"Other" Storage vent

[congoose]

I need someone to talk me off the cell-phone ledge. I've just uninstalled all non-essential apps from my HTC 8X so that I could send an SMS message. That's right, the "other storage" bug has consumed so much memory, I got an error telling me to free up space to complete task. I've already had to resort to taking candid pictures/video of my newborn on my wife's S3 because my phone is consistently telling me there is no space. I can't download map updates because the store needs the extra space to perform the swap or D/L any app/game over 30mb . I've tried all the suggestions and scab on apps that the 'net says might help. I irony is that when you do successfully free up 500mb here or there, the other file continues to grow (yes, I've turned off the photos auto-upload to skydrive feature...which is great because now I don't have back-ups of my pictures that I need to delete. Thank you for the suggestion Belfiore). It's well over 9GBs now...yes, there is some dynamic memory allocation going on behind the scenes...I know because I CAN FEEL IT HAPPENING. Your apps will stutter, restart instead of resume, etc. And that still doesn't change the fact that every other service, now I guess SMS too, sees only 30mb free and blocks allocation of it.

But hey, XBOX ONE and a MINT app before Christmas!

:crying:

 

[stmav]

Hopefully GDR2 with it's supposed fix comes before Christmas. If rumors are true about the release, and it does work, you can have Christmas in July.

 

[Technoloay]

My Lumia 620 has 3.11 GB in the other storage and 1.3 GB of free storage and I'm starting to get worried.. This is nonsense! Windows phone is a great OS that's Useless at some point :/ I'll still wait, though.

 

[crash1989]

Ya, we know, I too don't like the way it is.

Here is a temporary solution I used I found outside WPCentral
How to reduce Other Storage Space in Windows Phone

 

[Squatting Hen]

The only solution that works for me is a hard reset. I am debating about doing hard reset # 4. I have tried all the other "fixes" too and links, but none of them do much if anything.

This happens to my phone and my wife's. We both have a 920.

I understand waiting for apps to arrive, and I understand a few bugs here and there, but this issue/bug simply asinine. A fix for this should have been a priority, and should have been out by now.

This thread has been going on for a while if you want to vent in here: http://forums.windowscentral.com/windows-phone-8/203595-storage-details-other-category.html

Here is a long thread over at answers.microsoft.com: What is "Other" under Storage? - Microsoft Community

 

[EpicIncognitO]

I had a talk with Nokia Live Support In India ,and they too it seems have no idea how to fix it until the OS maker does. I have just bought the phone back on Saturday, ie 2 days and the Other is 900+ MB . Seriously Worrying.

 

[EpicIncognitO]

Got an update to Storage Check today.

 

[HaibaneReki]

Go to storage check and have a look at "App data" in Details>Apps>Details, reinstall the ones that take up most space. For example I use ProShot a lot, and with previous versions it had several MB "installed" and cca 200MB as "app data". Reinstalled, away it went..

 

[Sanjay Chandra]

Fastest way to delete "some" of the other storage is : Clear Internet Explorer History

 

[EpicIncognitO]

Thats if you use IE. I use UC Web, Waiting for Opera or Firefox

Fastest way to delete "some" of the other storage is : Clear Internet Explorer History

 

[juanitoriv]

You can clear cache in UC also

 

[The Hustleman]

Wow, this is a pretty serious issue with space vanishing for no reason

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