[Hidden-tech] Droid phone storage issue

Tue Nov 23 17:15:36 UTC 2021

I'm unsure if it's helpful in this particular situation, but in general I can recommend the DiskUsage app for understanding what's actually taking up space. It's available [on Google Play] and [on F-Droid].

It hasn't been updated in years, but that's because it's pretty simple and is basically complete & doesn't need anything else. It was originally part of Android; I'm not sure why they ever removed it.

[on Google Play]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&hl=en_US

[on F-Droid]: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.google.android.diskusage

On November 23, 2021 1:10:02 AM UTC, Shel Horowitz via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
>And actually, it must have still been deleting the cached photos, because
>20 minutes later, all the pictures I *hadn't* deleted were back--but I've
>turned Google backup off and when I deleted one of today's photos, I didn't
>get the "almost full, this will be permanent" message. Yay!
>
>One oddity is it's not asking me if I want to save changes when it offers
>to fix lighting--just to save to a copy. I suspect that has to do with
>turning off Google backup.
>
>On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 7:02 PM Shel Horowitz <shel at principledprofit.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Rob and Rich. After checking that Dropbox (where my photos are
>> automatically backed up) was up-to-date, I cleared both the cache and
>> storage. It means I no longer have ANY photos on the phone except the most
>> recent one I took today, but I can get them from Dropbox or my backed up
>> copy on external drive.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 1:31 PM Rob Laporte via Hidden-discuss <
>> hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I had the same bedeviling problems of storage filling up despite
>>> deletions (on prior phone with less room), and that Google One app made the
>>> usability of actually clearing space so much easier than untangling various
>>> app storage settings to manage.
>>>
>>> As an aside, it also helped me to discover that for years I must have
>>> often hit an audio recording button that looked like other red app buttons,
>>> so I had tons of big audio files taking space outside of my manual delete
>>> methods. My Google-One helped find that problem. The small cost saved me,
>>> like, $500 in lost billable time.
>>>
>>> Take Care,
>>>
>>>
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>>> *Subject:* Re: [Hidden-tech] Droid phone storage issue
>>>
>>>
>>> it sounds like you have deleted imto the trash (allows undelete)
>>> Like all modern devices there are a dozens paths to what looks like the
>>> same feature
>>>
>>> SO
>>> Google Photos does automate back up to https://photos.google.com
>>> To delete images you have to use the 3 dots in the upper right to 'delete
>>> from device'
>>> While the regular trash deletes from device and photos.google
>>>
>>> OR
>>> Get Files by google
>>> It backs up to google drive and then you can delete from device
>>> It also has an options to clear the 'trash' which is probably what you
>>> want.
>>>
>>> Some of the confusion comes from options on the camera and 'File by G'
>>> that look like Photos but isn;t
>>>
>>> Yeah - isn't tech fun.
>>>
>>> Good luck
>>> Rich
>>> On 11/22/2021 11:29 AM, Shel Horowitz via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks, Rob, but I don't think this will solve the problem. It's not
>>> about how much space I have in the Google cloud, but how I can get my
>>> actual device to notice that it has plenty of room. But it's still good to
>>> know about and I might upgrade at some point.
>>> ᐧ
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 10:24 AM Rob Laporte <rob at 2disc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Google One: https://one.google.com/about
>>>
>>> Take Care,
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>> *Sent:* Sunday, November 21, 2021 3:13 PM
>>> *To:* Hidden-Tech Tech <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
>>> *Subject:* [Hidden-tech] Droid phone storage issue
>>>
>>> Hi, folks, my Moto X4 Android doesn't seem to be releasing space when I
>>> delete. I removed more than 4000 photos (not an exaggeration) over the past
>>> ten days, including 2000+ on one day--and it still tells me I'm almost out
>>> of storage. I have restarted multiple times and also run a cleaner utility.
>>>
>>> How do I get my space back?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
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