First of all I want you to know I have searched the other threads with similar problem and honestly anything didn't work for me, that's why I'm posting this in a new thread.
Let me get into what is the problem, I can't install/update most apps(while some get installed/updated). This isn't only for apps through Play Store but also through LG App Store. The amount of space remaining in Internal as well as external is about 5GB. The huge .obb files are in ext. SD itself done with the help of 'Folder mount' app. Of course my device is ROOTED with stock ROM. I have tried every solutions like clearing stuffs in /data/app or lib folder, clearing play store data, cache and many other solutions that I can find. Nothing works for me. What should I do now? Any help will be appreciated.
Running Stock 4.4 ROOTED -v500
For storage details refer pics attached.
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I have E4GT with Caulkins 2.9.1.
I have the following storage available on my device:
SD Card 24.25GB
USB Storage 3.25 GB
Device Memory 1.23 GB
I get the following error when trying to update apps, or install new apps:
"There is insufficient space on this device"
I have gone into settings>apps>google play> clear cache. -> no change
I have downloaded App Cache Cleaner app and cleared all cached files. -> no change
The error message is a lie written by a lazy programmer. What's actually happening is that the installation is trying to copy or move a file and can't. To circumvent this problem I have to enter root explorer and look for files related to the program I'm trying to upgrade and delete them. Sometimes I just find dangling files which aren't really needed; other times I have to delete the whole shebang and reinstall the program from scratch. One process that I've noticed can sometimes cause this problem is the auto-Odex routine that is available in the Development folder.
Bottom line though is that this problem has NOTHING to do with your available memory space.
Henri Blanche said:
The error message is a lie written by a lazy programmer. What's actually happening is that the installation is trying to copy or move a file and can't. To circumvent this problem I have to enter root explorer and look for files related to the program I'm trying to upgrade and delete them. Sometimes I just find dangling files which aren't really needed; other times I have to delete the whole shebang and reinstall the program from scratch. One process that I've noticed can sometimes cause this problem is the auto-Odex routine that is available in the Development folder.
Bottom line though is that this problem has NOTHING to do with your available memory space.
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How do I find dangling files in explorer. Is there a was for me to determine which ones are wasted files?
before i read your reply i went into recovery and wiped cached and dalvik cache, thought it worked, because i was finally able to install or update about 3 apps, but then got the same error on the 4th app.
so those steps that have been suggested by others on different devices but with similar errors, did not resolve this issue on E4GT.
thanks for any additional help.
This may help http://bit.ly/GNQOZh take a read. I fought this a while ago and went nuts till I did what I describe.
It's usually, but not always, as simple as looking for files with the name of the program imbedded. The most recent program for me was AudioGalaxy.... so I just searched for and deleted any reference to the program that didn't look essential.
If you're REALLY stumped, then download a program from the Market like Log Viewer, which shows you the real-time system log of your Android operating system. That's how I discovered that a failed file copy was being misinterpreted as a full disc in the first place. It also will show you the name of the file being copied or moved and into which directory. Helpful hint: cut and paste the log into something like Notepad for easier reading.
By all means empty out your caches... but only to remove a potential file that's causing you a problem. Like I said, you haven't run out of free space.
Good luck!
A common source for this error is also that there are partitions on your phone that are not visible in the system settings, but which can fill up too.
If you open a console on your device, i.e. with terminal emulator, and type "df" you should see every partition and how much space is free on it.
leaderbuilder said:
This may help take a read. I fought this a while ago and went nuts till I did what I describe.
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I did this earlier, and then downloaded App Cache Cleaner app and cleared all cached files which did not result in a solution...
im working on other suggestions from this thread
CandyIsYum said:
I did this earlier, and then downloaded App Cache Cleaner app and cleared all cached files which did not result in a solution...
im working on other suggestions from this thread
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App Cache Cleaner isn't really that thorough.
Try SD Maid.
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I did this earlier, and then downloaded App Cache Cleaner app and cleared all cached files which did not result in a solution...
im working on other suggestions from this thread
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You 'cleared data' on the media and still had this issue? http://mikemartinezonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/03.png I've had this issue a few times with a few people- again it just happed to me yesterday! Seems that the media storage, media hub, oovoodo, and some others were taking up huge amounst of space. In fact my media storage was at 800MB until I cleared it. Especially noticed this for me after adding and removing media and swapping different sd cards.
