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I cannot install a 48.6 MB app from the market; "Insufficient space on device"

I cannot install a 48.6 MB app from the market; "Insufficient space on device"
This is driving me absolutely insane. I've tried so many solutions that used to work in the past for me, but nothing works anymore.
I am using an AT&T Captivate (Samsung Galaxy S). I have over 700 MB of internal memory and over 9.8 GB of memory on my SD card left. When I try to download an app that is 48.6 MB (Jelly Defense), no matter what I do, I cannot download it.
I have tried Force Closing and wiping the Data/Cache of Download Manager, Google Services Framework, Market, and Market Updater, and then rebooting the phone. Didn't work.
I've tried doing all of the above and uninstalling the Market Updates. Didn't work.
I've tried what's in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18874811&postcount=2
but I had the same problem as in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18889951&postcount=3
What else can I do? This is absolutely ridiculous. I CANNOT install this app.

If you have android 2.2 there is an option on the app section that allows you to move apps to sd.If not then you should root,make a partition for the apps to be stored and move them in the external storage

The captivate has horrific stock software. I would root and go custom rom and then try it. You can odin back to stock if needed for service, even without a working screen if necessary.
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But how can I move this app to SD? It won't even let me download it once in the first place...
I'd prefer not to install a custom ROM if possible.

insert your sd card in an adapter and transfer a custom rom or something

I have the same problem with blood and glory. Nothing has worked so far.
-Sent from a Galaxy far far away

If it's a free app then try and find an apk file, put it on your SD card and install it to your device? On my rooted Cyanogenmod Galaxy 5 I can choose an option to automatically install every application to my SD.

Your /cache partion is too small search the i9000 forums there's a guide to increase the size of it
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1188972
That?
ok... now to figure out what that post means lol

Yup, that's the one it's not as hard as it looks
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factory reset

agent205 said:
factory reset
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this would be an absolute last resort for me, and I definitely would not do it for a minor issue such as not being able to download a single app from the market, let alone a game.

So, the Android Terminal Emulator on the market is basically a Linux command line, yeah?
I have never touched anything related to Linux before...
copy the script to your phone give it executable permissions and run it through adb shell or a terminal
I have no idea how to give the script executable permissions, or how to run it through the terminal.
Can somebody please help me?

ok so
I'm now pretty sure I know what's stopping me from running the script fully
https://market.android.com/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=en
I used that app. It moves the cache to the SD card, which removes current problems with market cache... but it still doesn't allow you to download apps above 30 MB in size...
but because it moved the cache, the script I'm now trying to run can't work, since it's trying to find the cache in its original location.
the description for the app doesn't say what the app ACTUALLY does, or where it moves the cache
does anybody have any idea how I would go about undoing what the MarketFix app did?

So, running the script through a terminal absolutely will not work.
btw, I'm on a Captivate, Rooted, without a custom ROM. Although I did do the official upgrade to 2.2.
I tried running it through a script manager, and this is what I get as an error.
It says it cannot find the device "mount"
What exactly is the problem?

Error installing game

While installing game I get an error "An sd card with at least 407 mb free is required in order to download the new content", am a noob at this. Running ICS.

palmheel said:
While installing game I get an error "An sd card with at least 407 mb free is required in order to download the new content", am a noob at this. Running ICS.
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Only solution i can think of is clearing up some space from a file manager. You can view your storage remaining from the sdcard in the settings (im not currently running ics) once you have about 1gb free, try again. If none succeeds, out of my knowledge...
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It's a known issue worth the ics ROM. The as card isn't being mounted properly. As of now, i'm pretty sure there is no fix.
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Can't install new apps from Google Play, "insufficient storage" message

Hi,
I installed the route 66 stock rom on my Verizon Galaxy S3, and now am getting the "insufficient Storage" error on Google Play when I try to install apps. I have lots of room on the internal and the external SD cards. I've tried clearing the data on Google play, but still won't work. Any ideas on how to fix it?

If you Google search insufficient storage space Google play there is some good info
Could this be your problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726525
Are the apps you are trying to install ones you have installed before?
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Android_Monsters said:
If you Google search insufficient storage space Google play there is some good info
Could this be your problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726525
Are the apps you are trying to install ones you have installed before?
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No, that isn't the issue. These are new apps.

How many apps do you have?
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Frustrated!!!
Android_Monsters said:
How many apps do you have?
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Not so many. I have lots of space on both the internal sd card and the external card.
I'm getting frustrated with this, considering wiping phone and starting from scratch, but no point unless I understand what's wrong.

Did you use lucky patcher on this app?
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android94301 said:
Hi,
I installed the route 66 stock rom on my Verizon Galaxy S3, and now am getting the "insufficient Storage" error on Google Play when I try to install apps. I have lots of room on the internal and the external SD cards. I've tried clearing the data on Google play, but still won't work. Any ideas on how to fix it?
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You have to deo-odex the app first, then install normally.

