Improve system settings disk usage analyzer

flohack · 14 Mar 2021, 22:21

Wow so many replies

I love that improvement. Just to make sure we are also not only making a better UI but to also get a few numbers right here that probably were wrong since ever, and where people always complain they dont understand the huge amount of "used by Ubuntu" files:

First it should read "Used by Ubuntu Touch"

Then, this is a bit complicated category:

Some space is just wasted by the partition layout
Some space is unused, even if it would be designated for the system, but its too small of a partition
Then you have the real system files
Some devices need to repurpose a part of data for their cache, since otherwise they cannot update properly.

So the breakdown for any device could be calculated as follows:

Total space: 32GB
"Reserved space" new category: Total Space - size of userdata partition, lets say 27GB remain
"Used by Ubuntu Touch" the file /data/ubuntu.img if it exists plus the size of the /data/cache folder - lets say its 3.4GB
In this case, the user has still 23.6GB space to be allocated with Apps and data.

Rest remains the same I think. On some devices ubuntu.img will not be there because their system partition is large enough to host that file. But, unfortunately, on some devices system partition is lets say only 2.5GB, too small, and it cannot be used. That space is kinda wasted then.

mymike · 14 Mar 2021, 22:37

@flohack said in Improve system settings disk usage analyzer:

First it should read "Used by Ubuntu Touch"

Oh yeah, of course! How did we missed that one :grinning_face_with_sweat: ?

"Reserved space" new category: Total Space - size of userdata partition, lets say 27GB remain

I think then people will start asking what is it reserved for... To be honest I don't like this naming that much but if you think it suits the category I'll go for it. Maybe I can put a little icon that opens a little popup that explains the partition thing

"Used by Ubuntu Touch" the file /data/ubuntu.img if it exists plus the size of the /data/cache folder - lets say its 3.4GB

I'll need to sort out how to do

Rest remains the same I think. On some devices ubuntu.img will not be there because their system partition is large enough to host that file. But, unfortunately, on some devices system partition is lets say only 2.5GB, too small, and it cannot be used. That space is kinda wasted then.

How this should be handled then?

Thank you for your inputs on this Flo

mateo_salta · 15 Mar 2021, 01:39

"Resevered for System Usage" ?

AppLee · 15 Mar 2021, 07:25

"Wasted due to former OS"

flohack · 15 Mar 2021, 15:11

I think we should be very clear about what size is consumed by our installation, and whats just reserved by Android partitioning. You know we get the bad press "UT consumes 8GB space for nothing" when in fact its much less. We want to be as transparent as possible.

I dont think people will be confused by that, you could also call it "Reserved Android partitions" maybe. BUt make clear how much space the actual installation takes up.

Capsia · 5 Oct 2021, 20:03

Hello! I liked this designs very much. Is there any news?

Keneda · 22 Nov 2021, 11:28

Wow, what a usefull work you did @mymike !
How can i missed this thread...

I will just up it with link to one of your post : https://forums.ubports.com/post/57940

flohack · 22 Nov 2021, 17:24

Its merged to devel now

domubpkm · 22 Nov 2021, 17:35

@flohack Is the worked shown in OTA-21 project ? I don't see it.

danfro · 22 Nov 2021, 20:00

@domubpkm No. As Florian said, this is available in devel channel. OTA20 was made available in stable channel last week.

For a short description of the channels please see our FAQ Telegram channel: https://t.me/UTFAQ/36

I can confirm it landed in todays devel. My opinion: neat! Looks great. Well done @mymike .

danfro · 22 Nov 2021, 20:13

@domubpkm Oh, sorry. You said OTA 21. My mistake.

domubpkm · 22 Nov 2021, 20:49

@danfro

danfro · 16 Dec 2021, 20:07

@mymike The disk usage part is already available in devel and is going to land in the next OTA. Nice!

Is there any ETA when the other part with clearing apps cache, settings and data is going to be available?

matteo · 17 Dec 2021, 07:45

@danfro unfortunately as @mymike knows, on Pixel 3a (Halium 9 device) new categories display is kinda broken, maybe due to the fact that an Anbox (Waydroid?) partition isn't available. Hope this will be fixed in the long run. Thanks to Michele for the great job anyways. Matteo

A Former User · 17 Dec 2021, 10:27

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danfro · 17 Dec 2021, 10:56

@dpitti Can you please

delete this entirely unrelated post here
stop spamming the forum with post like this one
Otherwise you might get banned here too, as has already happened in some Telegram groups. @arubislander

Lakotaubp · 18 Dec 2021, 13:24

@DPITTI Please take note of danfros comments and keep things relevant to the thread you are posting in. Thanks

danfro · 24 Jun 2022, 18:58

@mymike Just remembered this (old, old) discussion and your work for app clearup options in system settings. Wondering what did happen to that? That would be such a great thing to have "native".

flohack · 25 Jun 2022, 18:55

@danfro Specifically, removing App data for Apps no longer being installed. I got quite a ton of those

mymike · 27 Jun 2022, 17:51

Hi @danfro ! Yeah, I'm sorry but I'm less motivated in developing for UT than few years ago :loudly_crying_face:, even though I still follow and contribute to this fantastic project!
It's on my to do list and I'd like to say I'll work on it soon, but that would be rather unrealistic...