Help Multiple memory storage problems

[Android Question]

First things first, I have an Android KitKat made by Poofek that works pretty good. It said on the label it's 32 gbs, and it's all good and true. The internal storage is 16 gbs, and the "Inner Card" (That's what it says on the storage settings) has 16 gbs as well.
Except, there's two "internal" storages so I don't know which one is external, or if I have an external storage card. Anywho, one of them has a total space of 1.97 gbs, and the other one has 16 gbs. But, it says "total space 16.000 GB" and under it "Available:2.17 GB".
Now, I don't have that many apps installed (only two, each one less than 100 mbs) and no photos or downloads.
So I tried to get WoT Blitz, but it can't detect the rest of my storage when I open the app to install it. It says "External memory (SD Card) Free space: 2.2 GB"
So where is all my memory?
And the second problem is, I would download the game to the "Inner Card" except that WoT can't find it, so I can't do much.



Help is appreciated. No, not appreciated, I NEED HELP. HELP PL0X

 

[EarlyMon]

To see your actual storage partitions and how your device is really laid out, you need to go to the horse's mouth and not most apps that dumb everything down.

Get Terminal Emulator and in in say -

df

That will show your actual layout.

All of your apps are going to install to /data/app and all of your data not specified to go to other storage is going to go to /data/data.

So, what you have under /data is what you have available for apps and app data.

Installing apps elsewhere was removed in Gingerbread.

Even apps that claim to do it in KitKat will just move a tiny portion and continue to hog /data.

You can change all of that IF you root your phone, IF there's a custom recovery for it, and IF you've got an actual developer who's paved the way for your specific phone.

Tl;dr - you can help without colorful language, please do, thanks.

 

[toxiconym]

To see your actual storage partitions and how your device is really laid out, you need to go to the horse's mouth and not most apps that dumb everything down.

Get Terminal Emulator and in in say -

df

That will show your actual layout.

All of your apps are going to install to /data/app and all of your data not specified to go to other storage is going to go to /data/data.

So, what you have under /data is what you have available for apps and app data.

Installing apps elsewhere was removed in Gingerbread.

Even apps that claim to do it in KitKat will just move a tiny portion and continue to hog /data.

You can change all of that IF you root your phone, IF there's a custom recovery for it, and IF you've got an actual developer who's paved the way for your specific phone.

Tl;dr - you can help without colorful language, please do, thanks.

I used Terminal Emulator.
Is there a way to change where the apps download, or at least move them to a different storage device?
I got an account by the way, I'm the OP.

 

[EarlyMon]

I used Terminal Emulator.
Is there a way to change where the apps download, or at least move them to a different storage device?
I got an account by the way, I'm the OP.

Welcome aboard!

Yeah - no, sorry.

Here's a write up from a few years back for another phone - don't jump and do as it says, it's old and for another phone.

But it explains the tricks.

http://androidforums.com/threads/apps2sd-vs-link2sd-and-internal-storage-explained.462308/

See what Andy said (but don't ask him, he passed away) -

http://androidforums.com/threads/app2sd-vs-link2sd.536520/

And - you're going to find a lot more here over the years up to the present day with people getting Link2SD working.

And bricking their phones trying for shortcuts.

You need to be able to root your phone, install a custom recovery in order to make a full backup before you begin and in order to modify the system properly.

I don't know if you can find a custom recovery for your phone (they're not generic) much less an exploit to root so you can mount the system read-write instead of read-only as it is now.

Search our forums for people with the same or similar phone, see if someone has this sorted out.

 

[toxiconym]

Welcome aboard!

Yeah - no, sorry.

Here's a write up from a few years back for another phone - don't jump and do as it says, it's old and for another phone.

But it explains the tricks.

http://androidforums.com/threads/apps2sd-vs-link2sd-and-internal-storage-explained.462308/

See what Andy said (but don't ask him, he passed away) -

http://androidforums.com/threads/app2sd-vs-link2sd.536520/

And - you're going to find a lot more here over the years up to the present day with people getting Link2SD working.

And bricking their phones trying for shortcuts.

You need to be able to root your phone, install a custom recovery in order to make a full backup before you begin and in order to modify the system properly.

I don't know if you can find a custom recovery for your phone (they're not generic) much less an exploit to root so you can mount the system read-write instead of read-only as it is now.

Search our forums for people with the same or similar phone, see if someone has this sorted out.

Thanks (BTW I'm using a tablet).
I found a temporary solution to my problem, but there's a problem.
It's temporary.
I'll check up on the threads you gave me... tomorrow.
I have homework tonight.
Sorry for the tl;dr I did.
Also, I got the "uploaded an avatar" trophy but I never uploaded an avatar.
Huh.

 

[EarlyMon]

Yeah, our new forum software is genius.