Greetings!
I have had problems with my phone recently, I have flashed back to stock, changed kernels and the problem is still there, sometimes when rebooting it doesn't load the internal apps, however I noticed 100% of the time it can load the system apps, has anyone faced this problem?
sgdva said:
Greetings!
I have had problems with my phone recently, I have flashed back to stock, changed kernels and the problem is still there, sometimes when rebooting it doesn't load the internal apps, however I noticed 100% of the time it can load the system apps, has anyone faced this problem?
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Logcat says it all!
El_Dark said:
Logcat says it all!
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Here it is:
Code:
[ 10-27 20:54:19.960 3046:0xbe6 D/dalvikvm ]
DexOpt: not verifying 'Lcom/android/internal/telephony/TelephonyProperties;': multiple definitions
[ 10-27 20:54:27.695 3046:0xbe6 D/dalvikvm ]
DexOpt: load 617ms, verify+opt 8018ms
[ 10-27 20:54:28.140 2769:0xae2 D/PackageManager ]
scanPackage : /data/app/com.nuance.swype.dtc-1.apk
[ 10-27 20:54:28.273 2769:0xae2 W/PackageManager ]
Check ABI compatibility
[ 10-27 20:54:28.539 2769:0xad4 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 889K, 32% free 7114K/10439K, external 715K/1049K, paused 4ms+14ms
[ 10-27 20:54:28.851 3048:0xbe8 D/dalvikvm ]
Zip inflate: partial write (will retry): (12248 of 32768)
[ 10-27 20:54:28.851 3048:0xbe8 E/dalvikvm ]
Zip inflate: write failed: No space left on device
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I was thinking was somekind of missleading /data but I'm not quite sure, I have browsed to data and -hc to see the size and the apps there. It shows my apps and it says the whole thing is around 48mbs tho yet the apps can't be accessed in the interface.
sgdva said:
Here it is:
Code:
[ 10-27 20:54:19.960 3046:0xbe6 D/dalvikvm ]
DexOpt: not verifying 'Lcom/android/internal/telephony/TelephonyProperties;': multiple definitions
[ 10-27 20:54:27.695 3046:0xbe6 D/dalvikvm ]
DexOpt: load 617ms, verify+opt 8018ms
[ 10-27 20:54:28.140 2769:0xae2 D/PackageManager ]
scanPackage : /data/app/com.nuance.swype.dtc-1.apk
[ 10-27 20:54:28.273 2769:0xae2 W/PackageManager ]
Check ABI compatibility
[ 10-27 20:54:28.539 2769:0xad4 D/dalvikvm ]
GC_CONCURRENT freed 889K, 32% free 7114K/10439K, external 715K/1049K, paused 4ms+14ms
[ 10-27 20:54:28.851 3048:0xbe8 D/dalvikvm ]
Zip inflate: partial write (will retry): (12248 of 32768)
[ 10-27 20:54:28.851 3048:0xbe8 E/dalvikvm ]
Zip inflate: write failed: No space left on device
If needed
Link
I was thinking was somekind of missleading /data but I'm not quite sure, I have browsed to data and -hc to see the size and the apps there. It shows my apps and it says the whole thing is around 48mbs tho yet the apps can't be accessed in the interface.
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The strange thing is that it's showing there's no space left on /data partition...
I suggest that you go to recovery, flash one of the temporary CWM versions around the help section and perform first a nandroid backup (optional though, just in case you got information to save like SMS / Contacts if not backed up on google / whatsapp chats / etc) and then do the three wipes:
- Wipe Data / Factory reset
- Wipe Cache
- From Advanced menu-> Wipe Dalvik Cache
The initial boot will take longer as the Dalvik will be rebuilt, but the device should be performing like a new phone.
After that, try reinstalling your apps, if it still fails, Flash through ODIN
El_Dark said:
The strange thing is that it's showing there's no space left on /data partition...
I suggest that you go to recovery, flash one of the temporary CWM versions around the help section and perform first a nandroid backup (optional though, just in case you got information to save like SMS / Contacts if not backed up on google / whatsapp chats / etc) and then do the three wipes:
- Wipe Data / Factory reset
- Wipe Cache
- From Advanced menu-> Wipe Dalvik Cache
The initial boot will take longer as the Dalvik will be rebuilt, but the device should be performing like a new phone.
