Part 1: Why Do My Text Messages Disappear on Android
This Samsung S6-Active is a beast! It is durable, overpowered, fast-charging, easy on the 3500mAh battery, Plenty of storage, and a 575 dpi amoled screen! I love mine. Employ Samsung's Backup/Restore option after it is setup perfectly so you can easily Restore it to your pre-configured state when you have an issue. Disable unecessary apps, and block ads (unless you enjoy them). I have roughly 5 Gb of Music (.flac) and 10 Gb of Video (.mp4) at any given time and still have 10 Gb free.įactory reset the device, Follow the post in XDA for Adhell-2. It takes me about 2 solid hours after a factory reset to reconfigure my device to exclude about 100 of the 200 System Apps I have absolutely no use for whatsoever. You need a Knox Key, and a quick SEAP Enrollment to use Adhell-2 but it is well worth it. I use Adhell-2 (XDA has it) with my S6-Active and it not only blocks all ads, but allows you to remove Google, Samsung, and AT&T proprietary junk. Go through your Main Storage Folders and delete any crap.
malware possibly? Factory Reset, then Download a good File Manager, I use FX File Explorer. (I believe 7.0.1 just came out too?)Īndroid doesn't get viruses I don't believe.
Worst case scenario, is this grounds for getting a whole new phone? What would Samsung's policy be on such a thing?Ĭlick to expand.Call Samsung Customer Support, they are great, they sent me an OTA update to 7.0 and then the device prompted an update to a Dec. I'll take screenshots of anything that will be helpful. I haven't a clue where I could be hemorrhaging any of this memory from. I've ran camodo(sp?) And there arent any viruses, as well. I wish I had the regular s6 so i could have expendable memory, but that would be redundant as the initial switch was for a sturdier phone. I had less issues out of my 16gb iPhone 5 to be honest. like I'm trying to put a bandaid on a gunshot wound at this point. I scan for updates, it says it's up to date. I go to "continue update", it does nothing.
I'm not sure is this is relevant, but I've for whatever had a software upgrade option notification stuck in my settings. Now, I have only 756mb of memory left, yet I have not taken a picture, maybe a couple screenshots, and I definitely have not downloaded any apps. So the thumbnails folder had cleared out an additional gig! Although, the scary thing is, it had just taken me back to square one. Very good call on the thumbnails folder! I've had this phone for a year and came from Apple, so I'm a little uncomfortable poking around in this on my own, after I had attempted a partition wipe my third week on the device and somehow selected to factory reset >:-( So maybe these apps are lurking elsewhere? Even if that is the case, why would my phone be using half of its space for system data? Any helps would be appreciated! Im having to dig towards bottom of the barrel for things to delete now I total up the storage space uses, and it's not near 9gb worth. Whats alarming is that when I go to delete apps, the list that it gives me.
I was going to post a picture, but apparently I need an image host to do it, so my device maintenance reads If this helps: I do play an online game where you download apps for online currency, but I delete the apps(not just shortcuts) right after I use them, but even then, i haven't done then in a while.
I know you can clear cache and partitions and what not, but almost 20gb of my storage is being used, and I can't figure out on what. I'm totalling only around a third of my storage used, but am constantly struggling to only get around 2gb free every night. On my galaxy s6 active, I'm having to clear pictures, videos, and apps way too often. Hey! I'm sure this has been discussed, but I can't find it anywhere.