#android storage

error: java.lang.illegalargumentexception: unsupported partition type XXX,XX

Putting this here because I know a lot of people have this issue with trying to make their Marshmellow 6.0 Androids have adoptable internal storage with SD cards and have had this issue. I just hope they will find this through a quick google search.

When you have the adb shell command box up and have reached this part, retype the line like this ‘sm partition disk:XXX,XX private’ with no space behind ‘disk:’. 

I had been making that mistake and it worked after eliminating the space. Mine was ‘sm partition disk:179,32 private’. Now I have plenty of space.

Android SQLite Database Tutorial for Beginners (Part 2)

In the previous part of Android SQLite Database tutorial for beginners , we have covered Student , DatabaseHelper and Mainactivity class . In this tutorial you will go through remaining part of the SQLite databse tutorial. (more…)

Android SQLite Database Tutorial for Beginners (Part 1)

Android provides several ways to store user and application data  , Android SQLite Database is one of them . Some of the ways like Shared Preferences  , Accessing Internal and External Storage , are already discussed in the Android Storage series. You can read those articles from here. Coming back to SQLite , SQLite is an open source SQL database which comes with Android OS. SQLite is a very…

Android External Storage : How to access Android SD Card

  In this part -2 tutorial of Android File System of  Android Storage Series  we will go through the Android External Storage . We will learn how to create a file in Android External storage / SD Card as well as how to read back the created file. Before starting  , I highly recommend you to go through this tutorial to clear basics for reading and writing file in Android System. We will use…

Android File System : How to Create a file in Android

Android File System

  In this tutorial of  Android Storage Series  we will go through the Android File System . We will learn how to create a file in Android as well as how to read back the created file . Android’s stream based system for file manipulation is similar to Java’s I/O System . (more…)

Free up Android storage

My Android phone was running out of free storage space. I discovered that the phone’s /mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.cooliris.media folder was consuming about 500 Megabytes(!). Apparently this folder contains the cache for Gallery3D, an app that I never use, and thumbnail images and indexes for Gallery. Shortly after startup, either Gallery or Gallery3D appends indexes in the folder until the drive…

Got too many things on your android device that are taking up all your space?

In this video I show you how you can discover where your storage space is being used so you can take action and remove the things you don't want anymore.

To see where your storage is being used all you need to do is swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers and tap the settings cog.

once the settings menu opens tap storage. You will then be presented with a screen that shows you the total storage of your device, the amount of storage that is currently free, and a list of categories that break down where the storage on your device is being used. It may take a second to calculate the storage space that is being used.

To find out which apps are taking up space on your device tap on the apps category and you will be presented with a list of apps in order of date usage so you can find the apps that are using the most space.

If you have an older version of android this process will be slightly different, go to the settings menu and tap storage, the screen will be very similar to the one in the video, when you go to tap apps though the list wont be in order of data usage but you can make it in order by tapping the three dots in the top right and tapping "Sort by size"

and that's it!

Top 5 Best Android Apps to manage Your files in the Cloud

This week we offer a selection of 5 applications to manage your files in the cloud.

The Cloud is a form of dematerialized data storage. Indeed the files are stored on a server, they do not take space on your hard drive. If you delete the files, you can still access them. Owning an Android device allows you to enjoy Cloud, to create a virtual bridge between your PC and your mobile device (phone or…