How to clean up your Android device: cache, history and junk files. Clearing the cache partition via Recovery mode
Users of Android devices very often encounter “Not enough storage space” messages, which can cause the device to slow down and lag. Over time, a lot of unnecessary data, such as cache, history and files, accumulates on the smartphone or tablet in use. If you are looking for an application that will do everything for you, then I will immediately warn you that the vast majority of them will not improve the current situation in any way.
Before we begin, it is worth noting that this article was created in collaboration with readers of our site, including advanced users who independently figured out the problem. We'll look at several at once effective ways, allowing you to find out how to clean any Android device from junk.
1. Looking for the problem through the DiskUsage application
Let's start with the fact that the user first needs to determine what takes up the most space in the smartphone's memory. Using the DiskUsage application, you can take a look at all the information that is stored on your gadget. Thus, it is very easy to understand which folders and files consume the most megabytes.
After scanning the internal memory, you can see the size of each application, as well as cache and other data. DiskUsage produces graphs that give you a better idea of what's on your phone. You can delete it immediately unnecessary files.
2. Manually delete the cache of installed programs and games
Many smartphone users manually delete application caches, and also regularly empty the folder with photos and videos received via instant messengers. That is, if you use programs such as WhatsApp, Viber, Hangouts or others, then you should delete files received through them quite often, since they take up a lot of space.Most cleaning tools for your mobile gadget promise to improve its performance. They manage to do this by clearing the cache. Essentially, a cache is an area in memory where data or frequently used processes are stored for quick access in future. Ultimately saves time and prevents unnecessary consumption hardware smartphone or tablet. So, in the short term it seems the best option, but then it can have consequences.
I recommend doing preventative cache clearing. The procedure should be performed through the settings: 
3. Reset the device to factory settings
Restoring to factory settings will provide you with a completely clean device, the memory of which will be as free as the day you purchased it. You won't have to deal with any unnecessary apps, contacts, settings or other type of data, just what comes with Android by default.We recommend this especially for those who have been using their phone for more than a year or two. Of course, before you start you need to do backup copy data needed on the phone. We talked about this last year and you can read the instructions.
How to reset an Android device to factory settings?
4. SD Maid - system cleaning tool
This tool is able to find files or folders that are no longer installed on your Galaxy. A significant amount of such data can accumulate, so do not underestimate this feature. In addition, you can easily find unnecessary files, remove duplicates and much more.
SD Maid boasts an intuitive interface and can be run with or without root privileges. If you have rooted your device, then you will be able to free up even more data from your smartphone’s memory. IN free version without root there is everything necessary functions, but if you use superuser rights, then you will have to buy the Pro version for $3.5.
CCleaner is another useful tool
This application simply removes useless, outdated and temporary data. Advantage this application is that it can analyze the device’s memory, scan the cache section, browser history, history of received calls and other areas of the system. After analysis, the user receives cleaning recommendations.
On top of all this, CCleaner will provide you with a list of applications that consume the most cache memory, as well as the ability to clear them. As with SD Maid, this tool It has intuitive interface.
conclusions
Don't make the mistake of thinking that your device's performance and performance will increase by 50 to 70 percent after using a cleaning app. Unfortunately, this is not true. If there is too little available on your phone free memory, then this process will improve the system responsiveness a little, but only because it needs storage space to work.If you use a microSD memory card, then transferring applications can greatly help you. If operating system your phone does not have such a function, then SD Maid will do it using root rights. Unfortunately, obtaining superuser rights can be a very difficult process for many.
Finally, I will say that you should not keep in your memory applications that you rarely use. You can always install them from the app store.
There are a lot of Android phones: Samsung j1, j2, j3, j5, nokia lumia 620, 640, 530, lg, samsung galaxy s5, lenovo, zte blade, alcatel one touch, 6016x, prestige, asus, micromax, tele2 mini, fly, htc desire, alcatel, fly, lumia 520, nokia 5330, nokia 5230, c5, huawei, sony xperia, c2305, lenovo, samsung duos, huawei w1 u00, philips and so on.
All these phones have memory and, unfortunately, most devices have very little of it, and at any time you can receive a system message that the memory on the phone is full - fortunately, it can be cleared.
Seeing the title 4 ways to clear memory on an Android phone, you probably have a question: isn’t one enough?
