[Q] Changing amount of space for installing applications - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I'm getting the error from market if not enough space on cm7. is there any way to increase room for installing applications? I install everything to the sd card anyways, but it still says it's full.
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[Q] Install apps to internal memory all the time?

I'm sure we're all well aware of the problem of missing apps that are installed on the "media area" which is the internal SD card. The problem is most likely that it doesn't mount in time on boot up.
My question is, is there any way to tell Market to install apps to internal phone storage? Right now, every time I install an app from the market, I have to go into the app management and Move to Phone on every single app. Very annoying.
I'm pretty sure that any custom rom supports this. I'm running eclipse and have the option to just install to internal memory. I highly recommend eclipse I've tried all the roms and this seems to be the best so far.
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Problem in Android Market

I was just trying to update my "Smurf's Village" app viz the Android market but it kept saying that "Cant install on phone and SD storage", and then i tried to install other apps , some of them can be installed but mostly cant [there was like 1.5GB left in SD and 7XX MB in phone]
Can anybody help???thx
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eric1995101 said:
I was just trying to update my "Smurf's Village" app viz the Android market but it kept saying that "Cant install on phone and SD storage", and then i tried to install other apps , some of them can be installed but mostly cant [there was like 1.5GB left in SD and 7XX MB in phone]
Can anybody help???thx
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I am playing this game but didn't meet this problem.
wt rom and kernel you are using?
Or u may try clear data of the market and see if the problem is solved..
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I have the same problem. I think, that there is problem with SD card. If i change SD card, market instal it and everything is OK. I tried format card in phone, in windows, but the same problem. Try move the game to the phone, then install upgrade and then you can move it to SD card.
Yeah, i tried to clear data of the market but it still cant help =[[[
I put some apps back to phone storage and some of them can be upgraded again but still some cant (
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eric1995101 said:
Yeah, i tried to clear data of the market but it still cant help =[[[
I put some apps back to phone storage and some of them can be upgraded again but still some cant (
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um...wt rom you are using??
reflash rom with fully wipe can always solve some strange problems @@
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I m using the original rom v10b 2.2.2
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Delete the file 'smdl2tmp1.asec'. It can be at 2 places:
1. /sdcard/.android_secure
or
2. /mnt/secure/asec/ (you need to be rooted if you want to delete it from here).
I deleted it from the /mnt/secure/asec folder and everything works fine ever since.
If you can't find this file you can just simply unmount your sdcard from the settings menu, download your app and then remount the sdcard.
I hope this helps.
I dont have this file. I thing, that problem is with SD card. If I try another one, everything is OK.
try to repair you SD Card via PC