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You 'cleared data' on the media and still had this issue? ] I've had this issue a few times with a few people- again it just happed to me yesterday! Seems that the media storage, media hub, oovoodo, and some others were taking up huge amounst of space. In fact my media storage was at 800MB until I cleared it. Especially noticed this for me after adding and removing media and swapping different sd cards.
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I cleared the app cache there, and still had the issue. I also went into recovery and cleared cache, dalvik cache.
I didn't try the SDMaid method, so if someone else has this same problem, that may be a place to try.
I ended up starting with scratch with my device, and just upgraded to calkulin 2.9.2.
now my device is functioning as expected, and i can finally install angry birds space...
Well same problem shows up again.
updated to Calkulin 3.0, in hopes to resolve the problem, but still no go.
insufficient space when trying to install or update app from google play.
SD Card: 3.25GB Free / 29.7 GB
USB Storage: 7.29 Free / 11.50 GB
Device: 1.29 GB Free.
It's kind of annoying, is this something that would be resolved by going back to stock. This is getting a bit annoying.
thanks again.
Which app?
Edit: Have you tried clearing data for google play in settings/applications/all yet?
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA
I've been removing some bloatware on my phone with root explorer (because this is the only method that works since I need to mount r/w on the veondor folder), it's been working great and it's much faster now. Suddenly whenever I try to install from the market or an APK it now says I have insufficient storage available when I have 59mb of memory left on my system and plenty of GB on my SD card. I can still update apps through the market perfectly fine but nothing else works.
Things I removed...
From .../System/App
-Officesuite.apk
-talkback.apk
From .../System/Vendor/App
-datatrafficswitch.apk
-semccrashmonitor.apk
-timescapespline,apk
-timescapewidget.apk
-widgetonoff.apk
-playnow.apk
-letsgolf.apk
I deleted these from looking at a guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614761
I am on firmware .587
I'm not sure if this was the cause because I have installed some firmware changing packs such as the nxt theme but ThillanaC and .587 Framework Deodexer by papayayoghurt.
If anyone can help it would really help, and I do have a nandroid backup from before all this but I would prefer to know what caused this.
System space not the same as Data space.
CynicBound said:
I've been removing some bloatware on my phone with root explorer (because this is the only method that works since I need to mount r/w on the veondor folder), it's been working great and it's much faster now. Suddenly whenever I try to install from the market or an APK it now says I have insufficient storage available when I have 59mb of memory left on my system and plenty of GB on my SD card. I can still update apps through the market perfectly fine but nothing else works.
Things I removed...
From .../System/App
-Officesuite.apk
-talkback.apk
From .../System/Vendor/App
-datatrafficswitch.apk
-semccrashmonitor.apk
-timescapespline,apk
-timescapewidget.apk
-widgetonoff.apk
-playnow.apk
-letsgolf.apk
I deleted these from looking at a guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614761
I am on firmware .587
I'm not sure if this was the cause because I have installed some firmware changing packs such as the nxt theme but ThillanaC and .587 Framework Deodexer by papayayoghurt.
If anyone can help it would really help, and I do have a nandroid backup from before all this but I would prefer to know what caused this.
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The applications you deleted resided in the System partition of your internal memory but the new ones you want to install require space on the Data partition. So unless you can use an application like SystemCleanup to move some old apps to the System partition you still won't be able to free up space in the Data partition.
I've had apps fail to install when I've had as much as 60MB free. It really does suck - Sony just didn't give us enough space for apps. Either move some apps to your SD card or install Link2SD and kiss this problem goodbye forever. There is a great guide here:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2011/12/12/link2sd-guide-never-worry-about-internal-memory-limits-again/
It's well worth doing and doesn't take very long at all.
The applications you deleted resided in the System partition of your internal memory but the new ones you want to install require space on the Data partition. So unless you can use an application like SystemCleanup to move some old apps to the System partition you still won't be able to free up space in the Data partition.
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Works perfectly! Thanks a lot!
Hello,
I did do a search from this, and i can see by my title there is no relevance to this problem on this section. I have just rooted my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 [SM-T210R] and whenever i try to install an app i get the "Insufficient Storage Space Available". It's really frustrating and i can't figure out how to get rid of it?
The tablet is 8gb and i have a 32gb SdCard, i am trying to move apps to the sdcard using GL to SD (hoping it works). Can anyone assist me on this, i would really like my Tablet working with Rocket Lite at full potential!
