From jniolon at att.net Tue Feb 4 05:50:52 2020 From: jniolon at att.net (john niolon) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 06:50:52 -0600 Subject: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help References: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8.ref@Johnsdesktop> Message-ID: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> I need IPhone help Phone is an IPhone 6s 16 gb memory The phone started telling me I was out of storage space 15.5 of 16 gig used I moved my pictures to the cloud and deleted a few unused apps.. with no reduction in Memory used. I tried deleting apps and reinstalling them as one web page suggested with no change Somewhere there must be a way to find out why it?s full and how to clear it, right ?? Apps I have Spotify 6.73gb F?book 256 mb Messenger 156 mb Local weather 92 mb Chrome 88 mb Verizon cloud 84 mb Calculator 36 mb Mail 21 mb Safari 32 mb Google 15 mb I cloud drive` 5 mb Contacts 4 mb Calendar 4 mb Probably another 8-10 with less than 1 mb each all this adds up to maybe 9-10 gb. One local ?computer fixer? said I had to completely clear the phone and reinstall the software (for 65 bucks) Surely there is a better way (less $$$) Be gentle on me, I?m old and computer savvy but IPhone ignorant ! Shop content = I use the phone in the shop to play music while I?m working on my truck! john https://jniolon.classicpickup.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From patintexas at icloud.com Tue Feb 4 06:46:42 2020 From: patintexas at icloud.com (Pat Horne) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 07:46:42 -0600 Subject: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help In-Reply-To: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> References: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> Message-ID: <5D375FDB-17C1-459F-8F6F-92CDD454E5AF@icloud.com> John, do you have an Apple Genius Bar nearby? They have been able to fix my 6s software problems @ no charge. Last week?s updates bricked my phone. On line help didn?t help but a trip to the Genius Bar did. Just back up everything before you go. Shop content: I use my phone to listen to music while I build my shop. Peace, Pat Pat Horne We support Habitat for Humanity > On Feb 4, 2020, at 6:54 AM, john niolon via Shop-talk wrote: > ? I need IPhone help Phone is an IPhone 6s 16 gb memory The phone started telling me I was out of storage space 15.5 of 16 gig used I moved my pictures to the cloud and deleted a few unused apps.. with no reduction in Memory used. I tried deleting apps and reinstalling them as one web page suggested with no change Somewhere there must be a way to find out why it?s full and how to clear it, right ?? Apps I have Spotify 6.73gb F?book 256 mb Messenger 156 mb Local weather 92 mb Chrome 88 mb Verizon cloud 84 mb Calculator 36 mb Mail 21 mb Safari 32 mb Google 15 mb I cloud drive` 5 mb Contacts 4 mb Calendar 4 mb Probably another 8-10 with less than 1 mb each all this adds up to maybe 9-10 gb. One local ?computer fixer? said I had to completely clear the phone and reinstall the software (for 65 bucks) Surely there is a better way (less $$$) Be gentle on me, I?m old and computer savvy but IPhone ignorant ! Shop content = I use the phone in the shop to play music while I?m working on my truck! john https://jniolon.classicpickup.com/ _______________________________________________ Shop-talk at autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $12.96 Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk http://autox.team.net/archive Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/patintexas at icloud.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From peterwmurray at gmail.com Tue Feb 4 07:36:24 2020 From: peterwmurray at gmail.com (Peter Murray) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 09:36:24 -0500 Subject: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help In-Reply-To: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> References: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8.ref@Johnsdesktop> <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> Message-ID: I'd start by uninstalling Spotify. That will release the 6+GB it is occupying. Reinstall it if you like, though you'll need to log in again. Personally, I found that removing the Facebook app really improved the overall performance of my phone. The web interface to Facebook is very good. If you have backed up all the pictures and other content you have created, consider doing a factory reset. It is a good way to clear the various corruptions that develop over time, and will likely yield improved performance. Happy to discuss further. -Peter (IT guy) On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 7:54 AM john niolon via Shop-talk < shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote: > I need IPhone help > > Phone is an IPhone 6s > > 16 gb memory > > > > The phone started telling me I was out