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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androuser1990:
Having problems with internal memory. "Available space" does not match up with total

Hey all,

I have a rooted S4 (M919) with T-mobile. Currently on the Infamous V8 ROM, but this problem has been building up for a while (tried 2 other roms in the past).

It seems the phone has some storage space used up that it is not detecting (or something like that).

Under "Storage"

Total space - 9.71 GB

Applications - 0.96 GB

Pictures / Videos - 40.40 MB

Audio - 152 KB

Downloads - 2.43 GB

Miscellaneous files - 513 MB

Available Space 513 MB

This adds up to about 4.4 GB of space (including available space), which is only about half the space I should have available.

I downloaded the "Storage Analyzer" app and my largest file in storage/emulated/0 is "download", which contains 2.43 GB of data. This file is significantly larger than all other files, so it seems there is something wrong.

So I am wondering how to go about determining where all this space has gone. I am getting the "Insufficient storage available" message when trying to update apps. I want to get to the root of the problem and prevent it from happening again, rather than just moving stuff to the external sd card, which I have been doing to keep it running OK.

I am considering going back to stock just to prevent having to deal with all these problems with roms. It's been a tricky to find one that works smoothly with all the features I want.

Is there a way to do a complete wipe and erase anything on the phone that might be taking up this storage (and not being detected)?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Firstly ,do you know that you have your own DEDICATED FORUM ?

Secondly,have you made a nandroid backup?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Try making 2 new folders on the root of your sd card.

Name them Notifications , and Ringtones and fill them with your chosen noises.

Alternatively,get a rooted file explorer ,like FX File Explorer,and put your Notifications , and Ringtones in the appropriate folders in your system/media/audio and reboot.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androuser1990:
Thanks, I will just go ahead and move on over there. Seems like my problem is on the front page :)

I do have a nandroid backup made from clockworkmodrecovery. I tried reverting back to this but got bad md5 checksum and just put another rom onto the phone instead. I really don't care if I have to wipe the whole phone, since I lost all my settings and apps and stuff when I flashed the new rom.

I am thinking maybe the storage issue has to do with CWMR backups taking up space? I can not find these files on the phone, though. Some forums say to check the "media" folder, but all i have there is a folder called "audio."
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Look in root/data/media/clockworkmod/backup

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androuser1990:
The root file seems to be empty. I am using Astro File Manager and ES File Explorer. Both show root file as empty.

I can see one backup in "ROM Manager" app, but I cannot find it anywhere on the phone to move it to my computer and free up space. I also cannot see how much space it is taking up as the ROM Manager app does not provide this info.

I can go into mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod, which contains one path- /download/download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery/recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.40jfltetmo.img and is only 7.30 MB.

Is this my backup?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Install Nandroid Manager, it will give you all the Nandroid info you need. And the option to remove is wanted.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androuser1990:
Yep, I can now see my 4.82 GB backup. Also, it says it is a CWM split backup.

I may just go ahead and delete this as I don't mind losing any of the data. I have gotten along ok without it on the past 2 roms.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you have an external sd store your nandroids there from now on. there is most likely much more space and they are easier to find.

Are you saying that backup you have now is 2 months old :eek:

I schedule a nandroid every night :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androuser1990:
I just changed the ROM manager to make backups on the external, then went to make a backup. It then said "unknown volume for path... Can't mount backup path."

So how do I prevent the backups from taking up so much space? Do you have it delete the previous backup once the new one is made?

Thanks for all the help :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

[MENTION=5214988]mostwantedht[/MENTION]

Look HERE

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Make sure you select the correct path to external storage. I can help you with ROM manager, I don't use it, never did, and I don't think I ever will.

I'm not a fan of that app, IMO there are far better solutions for making and maintaining nandroids.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mostwantedht:
Bro, are modems the only thing we need to change to improve performance?

Pda/Csc, do they affect anything?

Should I just flash the modem or the complete firmware?

Only modem is like 20MB and firmware is 1.5gb.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you only want to improve mobile signal quality (not WiFi) the modem is the only thing you need to experiment with.

There is no need to change the whole Rom just to do that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mostwantedht:
I'm actually have different problems. Battery life is poor and continuous wifi disconnections happen.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Try just modem,and see if the signal quality improves.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I don't expect those issues will be solved by changing the modem.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mostwantedht:
I'm flashing the latest MKF france firmware, will it do any good?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Try asking HERE

if there is any firmware available that is closer to you.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritchiejoe:
Out of curiosity how do you schedule one every night?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
You need an app to control it. I think ROM Manager will do it. I'm not sure if you need the pay version or not.

