Apps Failing to Update Due to "Insufficient Storage Space" - Moto X Q&A

Hey all,
I have a 32 gig Verizon Developer Edition Moto X with an unlocked bootloader. I am currently running the stock ROM but this issue has persisted across multiple ROMs. Dropbox and Google Translate will not update, giving a "Insufficient Storage Available" error message. I have over 3 gigs available on my internal storage and went through and un-installed a bunch of apps I don't use, to the point of uninstalling twice as many megs-worth of apps as what DB and GTrans require. What the hell could be causing this?
I tried uninstalling Dropbox to see if I could get it re-installed without issue, but now it just flat out won't install due to supposed storage space issues. Has anyone else experienced this? Googling the issue doesn't return any results, but I can't be the only person experiencing this can I?
Thanks.

I_EAT_BABIES said:
Hey all,
I have a 32 gig Verizon Developer Edition Moto X with an unlocked bootloader. I am currently running the stock ROM but this issue has persisted across multiple ROMs. Dropbox and Google Translate will not update, giving a "Insufficient Storage Available" error message. I have over 3 gigs available on my internal storage and went through and un-installed a bunch of apps I don't use, to the point of uninstalling twice as many megs-worth of apps as what DB and GTrans require. What the hell could be causing this?
I tried uninstalling Dropbox to see if I could get it re-installed without issue, but now it just flat out won't install due to supposed storage space issues. Has anyone else experienced this? Googling the issue doesn't return any results, but I can't be the only person experiencing this can I?
Thanks.
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What recovery are you using? I recomend Philz. If you find no better solution. Backup all partitions then test the restore. Just restore what you just backed up. Then wipe data & data media. Then restore again.
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aviwdoowks said:
What recovery are you using? I recomend Philz. If you find no better solution. Backup all partitions then test the restore. Just restore what you just backed up. Then wipe data & data media. Then restore again.
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Oh
You will need to save your SD contents to whatever. OTG, android file xfer, windows. Then restore that too.
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Do the SD backup first!
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With Philz you can include data/media in your custom backup. In which case save/mount to OTG!

aviwdoowks said:
What recovery are you using? I recomend Philz. If you find no better solution. Backup all partitions then test the restore. Just restore what you just backed up. Then wipe data & data media. Then restore again.
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Oh
You will need to save your SD contents to whatever. OTG, android file xfer, windows. Then restore that too.
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Do the SD backup first!
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With Philz you can include data/media in your custom backup. In which case save/mount to OTG!
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OK I am beyond confused by all the edits haha. Could you consolidate your advice a bit?
Currently I am using TWRP. Thanks for the help.

I_EAT_BABIES said:
OK I am beyond confused by all the edits haha. Could you consolidate your advice a bit?
Currently I am using TWRP. Thanks for the help.
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Try backing up your SD contents first. Then flash Philz (.zip) from your twrp. You can flash them as needed, back & forth, just reboot recovery.
Philz will do twrp format backup too.
Make a full backup with Philz as custom as you like. Test out your backup. Just restore what you backed up.
You then want to format data & data media.
Then restore.
You could make a Philz custom bu that includes SD (data/media) too but put it on otg. It will self mount when the OTG cable in present.

aviwdoowks said:
Try backing up your SD contents first. Then flash Philz (.zip) from your twrp. You can flash them as needed, back & forth, just reboot recovery.
Philz will do twrp format backup too.
Make a full backup with Philz as custom as you like. Test out your backup. Just restore what you backed up.
You then want to format data & data media.
Then restore.
You could make a Philz custom bu that includes SD (data/media) too but put it on otg. It will self mount when the OTG cable in present.
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i'm super confused at the level of effort you're explaining based on the problem at hand. The error is two-fold; you have stale files from old/failed installs and/or you're out of memory.
Keep in mind that Android uses your available space for RAM, so if you have memory intensive applications, there's a possibility of running in to this issue.
Easiest of course is to delete your videos/pics - they take the most amount of space.
Also check this tutorial:
http://www.digitalreborn.com/fix-error-insufficient-storage-google-play-error/

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[Q] format system, n7000 confused

First off I would like to place my thanks to all the developers and techies offering there knowledge to newbies, those just getting into this its so valuable and appreciated especially from an old man like me.. It takes me twice as long to grasp it.. Heres my deal I have the N7000 and have just flashed rocketromJBv2 runs great.. in reading the install notes I did not see where many are talking format system, all I have is delvick, wipe/userdata/, wipe cache, am I missing something or when there talking format are they meaning the wipe/userdata thanks...
format /system is in the mounts and storage menu..
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it is required for a clean install on any new rom.. but if the new rom is working fine, it doesnot matter
format internal
nokiamodeln91 said:
format /system is in the mounts and storage menu..
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it is required for a clean install on any new rom.. but if the new rom is working fine, it doesnot matter
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For clarification and if I'm understanding correctly, This is formatting the internal memory card. so one does this while they still have access to the phone, and its the only time u can do it while the phone is operating. or can it be done in cwm.?? thanks
just the part where the rom is installed and not the entire internal memory.
The option is there in cwm

[Q] Unable to Mount SD card

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Did you try flashing stock kk4 without bootloaders? If so, did you boot it up to test your sd?
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
hello had the same issue, and found out that its an issue on the sdcard itself, you will need to reformat it, unfortunately,
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What I did is since it seems the sd card is not being recognized, I was told from help support that I need to reformat it.
I was able to back up the contents to my laptop then reformat it. tried the process again and it the sd card mounted after I reformat it.
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What I did is since it seems the sd card is not being recognized, I was told from help support that I need to reformat it.
I was able to back up the contents to my laptop then reformat it. tried the process again and it the sd card mounted after I reformat it.
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What I did is since it seems the sd card is not being recognized, I was told from help support that I need to reformat it.
I was able to back up the contents to my laptop then reformat it. tried the process again and it the sd card mounted after I reformat it.

