Okay... I searched the forums and didn't see a good answer to this question so I thought I'd post it here along with what worked for me.
I flashed over to GeeWiz recently from a rooted, stock Fascinate (and I love the new ROM). When I was re-installing my apps, I started getting an error message in the market saying I had insufficient storage. I tried manually remapping the cache using a terminal emulator with no joy (I may have screwed it up).
I finally got fed up and wiped my Dalvik Cache and voila, it started downloading again. I got about 60-80 MB of apps downloaded and hit the wall again. After rebooting into recovery and wiping it again, it started working again.
Problem: Insufficient Storage Space Available (Android Market)
Possible Solution:
1.) Reboot into Recovery (if you don't have Clockwork installed, flash it, then reboot into it)
2.) Using the volume keys, scroll down to advanced
3.) Press the return/go back soft key to enter the next menu
4.) Scroll down to Wipe Dalvik Cache, choose it
5.) Scroll down to Yes - Wipe Dalvik Cache, choose it
6.) Wait until it's cleared
7.) Press the Menu key to go back until you see Reboot System Now
8.) Reboot - It will take a few minutes for the cache to get rebuilt so be patient
Hopefully, this will help some. If anyone else has any ideas, please post them!
Wook
Perhaps you should also wipe regular cache...
Has anyone seen John Connor?
Similar problem on Samsung Vibrant with CM7
Thanks for posting this solution. I just wanted to add on that I'm having a similar problem (Samsung Vibrant Cyanogenmod 7) but it's only when downloading large apps from the market. I can download as many as I want that are a few MB but trying to download one that is around 40MB says I don't have enough space. I've tried wiping Davlik cache and eventually reformatted all partitions and reinstalled ROM clean and still get the same error.
I actually just posted a thread on this and then noticed your solution (even if it didn't work in my case
Might be a different issue, but maybe related. So if anyone has run into similar issues and found solutions I'd appreciate hearing some other solutions too.
I posted a thread on my issue here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18991642#post18991642
but i'll follow both these threads!
That one I think I understand... but, unfortunately the answer is that the Dalvik cache partition (where the market APK's are downloaded to) on many original Samsung devices (i.e. Fascinate) is only about 35 MB in size. Anything larger will get rejected as being too big. Most of the newest devices have a larger download partition.
I've seen a few posts on different forums on remapping the download cache to a different, larger partition... but nothing specific to our devices. I've tried following other posts just to see if it works, but suceeded only in either having no effect or messing it up worse and having to reinstall the ROM (not a big deal, but frustrating).
Until one of the smart people here tells us how to remap **our** cache to a larger partition... I'd do a Google search for the APK of the app you are trying to install. That worked for me to install an app about 40 MB in size.
** edit **
I see that you were able to download the app after deleting everything in the cache folder. I guess your device is lucky enough to have a larger download partition than mine does
Glad to see you got it to work!
** 2nd edit - How to remap your market cache to the SD card **
-- UPDATE -- (Thanks to grickson here at XDA)
Problem: Insufficient Storage Space Available (Android Market)
Possible Solution: Remap cache folder to your SD card
** WARNING **
I am not responsible if you mess up your device doing the following. It manually remaps your market cache to your SD card to give you extra space. The only caveat is that if you remove your SD card (or while the SD card is unmounted) the market will not work. If you are worried about losing market functionality, DON'T try this. If you mistype (or the world suddenly tips over or some other unforeseen consequence), you can ruin your ability to run the Android Market at all. Please remember, you can repeatedly clear your Dalvik cache as often as needed to continue downloading apps. you can also get most larger APK's if you spend a few minutes browsing for them. You have been warned!
** END WARNING **
1.) Download and install a terminal emulator
2.) Open the terminal emulator and type su
3.) Allow the app to always have root access and exit
4.) Restart the terminal emulator and type su, the prompt should change to a #
5.) Type the following commands:
# cd /data/data/com.android.vending
# rm -R cache
# mkdir /sdcard/cache/
# mkdir /sdcard/cache/marketCache
# ln -s /sdcard/cache/marketCache cache
- What these commands do are (in order): change directory to your cache folder, delete the entire cache folder, create a directory on your SD card named cache, create a subdirectory in that one called marketCache, link the phone's market cache to the newly created folder on your SD card
To reverse this process (hopefully):
1.) Open the terminal emulator and type su
2.) Type the following commands:
# cd /sdcard/cache/
# rm -R marketCache
# mkdir /data/data/com.android.vending/cache
# ln -s /data/data/com.android.vending/cache cache
Alternately, (from what I understand) you can just repartition your device and reinstall your ROM of choice using ODIN and your market should be back to the way it was.
I'd seen that same remapping to sdcard idea as well, I just didn't want to mess with it, figured there had to be a way to get it to work right how it's supposed to, but maybe not.
Clearing /cache worked for me though. On my Vibrant with with CM7 market downloads are cached directly in the /cache folder. there's a dalvik-cache folder in there too. but i just deleted everything out of /cache, then downloaded ok, then rebooted and it recreated dalvik-cache folder and other sub folders in /cache. another work around option for people.
rxwookie said:
That one I think I understand... but, unfortunately the answer is that the Dalvik cache partition (where the market APK's are downloaded to) on many original Samsung devices (i.e. Fascinate) is only about 35 MB in size. Anything larger will get rejected as being too big. Most of the newest devices have a larger download partition.