The fact is that there is not one memory in Android, but one can say several: internal, external card memory, SIM cards and the so-called cache.
In general, Android, like any operating system, has its pros and cons. Many of the shortcomings of this system relate to trivial functions that seem to be unimportant, but only until the system begins to act up.
One of these disadvantages is the lack of storage space for applications. It often happens that after installing several applications, it becomes completely full.
Then, the logical solution is to remove unnecessary programs. We delete applications until, finally, it turns out that the memory is cleared, but this method cannot be said to be fast and correct.
So, for example, if you are a gamer, most games create “level saves”. As you probably guessed, a dozen of these files take up a lot of space.
Unfortunately, when deleting the game itself, the “saves” are not deleted. The operating principle of some applications is similar. How to clear such data?
You can go to the settings and select “Delete data,” but after a while, if you do this constantly, manually, so to speak, it becomes very annoying.
Definitely The best decision is to use special applications that were created for such purposes. Very good example is an example. ACCleaner.
A phone that stores a lot of data on the device usually receives a message after a while that there is not enough space in the internal memory. Android device users can solve this problem in several ways.
Many Android phones have a card slot. MicroSD memory. However, not all models support cards with capacities of 64 GB and 128 GB, but usually 32 GB. Therefore, it is worth checking the device specifications before purchasing.
NOTE: if there are pictures in the recording, they will be made on a Samsung Galaxy phone with Android 6.0.1.
How to properly clear a memory card on an Android phone
In Settings, you can check the data that is taking up most of the memory space − unnecessary applications, games and multimedia.If you want to clear the memory of a memory card completely, then it is best to format it - you can do it through a computer or on the phone itself.
However, you can also delete unnecessary files from your computer.
How can you clear the cache memory on an Android phone?
In the settings of each application you can clear the cache memory. Unfortunately, after some time, this space will be filled again and this process must be repeated.
Because it is quite labor-intensive, you should arm yourself with an application that will automate this process to some extent.
Many applications of this type can be found in the official Android application repository or on Google Play.
In older models, memory is often divided into separate sections- for storing user data, system memory and application data.
Therefore, the system may show you that there is free space, but when installing applications it will write that there is not enough memory.
A similar message may appear with media data if you take too many pictures, record videos, or store a lot of documents and music.
How to clear RAM on an Android phone
It's easier to do this by floating. You just need to reboot your device and the RAM will clean itself.
The same thing happens in a computer, laptop or tablet - the principle is the same: turn off and turn on the device.
How to clear memory from garbage in an Android phone without deleting anything
It is impossible to clear memory of garbage without deleting anything, but temporary files always accumulate on your phone.
If this garbage is removed, then everything stored on the phone will remain untouched, and free place will increase significantly.
You won’t even notice anything, all programs, games, photos, and so on will remain as they were. I recommend it to anyone who will be doing this procedure for the first time.
How can you clear SMS memory on an Android phone?
Over time, you may end up with thousands of old SMS messages (if you don't clear out SMS messages from your phone from time to time).
I’ve encountered this and you can believe me that deleting one SMS at a time is not the best option.
It is best to clear SMS memory using the “History Eraser - Privacy Clean” application - everything will be deleted quickly.
This application will erase your android history data, clean phone, search, call history, delete saved passwords, text messages, will clear the cache and delete the list of most frequently dialed numbers.
This is a good vacuum cleaner that allows you to get additional memory. One click is enough to delete everything hidden files and get more free space and free memory.
Program to clear memory on Android phone
On your phone, you should take care of the system and applications that you install and remove junk in a timely manner.
Most of the garbage is in the application cache. Clearing it doesn't speed up your phone, but it does save memory if you don't have enough of it.
However, cleaning applications that you often use is not recommended, because they will take more time to work.
However, if you've installed dozens of programs that you don't use on a daily basis, you could end up with hundreds of extra megabytes.
Possible in individual applications do clear cache memory, but it's best to use an application.
At the same time, you have the opportunity to delete messages from memory, call history, clear your browser, search history, Gmail, Google Play, etc.
How to get more internal memory on an Android phone
Over time, the internal memory (system) in your Samsung Galaxy phone, like any other, becomes less and less, and the device works slower and slower.
