I've had a recurring problem with running out of internal storage space. I've moved all apps that I possibly can over to my SD card, cleared the cache using CacheMate, and uninstalled most of the bloatware that came with the phone as well as any apps I didn't need that weren't on my SD card already and couldn't be moved. The other times that I've gotten this error, I've been able to uninstall enough stuff to make the notification go away but this time I can't seem to free up enough space.
I noticed that this error/notification occurs when my apps attempt to automatically update. For some reason this eats up my internal storage space even if the apps are installed on the SD card. Also, Market won't let me install any apps, even if they're installed to the SD card. Finally, when I get this error, my Gmail app stops working. It won't retrieve new mail at all.
Any ideas what is eating up so much of my internal storage space and how I can fix it??
Rooted then huh? market search "fota fix" by Matt Henry. Will set you up
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Bassmanjames said:
Rooted then huh? market search "fota fix" by Matt Henry. Will set you up
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Yes, my phone is rooted and running the Octane V3 ROM. I tried installing Fota Fix and I can't install it because there's insufficient space (I have 31mb free on internal memory and about 4gb on the sd card, yet it still gives me this error). lol...this is such an annoying problem.
MikeMurda said:
Yes, my phone is rooted and running the Octane V3 ROM. I tried installing Fota Fix and I can't install it because there's insufficient space (I have 31mb free on internal memory and about 4gb on the sd card, yet it still gives me this error). lol...this is such an annoying problem.
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Classic. Octane v3 already has the fota fix. How many apps do you have?
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Is there a way to install the apps to the internal storage instead of the sd card? I remember awhile ago there was an option on CM that allowed internal/external settings. I can't finder it anymore. My sd card is only 1gb taken from my old G1.
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jonnyboyca said:
Is there a way to install the apps to the internal storage instead of the sd card? I remember awhile ago there was an option on CM that allowed internal/external settings. I can't finder it anymore. My sd card is only 1gb taken from my old G1.
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Try swapping the cards.
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jonnyboyca said:
Is there a way to install the apps to the internal storage instead of the sd card? I remember awhile ago there was an option on CM that allowed internal/external settings. I can't finder it anymore. My sd card is only 1gb taken from my old G1.
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Which rom are you using right now?
If you're on stock (based) ROM, then you can use ADB/terminal to issue the command pm setInstallLocation 1 to force apps to use the internal storage, if on CM7 the option is under CM Settings => Application => Install Location
In CM if we set it to internal will apps install on the internal sd card or on the internal rom (is that the right word im looking for?)?
They'll be in /data/app, so what you would call 'internal ROM'
Thank you that's exactly what I was looking for
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Don't mean to hijack the thread, but does anyone know if there's a way to move apps to the internal sd card (not internal ROM)?
I have a 16gb class 10 microsd card but i want to use all that space for music. That 5gb internal sd card is just sitting there, i'd really want to use it for app installation space.
Any clues?
I think you have to change the setting to internal and reinstall the apps
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PhantomRampage said:
Don't mean to hijack the thread, but does anyone know if there's a way to move apps to the internal sd card (not internal ROM)?
I have a 16gb class 10 microsd card but i want to use all that space for music. That 5gb internal sd card is just sitting there, i'd really want to use it for app installation space.
Any clues?
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Did you get this resolved? I have the same issue. I'm trying to get apps to install in the 5GB internal SD memory.
smoothmoose said:
Did you get this resolved? I have the same issue. I'm trying to get apps to install in the 5GB internal SD memory.
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Titanium Backup.
??? Are you saying use Titanium Backup to move my apps from one place to another?
smoothmoose said:
Did you get this resolved? I have the same issue. I'm trying to get apps to install in the 5GB internal SD memory.
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Are you using CM7?
G2X CM7
phburks said:
Are you using CM7?
G2X CM7
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If so you can use the zip from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144553
Flash the one that says it makes external secondary. It will mount your internal sdcard as /sdcard and will mount your external as a folder /sdcard/_ExternalSD
G2X CM7
Thanks. I think that did the job!