Fixed it
After trying a lot of things, I gave up, backed up everything with Titanium Backup, wiped my phone in recovery, and install the new Synergy Rom. Now works fine, and I can install apps fine. Don't know what was wrong, but just in case I installed Cache Fixer for future issues.

android94301 said:
After trying a lot of things, I gave up, backed up everything with Titanium Backup, wiped my phone in recovery, and install the new Synergy Rom. Now works fine, and I can install apps fine. Don't know what was wrong, but just in case I installed Cache Fixer for future issues.
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Can you tell me how much space has the Galaxy S3 for Intallation of apps? Confers with what I read on other sites: 2GB? My S2 had 16 GB internal, but only 1.75 GB for installing apps! ! Thankful!

fireboypr said:
You have to deo-odex the app first, then install normally.
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may i know how to de-odex, i face similar issue on my friend's S3, problem where there is problem with update, i uninstall the app and when i try to reinstall the app back. it stucked. in ICS, i know where is the odex file located, i root the device and removed the file, and it work. but in S3, which is JB, i can't seem to located the odex for this apps. perhaps something else or some other hidden location.
apps install and having problem is MX player.

Having Market issue Insufficient Storage Available Error Message

Hello, I been away from xda for a while and very limited as I been in the hospital for 3 weeks and came across this error on market. "Insufficient Storage Available" whenever I try to down a add or update as well. I Can't find a fix for it and hope someone can help me. Hope it hasn't been posted before cause I tried to find a fix and had no luck. Thanks guys!
Edit- I forgot to mention I am on Aokp

I am also having this problem. Im running the latest Paranoid Rom 1.6

vwgtiturbo1 said:
Hello, I been away from xda for a while and very limited as I been in the hospital for 3 weeks and came across this error on market. "Insufficient Storage Available" whenever I try to down a add or update as well. I Can't find a fix for it and hope someone can help me. Hope it hasn't been posted before cause I tried to find a fix and had no luck. Thanks guys!
Edit- I forgot to mention I am on Aokp
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Normally you can clear caches and it will work otherwise uninstall the app and reinstall. If you have to uninstall make a data backup first. What it equates to is the app dev didnt put a call in to remove the app prior to installing the new version. Ive run into this with Plague Inc. and Ive sent a bug report to the app dev. I suggest the same for whatever app you are having issues with.

I've tried the whole "clear your caches and fix your permissions" thing, and, at least from what I can tell, you can't install anything through Play/Market unless you have at least ~55 MB of space available (even if you are installing to microSD or replacing a currently installed app). I'm not sure quite where the threshold is, but it is somewhere around there.
I can't answer "Why?" as it is in Google proprietary code and I don't have the source available.

I have tried clearing caches and dalvic.. also reinstalled gapps.. can't get it to work..
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vwgtiturbo1 said:
I have tried clearing caches and dalvic.. also reinstalled gapps.. can't get it to work..
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Have you cleared data from Google Services Frameworks? That has fixed every market issue I've ever run into. If jeff is saying it's coded to not let you install with under 55mb of space left I believe him though.

I can't be sure it's "coded that way," but I haven't found a way to get Play/Market to install when I get down somewhere below 60 MB free space, including flashing a new ROM, clearing cache, fixing permissions, reinstalling gapps, and probably a few other things I've tried. There are definitely days when I wish someone would prove my theory wrong!

I believe Jeff no doubt but I have 66.1mb available..
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i have this problem when there's an update for the "Dark Jelly" theme i have. i found the only way to get it to update really is to uninstall it and then re-install. i know its a pain in the arse, but its the only way i found to update it.

I had to move some apps from the internal storage to the SD card to overcome this problem. I'm on the Galaxy Beam rom

Apps2SD problem
My Apps2sd (in ROM toolbox) was set to install to SD card automatically and as soon as I changed it AUTO (location) problem was fixed.

Anyone know how to install Apps to the SD card by default? :S
I've been using Titanium Backup to manually move my apps to the SD card.
I'm on CM9, Hefe KoD.

Can U try this?
Lucky Patcher -> Troubleshooting -> Remove fixes and backups(insufficent storage available)
^^

hechoen said:
Have you cleared data from Google Services Frameworks? That has fixed every market issue I've ever run into. .
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My husband's Galaxy S 4G is having the same problem with erroneous memory capacity error message.It seems happen after he adds an app. And we are not sure why the error message goes away WHEN it does go away. Can you clear the Google Services Frameworks without removing important info he has put in the apps, or will it delete any apps?. Sorry for my ignorance of the Android system.