I've seen a few posts on different forums on remapping the download cache to a different, larger partition... but nothing specific to our devices. I've tried following other posts just to see if it works, but suceeded only in either having no effect or messing it up worse and having to reinstall the ROM (not a big deal, but frustrating).
Until one of the smart people here tells us how to remap **our** cache to a larger partition... I'd do a Google search for the APK of the app you are trying to install. That worked for me to install an app about 40 MB in size.
** edit **
I see that you were able to download the app after deleting everything in the cache folder. I guess your device is lucky enough to have a larger download partition than mine does
Glad to see you got it to work!
** 2nd edit - How to remap your market cache to the SD card **
-- UPDATE -- (Thanks to grickson here at XDA)
Problem: Insufficient Storage Space Available (Android Market)
Possible Solution: Remap cache folder to your SD card
** WARNING **
I am not responsible if you mess up your device doing the following. It manually remaps your market cache to your SD card to give you extra space. The only caveat is that if you remove your SD card (or while the SD card is unmounted) the market will not work. If you are worried about losing market functionality, DON'T try this. If you mistype (or the world suddenly tips over or some other unforeseen consequence), you can ruin your ability to run the Android Market at all. Please remember, you can repeatedly clear your Dalvik cache as often as needed to continue downloading apps. you can also get most larger APK's if you spend a few minutes browsing for them. You have been warned!
** END WARNING **
1.) Download and install a terminal emulator
2.) Open the terminal emulator and type su
3.) Allow the app to always have root access and exit
4.) Restart the terminal emulator and type su, the prompt should change to a #
5.) Type the following commands:
# cd /data/data/com.android.vending
# rm -R cache
# mkdir /sdcard/cache/
# mkdir /sdcard/cache/marketCache
# ln -s /sdcard/cache/marketCache cache
- What these commands do are (in order): change directory to your cache folder, delete the entire cache folder, create a directory on your SD card named cache, create a subdirectory in that one called marketCache, link the phone's market cache to the newly created folder on your SD card
To reverse this process (hopefully):
1.) Open the terminal emulator and type su
2.) Type the following commands:
# cd /sdcard/cache/
# rm -R marketCache
# mkdir /data/data/com.android.vending/cache
# ln -s /data/data/com.android.vending/cache cache
Alternately, (from what I understand) you can just repartition your device and reinstall your ROM of choice using ODIN and your market should be back to the way it was.
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hi, sorry to butt in, but I've been browsing all over trying deleting caches and dalvik caches (which deleted a few of my apps for some reason) and just tried this method but no luck. just wondering if you have any other ideas?
Hello,
Having just encountered the Issue of Insufficient Storage Space Available (Android Market) after loading a recent ROM, it ocurred to me to do just that-Wipe dalvic. I was hoping that would work, rather than having to Odin, etc.
yeah, the remapping cache to sd card, didn't work for me either
I had this problem as well after flashing the stock EH03 Odin package and then flashing SuperClean v3.05 in cwm. I forgot to wipe cache/delvik and had some fc's and got the "Insufficient Storage Space" warning when attempting to download apps from the market.
I booted back into cwm, cleared cache/delvik, went into "mounts and storage" and made sure dbdata was mounted and repaired permissions. Rebooted and all was well!
MOD EDIT: No warez discussion please
Thank you rxwookie :good:, the sd remap worked fine* for me and I did and a wipe dalvik also. On Nexus One ICS BCM-RC4.1U2
*two folders were created with files inside the /sdcard/cache/marketCache after installing a program, but I saw no apk
@gentle_giant: I tried your way but it seems that removes the curent patches and you have to repatch again.
rxwookie said:
That one I think I understand... but, unfortunately the answer is that the Dalvik cache partition (where the market APK's are downloaded to) on many original Samsung devices (i.e. Fascinate) is only about 35 MB in size. Anything larger will get rejected as being too big. Most of the newest devices have a larger download partition.
I've seen a few posts on different forums on remapping the download cache to a different, larger partition... but nothing specific to our devices. I've tried following other posts just to see if it works, but suceeded only in either having no effect or messing it up worse and having to reinstall the ROM (not a big deal, but frustrating).
Until one of the smart people here tells us how to remap **our** cache to a larger partition... I'd do a Google search for the APK of the app you are trying to install. That worked for me to install an app about 40 MB in size.
** edit **
I see that you were able to download the app after deleting everything in the cache folder. I guess your device is lucky enough to have a larger download partition than mine does
Glad to see you got it to work!
** 2nd edit - How to remap your market cache to the SD card **
-- UPDATE -- (Thanks to grickson here at XDA)
Problem: Insufficient Storage Space Available (Android Market)
Possible Solution: Remap cache folder to your SD card
** WARNING **
I am not responsible if you mess up your device doing the following. It manually remaps your market cache to your SD card to give you extra space. The only caveat is that if you remove your SD card (or while the SD card is unmounted) the market will not work. If you are worried about losing market functionality, DON'T try this. If you mistype (or the world suddenly tips over or some other unforeseen consequence), you can ruin your ability to run the Android Market at all. Please remember, you can repeatedly clear your Dalvik cache as often as needed to continue downloading apps. you can also get most larger APK's if you spend a few minutes browsing for them. You have been warned!
