Xperia V: explain storage and check phone genuity

[VelVet04]

Hi,
just got my xperia V last monday. based on its specs on sony's website it has 8GB storage capacity. But when i checked it looks like it only has 5GB. is 8GB not fully user-usable? Does anybody know about the storage of xperia V? Please explain. And another thing I want to know, how can I check if my phone is fake or not?

[VelVet04]

correction: I tried to connect on pc companion. It successfully detect my phone and when I checked the storage it says that my phone only have 3.71GB. I don't know where's the other more or less 5GB so it will be 8GB.

[Uliwooly]

what if you go to settings > storage

[VelVet04]

Heres what inside the Setting>Storage:

Device Memory total space is 1.97 and Internal Storage total space is 3.71.

[Uliwooly]

and some of the memory is for Android, its normal

[VelVet04]

So the internal storage is not totally 8GB because it is partitioned? what about when I checked on the pc companion it says that the memory is 3.71GB. Is the 3.71GB the only memory usable by the user?

[Uliwooly]

this should explain it better

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/406527#406527

[Uliwooly · Accepted solution]

check thei Xperia V's white paper

http://www-support-downloads.sonymobile.com/lt25i/whitepaper_EN_lt25i_xperia_v.pdf

Memory: 8GB eMMC*

* Memory comprises 1.2 GB of firmware, 2 GB of “Phone memory” for downloaded applications, and

about 3.7 GB of “Internal storage” for music, pictures and movies, and some application data. For a more

detailed description of the different types of memory and how they are used, see .“Memory in Android™

phones” on page 16.

[bo3rs3unkie]

You can see how much Internal Storage is available under Settings > Storage > Phone memory. In the Xperia™ V, about 3.7 GB is available as Internal Storage.In the Xperia™ V, the three areas of persistent memory (System Memory, Phone Memory, and Internal Storage), together with some small memory allocations for system operations, share 8 GB of built-in eMMC memory.

Just read the white paper guys,it explains everything.

Regards.