The app is what schedules the process. It will reboot into recovery and automatically run a nandroid backup, then reboot back into the phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xode:
Using this app....... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35271533 ... ;)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misterjunky:
deleted error post
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I used OBackup like [MENTION=4671164]Xode[/MENTION] suggested until recently, but the development of that seems to have stopped. I'm now using Online Nandroid Backup app
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexjojo946:
S4 returning stock

Hello there fellow XDA members, I have a problem with my S4. I installed the German version of 4.3, but I'm from Serbia which means different build numbers, and I haven't got any updates since(In updates i mean those small updates the size of 20mb like and so). So now I found my firmware for my country, but I also found a kernel for it, as a .tar file. My question now is, I know how to flash a rom via ODIN, but how do I flash a stock kernel, and should I do it before flashing the rom or after?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you flash a stock Rom using Odin the kernel will be included, no need to flash it separately.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreenXSI:
Mic + Speaker not working during calls

Hi,

I use a Samsung S4 i9505. Yesterday I got a notification of updating to the latest 4.3 Android OS. I proceeded with the update and now I dont hear anything during calls. When I call someone or receive a call, I dont hear anything, nor does the caller.

Just found out that the headphone icon is present on the top left of screen even though I have not connected anything. Does it mean that the phone thinks a headphone is in use? How can I remove this icon or is there any settings?

Please help asap.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you are completely stock,then, take it back to the shop.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreenXSI:
Thanks malybru .. will do

Sent by Tapping ...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmj1977:
GT-I9505 Jamal2367 4.4 v4 reception problem

Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this question. I just updated from I9505_-_Official_Google_Edition_4.3_by_Jamal2367_Finaly_v2.0 to I9505_-_Official_Google_Edition_4.4_by_Jamal2367_v4.0 and my reception seems to have gotten much weaker. I'm losing connection to the network in places that i had no problem before and my phone is showing less reception in general.

Is there anything obvious I can do to fix the problem? or should I just roll back to 4.3 for the timebeing. Thanks for any advice.

(by way of background I am in Australia on the Telstra network).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
The first thing Id do is revert to your backup of the older version and see if the problem goes away. That will let you rule out any network issues being the cause. (You would be shocked how often something breaks after updating and it turns out to be an issue with the network that had nothing to do with the update and was just a coincidence)

Next Id try a clean install of the new rom. See if a clean install fixes it.

Also were you dirty flashing from a 4.3 rom to a 4.4 rom? (Pardon me as Im not familiar with that particular rom) If so that is your answer. You can't dirty flash to a different version of amdroid. Something is always going to get messed up

Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingwr81:
Hi guys!

I have a german galaxy s4 gt-i9505 and telecom branding (T-Mobile) and i wanted to know how to unbrand it, to be an open german galaxy s4.

AP: I9505XXUDMH9

CP: I9505XXUDMH9

CSC: I9505DTMDMH2

Android version

4.2.2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asbanoglou:
Kernel Problem

Hi again,i came back with a new problem :D i have my galaxy s4 i9505 on TW 4.3 rooted with twrp.I started early this week to flash some kernels to see which one suits better foe me.After the KT kernel which i loved except some lags that i had,i switched to faux kernel.After that kernel i cant flash anything else.I tryed chronic kernel and audism kernel.MY problem is that when i flash those kernels and i wipe cache and dalvik when i reboot in system i pass galaxy s4 logo and then suddenly my screen is turning off and my led indicator stays blue.plz help me!

Edit:When i boot my phone @ the top left corner there is a message that says my kernel is not seandroid enforcing set warranty bit kernel.I dont know if that helps?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
First off try using the KernelWipe [MENTION=4272718]hawkerpaul[/MENTION] from HERE and then flash preferred kernel straight after!:fingers-crossed:

It may well be that trying a few different kernels is leaving stuff behind and causing a few issues

EDIT - You will need to have a good read there first though!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmj1977:
Thanks Skipjacks!

Can i please check what you mean by a clean install of the new rom?

I didn't dirty flash afaik (i used wipe data / factory reset first) before installing the new rom. (the new install had none of my apps and setting etc.)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Try asking in HERE ;)

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You will need to format /system also:eek:

EDIT - Also, with Philz recovery there is a Clean for new rom option also
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] susmitpatil:
I guess i am asking this question for the 5th time here. No one replies :'(

I am using GT-I9500, unrooted.

I have noticed that i can't send or receive messages on Google Hangouts, when I'm on mobile data. But it works perfectly fine on WiFi.