After that, try reinstalling your apps, if it still fails, Flash through ODIN
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I have tried this wipe data/cache dalvik then getting back to stock with odin -just flashing the PDA file-.
I have tried this in a clean rom -ACE I SCAPE- being specific, bieltv 3.0 kernel, no luck -after 10 apps or 11 it happens-.
I always return to stock by flashing just the pda on odin, should I do anything else?
Now I gave up on kernels, I'm testing again Simplicity 5 now with stock kernel, but to be honest, I don't think that is the problem.
I was thinking that Maybe just maybe could be because the drivers on my pc aren't installed properly? I'm running windows 8.1 though I don't see a warning message or anything
I'm thinking the SD-booster can be messing something when activated, so I'm going to try a few days without it
sgdva said:
I have tried this wipe data/cache dalvik then getting back to stock with odin -just flashing the PDA file-.
I have tried this in a clean rom -ACE I SCAPE- being specific, bieltv 3.0 kernel, no luck -after 10 apps or 11 it happens-.
I always return to stock by flashing just the pda on odin, should I do anything else?
Now I gave up on kernels, I'm testing again Simplicity 5 now with stock kernel, but to be honest, I don't think that is the problem.
I was thinking that Maybe just maybe could be because the drivers on my pc aren't installed properly? I'm running windows 8.1 though I don't see a warning message or anything
I'm thinking the SD-booster can be messing something when activated, so I'm going to try a few days without it
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First things first, what I'm trying to tell you is to try your device *clean* with no apps installed, even with no root. A real factory reset, i.e. a recently flashed ODIN OnePackage.
Do that, to really see how much space you have free, root your device, install link2sd (without creating or even mounting your sd-ext), see the free space information, and voilá.. I recommend that program because it's free and it's really lightweight when compared to many root tools.
EDIT: To see the available space on link2sd, launch the program, if asked to mount sd-ext, tap cancel, press the menu key (not home button, the one to the left of it) and click on Teh Option
The idea of doing this, is to see that your Nand chip is well and there are no bad blocks in it that may be marked as such and lowering your free space... (it's extremely rare for the NAND to have bad blocks though.... or so they say!)
El_Dark said:
First things first, what I'm trying to tell you is to try your device *clean* with no apps installed, even with no root. A real factory reset, i.e. a recently flashed ODIN OnePackage.
Do that, to really see how much space you have free, root your device, install link2sd (without creating or even mounting your sd-ext), see the free space information, and voilá.. I recommend that program because it's free and it's really lightweight when compared to many root tools.
EDIT: To see the available space on link2sd, launch the program, if asked to mount sd-ext, tap cancel, press the menu key (not home button, the one to the left of it) and click on Teh Option
The idea of doing this, is to see that your Nand chip is well and there are no bad blocks in it that may be marked as such and lowering your free space... (it's extremely rare for the NAND to have bad blocks though.... or so they say!)
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Ok, I used ODIN OnePackage for my country, but when my phone booted, my old apps were there -the launcher and link2SD-, but, yeah, root was gone .
So, I tried a 2nd time, used the wipe data/cache/dalvik and flashed again the onepackage (all of the process below is in stock rom).
I went then to Settings-Apps-All, it shows 36/153. I tried going to "-dc" on console, but, yeah, no superuser, no access.
I proceeded to root again, though, the process wasn't like the first time -it just rooted no extra screen about binaries-.
Now, with root, in the interface shows 38/153. For the adb this time, I couldn't make the "du -hc" command (I guess its because is missing busybox binaries), so, I just "ls"'ed, and yeah, no extra apps for what it seems.
Then I installed link2SD, now it shows 46/190.
Everything seems to be Ok, so I don't know what is happening (or happend) -I'm very confused too :/-.
I'm proceding to install ACE I SCAPE again and see if that worked, I hope it won't fail again.
