My Internal Phone Memory is "low on space"

KarjianaBreezy · September 7th, 2012, 01:44 PM

I have an LG Optimus T and I have 14 additional apps on it (9 of which are on my SD card). But now whenever I do updates for all my apps, I keep getting a notification in the notification bar saying that my phone's internal memory is "low on space". What can I do if some of the apps that are being updated can't be moved to my SD card?

kadimi · September 7th, 2012, 08:12 PM

Your phone has 170 MB of internal memory so it's pretty normal that you run out of memory quickly, try to move more applications to the sdcard, at least the most used (the browser and gmail app). Apps create cache which takes a lot of space.

Another thing you can do is to install 'Cosmos ...' which cleans you phone cache - among other things, see this: Cosmos: 3-in-1 system and performance optimization for Android

KarjianaBreezy · September 8th, 2012, 02:43 PM

That makes sense. I downloaded another Cache cleaner (thanks to you:]) and deleted some files and now there's more memory. Thank you for your help:]

Hoib · March 9th, 2013, 01:02 PM

Hope you are still monitoring this thread. I face the same issue here. And I'd love to be able to move gMail and Browser to the SD card. I cannot because these are pre-installed apps by t-Mobile. There's no way to move those -unless- you root your phone, right?

It's funny but about 8 weeks ago, I had to do a factory reset. I imported by backed up data and after all was said and done, I was surprised to see 103mB of Phone Space available. I thought, "Hey, this is great!". I did not install additional apps but waited a while because I didn't trust it. And, gradually over time, the Phone Space (internal mem) decreased a bit when I checked it. And now it seems to hover at about 40mB. I use Android Assistant which does the same types of things that Cosmos does (I think).

So, without me installing everything else, "something" in the phone chewed up about 60mB and I don't know what did or when it did it or how to reclaim it (except by doing another factory reset?)

H

axe1313 · May 15th, 2013, 06:14 PM

having same issue. had 32g sd card. apps moved to card. still cant install apps, because it says i do not have room. ????

Hoib · May 15th, 2013, 07:59 PM

Hi axe - I wish I (we) could get an answer. I'm particularly perturbed by the fact that one day I had over 100mB of Phone space and a week or so later, without me installing -anything- else, phone space gradually depleted/lost over 70-80mB of space. Where'd it go? Can I get it back? Did the factory reset do this? And if so, it looks like I have to do it again? And then only to suffer the same depletion? Why was it reporting 103mB? Was that somehow a false report?

This is still a mystery, as yet, unsolved...

H