KnHtown said:
My husband's Galaxy S 4G is having the same problem with erroneous memory capacity error message.It seems happen after he adds an app. And we are not sure why the error message goes away WHEN it does go away. Can you clear the Google Services Frameworks without removing important info he has put in the apps, or will it delete any apps?. Sorry for my ignorance of the Android system.
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If you're husband's phone is rooted then you can always back up his apps and app data with titanium backup or you can make a nandroid backup through cwm that way in case anything goes wrong you have a backup to fall back to
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mjmjhkgh said:
Can U try this?
Lucky Patcher -> Troubleshooting -> Remove fixes and backups(insufficent storage available)
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This worked for me, thank you !!
I was having trouble installing UberSocial. I could download and install every other app (smaller and bigger in file size) except for UberSocial.
Tried the Lucky Patcher method and worked like a charm.
BTW, I should mention I have a rooted S3 but found this thread via Google .

The Jelly bean rom takes up a lot internal memory, plus it installs most of the apps from the market to the internal memory instead of SD card. I don't why, maybe the devs can answer this. I had to remove the xbmc app (97mb) in order to install anything else.
Hit the thanks button if it helps. It's my motivator to be more helpful.

I use Titanium to move all data apps to SD, I also use History Eraser before updating apps so that at all times I have over 110MB free on internal mem.
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There is also a way via terminal to move cache to the sd card. It's been a while since I've needed to do that and that was on GB. If anyone is interested in the how, let me know.

Kyndig66 said:
There is also a way via terminal to move cache to the sd card. It's been a while since I've needed to do that and that was on GB. If anyone is interested in the how, let me know.
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Ive been working on a universal script to move stuff from internal to external, so far i have it down for my s3 and i could do one personally for the sgs4g but i want to make it universal since ALL ICS AND JB roms do this AND your storages are different when using stock compared to AOSP

[Q] P3110 ...internal sd probs.

Just rooted my new 3110, successfully .......(or so I thought) . Now I cannot install anything on internal SD. Whenever I try, I get "not enough space" error message - even the 2 apps(only had the tab 3 days)! that were on the sd before I rooted, have mysteriously moved to phone memory. I cant even install FolderMount , which I had already d/l. Forgive a newbie, but having rooted my Galaxy W phone 18 months ago with very few problems, was hoping tab would be as reliable. Anyone help? (as I dont want to unroot just to be able to use internal sd memory.) Thanks in anticipation.

Buff52 said:
Just rooted my new 3110, successfully .......(or so I thought) . Now I cannot install anything on internal SD. Whenever I try, I get "not enough space" error message - even the 2 apps(only had the tab 3 days)! that were on the sd before I rooted, have mysteriously moved to phone memory. I cant even install FolderMount , which I had already d/l. Forgive a newbie, but having rooted my Galaxy W phone 18 months ago with very few problems, was hoping tab would be as reliable. Anyone help? (as I dont want to unroot just to be able to use internal sd memory.) Thanks in anticipation.
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I'm confused, how did you get apps to run on your external SD without root? Didn't know that was possible. Did you try clearing the dalvic cache? Seemed to do the trick when i had issues with lucky patcher causing that same error. I may be way off base though.
Edit: i think I'm confused, sorry, that advice is surely off. Uhm, perhaps reflashing stock and trying again,seeing as how you do not have much data to loose, using the auto root Odin flashable file.
This is what i use. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33303017
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bluecarbon said:
I'm confused, how did you get apps to run on your external SD without root? Didn't know that was possible. Did you try clearing the dalvic cache? Seemed to do the trick when i had issues with lucky patcher causing that same error. I may be way off base though.
Edit: i think I'm confused, sorry, that advice is surely off. Uhm, perhaps reflashing stock and trying again,seeing as how you do not have much data to loose, using the auto root Odin flashable file.
This is what i use. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33303017
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...........Thanks for the help.. Wasnt talking about ExtSdcard, but sdcard0, the internal storage -,sorry for confusion-. Although "Install manager" shows all apps as being installed on "phone" memory, & "external" memory empty, both "Disk Usage" & "Root Explorer" show the same files/size used, in both locations, so I now figure I may have partition problems after rooting (I used this system : http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1596) Will try the auto method as per your link if I cant solve the issue (though hoping a quick fix might be possible.!) Thanks

