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[Q] how to resolve "Installation Error - Insufficient Storage Available"

I just got my wife a new Samsung Infuse. Successfully rooted with the SuperOneClickv1.9.1. I was then able to restore some of her old apps with Titanium Backup.
My problem now is that when she goes to install a few additional apps she gets the following error:
Installation Error - Insufficient Storage Available
However the SD Card and Phone Storage pages show plenty of space!!
Available Phone Storage = 1.46GB
I realized the problem after she had installed some simple stuff like Handcent and MyFitnessPal and they just disappeared. So I went to install ES File Explorer and RomManager to do some troubleshooting and that installed successfully. But another weird thing was that those two didn't show up in the app draw. So I went back to the Market thinking I would try and install again and the market showed it was already installed. So I was able to open the ES File explorer and rommanager programs from the market with the "open" button.
does anyone recognize something like this? I can't explain it?! I'm using the stock rom.
i read something about installing more than 50 apps?
i read that i should try to wipe the dalvik cache? but i can't figure out how to get into cwm recovery to do that?!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091465
I found both of these and I think of my self capable of doing this stuff, but i can't figure out the exact steps to get all the way to wipe the Dalvik Cache.
i'm open to all suggestions..
Please help

SlyDogJeff77 said:
I just got my wife a new Samsung Infuse. Successfully rooted with the SuperOneClickv1.9.1. I was then able to restore some of her old apps with Titanium Backup.
My problem now is that when she goes to install a few additional apps she gets the following error:
Installation Error - Insufficient Storage Available
However the SD Card and Phone Storage pages show plenty of space!!
Available Phone Storage = 1.46GB
I realized the problem after she had installed some simple stuff like Handcent and MyFitnessPal and they just disappeared. So I went to install ES File Explorer and RomManager to do some troubleshooting and that installed
successfully. But another weird thing was that those two didn't show up in the app draw. So I went back to the Market thinking I would try and install again and the market showed it was already installed. So I was able to open the ES File explorer and rommanager programs from the market with the "open" button.
does anyone recognize something like this? I can't explain it?! I'm using the stock rom.
i read something about installing more than 50 apps?
i read that i should try to wipe the dalvik cache? but i can't figure out how to get into cwm recovery to do that?!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091465
I found both of these and I think of my self capable of doing this stuff, but i can't figure out the exact steps to get all the way to wipe the Dalvik Cache.
i'm open to all suggestions..
Please help
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This phone auto-copies your apps to your microSD card (external_sd). Try going to Settings -> Applications ->Manage Applications -> On SD Card -> Click an application -> Move to Phone.
Rinse, Lather, Repeat for each application.

Thats not happening with mine. All my apps are installing to the internal sd card. Nothing seems to want to go to my 32gb external sd card except pics and videos. Game data, navionics maps and all that load onto the internal sd

I am still getting this...sometimes I get it sometimes I don't...but there are a few apps that never install because of this...any ideas?

garak0410 said:
I am still getting this...sometimes I get it sometimes I don't...but there are a few apps that never install because of this...any ideas?
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Me too there's no fix
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I had this problem and I just kept trying to install. Did a reboot and tried again and it installed. Not sure of a real fix though.
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Try this if you have the new market with the book and movie categories. Uninstall the market update and you'll be able to download your apps using the older market. There is a bug with the new market.
Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>Downloaded>Market>Uninstall Updates

I had this problem a while back. After hours (i mean hours) of googling, I found that the Market saves the app into the /cache partition. Samsung unfortunately made this partition only 30MB in size. Now, if you rooted and installed a custom rom that has the voodoo lagfix (ext4 partitions), 5 MB will be used as a journal for the filesystem. This means that if you try to download an app thats greater than 25 MB, the market will say that you have no space available! (cue expletives!)
The easiest way to fix this is to temporarily bind the cache partition to a location on your sdcard. For example, lets say you have a folder on your sdcard called syscache.
you would bind /cache to this directory with (run this in terminal or adb. run su first)
Code:
#umount /cache
#mount -o bind /sdcard/syscache /cache
Unfortunately i can't seem to find out how to unbind the directory after i am done. Found this solution on the internet. Use at your own risk :]