** END WARNING **
1.) Download and install a terminal emulator
2.) Open the terminal emulator and type su
3.) Allow the app to always have root access and exit
4.) Restart the terminal emulator and type su, the prompt should change to a #
5.) Type the following commands:
# cd /data/data/com.android.vending
# rm -R cache
# mkdir /sdcard/cache/
# mkdir /sdcard/cache/marketCache
# ln -s /sdcard/cache/marketCache cache
- What these commands do are (in order): change directory to your cache folder, delete the entire cache folder, create a directory on your SD card named cache, create a subdirectory in that one called marketCache, link the phone's market cache to the newly created folder on your SD card
To reverse this process (hopefully):
1.) Open the terminal emulator and type su
2.) Type the following commands:
# cd /sdcard/cache/
# rm -R marketCache
# mkdir /data/data/com.android.vending/cache
# ln -s /data/data/com.android.vending/cache cache
Alternately, (from what I understand) you can just repartition your device and reinstall your ROM of choice using ODIN and your market should be back to the way it was.
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Nice work, but note that the issue is not market-specific.
If you were to try and sideload that same app, you would get the same message -- it is from the device, not from the market.
I know this to be true since I tried it. I regularly backup all apps with ES File Explorer's App Manager (I also do the same with TB and NAND backup). When I came across the error message, I tried sideloading with no luck.
Since I am able to do updates and a rare occassional new download, I wonder if there is something about the specific apps involved.
It also is not the quantity of apps installed. I've read of someone having six apps installed. I have almost one-thousand (my dalvik resides on my Ext4 SD-EXT partition, so it can grow).
There is probably a solution staring us all in the face, but as for me, I seem blind to it.
I guess problem [RESOLVED]
rxwookie said:
Okay... I searched the forums and didn't see a good answer to this question so I thought I'd post it here along with what worked for me.
I flashed over to GeeWiz recently from a rooted, stock Fascinate (and I love the new ROM). When I was re-installing my apps, I started getting an error message in the market saying I had insufficient storage. I tried manually remapping the cache using a terminal emulator with no joy (I may have screwed it up).
I finally got fed up and wiped my Dalvik Cache and voila, it started downloading again. I got about 60-80 MB of apps downloaded and hit the wall again. After rebooting into recovery and wiping it again, it started working again.
Problem: Insufficient Storage Space Available (Android Market)
Possible Solution:
1.) Reboot into Recovery (if you don't have Clockwork installed, flash it, then reboot into it)
2.) Using the volume keys, scroll down to advanced
3.) Press the return/go back soft key to enter the next menu
4.) Scroll down to Wipe Dalvik Cache, choose it
5.) Scroll down to Yes - Wipe Dalvik Cache, choose it
6.) Wait until it's cleared
7.) Press the Menu key to go back until you see Reboot System Now
8.) Reboot - It will take a few minutes for the cache to get rebuilt so be patient
Hopefully, this will help some. If anyone else has any ideas, please post them!
Wook
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I recently had the same problem on my device htc explorer. I had rooted my device so i used The APP LUCKY PATCHER and selected Options>Troubleshooting. There i found out an option called Insufficient storage available so when i selected it , it had done something and when it was over i could install the app that was causing the trouble! Hope it would work fr u people! But remember
ur device must be rooted and install LUCKY PATCHER!!
gentle_giant said:
Ola,
I copy-pasted the lines below. It did fix it for me. And I have been spending many, many hours if not days digging through search results..
My thanks go to GTAFan9999 on AndroidCentral for pointing me in the right direction.
After this some apps that refused to update in the past, updated just fine, I could reinstall Facebook and Whatsapp.
BTW, you will have to google Lucky Patcher, you won't find in on Google Play.
"I had this problem a few days back. I fixed mine by running "Lucky Patcher" and then going to the troubleshoot section in the menu and picking "Remove fixes and backups (insufficient storage available"
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Thanks for that, I'll give that a try if I see it again. It seemed to only be specific ROMs for me at least. I always got it with CM7 and 9, but other ROMs like AOKP and team passion ROMs never gave that error. So it must be something in their coding as well. Maybe CM just hadn't bothered to fix/patch it and AOKP/Passion had, I dunno
gentle_giant said:
Ola,
I copy-pasted the lines below. It did fix it for me. And I have been spending many, many hours if not days digging through search results..
My thanks go to GTAFan9999 on AndroidCentral for pointing me in the right direction.
After this some apps that refused to update in the past, updated just fine, I could reinstall Facebook and Whatsapp.
BTW, you will have to google Lucky Patcher, you won't find in on Google Play.
"I had this problem a few days back. I fixed mine by running "Lucky Patcher" and then going to the troubleshoot section in the menu and picking "Remove fixes and backups (insufficient storage available"
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+1
If any of you have Titanium Backup installed before, try uninstall it and delete App Manager folder from you sdcard.
It worked for me, no idea about you guys though.
I have xperia neo, and I am probably in "the wrong part of town", however I wanted to share some of my experience. When I was running stock Gingerbread I had no problems at all with this, with CM9.1 I tried the lucky patcher thing and it seemed to have worked. But when using stock ICS after downloading around 10 apps, and the free space going down from 300mb to below 90, the problem is there. Any thought on why GB was ok? I am considering going back to GB.