Let's see how to get more memory in your phone. The phone generates a lot of data cache.
To clear the data cache using Android tools, go to settings and select application manager.
If you see three vertical dots (depending on the Android version), then click on them and select “Sort by size”.
Then you will see that the most big file, will be first on the list - these are the ones that need to be cleaned.
NOTE: Google Play Store also offers several applications that can automatically destroy cache files: CacheCleaner and CacheMate - they work quickly and conveniently.
Another way to move applications to an SD card. To do this, insert an external SD card into the phone and move them.
How to move and later download directly and install applications on an SD card. Good luck.
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Android Assistant software, Link2sd, X-plore, Root App Delete.
Transfer of system-critical applications using special software. You can use special program, For example Android Assistant, which contains 18 necessary tools to control the system. How to use Android Assistant.
By installing Android Assistant from Play Market on Samsung n8000, p3100, p5110, p3110, go to the “Toolbox” tab and select the item "App2Sd". Next, open the “Maybe” tab - this is a list of applications that can be transferred to the SD memory card. Select applications sequentially and press the “To SD memory card” button.
Using the “Batch Uninstall” button, you can see what programs are installed on the ROM and delete them immediately in a list.
If you still received root rights or you already had them, then we can recommend the program Link2sd. This program is for correctly transferring mobile applications from internal memory to SD Samsung card tab 10.1, ativ smart pc, galaxy 3, xe500t1c and it effectively controls cache and RAM, keeping them at a minimum level.
And through the program X-plore, you can clearly see it in the form of a diagram system partition galaxy tab 8, windows, n5100, tab2, to do this you need to click the “disk map” button.
Using Root App Delete, you can remove programs that are this moment are unnecessary and useless.
Applications for rooting Samsung: 360root, FolderMount, RAM Manager Free
Program 360root will help to issue root rights to the Samsung s7562, c3322, s5660, s3 mini device running on Android versions 2.2-4.4. The probability of obtaining root access is 90%. You can download the program from the developer’s official website at: 360root.ru.
How the program works. After launching 360root, to get superuser rights, press the button in the center of the screen. Then press the button to root the Samsung phone.
We reboot the phone, now you can completely transfer to external storage With Samsung phone c3530, galaxy s iii, champ, i9100 all system-critical applications, accordingly freeing up the built-in memory.
FolderMount- the application allows you to remove the root lock of a Samsung phone based on Android 2.3 - 6.0. Through the program menu, you can do all the same manipulations with the transfer of system-critical programs.
You can download FolderMount through the Play Market.
RAM Manager- will allow you to create a swap file in your Samsung 3400, grand, c3010, s5300 phone that releases RAM and speeds up your Samsung device. You can download Ram Manager through the Play Market.
After installing the program, you need to give it root rights.
Then select one of the operating modes:
Balance- maximum RAM optimization.
Balance (with more free memory)– maximum RAM optimization for Samsung with up to 512 MB.
Balance (with more multitasking)– maximum RAM optimization for devices with a capacity of more than 512 MB.
Hard Gaming- to run resource-intensive programs such as 3D games.
Hard Multitasking- to run several programs simultaneously.
Default settings of your phone- reset RAM settings to default.
Comparison of Root Uninstaller, Root App Deleter, Root Cleaner utilities for Samsung.
Clean Master - Cleaning the Samsung system of debris.
This is how, after spending some time, you can solve the memory problem on any Android phone, including Samsung 3400, s5230, Galaxy Grand Prime VE Duos SM-G531H/DS, s6102 and other models.
But after this action, it is necessary to control the situation: periodically go to File Explorer and watch the appearance of new files and folders and react accordingly to this.
Video review: Cleaning Android from garbage.
This manual process can be automated through the use of special software, for example mobile application It's simple and convenient program to clean the internal memory of a Samsung device based on Android OS. This program speeds up the system well and optimizes RAM samsung tab 7.7, la fleur, s3, note and other models.
SD maid app- analog Clean Master. SD maid analyzes junk files that remain after uninstalling old applications and puts them in the “Trash” section. After carefully viewing this section, you can give the “Delete Garbage” command. The "Refresh" button starts a repeated search junk files on a Samsung phone.
Preliminary results.
It was said above how to transfer files and programs to removable storage Flash Sd Card and clear memory.
