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External Storage MicroSD card
That would be for the built-in non-volatile storage1, not RAM. 128 GB of RAM is not something you will need in a mobile phone for a long time.
1 Strictly speaking, ROM is not the correct acronym ...
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How to move to Windows 10 when using apps on SD card?
You should wait : the current mobile build has a little bug with the storage setting.
If you move from WP8 to W10M, your apps on the SD card will still be there.
But with the current build we can't ...
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Can i reuse apps from my old phone sd card in new phone?
Unfortunately you will have to reinstall all apps as they the files on the SD card are bound to your old phones ID.
You can insert the SD Jonny your old phone, make a backup there and restore it on ...
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How can I clear cache of app?
Unfortunately , WP doesn't allow us to remove App Cache globally. It is totally dependent on Developer to add such functionality for his app.
The only possible way to delete the cache is to delete the ...
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How to mass delete photos?
Open photos app.
Open / Slide to albums tab.
Long press Camera Roll.
Click delete contents.
Now all the contents in the Camera roll will be deleted.
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transferring info from phone to sd card
The easiest way is using your computer.
You need to have a Windows XP/Vista/7/8(.1)/10 with an internet connection.
Put the SD Card in your Windows Phone
Use a phone-to-USB cable. When it's connected,...
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Micro SD Memory Card Removed Without Properly Ejecting - Now Apps Don't Load
Try using the disk checker tool in Windows. This may fix filesystem errors, otherwise the safest approach is to remove the apps folder and reinstall your apps from the store.
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About system memory
If you're talking about just the reserved data for the OS, there are a number of things that use this up. One of the big ones is updates; updates themselves may make the OS bigger, but also ...
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Where do my sound recordings get stored and how can I get them off my phone?
It will be in this directory - Phone\Music\Me\RecorderPro. I have the RecorderPro application as well and this is where my files are being stored. Once you connect your phone to your PC just navigate ...
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Store says I don't have enough space, but I do
Packages are first downloaded, and then unpacked/installed, and it is that download size that is shown in the store. Because it has to download it and then install, you typically need at least twice ...
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How to explore all file of windows phone in desktop PC?
Yes It is possible but you need to unlock your phone. Download and install Interop tools and then open the app and tick down the Full FileSystem Access. Then restart your phone and connect to PC. You ...
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Microsoft Lumia 950 that has erroneous low storage warnings, poor battery life, gets very warm and will not download phone update 10.0.10586.29?
My summary of the referenced links below:
Check your storage available, you need up to 1.5 GB free space. New phones allocate System & reserved 4.98 GB of 29.1 GB. You may also have some pre-...
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Microsoft Lumia 950 that has erroneous low storage warnings, poor battery life, gets very warm and will not download phone update 10.0.10586.29?
I use to have the same problem. Then updated the phone to OS build: 10.0.10586.29 and all seems to work fine although the phone gets hot when I am using it while it is charging.
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System files using 21 GB of space?
This is indeed a peculiar behavior from which I can only assume there's a glitch. The only solution I can think of is hard resetting your phone.
Make a backup of everything you need (photos etc) ...
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How to increase storage in Lumia 520?
You can move majority of apps to SD card via Storage sense. However apps like whatsapp, Xbox music cannot be moved to SD card.
In order to move apps to SD card:
Open Storage sense
Go to Phone->Apps ...
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How to reduce OneDrive storage?
From my experience, Windows Update cannot handle low free space situations in a satisfactory manner (I had the same problem with Android). The only way I was able to solve the space/update problem was:...
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How to explore all file of windows phone in desktop PC?
Sharefolder is the name of the utility.
But it is available in limited territory.
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I deleted some photos in Onedrive, but they are still appearing in my Nokia Lumia 520, How can I fix this?
The reason you see this happens is because your phone only syncs your pictures to OneDrive when it takes them. Once you take a picture it is saved locally. At the phone's earliest convenience, it will ...
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Can I back up text messages onto OneDrive AND delete them from my phone, Nokia Lumia 810?
When you delete the texts on your phone they will be deleted from your backup as well!
Deleting text messages will also not free up a lot of space. I'd recommend getting a (bigger) MicroSD card for ...
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Where do my sound recordings get stored and how can I get them off my phone?
Apps are sandboxed to their own space, and you cannot access their files any way other than through the app. In this case it sounds as if your only option is to save to OneDrive or your Music library.
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How can I delete Other files in storage?
The process of deleting files categorized as Other really varies depending on what type the files are. You could plug your phone into your PC and try to delete files that way, or download the Files ...
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How Do I Move Stuff From My Phone's Memory To An SD Card?
Since you're running Windows Phone 8.1, you can use the Storage Sense app to move apps, photos, videos, etc from the phone's memory to the SD card...
In the App list, tap Storage Sense Storage Sense ...
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problem with memory in lumia 920
IT may be that both the storage check and storage sense categories file differently and has different parameter for "System files" (may be).
Also, try cleaning your phone by connecting it to PC. ...
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Free space for Windows 10 Insider?
The process should only need around a gigabyte of space, but you should try to make sure you have ~3GB free.
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How to mass delete photos?
In Windows Phone 8:
Download Files, a file manager app from Microsoft.
Open the app and navigate to the camera roll folder.
In the app bar at the bottom, tap the "select" button.
Expand the app bar ...
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Free up space in Mail & Messaging after deleting mail accounts
I recommend some steps to reduce your storage consumed by Mail & Messaging app.
Backup your SMS & MMS into SD card by using Transfer My Data
app by Microsoft. Delete the SMS and MMS on your ...
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Access Windows 10 C Drive
You can use the Windows Phone Power Tools to access the isolated storage of apps that you've deployed to the connected device as a developer (so not apps that you've installed through the store)
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Access Windows 10 C Drive
In addition to what Rowland Shaw said, it should be quite easy to just copy them programmatically to a folder that you can access (e.g. Music). I haven't tested this, but off the top of my head I ...
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What features will I miss if I move apps to SD card?
App crashes which is in SD card mostly happens when the app hasn't move successfully to SD card. In that case what I do is i move those apps to phone memory again and after that again I move them to ...
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Make Onedrive files offline available on Windows Phone
This feature is not available yet, bit planned (no eta though). http://onedrive.uservoice.com/forums/262982-onedrive/suggestions/6380014-offline-access-on-windows-phone
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