Hi all,
I managed to install the Froyo on my Captivate last week and it's pretty much been working great since. However I ran into one issue...
When trying to install apps, I'm getting out of memory errors and being told to manage my apps to free up space.
When I check the memory, I'm showing 4gb free on the External SD (out of 8), 11.93gb free on the internal SD, and 1.53gb free phone memory.
Seems like I have plenty of memory so I'm wondering what's going on? I don't have a lot of apps installed, only about 15, so I'm not sure what the issue is. I had way more installed before the Froyo install so I don't know if there is some setting I missed or something. Can anyone advise?
-Maj
Hi
Firstly, I apologise if this is in the wrong section but if it is and it's moved then I'm sorry in advance!
I'm running a stock HTC Desire running Android 2.2.2 (2.33.161.6) and I tried installing the Netflix app from the Android Marketplace (v1.6.0 build 443 release date 15/12/2011).
The app has the permission to modify/install SD card contents and prior to installing I checked and had approximately 24mb free in main phone memory.
I installed the app and got the low space warning, cannot install and it quit.
Checking the storage available I noticed my phone memory had dropped to single figures so I guess something was taking up phone memory, but the app wasn't installed and there was nothing in the Market cache file.
A few reboots later I managed to get it to the point where I could actually install the app, and when I checked the app information had the "move to phone" button available so it looked like it had installed it to the SD card but the phone main memory was again down to single figures so I uninstalled it and the phone memory was back to 22+ MB free.
I've tried this twice now and am reluctant to start uninstalling other apps just to free up space to run this.
Has anybody else had problems with this application?
Thanks and regards
Sonny
Realistically apps like netflix run better on phone memory.
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Anyone have any advice to fix the insufficient storage problem? I have tried everything and nothing fixes it, including clearing of cache.
Hi all,
I have a rooted phone and constantly keep storage and performance best I can using a number of apps like SD Maid, Rom toolbox, etc.
My problem is that while it is clear that that all storage from phone to external SD card have plenty of free space, I'm running into a problem when attempting to update certain apps such as games from the play store. They fail do to insufficient space.
Any suggestions as to the cause? The only info I can provide related to cause is that this seems to happen after I take HD videos with camera. However, those videos do indeed reside on external memory card which obviously has plenty of space just like both other storage options.
Any help is appreciated.
"Insufficient space" is a general error that is displayed when a write fails.
This can mean not enough space, but also failure due to existing files or wrong permission.
There is plenty of space. I also have booted into recovery and fixed permissions several times but has not solved the issue. It is only happening with a handful of apps.
Any suggestions?
First of all, sorry for my English. It is not my native language. :angel:
I'm having issues with my Redmi Note 7 Pro (rooted and running MIUI 10). I can't install any large apps from the Google Play Store or even APKs using other app stores like Qooapp or APKPure. The problem seems to pop up only when I try to install large games like Call of Duty Mobile, Vainglory, PUBG or Arena of Valor. I've been able to install other small apps and even games where the large file downloads occur INSIDE the game itself, like Dragalia Lost, Another Eden and Raid: Shadow Legends without any issues. It is only when I attempt to install a large game (usually +1gb) that I see this problem. Whenever I try installing through the Google Play Store, the download happens normally and then the installation fails silently when the download progress bar reaches 100%. And whenever I try using APKPure, for instance, I get a message saying "IO error. Not enough space available for instalation", even though I've got about 100gb of space left in my internal memory.
I've searched online and seen some people recommending clearing the cache memory of the Google Play Store app and Google Play Services, uninstalling any updates on the Google Play Store, rebooting my device, etc., since the problem could be caused by a lack of enough cache memory available to install the file, but these solutions didn't help me at all. I hope someone can help me troubleshoot and fix this issue
Thanks in advance! :good:
Was the available memory enough then?
Close any apps other than Play Store or APKPure while installing those game apps. Have a try.
James_Watson said:
Was the available memory enough then?
Close any apps other than Play Store or APKPure while installing those game apps. Have a try.
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Thanks for the reply! Sorry, this solution didn't help either. I closed every app other than the Google Play Store and tried installing COD Mobile again. I got the same problem. The download goes up to 100% and then silently fails.