In addition to this topic, you can talk about cloud storage, such as Google Drive, Yandex Disk and the like. Usage cloud storage very effectively frees up not only internal memory, but also flash memory inserted into the phone s5610, star, s5250, i9300. These services are free, provided you do not exceed the cloud space limit.
Using cloud technologies you can transfer photo files, videos, photographs from the internal memory of a Samsung s6102, s5380d, c3300i, 5230 mobile device to an Internet server Google companies, Yandex and others.
Let's look at the example of a service Yandex.Disk, How can you transfer photo and video files to the cloud?
1.Download from Google Play app Yandex.Disk and install it.
3.The program automatically starts uploading photos, videos and documents to the cloud.
2.You can forcefully show which file should be sent to the “cloud” from Samsung. To do this, press the button + and select the file or folder to synchronize.
In total, 15 GB of memory is available to the user in the “cloud” for free.
If you do not use your cloud account for a long time, your files will be automatically deleted.
Cloud applications for Samsung s5830, s5830i, s5222, bada and other models work in a similar way: Yandex.Disk, Google Drive, Picasa, Degoo, Dropbox, G Cloud, MEGA, BOX, OneDrive, [email protected].
But I would like to delve further into the topic of freeing ROM and consider various points when solving problems with the Samsung 6 black mobile device.
Professional memory cleaning for Samsung Android devices.
The following information was collected from various sources: websites, forums and may be useful to someone. But you must use it very carefully, because... it has not been tested by the author and thoughtless actions to apply these tips can permanently block your Samsung phone or lead to expensive repairs.
SD Maid program - cleaning phone memory with root rights.
SD Maid- another program - a device memory cleaner, cache and has additional functions: batch uninstallation of programs, force closing of applications, increased performance by optimizing RAM and processor operation.
SD Maid is optimized to work on Samsung devices s5260, sgh, gt c3011, j7 sm neo and other models. Tablet SD Maid suitable for tablet computers this manufacturer.
Video Review: Acquiring root rights, how to swap memory.
To use this program effectively, it is advisable to have root user rights.
Titanium Backup and instructions for freeing up memory on a Samsung smartphone.
Titanium Backup - this program effectively transfers software to SD Card Samsung s9 s 9, j5 j 5, j1 mini, gear frontier 2, and updates after transfer also begin to be loaded onto an external drive. The transfer scheme using this device is described below.
Required:
1. Root rights.
2. Titanium Backup
3. File manager, for example Total Commander for Android.
Instructions:
1. Using Titanium, at startup automatic mode The system is cleared of “garbage”. Titanium Backup can easily clear dead files in dalvik-cash (menu->more->clear dalvik cache) on Samsung scx 4200, a8 2018, j2, ml. This program also has a good backuper, a service for rolling back the system to a previous state.
2. Through the menu - “integrate sysDalvik into ROM”, files are transferred from /cache/dalvik-cache to system/app.
3. Next, the programs are transferred manually, described above.
4. Removing useless ones system programs, located in the system/app folder, but pay attention, if you delete something wrong, it will brick the device, the phone will need to be reflashed, in the worst case, you can only throw it away. You can delete the Market with its service, google maps, live wallpaper, dead wallpaper, cyan themes.
5. Removing the English voice synthesizer Pico (/system/tts). And deleting system ringtones - ringtones from the /system/media/ringtones directory.
Another way to solve Samsung memory full problem
I also had the same nonsense - “not enough memory” on Samsung. Naturally, I transferred all applications to the memory card, except the browser. But the problem repeated itself, there was not enough memory again. And what’s surprising is that I transferred Opera and everything worked, so far there are no problems.
More Google browser Chrome crashes a lot system memory with your data. Use it on Samsung s7 edge, led pro ssd evo, s 8 s8 plus, 6 black or another model is simply not realistic and not possible, maybe in new versions they will make it better. In the meantime, it’s better to delete it or replace it with another browser or use the built-in one.
Replacing the “internal storage” and “microSD” partitions
To radically change the situation with the lack Samsung memory j3 gold, ssd 850 usb, s 7 32 64 64gb, cover, there is one original way: Swap “internal storage” and “microSD”. What does this give? The system should treat the SD card as internal by default, and internal as SD.
Video review: How to swap places Android memory. Android memory remapping.
