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Has any one got a solution to why the android market will let you download some apps but not others. This problem only happens with certain apps.
Contacted one of the app developers, and he thinks there may be a problem with my data partition.
I'm on stock rom, latest froyo update, and have not rooted. thanks, in advance, for your help.
Do you get an error message?
I just get the message installation unsuccessful
Try resetting ur phone and clear cach or make a different Google account
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Go to menu/settings/applications/manage applications click the all tab and scroll down to market. Clear data and cache. That should fix it.
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pwraggcan said:
Go to menu/settings/applications/manage applications click the all tab and scroll down to market. Clear data and cache. That should fix it.
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+1 for this but if not can you list some example apps so we can see if it's just you (B. East) or not?
The apps i seem to have a problem with are, Cordy the game, storage analyzer, and gun brothers game. I some times have problems with updating from the market. I have to un-install some apps then download them again to update. this happens when the app has been moved to the sd card, but not with all the apps that I have moved to the sd card
B. East said:
The apps i seem to have a problem with are, Cordy the game, storage analyzer, and gun brothers game.
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No problems here. This is going to be something up with your phone.
B. East said:
I some times have problems with updating from the market. I have to un-install some apps then download them again to update. this happens when the app has been moved to the sd card, but not with all the apps that I have moved to the sd card
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Not all apps like being on the SD Card. Do all your apps specifically say they have been updated to allow them to be moved to sd card?
You may have to move them to phone if they continue to cause issues (and to be honest, with a 1GB internal memory, putting apps onto a slow sd card really isn't worth doing.
pwraggcan said:
Go to menu/settings/applications/manage applications click the all tab and scroll down to market. Clear data and cache. That should fix it.
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Did you try this?
If all of the above fails to work you will probably have to factory reset the phone.
I tend to download using wifi, going to try downloading over 3g and see if that makes any difference, if not, will do a factory reset. thanks for the help though.
Before you do that you still haven't said if you cleared the market cache. Did you?
yes, i done that, tried to download again and got a message, "could not install on USB storage or sd card". First time I have seen that message.
Is this whilst trying to update an app or download a new one?
If to update then move the app to the phone first.
this is trying to download a new app.
Had a quick Google and found something to try.
mount the phone so you can access the sdcard.
Set to show hidden files
Go to folder .android_secure
Delete a file in there smdl2tmp1.asec
Then try again.
thanks, I will give it a go. can I use a file explorer to do this, because am not sure how you mount the phone, I am quite new to android, use to use winmo mobiles
you can yes, my favourites are Astro, Linda and ES.
I had a look in android_secure, made sure all hidden files would be visible, and could not find any files at all. checked to make sure that the hidden file visible setting in the file explorer was switched to the correct setting, and could not see any files at all.
Have I lost some files? if i have i have no idea how. do I need to do a factory reset?
B. East said:
I had a look in android_secure, made sure all hidden files would be visible, and could not find any files at all. checked to make sure that the hidden file visible setting in the file explorer was switched to the correct setting, and could not see any files at all.
Have I lost some files? if i have i have no idea how. do I need to do a factory reset?
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Damn. When I found that possible solution I noticed that as many people said they did have it as said they didn't. I was hoping you would be lucky.
In this case the same file (apparently this is a known bug and has been marked for next version fix) is being stored in the system directory of the phone and without root you can't get access to it.
I'm afraid the only way to clear it (without root) is a factory reset, sorry.
thanks for your help, I will factory reset and see what happens.
I know the answer to this is in the forums somewhere, but it won't let me search, keeps giving me an error, and I'm not finding any working solutions with google.
I keep getting the "can't install app, not enough space" error in the market.
I tried clearing market data/cache; clearing google services framework data; and un-mounting SD cards. I saw that there was an app that fixes the problem, and found it very ironic!
Error started about a week or so ago, was hoping it would go away with an updated nightly.
Currently running
CM7 - 107
Chads beta - 11
Mkt vers. - 2.3.6
Thanks for your help!
Not sure if this will help- but this happened to me 2 days ago. I was trying to install a WiFi tether program, and it wouldn't install and gave me that error.
Apparently the problem was that the new program conflicted with a previous WiFi tether program I already had installed. Instead of saying 'bad permissions' or 'file writing error' it said there wasn't enough space.
So there's a possibility that it's a problem with permissions OR it's just trying to install a file to a location that is already in use.