Seems to be finally fixed
I've been poking about trying to find a solution to my "insufficient space" issue, which as most of you seem to be in agreement is a blatant lie you are being told by your phone.
Anyhow, a reboot to recovery and a cache wipe is certainly now allowing me to update the apps I couldn't previously.
Thanks to the xda community, once again.
Incidentally , I'm running a Galaxy S2 I9100, with CM9 RC1
Same error .. insufficient memory P-3113 samsung tab 2
P-3113 tab 2 android 4.1.1 build UECLK7
32gb external 8gb internal
Used script to swap memory from here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961097
All worked fine.
device memory Total 29.69gb apps 2.53gb audio 24k misc files 162mb ? Available 28.63gb
SD Card total 4.56gb Avail 2.86gb
In apps manager Device memory reads 1.6gb used - 3.0gb free
I can not install some apps from the GApp store "Insufficient storage available"
I can install from amazon.
Using cwm, wiped davlik and main cache, checked and mounted /data, fixed permissions. rebooted.
Tried to download and install lucky patcher... no luck installing.
Nothing help so far. just trying to download and install the sixaxis cntroller app ( very small ) yet a larger file from amazon will install fine.
any ideas? Thanks to everyone in advance.
UPDATE can install Kunundrum game app 14mb from GApp store but not sixaxis controller 147k insufficient storage is this some block?
Thanks
wsiegel said:
P-3113 tab 2 android 4.1.1 build UECLK7
32gb external 8gb internal
Used script to swap memory from here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961097
All worked fine.
device memory Total 29.69gb apps 2.53gb audio 24k misc files 162mb ? Available 28.63gb
SD Card total 4.56gb Avail 2.86gb
In apps manager Device memory reads 1.6gb used - 3.0gb free
I can not install some apps from the GApp store "Insufficient storage available"
I can install from amazon.
Using cwm, wiped davlik and main cache, checked and mounted /data, fixed permissions. rebooted.
Tried to download and install lucky patcher... no luck installing.
Nothing help so far. just trying to download and install the sixaxis cntroller app ( very small ) yet a larger file from amazon will install fine.
any ideas? Thanks to everyone in advance.
UPDATE can install Kunundrum game app 14mb from GApp store but not sixaxis controller 147k insufficient storage is this some block?
Thanks
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simply install this app http://bit.ly/HknMhv & choose location external storage
Related
Received my gtablet two days ago from the Woot sale. Went to modify it yesterday. First installed ClockworkMod, which was easy. But then I got ahead of myself: I tried installing the VEGAn-TAB 7 GingerEdition experimental release, which left the tablet stuck at the ViewSonic 3-bird screen.
So I partitioned the built-in SD card and backed down to VEGAn-Tab 5.1 Beta, with the suppliment package by Roebeet. That seems to have worked, until after I installed the Google Apps package (gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip). After booting it up, there is no Android Market anywhere. I read quite a bit on the forums here. Every one is talking about fixing Market after it is running. But my situation is different -- Market is not running. Furthermore, I could not find the Google Services Framework process either. Looking into the gapps zip file, I do see GoogleServicesFramework.apk and MarketUpdater.apk in there. I also find them in /system/app on the tablet. So why are they not running?
I have re-run the installation process a few times but nothing has changed. What else can I do? Any pointers are greatly appreciated. Should I try another ROM like TnT Lite?
That's a good question. I installed VEGAn 5.1 a couple days ago, but I don't' remember if it had the Market there... I'm about to reinstall it now and will post in a couple minutes.
However, I did just try the last experimental version of VEGAn and there too was no Market.
[edit]
Sorry, I took so long... I got side-tracked.
Anyways, I just installed VEGAn 5.1 and I have the Market installed. I did not however, install the supplemental package. So, I'm not sure what you did. Where did you download your ROM from? Is it the full version or just the update?
What I just did was:
1. Download VEGAn 5.1 from their site: http://vegantab.gojimi.com/download/gtab.VEGAn.1.00.beta5.1.user.final.zip
2. Then boot up in CWM, repartition the internal sd as 4096/256.
3. Then mount the USB so that you can copy that zip file onto the internal sd.
4. Then unmount the USB, then install that zip from the internal sd
5. Then I mount /data and /system
6. Then I Wipe data/factory reset
7. Then I Wipe cache partition
8. Then I reboot
I just do steps 5-8 because it makes sense to me, but I'm not sure if I'm doing those in the correct order or not.
[edit again]
I just read this:
If you are having issues with the new market telling you you don't have enough space to download then your SD Partitions are incorrect and need fixed** -Boot Clockworkmod, select advanded, then partition SD, 2048 for first option, and 0 for second.
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And I am having this problem now, so don't partition it as 4096/256 like I stated above, use 2048/0 instead.
Wow! Thanks for the quick and thorough response. I'm going to go through the whole thing again while writing them down step by step.