of storage space 15.5 of 16 gig > used > > I moved my pictures to the cloud and deleted a few unused apps.. with no > reduction in > > Memory used. > > > > I tried deleting apps and reinstalling them as one web page suggested with > no change > > Somewhere there must be a way to find out why it?s full and how to clear > it, right ?? > > Apps I have > > Spotify 6.73gb > > F?book 256 mb > > Messenger 156 mb > > Local weather 92 mb > Chrome 88 mb > > Verizon cloud 84 mb > > Calculator 36 mb > > Mail 21 mb > > Safari 32 mb > > Google 15 mb > > I cloud drive` 5 mb > > Contacts 4 mb > > Calendar 4 mb > > Probably another 8-10 with less than 1 mb each > > > > all this adds up to maybe 9-10 gb. One local ?computer fixer? said I > had to completely clear the phone and reinstall the software (for 65 bucks) > Surely there is a better way (less $$$) > > > > Be gentle on me, I?m old and computer savvy but IPhone ignorant ! Shop > content = I use the phone in the shop to play music while I?m working on my > truck! > > > > john > > > > https://jniolon.classicpickup.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > Shop-talk at autox.team.net > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation $12.96 > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/peterwmurray at gmail.com > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jniolon at att.net Tue Feb 4 08:06:25 2020 From: jniolon at att.net (john niolon) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 09:06:25 -0600 Subject: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help In-Reply-To: <82C94940-E703-47EB-B67F-C4826BAB1FB2@gmail.com> References: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> <82C94940-E703-47EB-B67F-C4826BAB1FB2@gmail.com> Message-ID: <8BB9A7CCC6154A1B8C82DC94BE438952@Johnsdesktop> all my pics are on cloud, except for about 10 that the phone won?t let me upload music.. I probably have 15-20 albums I listen to with Spotify From: J.C. Hassall Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2020 8:31 AM To: john niolon Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help John, what about pictures? They mount up fast. And voice mails use a lot of memory too. Do you have music files or videos? hth jim Fat-thumbed from my iPhone7 On Feb 4, 2020, at 7:54 AM, john niolon via Shop-talk wrote: ? I need IPhone help Phone is an IPhone 6s 16 gb memory The phone started telling me I was out of storage space 15.5 of 16 gig used I moved my pictures to the cloud and deleted a few unused apps.. with no reduction in Memory used. I tried deleting apps and reinstalling them as one web page suggested with no change Somewhere there must be a way to find out why it?s full and how to clear it, right ?? Apps I have Spotify 6.73gb F?book 256 mb Messenger 156 mb Local weather 92 mb Chrome 88 mb Verizon cloud 84 mb Calculator 36 mb Mail 21 mb Safari 32 mb Google 15 mb I cloud drive` 5 mb Contacts 4 mb Calendar 4 mb Probably another 8-10 with less than 1 mb each all this adds up to maybe 9-10 gb. One local ?computer fixer? said I had to completely clear the phone and reinstall the software (for 65 bucks) Surely there is a better way (less $$$) Be gentle on me, I?m old and computer savvy but IPhone ignorant ! Shop content = I use the phone in the shop to play music while I?m working on my truck! john https://jniolon.classicpickup.com/ _______________________________________________ Shop-talk at autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $12.96 Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk http://autox.team.net/archive Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/jhassall at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From peterwmurray at gmail.com Tue Feb 4 09:05:37 2020 From: peterwmurray at gmail.com (Peter Murray) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 11:05:37 -0500 Subject: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help In-Reply-To: <8BB9A7CCC6154A1B8C82DC94BE438952@Johnsdesktop> References: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> <82C94940-E703-47EB-B67F-C4826BAB1FB2@gmail.com> <8BB9A7CCC6154A1B8C82DC94BE438952@Johnsdesktop> Message-ID: One thing I'd add is that the iPhone is trivial to back up - connect it to your computer, start iTunes and back up your device. This way, you can experiment a bit and not worry about making a change you can't reverse. I don't know where you are, John, but if there is a local Apple Store, they certainly should be able to help you. Feel free to give me a call if that would help. I personally use an iPhone SE, which is the little brother to the iPhone 6s. -Peter (in Northern Virginia) (610) 704-2569 (mobile) On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 10:06 AM john niolon via Shop-talk < shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote: > all my pics are on cloud, except for about 10 that the phone won?t let me > upload > music.. I probably have 15-20 albums I listen to with