Thanks
Hey there
If GL to SD does not work. @Ripshock was working on folder mount here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49637122&postcount=723
Other suggestions is to move everything else to your SD, photos, movies, music, everything in the Download and Document folder, any and all backups (which can be big).
Or you can wait a few days till 4.2.2 is released.
Jeremy
The problem i am having though is the device is not allowing me to install any applications, for some reason it seems to let me install large files (around 40mb) but anything thats below 10mb just says "Insufficient Storage Available"... im not sure why tho, i guess i can just drop them into the app folder instead of trying to install..
But would be nice to get a fix, its having that message pop up
You didn't understand my request.
Is it rooted?
If so open lucky patcher and goto toolbox and remove fixes and backups.
Press thanks if I helped
DGoz said:
Hello,
I did do a search from this, and i can see by my title there is no relevance to this problem on this section. I have just rooted my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 [SM-T210R] and whenever i try to install an app i get the "Insufficient Storage Space Available". It's really frustrating and i can't figure out how to get rid of it?
The tablet is 8gb and i have a 32gb SdCard, i am trying to move apps to the sdcard using GL to SD (hoping it works). Can anyone assist me on this, i would really like my Tablet working with Rocket Lite at full potential!
Thanks
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I had that problem. I ended up clearing dalvik cache , rebooted and it worked. The proplem started when I flashed rocket tab but forgot to do a system restore before I flashed.
Hi, I recently updated to the cm11 stable from cm10.2 and am having the google play problem of insufficient storage, but only for the snapchat app. All other apps update and install fine. I have tons of free space and have tried cleanmaster and app cache cleaner to find residual files, and cant find any large amounts of log files taking up space either. I'm not sure how to deal with this issue since, so far, it is specific to only 1 app. Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
Tried checking the drive was mounted as R/O?
diablo009 said:
Tried checking the drive was mounted as R/O?
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I actually just figured it out surprisingly on my own. It started happening with other apps too. In /data/app-lib there were multiples of some app folders named something along the lines of "chrome-1" and "chrome-2" or "snapchat-1" and "snapchat-2". When I deleted the "-2" folder for the app that wasn't updating or downloading the error was gone. Hopefully this could be helpful to anyone else with a similar problem.
To start, I have an L710T from Boost. Stock rom, 4.4.2, rooted, but that's all. No extra nifty stuffs.
This morning I woke up to an error that says "Couldn't download system update. Not enough space available to download." When I click on it, it says it needs 70.5MB. I have over 9 Gigs free on the phones internal SD. I did a little digging and found that the /system folder has 1.48GB used out of 1.56GB, which means there is only 81.92MB free on that partition. I'm guessing this is the cause of the error message. However, I don't have very many apps installed, and the apps in /system/app and /system/priv-app all appear to be pre-installed apps, except for superuser.apk. I cleared the cache on all of the apps holding a large amount of cache, but that didn't help.
I looked at what folders are holding the most data and /system/priv-app has 383MB, /system/app has 375MB, and /system/lib has 345MB. Those are the biggest, with the next being /system/framework with only 59MB. So I think I've located what the problem is, I just don't know what to do about it, or how it got that way. Any help is greatly appreciated.
The "couldn't download system update" issue
I have the same issue and since I'm rooted, I figured that was the likely real issue. I used the "full unroot" option in "SuperSU" to get back to being unrooted. After a hard reboot I tried the update again and it didn't f***ing work. Now I gotta retrace my steps to get root again, but wtf, this is ridiculous.
I've read this, if it helps other people:
For the unrooted, if space is an issue in downloading and unpackaging the update, clearing all caches (not data) and deleting photos/videos stored internally could help to free up space. I've read in other forums to clear the Dalvik cache and "logcat" (by entering *#9900# into the dialer) helps provide more internal memory, but I don't think that's what most people need to do (and I'm not even sure you can clear the Dalvik cache without root).
I fixed my problem just yesterday. First I freed up over 140MB of space on the system partition by deleting some OEM crud and by moving all the ringtones that I dont use over to the SD card. That wasn't enough though because I still got the error. Then I did a long press on the error notification, touch app info, brought me to Google Services or some such so I cleared all cache and data on that because it was using 40MB of data which is how much free space there was when I first got the error. After a reboot it did the update and succeeded, or so I presume because I wasn't watching it. But whatever, the annoying error message is gone.
This worked for me too, thank you so much for this simple fix!