Turn off USB memory

[DageLV]

System storage- 1.97GB
USB storage-11.50GB
SD card- 7.39 GB

I just factory resetted the phone, but there is still that malware which is locking 85% of my memory. How do i delete that thing? I cant even capture screenshot, it says not enought memory space, idk, maybe screenshot takes 2GB or something, cause my phone is clear.

EDIT- By the malvare i mean USB storage. I would say it fits the description of malware.

 

[DageLV]

Cant upload screenshot, because there is not enought memory to capture one...

 

[lunatic59]

Is this really for a Galaxy S2? What version of Android do you have on it?

 

[lvt]

It seems that you have a 16gb phone with a 8gb sd card inserted.

 

[DageLV]

@lunatic59 @lvt Model number GT-l9100
Android version 4.1.2

 

[lunatic59]

Was this phone ever rooted? If so. you'll probably have to track down an older version of Odin and flash the stock firmware. If it was never rooted, then you should be okay with a factory reset. I don't remember if 4.1 had Google backup and restore as part of the os, but if that is an option, then turn it off and perform a factory reset. Without installing any apps, and without the SD card inserted, how much storage have you got? If it's still showing only ~2GB, then you may have had some memory fail on the motherboard.

 

[DageLV]

Was this phone ever rooted? If so. you'll probably have to track down an older version of Odin and flash the stock firmware. If it was never rooted, then you should be okay with a factory reset. I don't remember if 4.1 had Google backup and restore as part of the os, but if that is an option, then turn it off and perform a factory reset. Without installing any apps, and without the SD card inserted, how much storage have you got? If it's still showing only ~2GB, then you may have had some memory fail on the motherboard.

If i ask you, What does rooted mean, is it answered? I bought this phone for 10 euros from english teacher and she wasnt tech expert, so doubt he knows what the rooting is as well.
I had option to use google backup, but i denied it and memory card is empty.

 

[lunatic59]

Okay, for 10 Euros how far are you willing to take this? It is possible that the phone was compromised by a root exploit given its age and os version. There only way you can be sure is to reflash the firmware back to stock.

 

[DageLV]

Okay, for 10 Euros how far are you willing to take this? It is possible that the phone was compromised by a root exploit given its age and os version. There only way you can be sure is to reflash the firmware back to stock.

I mean, i got this phone because my old one would discharge from 100% to 0% while plugged in charger, if i turned it on and the lady who sold it to me didnt need it, but overall it didnt seem used a lot, based on its visual, looked fresh out of box. And how to reflash firmware back to stock?

Also, if and how on other phones people deal with this situation?

 

[DageLV]

I mean, i got this phone because my old one would discharge from 100% to 0% while plugged in charger, before i could turn it on and the lady who sold this phone to me didnt need it, but overall it didnt seem used a lot, based on its visual, looked fresh out of box. And how to reflash firmware back to stock?

Also, if and how on other phones people deal with this situation?

 

[lunatic59]

On budget devices or old phones it's usually recommended to upgrade since most of the time it's a hardware limitation.

It's also possible to keep an old device going long past it's prime with a little careful consideration. Games are usually a no-no and keep the apps to a minimum. If you want to watch movies and play GTA, then you're going to need a better phone.

If you can find the appropriate firmware on sammobile you will need to download it, as well as a utility called "odin". You will find links and instructions on the download page.

 

[Hadron]

The S2 is a very old phone. This is important: modern Android phones have a common space for user apps, media, everything, but older devices partitioned their storage into a small area for apps (/data) and an area for media (/sdcard, as it appears to the system as if there were an "internal SD card"). And I'm sure that the S2 was one of those. So there's most likely only a small part of the storage that can actually be used for apps.

Are you able to install any apps at all? There's a tiny app called "Storage Truth" which can show how your storage is partitioned and how much of each partition is used. If you could install that and run it (maybe clear the caches of your apps to make a bit of space) it should give us a clear picture of what we are dealing with.

For the record, I've seen removeable cards referred to as "USB storage" before now.