I got it to work by simply uninstalling the other WiFi tether program. Of course if *all* app's won't install for you, I really wouldn't know the first place to look.
I don't have an easy fix, but good luck.
Thanks for the suggestion. I actually had a little success a few minutes ago installing the app over the air using my laptop. Not a fix, but a decent work-around I guess
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how much user space do you have left of the 740 meg
One way around this problem is to initiate the install from web version of the market. Even if you are just updating an app you already downloaded find it on the market website and click install. For whatever reason, it won't give you the error.
Wishka233 said:
One way around this problem is to initiate the install from web version of the market. Even if you are just updating an app you already downloaded find it on the market website and click install. For whatever reason, it won't give you the error.
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I've read somewhere that there's a partition of space (150meg) for data files, and if it's full then it'll give that error for new installs.
They really need to get more specific errors because it seems like this 1 error can apply for several very different reasons.
I got an easy fix for this !!!!!!!
Simply go to the market, search cache fixer. !! That work! The market fixer dont work at my mobile, but Cache fixer did ! Så now i can download all sizes of games and apps
hi guys seem to be having issues with updating certain apps, some of the game apps have updated but maps wont update flash player wont also other apps.. they both come up downloading then says downloading failed.
ive tried doing the clear data and cache but still no luck.
im s off
pvt 3
custom mounted, ive even increased my mount to see if that was issue.
any ideas?
Try manual update, instead of auto update. My colleague had the same problem on a DHD, so he stopped the auto update and sucessfully updated manually.
tried that mate nothing,
seems it wont download any big apps either. i have a script to make market work but still dnt seem to work, it used to tho.
What Rom are you on? What Partition Table you use?
just standard sense but stripped down.
its set at 175 5
Your cache size is the problem -5MB is not enough.
YOu need to flash or enable market (script) to download to the SD - what and where you find it, depends on your ROM. Check the developement section.
I have a initd link cache to data script, worked fine now dnt seem to.
I've had an issue with a few manual updates where you only get a white screen after clicking on the update button and the agree/download screen doesn't load.
Anybody had anything similar?
Whatsthe contents of the script?
i must be doing something really stupid cos ii cant get it to work at all
Try removing both scripts (mine and yours) and reboot (you did reboot after applying mine right?) then see if you can download a small app
Can't update/install anything ..
"Insufficient Space" or "Out of Space" ...
what's crazy is that it seems that this only happens for apps i either already have or apps that I once had in the past (either that, or it's just random that I was able to install another file that was BIGGER than the update that said insufficient space).
I tried wiping cache, wiping dalvik cache, factory reset, and wiped my internal SD and let it rebuild itself.
Seemed fine until I finally got everything back to where it once was.
I'm going a bit crazy over this ... please help!! I've tried so many things. Why is this happening and how do I resolve this issue?
EDIT (Extra Info):
/mnt/extSdCard: 15.69GB
/sdcard: 1.98GB
/data: 3.95GB
/system: 1.44GB
(Under "Settings >> STORAGE")
Total: 11.95GB
Applications: 3.15GB
Pictures, videos: 209MB
Audio: 92kb (ehh, Pandora fan lol)
Available space: 8.45GB
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SD card total space: 29.46GB
Available Space: 13.73GB
ALSO,
I tried to clear Google Play Store, tried downgrading to factory play store, and tried clearing the data from Google Play Store and nothing different happened for my issue.
Related Threads:
"Error in playstore"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013532&highlight=insufficient+space
"Insufficient space?"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43512717#post43512717
RIGHT NOW,
After finding these new threads, I'm trying to mess with lucky patcher, then i'll try reinstalling gapps if failed. I'll return here and update.
-- Update: Market Fix app didn't fix
-- Update: Lucky Patcher didn't do anything by "just opening it" like someone suggested ... anything specific to click?
-- Update: Tried rebooting after the above 2, still nothing new.
-- Update: Tried reflashing the latest gapps through goomanager, nothing.
-- Update: Tried removing google account and adding it back, nothing.
-- CURRENT: Trying to search for odex files with EF File Explorer (+Root Explorer RW), but still saying "File cannot be deleted"? I just searched for "odex" .. it's safe to delete all odex files, right?
Chronei said:
Can't update/install anything ..