Hello
I have installed CyanogenMod 7 on my Galaxy Ace then downloaded all the apps I had when I was using the stock ROM. Then, I moved all the apps one by one to the SD card (which I could not do with the stock ROM) and yet I have LESS internal memory that I used to have.
Why? What can I do?
Thanks
There are more advanced options, but to start out you might want to try clearing all app caches.
If that still doesn't free up enough space, you can try out link2sd
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There are more advanced options, but to start out you might want to try clearing all app caches.
If that still doesn't free up enough space, you can try out link2sd
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How do I empty all app caches?
Prosis said:
How do I empty all app caches?
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System settings > apps > click on each app and then clear cache.
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Prosis said:
How do I empty all app caches?
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I use Link2sd clean all app caches with one click!
Thanks to both of you. I downloaded Link2SD and emptied all the apps cache but it was only a total of 1.14MB. So that won't do it.
What is the "Delvik Cache"? Could that help?
Clearing the dalvik cache does nothing, as Android will simply rebuild it after a reboot.
However, since you've installed link2sd, you might as well use its primary function: to move apps to an SD card partition
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Ok so I've managed to move all apps to the SD card with link2sd instead of the built in way and gained a little space (about 10 MB). I guess that's the best I can have for now :S
Moving apps to the SD card won't really free up space. There is a designated amount of unusable memory specifically for apps. On some phones it is as much as 2GB. So even if you have ZERO apps, that 2gb will still not be available. You are actually doing more harm than good. The apps you move to your SD card will not run as well.
im also noob on this kind of matter so i thanks people who helped coz i too have a CM7 on my xperia x10 mini pro with low internal memory
what i did to solve the low memory is that i made a partition on my sd card which is sd-ext4 and activated A2SD on Settings>CMsettings>performance>a2sd
they say it tricked my phone of having more internal memory than its actual size, and every time i install apps it automatically gets in my SD
Is that good?
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im also noob on this kind of matter so i thanks people who helped coz i too have a CM7 on my xperia x10 mini pro with low internal memory
what i did to solve the low memory is that i made a partition on my sd card which is sd-ext4 and activated A2SD on Settings>CMsettings>performance>a2sd
they say it tricked my phone of having more internal memory than its actual size, and every time i install apps it automatically gets in my SD
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Thanks for this tip! I did pretty much the same thing and it's working great! I have 1 gb just for my apps and my phone thinks it's internal memory so the apps all work like they should (with widgets and all)
my tab is now saying low memory. I had a 16gb sdcard inserted and still get this error...help!?
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Have you tried gl to sd?
It'll move some data (like game data) to your SD card and clear up some space.
I literally just got the low memory popup and used it and it cleared up a bit of data for me
thanks for the tip but it didn't work very well for me I'm still getting the error. I did full formats
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Are you rooted? Because apps only install to your internal memory. If you are rooted you can uninstall all the crap stuff that you don't use, of I believe there is a way to make your external swap with the internal memory. But I believe you have to be rooted. I rooted mine and just uninstalled all the crap. Haven't run into any memory problems after that. Hope this helps.
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Hello! I think that needs another topic.
A small question about the problem with SD card on the p5100.
As of 4.1 or 4.2 google has introduced the 'cool' feature - multi-profile system.
Okay, everything is good, but with this 'cool' feature they have changed something with SD cards. Now internal memory is divided to the internal memory and internal SD-card which is considered as an external SD card. All apps are installed there, and my external SD card (32 gb) is now useless. Ofc, I can explore it on a file explorer, but the system thinks it is the second SD card and don't want to move any apps there.
And that's the problem. All apps are instaled on the internal-external SD card and the free-space is.. You know.
I can't update my apps, I can't download new apps - no memory alert.
Cyanogenmod nightly 10.2
So, is there any way to fix it, like Samsung has done to SGS3?