I haven't even restricted background data, tried redownloading the app via mobile data, but nothing works.

Please help me out.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
I replied a few pages back mate - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48059371&postcount=7684 :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AliTayyibYargi:
Hey guys,

Today my dad bought me a FAKE Galaxy S4... I told him 100 times to don't buy it but he bought it already... It is not even Android. It is Java, I think :( Isn't there any way to turn it to Android? My PC even doesn't see it on USB... OMG!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baos:
How do I change my baseband or modem? I updated to Jamal's 4.4 (kitkat) ROM and now I get no signal so I figured its probably something about the bands.

Detailed guide would be help full! :laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Best thing you could do is take it back.

There is no software you can use.

:(

Transmitted telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
choose modem from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2192025

first flash, Untick Autoreboot

Select modem as PHONE in odin

Flash modem

when it pass , remove then insert battery Reboot once again into Download Mode

Flash Modem once more with auto-reboot ticked
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AliTayyibYargi:
Thanks, I knew.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baos:
Hmm... It only says..

"<ID:0/003> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection.."

Are you sure I should use it as PHONE and not PDA?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
yes.

you have a connection problem.

try changing usb port or cable. disable kies from task manager
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baos:
Hmm thats odd. My ID:COM is yellow. :S

By the way, should my phone be in download mode in the first flash where I pull out the battery as well?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
yes, when it says "pass" after flashing remove battery, then flash the modem again
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baos:
Thanks mate!!!! Finally I can enjoy kitkat fully :D :cowboy:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romhetman:
Hello i have tmobile sgs4. I flashed zip file with newer version of philz cwm (I was on 6.0.4.4 befor I did that) and it stated that everything went well but than I chose in the menu to shutdown devise. And after that I wanted to enter the recovery again but after showing the blue letters which say that its booting recovery devise vibrates and reboots in normal mode. What happened? And how can I fix this? plz help noob user if can...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
re-flash the recovery .tar file, if available, with odin

try before to reboot into recovery with adb command after enabling usb debug

adb reboot recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romhetman:
Usb debug is enabled. I dont understand abuot adb command part!? How to perform that command?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
ok... download the attached zip, unzip it and open it,

connect your phone with usb debugging enabled, open a cmd prompt in that folder (shift + mouse right click) and write:

adb devices

you must see a serial number.

adb reboot recovery

it must boot into recovery

it is good to learn something ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romhetman:
Thanks for your reply I will try this methods(dont have pc right now with me) actually im am reading a lot on this forum and trying to learn something as you say;) but faced a problem and I dont know why actually becouse i did everything by instructions...Still thx if I will not fix this going to bother you again;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
you're welcome :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lemonickous:
i9500 installation issues; please help, thank you.

So I somewhat messed up during installation of Crash ROM v13 and now my phone only runs in ODIN or recovery modes. I have PhilZ recovery v6.0.4.5 by SaMeRd. The problem concisely is following:

My region is India

I am able to install the Crash ROM v13, but my mobile network doesn't work, everything else works. When I go to recovery and try to flash modem, it says "E:Can't open /storage/sdcard1/I9500_MK8_MODEM_CWM.zip (bad)"

I got the modem zip from Crash's repository.

Same thing also happens with Perseus's kernel zip I downloaded from his Git.

I read somewhere that this may be a case of bad formatting, so I went to ODIN and flashed with adonis.pit for i9500, but to no avail. Same thing happening. I have no idea what's up here, please help. Thanks and many good wishes will be sent your way for help!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmj1977:
So, I tried formatting cache, dalvik cache, system and data as well as factory reset (all via twrp). Reinstalled 4.4 - still terrible reception (drops to like 115dBm 25asu and then drops out completely). I'll revert later today i guess unless anyone has any other ideas for what i might try?

thanks for help thus far, all
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misterjunky:
re: fake S4

Try selling it on Craigslist or Ebay. LOL
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saf_1:
Tried 4.4 AOSP.. stable for now... few bug here and there.. feeling great..:cowboy:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohaimed:
Guys..I have an E300L and I have recently flashed 4.3. Now I am experiencing android OS battery drain..any solution?? I have installed wakelock detector but there are jk specific apps causing such wakelock. Inly the apps which I am using.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bugdown:
Hi.. I have a question again about updating firmware and root.

if my s4 has already been rooted it is okay to update my firmware using kies3?

---------- Post added at 07:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:33 AM ----------

Hi.. I have a question again about updating firmware and root.

if my s4 has already been rooted it is okay to update my firmware using kies3?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asbanoglou:
thnx mate will do :D

Update : it didnt work same thing again :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I don't think you can use Kies to update FW if you're rooted. Just try it, it will most likely fail.

