2.5GB of Settings!

[A7500]

My wife's Lumia 620 shows over 2GB of settings in Storage Check, in contrast to my Lumia 822, which hovers just above 130MB. Any idea what this little 620 is cooking?

 

[irtiza_fayaz]

My 620 has 97 mb of settings.
2GB of settings is a LOT.

 

[irtiza_fayaz]

Wait. Did you mean the "systems" data? I have it at 1.9 GB.
How old is your 822 compared to the 620?

 

[A7500]

No, I mean the Settings. Storage Check - Details - Apps - Details, bottom of the list Settings. I bought the 620 may be 2 months after I bought the 822. I checked the storage after I got the Storage Check update so may be it is just a no reporting the correct figures.....but can't say since I never checked the storage before I installed the update.

 

[irtiza_fayaz]

Dunno man... Soft reset it or something.

 

[khader_moham]

I have 1.9 GB is settings

 

[A7500]

I have 1.9 GB is settings

I hhave to ask the same question that I was asked......do you mean System at 1.9GB, in which case it is fine, or Setting at 1.9GB, in which case it is definitely some kind of a screw up like in my case.

 

[khader_moham]

System 1.9
Other 1.6

 

[A7500]

System 1.9
Other 1.6

you are fine....thought that other 1.6GB, in my case 1.4GB, freaks me out. does anybody know how to clear that?

 

[irtiza_fayaz]

you are fine....thought that other 1.6GB, in my case 1.4GB, freaks me out. does anybody know how to clear that?

mostly consists of your cached IE data. Clear it in IE settings and it'll get reduced significantly
EDIT: may take up considerable time depending on your usage of IE.

 

[irtiza_fayaz]

The only logical explanation about your 2GB problem is that you've downloaded a lot of language and speech packs.

 

[DBZo07]

Nope, its side loaded apps and its data.

 

[irtiza_fayaz]

Nope, its side loaded apps and its data.

Have you even opened storage check?

 

[AndyCalling]

I have. A while back I installed the trial of a large game. Tried it, then removed it. Before I tried it I had a small amount of 'settings' data. Afterwards it was massive, and did not clear on removing the game. Had to hard reset to recover. It seems some apps reserve massive amounts of 'settings' space and then don't release it even after being removed! Best advice is to hard reset, and then avoid poorly written apps.

Watch out when 8.1 arrives. Currently only a small amount of settings data is backed up by the phone automatically. Come 8.1 it is said that ALL app settings will be backed up. If your phone suddenly starts regularly chewing through a gig or two every time it decides to auto-backup your 'settings' you'll burn through your data plan in no time at all.

 

[DBZo07]

Have you even opened storage check?

Yes

 

[A7500]

Yes

Good

 

[roshan2631]

Mine , system 1.6 gb, other 800 mb, but office documents 1.2 gb m still increasing, don't no what to do

 

[DBZo07]

Good

Ok but what you meant?

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[roshan2631]

I want to delete that office documents

 

[Anand Ramabhadran]

I have d same issue... My L620 is developer unlocked and i deployed asphalt! But this app, neither its data is shown in storage settings! Later i noticed it is shown as memory for settings! I guess u have d same prob! Clear d apps u have deployed, if its dev unlocked!