N97 - lacking phone memory

As you know, the Nokia N97 has two memories: mass memory 32 GB, and phone memory (about 70 MB). My phone permanently lacks the latter one. Long time ago did I uninstall almost all the applications installed by default for an unknown reason in the small phone memory. I don't keep SMS's there. When I check the files manager, it says I have more than 60 MB of "other files". I can't localize them either using phone's files manager, or pluging the phone to my computer. What are those "other files" and how can I free my phone's memory?

Have a look at the link below for suggestions on how you can free up some phone memory.
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Nokia N97 - C: Phone Memory Update 7.1

Hi,
Can anyone advise on the below?
I installed the C: Phone Memory Update 7.1 which I downloaded using the phone's inbuilt Software Updater and now none of the widgets (Facebook, AccuWeather) on the homescreen work. The boxes just show "Loading Content".
I've tried the "Restore Factory Settings" feature and this hasn't helped. I've also tried re-installing the applications in question, to no avail.
Thanks

ok go to teh app you want on the home screen, launch it and get position for accu or log into face book once that is done do not exit the app just let it run, go back to the main screen and see if there is any difference. that is what i have to do sometimes.
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N97 mini phone memory

Hello,
I have a N97 mini which i like but it started coming up with memory error messages and saying i needed to close applications, also the max amount of text i could have on my phone was 85. i have unistalled most of the pre-installed Apps which has free'd up some memory space on my phone. the memory messages have stopped now but i was wondering if there are any other files i can delete to free up even more space on the phone.
I currently have 223MB free on my phone. is this a good amount ? or can more be found ?
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One problem that I had after phone crashes on the N97 mini was that some of my settings changed causing data to get stored on device memory instead of mass memory. The two biggest culprits were messaging and podcasting.
Check your settings for both of these programs to make sure that they are not saving to device memory.
You can also go to settings/phone/application settings and check all of your applications to see what memory they are using.
If, like me, you are syncing with an exchange server and have hundreds of contacts, hundreds of calendar entries and thousands of e-mails, it won't take long for your device memory to get maxed out. That will cause problems running basic tasks.

N97 Software Update C: Phone Memory

I just happened to check my Sofware update from my phone and noticed a "N97 C: Phone Memory" update.
Description
This update reorganizes the C: Phone memory to optimize it for more user memory available for possible SW installations on this drive.
Version 7.1(1)
Is this new? And has anyone did it yet? What exactly does it do?

you are welcome and hopefully next firmware update is to follow really really soon. and that for us n97 users will be great news ! its supposed to address some really annoying things like bt connections for some and of course my infamous charging issue.
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I am using my iPhone 5 to take pictures and have started a blog with pictures. I am not able to do the update on my phone due to lack of memory.

I am using my iPhone 5 to take pictures and have started a blog with pictures. I am not able to do the update on my phone due to lack of memory. I wanted to know how much difference this will make to my pictures.
If anyone had suggestions on how to maximize picture quality n use without the update, I'd appreciate it
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If the lack of space on your phone is due to pictures, you may want to consider transferring some (or all) to a computer and deleting them from the phone. That is a good practice even if you have space on the phone. Instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4083

N97 Phone Memory full?