I don't know if this is relevant, but when I try installing through the Play Store, the download goes up to 100% and then fails showing a message that says "Waiting for Wi-Fi," even though I am downloading from my Wi-Fi connection already. When I tap the button to download anyway, it downloads again all the way up to 100% and then fails and gets stuck at 7%. This is very confusing
If I try installing through APKPure, it'll just show the same "Not enough space available" message.
Clear the cache + Clear the data of the
Google Play Store app,
Google Services Framework,
and Google Play Services.
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Clear the cache + Clear the data of the
Google Play Store app,
Google Services Framework,
and Google Play Services.
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No, that didn't work either. I got the same result, the download goes all the way up to 100% ad then fails.
Any other ideas will be greatly appreciated.
SaltyMussel said:
No, that didn't work either. I got the same result, the download goes all the way up to 100% ad then fails.
Any other ideas will be greatly appreciated.
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Can you download & install any other smaller apps from the Google Play Store?
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Can you download & install any other smaller apps from the Google Play Store?
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Yes, any other small apps I've had no issues with (the Reddit and Amazon Shopping apps are a couple of examples).
And as mentioned, even games that show as a smaller-sized file on the Play Store but include a much larger download ingame (like Raid: Shadow Legends, which shows as 92mb on the Play Store but requires a 600~800mb download on startup) have worked without any issues. It's only the large apps that fail upon installation.
SaltyMussel said:
First of all, sorry for my English. It is not my native language. :angel:
I'm having issues with my Redmi Note 7 Pro (rooted and running MIUI 10). I can't install any large apps from the Google Play Store or even APKs using other app stores like Qooapp or APKPure. The problem seems to pop up only when I try to install large games like Call of Duty Mobile, Vainglory, PUBG or Arena of Valor. I've been able to install other small apps and even games where the large file downloads occur INSIDE the game itself, like Dragalia Lost, Another Eden and Raid: Shadow Legends without any issues. It is only when I attempt to install a large game (usually +1gb) that I see this problem. Whenever I try installing through the Google Play Store, the download happens normally and then the installation fails silently when the download progress bar reaches 100%. And whenever I try using APKPure, for instance, I get a message saying "IO error. Not enough space available for instalation", even though I've got about 100gb of space left in my internal memory.
I've searched online and seen some people recommending clearing the cache memory of the Google Play Store app and Google Play Services, uninstalling any updates on the Google Play Store, rebooting my device, etc., since the problem could be caused by a lack of enough cache memory available to install the file, but these solutions didn't help me at all. I hope someone can help me troubleshoot and fix this issue
Thanks in advance! :good:
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The large games are failing because the apps are downloaded in cache and then installed in your /data partition, not your internal storage.
It doesn't matter how much internal storage space you have, what matters is how much space your /data partition has, you don't have enough space in your /data partition to install the large apps, you also might not have enough space in your cache partition to properly download and install the apps.
The reason why the apps that download additional data inside the game are working like they should is because the apps themselves are installed in /data partition and they install just fine because you have enough space in /data partition. But the additional data that is downloaded inside the game does not install to the /data partition, it is installed/stored in your Android/data folder in your internal storage, you have plenty of internal storage so it installs without conflict.
One way to get the large apps to install is to delete some of the apps that you installed to clear some space in /data partition, if you clear enough space, you can install a large app with no issue.
Or, you can try repartitioning your device to increase the size of your /data partition.
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Droidriven said:
The large games are failing because the apps are downloaded in cache and then installed in your /data partition, not your internal storage.
It doesn't matter how much internal storage space you have, what matters is how much space your /data partition has, you don't have enough space in your /data partition to install the large apps, you also might not have enough space in your cache partition to properly download and install the apps.
The reason why the apps that download additional data inside the game are working like they should is because the apps themselves are installed in /data partition and they install just fine because you have enough space in /data partition. But the additional data that is downloaded inside the game does not install to the /data partition, it is installed/stored in your Android/data folder in your internal storage, you have plenty of internal storage so it installs without conflict.
One way to get the large apps to install is to delete some of the apps that you installed to clear some space in /data partition, if you clear enough space, you can install a large app with no issue.
