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> Is it because you got used to it? No, I know what you mean, I've seen this happen with very cheap (or not cheap but just rubbish/spyware) brands/models that
by kaoD 2y ago
> Is it because you got used to it?
No, I know what you mean, I've seen this happen with very cheap (or not cheap but just rubbish/spyware) brands/models that quickly filled the system partition over time with bloatware during updates.
Being cheap, the system partition was already tight on purchase, so the bloat/spyware quickly turns it unusable. The cheaper models tend to have inadequate storage to begin with and install bloat/spyware to subsidize them.
I just don't think it's an "Android" thing, most of those can be revitalized by installing a custom ROM without the spyware (but the crappiest brands are probably not even FLOSS-supported).
What is your device brand+model?
- nottorp 2y agoHmm mine is a Galaxy A21s. /dev/block/dm-4 3.4G 3.4G 22M 100% / /dev/fuse 23G 14G 8.2G 64% /storage/emulated I haven't worked with AOSP in ages, just normal apps. Is root supposed to be 100% full?
- kaoD 2y agoHonestly it's been a while for me too and I don't even know how to see the actual device partitions instead of just mounts (e.g. I think in this case your / is just a read-only ramdisk so it doesn't really matter what df says... mine is 100% too.) I don't even know how this works anymore since I think since Android 10 they use some sort of overlay FS for updates? I tried installing parted on Termux but it refuses to do so and I have no energy to fight it. I know it's cliché but... have you tried a factory reset?
- nottorp 2y ago> I know it's cliché but... have you tried a factory reset? I will when it starts to annoy me. Or I may just get a new phone the next time I need to do Android. This one has 12, they're at 15 now. I may need to be on whatever's the latest on a new project, whenever that comes (not soon).