1. Booting the gtab into ClockworkMod Recovery >> Advanced >> Partition SD Card;
2. Partition: Ext Size = 2048; Swap Size = 0; (Pour myself a cup of coffee while that's done.)
3. Connecting to PC via USB; On gtab: Main menu >> mounts and storage >> Mount USB storage;
4. On PC, open File Explorer >> G: >> New Folder >> downloads;
5. Copying files to gtab:/downloads (MD5sum):
gtab.VEGAn.1.00.beta5.1.user.final.zip (a01171d77f25444088ecc884c793d105)
gtab.VEGAn.1.00.beta5.11.suppl.zip (7f3920a3ef2dabf264bfc8550d8f6d00)
gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip (29efd1cc5457849b10d4f0dc31f7f04c)
6. On gtab: Unmount (USB storage);
7. Back to Mounts and Storage Menu: Mount /system and /data;
8. Back to main menu >> install zip from sdcard >> choose zip from sdcard >> downloads/ >> gtab.VEGAn.1.00.beta5.1.user.final.zip >> Yes - Install ......
9. In main menu >> wipe data/factory reset >> Yes -- delete all user data >> wipe cache partition >> Yes -- Wipe Cache;
Wipe cache seems unnecessary as wipe data includes "Formatting CACHE".
10. In main menu >> reboot system now.
11. Well, this time I see "Market" in the all apps screen!
12. Back to home >> Settings >> Applications >> Manage applications >> Running: I find Google Services Framework as well!!
I still don't know what I did wrong yesterday: Maybe I shouldn't have installed gtab.VEGAn.1.00.beta5.11.suppl.zip? But I am glad I am over one hurdle.
You don't install the google apps package with Vegan 5.1.
The main apps are already included including Market.
ww9rivers said:
Received my gtablet two days ago from the Woot sale. Went to modify it yesterday. First installed ClockworkMod, which was easy. But then I got ahead of myself: I tried installing the VEGAn-TAB 7 GingerEdition experimental release, which left the tablet stuck at the ViewSonic 3-bird screen.
So I partitioned the built-in SD card and backed down to VEGAn-Tab 5.1 Beta, with the suppliment package by Roebeet. That seems to have worked, until after I installed the Google Apps package (gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip). After booting it up, there is no Android Market anywhere. I read quite a bit on the forums here. Every one is talking about fixing Market after it is running. But my situation is different -- Market is not running. Furthermore, I could not find the Google Services Framework process either. Looking into the gapps zip file, I do see GoogleServicesFramework.apk and MarketUpdater.apk in there. I also find them in /system/app on the tablet. So why are they not running?
I have re-run the installation process a few times but nothing has changed. What else can I do? Any pointers are greatly appreciated. Should I try another ROM like TnT Lite?
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Sent from my Viewsonic 10" GTab...
Hi Guyse,
I'm having a very strange problem with my a70.
My system memory is getting fuller and fuller. Usually, I had about 60 - 70 MiB of empty storage left.
Since yesterday, I got the low memory message a few times. Uninstalled a few apps, everything was ok again.
Low memory message again.
After doing this a couple of times, I checked my system memory with
DiskUsage:
Data 299 MiB
--------------------------
Applications 89,1 MiB
System Data 187,2 MiB
Free Space 23,2 MiB
That is way too much System Data, I thought. And I was right.
I work in a retail store. Unboxed a brand-new A70, installed 2.326, looked up empty Storage - 235 MiB !
So the original Android needs only 64 MiB - that's a huge difference.
I already used Cachecleaner, bought me exactly 1.5 MiB.
Any idea how to solve this Problem?
I'd be grateful for every hint.
The only things changed in the last days before this happened:
- Updated to 2.326
(But I guess more users would report this if it was a bug)
- Finally got an prepaid Credit Card and went wild on the market.
(I have a slightly strange feeling that the downloaded apk's from the market are stored in the system memory, but can't go further in because of missing root. and knowledge. and why didn't I experience this problem sooner when downloading demos from the market ?)
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
pintness
I have the same problem with my A101IT. It says I still have 335mb left and i started downloading and installing some apps and the message said low on disk space. So I started deleting all the apps. And now it's saying I have 160mb left.... It should give back atleast 250mb space but it didn't......
I was having this problem, and tracked it down to an application 'Perfect Viewer' which was building image cache in the system memory (about 30MB). After contacting the author, he moved the cache to SD storage and the problem was resolved. You may have a similarly misbehaving application. Go to Settings->Applications->Manage applications->All and hit Menu->Sort by size. Check each application to see how much data they have stored. If you can, move it to internal storage. If you can't, and it's in the tens of MBs, contact the author - or just uninstall it and use an alternative.
Try app2sd
macemoneta said:
I was having this problem, and tracked it down to an application 'Perfect Viewer' which was building image cache in the system memory (about 30MB). After contacting the author, he moved the cache to SD storage and the problem was resolved. You may have a similarly misbehaving application. Go to Settings->Applications->Manage applications->All and hit Menu->Sort by size. Check each application to see how much data they have stored. If you can, move it to internal storage. If you can't, and it's in the tens of MBs, contact the author - or just uninstall it and use an alternative.
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As I wrote, I already used CacheCleaner, didn't bring much.
My biggest application is 5 MiB on the system partition.
I still think my date\system folder is way too big. Can someone please check the size on their device? (You can do it with DiskUsage from the market; start and choose "App Storage")
Thanks
It looks like /cache folder is mounted on /data partition...
If you root your device and you clean /cache folder you probably will have back all your lost space... In this folder there are downladed apks from market app that are cached for the install but are not cleaned by the system after the installation...
Try also to delete all dex file from /data/dalvik-cache
Then reboot...
