Hey.
I have seen this issue pop up a lot with no real resolution.
My girlfriends S2 keeps trying to update applications such as Chrome and Whats App, and they keep on failing to update. It seems like it downloads the update but when it attempts to install it, it gives an error saying there is insufficient space. Also, I can download other applications fine it seems.
Here is the storage specs.
Internal Storage Total Space 1.97gb Available 160mb
Internal Storage Total Space 11.49gb Available 8.14gb
SD Card Total Space 1.84gb Available 1.82gb
USB storage doesn't show anything, it just says Storage Space is running out.
I deleted the log files and all but it still happens. Tried clearing the dalvhik cache but nothing seems to work!
Would appreciate any help please
1st of all
As this is a question, it would be more appropriate to put it in Q&A thread, don't you think?
2nd. Some options you can try:
Clear data of Google play and Google service framework. Reboot
Delete the google account, reboot and re-enter it.
Or go into CWM and wipe data/factory reset as your absolute last option. Don't for get to backup, if you try this option.
Good luck
Yeah true maybe a mod can move it sorry.
Do I do that by going into Applications and Clearing the data?
When you say delete the google account do you mean like remove her account from the phone and readd it?
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I deleted the data in Play and Google services and it still doesn't work.
I seen it mentioned before that doing a factory reset does not solve the problem
Not google services, google services framework
Yes you can do that in application manager
Yes remove account from settings, reboot and re-enter it.
TheGovernment said:
Not google services, google services framework
Yes you can do that in application manager
Yes remove account from settings, reboot and re-enter it.
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Okay I did the account deletion and it seemed to fix it.
All the applications that couldn't previously update, updated.
Vine gave an insufficient space error but then I tried to update it again and it worked fine.
But Chrome wont install.
It was previously installed but couldn't update, so I deleted it. And now I can't install it.
Says insufficient space. Any recommendations?
AndyOHart said:
Okay I did the account deletion and it seemed to fix it.
All the applications that couldn't previously update, updated.
Vine gave an insufficient space error but then I tried to update it again and it worked fine.
But Chrome wont install.
It was previously installed but couldn't update, so I deleted it. And now I can't install it.
Says insufficient space. Any recommendations?
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You probably should know that when the system storage (where apps are) get's "full" when it reaches something near 1.7 GB out of 1.9, mainly because the rest is needed for cache storage etc..
So i recommend keepng it below 1.65 GB, do you have below 1.65 GB?
Try to delete what you think is unnecessary apps. Install google chrome and if it works, means you don't have enough space..
TheGovernment said:
You probably should know that when the system storage (where apps are) get's "full" when it reaches something near 1.7 GB out of 1.9, mainly because the rest is needed for cache storage etc..
So i recommend keepng it below 1.65 GB, do you have below 1.65 GB?
Try to delete what you think is unnecessary apps. Install google chrome and if it works, means you don't have enough space..
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Yeah I deleted some things and it works fine.
So the problem is the internal storage.
It says Internal Storage Total Space 1.97gb Available 500mb
However, apps are only taking up like 200mb and cache is like 1.3mb so where is the rest of the data being saved?
Her other storage space is like 8gb free so why aren't apps saving to that?
AndyOHart said:
Yeah I deleted some things and it works fine.
So the problem is the internal storage.
It says Internal Storage Total Space 1.97gb Available 500mb
However, apps are only taking up like 200mb and cache is like 1.3mb so where is the rest of the data being saved?
Her other storage space is like 8gb free so why aren't apps saving to that?
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If you have 500mb available, you have more than enough free space..
Cache are in insternal storage, but mostly are in /data/data folder.
The other storage is where pictures, videos etc are stored.
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I have a few apps installed on my device, and I have noticed that they get progressively larger after use, I clear their caches, the information under storage says:
Storage:
Total: 124Mb
App: 1.13Mb
USB storage app 0.00b
Data 0.00b
SD card 123Mb
Cache 0.00b
Note I am running CyanogenMod 9, the stable build for the i9300.
The Cache and data are 0.00b because I just cleared those two, yet the SD card section is still 123Mb. It just doesn't seem to make sense when an app that was 1MB from the market ends up becoming 124mb...
Does anyone where know why this happens? and if there is a way to get rid of that useless data?
GaryLiao said:
I have a few apps installed on my device, and I have noticed that they get progressively larger after use, I clear their caches, the information under storage says:
Storage:
Total: 124Mb
App: 1.13Mb
USB storage app 0.00b
Data 0.00b
SD card 123Mb
Cache 0.00b
Note I am running CyanogenMod 9, the stable build for the i9300.
The Cache and data are 0.00b because I just cleared those two, yet the SD card section is still 123Mb. It just doesn't seem to make sense when an app that was 1MB from the market ends up becoming 124mb...
Does anyone where know why this happens? and if there is a way to get rid of that useless data?
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What's the name of that app?
Skander1998 said:
What's the name of that app?
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Reddit Sync, but I found the problem, the cache was actually a part of the appdata, so android didn't read it as such, I actually had to manually go and delete the cached files in order to clear them out!
Thanks for reading my post though!
Can someone kindly explain this to me. I'm getting errors like insufficient storage and Application cannot be installed in the default install location.
These are occuring on currently installed apps that are trying to update. I've downloaded a couple of new apps without issue though.
This is really confusing to me.
My storage looks like this:
Total Space: 1.97Gb
Applications: 1.55Gb
Available Space: 282Mb
USB Storage:
Total Space: 11.25Gb (broken down in apps, music, etc.)
Available Space: 9.98Gb
I do not have an SD card.
Seems to me I have plenty of space to do what ever with.
Just don't understand what this all means and what I need to do to fix it.
