Important Files Because Of Low Storage Space, Try This.. / See The Top 8 Android Smartphones With Massive Storage Space (2) (3) (4)
3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by NaijaTechGuy(m): 7:14am On Apr 17, 2017 |
There's nothing worse than when your phone memory is full and you don't know what to delete especially when you don't have any SD card. There was a time 4GB of space meant a lot of space but as we moved into a new generation of smartphones, aspects such as the camera, video quality, apps, and file sizes has increased dramatically. Android Chapter 7 vs 7 : Verily I say unto you, brethren ' Any Android device with a storage capacity less than 16GB is an abomination, so I advise you to flee' Here are a few ways that can help you to free up space on your Android smartphone and reclaim those valuable gigs. Why Your Device Storage Is Always Smaller Than Specified Some people using a 128GB Android device don't even bother about storage capacity filling up. On the other hand, the poor souls with 16GB and 8GB internal storage tend to count every single megabyte. However, you might have noticed that even in new Smartphones with 16Gb memory , the available memory is no more than 12GB. Is there a way to get all 16GB of storage space? The answer is no because manufacturers tend to play with numbers when it comes to providing internal storage. If you are given 16GB of storage at the rate of 1000MB = 1GB, the Android system calculates the storage using binary, where 1024MB = 1GB. Moreover, there is around 2GB of internal storage space that the Android OS takes up, which is the heart of your device. Hence, there is no way to increase the total internal storage capacity to more than what you see in the Storage menu of the Settings app. #1. Remove Unimportant Apps And Use Lite App Versions Unimportant apps could be using up a fair amount of storage space that you desperately need. For instance, Facebook and Messenger uses up almost 500MB of your device storage, which can be quite the blow on a device with low memory. You can simply switch to the Lite version of the apps which use less than 3mb. Shazam, Skype and Twitter also have Lite versions. Apart from the apps that you have installed, there are some apps that the smartphone manufacturers try to force down your throat These apps are almost useless to the user, and brands like Samsung are guilty of this. You can find the Galaxy Apps, S Health, Flipboard and many other irrelevant apps on their devices. If you aren’t too keen on removing these bloatware apps entirely by rooting your Android device, disabling them is the next best thing. Simply head over to the Applications menu in the Settings, navigate to these bloatware apps and use “Disable” to render these bloatware apps useless. #2.Stream Movies Don't Download I know data subscription is sometimes expensive but most times discretion is the greater part of valor. Streaming a movie will save you more storage space than downloading it. The only extra data you may use up due to streaming is due to the buffer but if your Internet speed is very good you'll only use up the exact amount you use for downloading the movie. If you're really concerned about your Android storage space running out, hoarding movies on your device’s internal storage won’t just take away precious space, but will slow down the system drastically. #3 Move Your Files To The Cloud Backing up your pictures to the cloud will save a lot of storage space. To make things easier, Android OS offers an automatic backup in the Google photos app. From the Google Photos app, head over to the menu option and select “Free Up Space”. This screen will alert you on how many pictures have been backup up to your Google account and how many images can now be safely deleted. Apart from photos and videos, you can back up large documents directly to your Google Drive account and access them online, without sacrificing the internal storage space. Since a single Google account offers 15GB of free storage, you can add multiple Google accounts, back up your media content and enjoy virtually limitless space. 20 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by osumak2: 7:33am On Apr 17, 2017 |
1 Like |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by pafestula(m): 7:33am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Ok |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by Nobody: 7:33am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Na real wa 1 Like |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by abbaapple: 7:33am On Apr 17, 2017 |
1st to commen! Wow |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by niceguy7(m): 7:34am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Abegiii, nothing like make pesin get a smartphone with enough inbuilt like 64gig atleast. . |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by Adicsonbaba(m): 7:36am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Nice one bro |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by IkpemhiTG(m): 7:37am On Apr 17, 2017 |