"Insufficient Space" or "Out of Space" ...
what's crazy is that it seems that this only happens for apps i either already have or apps that I once had in the past (either that, or it's just random that I was able to install another file that was BIGGER than the update that said insufficient space).
I tried wiping cache, wiping dalvik cache, factory reset, and wiped my internal SD and let it rebuild itself.
Seemed fine until I finally got everything back to where it once was.
I'm going a bit crazy over this ... please help!! I've tried so many things. Why is this happening and how do I resolve this issue?
EDIT (Extra Info):
/mnt/extSdCard: 15.69GB
/sdcard: 1.98GB
/data: 3.95GB
/system: 1.44GB
(Under "Settings >> STORAGE")
Total: 11.95GB
Applications: 3.15GB
Pictures, videos: 209MB
Audio: 92kb (ehh, Pandora fan lol)
Available space: 8.45GB
______________________________
SD card total space: 29.46GB
Available Space: 13.73GB
ALSO,
I tried to clear Google Play Store, tried downgrading to factory play store, and tried clearing the data from Google Play Store and nothing different happened for my issue.
Related Threads:
"Error in playstore"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013532&highlight=insufficient+space
"Insufficient space?"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43512717#post43512717
RIGHT NOW,
After finding these new threads, I'm trying to mess with lucky patcher, then i'll try reinstalling gapps if failed. I'll return here and update.
-- Update: Market Fix app didn't fix
-- Update: Lucky Patcher didn't do anything by "just opening it" like someone suggested ... anything specific to click?
-- Update: Tried rebooting after the above 2, still nothing new.
-- Update: Tried reflashing the latest gapps through goomanager, nothing.
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This is because you have an ODEX file hanging around from your previous app install.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=936556
-Mike
Isn't this the one that's solved by going into your accounts in the main settings and removing your Google account and the readding it?
I remember getting it A LONG time ago..
DC2CA said:
Isn't this the one that's solved by going into your accounts in the main settings and removing your Google account and the readding it?
I remember getting it A LONG time ago..
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Nope, didn't work.
BUT as for the odex guy , this seems promising! I found odex files, but can't delete. Access denied using ES File Explorer (the two root explorer options are both +RW). How come i can't delete these?
mcapozzi said:
This is because you have an ODEX file hanging around from your previous app install.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=936556
-Mike
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Hey man, any idea how to delete these without getting "program cannot be deleted" error? I thought ES File Explorer would do the trick.
Also, should i just do a search for "odex" then delete all odex files?
I'm seeing program-bcd7-LOTS_OF_CHARACTERS.dex.odex from /data/data/
No! Delete those and you'll probably not be able to boot. You'll wind up having to reflash your Rom or firmware.
What are you currently running? Rooted?
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If you want to, ONLY delete odex files for any app you've already uninstalled. Root is required to do this though.
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mcapozzi said:
This is because you have an ODEX file hanging around from your previous app install.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=936556
-Mike
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FIXED!!!!!!!
mahdik23 Old 19th April 2013, 04:56 AM (Last edited by mahdik23; 19th April 2013 at 05:02 AM.) #57
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just do the belove steps :
1-install the lasted version of android sdk
2-install samsung galaxy driver on your pc or laptop
3-turn USB DEBUGGING on(Go to Settings -> Applications -> Development and enable USB debugging.)
4-connect your galaxy s3(or other devices)to pc via cable
5-run CMD on your computer(on Windows: click Start, type “cmd” and press Enter)
6-type F: (the drive that your android sdk is in)
7-type cd "F:\andsdk\android-sdk\platform-tools" (the drive that your android sdk is in)(we need platform-tools folder to do our work)
8-type adb devices
9-type adb shell
10-type pm set-install-location 1
11-type exit
12-smile and install all the play store apps
Mahdi Kahkesh From IRAN
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Be it an apk from my sd card or from google play. It doesn't matter what size it is. Some will install fine some will claim i need to free up space.
And i have 1.1gb free + link2sd linking bigger files to my sd card.
Why would some things not install?
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sitting at 1.9gb free
just deleted backup apks and rebooted and still no go.
NiMaD83 said:
Be it an apk from my sd card or from google play. It doesn't matter what size it is. Some will install fine some will claim i need to free up space.
And i have 1.1gb free + link2sd linking bigger files to my sd card.
Why would some things not install?
*edit
sitting at 1.9gb free
just deleted backup apks and rebooted and still no go.
