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Windows phone 8.0 storage problem.

ambeatz

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Jul 12, 2014
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Hey I have a Lumia 520. I have storage problem as I am running out of space. I have checked in storage check to see what's eating my space, and it is "other" category. Can someone help me on how to free up my space?
 

xandros9

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Semi-related, are you up-to-date?

It's a common problem, especially with older WP8 versions. (do you have media on the phone, moving it to an SD card is simplest)

There are some other options I think, but I haven't experienced any of them.
 

Jas00555

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Other shouldn't be a problem after Update 3. When you go to extra+info, what is the name at the top? Amber or Black?

I would personally suggest updating to 8.1. Buy a 16GB SD card and BAM, you'll have tripled your storage since you can install pretty much anything to the SD card in 8.1.
 

ambeatz

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I have not much media stuff on my phone. I have an SD card where I keep all my media.

I am on Lumia Black. But I have not updated to the 8.1 preview. Im afraid if something goes wrong with my phone I won't be able to send it for repairs. My apps have built alot of memory also. And the temporary files do not actually delete everytime I tried that.
 

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