On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com>wrote:
> The top entry is Android Market, at 14MB. There is a known bug in the
> Android Market where it does not clear its cache proactively. But, it
> will flush the cache when it is needed, so I effectively have closer to
> 49MB available. There are enough posts from enough people that I feel
> reasonably comfortable that most of that space will be reclaimed if/when
I need it.
I have never seen anything remove the lost files from the Android market.
The last thing I heard from the devs was basically "oh crap, yeah, thats
Bad." If you have a link to other info, I'd appreciate it..
>
> #2 entry is the Browser. I go in, click Clear Data, and the app falls
> somewhere way down the list, and my listed available space is 45MB (plus
> the 14MB or so that will get freed up by Android Market when needed).
>
That wipes out bookmarks, passwords, cookies, history..
There is another bug there, where it saves screenshots of the windows and
then doesn't properly reap them. Again, something that can't be done without
wiping all the data from the app ('clear data').
>
> > I *SO* regret installing the over-the-air patch, which removed root
> > access :(((((((
>
> Which would not have helped you one bit.
>
Root access would allow him to remove the errant caches. That sounds like
-all- the bits of help he needed, actually..
And for the record, he can downgrade to rc29 and apply a root-enabled rc30
version of his choice.
http://andblogs.net/2009/01/rc30-downgrade-merry-christmas-everyone/
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