For the past couple months I have been forced to steadily delete apps from my phone.

[lololady]

I have had this phone Droid Razr Mini for well over a year (a choice I regretted instantly due to the tiny internal storage space and inability to move apps to the SDcard) and have recently decided it is getting worse.

EVERY time I need to update ANY app, I am unable to, due to low storage space. Yes. I have tried resetting and restarting and all that crap to my phone. Doesn't help.

So I am forced to delete apps. Apps I have had since I got the phone, that have never been a problem before. I do keep my phone at close to maximum internal memory filled, but I always have kept enough room to download and try out new apps. I've never had problems updating. But the past few months, I have deleted at least 2 large apps every time I update any apps.

I don't add new ones, I don't add back the old ones. But I have to keep deleting every time.

For example: In early June, I had (let's say) 25 apps on my phone. Then some of them needed to be updated. I was forced to delete 3 apps to do this.

In late June, I had 22 apps on my phone. Then some of them needed to be updated. I was forced to delete 4 apps to do this. In early July, I had 18 apps on my phone. I had to delete 2 to update some. In late July....

You get the idea.

Anyway, I'm out of apps I'm willing to delete. I need a fix.

[vzw_customer_support]

lololady lets get you fully enjoying your device! Lets take a closer look at your storage. Please go into Apps, Settings, and Storage. What's using the most space?

AshleyS_VZW
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[lololady]

Apps @ 4.71GB. Android OS @ 3.52GB. Everything else is in the low MBs, since I keep everything I can on my SD card. I've had to delete three more since I last posted. Also, I regularly clear the app caches, especially of apps that store a lot, like Chrome and Facebook.

[lololady]

*three more apps

[lololady]

If you're interested, I've installed one new app (1.56MB) in the past week, and deleted three today (11.76MB, 17.21MB, and 4.27MB) and I still cannot update Chrome, Facebook, Pintrest, or TriMet Tickets.

[vzw_customer_support]

lololady, thank you so much for all of those details.  Do you have a lot of text messages that are saved in the phone (long threaded messages from people)? How about pictures and videos? You can always plug the phone into a computer and transfer your pictures and videos over to the computer to back them up. Keep us posted.

KevinR_VZW

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[lololady]

I get the strong feeling that you did not read my earlier response. Apps @ 4.71GB. Android OS @ 3.52GB. Everything else is in the low MBs, since I keep everything I can on my SD card.

If you would like more detail, "Android OS 3.52GB" "Available 467MB" "Apps 4.69GB" "Pictures 24.70MB" "Audio 214KB" "Downloads 1.30MB" "Cached data 57.74MB" "Misc. 101MB".

I regularly move screenshots and any other pictures that somehow end up in my internal storage. I also do not text nearly enough for the memory to be eaten up at the rate that my memory appears to be eaten up. I do delete old threads fairly regularly.

[Ann154]

Have you cleared the cache for the applications? Have you looked into which applications are taking up the most space on the phone?

[lololady]

Yes. I have three large applications, including Facebook. I don't see how that is possibly relevant to the space on my phone DISAPPEARING. I know this phone has a small internal memory. I have dealt with that for a long time. I know how to deal with that.

But can some PLEASE explain the math 457MB(free space)+11.76MB(deleted app)+17.21MB(deleted app)+4.27MB(deleted app)-1.56MB(added app)=447MB(free space)!

And, as stated above "Also, I regularly clear the app caches, especially of apps that store a lot, like Chrome and Facebook.".

[Tidbits]

That looks correct to me.

Between your OS and apps that takes up majority of your space.