There are two places on Android phones where you can store your files and apps – Internal and External memory. The Android internal memory is an important part which when is full can slow down your device.
So it’s important to free up some space as you can not buy or upgrade it like external memory.
Benefits of Increasing Android Internal Memory
- It makes your phone run faster.
- Allows you to download large apps which you can move to SD card.
What To Do When Android Internal Memory Is Low?
Clean History and Caches
Every time you surf internet, download app from market or run an application that needs internet access a history and cache log is created on android internal memory. Clearing this log you can easily free up some space on your device.
If you want to clean multiple app cache and history at once, try the free app 1 Tap Cleaner and see the difference it makes.
Uninstall Apps
It is the easiest way to clean android internal memory. So, if you don’t use an app much then go ahead and uninstall it.
You don’t need to worry if its a premium app because you can re-install it again at any time you want.
To uninstall an app open Application Manager and sort apps by size. By sorting apps by size you can easily figure out which app you should uninstall to increase android internal memory space.
Move Apps to SD Card
Though you can set up default storage location for downloaded apps. You might find some apps that automatically installs on android internal memory.
So you may need to manually move them to SD card by going through Manage Application Setting.
And if you hate to check for each app whether it supports moving to SD card or not. Install App2SD, this app enables you to move all possible apps to SD card. Secondly, it notifies you if there’s an app which can be moved to SD card.
However, there are some apps that you can not move to SD card. To force them move to SD card you’ll need to root your device, which is complicated.
But if you have access to rooted phone, then you can easily move such apps to SD card. For this you need to install Link2SD app from Google Play.
Root Your Android Phone
Rooting your phone is the best way to increase android internal memory space. Once rooted you’ll get full control over your device. You’ll be able to uninstall system applications, widgets, themes and much more by using Titanium Backup app.
However, rooting your android phone has its own disadvantage.
If somehow your phone gets damaged then the manufacturer will not repair it. Because rooting your android phone violates manufacturer’s warranty.
So be careful while you root your device.
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You could also shift to a ROM which uses less internal memory, after the phone is rooted!
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I am using Xperia Arc S (ICS) every time I clear cache the free memory space decreases; yes it decreases e.g earlier it was 150 MB and after clearing the cache the free memory space is 140 MB. This is something weird. I know that initially the performance of the phone decreases after clearing the cache but how come the memory space utilization is getting more.
thanks for the tips dude… so i can increase of internal memory in my android phone. I have app to sd apps in my hh, so i can decrease internal memory ussage..
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very helpful article….keep sharing such type of tips according to the needs of user…thanks
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