I'm thinking that just maybe the modules from rafael bugis kernel and then flashing bieltv kernel did somekind of missleading, but yet again, I just don't get why after the Onepackage was flashed the launcher and link2SD (that were in the previous rom -simplicity v5 with stock kernel-) were there in the fresh install .Plus, I always went back to stock with odin from a backup I did with the phone when it was fresh new.
Update: Nope, it didn't work, the problem is there again,whenever I surpass linking 20 apps it just don't load the internal.
PS: On simplicity 4 I had over 120 apps linked working fine, I just had problems to update them but nothing else than that
I see the problem now, link2SD is not linking properly and therefore, when the phone is loading it can't mount everything and this leads on some times mounting launcher/link2SD or other apps and the apps that can't load the phone just don't let them go in.
Should I use cronmod?
sgdva said:
Update: Nope, it didn't work, the problem is there again,whenever I surpass linking 20 apps it just don't load the internal.
PS: On simplicity 4 I had over 120 apps linked working fine, I just had problems to update them but nothing else than that
I see the problem now, link2SD is not linking properly and therefore, when the phone is loading it can't mount everything and this leads on some times mounting launcher/link2SD or other apps and the apps that can't load the phone just don't let them go in.
Should I use cronmod?
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Either that or... You might want to try the following:
1. Backup your SD-Ext
2. Format it through CWM (yes, you have to flash it)
3. Optional: create a swap space (Can actually be used with some kernels like Thunderkernel)
4. Install link2sd
5. Prepare all the stuff, i.e. restore your apps, set-up link2sd, etc..
6. Try again lol
Related
Here's an experience with rooting, lag fixes and voodoo (final item), in case this is useful for the various developers or others trying to use what the devs are producing....
Thank you to all the devs for so many choices - and some of the software needs error handling improvements
Okay, to start with while rooting device with Super1Click, there was an error (partition full) while "busybox" was being installed. SU worked, so i kept looking for stuff to fix the busybox install which was broken ("Seg faults" when trying any of the commands). "Busybox installer" from Market can install but no option to un-install. Ti Backup will go ahead and use its own included busybox...etc. Un-rooting via Super1Click did not even seem to remove the rooted-ness, let alone cleanup the broken busybox.
So now phone is running with a full /system partition and everyonce in a while it just freezes and only "hard" resetting (pullng out battery) can get it going again.
So I decided to delve further and maybe improve performance as I had read about on XDA (while poking around for the gTablet options). Decided to use TiBackup and save stuff first in case i mess up everything ( like i messed up avatar movie when i copied it off and back to SD card..). Of course, no busybox but thank yu Titanium for having the "problems" button and installing what you need elsewhere and working like software should. Okay now i have backups of everything done.
So now its rooted and backed up, so i try OCLF to get performance and of course ext2 tools & fix is not enabled because /system partition is full.
Back to cleaning up the "bloatware" (why cant the OEM/carrier make the partition bigger if they are going to add bloatware ?).
So after deleting a few things, now OCLF installs but fails towards the end - trying to 'mv ...playlogos1 to ...playlogosnow' (partition is read-only error) and does not 'catch' and undo itself like it generally does on other errors it runs into. Okay so now stuck with a partially completed OCLF and the menu system will not recognize the presence of fix and thus cant use the "undo" menu item.
But, thank you for another menu item which "restores" the old playogos file and suddenly lag fix can be undone...great, more reading on XDA, discover that Voodoo is the way to go, not unsupported OCLF.
btw - found the feature of sending off the logs on error pretty handy, i'm sure its not such a nice feature from your end unless you have an email filter setup for it.
Now to the topic of this post - OCLF undone, deleted OCLF ext2 partition file, fixed busybox by using busybox installer (no uninstall option available), read all the XDA threads...(nary a thread on /system partition full - doesn't anyone else run into this problem with all the stuff they do ?)
Downloaded SGS Kernel flasher, got Voodoo for Froyo KA6. Decided to go ahead and put clockwork mod and do a backup just in case...also saved kernel via SGS
Flashed Voodoo, great robot voice technique till it said "No space on parition" and 'abort' or something similar and finished booting (then i'd rather see a log brought up after the reboot is finished).
Downloaded "Voodoo Controls" from market and nice it can see that 3 partitions are converted, but /system is not BUT it says Voodoo sound is not supported by the kernel (so assume that was the stage to be done after the "abort" happened on system partition.
