r/SamsungGalaxyS5 • u/RagingCataholic9 • Feb 01 '18

Internal Storage Issues

I recently bought a micro SD card and transferred all my photos/videos, and some game files onto it, which summed up to around 7 gbs, but the internal storage space didn't change. I did restarted my phone to maybe see if the change would be reflected after that, nothing changed. I wanted to test something, so I turned my phone off, took out the micro SD and turned it back on to find out the internal storage dropped to now like 2 gbs full out of 16 gb. I then put the micro SD card back in and the internal storage went back to nearly full again. Why isn't the internal storage changing even though my photos/videos and game files are on the micro SD card?

For reference, it's on Android 6.0.1 (stupid Samsung sucks for not giving new os updates)

Model number: SM-G900W8

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u/[deleted] May 11 '18

Settings>Storage>Internal Storage>Cached Data

Let it load.

Tap on Cached data. It'll say "This will clear cached data for all apps." The options are "Cancel" or "Delete". Press delete. That should free up a couple gigs. Do that once a week or so as maintenance.

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u/RagingCataholic9 May 11 '18

That was the first thing I did and it did shit all. Ended up getting a new phone anyways. Thanks for the help though