@#3 how do I really do this??.Am frustrated with my techno L3 |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by BE811APP: 7:38am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Professional Advisers on NL! |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by maverickdude(m): 7:44am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Move files to cloud?? ok na,looking for someone u go send bk to village 4 Likes
|
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by Goodnuel: 7:46am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Delete pictures These days, person get pictures pass models 1 Like |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by Chuukwudi(m): 7:47am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Nice |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by gamyy(m): 7:49am On Apr 17, 2017 |
@op, that cloud storage requires data na...we dey try manage data 1 Like |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by Nobody: 7:49am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Ok |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by forlahkhe: 7:49am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Op, thank u 4 ds write-up; it's just 4 me. I lost my techno phone to "memory full" and all of a sudden, it just stop working.....now my samsung s5 is doing d same now even wen d internal memory is 16g and memory card too is 16gig. I just bought a 32gig memory card bt after inserting it on d samsung, d stuffs i av on the fone cannot b moved to d new memory card so its stl saying "memory full" and i dont wana loose my samsung like i lost my techno. My questions are ds: 1. When i want to disable those useless apps that coms wt my fone,apps like fliboard, it tell me my fo e can malfunction is i remove built-in app, ao true is dt? 2. Pls explain more on ao i can back up over d cloud and is there anyway i can delete all those useless back up files? What general advice do u av 4 me and pls all d gurus in d house shd pls com to my aid o........ ANY1 DT WANTS TO ANS MY QUESTION SHD PLS QUOTE ME. 1 Like |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by Nobody: 7:53am On Apr 17, 2017 |
So what do you suggest to do when your tecno phone doesn't even recognize your memory card? |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by Mikylopez(f): 7:55am On Apr 17, 2017 |
mehn my Samsung and l.g frustrated me then cos of the low storage space twas always hanging couldn't download couldn't install the two phones became useless |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by smartty68(m): 8:02am On Apr 17, 2017 |
forlahkhe: Go ahead and ignore the warnings - disable the apps Cloud storage sites Google Drive - 15GB free storage Dropbox - 2GB free storage Mega Upload - 50GB free storage 4shared - 15GB free storage Mediafire - 10GB free storage You need data to do a cloud backup 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by Bawsse(m): 8:02am On Apr 17, 2017 |
My iPhone frustrating me, so annoying that my 16 gb feels like 2gb 1 Like |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by officialteemi(m): 8:03am On Apr 17, 2017 |
.insufficient memory space when downloading or updating frm playstore. tho i av enuf free space. ... any solution? |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by femi4: 8:06am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Most lite app versions are poor in interface |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by smartty68(m): 8:15am On Apr 17, 2017 |
officialteemi: Move your apps to sdcard, then clear cache(junk data) |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by 2shur: 8:16am On Apr 17, 2017 |
There's a way to go about it That's changing the format from internal memory default To external memory. Burrito the use of a software. The moment I'm able to change default I will upload t here. All those 8gig with 1gig ram phones can vex person. Esp Sony. 1 Like |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by smartty68(m): 8:16am On Apr 17, 2017 |
shockwave91:Possible cause is maybe because the sdcard sitting is bad |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by pablobellins(m): 8:17am On Apr 17, 2017 |
abbaapple:check well. |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by hoover420: 8:17am On Apr 17, 2017 |
One reason why I sold my s4 for tecno j7 then. Always saying internal memory rubbish. Did not have that kind of problem with my tecno which made me believe Samsung is just too overrated. I enjoyed my j7 no be small, and to think it's just 1gig ram and 16 gig rom Now my gionee m6 mirror is doing the same internal memory shit.. Mtew |
Re: 3 Ways To Manage Your Smartphone Storage Space Effectively by smartty68(m): 8:22am On Apr 17, 2017 |
IkpemhiTG: Get yourself an original sdcard and move stuffs because as for cloud storage you'll need lots of data to perform the operation. Fake sdcard could slow the performance of your device. Symptoms of Fake SDCARD 1. Slows device 2. Reboots your device by itself 3. Missing data on sdcard. 4. Etc 1 Like |
5 Reasons Why Some Android Smartphones Are Expensive / Tecno S5 Discussion Thread / How To Get 50MB/3GB On Etisalat With #100..
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 47 |