Why is it that it takes my phone almost an hour to download 6GB worth of data for an app, but upon deleting the app, it only requires less than 10 seconds to wipe all the data in the app from my phone? By deleting the app from the phone, I mean deleting the app from the home page. Thanks in advance!
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“Deleting” a file doesn’t really delete it; the phone just says “hey, this whole big chunk of storage space isn’t used anymore”. Then the next time it needs to look for a place to store data, it might use some of that big “deleted” block.
Pointing at something and saying “That’s not used. I can re-use it now.” takes a second. Downloading 6 gigs takes many, many seconds.
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