Deleted more system "wares" reluctantly, uncheck boxes in Voodoo control and reboot to remove ext4 conversion. check boxes and reboot and voila - now all 4 partitions are converted, but still sez no Voodoo sound supported kernel. ?? oops no sound fix stage executed if already installed...
Current Status:
Quadrant scores at 1436, not different than when only 3 partitions had been converted (941 on stock). Btw - Linpack scores haven't changed since it was stock (12.78~13.48).
Now sometimes it shows the cpu is running at 100Mhz or 400Mhz....used to always say 800Mhz when it was stock.
Voodoo Sound still not available in controls. /system is back to 1.6M free from 8.4M at height of removing bloatwares.
Next strategy:
Uncheck and convert back to RFS, then flash back saved original kernel using SGS (thank you for very nice program).
See about /system again - dont have anything left to remove though..wonder what has eaten up the space (clockwork mod ??)
Flash Voodoo kernel again and hopefully wll go through and get Voodoo sounds fixes this time OR just do Overstock+Voodoo ROM...
Anyone have suggestions / comments on the strategy i should pursue next ?
Main goal is to get a phone that wont freeze at random moments and secondary goal is to make it fast as the hardware allows it to go but staying close to stock software so the next update from T-mobile requires least (=no) effort.
Another ques - anyway that i can 'insitu' increase the /system partition size so i can put the bloatware back on and not have a partition that keeps going full when i fool around trying out different things...can it even be done in-situ that is?
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.
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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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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
I noticed that my free internal memory is decreasing everyday until it became full so I made a factory reset and it was free again but the problem was not solved . The used space is about 1.0 GB and I have downloaded about 25 apps only please help.
My phone is not rooted
Model : GT- I9100G
Android version : 2.3.6
Baseband version : KL4
Kernel version : 2.6.35.7 [email protected] #2
Build number : GINGERBREAD.JPLC1
Some apps build up data and cache over time as you are using them. The data and cache can be stored in your internal memory. Go to Settings > Applications and check which apps are using the most space
I checked the applications settings and its cache but it is too small , about 700 MB used and I don't know why!!!
To get an idea about what is using how much memory use an adb shell and enter following command as root:
Code:
du -sch /data/* | sort -n
This should give you an overview of the internal memory usage. Use the following command to get more details:
Code:
du -sch /data/data/* | sort -n
Output is sorted ascending with respect to memory usage.
I suggest you run the commands at least just after factory reset and then again when there is no more memory left. Repeating this should help narrowing the problem.
This might be of some relevance.
I have pretty much the same problem on my Singaporean GT-I9100, stock 4.0.3, never rooted or otherwise messed with.
Looking through my phone via Astro, I found no signs of the wifi dumpstate files:
/cache is blank
/data is blank
/system/bin contains the only thing with dumpstate in its name (I used Astro's search function), and it is just 45.85K, definitely not the problem.
Is there something Astro cannot see (so I must root and use something stronger) or could the problem lie elsewhere? Someone in another thread mentioned radio crashing dumps, but once again I found no trace of such files.
My symptoms are as basemhashas described:
- Available internal memory decreasing over time
- Settings->Storage says my total is 1.97GB, Apps 499MB, free 1.32GB, no mention where the last 150MB went.
- Settings->Applications says my apps take up 663MB. This number has been steadily increasing from 480MB since my last erasure of internal storage a few weeks ago. I have not installed any new apps since then.
That erasure of my phone was because my internal storage was full. Apps 499MB, free 36MB, total 1.97GB. Apparently this is a problem that has been building up since my Gingerbread days.
A few minutes ago I came back to search this forum again, took someone's advice to use a cleaner app. Installed App Cache Cleaner, ran it, deleted it. By the end of it, my memory usage had increased by about 40MB (was 624MB right before), without ever decreasing.
Any ideas?
yystickyy said:
I have pretty much the same problem on my Singaporean GT-I9100, stock 4.0.3, never rooted or otherwise messed with.
