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I want my storage, and advertising for memory on device these days is fraudulent. How many of the supposed 32GB of flash is actually available once you boot you
by StudentStuff 8y ago
I want my storage, and advertising for memory on device these days is fraudulent. How many of the supposed 32GB of flash is actually available once you boot your phone up? Generally 7GB to 11GB is eaten by Android and shovelware right off the bat, I'd call it fraud if something is sold to me with the expectation of 34% more storage space than what I actually end up with.
- kajecounterhack 8y agoIt's not fraudulent; your expectations are out of line. If you flash some other OS onto your device, you'll have (32gb - whatever the size of your OS is). So to market the device as having 32gb, then having the OS take up some space, is completely accurate. The _specs_ do not indicate how much actual free space you have. This is the nature of electronic devices that have memory but require software to work.
- StudentStuff 8y agoFlashing a different OS onto most Android devices isn't possible, especially if its not a newer flagship phone. There is no foreseeable way to recover even part of this space on most Androids, which is especially troublesome considering they ship with under 32GB of storage usually.
- kajecounterhack 8y agoRegardless the point was that the spec is factually correct so there's no bait and switch here. If you're lamenting the need to understand that OS'es take up space on the phone you purchased, I don't know what to tell you. Nobody gives the "with OS" memory figure.