Tesla Android App GBs of Storage

[_MJF_]

Something odd…several times over the past few days the phone (Android) has bleated it’s running out of storage, never known this before. After a few rounds of deleting stuff it kept happening, when eventually I realised the Tesla app was using over 6 GB of storage.

Didn’t want to risk deleting its data so gave it a Force Stop, after which storage was down to sensible levels. But, it’s built back up to ~400 MB in no time, which seems a lot.

Does anyone happen to know what causes this or how to prevent it ? Thanks.

 

[kelvin 660]

Yeah, mine is using 329 MB for the app, 5.37 GB for the data, 65.31 MB Cache making a total of 5.76 GB I'm not sure what data it is storing but it does seem a lot... That's version 4.34.5-2724 on Android Samsung S22. It would be interesting to know what it is using on an Iphone...

Edit: I just checked my wife's phone and the total is under 0.5 GB. Same phone as my but only had it for a few months...

I might uninstall/reinstall the app to see if that helps...

 

[spdpsba]

Yeah, mine is using 329 MB for the app, 5.37 GB for the data, 65.31 MB Cache making a total of 5.76 GB I'm not sure what data it is storing but it does seem a lot... That's version 4.34.5-2724 on Android Samsung S22. It would be interesting to know what it is using on an Iphone...

iPhone 15
2.08 GB
554 MB for app

 

[Mad Professor]

Google Pixel 8 Pro.
Tesla App Version: v4.34.5-2724
App size: 325MB
User data: 622MB
Cache: 71.37MB
Total: 1.02GB

 

[Dilly]

iPhone 11 Pro 748 Mb for data, 554 for the app.

Includes Powerwalls.

 

[WatfordEV]

Mine

 

[heavymetalm8r]

I saw somewhere that this is caused by the widget. At least it seemed like it in my case. I removed the widget from my home screen on my Galaxy S21 and force closed the Tesla app. The space usage in data went from 18GB to 435MB. Didn't need to uninstall/reinstall the app or reboot the phone.

 

[_MJF_]

I saw somewhere that this is caused by the widget.

Not in my case, I don’t use any widgets, but a few hours on and the ~400 MB hasn’t increased so that’s good.

 

[Tronguy]

iPhone 12. Tesla version 4.34.5.
App size: 554.2 MB.
Documents and Data: 124.3 MB.

Haven't done more with it other than update it from time to time.

Wonder if this has anything to do with watching Sentry videos. I do have the enhanced connectivity; have checked the video once or twice; but it's as above.

 

[Billbrown1982]

Just checked mine, 4.87 GB holy moly

 

[T3SSY]

Samsung A7
App 408 MB
Data 1.54 GB
Cache 121 MB
Total 2.07 GB

 

[Tony Hoyle]

358MB for me, nothing to worry about. Pixel 7a.

I don't use the widget or remote sentry.

 

[AndyWarrington]

Samsung 23Ultra
Version - v4.34.5-2724
app - 408MB
Data - 5.76GB
Cache - 115MB
Total - 6.29GB

Not being a techie - if I clear the cache and clear the data, will I cock anything up
And/or should I be clearing these things regularly anyway?

 

[_MJF_]

Not being a techie - if I clear the cache and clear the data, will I cock anything up

I’d try the Force Close trick first, that worked for me. If you clear the data then maybe you’d need to log in again and re-pair the phone key, although I don’t actually know.

 

[fhteagle]

I was at 6.6GB used, Android 13 (LineageOS 20). Did a clear storage about a week ago, lost my phone key setup, but it's been pretty stable at ~0.4GB used since.

 

[kelvin 660]

Well I performed an unistall and reinstall. Very easy if you know your password and have a 2-factor code. It communicated with the car and set it self up as a key! Didn't need to go out to the car! Also the charge history was still available.

Before I had 42.7 GB free and now I have 51.3 GB free on the phone. That's even more than 6 GB gained...

Memory usage is now 333 MB. Let's see how it goes...

Note: You do need your key card to delete the old phone setting in the cars Locks screen.

 

[speedyranger74]

S24 ultra
App 331 mb
Data 28.95 mb
Cache 15.37 mb
Total 375 mb
I have widget in the lockscreen too.

 

[asl3312]

Galaxy Z Fold 5
No issues here, although I do not have the app running in the background unless I am using the car.

 

[Foxsbiscuits]

Pixel 7a, I use a widget.

 

[M3noob]

Galaxy Z Fold 5
No issues here, although I do not have the app running in the background unless I am using the car.

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I'm on the Fold 5 as well. I was constantly getting messages that the car was connected/disconnected. I forced stop the app and the messages stopped. I've no idea if I saved GBs of space but haven't felt a pinch on the newish phone.

Keeping the car asleep for the next month while we are apart is pretty important.