[Q] Android 4.3.1 : "Insufficient storage available" - General Questions and Answers

I'm currently running SlimBean 4.3.1 build 2.2 final on a Nexus S (i9023).
I got the "Insufficient storage available" message when I tried to update or install a new app from the Play store.
I've tried to install Link2SD and set "Install Location : Automatic", but same message.
Maybe I should reinstall the ROM, install Link2SD and then download and reinstall my apps ?
Any idea ?

try to freeze some apps and move almost app to sd
this may help you

djalouk said:
I'm currently running SlimBean 4.3.1 build 2.2 final on a Nexus S (i9023).
I got the "Insufficient storage available" message when I tried to update or install a new app from the Play store.
I've tried to install Link2SD and set "Install Location : Automatic", but same message.
Maybe I should reinstall the ROM, install Link2SD and then download and reinstall my apps ?
Any idea ?
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Do you still have memory available? Check it in your settings (apps or storage)
I've got this problem too with my old HTC desire HD with Stock Rom, I got i fixed by re-flashing the Same rom or Flashing a new one.

Thank you for your help.
I reflashed the ROM few days ago, reinstall most of my apps, restore some others with Titanium Backup and use Link2SD to move all of them to the SD card.
Today, I have the same message: "Insufficient storage available" when I try to update an app from the Play Store.
Here are my Link2SD Storage Info :
Internal: 64% Free - Used: 357MB - Free: 651MB
SD Card: 37% Free - Used: 8.26GB - Free: 5.05GB
SD Card 2nd Part. : not found
System: 54% Free - Used: 231MB - Free: 273MB
Cache: 99% Free - Used: 3.03MB - Free: 466MB
In SlimBean ROM, for instance, Gmail is a system app, I tried to clean the cache of this app, but still the same error message...

djalouk said:
Thank you for your help.
I reflashed the ROM few days ago, reinstall most of my apps, restore some others with Titanium Backup and use Link2SD to move all of them to the SD card.
Today, I have the same message: "Insufficient storage available" when I try to update an app from the Play Store.
Here are my Link2SD Storage Info :
Internal: 64% Free - Used: 357MB - Free: 651MB
SD Card: 37% Free - Used: 8.26GB - Free: 5.05GB
SD Card 2nd Part. : not found
System: 54% Free - Used: 231MB - Free: 273MB
Cache: 99% Free - Used: 3.03MB - Free: 466MB
In SlimBean ROM, for instance, Gmail is a system app, I tried to clean the cache of this app, but still the same error message...
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yeah... yesterday I also faced the same situation.your internal mem free space would be low.even if you use link2sd your apps datas would be still there in internal memory.
when i searched my device I saw an app with 450 mb of data , so I removed it and tried update of my apps. bingo!!! everything is working fine.....
all the best...

droidshan said:
yeah... yesterday I also faced the same situation.your internal mem free space would be low.even if you use link2sd your apps datas would be still there in internal memory.
when i searched my device I saw an app with 450 mb of data , so I removed it and tried update of my apps. bingo!!! everything is working fine.....
all the best...
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Problem solved. I removed one app and now everything is working fine. But I still don't understand why the low memory free space status isn't reflected is the storage settings.
Thanks.

After few weeks, the issue just came back.

I removed some apps but still have the same issue... So I flashed a new ROM (latest kitkat C-Rom)

its a strange issue and one of my friends got the same issue on his S2 with a stock rom,
still having about 200MB of free memory for apps, he couldnt update any app that was larger than ~40MB.
I dunno the whole logic behind hat. Even if it needs space to download it (1.), unpack it (2.) and replace the existing (3.), one should still have about 80MB left (200-(3x40))...

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Installed some apps, now storage is full - is Apps2SD working?

Hello,
after installing some apps (not really many apps) I got the error, that there's no storage/RAM left when trying to install another app from the Market
So I was wondering if there's any possibility to install Apps2SD+ to my HTC Sensation running on Revolution HD 2.1.0?
I've searched the Sensation-forum for Apps2SD, but unfortunately I found nothing...
I would really appreciate any help from you guys!
Best regards
cool400
go to settings>applications>manage applications>go through the apps and cliack on each one>if available click move application to sd card>profit
IDK why you are getting this because even if you installed a "few" apps you whould not be able to fill the 1+ gig for app storage
I'm running the stock 2.3.3 ROM, but I have seen that message one time, even though there was over 500MB free on the internal storage. Going into Manage applications showed lots of space.
A reboot solved it.. haven't seen it again.
gs111 said:
I'm running the stock 2.3.3 ROM, but I have seen that message one time, even though there was over 500MB free on the internal storage. Going into Manage applications showed lots of space.
A reboot solved it.. haven't seen it again.
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or this should work
Okay, unfortunately a reboot hasn't solved this problem :-(
This is what I figured out until now:
1) Under "Applications/Manage applications" I can see that there is 805MB of storage available, while 368MB is used
2) Under "SD & phone storage" I also see 805MB "Available space" - but I'm not able to choose "Make more space"! I get an error saying "Unable to find an activity to handle this action"
3) When trying to install ANY app from the market I get the error "Error downloading (app-name). There is insufficent space on the device."
Any other tips?
:-(
Full wipe (/data /system) and reflash with the newest version of Mike's (3.0). Should fix the issue and be a bit more smooth.