Looking through my phone via Astro, I found no signs of the wifi dumpstate files:
/cache is blank
/data is blank
/system/bin contains the only thing with dumpstate in its name (I used Astro's search function), and it is just 45.85K, definitely not the problem.
Is there something Astro cannot see (so I must root and use something stronger) or could the problem lie elsewhere? Someone in another thread mentioned radio crashing dumps, but once again I found no trace of such files.
My symptoms are as basemhashas described:
- Available internal memory decreasing over time
- Settings->Storage says my total is 1.97GB, Apps 499MB, free 1.32GB, no mention where the last 150MB went.
- Settings->Applications says my apps take up 663MB. This number has been steadily increasing from 480MB since my last erasure of internal storage a few weeks ago. I have not installed any new apps since then.
That erasure of my phone was because my internal storage was full. Apps 499MB, free 36MB, total 1.97GB. Apparently this is a problem that has been building up since my Gingerbread days.
A few minutes ago I came back to search this forum again, took someone's advice to use a cleaner app. Installed App Cache Cleaner, ran it, deleted it. By the end of it, my memory usage had increased by about 40MB (was 624MB right before), without ever decreasing.
Any ideas?
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You need root to even view the contents of the folders /cache and /data.
All right, rooting and switching to ES instead of Astro allowed me to delete over 300 dumpstate files (Settings->Applications finally displays a corresponding drop in memory usage). They were worth over 100MB, as I had calculated.
Then I went over to /system/bin/dumpstate and removed its execute permissions. Hopefully this will curb the problem. I'm not so worried about sustainability already because I at least have a means of manual deletion now.
Camera cache
In my case Camera app creates huge files in /DCIM/.thumbnails .thumdata3--xxxxxxxxxx (with xxxxxx as a random number) these files can take over 1 Gb !!!
Have a look on this folder.
The worst is that if i delete these files, camera app automatically recreates another one
I have the CM10 [skang jellybro] fascinate rom installed, and coming from a cm9 rom, all my apps didn't fit because they switched the partition around [making the app partition only 468MB, and the system partition 1.5 GB].
So anyway I had to move a lot of apps to the sdcard. So I just downloaded a newer version of my rom, and wiped cache/dalvik, nandroid backup, then I installed the new zip.
Then I rebooted, and it had to 'optimize' apps [create dalvik cache?] and after that finished...I only had about 15-20 apps show up in my app drawer. [I have probably around 40] So I clicked on Zedge, on my homescreen, and it said "App isn't installed." I then started to worry..:S I googled apps on sdcard disappearing.. and so I opened titanium backup, and under Batch operations, it said "Restore missing apps (6)," and they were 6 apps that I'd uninstalled but didn't delete the backup. so then I wasn't sure what to do next, because I did not create a fresh titanium backup prior to updating my rom [because I did a nandroid instead..] so then I went to Manage Apps, and then.. for some reason, all my apps showed up again! all the ones on my sdcard.
I tapped Zedge again on my homescreen, and it loaded up! So my question is, what happened? Why did my apps disappear, and then just show up again? was it loading titanium backup? or did the rom just scan the sdcard for apps?
Sounds like it just messed up the media scan of the sdcard which I have heard happens from time to time... not sure if that's related to your issue, but now are all your apps installed or are you still missing some? Next time I would just reboot again and let it re-scan to see if it helps
Crawshayi said:
Sounds like it just messed up the media scan of the sdcard which I have heard happens from time to time... not sure if that's related to your issue, but now are all your apps installed or are you still missing some? Next time I would just reboot again and let it re-scan to see if it helps
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ah.. yes they are all there, but I was just wondering why did they disappear, and then why did they just show up all of a sudden?
I guess if it is the media scan thing, that would explain it.
Fast Boot option may be the culprit
mvmacd said:
ah.. yes the [apps] are all there, but I was just wondering why did they disappear, and then why did they just show up all of a sudden?
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CUT TO THE SOLUTION BELOW -- SEARCH FOR ////
Some (not all) of my apps moved to SD (all by Titanium Backup Pro) have begun to disappear and (sometimes) reappear without warning after I began to add and delete large Virtual Machines created in QEMU from my 16GB SanDisc class 10 microSD card on my HTC Droid Incredible running rooted stock Verizon Android Froyo 2.2.3. I know this thread is far from my phone's "home base", but from what I can tell this problem with disappearing apps located on an sdcard is NOT determined by hardware or even Android version.