Spotify > > *From:* J.C. Hassall > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 04, 2020 8:31 AM > *To:* john niolon > *Subject:* Re: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help > > John, what about pictures? They mount up fast. And voice mails use a lot > of memory too. Do you have music files or videos? > > hth > > jim > > Fat-thumbed from my iPhone7 > > On Feb 4, 2020, at 7:54 AM, john niolon via Shop-talk < > shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote: > > ? > > I need IPhone help > > Phone is an IPhone 6s > > 16 gb memory > > > > The phone started telling me I was out of storage space 15.5 of 16 gig > used > > I moved my pictures to the cloud and deleted a few unused apps.. with no > reduction in > > Memory used. > > > > I tried deleting apps and reinstalling them as one web page suggested with > no change > > Somewhere there must be a way to find out why it?s full and how to clear > it, right ?? > > Apps I have > > Spotify 6.73gb > > F?book 256 mb > > Messenger 156 mb > > Local weather 92 mb > Chrome 88 mb > > Verizon cloud 84 mb > > Calculator 36 mb > > Mail 21 mb > > Safari 32 mb > > Google 15 mb > > I cloud drive` 5 mb > > Contacts 4 mb > > Calendar 4 mb > > Probably another 8-10 with less than 1 mb each > > > > all this adds up to maybe 9-10 gb. One local ?computer fixer? said I > had to completely clear the phone and reinstall the software (for 65 bucks) > Surely there is a better way (less $$$) > > > > Be gentle on me, I?m old and computer savvy but IPhone ignorant ! Shop > content = I use the phone in the shop to play music while I?m working on my > truck! > > > > john > > > > https://jniolon.classicpickup.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > Shop-talk at autox.team.net > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation $12.96 > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/jhassall at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Shop-talk at autox.team.net > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation $12.96 > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/peterwmurray at gmail.com > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From TR3driver at ca.rr.com Tue Feb 4 09:26:25 2020 From: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 08:26:25 -0800 Subject: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help In-Reply-To: References: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8.ref@Johnsdesktop> <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> Message-ID: <104F2440C1254DCDA7E9CDB26F2EFEFF@RYPC> > If you have backed up all the pictures and other content you > have created, consider doing a factory reset. It is a good > way to clear the various corruptions that develop over time, > and will likely yield improved performance. FWIW, on my Android phone, I discovered that many "free" apps appear to grab part of the flash space, and deliberately hide it. I was trying to do a hard backup to my PC in preparation for an operating system change (the version of Android that came on my phone is no longer supported), and those files kept showing up as "could not be read" during the transfer process. Deleting the associated app did delete the files, and freed up more space than the app was supposedly using. IOW, I agree with Peter's suggestion; except that I think the "corruption" is deliberate, by apps that are engaged in spying on you. There seems to be no other reason a game would need hidden files. Randall From mayfield+shoptalk at sackheads.org Tue Feb 4 11:05:55 2020 From: mayfield+shoptalk at sackheads.org (Jimmie Mayfield) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 13:05:55 -0500 Subject: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help In-Reply-To: <104F2440C1254DCDA7E9CDB26F2EFEFF@RYPC> References: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8.ref@Johnsdesktop> <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> <104F2440C1254DCDA7E9CDB26F2EFEFF@RYPC> Message-ID: <4628db13-f963-9d79-b494-5b5ac2083986@sackheads.org> Interesting.? Was there any way to identify those apps or their anchor files besides testing each file for readability? On 2/4/20 11:26 AM, Randall via Shop-talk wrote: >> If you have backed up all the pictures and other content you >> have created, consider doing a factory reset. It is a good >> way to clear the various corruptions that develop over time, >> and will likely yield improved performance. > FWIW, on my Android phone, I discovered that many "free" apps appear to grab > part of the flash space, and deliberately hide it. I was trying to do a > hard backup to my PC in preparation for an operating system change (the > version of Android that came on my phone is no longer supported), and those > files kept showing up as "could not be read" during the transfer process. > Deleting the associated app did delete the files, and freed up more space > than the app was supposedly using. > > IOW, I