I keep on getting "OUT OF SPACE" message when I try to install new apps from my SD Card recently, but I do not believe I have installed 2GB of apps already, therefore I went into Setting - Application - Manage Applications and saw I only used 416MB and still has 1.6GB free of space...
or does anyone know which storage is the system refer to as the "OUT OF SPACE" area...?
I do not want to move anything to "Media Area", since the system becomes weird every time the phone is disconnected from the computer and had to be rebooted...
Thanks.
I don't know why it does this but I can confirm that some apps give me this error when installing. Usually I can get them to work by moving a item off the card for a moment. Once the app is in I move it back and life is good.
I can not say if this persists after the leaked OTA or not as I have not tried.
Solved....I think FACEBOOK Update is the one messing everything up here....once it is removed, everything runs perfect.
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Ok, so I know this isnt technically a Kaiser issue, but I'm hoping someone else came across this and can help.
I have a 6gb memory card with all kinds of files and applications stored on there. I tried running TomTom today and it said "No maps found." I checked the memory card and there were like 3 files still on the card and everything else was gone. I used an adapter to explore the card on my PC and it showed the same files, but the odd thing was that there were a few GBs of storage in use yet I cant view the files.
Surprisingly, some apps that are installed on the SD card are still running including manilla TF2D, skyfire, pandora, google maps, etc. yet other files are inaccessible.
Anyone know how to restore access to these files?
Thanks!
Hamburg
Update:
I took the memory card out and the programs that I mentioned above still run. I guess they were installed on the device despite selecting to install on the memory card.
That still doesnt explain why when I explore the drive, and view the properties, the disc space shows several gigs in use even though the visible files add up to about 36kbs.
In case anyone's interested, I downloaded PC Inspector Data Recovery tool and was able to retrieve the lost files.
What was very odd though, was that I started to reinstall some applications, and at some point during the reinstallation, ALL of the missing files suddenly returned.
If you have this problem, I wouldnt suggest trying the latter until after you've used a data recovery tool, because if you install something and it writes to the sector of the disc where your lost data is stored then it will be gone for good.
Guys, I've been searching for the last couple of weeks for solutions to what I believe is a unique problem with N1, so here I am ...
Basic details of NI:
Mod: Cyanogen 6.0.0
Kernel: 2.6.34.5
Baseband: 5.08
Build: FRF91
Issue number 1: Intermittent detection of SDcard.
A few weeks ago the N1 was not detecting my SDcard. I searched the web and tried a number of solutions. What has worked for me is to shut down, reseat the SDcard and hope for the best. Sometimes this would work after a couple of attempts other times I'd try this over days...
So I decide to buy a new card. Kingston 16gb SDHC. I format this for FAT32 copy my files across and pop it in. It gets detected, but once again intermittently, though it is detected after a shutdown and reseat more often than the previous card.
Now here is the uniqueness of my issue which I haven't been able to find in other places.
Even is the card is detected by the system and loads all the applications that are installed on it, if I go to 'manage applications' and select an application the 'total', 'application' and 'data' fields under storage show "computing..." and this doesn't change no mater how long I leave it. This is also the case for 'cache'.
Also, if I go to 'sd card and phone storage' it show the total space and available space no problems, but if I try to unmount it stalls then crashes out of settings.
I have no trouble reading either card on my Windows 7 machine.
Does anyone have any ideas on this particular issue?
Issue number 2 is that I can't update my apps ... it always gets stuck on 'installing ...'. I suspect however that if I sort out issue 1, issue 2 will also be solved.
Any help is much appreciated, as I'm rather at my wits end...
Ok, so an update on this. I've done a bit more reading, and discovered that my problem isn't so unique after all. Have tried a number of things, but nothing has worked perfectly for me yet.
I've wiped the card, reformated and the phone now detects it.
When I copy across all the files again the card stops being detected again.
So then I delete everything but the .android_secure folder and it still doesn't detect.
Does anyone know what app could be causing this?
I've seen some success by formatting the SD with a specific PC based program. Formatting from the phone gives mixed results.
Unfortunately, I can't remember the name, so you'll have to search...
If I remember, I'll post back...
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Try SD Formatter.
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/
So after tinkering around with this issue a little bit, I ended up deleting the .android_secure folder.
After this everything seemed to work again. I could install apps and the card was being detected just fine.
Now, a couple of weeks later, I am having the same issues and it is again driving me nuts.
Does anyone have an idea of what the app is that is causing this problem?
I have the same problem since yesterday!
Btw I have rooted stock Froyo FRG83D, locked bootloader.
I think the app I installed yesterday was SetCPU. I don't know if the problem appeared because of that..