I also happen to use LauncherPro by Federico Carnales instead of the built-in HTC Sense launcher. I noted elsewhere on XDA that a user had suggested that because at least some (maybe all) launchers start before the SD Card that this may be a problem, especially if changes are made to the sdcard that the launcher did not perform, or was not active during their performance by other apps such as Titanium Backup. That fits my situation, because I unmounted the SD, physically removed it to a PC, and added/deleted large VM files to save (lots) of time. No problems of this sort before I did this, so there must be some connection.
I noted that other users have tried reformatting SD, substituting different brands of SD, using newer/older SD etc. None of these reliably helped. So I skipped these options.
//// The (simple!) solution I tried that SEEMS to work (only time will tell!) is buried in the main Android Settings (accessed from the Menu button while in Home screen). Under "Applications" there is a setting "Fast Boot" that I checked long ago and forgot about (it seemed like a good thing to do at the time). The text warns "Turn off to use some Market apps" (that shows the age of my 2-yr old used phone and Android OS -- ohmygosh!-- because it refers to Market rather than Google Play Store!) Anyway, I unchecked the option and rebooted the phone.
Yes, it took a bit longer to boot (maybe a whole minute!), but after waiting about another minute ALL my home screen apps had normal icons and loaded properly. Titanium Backup Pro batch scenarios confirmed there were no apps in a forced uninstalled state (i.e. I had not done the deed, the system somehow had done it or at least rendered the apps "invisible" to Titanium, which decided they needed reinstallation).
The only odd behaviour was that auto brightness was turned off after I unchecked Fast Boot and rebooted. Going into Android Settings > Display and rechecking "auto brightness" took care of that. No other oddities or strange behaviours thus far (but it has only been about an hour).
I will report back here on this thread only (Samsung Fascinate > Fascinate Q&A > What just happend? apps on sdcard) if anything else requires reporting. Silence implies success!
link: https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...ds-cse&usg=AFQjCNE3D5NrpiSqCRSof-ou1mn6iyeGVg
(I am copying this original post (without edits) to other relevant threads, but will not post anything further elsewhere -- only here. This is a bit arbitrary (although this thread appears to be the most recent active one on this topic), but I hope this approach pleases the XDA sysops/admins) :angel:
EDIT 2012-12-26-a:
Nearly all of the 100+ apps on my HTC DINC (Droid Incredible) continue to behave normally after the "fast boot OFF" fix. (No disappearing act.) However, I did find one that appeared to be installed but really was not: ASTRO File Manager. I used Titanium Backup Pro to reinstall app+data from a backup. It only took a couple of minutes, and after that all went normally.
The only other noticeable issue right after the fix is that nearly all of my installed, functioning apps were listed as "missing" by Titanium Backup in its Batch scenario list (although they were NOT counted in the total number of apps listed with the scenario -- that number was 61, and it should have been nearly 170 based on the number of apps actually in the physical list). After about a day or so of regular usage, a re-check of the "missing apps" Batch scenario found all the functioning apps no longer listed; the 61 missing apps were valid -- they were all from earlier ROMs belonging to the original HTC setup and another phone (MOTO OG Droid). Since I have kept the MOTO as an emergency backup smartphone, I might conceivably want to revive some of these apps.
EDIT 12-26-b:
Some other potentially useful points I have gathered in my survey of this topic across XDA:
1. This problem happens most often when using the "Disk drive" option in the USB Debugger system app. It also happens after physically returning the sdcard to the phone after removing and inserting it into a PC.
2. Those who have wiped the app data cache also report serious problems.
3. Wiping the dalvic cache while in Recovery mode automatically triggers a rebuild of that cache, which may make apps behave oddly or disappear until the rebuild is complete, which reportedly "takes time"
Personally, I did only #1 myself, and the fast boot removal fix seems to work well for that one.
I cannot confirm the others, but they seem to make sense to me, and I doubt the fast boot removal fix would have any influence on them.