It's getting everything out of me.
On my phone everything is ok, but on the tablet.. :/
And please don't say google it.
I'm searching for this fix for.. months. Can't find anything so posted here.
Try Link2SD
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Try Link2SD
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Already tried.
"App2SD is not supported by your device. Because your Device has a primary external storage which is emulated from the internal storage. You can link the app in order to move its files to your SD card.
That's the problem.
Apps are already installed on the SD card but the wrong one.
Anyway, the emulated SD card has 10 GB free space, the 'proper' SD card has 25GB free.
When I try to update something on G Play, or install any app from my explorer - error, no enough free space.
Oh come on.
i.imgur.com/hWzliZS.png
Where is that "no enough free space"?
For a 200 KB update?!
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And I think that 'canceling the emulation' of the internal SD card will do a lot for me.. But how. :/
root & clean master
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root & clean master
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I don't see any app called 'root & clean master'. Anyway can't install any app because I 'don't have enough space'.
Check your internal memory using a pc and see exactly what you have stored there. Over 10GB should be enough for a 200KB update. I suspect something is wrong with your tablet.
Anyway, hard reseted. You can close the topic.
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Anyway, hard reseted. You can close the topic.
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I just got a p3110 last week and have this same issue, Its only a 8gb and I want to install apps to the sd and it will not, did you fix yours? how?
You cannot move or install apps to the external sd card. Only the internal storage. There are methods if you are rooted. Read down the forum topics. There are a few threads discussing this. But stock tablets do not install apps to the external sd card.
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Install link2sd
Create a new ext3 partition of desired size in ur external sd using mini partition tool.
Then use this partition to move all your apps using link2sd...
I had done this procedure in my old galaxy y because it had very less internal storage....
I haven't checked it on my tab though... but why don't u give it a try...
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Problem
try to reflash
Acrivec said:
I can't update my apps, I can't download new apps - no memory alert.
Cyanogenmod nightly 10.2
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CM10.2 isn't yet working flawless on the Tab 2. I have tried nightlies 10 days ago and on 23th but none of them worked as good as stable CM10.1.1 does.
EDIT: I've flashed today CM10.2 nightly 20130826 and finally everything in my p5110 seems to work
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Anyway, hard reseted. You can close the topic.
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This was my solution.
Posting after this was kinda useless. Please close the topic.
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Hard reset -> delete all data, fabric reset.
SAME 2 ME
my p5100 no have no problem ,everything working good .i have one message 2 told you ,p5100 sdcard only working with the 4.0.3 sistem , no one eles, some day i change to change about 15 times, 4.1.1~~4.1.2~~to the new one 4.2.2.. sdcard is not working, everything you want 2 user d date form sdcard , in not working , try see d photo ,is bad photo..
so right now i have to told you ,if you want user the sdcard ,you have to change 4.0.3 back to your phone
Hello,
I followed this thread to try and switch my SD card (32 gb) with my internal storage.
After doing what the above guide said, I managed to get from >>INTERNAL STORAGE being 3,98gb, APP storage being 4,15gb and SD card being 29,90gb<< to >>INTERNAL STORAGE being UNAVAILABLE, APP storage being 29,90gb and SD card being 4,15gb<<, whereas the poster of the guide got it so his SD card is now internal storage.
I have done some tinkering before trying out this method, I mainly used internal2external app i got on the play store, but with no success either.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
try this instead.. its to another post of mine in another topic where they were binding the internal partition with data partition.. the method you linked to is swapping the internal partition with your external sd card.. the method i linked you to is better than binding or swapping since it just extends your internal partition to your external.. i have 10mb of used space on my internal partition and can install any and all apps i can find.. if you decide after getting it set up that you want to be even more extreme.. you can pair foldermount with link2sd and probably have less than a mb of used space lol.. good luck
Since the 2nd partition..