If it works you will have to root the phone again.

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Your post is very confusing. First you say that your phone can only boot in recovery or download mode (at least that's what I understand from your post) then you say everything is working except mobile network, do you mean no network at all or no mobile data.

You also mention to have flashed PhilZ by SaMeRd :confused:,

I have no idea which version that is (AFAIK PhilZ isn't open source) why don't you use PhilZ own version.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpanand:
Gt-i9500 knox

Dear All,

How to find out the KNOX in S4 GT-I9500.

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9500

CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL

SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICIAL

WARRANTY BIT: 0

I have INU XXUEMJ9. Want to downgrade to KEN XXUEMJ8. Will it cause any warranty issues. Thanks for any help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hagall:
backtrack with vnc

since tw stock rom is a bit full of crap and takes up alot of memory etc, what way is the way to go if i want backtrack running on my i9505 ?

is there a stripped rom with all touchwiz functions etc to make it feel like stock but cleaner ? the most important to me is that atleast camera and sound is like stock, with same quality on pictures. but preferably all the comfort from TW...

someone must have some experience from it more then me.. and there must be someone who could upload a pack with all the needs for it to work.

and preconfigured bootbt to make it as easy as possible to set it up.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Sorry to hear that! Have you tried starting over from scratch......Stock>Recovery>Kernel.....Probably the best advice I can give given the problems you have;):angel:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asbanoglou:
I flashed with mobile ODIN the stock kernel and worked like a charm /flex :P after that i flashed KT-SGS4 - MFD - KTweaker ,till now all seems good.I think that faux123 custom kernel messed up my phone :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Glad you sorted it! Leave it alone now, it's working...LOL:D

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You could try using an app to force these apps to 'sleep' while phone is idle! I am using DS Battery saver from Play store. You could see if this helps maybe?:)

---------- Post added at 09:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:53 AM ----------

Hi there, According to the firmware list HERE you are unable to downgrade the firmware. You may get a definate answer asking in there;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lemonickous:
oops

Ah, I see my mistake, sorry.

So my recovery is CWM based recovery v6.0.4.5 by SaMeRd, not PhilZ touch.

It's able to boot in recovery and download mode for now only because I wiped it clean because I'd thought doing that and reinstalling would work. After wiping, I am not able to install either Perseus kernel or modem zip files, only the custom ROM zip file seems to work fine. hence my confusion.

And yes, the mobile network is the only thing not working, rest everything is fine. Am I right in assuming this is a modem issue?

Thanks for your help.

EDIT: I should add that since I'm on university network, I am not able to access Samsung firmware ODIN flashable, hosted at hotfile from samsung-updates.com. So I had to search for a recovery flashable ROM somewhere else. The only ODIN flashable ROM I found was the original DDUAMDK modem, which I don't think the ROM is compatible with...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I installed Deep Sleep Battery Save Pro on my wife's S2 a week ago and it had a huge positive impact on battery life.

I need internet on my phone also on screen off (I use my phone to control the lights in my study and PC power status (ON/OFF/sleep) over the internet, so it's not an option for me.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi,

Are you saying you want to remove/disable samsung bloatware??

If yes then here are 2 methods....One requires custom recovery to remove it, the other just to disable it! Have a read through both and decide whats best for you!:good:

REMOVE (Discontinued, but files still there)

DISABLE

I am sure there are other methods........You just need to have a look round:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
For your first issue try another recovery (like PhilZ).

Second issue, if the mobile part isn't working at all first check if you haven't lost IMEI (Setting>About Phone>Status. If thats correct try another modem.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hagall:
backtrack with vnc

naah i want backtrack to run on my i9505, the bloat i have to get rid of to gain some memory for running it more smoothly, the problem is, do i need a custom rom with some kind of loop interface thingy to make it work ? root is a fact that i need, also terminal and vnc viewer.. and also i know that i have to change the bootscript of "backtrack arm" iso.. so can anyone tell me what rom is what im looking for, it has to work with backtrack(ubuntu, linux) and i want the experience and feeling of stock touchwiz rom... but ty for the tip tho, gonna need that later ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
DELETED - I deemed it inappropriate and the possibility of encouraging website hacking etc is not something I personally promote and may get xda into some kind of trouble

EDIT - After reading some of the comments on the website I found this should not be being asked in here? References to hacking websites, facebook accounts are being mentioned!

[MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] - please delete if this is not appropriate.