Or, you can try repartitioning your device to increase the size of your /data partition.
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Thanks for the reply. I tried deleting a bunch of apps and ended up getting rid of about 2gb worth of data. Unfortunately, that still didn't do the trick I could delete some more, but those are apps I'd actually like to keep.
Do you know how this repartitioning process works? Is it complicated to do? I'm a little bit scared of messing with the flash memory of the phone, it was actually a (more knowledgeable) friend of mine who rooted the phone for me. Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.
Edit: I started looking a little bit into this and I read somewhere that perhaps getting an SD card and moving the data of some other apps from the data partition to the SD card partition might release enough space for the large apps to install without issues. Does this sound at all feasible? That would free me from having to mess with things that could potentially brick my phone.
SaltyMussel said:
Thanks for the reply. I tried deleting a bunch of apps and ended up getting rid of about 2gb worth of data. Unfortunately, that still didn't do the trick I could delete some more, but those are apps I'd actually like to keep.
Do you know how this repartitioning process works? Is it complicated to do? I'm a little bit scared of messing with the flash memory of the phone, it was actually a (more knowledgeable) friend of mine who rooted the phone for me. Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.
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I believe the Magisk framework has a module that can do that for you, I'm not familiar with how it used though.
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I believe the Magisk framework has a module that can do that for you, I'm not familiar with how it used though.
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I haven't been able to find anything about a Magisk module that would help me do that. I'll keep looking though. Also, any clue if the SD card idea I mentioned earlier would be a fix at all? Or that isn't really how this works?
SaltyMussel said:
I haven't been able to find anything about a Magisk module that would help me do that. I'll keep looking though. Also, any clue if the SD card idea I mentioned earlier would be a fix at all? Or that isn't really how this works?
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Actually, it is possible to install your apps directly to external sdcard, the drawback to that is you sacrifice a bit of performance because running apps from external is slower than if the app was internally installed.
Another possible option is to use the Adoptable Storage option, it is designed to format your external memory as internal memory so that the device sees internal and external as one continuous "drive", so to speak. I wouldn't recommend using Adoptable Storage though because if the external sdcard gets corrupted it results in a non-working device that has to be recovered and you'll most likely lose your saved data.
Finding a mod that allows installing your apps to external is the better, safer option. It might be a bit slower than installing to internal, but it's easier to fix issues if something goes wrong.
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Droidriven said:
Actually, it is possible to install your apps directly to external sdcard, the drawback to that is you sacrifice a bit of performance because running apps from external is slower than if the app was internally installed.
Another possible option is to use the Adoptable Storage option, it is designed to format your external memory as internal memory so that the device sees internal and external as one continuous "drive", so to speak. I wouldn't recommend using Adoptable Storage though because if the external sdcard gets corrupted it results in a non-working device that has to be recovered and you'll most likely lose your saved data.
Finding a mod that allows installing your apps to external is the better, safer option. It might be a bit slower than installing to internal, but it's easier to fix issues if something goes wrong.
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Thanks a lot for the guidance. I'll look more into both the SD memory option and the repartitioning option and I'll post another message once I find the solution (hopefully soon). Nonetheless, I can't help but wonder what could've caused this. Is this a problem that all devices have? Or could it be linked to the rooting process?
Regardless, thanks again for the help.
SaltyMussel said:
Thanks a lot for the guidance. I'll look more into both the SD memory option and the repartitioning option and I'll post another message once I find the solution (hopefully soon). Nonetheless, I can't help but wonder what could've caused this. Is this a problem that all devices have? Or could it be linked to the rooting process?
Regardless, thanks again for the help.
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I can't say for certain, things are different from one device to the next, you never know what kind of bugs are gonna happen.
Android is inconsistent, you could have different devices experiencing the same issue but they may not have the same cause. There can also be an issue that has a known solution on "this" device or "this" android version but the same solution doesn't work on "that" device or "that" android version. As they say, your mileage may vary.
Try asking in your device specific forum if there is one here for your device, or, try asking in another thread for this device that deals with rooting or a thread that deals with a similar issue to yours. You may get better answers from members that own the same device or members that have experienced the same issue.
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