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For some reason, i get less and less space on my C: drive. I've gone through the entire drive, and found nothing of significance. I have no media files on this dive, all programs larger than a few kb are installed on the memorystick. The entire drive occupies 6,47 mb, yet there is only 1,3 mb free. Isn't the C: drive supposed to have 16 mb in total? I've seen the storage space go down steadily, but now my phone is become quite hopeless to use, running agile messenger and opera at the same time won't go at all.
Now, to you people who will answer "just do a master reset/format your disk" etc, i have to say that i've never liked the Windows-philosophy of formatting and installing everything again. I've spent ages customising the phone, and do not want to repeat the procedure. One solution i might consider would be copying all the files from the C: drive to my PC, then do a flash upgrade, then copy back the files. Anyone tried this, and could any problems arise with doing so? (i am behind a few revisions, so it would be a pain if the systen files would differ, and i had to check everything manually.).
[ This Message was edited by: junk on 2004-08-25 08:43 ]
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Posted: 2004-08-10 09:27:45
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I have the same problem. My initial guess is probably Opera is caching the pages and the images somewhere and eating up memory?
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Posted: 2004-08-10 09:29:18
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No, this can't be the case, opera is good at cleaning up after itself. I've investigated the entire folder structure, and there is nothing that could explain the space usage. The only thing i can get to make sense, would be if the disk becomes fragmented in a way that eats up the space on the drive. I've used the phone since it came out on the market, and upgraded it a month later, so a lot files has been copied back and forth since then.
But if my theory is correct, it would mean that you would gradually lose space even if you just recieve sms's and mail, for instance, and all users have to regularily reinstall everything on their phones.
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[ This Message was edited by: junk on 2004-08-10 08:45 ]
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Posted: 2004-08-10 09:30:40
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do the following:
1) go to c:/system/data/opera and delete history file, then open the cache folder and delete everything that's in it
2) open the built-in browser and clear cache and history in it. Some people reported that even though they weren't using the built-in browser a lot of apps is using it's cache to dump their junk
3) I know for a fact that there's a lot of junk left in mail folder. but there is no way to know whether a certain file in it is junk, sms or setting. if you have any spare time do a back up then a master reset and when the phone is still empty copy the c:/system/mail folder to your PC. Do a restore and overwrite the mail folder with the one you put on your computer after master reset. You will loose all your messages unless you're using message storer or programs like it to save them on your PC
4) I probably needn't say it, but whenever you installed and then uninstalled an app (even if on memory stick) there was probably a folder left in c:/system/app Just delete it.
These are the things I know occupy some space, probably there are some other ways to free up space as well.
[ This Message was edited by: Jabe on 2004-08-10 09:35 ]
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Posted: 2004-08-10 10:19:49
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Thanks for the tips! But when i check the size of the folders you mention, both caches and the mail folder is 500 kb, and the other two make up 300 kb. And the residue files from old installations make around 500 kb, max. So the figures don't add up. The phone should not be this full, even considering the abovementioned folders. I remember having at least around 5-6 mb available on my C:\ drive when my phone was new, perhaps even more.
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Posted: 2004-08-10 11:51:49
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If you have checked everything and still seem to be missing space, keep in mind that C: tends to become pretty fragmented quickly. Symbian doesn't handle that very well... afaik, it will always require a large enough cohesive block of free space for any file that is written/rewritten, small gaps are essentially lost.
Perform a complete format from the service menu and selectively restore only what you need from your backup (don't restore the entire backup using pc suite), that way you will regain any "lost" space.
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Posted: 2004-08-10 12:07:21
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As I said these are only the ones I'm aware of. I've been impatiently waiting for somebody with a good knowledge how symbian works to do a system cleaner. But for now that's just s dream. When I first became aware of that there's junk left behind I did a master reset, manualy installed everything and configure everything the way I wanted and then backed that up. And I always use that back-up when I decide to do a restore. Saves me some time, messages are the only thing that are bothering me, since there is no sync available (like Outlook for calendar,...) and it wouldn't be very wise to just copy the mail folder since this is one of the sources of junk that's filling up your memory. as far as other data is concerned (oggs, pictures,...) - I'm changing that all the time anyway so even the newest back-up wouldn't be really up to date
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Posted: 2004-08-10 12:09:14
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Aha, well, that explains it then. Well, i guess i'll just have to do it the windows-style then. Thanks for the info.
Bowman, you mentioned something about selective restoring, i cannot find this in the Backup and Restore program. Or is it a menu that comes up after the "are you sure you want to continue" warning?
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Posted: 2004-08-10 12:38:21
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SMS and MMS taking up space?
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Posted: 2004-08-10 12:41:55
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Remember: apps installed on memory stick work ok after formatting c, except some licences for some progs. After master reset u must have 10,9 mb on p800 and 14,5 on p900. Dont fill with junk.
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Posted: 2004-08-10 12:49:00
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