My apps installed on the SD Card are not recognized but I can see my photos in the Gallery which are stored on the SD Card as well! WTH!
Also I cannot install anything from the market..
Any solutions anyone?!?
I think what is screwing up the apps is using CM's ability to move apps to the SD card.
I have reinstalled all the apps using Titanium and have only moved those that you can natively. Will see how this goes.
I just recently bought a Nexus One, coming from a G2. I just wanted to have a second phone and picked up the nexus. Upon restoring apps from my G2 to the Nexus I was immediately promoted that my memory was full. I currently have about 56MB free on my phone after using APP2SD. I haven't tried the Darktremor A2SD yet because the last pages of the thread are filled with people that seem to be having trouble with it. I just wanted to know how you control the memory issue? Do you partition your sdcard, ext. Or, do you just keep a watchful eye on the apps you have installed?
Thanks for your replies.
Edit: I'm dreading having to update the rom with a full wipe because of the all the work to get the apps back up. I'm on CM7 and want to try sense but I don't want to have to restore some apps, move them over, restore move and move them over.
Moving App2SD only move the apps to the sd card while all other parts associatd with the apps still reside internally such as data. Apps with widgets will not work from sd card (the widget part). DT a2sd work much better and also allow moing the dalvik to sd which can free up a huge amount ot space internally.
Also apps with widgets work just fine when install to the ext section of the sd card.
i use an older version of DT a2sd 2.7.5.2 ( i stayed away from the latest beta as there's too much reported problems). I have no problems what so ever.
Close to 90 users installed apps and over 100mb left.
Is there any fallout to using that?
SD card can't be read in Windows by card reader, when it's partitioned for A2SD. Only in Linux. So if you take the card out of your phone frequently, and don't have Linux - you might not like it. Also, you become more dependent on SD card - if it dies, more of your data dies. Otherwise it's the right thing to do, the only thing that can actually make N1 usable with good amount of apps.
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You wouldn't be able to read that partition either by plugging your phone into a Windows PC.
ddgarcia05 said:
I just recently bought a Nexus One, coming from a G2. I just wanted to have a second phone and picked up the nexus. Upon restoring apps from my G2 to the Nexus I was immediately promoted that my memory was full. I currently have about 56MB free on my phone after using APP2SD. I haven't tried the Darktremor A2SD yet because the last pages of the thread are filled with people that seem to be having trouble with it. I just wanted to know how you control the memory issue? Do you partition your sdcard, ext. Or, do you just keep a watchful eye on the apps you have installed?
Thanks for your replies.
Edit: I'm dreading having to update the rom with a full wipe because of the all the work to get the apps back up. I'm on CM7 and want to try sense but I don't want to have to restore some apps, move them over, restore move and move them over.
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This may help to a certain extent: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877793
I use the program websharing, would that still work? My guess is no.
your only real option is to use DT apps to SD. i too have been to lazy to try it out, but what i've read, its the only real solution. it will use the memory card as full on internal phone memory by tricking the OS. i'll get around to it soon...
Hi! I use my DROID 3 without SD card and on its internal 16GB memory it has "Application Storage" which is 1.97GB (1.44GB free) and "Media Area" 11.35GB (free 6.67GB). I'm trying to install Asphalt 7 and its not more than 1GB that should mostly go to this "media area" which is DROID 3's default SD card, BUT game says out of space, uninstall apps. I read a lot of forums and some people say you need at least 4GB free to install it but even after SBFing this phone the "app storage" avail wouldnt be more than... something around 1.7GB free by best. How am I supposed to install this game? Even tried putting a 16GB SD card and changed Settings>Storage>Storage Location to SD card but no use. Asphalt's APK installer seems to still be looking for somewhere around 4GB in this APP STORAGE partition. Im lost... Been hours with this already. Thanks.
Buy an SD card and move stuff over? Even a cheap 2 GB would free up space. Sorry not much help I know. Which ROM?
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Application Storage Wouldnt Ever Be Big Enough
Thank you very much for your reply but I have already tried moving all that can be moved from this "Application Storage" (from now on AS) to the "Media Area" (from now on MA) which you know in the D3 is like the SD but the AS would never have more than around 1.7GB free even erasing ALL apps, including verizon's bloat. Like I said, also tried putting 16GB SD card and changing "Storage Location" in settings to "SD card" but Asphalt would give me same error. I use stock Moto ROM .609 rooted. (I had really hard times with CM7 on a D2 that some robbers took from me in street and decided never trying custom ROMS again).
build.prop?
Hey, i was randomly checking the build.prop and found this line:
ro.mot.internalsdcard=1
I was thinking of giving it a try but ive heard messing wih the build.prop settings could BL or softbrick the phone an im not really feeling like SBFing an reinstall everyhin again. Any ideas would be apreciated.
