If you have an Android phone with less than 128GB of storage, then your phone space must be running out quicker than expected. Having your phone space run out quickly really challenges, more so in this era where media occupies the largest portion of your phone storage. However, no need to worry. In this article, I will expound on the possible reasons as to why your phone runs out of space quickly and how you can solve it. No need to buy a new phone indeed.
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Why may your phone space run out quickly?
Android phones are not well optimized when it comes to storage management. This is because several android phones may be running the same operating system and all of them are facing the same challenges. Below is a list of things that cause your phone space to run out quickly.
- Application additional files
Most applications such as android games that require WIFI to download come with additional files. Additional files are those files the application may be needed for its correct functionality. An application’s download size may be just 52MBs, but in an actual sense, it is approximately 200MBs after downloading the additional files.
- Application updates
Application updates mean that the new app comes with added or improved functionality. This also means that updates shall come with added files, thus; an increase in the storage the application shall occupy. This is so common with WhatsApp. You realize that your current version might be 32MBs, but when a new update arrives and is installed, you will realize that it takes up a little more MBs usually than the old version.
- Cache Files
Cache files are files attached to the applications we download. Whenever these applications start running on our phones, they create files (Cache files) where they store data. For example, if you installed a Facebook Lite application and you logged into your Facebook through that application, Facebook Lite shall save a file of cached data having your login details.
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Cache may be important as well since most people won’t like it if they are requested to type in their passwords each time they want to login into their social accounts. However, frequently deleting cached data for all applications may free up a large volume of storage space. Frequently used applications generate the largest cached data.
How to delete cached data
- This varies from phone to phone. However, if you have a Tecno phone (Tecno Pouvoir), follow the steps below.
- Click settings from your home screen
- Scroll down to Apps & notification
- Choose from the list the application whose cache you want to delete
- Click storage, here, cache and data details shall be displayed.
- Click “Clear Cache” to clear all cached data for that specific application or “Clear data” to clear all the data for that application
- Lack of an option to increase storage space
Some phones these days don’t offer an option to extend memory. This means that if the phone comes with a 32BG of internal storage, which is the only storage it can afford. Nothing like a memory card slot of something!
Whenever the phone is in continued use, the data it acquires accumulates every day and it reaches a time when it gets full. At this moment, you will only have to delete old files, or less important data to create space for a new one.
How to solve “my phone storage runs out quickly”
- Use smart phone cleaner
Smartphone cleaner offers you diverse options to clean up and boost your phone speed. The most important thing to note is that it doesn’t take up lots of space. Below are the different cleaning actions you may carry out with a smartphone cleaning app.
- Cache clean up
- RAM optimization
- Junk files clear up
- Games boost
- Battery saver
- Duplicate files removal
- Transfer third party apps to SD storage
If your phone has an option to extend storage, you can solve this issue by attaching a larger SD card storage to your phone. Having this option enables you to transfer larger files such as music, videos, large games, and photos from your internal storage to your SD card. Your phone shall have a breather, thus; will eventually become faster.
To transfer files from your internal storage to your SD card, follow these simple steps
- Go to settings and scroll to find Apps
- First sort the apps in terms of size (largest at the top)
- Click “Move” to start transferring them to the SD card
- Remove unused apps
Another option for solving space issues in your phone is uninstalling unused applications. There are applications we install and forget about them at that moment. These are the number one candidates for removal. To identify these apps,
- Go to settings and click Apps & notification
- Here you will find a list of apps installed in your phone and the frequency of usage.
- Apps that you have taken so long without using are those that increase at the bottom of the list.
- Click on the app you want to remove
- Now, click on the “Uninstall” button to remove the application from your phone
Conclusion
Different Android phones have different issues when it comes to storage. Some have faulty storage spaces whereby, a phone shows 32GB and yet in actual sense, the phone has only 16GB. This should be blamed on the manufacturer of the gadget. In other cases, the problem arises from faulty SD cards or storage spaces occupied with viruses. Always ensure your Phone’s internal storage is free of viruses.