Buff52 said:
...........Thanks for the help.. Wasnt talking about ExtSdcard, but sdcard0, the internal storage -,sorry for confusion-. Although "Install manager" shows all apps as being installed on "phone" memory, & "external" memory empty, both "Disk Usage" & "Root Explorer" show the same files/size used, in both locations, so I now figure I may have partition problems after rooting (I used this system : http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1596) Will try the auto method as per your link if I cant solve the issue (though hoping a quick fix might be possible.!) Thanks[/QUOTe
Sorry, hope it works out for you.
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Still "not enough space" issues.
Ok. I tried wiping data, flashing back to stock rom, then chainfires auto - root method. All went well - device rooted (again!) fine, BUT I`m STILL having problems with storage. Some apps (especially games) wont install - am getting "not enough space" message, just as before. It seems that all apps that need to be intalled on the devices internal "sd" (such as" FileMount") card just wont.
Please forgive a couple of lame questions, but having never owned a tab before, I`m new to their "vagaries" - Also I have searched here & other online forums for an answer, so forgive my badgering all you "fonts of tekkie wisdom."
. Mine is the 8gb model, & I know a lot of this is taken up by system/ram etc - the "device memory" reports a total of 4.49gb, but TB (& other root apps like sd maid) states : Rom 1.26 gb, internal 4.92GB, sd card 4.82gb (with exactly the same space used in both , i.e. 1.50gb. I also have 32gb micro sd inserted. - Is there an internal partition for the "sdcard0" space , or it there a "physical" internal sd card ? If so how do I format thhis? If not could I have a partition problem? (The reason I ask is that none of the "move to sd" apps I have tried like app2sd, install manager etc work - They state, apps have moved when they clearly havent.
So I think it may be an internal partition problem, (which I presume hasnt been solved by reflashing stock, and re- rooting.) - I did notice that when I was re-rooting by CF auto root, in odin there was partition check box, but CF instructions said "if, & ONLY IF, device is bricked, to check this box. - So how can I , - 1. confirm whats causing the problem?, & 2. -Solve it?
Thanks for any help & advise hopefully, proffered, forthwith.:fingers-crossed:

do a simple thing! factory reset your tab. click format sd ! these issues are solved just by formatting the sd, be it internal! :good::good:

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Buff52 said:
Ok. I tried wiping data, flashing back to stock rom, then chainfires auto - root method. All went well - device rooted (again!) fine, BUT I`m STILL having problems with storage. Some apps (especially games) wont install - am getting "not enough space" message, just as before. It seems that all apps that need to be intalled on the devices internal "sd" (such as" FileMount") card just wont.
Please forgive a couple of lame questions, but having never owned a tab before, I`m new to their "vagaries" - Also I have searched here & other online forums for an answer, so forgive my badgering all you "fonts of tekkie wisdom."
. Mine is the 8gb model, & I know a lot of this is taken up by system/ram etc - the "device memory" reports a total of 4.49gb, but TB (& other root apps like sd maid) states : Rom 1.26 gb, internal 4.92GB, sd card 4.82gb (with exactly the same space used in both , i.e. 1.50gb. I also have 32gb micro sd inserted. - Is there an internal partition for the "sdcard0" space , or it there a "physical" internal sd card ? If so how do I format thhis? If not could I have a partition problem? (The reason I ask is that none of the "move to sd" apps I have tried like app2sd, install manager etc work - They state, apps have moved when they clearly havent.
So I think it may be an internal partition problem, (which I presume hasnt been solved by reflashing stock, and re- rooting.) - I did notice that when I was re-rooting by CF auto root, in odin there was partition check box, but CF instructions said "if, & ONLY IF, device is bricked, to check this box. - So how can I , - 1. confirm whats causing the problem?, & 2. -Solve it?
Thanks for any help & advise hopefully, proffered, forthwith.:fingers-crossed:
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Its a partition, its an emulated SD card. I think the post above me has the right idea.
Also, none of those apps will work. You will need use a sdcard swap script, gl2sd(app), foldermount, or some root app or script that is similar to those.
I think you will need a custom recovery, (like cwm, or twrp) to format the internal "sdcard", i never really used the stock recovery much, but it seems like an option they would leave out. I think there is an oden flashable in developer section. I would find links for you, but i got to get the kids ready. Shouldn't be hard to find.
If you can not format the internal SD using stock recovery, here is a link to the Odin flash able cwm.
PS. I really do not think it is a partition prob., and i wouldn't click the repartition option.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27812563
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Fixed!!
OK Folks - seems I have fixed the problem, by uninstalling all apps (inc "moving" apps) that dont work or are "buggy" , cleaning/wiping caches/data, then I was able to install FolderMount from here, and now all the instability/storage problems gone. (Am so impressed with FolderMount have bought pro, as I am a bit windy when in comes to T.E`s or running scripts! My 32gb is filling fast enough anyway!)
Thanks for the help chaps - dont know what us "am hacks" would do without you! :highfive:

Buff52 said:
OK Folks - seems I have fixed the problem, by uninstalling all apps (inc "moving" apps) that dont work or are "buggy" , cleaning/wiping caches/data, then I was able to install FolderMount from here, and now all the instability/storage problems gone. (Am so impressed with FolderMount have bought pro, as I am a bit windy when in comes to T.E`s or running scripts! My 32gb is filling fast enough anyway!)
Thanks for the help chaps - dont know what us "am hacks" would do without you! :highfive:
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Cool, glad to hear it. I love foldermount. After weeks of searching, that app/dev came to the rescue, it is well worth buying pro!
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