To do this, you need to have on your phone root rights superuser and download to Samsung File manager Root Explorer. Next we proceed point by point:
1.Open root explorer, go to the /system/etc folder, click on “RW rights” at the top and open the vold.fstab file in the editor
There are 2 lines (without the # sign at the beginning):
Question answer. What to do if photos are lost in the Samsung phone Gallery
1 question. What to do if the photos on the flash card of your Samsung p3100, p5110, p3110, tab 10.1 phone become cloudy or cannot be read at all. After transferring files from Samsung main memory to a flash drive, the files cannot be read, although the phone sees the card. When connecting the phone to the computer, they do not open. How can I get my photo files back to main memory? Answer 1. Perhaps you transferred not the original photos to the memory card, but previews and sketches. The original photos could remain in the internal memory of the Samsung ativ smart pc, galaxy 3, xe500t1c, windows phone in another folder, the program will help solve this problem DiskDigger. Answer 2. To prevent such situations from arising, before performing certain operations with the memory of a Samsung phone, you need to make a backup ( backup data). To do this, you need to connect your smartphone to your computer via USB cable and completely copy all memory, all folders and files to HDD PC. After these steps, you can move files to SD card cell phone.2.Question. I had the error "Not enough memory on my phone". I deleted it as recommended extra files, folders and cache. Now, when viewing photos, when opening the “Gallery”, the system writes another error “Storage is not available”. I have a Samsung 3400 phone. How to solve this problem? How to return photos, photos, photographs back to the Gallery?
Answer. In order not to arise similar problems, you should always make a backup copy of your Samsung main memory and flash card. IN in this case, when cleaning the system, you may have accidentally deleted the folder with photos on the memory card, which is located at: SDCARD/DCIM/CAMERA. You can try to recover lost files using data recovery programs: CardRecovery or PhotoRec.
On this page you can read instructions on how to connect, increase, clear, expand RAM, cache on a Samsung 3400 phone on the OS platform on the screen with resolution, type and other models. How to release, clean internal storage, sd card on Android Samsung j7 sm neo, s9 s 9, j5 j 5, j1 mini, gear frontier 2, scx 4200, a8 2018, j2, ml, s7 edge, led pro ssd evo, s 8 s8 plus, 6 black, j3 gold, ssd 850 usb, s 7 32 64 64gb, cover, np series vs, a5, j120f, 3400, hd, gb, m2070, gear fit, mz, s5 mini, 2160, i9500, 4100, s5230, wave 525, ace duos s6802, s4 , galaxy s2 galaxy 2, Galaxy A5 SM-A500F, A7 SM-A700F, Galaxy Note 4 SM-N910C, Galaxy S6 SM-G920F, Galaxy A3 SM-A300F, Galaxy Grand Prime VE Duos SM-G531H/DS, Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 SM-T715 LTE, Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Lite SM-T111 8Gb, Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 SM-T231, Galaxy S5 SM-G900F 16Gb, Galaxy Grand Prime VE SM-G531F Galaxy Core 2 SM-G355H, Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge 32Gb, young, y s5360, s6102, s5380d, c3300i, 5230, s5830, s5830i, s5222, bada, s7562, c3322, s5660, s3 mini, c3530, galaxy s iii, champ, i9100, grand, c 3010, s5300, galaxy s plus, galaxy la fleur, c3520, pocket, i8160, c6712, 5610, galaxy tab 10.1, galaxy note, tab 2 10.1, galaxy tab 7.0, tab 2 7.0, galaxy tab 3g, galaxy tab 16gb, gt p5100 galaxy tab, n8000, p3100, p5110, p3110, tab 10.1, ativ smart pc, galaxy 3, xe500t1c, windows, n5100, tab2, galaxy tab 8, tab 7.7, la fleur, s3, note, s5610, star, s5250, i9300, s5260, sgh, gt c3011, the answer to the question why it’s not enough, a problem with the device’s memory.
Instructions on how to clean, release, internal memory, the cache on the Samsung Galaxy Core 2 SM-G355H, Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge 32Gb, young, y s5360 and other models is here. Find out where the files are and how to move or delete them correctly. How to clean a flash memory drive, SD card on a phone android base for the Samsung s9 s 9 phone model based on a screen type with resolution and other models.
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