Pd: Maybe this is pointless if this setting Just changes the same i already tried in Settings>Storage>Install Location (or somethin like that, imentioned it before)
I am currently using a 64GB Sandisk MicroSD Card on my new BLU R1-PLUS cellphone, however I am always having errors messages while moving from internal to the SD memory:
"Unfortunately settings has stopped"
"Not enough storage space"
I am aware that some APPs do not allow to be moved to the SD and that others install themselves to the SD, but the problem I have is with APPs that can be moved to the SD but that when entering "Settings/Storage & USB" it always Crashes.
This annoying problem prevents accessing or manually moving the APPs from internal to SD, because the "Configuration" always closes/crashes, and then I have to uninstall the APPs using only the "Uninstall" function on the home screen.
My Settings/Storage & USB information:
Default write disk SanDisk SD Card
Device Storage 27.37GB Total used of 90.53GB
Internal Storage 11.45GB used of 32GB
SanDisk SD Card 15.92GB used of 58.53GB
I have noticed that when I got this errors messages that if I delete some big APPs the problem totally disapears, so I am starting to believe that may be there is some kind of low memory cache problem, while displaying all the installed APPs on the list at: Settings/Storage & USB
I have made a factory reset several times, have also rebooted into Safe-Mode, and also decided to use other 64GB microSD cards from PNY and Samsung, as I thought some of my memory cards maybe were damaged, but the problem remains the same.
Interestingly, I also experienced the same strange behavior with my other 3 BLU R1-HD cellphones, so it seems that this is not just a problem of the new BLU R1-PLUS.
I am not sure if is the same problem, but Naria9 has mentioned something similar:
"A lot of the general idiosyncrasies of the previous version of the stock rom seem to have gone away for me. It seemed to have weird storage management issues, errors moving to SD, broken symlinks that prevent apps from moving or being reinstalled, and a lot of other little non-storage issues, but so far, none off that here."
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72203169&postcount=5
Does anyone of you knows if there is any fix, or have experienced these same issues when moving APPs from the internal memory to the SD, on the New BLU R1-PLUS or the Original BLU R1-HD?
Thanks in advance for helping me with this problem!
I forgot to mention that I currently have 455 APPs installed, downloaded from the Amazon APP Store and also from the Google Play Store...
But as I said before, this problem has happened to me with both the New BLU R1-PLUS and the BLU R1-HD, and never manifests if I install less than 300 APPs, it always manifests itself when I install more than 350-400 APPs... So I'm starting to believe it's a problem of the APP's listing in "Settings/Storage & USB", or maybe some kind of low memory cache.
Some of you who have bought and are using the new BLU R1-PLUS or the original BLU R1-HD, have already been able to test or have experienced these same problems when moving APPs from internal memory to SD?
Could someone recommend me what to do to try and solve this annoying problem?
I would greatly appreciate any help!
After searching for several weeks on YouTube and also on some technical websites, I thought you would like to know that all the problems I have described are apparently not exclusive to BLU R1-PLUS or BLU R1-HD phones.
Apparently there are some serious problems with Android 6, when moving all the APPs from the internal to the SD memory, no matter the brand of the cellphone!
I have already tried with some fixes that others have used to solve this annoying behavior, like the followings ones:
- Disabling and cleaning the cache of the Google APP (System App).
- Reset APPs Preferences, in Settings/Storage & USB/Internal Storage/APPs (selecting right corner menu: Reset APPs Preferences
- Making use if an APP called: Install Button Unlocked v3.2
https://www.amazon.com/SFApps-Install-Button-Unlocker/dp/B01HGKY2KA
Because when I install an APP or APK file, the install button was not working and the this APP can unlock the button which security was caused by "Screen Overlay"
I also have searched in YouTube the following:
"unfortunatelly settings has stopped"
And have found hundreds of fixes that apparently have worked 100% and corrected the same problems that I have mentioned in my 1st post, however I must say that none have worked for me.
Some of you who have bought the new BLU R1-PLUS or are using the original BLU R1-HD, have already been able to test or have experienced these same problems when moving APPs from the internal memory to the SD?
I would greatly appreciate any help to totally or partially solve this annoying behavior!
Can you switch settings?
I have the Blu r1 hd, so I'm not sure if the r1 plus is configured the same. First of all, did you set your phone to use your SD card as internal storage? Some of your apps will remain on your phone, but it will integrate your SD card so that it should run a bit more smoothly. However, you will not be able to use your SD card solely as storage (it will be unusable outside the phone).
