Samsung Galaxy S2 Memory Issue

you need to type *#9900# on the phone keypad and press delete dumpstate logcat

Hello
To activate the keyboard, press the call key (green) and then dial...

Thank you for your response.
The internal memory is indeed low, but here my phone clearly states that it is my SD card that is full (as seen in the screenshot). However, as we can see, very little memory is being used..

I have the solution:

- You need to be Root
- Download a file explorer (For example: Root explorer)
- On the phone, go to the data/log/ folder and delete all the log files.
- Restart the phone

Tested on Galaxy S2. Gain of over 700 MB.

Hi everyone,
I've had my S2 for about 2 years now and I've never had any issues before, but now I do, a big internal storage problem.
(Note: I switched to the latest stable ROM of Cyanogen mod last summer)
When I dial *#9900# I get the following error message
"Connection problem or invalid UI code" even though I have a network connection.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

You need to type *#9900# on the phone's keypad and press delete dumpstate logcat.

I had the same thought. Part of me refuses to believe it, while another is convinced it's on purpose. It seems a bit much for a coincidence, doesn’t it? ~

Well, it seems that someone has found a solution on the XDA-Developers side, but it looks complicated: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2460932
I can confirm that he has indeed pinpointed the right folder, because I have the same one, and it definitely takes up all the space it wants.

You need to type *#9900# on the phone's keypad and press delete dumpstate logcat.

I think we need to look at the internal memory of the phone, which shouldn't be very large... It's a recurring problem especially with Samsung!

Uninstall or move the apps you use less to your SD card.

Hello,

I received a response from Samsung's customer service, apparently it’s a software bug... at my place, it seems to be working well since I formatted the internal memory. I’ll check the procedure that Samsung is supposed to send me by email and I will obviously share it.

Best regards

I must admit that I use a free app from the Play Store to keep an eye on usage, and the call logs etc. take up more memory than you can imagine.

Here’s the application I’m using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard

Hello,

I have exactly the same problem:

I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 for a little over 2 years, with about twenty apps downloaded voluntarily (including The Simpsons Springfield since January 2013), the phone was updated when it asked, and I had no issues until August-September 2013. I specify that I never needed an SD card.

At the end of August, I received the message: internal memory full.

I deleted some apps, cleaned up the Bouygues apps (because I'm with Bouygues) and removed updates for Google apps that I never use. That was enough.

At the end of September, the same problem, I deleted even more apps, cleaned up my call log, texts, etc... But the ridiculous part this time is that the more I deleted, the less internal memory was available! and I couldn't put anything on the USB storage because I didn’t have an SD card (too weird anyway, anyway...)

I went to this conversation and reset my phone, immediately deleted the Bouygues and Google stuff and reinstalled a few apps. Everything worked well for a month, until early November.

And since early November, it's been misery; I have to reset my phone at least once a week if I want to enjoy it fully. I mention that this time I took care to put in an SD card, but it hasn’t solved the problem.

My last reset was Monday night: I didn’t reinstall any applications (and at least disabled the Google apps), just restored my texts and my call log. I still had 1.67 GB left.

Today, apart from 7 texts, a few calls, I haven't done anything else and I have left: 1.35 GB.

So there are about 32 MB that have gone somewhere I don't know.

I called Samsung, who told me to send it to the service center and that it would definitely cost me money since it’s out of warranty: well, of course! It’s surely a software issue or a bug from an update, so I refuse to pay for a problem that is not my fault.

At one point, I was tempted to get another phone, but I find it outrageous to have to buy a more expensive phone to enjoy the benefits of a smartphone, because apart from this damn memory problem, my phone is like new.

Has anyone found a solution?

Thank you in advance!

Hello,
I've been having this problem for several months as well. After numerous searches, I've tried several solutions that sometimes require rooting the phone.

- Moving apps using the internal Android software (manager), or with Link2sd. There are still 38 non-movable apps (like Google apps or system apps such as rootvalidator, freewifi connect, twitter...) on the internal memory of the phone:

- Clearing the Dalvik cache (wipe dalvik cache) and clearing the cache partition (wipe cache partition) works... going from 30 MB of internal memory to 700 after reinstalling the apps... but back to 200 after a few days, then back to 0 MB... which I brought back up to 60 by deleting data from chrome, facebook, maps...

- Complete reset. Back to the base system, Root. 700 MB free after reinstalling the apps (73)... then back to 200.. then 30.. 0.. 60 depending on deleting data from the various apps already mentioned..

Photos/videos saved on USB.

P.S.: While typing this post, I've lost another 14 MB... (from 64 to 50) I haven't used my phone, not even to make a call..)

Samsung S2 GT-I9100
Android version: 4.1.2
Version number: JZO54K.I9100XWLSD
Kernel version: 3.0.31-Siyah6s2-v6.0b4+gm@ubuntu.#57

Hello,
actually, back from vacation, I did the same thing. Factory reset, then root, JB installation, then ... connection to my Samsung backup.. and there, 20 MB free without having done anything.
So back to square one, factory reset, root, JB installation, and a dead end on the backup of the "Samsung account", reinstalling apps from the Google backup. And since then, no problem. I have my 76 apps installed, and still 0.93 MB free.
So I repeat to those who keep saying that you just need to not install "too many" applications, to move them to the external memory card (which can be done without installing apps for the most part).. no, the problem does not come from there. I am a heavy mobile user, Foursquare, tweet, Facebook, photo... and for now, my internal memory remains stable.
However, I would like to know where this comes from..
Best regards.

Samsung or planned obsolescence? It’s quite strange that this memory saturation issue occurs after just 2 years and affects quite a few people almost simultaneously, isn’t it?

I went to check the link posted by Ykyu, but it's all in English!

Did anyone understand anything from it ^^?

Hello.
I have exactly the same problem as Leto505, even though I just reset my S2 and formatted the SD card...
Does anyone have a solution?

Hello, I have the same issue... well, I had... out of 2 GB, I had 80 MB left while I didn't have any applications installed, aside from those integrated into the phone which I can't delete. No matter how much I searched, between root browsers, which by the way don't yield anything in the free version, you have to go for the paid one to access the leftovers that clutter the phone... I bought one, but it was too late, I had only 70 MB left... the only solution was to back up the data and in recovery mode and backup, a factory reset of the smartphone. Now I just have to reinstall what I had deleted, hoping not to have to do this too often and advising to back up mobile data more often... I should add, I’m not the type to install and uninstall randomly, I have my ten apps and I don't add more, always favoring the internal storage of 10 GB or the external SD card I bought specifically to avoid cluttering the smartphone with useless data. In short, the result was 2 days of headaches to finally format the phone by starting it with the combination: volume +, power, and menu pressed simultaneously from startup until the little Android man appeared.

Now we'll see with my ROM Toolbox Pro if I can find a lasting solution to this issue or not...

Well, it seems that this memory issue is relatively widespread on the Galaxy S2. In a way, it reassures me a bit, even though I realize it's somewhat of a fatality.

I'm considering switching to a custom ROM, but I have doubts about whether it can really make a difference after reading your posts.

Good luck to you all.

I am using a custom ROM (Cyanogenmod) and I have the same memory saturation issue...