Re:Don't tell people to turn off Windows Update
by pjc50 on Monday May 15, 2017 @10:57AM
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I still resent having to upgrade my 8G Moto G over essentially this issue. The lack of visibility into what's using the space is infuriating - the pie chart does not cut it.
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Re:Don't tell people to turn off Windows Update
by digi_owl on Monday May 15, 2017 @11:04AM
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The lack of visibility is partially because apps can store files in various locations.
Outside of the app binaries and such you have their core data, stuff that gets generated or downloaded on first run.
Besides that you have a cache directory pr app that is housed outside of the tree location of the binaries and main data.
More recent Android versions have introduced yet more complications on this via the storage access framework, by providing APIs that give apps limited RW access to "external" storage areas without having to request the related permission.
And that's without going into the whole history of just what "external" means when dealing with Android file storage.