[Q] Unable to install or update "root" apps

Hi,
I have had my phone now for a week, and am a complete noob to Android.
All my other phones were windows based, and I am used to changing phones firmware etc. I am OK with a lot of the terminology, only, not with Android based products.
Now for my problem:
When I try to install an app, I am getting the "insufficient storage available".
It appears (to me, anyway), that it's only when I try to install, or update an app, that required a rooted phone to install/run, (ie. busybox, root checker, titanium backup, etc.) OR an update to one of the apps that came as "standard" with the phone (ie. ROM based).
All other apps appear to install fine.
I have Googled the error and found loads of people with this problem, and some have had it fixed by the methods below. I have tried them, but I still have the problem (as do MANY others it seems).
Does anyone know of a sure-fire way of getting the functionality back ?
I have a couple of copies of LuckyPatcher.apk, but I can't run or install either of them.
I have tried loading the <whatever>.apk file on the phone, then running it, I just get the "out of memory" error.
I have tried to just copy the <whatever>.apk into \system\apps, but it wont copy - I just get a "copy failed" message.
I have checked in \data\app for .odex files - there are none.
I have manually been through the Manage Apps details and cleared out the caches.
I have re-booted MANY times.
I did have Titanium Backup, but I have uninstalled it for now, as the pro key wont install, nor will any of the other "pro" keys I have purchased.
I hope I have presented enough information to start someones grey matter to tick over some rational fault finding techniques.
Please. Can someone help me ?
Regards,
Paul
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Android 4.1.1
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (16Gb)
32Gb MicroSD (unused)
Phone is Rooted

Hi,
I think your Internal Storage is empty.
You could move apps from Internal Storage to the internal storage.
Hope it helps

Daniel120201 said:
Hi,
I think your Internal Storage is empty.
You could move apps from Internal Storage to the internal storage.
Hope it helps
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I don't think so, I have got 8.89Gb free.
Regards,
Paul

Do a backup and reinstall the rom

what is your android phone model..?
is depend on phone internal memory...

Hi,
I've fixed it now.
All the questions that have been asked are answered in my first post. I thought I would try and be helpful by including everything I could find about my phone and problem. I had scoured this (an other) forums, and read the questions people asked, as well as the answers they gave, hence the amount of information I gave originally.
Asking questions that have already been answered is of little use to me, and others in the same predicament, although I realise that it increases your post count.
Regards,
Paul

Link2sd lost 2nd partition (f2fs)

While working with Link2sd, I moved a ton of apps to the SD's 2nd partition, using f2fs file system. Rebooting the phone (XT926 - 4.4.2 - rooted), the 2nd partition was no longer accessable and, of course, the apps vanished. Worse, I can't re-install some of them. I get the "not enough storage" gripe. Short of doing an FDR, is there any hope of recovering the data or at least making it possible to re-install the lost apps? FWIW, I tried reading the SD under Win7 (nothing found, of course) and SuSE Linux with f2fs.tools installed. Still nothing.
How SOL am I?

I did an FDR.
It looks as though EXT3 is a workable choice. Right? Wrong?

I posted following is posted at the end of Working CWM Recovery for LOCKED 183.46.15 + Deodex and more
[... I]t appears that two related problems have shown up. And those error messages lead to 2 points.
A) Apps like Link2SD and Apps2SD, which move data from the internal "SD" to a real SD, fail to work. The errors all feature some form of the mount failing.
B) busybox isn't visible to these apps.
Busybox is located in /system/xbin. The link apps try to mount a second partition on the external SD. The mount utility is supplied by busybox. The errors say that /sbin/busybox can't be found. I think the system PATH is supposed to make calls to /sbin/busybox resolve to /system/xbin/busybox. I created a symlink from /system/xbin/busybox to /sbin/busybox. That changed the nature of the error messages somewhat but otherwise didn't correct the "mounts don't work" problem. After rebooting the phone, the symlink had to be created again as it wasn't present after the reboot.
I spent a lot of time with the Apps2SD developer (no reply from the Link2SD developer), trying to figure out what was going wrong. At the end of the day (literally), the problem was, in her mind, the ROM. Of course the ROM in the MAXX HD is locked up, so that can't be the source of the problem. But... is it possible that deodexing, or at least the process that installed the deodexing mod, subtly broke something related to busybox?
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There isn't much to be added here except to ask if anyone has used one of the "link to SD" apps successfully.