I have encountered issues of my own, where the phone runs slower at this setting, and yes, I get "unfortunately... Has stopped," occasionally (actually this started happening now recently). Then my camera stopped working properly so I reset my phone. After reset, my SD card was corrupt and unusable. This reset was only a few days ago, and things work better, but I haven't gotten a new SD card yet. I'll have to see if my previous issues recur, or if my original SD was not working properly.
If you already have your SD card to work as your internal memory, I'm not sure I have any more advice for you (I'm not very tech savvy, sorry).
Thanks for trying to help with this matter!
Yes, set my BLU-R1-PLUS to use my SD card as internal storage, and I know that some of the apps will remain on the phone, but it will integrate and use this SD card so that it can run a bit more smoothly.
I am also aware that if when a SD card is assigned and formatted as internal storage, it will be unusable outside the phone, and therefore it will not be readable in other operating systems or PCs.
As I mentioned in my first posts, the biggest problem with the BLU-R1-PLUS is that when allocating a microSD memory as internal memory and installing more than 300-400 APPs, it seems that the Android6 system does not support having so many APPs installed or perhaps the memory gets congested or fragmented?
Interestingly, as I have 6 BLU-R1HD, I have also found that this same problem occurs with all my BLU-R1HD with Android-6.
I have also seen some videos on YouTube, and I have read that this seems to be a very common problem in cell phones with Andro6.
I say this because I also have a BLU-VIVO-8, with a 128GB microSD memory card (used as internal memory) and installed more than 600 APPs and up to 900 APPs, and I have not noticed this problem.
So, I'm starting to believe that as the BLU-VIVO-8 comes with Android Nougat-7, maybe Google has already corrected all these memory problems in this new version 7 of Android.
In addition, as the BLU-VIVO-8 has 4GB of memory and 64GB of Storage, it may be that today's Android system is requiring more memory and the 4GB of Vivo8 make this phone work more smoothly.
Have you folks tried switching to a different mSD card, different/smaller capacity ?
I had issues running debloated v8.4 and 8.5 earlier - properly formatting (FAT32) a new mSD card (Class 10) with my Linux desktop PC seemed to help, or least the problem hasn't returned ... yet.
The older mSD card is now used in a backup Motorola Moto E (running stock Android 5.x) and no errors, used it for storing images & mp4's mostly.
Keep in mind the Blu R1HD is really a $50+ basic but reliable smartphone, most of us running almost stock Android without bloatware - and it is NOT a mid-level one with all the bells & whistles, let alone a high end device ... I.M.H.O. - loading 100+ Apps on it, moving them to the mSD card is just going to put lots of extra "demands" on the hardware & OS, grounds for trouble & things to go off tracks.
My SIL is using the 2nd. one, both running V9.0 with the newest Security patches - Super SU on it, Magisk on the other - Xposed Installer & Gravity Box only with SU ... haven't noticed any mSD errors for last 3 months, used to drive me crazy with the random errors when rebooting or starting it up, losing the contents & had to restore/move/copy them back again from cloud storage.
Letitride said:
Have you folks tried switching to a different mSD card, different/smaller capacity ?
I had issues running debloated v8.4 and 8.5 earlier - properly formatting (FAT32) a new mSD card (Class 10) with my Linux desktop PC seemed to help, or least the problem hasn't returned ... yet.
The older mSD card is now used in a backup Motorola Moto E (running stock Android 5.x) and no errors, used it for storing images & mp4's mostly.
Keep in mind the Blu R1HD is really a $50+ basic but reliable smartphone, most of us running almost stock Android without bloatware - and it is NOT a mid-level one with all the bells & whistles, let alone a high end device ... I.M.H.O. - loading 100+ Apps on it, moving them to the mSD card is just going to put lots of extra "demands" on the hardware & OS, grounds for trouble & things to go off tracks.
My SIL is using the 2nd. one, both running V9.0 with the newest Security patches - Super SU on it, Magisk on the other - Xposed Installer & Gravity Box only with SU ... haven't noticed any mSD errors for last 3 months, used to drive me crazy with the random errors when rebooting or starting it up, losing the contents & had to restore/move/copy them back again from cloud storage.
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Letitride, thanks for trying to help with this matter!
Yes, I already tested with different brands of microSD cards, of different capacities: 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB, and these problems always appeared in the BLU-R1-PLUS and the BLU-R1HD, but as I said before, in my new BLU-VIVO-8 they have never manifested.
So, I think you could be right, it seems that when you install more than 100 applications on these low-end phones and move them to the microSD card, this imposes many additional "demands" on the hardware and operating system, which could cause problems and damage to the data in this microSD card, after a certain time of using the cellphone.