4. There are some signs that apps installed to internal phone storage can behave in the same way. This may mean that the fast boot OFF tweak may prove beneficial to any storage area, since they all come on-line after the OS loads from phone memory.
EXT4ALL (aka Convert2ext4) = final fix for dalvik cache related bugs (?)
Further investigation of the Dalvik cache reveals a significant connection between it and a number of odd and unpleasant behaviours, including Low Disk Space warnings and disappearing apps.
Fortunately, there are some excellent XDA forum threads about dealing with the Dalvik cache.
The best recent place to start seems to be here:
[Q] Incredible running CM7.2 "Low on space" message (launched 2012-12-14)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2047424
It is not because of the focus on the Droid Incredible or CyanoModGen in this thread, but the attention paid to the more universal fix "EXT4 4 ALL" aka "EXT4ALL" or "Convert2Ext4". (Thanks to Senior Member cmlusco for his post #9 on the thread that got me started in the right direction!)
Files can be found at these locations:
Goo.im site http://goo.im/devs/tiny4579/mods
DINC.does-it site http://dinc.does-it.net/EXT4_Mods/
One version of this fix (Convert2Ext4_no_data_limit_normal_dalvik.v2.0.zip) moves the Dalvik cache from the default, limited 150MB internal partition to the "unlimited" (or at least maximum) 750MB internal partition.
Any phone with a kernal installed that supports ext4 can utilise this fix.
[ I personally use gingertiny 2.6.35.14-v2+ (2012-02-13), which has supported ext4 since late 2011]
My own experience has been to flash the "no data limit normal dalvik" zip file using ClockworkMod 5.x Recovery -- this was entirely painless. I just downloaded the file into my phone's downloads folder on the sdcard using a web browser, then ran CM Recovery (with a little assist from ROM Manager), selected "install a zip from sdcard" and navigated to the file. It was all done in 5 minutes. After manually rebooting a second time, everything seems to be working normally after about half a day of regular use.
For those who flash a new or updated ROM sometime in the future, you would need to flash this fix after doing so.
There is plenty of information contained on the main threads of this topic. Links aplenty can be found; just follow the ones provided in the thread I suggest here to get started.
Hopefully, this brings an end to my struggles with my phone's storage issues, and to others of you reading this post and following the links to the threads and downloads.
FYI -- My storage values changed as follows after running the fix:
Total Internal memory: 748MB --> 770MB (22MB increase)
ROM free space: <1MB --> 20MB (close to the value change of total internal memory)
Used internal memory: ~335MB --> 464MB (close to 128MB increase)
Remaining internal memory: ~420MB --> 306MB (close to 128MB decrease)
So, it seems that my ROM was being used to cache app data, which would explain why the value kept declining even though I NEVER added anything to it (using Titanium Backup Pro or anything like it). When free space on my ROM literally ran out, Android OS hit the proverbial panic button and warned me to free 512kb minimum to allow Gmail to download new mail. Now, it has 20MB free (and will hopefully stay that way, since I NEVER intend to transfer anything into the ROM!) -- The internal memory usage jump of 128MB probably indicates the Dalvik cache.
SUMMARY:
1. Turning off "fast boot" in Android settings helps some, but it does not get to the heart of the issue. It will NOT make a Low Disk Storage warning go away.
2. Once you have a Low Disk Storage warning, you MUST uninstall enough apps to make it go away (keep track of what you take away, because you can reinstall them very soon!)
3. With no LDS warnings showing, flash the "Convert2ext4 no data limit normal dalvik" zip file. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE REAL SOLUTION!
4. Reinstall your recently removed apps, and you should be good to go! :fingers-crossed:
PS>>> One last unresolved issue: I am still unclear exactly WHERE the dalvik-cache ends up, since my Astro file browser cannot locate anything containing the word "cache" that does not now report "EMPTY". There are a large number of "com." folders containing software I have installed found in the /mnt/asec/ folder. The total size of the contents of this folder (362 MB) is within 100MB of the amount of internal memory reported in use. Does that 100MB represent the current size of the Dalvik cache files, or at least include them? If so, where are they located? If anyone can help me figure this bit out, I would be grateful! :fingers-crossed:
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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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