I have had my phone since Saturday, so not long at all, and already Im getting constant errors to say the phone memory is full. I have about 400k free.
I have now changed my msg location to save to the Mass storage and deleted all previous messages from phone memory, and cleared the web cache. I have installed around 5 apps i think, like a game, the photo browser updated ovi maps and a twitter app.
If you go into the File manager on the phone and goto Options--->Details---Memory while viewing the phone memory i get this break down:
73MB Memory in use
456kb Free Memory
411B Calendar
23KB Contacts
10KB Message
0B Images
0B Sound Files
1840KB Video Clips
31KB Documents
6650KB MIDP apps
8923KB SIS applications
56MB Other Files
Can anyone explain what could be using all this extra memory and how to resolve this??
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no secrets i just try to avoid junk on my phone and all junk that i need i store on e memory unless i have no choice as in boingo, jaiku and qip apps that unfortunately came with this bloody phone. just like i am religious about rebooting my phone at least weekly, but with n97 is more like daily. i am religious with ram management and disable everything i don't need.
There are some things you can do to manage the C memory better/phone memory.
1. Clear your browser cache often
2. set different message allocation ( if you have not done so already)
messaging- options- settings- other ( set it to 999, and e memory)
3. Go to OVI store (app on your phone) and change that memory allocation for most apps.
opitons- account- settings- installation preferences
4. Remove Facebook, Accu Weather, Bloomberg, apps from the C drivve and reinstall them via OVI store and place them in the E memory/mass memory
NOTE: If you are using Nokia Messaging application, it can only store data on the C drive so keep that in mind
NOTE: RAM is another issue with N97. Don't keep too many apps running at the same time as it will run out of RAM and either close all applications on the spot or crash the phone and result in restart.
BETTER RAM management : Here are some things to consider
also consider investing in the best taskman 1.99$ in the ovi store or y browser (free) to manage your ram and all the apps that are runnig on the phone that you might want to close if you are not using them.
http://www.drjukka.com/YBrowser.html
now y browser is free, it has a great amount of stuff you can do with it, but it is not as easy to use as best taskman and it does not look so pretty- that is if you care about looks over function.
i practice what i preach and manage to have my phone up and running rather well. i have no major issues and on v12 it is actually a fairly stable phone that is until you install some apps that make your phone go bunkers once again.
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N97 Phone Memory

I got my phone yesterday, did the V2 update straight away.
Today i found i had 3mb.
I've been through all the advice on here, wiped it, hard reset and put it all back in.
Now i have 16mb.
Is there any chance of this increasing? Cheers.

Rasmus - I doubt so. From the "reviews" written at OVI for those apps, I am not the only N97 who can't resinstall. Traveler for instance, has a "resource not available" when clicking onto it. Maybe something very strange is happening in OVI Store. Also, do a search on Facebook yields 3 results. I have downloaded one and instead of installing the files, I was taken to the ZIP folder with a list of files in my phone. AccuWeather has another strange error after the download.
Very strange. Such a hassle to reinstall these apps that comes with the phone, sigh.
I have purchased quite a lot of apps from OVI Store and am quite reluctant to hard reset the phone, in case if I lose any. Another thing about N97 is that I can't see a list of apps currently on phone memory. I have to click onto one by one. And some of them, I have no idea what they are. Must be some supporting apps for the main apps. Some of the apps are quite expensive (like the Spanish dictionary). I think one day I shall sit down and go through 1 by 1 (60 of them) to see which one I will stand to lose if I do a reset.
Thanks for your reply anyway, Rasmus.
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N97 Phone Memory getting full

Hi there,
My Phone Memory is getting less and less everyday, and I don't know why! I have my messages being saved to my Mass Memory, all images, photos, videos, applications, and so on are also being saved there!
I tried the file manager on the cellphone, to look at every single folder to see if there is anything to delete, but everything is empty!
Where is the memory going to?!
Thnks!

makisig wrote:
With 32GB on-board.. Wow! That's a real problem..
He is talking about the 73MB Phone Memory(C not the 32GB (29.8GB actually) Mass Memory (E. More free space on C: means snappier performance on the phone !
I now have about 50.9MB free and an excellent response from my device in photo views, music library etc. v12 really spiced it up !
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N97 Phone Memory Filled Up

Hi,
I am using N97 rom 02-Aug-09. everything was working fine untill i notice tht my phone memory is getting filled up although i never installed any application & i hv set my default memory as mass memory from the very beginning. for nokia care in india the only solution is format/soft.update. moreover they couldn't even trace where the memory is occupying so that it could be set free.
can anyone please guide me !

Odd, thanks like TOO MUCH other files. I dont really know what these other files are myself. They sometimes clean themselves out..
However, I do notice that when I uninstall apps, some other files go as well, and when I reinstall them they dont come back. I used to have this problem myselft, however I just formatted my phone and became more cautious in putting anything in it. So far the "other files" hasnt grown in months.
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Unable to install updates due to lack of space in phone memory

Hello,
I am unable to install software updates into my phone due to lack of space in phone memory. Some non movable apps need to be moved to sd card. Give me suggetion.

@Sekhar1987,
Unfortunately you can not move apps from phone memory to the SD card without rooting. (rooting will void your warranty)
Search the forum and you'll find many similar topics.
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NO phone memory - N97 - Absolutely RIDICULOUS

Right, my phone memory (C is now down to about 200kb. I've not really got anything installed on it other than email and maps, also I store my messages on my mass memory. Yet my C: drive just shrinks and shrinks. I'm now left with not even enough memory to send an email. It's an absolute joke.
Does anyone have any ideas what I can do with this phone, other than throw it in a river? I'm just disgusted with the piece of junk. Shame on you, Nokia. Shame on you. I will never buy another phone from you again. This is the last straw.

