For the first time on my Atrix, I got an "Insufficient Storage" error while updating an app via the market.
I know some people have had this show up after using Titanium Backup, but I've never had that app on my phone.
I was able to uninstall and reinstall the app in question, but the question is - is this a fluke of a bug that just occasionally comes up, or is there a genuine concern that I'm out of space somewhere?
I've got Root Explorer, but I don't know which directories to check.
Had that happen to me when doing an update through the amazon app store too. I was able to exit out and tried installing the update again and it worked fine. Had over 1gb of space available. I think it was just a fluke. Haven't seen it happen since.
Good to know, thanks!
I loaded CM 7.1 stable on my Fascinate a couple months ago and sometime there after I started getting Force Closes all over the place.
Rebooting my phone only seemed to temporarily alleviate the issue for an hour or so, but shortly after it would start occurring again. It wasnt until I opened Touchdown that I found the potential cause as it reported I was "Low on space". I found this pretty odd seeing as I had several GBs free on both internal and SD storage.
After searching around a bit I believe it's my cache thats filling up. I ran Clear Cache in CWM it cleared up the issue for several days but eventually it starts occurring again.
First question: is clearing the Cache via CWM on regular intervals going to hurt anything?
Second (and more important) question: Is there any way to fix this without going with a different ROM?
Thanks a bunch in advance!!
I got it too!
I'm having the same issue, or I believe I am. You get a notification saying your low on space, and you can't receive any txtmsg's? Once you clear up the space the msg's come through fine.
I was using the stable for a long time.. and didn't get the error, and then I flashed the latest nightly and that's when I got the error.
I don't think the nightly is what caused the error, I actually believe it's pure coincidence. I've managed to keep in under control and can fix it when it happens.
I clear my cache as well, but I found out that the /data/data also needs some cleaning to get rid of the error. When I free some space in the /data/data I don't even need to touch my /cache at all.
I will post any other findings... info.. etc.. that I find.
Maniac
your datadata folder is full most likely. You can try uninstalling some apps, or try running ng cache cleaner from market, or read this thread and try this tweak JT posted!
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/5635-problems-with-datadata-causing-force-closes-for-google-apps/
A novice question Im sure, but whats the best/easiest way to see how much free space is available on these partitions?
use the disk usage app from market.
i'm having sporadic notification with this message "unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped".
This on a fresh install of alpha0, wiped data/factory reset, cache, dalvik. all patches/fix, gapps, gapps fix provided by cm dev are applied. This never happened on alpha 3.5.
is anyone having the same issue? whats the fix, if any?
nomadman said:
i'm having sporadic notification with this message "unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped".
This on a fresh install of alpha0, wiped data/factory reset, cache, dalvik. all patches/fix, gapps, gapps fix provided by cm dev are applied. This never happened on alpha 3.5.
is anyone having the same issue? whats the fix, if any?
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let me guess that you have lots files either your download folder and or music/video, clear out your downloads along clearing media storage
I haven't been having it actually close but I have been having the Watchdog app report that process is using high cpu. I read an another site that going to Apps > All Apps > Media Storage and then clear any app cache or data.
It seems to have helped me so it's worth a shot to try that before doing anything more drastic.
Sup guys. Yea I had only 2gig of space left on the sdcard. I have about 1500 songs and gameloft data on it. I have no idea how much space data for webos took.
I uninstalled android, went to webos and formatted the sdcard. Reinstalled android. I have not copied my mp3 collection and games data back yet. But so far no more problems and a lot less ICS reboots. I'll copy over the games data files and music soon. I'll find out if it starts to go nuts again.
I am having the same issuer on CM9 A0.5. However, in my app manager I am having problems clearing data and cache...
It's annoying, but not a dealbreaker.
i keep getting this error as well. i've cleared the cache and i still get it, but a lot less frequently.
additionally, i'm only using 17gb (seems high, but w/e).
