I wonder if they ever resolved the storage deterioration problem.
"One year later, the Nexus 7 has gone from the best to worst tablet I’ve ever owned"
http://androidandme.com/2013/06/opinions/one-year-later-the-...
"One year later, the Nexus 7 has gone from the best to worst tablet I’ve ever owned"
http://androidandme.com/2013/06/opinions/one-year-later-the-...
Otherwise back everything up (this is not that hard at all) and do a reset. If you navigate to Google Play on a PC you'll see a list of your devices and have a history of all the apps you ever installed and you can reinstall them remotely from the PC. It's cool to see them pushed from the PC through the cloud to your mobile device. Just make sure to back up your contacts (should be automatic by Google I've found, don't ask me how ... but anyway you can make a backup to be sure to be sure by going into contacts and playing around), your SMSes (I use SMS backup app for this to do this automatically), any pics (though you should be using dropbox to do this automatically) and so on.
I'm not saying that this should be happening. It's crap that it is. Maybe Android is the new Windows. Quick ... defrag!
Yeah... About that... Google removed that feature.
[1] - http://rootzwiki.com/topic/28677-rom-jdx-v143-formerly-jelly... [2] - http://rootzwiki.com/topic/36706-romaosp42271213-shiny-ota-l...
(both those links are specifically for the Verizon GN. If you have a different one, you'd have to look for different builds.)
I guess my point is that "the issue" might not be storage deterioration (for which you'd be inclined to blame Google, or Samsung). Perhaps the ROM you're using (sent to you by your carrier, right?) is the issue. If the custom ROM solves your problem, you'll both a) learn that the issue wasn't storage degradation, and b) make your phone usable. Again, if you're considering getting a new phone anyway (because it's slow), it's worth a shot. And it's kinda fun to hack into your phone, anyway, right?
I think it's because I freed lots of space, as I noticed this after I removed most of the apps (before a factory reset or anything else). It might work for you too.
This is a trimming issue of the internal memory.
- Root the tablet (if you haven't already).
- Install lagfix (free) from the market or crosscompile fstrim and run it on your sd card.
Your tablet / phone will be fast again.
There is no action that can be taken on an "sdcard" partition on a GNex. It has to be done on /data.
If you've rooted your device, you have several things to try to see what is going on exactly. One key thing to look at would be the 'dmesg' output. If there are a lot of read/write errors to the internal eMMC storage, then that probably indicates a hardware problem. If that isn't happening, and 'logcat' also doesn't show anything suspicious, then maybe do a full backup (like with Titanium Backup). After that, you can try to clear the caches and see if that helps. If you're still having problems, then maybe it is time to try a full factory wipe, which will erase all your data.