Hi, I have a lenovo Tab 2 a7-10F (running on Android Kitkat 4.4.2). After installing some apps on the device I have now encountered a storage problem. Everytime I try to download anything from Google Play it just gives me an "insufficient storage available" error. I have about 490MB of free storage on my tab right now but I still cannot install any app in it. When I download apps from other markets like Aptoide, they install perfectly but Google Play refuses to install or even update any app - no matter how small- unless I free up more than 500MB of space. I cannot move apps to my 16GB external SD card as the device has an 'emulated' storage and does not read obb files stored on my external SD. The following are the steps I've tried so far-
1. Cleared cache, data and updates of Google Play, Google Service Framework, Google Play Service, Download manager
2. Removing and re-adding my account
3. Using different Google IDs to download
4. Using apps like Obb2SD, Obb on SD, link2SD etc to try move the heavy obb files from emulated storage to the actual external SD in order to free up space
But none of them have worked so far. So I'm stuck with 490MB of free space on my device and yet I cannot update even a 2MB app. The problem is not with my Google ID or Network as I used them to download apps on my phone as well and they installed even when space is running as low as only 100MB. Can anyone suggest a solution for this? How can I get rid of this error/move apps to External SD and free up space? Thanks.
Can anyone alteast tell me if its possible at all to move apps to external SD on emulated storage?
same issue with me
Want to move apps to sd card.
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Hi,
I've a phone (lenovo A660) with multilang ROM in it. When I want to move apps to phone storage, it reboots.
it also reboots while installing some games from google play store (Subway surfers etc.).
I think it is the same problem as moving to phone storage.
I could install some applications from play store.
There are 2 internal area in the phone,
1st: internal storage (~1GB)
2nd: phone storage named as SDcard: (~1,5GB)
my microSD card is the 3rd: named SDcard2 : 8GB
I think the system wants to move some apps to the phone storage area while installing them, then system reboots. And when I want to move apps to the phone storage(named sdcard) it reboots too. There is no option to move apps to my scard(named sdcard2).
What causes this problem?
I have an LG Optimus F3 (Virgin Mobile) and it has a 4GB internal memory. Of that, only 1.23 GB is free for installing apps and roms. The game I want to download and run is Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour which is almost 2GB.
1.) I have my device rooted
2.) I have Link2SD installed
3.) I have a 32GB MicroSD card installed. 21GB is parititioned in FAT32, while the remaining space left is in EXT2.
4.) The install location in Link2SD is set to External
I am still getting "Insufficent space" errors whenever I try to download this game from the marketplace. I thought Link2SD was supposed to fix this. I know I am doing something wrong, but I cannot figure it out. Please help. I am at my wits end.
Kwipper said:
I have an LG Optimus F3 (Virgin Mobile) and it has a 4GB internal memory. Of that, only 1.23 GB is free for installing apps and roms. The game I want to download and run is Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour which is almost 2GB.
1.) I have my device rooted
2.) I have Link2SD installed
3.) I have a 32GB MicroSD card installed. 21GB is parititioned in FAT32, while the remaining space left is in EXT2.
4.) The install location in Link2SD is set to External
I am still getting "Insufficent space" errors whenever I try to download this game from the marketplace. I thought Link2SD was supposed to fix this. I know I am doing something wrong, but I cannot figure it out. Please help. I am at my wits end.
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I suggest that you uninstall apps that you don't need/use and/or remove bloatwares.
Since you're rooted, I Recommend to integrate the updates of your system apps to your Rom.
You're baffled. Android phone has four parts of where the data goes. System Rom, Internal, Internal Sdcard(SDcard0), External Sdcard(SDcard1).
The 2GB game you want to download is going to use your configured Sdcard0 and your internal memory which needs to have 2GB Free of memory or more in total. As far as I see your Internal Sdcard is set as your Sdcard0 whilst your Micro Sdcard is set as your Sdcard1. In that case Link2SD Won't help you, since apps use Sdcard0 to store it's data NOT Sdcard1. Meaning Link2Sd will just move the data of your Game to your internal sdcard(Sdcard0). To solve this you need to SWAP your Internal Sdcard and Micro Sdcard. Means from "Internal SdCard(SdCard0) : Micro SdCard(SdCard1) TO Internal SdCard(SdCard1) : Micro SdCard(SdCard1)".So Link2SD can move the data of the Game you want to download to your Micro Sdcard(Sdcard0) via Edting vold.fstab at System/etc/vold.fstab.