For messaging all your messages can be saved to E, assuming you are useing the standard email client and NOT Nokia Messaging, which both has to install on and save messages to C, which is why I don;t use it ! The rest of the advice is pretty straight forward, but there are 100's of threads on the forum regarding saving and optimising the C memory on the N97, do a couple of searches in the search function on the forum !
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N97: Transfer Messages Between Phone Memory and Ma...

Is there any way to do this? Whenever I have my phone connected to the PC, and a message comes in, they are stored in my phone memory. I want to transfer all my messages into the same location.
can't wait for n97 successor

found a solution:
This will easily move ALL messages from Phone Memory ( C: ) to Mass Memory ( E: ), the time it takes depends on the number of messages you are moving. Also keep in mind YOU SHOULD HAVE NO MESSAGES IN THE MASS MEMORY. OR DON'T WANT THE MESSAGES ON THE MASS MEMORY ANY MORE.
Steps as follow:
- Connect your N97 to your computer using USB cable on "Date Storage" Mode
- Show the hidden and system files ( in Windows 7: Computer -> Organize -> Folder and Search options -> view -> SELECT Show hidden folders, files and drivers, AND unckeck "Hide protected system files (Recommended)"
- Go to your mass memory on PC and navigate to "Private" folder (E:\Privarte)
- You will see perhaps many folders with numbers and letters as names
- Search for a folder called "Mail2" inside one of these folders ( I found it in a folder called "1000484b\Mail2")
- Delete this folder (YOU ARE NOW REMOVING ALL MESSAGES ON MASS MEMORY, DON'T DO THIS IF YOU HAVE MESSAGES YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE)
- Disconnect your phone from USB and now go to messages -> Options -> Settings -> Other -> Memory in use -> choose Mass memory
- It will surely give an option for copying your messages and keeping the original ones.
Then you are done ! engoy your free momory.
remember to selected "no" to keeping the originals, OR you could select and them delete them aftewards.

Full phone memory message N97

Hi, I'm receiving alert to delate or move files from the phone memory. Looks as I did what I could, but still not enough. I keep my sms and emails and pics, videos and all other staff in the mass memory, but now I cant even receive messages!!! (this same alert - 'phone memory full') I've checked the phone browser - cant see any files which could possibly fill up the phone memory. How to proceed. Quite desperate whitout my txts/emails inbox. Regards.

Hi All,
I have manage to increase the phone-memory by deleting the internetbrowser cache. (from 186Kb to 8,2Mb free Mem)
But to delete installed applications (from phone memory - Not Installed in Massmemory ) doesn't take much afford.
All my messages, e-mails, applications etc are stored in the Massmemory, but stil 8,2Mb (internal phonememory) isn't much?
Please Nokia, Create a application/update to clean/delete your internal Memory files!
Or create a link in the (error)notice in your phone where to find to problem of the full memory to erase some files!
Message Edited by hannesmsi on 21-Oct-2009 08:58 AM

How to recover notes in phone memory after hard re...

Anyone please help me to recover my NOTES written in my NOKIA N97 as I've loist them cuz I had to hard reset my mobile due to Start up failed contact retailer error was originated and it hanged my phone and I was unable to create backup of notes and after hard reset all of those precious notes i.e my articles for journals ,poetry and scripts etcs were deleted So please help me ! and tell me the way to recover phone memory or even only those notes ! Data recovery software are deigned for PC's so when phone is connected to PC software detects the MASS storage but not the phone memory's help!
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SmQ

Recuva is one memory card app that recovers data .
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
But its not going to see the C drive on the phone that you have overwritten i guess .
recious notes i.e my articles for journals ,poetry and scripts etcs
Should be backed up always be it phone or pc they are on .
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Re setting/Formating the phone memory for nokia N9...

Can aybody please tell me how i can completely remove all the contents from my phone memory of nokia n97?
Is there any way complete hard reset of phone memory?

in order to remove the content from mass memory - e drive you will need to reformat that drive and for the rest you can use the *#7370# code and the default security is always 12345 unless you change it.
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