The reboot will be very slow because dex file will be recreated... but dex from old apps no more present on the device will be cleaned up .
umberto.sulla said:
It looks like /cache folder is mounted on /data partition...
If you root your device and you clean /cache folder you probably will have back all your lost space... In this folder there are downladed apks from market app that are cached for the install but are not cleaned by the system after the installation...
Try also to delete all dex file from /data/dalvik-cache
Then reboot...
The reboot will be very slow because dex file will be recreated... but dex from old apps no more present on the device will be cleaned up .
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damn, I was afraid of something like that.
Never read about this kind of behaviour before, is it a general bug in android?
Is there any possibility to fix this without rooting? I don't want to lose my warranty and temp root would not work if I understand this correct. If there would be any for 2.326.
Best regards,
Pint
pintness said:
damn, I was afraid of something like that.
Never read about this kind of behaviour before, is it a general bug in android?
Is there any possibility to fix this without rooting? I don't want to lose my warranty and temp root would not work if I understand this correct. If there would be any for 2.326.
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Temp root would give you the possibility to clear out the cache since it's on the /data partition.
Archangel is reported to work sometimes on 2.3.26 you can always try.
It really works!! Thank you!!
I have been unable to get my G Tablet running VeganTab 7.1 to run a fairly wide range of programs. Some examples Logmein Ignite, Roboform, any alternative keyboard. In each case as soon as I start the program it "Force Closes".
Does anyone have any thoughts about how I might be able to fix this?
Thanks in advance.
Tom
I'm running the latest Mountain Laurel ROM at the moment but I've used VEGAn Ginger 7.1 in the past with LogMeIn Ignition and different keyboards without any issues. My question to you would be when did this start? Was it always that way since you started using this ROM or did it begin after some time? If it was always like that then I would suggest you do a total wipe and reflash that ROM since I know those programs can and did work for me on VG 7.1. Also are you using the stock kernel that VG 7.1 ships with or did you flash another custom kernel? If you did that may be the culprit especially if you're over-clocking.
It started right after I upgraded from 7.0 to 7.1. The easy route would be to step back to 7.0. I just hate to do that since this version is so much better in so many other ways.
I did use CWM to factory wipe then wiped cache (including dalvik-cache) really flashed rom with no change.
Any other thoughts?
Tom
Tom Mason said:
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Try these steps.
1. Boot into ClockworkMod, select "mounts and storage" and unmount all mounted partitions. Then, connect the USB cable to the gTab and run these commands using adb. Do not back out from the mounts and storage screen that you're currently on otherwise the /cache partition will get re-mounted again.
Code:
[I]Wipe the cache partition[/I]
C:\> [B]adb shell erase_image cache[/B]
[I]Mount /system read-only to use the newer FS check progs.[/I]
C:\> [B]adb shell mount -r /system
[/B] [I]Force check /sdcard[/I]
C:\> [B]adb shell /system/bin/fsck_msdos -f -y /dev/block/mmcblk3p1[/B]
[I]Force check /data[/I]
C:\> [B]adb shell /system/bin/e2fsck -f -y /dev/block/mmcblk3p2[/B]
[I]Unmount /system[/I]
C:\> [B]adb shell umount /system[/B]
After this you can use the back soft-button to go into the "advanced" menu item and then choose "Wipe Dalvik Cache".
The procedure above will fix any filesystem structure errors (note: not corrupted file data problems!) and wipe unnecessary data (/cache and dalvik-cache stuff) while preserving all your user data.
If certain apps still force close then it might be due to corrupted data files. To clear this problem, try:
a) going into Settings > Applications and then clearing the apps's data and cache
b) un-installing and re-installing the apps, or
c) using Settings > Applications, moving the apps to SD card, then back to the tablet (or vice versa).
Problem pretty much corrected
Thanks to everyone for suggestions. I saw on another thread that someone suggested re-partitioning the SD memory using 2048 / 0. It worked like a champ with the exception of Android mail client. For some reason the email client fails to allow me to add a POP3 email account. I get all the way to the end and it force closes. I ended up downloading an alternate client and it works fine.
Other than that everything is great. G tab is performing great.
Thanks again to everyone who made suggestions.
Tom
Tom Mason said:
I saw on another thread that someone suggested re-partitioning the SD memory using 2048 / 0. It worked like a champ...
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By repartitioning the SD card you've almost brought the tablet to a factory default state--by additionally wiping cache, you would, in fact, bring the tablet to a freshly installed state--but, you've also lost all your data and settings (unless you've taken a backup). The steps I outlined above was an attempt to fix your problem while preserving almost all of your data.
Anyway, happy to hear that your tablet is working almost normally now. Try wiping cache, dalvik-cache in CWM, and clearing data and cache in Settings > Applications > Manage applications > Email to fix email.
I had the same problem with 7.1. It only affected the Mail client with my pop mail. I ended up pasting in the mail program from 7.0. Worked like a charm. I attached for your convenience
jlh11364 said:
I had the same problem with 7.1. It only affected the Mail client with my pop mail. I ended up pasting in the mail program from 7.0. Worked like a charm. I attached for your convenience
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Thanks man….I was disappointed when I tried to connect to our Exchange server; I kept getting force close on the email app. At first I thought it was because our Exchange server forces you to have a password on your account. Then I tried to connect to my Hotmail and same problem. I found your post Thanks once more…
I did try just installing and received a warning this is a system app do I wish to replace? I said yes and it installs just fine. Wow Hotmail works but when connect to Exchange force close….