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Hi,
I have an Android device. I bought it from our local cellphone shop, a Cherry Mobile phone. name of the unit is Jelly. Its Android Version used was 4.2.2. I have 165mb of internal storage(17.88mb available) and 14.87GB(13.28GB available) of SD card. I've rooted it using FramaRoot. I'm getting this error when I download or install an application using Playstore and APK installer.
"Error downloading. Insufficient storage available".
I tried clearing the cache. I've put it's Preffered install location to "SD card". Default Write Disk to "SD card" . But nothing worked! I really need help!
I cant download anything! I tried to download Link2SD(a 3mb file) to fix but nothing! I've tried installing Lucky Patcher apk. but it said "Insufficient ....................." .. How do I fix this?
I also noticed this when I was running out of storage, even though there was enough space for apps.
Try deleting some more data in your internal storage, not the SD card, and it should work again.
Basically, if u download an apps from the Play Store, the apps will be stored first in the internal storage. After that it will automatically moved to SD Card if u have root and set ur device.
Does the app which u want to download larger than the available internal storage?
If that so, u should free some memory in ur device.
Otherwise, u could try to enlarge the internal storage of ur device, try to find it in other part of this forum corresponding to your device.
17MB internal is the problem. It can't download an app directly to the SD, it has to pass through the internal memory first.
Clear some space on the internal memory.
Also, try dialing *#9900# and clicking on 'delete dumpstate/logcat'. Might give you a few more MB's.
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Hi everyone
This may seem like a stupid question, but when new OS upgrades come out, do they replace the old one entirely or does it sit alongside the old OS? Additionally when apps update do they replace the old app files or does it mount on top of the already existing app? The reason I'm asking this is because my old HTC Wildfire S (which I had to root soon after using Link2SD to improve storage) had poor internal storage by default and the only for me to get an app to update was to uninstall it and install the latest update straight from the Play Store.
My current Motorola Moto G 4G only has an advertised 8GB internal storage and I can no longer update any more apps because it is full.
I've moved several apps already to my SD card (the ones I rarely use) leaving the apps I use daily on the internal storage for better performance.
Relating to SD cards, if I have apps installed on my SD card and I backup that SD card on NTFS external HDD for example, wipe my SD card and transfer the backup to the SD card, will the apps installed continue to work?
Many thanks
Will
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So regarding your first question, when your internal storage is full, you can't update apps because android first download the complete apk file and then updates it. If you don't have space then it can't be updated which means to update a 30 MB app, you need more 30 MB free.
Then regarding your second question, yes, if your apps have data installed on your SD card, they will work when you backup and put the SD card back hence giving them the data back. But make sure its completely installed on your SD card.
Hope I helped.
after merge my sd card with my internal storage every things were good until i tried to download apk from internet not from google play and when i tried to install it message come ( couldn't be installed . free up some space and try again ) and i have 2.3gb of my internal storage free after i merge my sd card with it because all of apps i downloaded from google play store on sd card and i can download more just from google play store not from out source .
please help me .
thank you so much .
ahmedfathy2013 said:
after merge my sd card with my internal storage every things were good until i tried to download apk from internet not from google play and when i tried to install it message come ( couldn't be installed . free up some space and try again ) and i have 2.3gb of my internal storage free after i merge my sd card with it because all of apps i downloaded from google play store on sd card and i can download more just from google play store not from out source .
please help me .
thank you so much .
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Maybe try moving some apps with "Link2SD" (recommending pro version) to free up some space between the storages!
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Good Luck!
psєudo said:
Maybe try moving some apps with "Link2SD" (recommending pro version) to free up some space between the storages!
The only thing i got for you...
Good Luck!
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There is no "between the storages" and as for moving the apps, that won't work either because they formatted the external sdcard as internal, this means that the device sees the internal storage and the external storage as one collective, unified storage and no longer sees internal and external as being separate, there is no "other" storage to move the apps to.
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