Thanks kindly,
J.
james0816 said:
Can someone kindly explain this to me. I'm getting errors like insufficient storage and Application cannot be installed in the default install location.
These are occuring on currently installed apps that are trying to update. I've downloaded a couple of new apps without issue though.
This is really confusing to me.
My storage looks like this:
Total Space: 1.97Gb
Applications: 1.55Gb
Available Space: 282Mb
USB Storage:
Total Space: 11.25Gb (broken down in apps, music, etc.)
Available Space: 9.98Gb
I do not have an SD card.
Seems to me I have plenty of space to do what ever with.
Just don't understand what this all means and what I need to do to fix it.
Thanks kindly,
J.
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I had the same issue but I fixed it doing a factory reset and changing the ROM
Have you tried wiping the cache partition.
Also try clear data on the play store , Google play services, and Google services framework.
Then remove and readd you gmail account from the device and power cycle your phone and try downloading apps again.
If youre still having issues back up your data and factory data reset that bad boy
Hope this helps! Feel free to message me if still having issues.
Sent from CM 10.2 optimized sph-l710
I'm running the latest CM snapshot. I've been getting the infamous "Insufficient Storage Available" error for a while not, usually with chrome. There are various solutions. The "delete /data/app-lib/<app>/lib" solution was working ok for me but I can no longer find chrome in there anymore for some reason. I've already moved every app that can be moved to the "internal" SD card. All the "solutions" are really just workarounds trying to clear space.
Is it possible to increase the size of the partition by re partitioning the internal storage?
enricong said:
I'm running the latest CM snapshot. I've been getting the infamous "Insufficient Storage Available" error for a while not, usually with chrome. There are various solutions. The "delete /data/app-lib/<app>/lib" solution was working ok for me but I can no longer find chrome in there anymore for some reason. I've already moved every app that can be moved to the "internal" SD card. All the "solutions" are really just workarounds trying to clear space.
Is it possible to increase the size of the partition by re partitioning the internal storage?
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Move some apps to the SD card.
tj13 said:
Move some apps to the SD card.
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I know that apps can be moved to the SD card. That isnt a solution nor my question.
I'm asking of the internal storage can be repartitioned
I'm having the same issue. I desperately need to reparation my phone.
i'm running viper rom with the sdcard swap mode.
i'm now back to getting insufficient memory messages when trying to update apps or sometimes run apps. it shows i still have plenty of free memory... i have been moving apps to sd card and that works for a little while.
j13smiley said:
i'm running viper rom with the sdcard swap mode.
i'm now back to getting insufficient memory messages when trying to update apps or sometimes run apps. it shows i still have plenty of free memory...
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You need to look at internal storage, not SD card storage.
So I did system dump today to explore the files on my computer see what's hogging all of my space.
Background: I have only have 13 apps installed.
What I found is that my data/data is 346 MB and my data/delvik-cache is 452 MB.
So the files installed by CM are getting more numerous and of greater size. Not sure what to do to solve this problem.
articzap said:
So I did system dump today to explore the files on my computer see what's hogging all of my space.
Background: I have only have 13 apps installed.
What I found is that my data/data is 346 MB and my data/delvik-cache is 452 MB.
So the files installed by CM are getting more numerous and of greater size. Not sure what to do to solve this problem.
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same issue here. davlik cache is similar to a cache of your applications so they start faster. So it doesnt matter if you move apps to SD, you'll still have davlik.
Also, many apps will still store data in internal memory eventhough the app itself is on SD. I wish there were a way to move the data.
Or as I initially suggested, re-partitioning.
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same issue here. davlik cache is similar to a cache of your applications so they start faster. So it doesnt matter if you move apps to SD, you'll still have davlik.
Also, many apps will still store data in internal memory eventhough the app itself is on SD. I wish there were a way to move the data.
Or as I initially suggested, re-partitioning.
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well, there isn't ANY easy re-partitioning tool for android out in the wild that i KNOW of ... but, (at least to let you know) ... I'm currently still trying to _hack_ something together similar to the internal storage-partition upgrades that the other HTC One devices with MSM8960 recieved ... where they officially unified the /user partition with the internal /sd-card (fat) partition! ... it might take a few weeks until i have something to show around (as work keeps me very busy throughout the week), but i'm working on it.
just as a quick question so CM currently DOES put it's dalvik to the /user partition??? i thought they put it to /cache??? (at least on CM10.1 and CM10.2) ................ so feedback would be highly welcome :laugh:
I know there have been tons of posts about "insufficient storage", but I havent seen one that says what's really going on if I have 950 mb out of 1.5 gigs internal space free and am still getting this message regardless of whether I am trying to install apps from the Play store or from downloaded APKs. I've cleared the cache of all my apps. I do not have any duplicate app-lib files. I am running rooted stock version of Android, not a rom. When I first started getting insufficient storage warning I went in and cleared out an additional 700mb by linking apps to SD through the Link2SD app if that helps. Nothing is wrong with my phone. Everything including all my existing apps work fine. I just cant install any new ones despite having so much free space. Any suggestions? Thank you!
I'm not too familiar with link2sd but in many cases if you change the default storage location rathar than use default it can cause such an error. Also, tho less frequent s if you change tue SD readahead value to other than default (default =124k)
I have moved few apps to external SD in order to save some space on internal memory and since then I cannot install any new apps (I get INSUFFICIENT STORAGE message), no matter how small. I have almost 2 GB free on internal storage.
Googled it, tried everything suggested, nothing worked. Clearing cache, uninstalling bunch of apps, clearing data, removing my google account&changing password, uninstalling all Play Store updates, installing latest version again...
Now my Play Store cannot even get online ("Check your connection and try again").
My device model is LG-D373EU.
Please help!