DiskUsage highlights where all that storage space went on your Android device
Even if your smartphone ships with lots of storage, say 16 Gigabytes or more, you may eventually come to a point where it is packed to the brim. Apps, games, media, photos and videos you take, all take up storage on your device, and if you are not careful about that, you may end up with space issues eventually.
Some devices support memory cards that you can put in for some extra storage space, but that may get filled up as well.
The question that arises at that particular point in time is what you can do about it. While it is certainly possible to browse the folders manually using a built-in file browser or an app that you have downloaded, it may take a long time to go through all of the folders on your device.
A far better solution is to make use of an application like DiskUsage which highlights exactly where all those precious Megabytes went.
DiskUsage review
Just run the application and select the storage - internal or external - that you want to analyze. The app displays folders proportional to their size starting with the storage card itself and going from there. In the example above, taken from my Galaxy Note 2's storage card, you see that media makes up 3454 Megabytes and apps 1337 (yeah!).
It is now possible to follow either directory to get a better reading on what is using all that space on the device. This in itself is pretty useful, but it gets better. You may have noticed that some folders are not readable at all. That is because their size is not large enough proportionally to be displayed here with a name.
It is however possible to tap on any of the items to zoom in, or to use the pinching motion for the same effect. You do need to use the pinching motion in cases where the storage folder is not named as it may be too difficult to tap on that space.
Another option that it makes available is to use the search to find folders on the device. Say you want to know where Firefox is stored and how much space it uses on the device. Just tap on search, enter Firefox and wait for the result to be shown to you.
If your system is not the fastest, you may want to switch to the software rendered instead to see if it works better performance-wise. This can be done with a tap on menu and the selection of Software Rendered from the context menu there.
Here is a video review of the app.
Verdict
DiskUsage is one of the best disk space analyzers that is available for Android. It is fast, does not require a high-end device to run on, and provides you with the information you need in a matter of seconds. Highly recommended.
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Uhh, this has already been possible – I am not sure how but remember my brother telling me about it. I’m not a whatsapp user so not sure of the specifics, but something about sending the image as a file and somehow bypassing the default compression settings that are applied to inbound photos.
He has also used this to share movies to whatsapp groups, and files 1Gb+.
Like I said, I never used whatsapp, but I know 100% this isn’t a “brand new feature”, my brother literally showed me him doing it, like… 5 months ago?
Martin, what happened to those: 12 Comments (https://www.ghacks.net/chatgpt-gets-schooled-by-princeton-university/#comments). Is there a specific justifiable reason why they were deleted?
Hmm, it looks like the gHacks website database is faulty, and not populating threads with their relevant cosponsoring posts.
The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk that it’s about to be deleted from my ‘daily reads’.
It’s really like “Press Release as re-written by some d*ck for clicks…poorly.” And the subjects are laughable. Can’t wait for “How to search for files on Windows”.
> The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk…
Sadly, I have to agree.
Only Martin and Ashwin are worth subscribing to.
Especially Emre Çitak and Shaun are the worst ones.
If ghacks.net intended “Clickbait”, it would mark the end of Ghacks Technology News.
Ghacks doesn’t need crappy clickbaits. Clearly separate articles from newer authors (perhaps AIs and external sales person or external advertising man) as just “Advertisements”!
We, the subscribers of Ghacks, urge Martin to make a decision.
because nevermore wants to “monetize” on every aspect of human life…
“Threads” is like the Walmart of Social Media.
How hard can it be to clone a twitter version of that as well? They’re slow.
Yes, why not mention how large the HD files can be?
Why, not mention what version of WhatsApp is needed?
These omissions make the article feel so bare. If not complete.
Sorry posted on the wrong page.
such a long article for such a simple matter. Worthless article ! waste of time
I already do this by attaching them via the ‘Document’ option.
I don’t know what’s going on here at Ghacks but it’s obvious that something is broken, comments are being mixed whatever the article, I am unable to find some of my later posts neither. :S
Quoting the article,
“As users gain popularity, the value of their tokens may increase, allowing investors to reap rewards.”
Besides, beyond the thrill and privacy risks or not, the point is to know how you gain popularity, be it on social sites as everywhere in life. Is it by being authentic, by remaining faithful to ourselves or is it to have this particular skill which is to understand what a majority likes, just like politicians, those who’d deny to the maximum extent compatible with their ideological partnership, in order to grab as many of the voters they can?
I see the very concept of this Friend.tech as unhealthy, propagating what is already an increasing flaw : the quest for fame. I won’t be the only one to count himself out, definitely.
@John G. is right : my comment was posted on [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/23/what-is-friend-tech/] and it appears there but as well here at [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/08/how-to-follow-everyone-on-threads/]
This has been lasting for several days. Fix it or at least provide some explanations if you don’t mind.
> Google Chrome is following in Safari’s footsteps by introducing a new feature that allows users to move the Chrome address bar to the bottom of the screen, enhancing user accessibility and interaction.
Firefox did this long before Safari.
Basically they’ll do anything except fair royalties.