Hi all,
Firstly, I have checked on loads of forums and sites about this and no threads or solutions provided much insight on how to resolve this. Most thread owners just simply stated they had this problem but did not go into any detail as to what they have installed and the storage capacity numbers their phones are specifying to them. That's why i am seeking my answer on my own thread. Please, dont redirect me to some other thread or another website. Please, if you have some time and are willing - help me out. Thank you.
I am currently with a big problem on my phone. I cannot install anything and I cannot update any apps.
I randomly get the "low on space - phone storage space is getting low" notification, and I get an error message when i try to install a new app or update an exisiting one: error: not enough storage space
Here is what I have done up to now to try and rectify the problem:
- Root the phone and get Root App Delete to disable junk apps that come with the phone, and disabled every bit of non essential app needed, including themes and widgets that i dont use
- Move every app i can to the SD card
- Regularly check and clear cache on apps that store cache, such as chrome
- Cleared out the phone logs such as calls received and made, sms
What I am left with in terms of storage numbers are:
- Internal storage: Total space = 1.97GB, Apps = 317MB, Available = 200MB
- USB Storage: Total space = 11.50GB, Apps = 1.06GB, Pics and videos = 166MB, Audio = 256KB, Downloads = 3.44MB, Misc = 12.43GB, Available = 10.27GB
- SD card: Total space = 59.46GB, Available = 47.01GB
With those figures in mind, the only things I have installed on the phone that I have downloaded or are listed under the downloaded apps are (in order of size highest down to lowest):
Chrome - 53.66MB
Maps (stock google maps) - 39.61MB
Facebook - 26.41MB
Kies Air - 21.86MB
Adobe Flash Player 11 - 12.87MB
Voice command - 12.45MB
Whatsapp - 11.73MB
Google play music - 11.61MB
Google play store - 11.14MB
YouTube - 10.02MB
Google play services - 8.59MB
Gmail - 7.70MB
eBay - 5.57MB
Three (Three Network UK stock app to check on account balance) - 4.17MB
PayPal - 3.87MB
Flashlight - 2.53MB
FPSE (playstation emulator app) - 2.35MB
SuperSU (comes with root) - 2.31MB
MX Player - 1.63MB
Samsung push service - 1.57MB
Screencast (used to capture video of whatever is happening on the phone, got it to make Gran Turismo replays on the phone with FPSE) - 1.56MB
Bards tale - 860KB
Memory Booster - 716KB
FPSE PSX BIOS - 696KB
Street view - 584KB
Lloyds TSB (mobile banking app) - 323KB
Root App Delete - 312KB
08 Wizard (finds alternative phone numbers to high premium numbers) - 216KB
Bightness level - 156KB
0800 wizard (same as above) - 128KB
Chrome to phone - 100KB
I have added all that up and it comes to: 257.301, or rounded up to 257MB
I dont get what the problem is here. I have 200MB of available internal storage, so installing or updating anything - if the app where to need to dump a small amount of data on the internel storage as it does with all apps, there is space there for that.
I also have plenty of USB storage / internal phone flash storage i.e. the 16GB which on my phone is cheekly cut down to 11.5GB total space, and with this amount of free space I am still not able to install or update anything. I cannot even move an app back to the phone from the sd card - it says it cant because there is not enough storage.
Please, can someone help me fix this? I am banging my head against a brick wall, well... im going to at this rate.
Firstly, I have checked on loads of forums and sites about this and no threads or solutions provided much insight on how to resolve this. Most thread owners just simply stated they had this problem but did not go into any detail as to what they have installed and the storage capacity numbers their phones are specifying to them. That's why i am seeking my answer on my own thread. Please, dont redirect me to some other thread or another website. Please, if you have some time and are willing - help me out. Thank you.
I am currently with a big problem on my phone. I cannot install anything and I cannot update any apps.
I randomly get the "low on space - phone storage space is getting low" notification, and I get an error message when i try to install a new app or update an exisiting one: error: not enough storage space
Here is what I have done up to now to try and rectify the problem:
- Root the phone and get Root App Delete to disable junk apps that come with the phone, and disabled every bit of non essential app needed, including themes and widgets that i dont use
- Move every app i can to the SD card
- Regularly check and clear cache on apps that store cache, such as chrome
- Cleared out the phone logs such as calls received and made, sms
What I am left with in terms of storage numbers are:
- Internal storage: Total space = 1.97GB, Apps = 317MB, Available = 200MB
- USB Storage: Total space = 11.50GB, Apps = 1.06GB, Pics and videos = 166MB, Audio = 256KB, Downloads = 3.44MB, Misc = 12.43GB, Available = 10.27GB
- SD card: Total space = 59.46GB, Available = 47.01GB
With those figures in mind, the only things I have installed on the phone that I have downloaded or are listed under the downloaded apps are (in order of size highest down to lowest):
Chrome - 53.66MB
Maps (stock google maps) - 39.61MB
Facebook - 26.41MB
Kies Air - 21.86MB
Adobe Flash Player 11 - 12.87MB
Voice command - 12.45MB
Whatsapp - 11.73MB
Google play music - 11.61MB
Google play store - 11.14MB
YouTube - 10.02MB
Google play services - 8.59MB
Gmail - 7.70MB
eBay - 5.57MB
Three (Three Network UK stock app to check on account balance) - 4.17MB
PayPal - 3.87MB
Flashlight - 2.53MB
FPSE (playstation emulator app) - 2.35MB
SuperSU (comes with root) - 2.31MB
MX Player - 1.63MB
Samsung push service - 1.57MB
Screencast (used to capture video of whatever is happening on the phone, got it to make Gran Turismo replays on the phone with FPSE) - 1.56MB
Bards tale - 860KB
Memory Booster - 716KB
FPSE PSX BIOS - 696KB
Street view - 584KB
Lloyds TSB (mobile banking app) - 323KB
Root App Delete - 312KB
08 Wizard (finds alternative phone numbers to high premium numbers) - 216KB
Bightness level - 156KB
0800 wizard (same as above) - 128KB
Chrome to phone - 100KB
I have added all that up and it comes to: 257.301, or rounded up to 257MB
I dont get what the problem is here. I have 200MB of available internal storage, so installing or updating anything - if the app where to need to dump a small amount of data on the internel storage as it does with all apps, there is space there for that.
I also have plenty of USB storage / internal phone flash storage i.e. the 16GB which on my phone is cheekly cut down to 11.5GB total space, and with this amount of free space I am still not able to install or update anything. I cannot even move an app back to the phone from the sd card - it says it cant because there is not enough storage.
Please, can someone help me fix this? I am banging my head against a brick wall, well... im going to at this rate.