Help - "Insufficient Storage" Gapps store on some apps

Device - P-3113 tab 2 android 4.1.1 build UECLK7
32gb external 8gb internal
Used script to swap memory from here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1961097
All worked fine.
device memory Total 29.69gb apps 2.53gb audio 24k misc files 162mb ? Available 28.63gb
SD Card total 4.56gb Avail 2.86gb
In Apps Manager Device memory reads 1.6gb used - 3.0gb free
I can not install some apps from the GApp store "Insufficient storage available"
I can install from amazon. ( Loaded Dolphin browser ) Started ( I think ) after trying to download Google Chrome.... Failed
Using cwm, wiped davlik and main cache, checked and mounted /data, fixed permissions. rebooted.
Tried to download and install lucky patcher... no luck installing. ( will keep trying )
Nothing help so far. just trying to download and install the sixaxis cntroller app ( very small ) yet a larger file from amazon will install fine.
any ideas? Thanks to everyone in advance.
UPDATE I can install Kunundrum - game app 14mb from GApp store but still not sixaxis controller 147k insufficient storage
This is frustrating when I know I have space. Help Please
Fixed Yeah!
After several methods and hours of reading.. I finally found out what happened. When I purchased my p3113 tab I installed link2sd as I wanted to use my external memory. But after changing the setting to external storage... ( stop me if you have heard this before ) I realized that Samsung Galaxy does not support this function, So.. I deleted the app.
Little did I know that the setting in link2sd were shell commands that set environment variables in the system. so they stayed set to external even after uninstalling the app.
Installed link2sd and found the settings set to external... changed to internal. ( my new swapped external card.. see above ) and everything worked and everything began to install correctly. Hope this helps anyone with similar issues.
Thanks! I haven't had the error on my current fresh rom, but I did get the error on one of the roms I was flashing last week. I also did the same thing with app2sd, before learning it wouldn't work.
If you're hurting for space, backup everything and perform the sdcard/extsd swap, it works great with a fast class 10 card!
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[Q] Insufficient storage available (weird behaviour)

I am using a Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P3110 (7.0") and I installed the cyanogenmod version 10.1.3-p3110 with the 3.0.31-CM-gac1803e kernel. Since today I am unable to install some apps. The app manager tells me I used up 2.6GB of the internal storage and Ive got 2.0GB free.
When I try to install the YouTube app or the Root Browser app the play store puts out an error telling: Insufficient storage available. However when I try to install the ShopSavvy Barcode Scanner app all goes fine. Also installing apps by putting apk's in my download folder via laptop seems to work fine.
Before this problem occured I fiddled around with the format tool AParted for my external sd, and the link2sd app. I deleted both of them, but the problem is still occuring.
Any help on this issue?
Here a catlog screen of the errors occurring when i install root browser. Similar error on youtube install.

[Q] Out of space/Insufficient space on device when trying to install apps

I am frustrated by the "out of space" and "insufficient space on device" error I keep getting while trying to install/update new or old apps via Play Store or manually installing apks.
I am using an LG G Pro 2, running on kitkat. I have enough free internal storage (a little over 3 GB), and over 40 gb of free space on my external SD card. I am using foldermount to link app data to external memory.
I can however install apps when I copy their APKs to system/app and change permissions to rw-r--r--
I can't upload a screenshot because I am a noob but I think the graph is not justifying the data below it.
I have tried :
Deleting Odex files
Uninstalling updates for Google services
Deleting app cache and dalvik cache
Uninstalling a lot of apps to create space
I have seen so many people have this problem with android but most of them had luck with the aforementioned solutions. I hope the Xda community will be able to help me. Thanks in advance.
kshishdev said:
I am frustrated by the "out of space" and "insufficient space on device" error I keep getting while trying to install/update new or old apps via Play Store or manually installing apks.
I am using an LG G Pro 2, running on kitkat. I have enough free internal storage (a little over 3 GB), and over 40 gb of free space on my external SD card. I am using foldermount to link app data to external memory.
I can however install apps when I copy their APKs to system/app and change permissions to rw-r--r--
I can't upload a screenshot because I am a noob but I think the graph is not justifying the data below it.
I have tried :
Deleting Odex files
Uninstalling updates for Google services
Deleting app cache and dalvik cache
Uninstalling a lot of apps to create space
I have seen so many people have this problem with android but most of them had luck with the aforementioned solutions. I hope the Xda community will be able to help me. Thanks in advance.
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Use Total Commander (just 1MB) to check how much space is on /system left.

[Completed] The infamous "low on space" message

*Removed all bloatware
*Only 57 MB of apps (Internal Storage with 9MB available)
*Can't install from Playstore (but can restore apps from Titanium Backup)
*No custom ROM
What can I do? Is it possible to import apk to Tiitanium Backup for installation?
Hi
Welcome to XDA Assist
Please answer this questions.
What phone are you using ?
What OS is it running ?
If the internal storage is 9MB free then it's too low for ICS+ OS.
Google play uses /data or "App storage to download apps on ICS+. Atleast 100 MB free space is required for successful download and install.
Pre ICS firmwares use /cache to install apps. so you will require to clean cache to download the apps.
Have a good day !

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