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Help Apps stuck in System Storage

Patrick413

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Introduction
Hi!
This is my first thread on thi site so sorry if I sound like a noob, that's because I am... Anyway I really need help with something i did to my phone with it's apps. I have a samsung galaxy young gt s6310n which i find is a pretty bad phone for storage, as there is no ****ing simple way of transfering apps to your sd card. So the state I am in now is a follows.

What happened...
  • So on the 12th May 2015 I was getting annoyed of seeing that symbol in my notifications saying I didn't have enough storage space. So I started researching...
  • I download numerous apps that said it would 'move my apps' but i all found them pretty ****ing useless. Anyway I finally got to the point of needing to Root my phone... I didn't like the sound of this but it was the only way. The problem that came with rooting my phone was that i needed to connect it with my computer. I don't have a specific cable for that so more research...
  • Eventually i found a app that would root your phone with just a few clicks of buttons. After so called 'rooting' my phone i honestly didn't believe it. So i downloaded a app that would check if your phone was rooted. It said it was rooted. Yay!
  • Now let's just quickly recap... I have a rooted phone with a small amount of knowledge on what the **** it did but was so happy that it worked I honestly didn't care at this moment... but then i did the worst thing ever...
  • I download a app that was what i thought would transfer my apps to SD card. I was so excitied so i moved all my apps. Next i obviously went to go and check my storage space... barely moved.
  • After a bout a hour of looking around i realized what i had done.... moved my apps to my system storage. This now meant i couldn't delete these apps, only disable them. *facepalm*
I know I'm a ****ing idiot... don't judge me.
Solutions I have tried
So i had a few ideas of how to hopefully get rid of these apps. Here is what i have tried already and have failed:
  • Reset my phone completely
  • Tried updating it then uninstalling it
  • Tried to uninstall via Google Play Store
  • Tried to uninstall via Application Manager
Final thoughts
Well... I have really messed up my phone now. I have games on my phone that i no longer want but can't get rid of, my internal storage is still as bad as it was and worst of all none of my methods of trying to fix this have worked :'( I also want to know if it is possible to make my SD card the internal memory so everything will download straight to my SD card.

I just want to thank you for posting solutions (If there are any) for my problem, and for taking time out of your day to read my thread. If you need more information just ask me and I will gladly give it to you.

Again Thanks for reading

Bye!
 
Updated Note: I have found a app that allows me to remove apps from my system.
For future reference if anyone else has the same problem just root your phone and then download the app called System app remover (ROOT).
 
Unless you have a custom recovery installed (CWM or TWRP) removing system apps is not your best bet.

Better to just freeze them - they become invisible to the system but can be easily restored later so you can satisfy OTA requirements, or solve instability problems.

http://androidforums.com/threads/remove-pre-installed-adware.918775/#post-6969101

If you're good to go at this point, fabulous.

Any more, maybe check out the method linked above.

System apps don't add or subtract from the space set aside for your apps.
 
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