RBEmerson said:
While working with Link2sd, I moved a ton of apps to the SD's 2nd partition, using f2fs file system. Rebooting the phone (XT926 - 4.4.2 - rooted), the 2nd partition was no longer accessable and, of course, the apps vanished. Worse, I can't re-install some of them. I get the "not enough storage" gripe. Short of doing an FDR, is there any hope of recovering the data or at least making it possible to re-install the lost apps? FWIW, I tried reading the SD under Win7 (nothing found, of course) and SuSE Linux with f2fs.tools installed. Still nothing.
How SOL am I?
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You don't say... [/wink]

So does Link2SD not work with f2fs? I get "Second partition not found"

Phone Upgrade fpr Link2SD users

Hi there!
Every time I upgrade my smartphone I struggle with link2sd. Therefor I am askin for some enlighting.
To be more specific:
Every time when it is time for a major upgrade of the custom ROM, the phone should get completely cleaned. OK - all manufacturer updates do not need this. But custom ROMs do. I don't see why, but this is an other question.
Deleting everything means reinstalling everything, which is kind of painfull for 100+ apps.
In my opinion, as I have nearly all apps linked to SD this shoud all be no problem:
Install link2sd first, let it mount the 2nd partition, rebind everything and we have a shiny day. That's what I tink every time, but it never worked.
I also use titanium backup. But I am not sure if it is intended ro restore my apps and data to SD (where they were), or restore it to internal (where is probalbly not enough space for all the stuff).
Finall the questions: Is there a step-by-step tutorial for this? Upgrading the phon, using link2sd or titanium or both?
Any hints?
Anybody did this before?
(I am asking due to an update from android 5 to 6 on my S5. And I hesitate due to the hard times it will bring with it)

SherlockPhones said:
Hi there!
...Deleting everything means reinstalling everything, which is kind of painfull for 100+ apps.
In my opinion, as I have nearly all apps linked to SD this shoud all be no problem:
Install link2sd first, let it mount the 2nd partition, rebind everything and we have a shiny day. That's what I tink every time, but it never worked....
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Oh. Found tis finally
> I upgraded/changed my ROM and I can not see my linked apps, their files are on the 2nd partition but the system can not see the apps. How can I make them available, do I need to reinstall and relink them again?
No, if you didn't wipe data when updating ROM the only thing you need to do is to run "Recreate mount scripts" from "menu -> more" within Link2SD and do a normal (not quick) reboot.
If you wiped data, after executing "Recreate mount scripts" and rebooting, run "Relink all application files" from "menu -> more" and then reboot. All of your linked apps should be available again after reboot.
If you also wiped dalvik-cache, in addition to the above step run "Link dalvik-cache files".<
I think, this should do the trick.
But still anyone here to explain the behaviour of titanium backup?

Trio Stealth-G4 10.1 16GB storage issues

I purchased a Trio Stealth-G4 10.1 tablet with 16GB of memory in it. I am having issues with installing apps. It keeps telling me that there is not enough memory and won't download the app. So I decided that I would root the device so I could see everything on it. The root was very easy and successful. I installed a root browser, busybox and a root checker and I confirmed the root. I also installed Titanium Backup (root version). Then last night I installed Storage Space. I tapped on "All Partitions" . It appears to me that there are 11 partitions if I am reading it right. It starts with "nanda" and goes up to "nandk". Six of them are "Not Mounted". I thought this was very strange. So I started looking with the root browser looking for all of these partitions and from the root directory I clicked on "Storage" where I found listed "extsd", "sdcard0", "sdcard1", "sdcard2" and "usbhost1". I noticed that "sdcard0" and "sdcard1" have the exact same files in them. My question for this: Is this normal to have duplicate file folders and files? When I goto "Settings" and click on "Storage" I see "Internal Storage" listed twice. The first one says "Total Space" 788MB. and the second one says "Total Space" 11.49GB. Another question I have is: Can these partitions be removed/altered? Thanks in advance for your help in this matter.