out of space

[Tevs]

so i have galaxy gio, decent enough phone but ive ran into a problem.
For quite a long time i cant install anything anymore because i have like 20mb free space, i dont even know wheres the rest since i dont even have a lot of apps.
I tried the trick which is allover google where with android tools you can set your default install location to SD card, it shows that the default location is external memory device yet i still cant install anything to it or move the apps from phone to SD.
So basically now i cant download anything unless i wipe the memory while the SD card is basically empty. Any ideas?

 

[jefboyardee]

You could Magically Create Space

 

[Tevs]

You could Magically Create Space

that works for squeezing in an app i really need,like pdf reader or something along the lines. But i can forget about any kind of games, heck sometimes i cant even update some apps because they weight like 12mb or something like that

 

[valorian]

Emails, SMS/MMS, pictures. Can any of these be deleted to free up space?

 

[Tevs]

Emails, SMS/MMS, pictures. Can any of these be deleted to free up space?

it can be but they would barely free up anything. better tell me why that trick of setting default install location didnt work

 

[ocnbrze]

so i have galaxy gio, decent enough phone but ive ran into a problem.
For quite a long time i cant install anything anymore because i have like 20mb free space, i dont even know wheres the rest since i dont even have a lot of apps.
I tried the trick which is allover google where with android tools you can set your default install location to SD card, it shows that the default location is external memory device yet i still cant install anything to it or move the apps from phone to SD.
So basically now i cant download anything unless i wipe the memory while the SD card is basically empty. Any ideas?

the only way to do this is to root the phone. you can partition your sd card and install a script that sets up a2sd onto the phone. this creates a symbolic link on the phone and moves the apps to the sd card. thus freeing up space.

but your phone needs to be rooted.

if you like i can move you to the root subforum for the galaxy gio where folks who have you phone can help out better. also in the root forum there is a sticky at the top of the forum that has a link to guides on how to root your phone.

also here is the link for a2sd that i found:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590807

 

[valorian]

One thing to remember, using something like Apps2SD only moves some of the App to the SD card. Some of the app still resides in internal memory. You should be able to go into the setting menu and view what is using up your internal storage.

 

[LilBit]

You could also try a bigger sd-card. And, some apps simply cannot be moved to the sd-card.
Your rom takes up a lot of internal space as well as bloatware. Maybe remove some bloatware after rooting?