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do you have any stray .odex files in your /data/app directory from say lucky patcher?
elesbb said:
do you have any stray .odex files in your /data/app directory from say lucky patcher?
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Nothing but apk files in the folder
NiMaD83 said:
Nothing but apk files in the folder
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Have you tried disabling link2sd?
elesbb said:
Have you tried disabling link2sd?
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Disabling or un-installing? If not the same what is just disabling? Cause wouldn't that stop the other apps that are linked not to work?
It's also doing this on some (still random and not all) updates too :/
Just unlinked all apps and uninstalled Link2Sd and rebooted. Nothing has changed.
I really dont want to flash a new rom... AGAIN
-im on [ROM]KOT49H【4.4.2】AOSP official Google Edition
GT-I9505G
4.4.2
M919UVUEMK2
kernel
3.4.0-gba1b939
[email protected] #2
Build
KOT49H.03.04.2014
*dupe post
And my original is a SGH-M919
So this seriously has to be the issue or maybe the kernel?
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not sure if this matters but i do have a modded google play store as to ensure some games work.
NiMaD83 said:
*dupe post
And my original is a SGH-M919
So this seriously has to be the issue or maybe the kernel?
*edit....
not sure if this matters but i do have a modded google play store as to ensure some games work.
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The modded play store could be messing with it. Especially if Google Play tries to update itself (which is does without telling you) might even mess with the edits. You would have to get a logcat when you try to install something that says there's not enough storage space. The package manager should throw some sort of code to let us know whats going on.
elesbb said:
The modded play store could be messing with it. Especially if Google Play tries to update itself (which is does without telling you) might even mess with the edits. You would have to get a logcat when you try to install something that says there's not enough storage space. The package manager should throw some sort of code to let us know whats going on.
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Tried to install logcat and it gave me the same error lol
This happens when you have a corrupt data Dir for the app.
Use Root Explorer or something similar, and go to data/data and look for the app folder that is giving you the error message and delete the app folder.
You should be able to reinstall the app.
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I got Catlog installed and here are the logs from 2 that I saved.
I was trying to install Sixaxis_Controller_0_7_4.apk
2014-03-07-21-01-56.txt
2014-03-07-20-59-01.txt
rjohnstone said:
This happens when you have a corrupt data Dir for the app.
Use Root Explorer or something similar, and go to data/data and look for the app folder that is giving you the error message and delete the app folder.
You should be able to reinstall the app.
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Thanks but there is no folder in relation to this app. And I get the same error when trying fresh apps never before installed. Its very very random to even the size, which leans towards smaller sized.
NiMaD83 said:
I got Catlog installed and here are the logs from 2 that I saved.
I was trying to install Sixaxis_Controller_0_7_4.apk
2014-03-07-21-01-56.txt
2014-03-07-20-59-01.txt
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This is interesting
Code:
No content provider found for permission revoke: file:///mnt/extSdCard/Sixaxis_Controller_0_7_4.apk
But other than that. Im not sure whats going on. Try turning off xposed I also think its link2sd but you said you disabled it so i really am not sure
elesbb said:
This is interesting
Code:
No content provider found for permission revoke: file:///mnt/extSdCard/Sixaxis_Controller_0_7_4.apk
But other than that. Im not sure whats going on. Try turning off xposed I also think its link2sd but you said you disabled it so i really am not sure
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I put back OG Google Play 4.4.21 and rebooted same thing.
-wierd not on this, up top in the Installer cracked Google Play. Up to pis shows System Rom (/system): -1375mb (-1904mb free)
I uninstalled the framwork for Exposed in the Exposed Installer and rebooted, same thing (modules unchecked)
Just uninstalled the Installer and the XuiMod and rebooted ......... same thing.
Time for a new rom i guess.
NiMaD83 said:
I put back OG Google Play 4.4.21 and rebooted same thing.
-wierd not on this, up top in the Installer cracked Google Play. Up to pis shows System Rom (/system): -1375mb (-1904mb free)
I uninstalled the framwork for Exposed in the Exposed Installer and rebooted, same thing (modules unchecked)
Just uninstalled the Installer and the XuiMod and rebooted ......... same thing.
Time for a new rom i guess.
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Stuff isn't installed to the system. Your apps are installed to the /data so it doesn't matter how much free space is in /system.
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