[General Questions and Answers] blkoni:
Hi guys so basically I've been having this problem of not knowing what's taking up all my storage space on my samsung tab. It's not that bad of an issue but since I use this tablet to take notes during lectures, the space is very much needed.

[IMG="System Storage Menu"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ks0QDZ2MyrxAU0RK2wcB8RMT-RF5kSV4Ix5fssDnhRTnI6t1PNIEBnNts2PdnkDAs_ufX8aIN2tXypNwiD-Y0yDg-M0Xsp01T6ahfq2LhDtdWRFuMldaYOyZ9LG3YoUvPH8s2rw6AXjWvaYY37qV7lB7elXaY4aWmbw3FQ5KV7NC_hJ7ruzxD-MMrLdkFlX876h9ww8Z3YMo3qPA2zHnJq2vvkO_l3WDcWH_IP05ULZS81AehCdo3tB9jiCCceUAoU2BQxYJ4HA0D5YT1NzCOdH0z4cqAV-GLk3pLdS3sZfQc0uMcQ21csVadSihAjfoXAuXRjNQLT4vv42cK_CGFE2K-r4qo-ZQ5eu1Qf026C3IU4pltm0I8yXSbnLT4J2zxQOgxMvo8PxGmGRe96Yf7FuPK5yPbjd5eQfySBFomI03wUXjJZ55m22Khw53GdFtco0fDKJKOrGJjblGj5CetnJEVyRHcA15dr4Slyrt0pcePCKZMJnGq0iDK2Aq1CDJv6OhIio9swxC1TvXA1tPZJZ9ulX59lYYd2mgSOMLJQdJoLPiTGjUGTyNRsXCDKJaGkSxqg=w504-h893-no[/IMG]

When I click into the "Used Space" tab it tells me that apps are the biggest cause of the space deficit (about 5.55GB - the other categories in here take up very small space). However when I click on "Applications" within "Used Space", it shows me the image below. It doesn't really make sense as my biggest app is Evernote at 785mb. I have other apps also but surely they all don't add up to 5.55GB (there's only a few over 100mb the rest are fairly small).

[IMG="Apps - sorted from the apps taking most space"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hgBrrPYurJ4ZdmIkISnBr_ahBrrpcHc5QzTb5e2rJ5G215O5IYdxJUv2beSFHfOQQOWwdQ7pmxDBPDsCskLwZtUho4kmI3YRR3ACm-46n12hF8az2jb0J9Pxd6WM7XNB1N807PLhCX99ngDW0HqRzvBRi0G4Tvys00IHM0xAx5m6iDXoD9FzR723rXyGANVPWWchXOlOQSjO6-6SkK1KlYF6DS40iPVLuVzu0KYZbkvi_OzguMY3dXwNpF-hbNnQ1GJvcGSKJ71oa6nqOBKcLcCPSWFvzxSL9o90eS8dZD8joYw_8PG6balTcyE0aDnbCRa40m6OW_sZ9dFDZ3laxh6Ju216-UEgkKv6pzI_7vh-DhoDkuiLKPW7AayFvUHmLKu-Qv9kWCDnb5TLAA6GY7aj6MxmJYcGJ7rSuTA1aGSh75ZbPrkxJSLHRrQ_7jTxZzA2u077Ei80lVZRoanV4LQ36P82tuWyRvAGVljZItdbpL0ex2cw7wQUGAO76YF_8fP2EgN8s0BGXpcClQKcz_FvOVUtYwYK29NHtnf0w1VOQbBfJwbRL6u733Xo2e0wrzYLsQ=w504-h893-no[/IMG]

I then thought the problem is with the "Miscellaneous Files" as it says that is taking up 4.81GB. Howeverthe image below shows this isn't the case.

[IMG="Miscellaneous Files"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Z2R87-tmBgtlwdVEuEyfgikIKa9r_0QAEsv4yxpWZy0Zfbfh6aVVleKejw-f5udTIRZy5VCpoetWDRp3X2fvnZXhdA0zpWmZ-2fvnmQzLZYbo57fdYFtrTkfya8A6z3eDKIY0BdQDfMASTmTQGf4BeE3pwzR0rNxSG-n8gcrp_TdKeXlA5tqm44ujYJ716XEt1s59ejubbXOV4ax-QwsRchgR_gT0-mIqDJ8Kzh00ZzMQLhydwS18_0-jhz2Jdy2yek6o6kK6j52utA1ey-PKabWU7NW7vJZuPYqqj0z-zon2lxOfzh1dY2m0ic3q2QtNwbLKJCldypYUiOvx5QJJvuEJsXZpgYzJHCatsddGqrqzl17SMutftReoE_S_5_eTJvQ8EoprEMLgxLnS0KsBdt0Hl1SF-Mr6zjxInq9NK4gsR0gPEJ5na-nAeP42JEquVWa21VVyh5UBaQ2tT_PaY13Hhn3MDxuVQB_3Ny9MLw7O3aPplv0sY-aoGisgKxZZqNqJ2YrLavdjqNgeO5_4tHvJepppiJ8rjPzgB2nu5rwhtAe9MtTBw8VazQ8UqdXuvUYJw=w504-h893-no[/IMG]

So then I finally proceeded to use ES File Explorer to verify if there was 4.81GB being taken up. See the image below.

[IMG="ES File Explorer Results of Internal "SD Card""]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/P5WQZk3hKRbZMWRZPsq8x8IYb0iF-WsHAi_QQETzeOywyPiQ0eis6Pl2zZpEGSH6WvZofft7k2cpIV3XxTG2Dwh37jrouoiC-OG2_pmpMUvbFGJ5V_ldykRh74rvbD1tJtLHwouX_h863UF2wYBNBwhdwKfZM6O8Sknm7W3RdfNAe5Vels5Xhif6egGM3UHwaEDKiEAJYHCHpU-WBVv_J7j7ELNSVl15gNUZkedmYfz3NuG63B4OpHq8mWr3V8BmFkX343iZqaY4wz97EaamHmnOh0J2pdiu0bMdyHT30fBBzOzQcuybF-veE9ekuSMhez6yQVcav07--dtHCytIxQLVFpO1u1DRejO2aWB8F2OpGLjueAPw7A_QJOVFsM61zn3ygzvX-pZB_4Bt-1gCQsImB7IZCPO-eGudU8pytlV3dcepfjoyPePTPoUTHXTWkAFVB7AfkhklOycAV31c0T7_0amp53JwOXSgaZuLjcN7Iw1FehvcXuTOM0M5xurBeSDvpRiGQDTZ3nOLJ54hyw7BzhqS63x0sccJquGD217jJnnwUsxAulWhmMHg3uoe6c5i8g=w504-h893-no[/IMG]

Fair enough the ES File Explorer seems to match up with Miscellaneous. But still, how can a 16GB file space be taken up when there isn't even 5.55GB worth of apps?

Can someone please help me with this as I really need this space to make my lecture notes. THANK YOU!