Play Store Low memory

Hay guys when i ttying to install any app from Playstore is show me message of insufficent space.....asbi djt have many app installed.....this problem presist with any download of app which is more then 10mb......is thr any solution to solve this....thanks in advance
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ali_khalid5518 said:
Hay guys when i ttying to install any app from Playstore is show me message of insufficent space.....asbi djt have many app installed.....this problem presist with any download of app which is more then 10mb......is thr any solution to solve this....thanks in advance
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Try to wipe cache memory under Settings. Applications. Manage Applications.
Find Playstore and clear cache..
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I tried but it didnt have any cache present....
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Have you used titanium backup to restore any apps? Uninstall titanium, retry market download.
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No i want to download apps from market no use of titanium backup here
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ali_khalid5518 said:
No i want to download apps from market no use of titanium backup here
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The reason I mention tb is it has a market link which often affects downloads from play store. So if you've restored using tb, this may be why you're unable to download from play store
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Simple question and you've probably checked -
But under storage what shows as used / free?
For both USB and SD card?
Might find your culprit in there....
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The reason I mention tb is it has a market link which often affects downloads from play store. So if you've restored using tb, this may be why you're unable to download from play store
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Yes i am using TB....so is thr any solution
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CJSlim79 said:
Simple question and you've probably checked -
But under storage what shows as used / free?
For both USB and SD card?
Might find your culprit in there....
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Its show 212mb free out of 1.8gb and on sd it shows 1.2gb free
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Try un installing titanium, then try downloading some apps and let us know
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ali_khalid5518 said:
Its show 212mb free out of 1.8gb and on sd it shows 1.2gb free
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Seems you've a s**tload of stuff on the internal SD ....
Possibly move some of the pics/movies/music to the External SD and see if you get the same issue...
Given that the OS will need at least some space to run 212Mb seems awfully low for your internal SD..
Just for reference - I've got
Internal Storage: 1.97Gb
Free: 1.38Gb
USB Storage:
- Total: 11.08GBl
- Free: 9.6GB
And my External card is more or less empty since last nights return to 'Virgin' system...
So that is:
SD Card:
- Total: 7.28GB
- Free: 5.76GB
Just a thought....
CJSlim79 said:
Seems you've a s**tload of stuff on the internal SD ....
Possibly move some of the pics/movies/music to the External SD and see if you get the same issue...
Given that the OS will need at least some space to run 212Mb seems awfully low for your internal SD..
Just for reference - I've got
Internal Storage: 1.97Gb
Free: 1.38Gb
USB Storage:
- Total: 11.08GBl
- Free: 9.6GB
And my External card is more or less empty since last nights return to 'Virgin' system...
So that is:
SD Card:
- Total: 7.28GB
- Free: 5.76GB
Just a thought....
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No don't even try it.
You're wasting your time. I had the same issue.
I deleted some apps, transferred them to sdcard, tried airplane-cold-reboot, wiped all caches, restored fixes, reflashed kernel... everything failed.
If you're in the same position as I was, then backup whatever you can.
Do a factory reset from the Settings (so everything in internal memory gets wiped).
Then wipe all cache, re-flash your rom, then kernel, fix permissions... and reboot.
Restore all your stuff, and it will magically be fixed !
(its because of accumulating bad partitions in your internal sdcard, combined with kernel misunderstandings, it makes it impervious to re-write in some sectors)
Kangal said:
No don't even try it.
You're wasting your time. I had the same issue.
I deleted some apps, transferred them to sdcard, tried airplane-cold-reboot, wiped all caches, restored fixes, reflashed kernel... everything failed.
If you're in the same position as I was, then backup whatever you can.
Do a factory reset from the Settings (so everything in internal memory gets wiped).
Then wipe all cache, re-flash your rom, then kernel, fix permissions... and reboot.
Restore all your stuff, and it will magically be fixed !
(its because of accumulating bad partitions in your internal sdcard, combined with kernel misunderstandings, it makes it impervious to re-write in some sectors)
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Do NOT Full Wipe / Factory reset on ICS Stock Kernel, For real safety save what you can - Flash a GB Stock via ODIN, Do your wipes / formats in GB then proceed from there...
CJSlim79 said:
Do NOT Full Wipe / Factory reset on ICS Stock Kernel, For real safety save what you can - Flash a GB Stock via ODIN, Do your wipes / formats in GB then proceed from there...
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Yes. I should've included that.
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Insufficient memory on miracle v4 ROM

Hello, right now i'm using miracle v4 ROM with dartremor a2sd script for cm7. I'm facing a apps installation problem that always occurs when I try to download big-sized app like inotia4, magic piano etc. It keep saying insufficient memory, but when I check the available space on titanium backup, I still have a lot of space in memory card also internal storage because of a2sd partition. Anyone suffer same problem as me?
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i have same problem..
i hv lots of space in internal and memory card.
but evrything installs to the small a2sd partition, which is only 180 mb
I have 1.16 GB on my a2sd partition and 88.5 MB on internal storage. The inotia4 only around 43MB. But it can't be installed even downloaded before the download process it keep saying error insufficient memory.
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Anyone know how to solve this?
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This is most probably some conflict with the play store and/or titanium backup
go to settings->applications->manage applications
Clear the data and cache from the play store
If still doesnt resolve the issue, delete the vending.apk from \system\app
use this to reinstall it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802291
Okay, the first suggestion failed and now i'm working on the second, do i need to install it via root explorer (copy paste to /system/app) or just normal installation?
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The second way didnt work either
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Just run this app
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Trying to update apps - insufficient storage message.

Hi all.
Having a bit of an issue, I am unable to update apps I keep getting the message Insufficient storage available and Im not sure it is connected but I am also having iissues with the data connection..
The phone is a standard non rooted N7000 running 4.1.2
Device memory 1.97GB
Apps 475mb
Available 207
And theres not that many apps installed and no games. I am not very technically minded when it comes to these things which is why its not rooted, I prefer things with nuts and bolts..
Any advice in the simplest terms would be most appreciated.
Thanks
Dave
hrh~_dave said:
The phone is a standard non rooted N7000 running 4.1.2
Device memory 1.97GB
Apps 475mb
Available 207
Dave
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Available 207
that's the problem, if i got Insufficient storage available notification i will restore to factory set up, disable some built in app. you can try to clear cache with some app, if you have rooted phone you can delete (uninstall some app you dont need).
sorry, im not use english very well
JB uses too much space in system partition so you will need to root and uninstall some bloat ware system apps to get it running.
Hmmm all get storage problems even 200mb + are free something isn't right here.
Allways when my free storage space is near the 200mb pops this issue as I was at 0 mb.
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My phone also having same problem.... total space 10g, use app+pic+video+mics only 2g... but space available why only 200mb...
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Pls help Me.....
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Had the same issue... rooted the phone and used file explorer in su mode to delete the logs from /data/logs lo & behold 600+ megs are back
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