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Trouble updating Google Maps

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Curious Mew

Curious Mew

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Hi guys, for some reason I'm having problems updating Google Maps. I have it set to update automatically.. but even manually, I keep getting this Android message:

Error: Insufficient Storage Available

What can I do? I have over 5GB of available SD storage, 53MB of phone storage, and about 50M of RAM left.

Please help.
 
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Curious Mew said:
Hi guys, for some reason I'm having problems updating Google Maps. I have it set to update automatically.. but even manually, I keep getting this Android message:

Error: Insufficient Storage Available

What can I do? I have over 5GB of available SD storage, 53MB of phone storage, and about 50M of RAM left.

Please help.
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Apparently that RAM is busy, occupied with other tasks. Try cache cleaning.
 
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AlvarezLuis said:
Apparently that RAM is busy, occupied with other tasks. Try cache cleaning.
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Hmm.. I looked at the cache, and I only found 374KB in there? I rarely use Google Maps, so I don't really have much data in there.

Gekko said:
1. uninstall all old updates and clear data/cache of Google Maps app.
2. reboot phone.
3. try to reinstall fresh Maps update.

good luck.
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I uninstalled and reinstalled, this seemed to fix the problem. I believe it might have erased whatever cache was in there too. I still wish I knew why I was getting that error.
 
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Curious Mew said:
Hmm.. I looked at the cache, and I only found 374KB in there? I rarely use Google Maps, so I don't really have much data in there.
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Your RAM holds more caches than just the GMaps one (especially if you don't often use that). They all need to be cleaned/emptied if you want to regain some RAM space.
You can do that with e.g. the free app 'App 2 SD' which also lets you move as many apps as possible to your SDcard.

I uninstalled and reinstalled, this seemed to fix the problem. I believe it might have erased whatever cache was in there too. I still wish I knew why I was getting that error.
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GMaps and its associated data - which cannot be stored on the SDcard
 
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