[Q] How to format dev/block/mmcblk0p25

Hi. I want to sell my phone so I'm looking for deleting all images.
Things to know: My galaxy s3 mini is rooted and have Carbon 4.4.2 ROM and Team Win Recovery
I tried those things:
- Delete the file mmcblk0p25 via File Manager
- Wipe Internal Storage
After I deleted the file mmcblk0p25 via File Manager it dissapears, but looking for deleted images (using Disk Digger app) I keep seeing the file and my images after I deleted it.
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Go to recovery mode and make a factory reset. It will remove all user data and cache.
Sent through time and space from my s3mini/CM11
tys0n said:
Go to recovery mode and make a factory reset. It will remove all user data and cache.
Sent through time and space from my s3mini/CM11
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Already did that. Didn't work out
Is that a file recovery app?
It's not any different than any storage media. Files can sometimes be found even after formatting because they are not being overwritten at all, just wiped.
To be sure you probably would have to rewrite the whole block a lot of times before every fragment is gone.
What kind of top secret images is there?
Sent through time and space from my s3mini/CM11
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If you know Linux you can make a new ext4 data.img of correct size in simg-format and flash it to your phone It will be completely empty for sure.
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internal memory and dscard accidentally wipe from the phone with TWRP...

hello everyone,
unfortunatlly i completlly wipe( internal memory and dscard including) my all system trying to install custom rom, which mean"no more OS" in my phone!
i have try to copy the nandroid backup files via UBS but the acces is deny.
iam veny confused!!!! and scrared about losing my phone! :crying:
PLEASE ASKING FOR HELP ASAP! THAKS TO YOU VERY MUCH
kisuke-kivunza said:
hello everyone,
unfortunatlly i completlly wipe( internal memory and dscard including) my all system trying to install custom rom, which mean"no more OS" in my phone!
i have try to copy the nandroid backup files via UBS but the acces is deny.
iam veny confused!!!! and scrared about losing my phone! :crying:
PLEASE ASKING FOR HELP ASAP! THAKS TO YOU VERY MUCH
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Try to get a micro USB and connect it via a USB adapter directly. Then copy the files to your SD card, eject and then insert in your Note 4. Try to restore your backup now.
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Or you could also just flash stock via Odin, set up your phone, connect and transfer your backup via USB and then re-flash TWRP and restore your saved nandroid backup.
ShaDisNX255 said:
Try to get a micro USB and connect it via a USB adapter directly. Then copy the files to your SD card, eject and then insert in your Note 4. Try to restore your backup now.
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Or you could also just flash stock via Odin, set up your phone, connect and transfer your backup via USB and then re-flash TWRP and restore your saved nandroid backup.
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ok tanks you all i'ill try and feedback when its done :good:
kisuke-kivunza said:
ok tanks you all i'ill try and feedback when its done :good:
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hello everyone thanks for the help. i finally restore my phone with adb set up. but unfortunally i face another probleme: i try to install resurrection remix 5.8 on it with TWRP. i succefully passed all the steps. but after rebooting the system the device block at the reboot animation.....i have wait up to 3 hours ; still the same think.
i neet help please. kind regards

Cloning a Nexus 6

I have a Nexus 6 with a weak battery, and just acquired an identical one with a good battery. I would like to "clone" the old one,
I tried adb backup, but its far from making a complete copy of everything.
twrp backup also does not really copy everything, and I as far as I can tell wants to do it too an an internal file. Not practical since my phone is almost full.
Is there some way to really clone onto identical hardware?
Twrp backup and restore, and Titanium Backup and restore should be good enough
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HueyT said:
Twrp backup and restore, and Titanium Backup and restore should be good enough
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Or change ur battery
kmandel said:
I have a Nexus 6 with a weak battery, and just acquired an identical one with a good battery. I would like to "clone" the old one,
I tried adb backup, but its far from making a complete copy of everything.
twrp backup also does not really copy everything, and I as far as I can tell wants to do it too an an internal file. Not practical since my phone is almost full.
Is there some way to really clone onto identical hardware?
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I've used this guide many times to make a TWRP backup directly to my computer. It doesn't store much, if anything, on your phone so space is not a problem.
alryder said:
I've used this guide many times to make a TWRP backup directly to my computer. It doesn't store much, if anything, on your phone so space is not a problem.
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It's also a viable option to use an USB thumbstick via otg to make backup from twrp and then copy titanium backups on the stick too, restore it on your 2nd nexus and voila

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