{"id":1025,"date":"2018-11-14T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2018-11-10T11:52:50","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T16:52:50","slug":"a-reader-asks-why-did-a-phone-reset-not-free-up-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/14\/a-reader-asks-why-did-a-phone-reset-not-free-up-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"A reader asks: Why didn’t resetting my phone free up memory?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reader asks:<\/p>\n

“Why is my Android phone crying for memory just after a factory reset?”<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s not much to go on, but here are some ideas:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Resetting a phone will remove temporary files and random junk files that may have accumulated, but doesn\u2019t otherwise free space or shrink your files. Unless you\u2019ve done real data-housecleaning — deleting unneeded apps, moving some files off the phone (say, into cloud storage), and so on — then restoring the phone after a reset may simply get you back\u00a0to where you were before, more or less, with no great increase in space.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Does your phone have an add-on memory card? If so, and if you\u2019ve previously set things up so that much of your data (e.g. photos) are stored on the card, you\u2019ll need to set it up the same way again after the reset. Otherwise, data-restoration services (e.g. Google) may try to restore files that used to be on the card back to the phone\u2019s main memory, creating a space crunch.<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> Each version of Android gets a little larger than the last. If your phone is very old, and\/or was a low-RAM budget model, it may have run out of space because the OS is consuming more of the memory. Or, the phone’s memory system could be suffering breakdown or other malfunction, making some of the memory unusable. Check your phone’s memory settings to see if the phone is showing the full total memory (apps + system) it’s supposed to. If the OS is just taking up too much space, or if your phone can no longer “see” its full rated complement of it’s built-in RAM, it’s time for a new phone!<\/p>\n

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A reader asks: “Why is my Android phone crying for memory just after a factory reset?” That’s not much to go on, but here are some ideas: 1. Resetting a phone will remove temporary files and random junk files that may have accumulated, but doesn\u2019t otherwise free space or shrink your files. 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