This might not apply to you, but I started having that same issue when I changed the dpi on the lcd from 160 to 132. When I changed it back to 160 I stopped having the media process force close on me.
johnysavage said:
This might not apply to you, but I started having that same issue when I changed the dpi on the lcd from 160 to 132. When I changed it back to 160 I stopped having the media process force close on me.
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interesting. i changed it to 145 (? i'll have to look when i get home to confirm).
i will say that my gf's TP is also set the same and she doesn't have those errors. however, she probably is using a lot less storage than i am.
I'm not quite sure its a storage issue. Everything was fine the past 48hrs. I didn't install anything and kept my sdcard usage under 10gig. I have a 32gig tp. And today it just started giving me the message again.
I want to test something. I'm using nova as my default home launcher. I have it packed with Widgets. I loaded the default cm9 home launcher with no Widgets. It hasent giving me that message since then. And my reboot/crash has decreased dramatically. If anyone cares to try it, maybe we might get to the bottom of this problem.
edit: damnit. spoke to soon. i change to animated wallpaper and it rebooted.
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I'm keep getting same error after clear the storage.
I had this problem with .5. In settings, apps, I cleared data and force stopped download manager and media storage. That was two days ago, all good since.
remember that android now indexes the download folder apart from music video and amoung other folders, either you have a file android is parsing incorrectly or the indexing system hits a limit of how many files it can index...
darkassain said:
remember that android now indexes the download folder apart from music video and amoung other folders, either you have a file android is parsing incorrectly or the indexing system hits a limit of how many files it can index...
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Do you know what the ceiling is? Im worried about my music, hidden folder from webos, and android files.
danknee said:
I had this problem with .5. In settings, apps, I cleared data and force stopped download manager and media storage. That was two days ago, all good since.
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Looks like this worked for me! Had the same problem in CM9 a0.6
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let me guess that you have lots files either your download folder and or music/video, clear out your downloads along clearing media storage
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Oh my god, you're so RIGHT !
That's it !
Got to clean data on media storage and downloads (with Titanium backup, it didn't wiped my downloads with the integrated android apps manager)
Thanks
I have the same problem. I'm running the latest nightly release of CM11.
It happens to me mostly when i use the camera or whatsapp.
I've barely got 10 mp3's in my media folder and the download folder is empty.
I force stopped download manager and media but it didn't help.
Hey all. I know the question has been asked a couple of times. Thing is, I haven't been able to find a solution or a situation quite like mine.
I am on an Asus Infinity TF700 LTE with only internal memory. When trying to install apps (haven't tested if it is only on paid apps as some say - but it seems to fit) I get the "Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card" error message. But like the topic says, I don't have an SD card.
Now, I have thought about whether or not simply BUYING an SD card would solve the problem - it'll be the next step I take, but I'd like to think that there exists a way to fix it without bringing out the wallet.
Oh, and I am not really interested in rooting the tablet. Anyone got any ideas?
Caide.
This problem plagues many devices, I've personally seen it at least once on every android device I've ever owned.
Go to the settings, and to applications. There, pause for a minute or so, so as to allow the system to read the memory. Then go to apps like a dictionary, maps or Facebook and clear the cache. I've seem Facebook have a cache of 280mb! However, this size will not show up on the regular storage menus, since it isn't regularly accessible. Clear this, reboot, and you will be fine
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I've done a factory reset - I got nothing installed on my device except for the factory apps and have cleared every single cache on every single app. Would be amazed to find that they have covered 12 gigs of internal storage.
Oh, I forgot to add that the few times I've gotten the apps to install, they stop working after a while and goes into a constant loop of force stopping. This forces me to remove the app, which then prompts the installation error the next time.
Hi I don't even know if I this is the right forum to post this question. I have a Le Pan Android Tablet, pretty old. I never had a problem running out of storage. I have deleted every app I could, cleared cache and even cleared data on some apps. Right now it keeps saying storage space running out. Total space says 5.06 GB and available 0.00B. I have deleted most pictures. When I go to settings then storage it will say cache data 804KB then if I get out if settings and go back to it, it says 0.89MB. App data and media content says 778MB Does anyone know what I can do to free up storage. This just started happening about 3 weeks ago. Thank you