Storage is not freed after compaction

[truenicoco]

Hi all,

I have storage issues with my bangle.js 2. The only thing (I know) I record are sport runs with the recorder app, and despite clearing the GPS traces all and running "compacting storage" storage is still almost full (a few KB free). I can probably factory reset the watch to reclaim that storage, but how can I investigate what is actually taking up that storage, so I (and others, maybe?) don't run into that issue again?

Thanks!

[gfwilliams]

Best to try 'Storage Analyser' : https://banglejs.com/apps/?id=storageanalyzer

You can just click the three bars icon by that and it'll connect to your Bangle and show you where the storage is all used up.

GPS recordings are the biggest files generally, but if you've deleted them then I'm not sure what it'd be - hopefully the analyser will help

[truenicoco]

Thanks! This was very helpful, since I realized that "removing" tracks from GadgetBridge's "activity" view does not erase data from Recorder, so the tracks are still there. Maybe worth opening an issue?

[gfwilliams]

@thyttan might have some thoughts as I believe he's the one that added the functionality in the first place - I think the initial idea was just to sync the recorder files with Gadgetbridge, rather than allowing you to actually delete them from the device.

I believe you can delete them from the run app, or from the app loader via the Recorder app though.

[thyttan]

Yes Gadgetbridge will just copy the files to store on the Android device and analyze. Deleting the runs in that UI won't remove them from the watch (and I'd say that's for the best).