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  1. pippyo03's Avatar
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    Can somebody please explain why "other" takes up 8 gb of storage on my Lumia 1020?

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    11-11-2015 04:10 PM
  2. Rose640's Avatar
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    1 here on 640, waiting for someone smarter to answer too.
    Last edited by Rose640; 11-12-2015 at 12:46 AM.
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    11-11-2015 04:24 PM
  3. ven07's Avatar
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    MS failed to provide us with info regarding the "other files" section and why it grows. It shouldn't be that big anyways. A hard reset can help clear it up. The good news is, that w10 doesn't have this problem
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    11-11-2015 07:48 PM
  4. Rose640's Avatar
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    Originally Posted by ven07
    MS failed to provide us with info regarding the "other files" section and why it grows. It shouldn't be that big anyways. A hard reset can help clear it up. The good news is, that w10 doesn't have this problem
    Yup, it does, i'm on the preview and have about 1gb of it.
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    11-12-2015 12:45 AM
  5. midnightfrolic's Avatar
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    Could be txt messages and social apps messaging apps. Browser history and cookies. NSA spyware??
    11-12-2015 12:52 AM
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    Originally Posted by Rose640
    Yup, it does, i'm on the preview and have about 1gb of it.
    that is fine
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    11-12-2015 12:57 AM
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    Originally Posted by Rose640
    Yup, it does, i'm on the preview and have about 1gb of it.
    Lol 1gb is nowhere near as bad as 7.5 :/ I had those days as well so I would know
    11-12-2015 04:18 PM
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    Originally Posted by midnightfrolic
    Could be txt messages and social apps messaging apps. Browser history and cookies. NSA spyware??
    Imma consider this a troll :p
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    11-12-2015 04:18 PM
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