agree with Peter's suggestion; except that I think the "corruption" > is deliberate, by apps that are engaged in spying on you. There seems to be > no other reason a game would need hidden files. > > Randall > > _______________________________________________ > > Shop-talk at autox.team.net > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation $12.96 > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/mayfield+shoptalk at sackheads.org > From jniolon at att.net Tue Feb 4 12:41:33 2020 From: jniolon at att.net (john niolon) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 13:41:33 -0600 Subject: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help In-Reply-To: <4628db13-f963-9d79-b494-5b5ac2083986@sackheads.org> References: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8.ref@Johnsdesktop> <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> <104F2440C1254DCDA7E9CDB26F2EFEFF@RYPC> <4628db13-f963-9d79-b494-5b5ac2083986@sackheads.org> Message-ID: <6808F70AF9014E72A6D1A7634B326E8C@Johnsdesktop> hmmm... deleted spotify at 6.3 gb and reloaded 92 mb that helped! -----Original Message----- From: Jimmie Mayfield via Shop-talk Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2020 12:05 PM To: shop-talk at autox.team.net Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help Interesting. Was there any way to identify those apps or their anchor files besides testing each file for readability? On 2/4/20 11:26 AM, Randall via Shop-talk wrote: >> If you have backed up all the pictures and other content you >> have created, consider doing a factory reset. It is a good >> way to clear the various corruptions that develop over time, >> and will likely yield improved performance. > FWIW, on my Android phone, I discovered that many "free" apps appear to > grab > part of the flash space, and deliberately hide it. I was trying to do a > hard backup to my PC in preparation for an operating system change (the > version of Android that came on my phone is no longer supported), and > those > files kept showing up as "could not be read" during the transfer process. > Deleting the associated app did delete the files, and freed up more space > than the app was supposedly using. > > IOW, I agree with Peter's suggestion; except that I think the "corruption" > is deliberate, by apps that are engaged in spying on you. There seems to > be > no other reason a game would need hidden files. > > Randall > > _______________________________________________ > > Shop-talk at autox.team.net > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation $12.96 > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/mayfield+shoptalk at sackheads.org > _______________________________________________ Shop-talk at autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $12.96 Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk http://autox.team.net/archive Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/jniolon at att.net From TR3driver at ca.rr.com Tue Feb 4 16:07:11 2020 From: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 15:07:11 -0800 Subject: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help In-Reply-To: <4628db13-f963-9d79-b494-5b5ac2083986@sackheads.org> References: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8.ref@Johnsdesktop> <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> <104F2440C1254DCDA7E9CDB26F2EFEFF@RYPC> <4628db13-f963-9d79-b494-5b5ac2083986@sackheads.org> Message-ID: <1C3E01BC8C55430685B7C64610345BD4@RYPC> > Interesting.? Was there any way to identify those apps or > their anchor files besides testing each file for readability? There may be other ways, but everything I tried would fall under testing each file. When the backup failed the first time, I tried several ways of accessing the file contents, without success. -- Randall From jniolon at att.net Wed Feb 5 08:32:45 2020 From: jniolon at att.net (john niolon) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 09:32:45 -0600 Subject: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help In-Reply-To: References: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8.ref@Johnsdesktop> <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> Message-ID: Tried several of ya?ll suggestions and they helped some... finally bit the bullet and did a factory reset. After that I did a restore from a backup and got 90% of what I had... the rest ( a few apps ) I downloaded and I?m at 8 gb of 16 gb... I can live with that !! thanks for all the help john From: Peter Murray Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2020 8:36 AM To: john niolon ; Shop-Talk List Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neiljsherry at talktalk.net Tue Feb 4 07:51:36 2020 From: neiljsherry at talktalk.net (Neil Sherry) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 14:51:36 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help In-Reply-To: References: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8.ref@Johnsdesktop> <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> Message-ID: I use Facebook Lite (on Android) - I assume there is an IOS equivalent. It's an official Facebook app, takes less space, and also uses less data. As for Spotify - it night not be necessary to uninstall - presumably much of the 6GB is stuff that's been downloaded +maybe just automatically cached) and you should be able to clear this out. Sent from Outlook for Android On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 2:37 PM +0000, "Peter Murray via Shop-talk" wrote: I'd start by uninstalling Spotify. That will release the 6+GB it is occupying. Reinstall it if you like, though you'll need to log in again. Personally, I found that removing the Facebook app really improved the overall performance of my phone. The web interface to Facebook is very good. If you have backed up all the pictures and other?content you have created, consider doing a factory reset. It is a good way to clear the various corruptions that develop over time, and will likely yield improved performance. Happy to discuss further. -Peter (IT guy) On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 7:54 AM john niolon via Shop-talk wrote: I need IPhone help Phone is an IPhone 6s 16 gb memory ? The phone started telling me I was out of storage space? 15.5 of 16 gig used I moved my pictures to the cloud and deleted a few unused apps.. with no reduction in Memory used. ? I tried deleting apps and reinstalling them as one web page suggested with no change Somewhere there must be a way to find out why it?s full and how to clear it, right ?? Apps I have Spotify???????????????? 6.73gb F?book????????????????? 256 mb Messenger????????? 156 mb???????????????? Local weather??? 92 mb Chrome??????????????? 88 mb Verizon cloud???? 84 mb Calculator?????????? 36 mb Mail????????????????????? 21 mb Safari??????????????????? 32 mb Google???????????????? 15 mb I cloud drive`??????? 5 mb Contacts????????????? 4 mb Calendar????????????? 4 mb Probably another 8-10 with less than 1 mb each??? ? all this adds up to maybe 9-10 gb.? One local ?computer fixer?? said I had to completely clear the phone and reinstall the software (for 65 bucks)? Surely there is a better way (less $$$) ? Be gentle on me, I?m old and computer savvy but IPhone ignorant !? Shop content = I use the phone in the shop to play music while I?m working on my truck! ? john https://jniolon.classicpickup.com/ _______________________________________________ Shop-talk at autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation? $12.96 Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk http://autox.team.net/archive Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/peterwmurray at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ronnie.day at gmail.com Tue Feb 4 09:50:04 2020 From: ronnie.day at gmail.com (Ronnie Day) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 10:50:04 -0600 Subject: [Shop-talk] I need IPhone 6s help In-Reply-To: <104F2440C1254DCDA7E9CDB26F2EFEFF@RYPC> References: <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8.ref@Johnsdesktop> <2CAF330FF1AE41DCBAC2BD25F849F1B8@Johnsdesktop> <104F2440C1254DCDA7E9CDB26F2EFEFF@RYPC> Message-ID: Remember that if you copy data to another storage device/media, that data is not usually removed from the first device. You either have to set it up to delete after copying or delete it manually. I'm paranoid and prefer to do most of my deleting manually just in case something goes wrong during the copy/transfer process. FWIW, RD On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 10:33 AM Randall via Shop-talk < shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote: > > > If you have backed up all the pictures and other content you > > have created, consider doing a factory reset. It is a good > > way to clear the various corruptions that develop over time, > > and will likely yield improved performance. > > FWIW, on my Android phone, I discovered that many "free" apps appear to > grab > part of the flash space, and deliberately hide it. I was trying to do a > hard backup to my PC in preparation for an operating system change (the > version of Android that came on my phone is no longer supported), and those > files kept showing up as "could not be read" during the transfer process. > Deleting the associated app did delete the files, and freed up more space > than the app was supposedly using. > > IOW, I agree with Peter's suggestion; except that I think the "corruption" > is deliberate, by apps that are engaged in spying on you. There seems to > be > no other reason a game would need hidden files. > > Randall > > _______________________________________________ > > Shop-talk at autox.team.net > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation $12.96 > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/ronnie.day at gmail.com > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: