Interesting. Was there any way to identify those apps or their anchor
files besides testing each file for readability?
On 2/4/20 11:26 AM, Randall via Shop-talk wrote:
>> If you have backed up all the pictures and other content you
>> have created, consider doing a factory reset. It is a good
>> way to clear the various corruptions that develop over time,
>> and will likely yield improved performance.
> FWIW, on my Android phone, I discovered that many "free" apps appear to grab
> part of the flash space, and deliberately hide it. I was trying to do a
> hard backup to my PC in preparation for an operating system change (the
> version of Android that came on my phone is no longer supported), and those
> files kept showing up as "could not be read" during the transfer process.
> Deleting the associated app did delete the files, and freed up more space
> than the app was supposedly using.
>
> IOW, I agree with Peter's suggestion; except that I think the "corruption"
> is deliberate, by apps that are engaged in spying on you. There seems to be
> no other reason a game would need hidden files.
>
> Randall
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