I did get this to work….but I has to extract all files form the VeganTab 7.1 zip into another folder in the system\app folder overwrite Email.apk with the new file and re-zip contents and re-install VeganTab7.1 with new files.
I had flashed RootBox, the most recent one, and I started getting Low Storage Space warnings after every reboot. I thought reflashing might solve this problem, so I did the following :
1. In recovery, Wipe Data/ Factory reset
2. Wipe Cache
3. Wipe Dalvik Cache
4. Format /system
5. then Flashed SlimBean 4.2.2 v1 Stable
Now, again I am getting the same problem, I haven't installed many apps though, the list of apps installed are:
1.Chrome
2.Download All Files
3.ES File Explorer
4.Titanium Backup
5.instagram
6.Maps
7.jetAudioPlus
8.MX Player
9.ROM Toolbox
10.Viber
11.WhatsApp
12.YMail
That's All...
I don't know what problem might be.. I have also searched a lot, in XDA as well as Google. but no suitable solution.
Anyone can help me solve this.??
guru_iyer said:
I had flashed RootBox, the most recent one, and I started getting Low Storage Space warnings after every reboot. I thought reflashing might solve this problem, so I did the following :
1. In recovery, Wipe Data/ Factory reset
2. Wipe Cache
3. Wipe Dalvik Cache
4. Format /system
5. then Flashed SlimBean 4.2.2 v1 Stable
Now, again I am getting the same problem, I haven't installed many apps though, the list of apps installed are:
1.Chrome
2.Download All Files
3.ES File Explorer
4.Titanium Backup
5.instagram
6.Maps
7.jetAudioPlus
8.MX Player
9.ROM Toolbox
10.Viber
11.WhatsApp
12.YMail
That's All...
I don't know what problem might be.. I have also searched a lot, in XDA as well as Google. but no suitable solution.
Anyone can help me solve this.??
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Its viber thats causing your problem look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2117444 under the letter S for storage. I found this answer in 15 seconds under the root box thread. Please look at rom threads for solutions before posting.
Viber Low Storage error when pressing "Hold to Talk"
gaosphappy said:
Its viber thats causing your problem look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2117444 under the letter S for storage. I found this answer in 15 seconds under the root box thread. Please look at rom threads for solutions before posting.
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None of the suggestions in this thread worked for me. Including the alternative thread you suggested.
Although my problem has very similar symptoms - the cause (and therefore the solution) is different.
Symptoms: Viber (version 4.1.1) gave me a "Low Storage Space" message whenever I pressed the "Hold and Talk" button.
My Solution: I discovered that there was a file called "_ptt_id_counter" in folder /data/data/com.viber.voip that had incorrect uid/gid.
The uid/gid were not the same as every other file and folder in this subtree.
I guess that "ptt" means "press to talk". I also guess that the id_counter (4 bytes in size) is probably a long integer and should be able to be
both written and read. The permissions were only 600 on the file. So, I used adb to chown the uid & gid to be the same as the other files/folders.
It then worked.
I am not an Android programmer. However, I have worked with Unix since 1982 and Linux since 1997.
I also tried booting into recovery and running permissions check/fix. But, I guess there isn't a manifest that specifies what the correct file permissions should be? (I haven't got that far in my OO learning).
I think the culprit that (somehow) caused the error was the Backup app I was using. (Ultimate Backup by Jrummy) but, I can't be sure and I don't want to "point the finger".
If someone could please tell me where in an APK one could locate a "spec"/"layout" of what files should have what permissions - it would be helpful. I know that uid/gid doesn't need to be specified generally because each app runs in it's own sandbox and the uid/gid is set to that of the owning pid. But, there must be something somewhere that specifies what the "chmod" permissions are. Isn't there?
If not - then I just have to assume it's a memory corruption and (perhaps) related to the CM11 Nightly that I am using. But, I am a Newbie and I am not permitted to post in that forum (yet).
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Phone: HTC Desire HD
Rom: Daily driver - unofficial CM11 by Mustaavalkosta.
Radio: 12.69a.60.29U_26.17.14.11_M
Hi,
I've a phone (lenovo A660) with multilang ROM in it. When I want to move apps to phone storage, it reboots.
it also reboots while installing some games from google play store (Subway surfers etc.).
I think it is the same problem as moving to phone storage.
I could install some applications from play store.
There are 2 internal area in the phone,
1st: internal storage (~1GB)
2nd: phone storage named as SDcard: (~1,5GB)
my microSD card is the 3rd: named SDcard2 : 8GB
I think the system wants to move some apps to the phone storage area while installing them, then system reboots. And when I want to move apps to the phone storage(named sdcard) it reboots too. There is no option to move apps to my scard(named sdcard2).
What causes this problem?
Temporary workaround
Hi, I've been searching into this for a while now. I used another phone to inspect the manifest files of the apps that rebooted my A660, and the one thing in common that I could see was that they all had installLocation=”2”, which means preferExternal. I did not find any installed app that had this set to 2, they all had either 0-auto, or nothing, which defaults to 1-internal, so I tried to bypass this preference in the following ways, one at the time:
with a microSD card inserted:
1) changed: "System settings->Storage->Preferred install location" from "Let the system decide" to "Internal storage";
2) used a terminal to enter: "pm set-install-location 1". Checked it with "pm get-install-location", which returned 1;
3) in "Link2SD->Settings->Install location", changed from "Automatic" to "Internal";
4) Physically removed the microSD card from the slot, and tried all three approaches again, one at the time,
but was not successful with any of them, the phone always rebooted after downloading the apps, apparently soon after beginning to install them.