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try this instead.. its to another post of mine in another topic where they were binding the internal partition with data partition.. the method you linked to is swapping the internal partition with your external sd card.. the method i linked you to is better than binding or swapping since it just extends your internal partition to your external.. i have 10mb of used space on my internal partition and can install any and all apps i can find.. if you decide after getting it set up that you want to be even more extreme.. you can pair foldermount with link2sd and probably have less than a mb of used space lol.. good luck
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Thank you for this, I have tried it and, even though I do get the error that the 2nd partition can't be mounted (?) it still links the applications to SD. But, after I linked my apps to SD, I tried installing a big file (i had 3.03gb out of 3.98 free (INTERNAL), after installing i have 3.79gb out of 3.98gb), and I got the storage low again, I couldn't seem to move it to SD :/
After restarting the phone, i got the "Mount warning" again, and all my apps that I linked 2 SD are shown as grey icons saying SD which I presume means they cannot be launched as they aren't even installed. After uninstalling the app that filled up my internal storage, I restarted phone to find out all my linked apps were deleted, any idea what I did wrong?
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Thank you for this, I have tried it and, even though I do get the error that the 2nd partition can't be mounted (?) it still links the applications to SD. But, after I linked my apps to SD, I tried installing a big file (i had 3.03gb out of 3.98 free (INTERNAL), after installing i have 3.79gb out of 3.98gb), and I got the storage low again, I couldn't seem to move it to SD :/
After restarting the phone, i got the "Mount warning" again, and all my apps that I linked 2 SD are shown as grey icons saying SD which I presume means they cannot be launched as they aren't even installed. After uninstalling the app that filled up my internal storage, I restarted phone to find out all my linked apps were deleted, any idea what I did wrong?
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I was have the same problem. There is only one way. Gain s-off with rumrunner. Look rumrunner thread and follow the instructions. Its really easy. After s-off you can do everything. You can delete google apps, link all apps to sd without any problem. I have installed many apps i still have 3.00 gb full of 3.85 gb. I created sd partition 2 gb and linked all apps there. Good luck
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Stuntsu said:
Thank you for this, I have tried it and, even though I do get the error that the 2nd partition can't be mounted (?) it still links the applications to SD. But, after I linked my apps to SD, I tried installing a big file (i had 3.03gb out of 3.98 free (INTERNAL), after installing i have 3.79gb out of 3.98gb), and I got the storage low again, I couldn't seem to move it to SD :/
After restarting the phone, i got the "Mount warning" again, and all my apps that I linked 2 SD are shown as grey icons saying SD which I presume means they cannot be launched as they aren't even installed. After uninstalling the app that filled up my internal storage, I restarted phone to find out all my linked apps were deleted, any idea what I did wrong?
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i use Rom Cleaner for the One X and it removes 95% bloatware(i had to add ~35 boost online apps to the list).. link2sd cant move everything and for that you can use FolderMount.. together these apps reduce internal used space to nearly nothing
thank you
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I was have the same problem. There is only one way. Gain s-off with rumrunner. Look rumrunner thread and follow the instructions. Its really easy. After s-off you can do everything. You can delete google apps, link all apps to sd without any problem. I have installed many apps i still have 3.00 gb full of 3.85 gb. I created sd partition 2 gb and linked all apps there. Good luck
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Hey man, does it have to be rumrunner or can it also be moonshine? ( this thread )
EDIT: Tried the rumrunner way, first time it just closed itself after a minute or two, 2nd time it just promped me to press ENTER and I did, closing the command promp, both times I check my s is still S-ON
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Hey man, does it have to be rumrunner or can it also be moonshine? ( this thread )
EDIT: Tried the rumrunner way, first time it just closed itself after a minute or two, 2nd time it just promped me to press ENTER and I did, closing the command promp, both times I check my s is still S-ON
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I dont know moonshine. But before running rumrunner, disable your antivirus on PC. Than check your root is done. It want root access you have to allow it. Check your phone while rumrunner running
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