The weird thing is that both /mnt/sdcard and /mnt/sdcard2 seem to be normal (I can read and write from and to them), but for some reason apps marked with preferExternal seem to ignore whatever is set on the phone and try to install on /mnt/sdcard, and the phone reboots.
I am certain I tried other approaches as well, but after so many days searching, reading and experimenting I do not remember everything I tried. The most important ones are described above. I was finally able to install those apps by doing the following:
1) edited /etc/vold.fstab: commented the line that mounts /mnt/sdcard;
2) rebooted the phone;
3) installed the apps to the internal memory (weird thing is that even with the microSD card inserted in the slot, the phone showed no available external media...);
4) edited /etc/vold.fstab back to the original (i.e. removed the hash sign from the beginning of the line);
5) rebooted the phone.
All 6 apps I installed this way are functioning, so at least there is a way to install and use them for now, though they are all installed in the internal storage area (/data/app), consuming precious real state. I do not know what is wrong, if somebody solves this I am still looking for an answer.
ROM: A660_S019_120824, multi-language version
thanks
thank you very much for your explanation.
But I tried many things that ;I can not remember now, but I could not find any solution like you. That is not important for some people who will not play these games/apps, but it was so importnt for me. And I sell the phone. Then I bought THL W100, and it is a perfect phone with no problems...
Same problem
KY69 said:
Hi, I've been searching into this for a while now. I used another phone to inspect the manifest files of the apps that rebooted my A660, and the one thing in common that I could see was that they all had installLocation=”2”, which means preferExternal. I did not find any installed app that had this set to 2, they all had either 0-auto, or nothing, which defaults to 1-internal, so I tried to bypass this preference in the following ways, one at the time:
with a microSD card inserted:
1) changed: "System settings->Storage->Preferred install location" from "Let the system decide" to "Internal storage";
2) used a terminal to enter: "pm set-install-location 1". Checked it with "pm get-install-location", which returned 1;
3) in "Link2SD->Settings->Install location", changed from "Automatic" to "Internal";
4) Physically removed the microSD card from the slot, and tried all three approaches again, one at the time,
but was not successful with any of them, the phone always rebooted after downloading the apps, apparently soon after beginning to install them.
The weird thing is that both /mnt/sdcard and /mnt/sdcard2 seem to be normal (I can read and write from and to them), but for some reason apps marked with preferExternal seem to ignore whatever is set on the phone and try to install on /mnt/sdcard, and the phone reboots.
I am certain I tried other approaches as well, but after so many days searching, reading and experimenting I do not remember everything I tried. The most important ones are described above. I was finally able to install those apps by doing the following:
1) edited /etc/vold.fstab: commented the line that mounts /mnt/sdcard;
2) rebooted the phone;
3) installed the apps to the internal memory (weird thing is that even with the microSD card inserted in the slot, the phone showed no available external media...);
4) edited /etc/vold.fstab back to the original (i.e. removed the hash sign from the beginning of the line);
5) rebooted the phone.
All 6 apps I installed this way are functioning, so at least there is a way to install and use them for now, though they are all installed in the internal storage area (/data/app), consuming precious real state. I do not know what is wrong, if somebody solves this I am still looking for an answer.
ROM: A660_S019_120824, multi-language version
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And I have the same problem. Please tell me if you found any way to solve this problem. I did not understand how to get one thing
"1) edited /etc/vold.fstab: commented the line that mounts /mnt/sdcard;" If you have patience and can you please explain me. Thank you!
hmmm......
buyukbalkan said:
Hi,
I've a phone (lenovo A660) with multilang ROM in it. When I want to move apps to phone storage, it reboots.
it also reboots while installing some games from google play store (Subway surfers etc.).
I think it is the same problem as moving to phone storage.
I could install some applications from play store.
There are 2 internal area in the phone,
1st: internal storage (~1GB)
2nd: phone storage named as SDcard: (~1,5GB)
my microSD card is the 3rd: named SDcard2 : 8GB
I think the system wants to move some apps to the phone storage area while installing them, then system reboots. And when I want to move apps to the phone storage(named sdcard) it reboots too. There is no option to move apps to my scard(named sdcard2).
What causes this problem?
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firstly, i think ure device is rooted
but in my device (xperia M) that situation device reboot while moving app is happen when the rooting device is not fully root
sorry if my opinion isnt solve ure problem because the device is difference, but in my xperia M that xperia 2013, i have troubleshooting with rooting methode, and there is have two version of root, that is half root and fully root. and in my case, i was experienced device reboot suddenly while i mod system app (eg; move, remove, link). and now the problem solved when i try step two in my device, it is fully root. maybe you can try this bro and find the perfect rooting app for ure device:good:
sorry for my bad english
Still not working
Two phones have the same lenovo A660 and both happened the same. I've heard that others have the same problem with Lenovo A660 with multilang ROM. If anyone knows a solution please tell me your. Thank you!