Help Apps download but I can't find them.

Rivyn · May 23, 2014

I've downloaded a few apps from Google play, yet i'm hit with the 'Insufficient storage available.' Problem is, the download still shows in that space was taken through storage, yet I cannot find it. I've cleared the cache and download folders, as well as what's shown through Google Play settings, and still nothing. Under my settings>Storage, it shows that most of my internal space is taken (1.80 GB), yet only 421 MB is used for apps, and the rest only amount to a few MB more.
I've been told to download a few different cleaners, yet even though it shows I have 30 MB still available (even though I should have over a gig), and the cleaners themselves are only 3 or so MB, I'm again hit with the insufficient storage.
Any help would be really appreciated, as this has been plaguing me for quite awhile.

Mozartillo · May 24, 2014

Hi Rivyn, many applications save datas in the internal storage and some of them could be uselessl for you. So, you could go to Settings /Storage and select Misc. there you could see a lot of application data, select the biggest that you don't need and erase it for getting that space free.
For example if you erase .aptoide you will actually not erase that app, just a lot of install packs of apps that you downloaded (and installed), that app and its repositories will be fine.
Just in case, do make a nandroid backup before deleting anything!
Cheers. Good luck.

Syndicate · May 24, 2014

Is your internal space not full?

Mozartillo · May 25, 2014

No, Syndicate , as you can easily see, I've 528MB available.
Cheers. Good luck.

Rivyn · May 25, 2014

I've cleared out just about everything that can be cleared out. Under Storage, it shows Apps (404 MB), Pictures, videos (9.41 MB), Audio (620 KB), and Available (63.77 MB) I cleared out the Misc earlier, and it only had a few miscellaneous items in it.

To give an example, a few days ago I had 202 MB showing as available, downloaded an app that was 170 MB. After the download, I was hit with the 'Insufficient storage available.' However, my storage then showed that I only had 30 MB available, yet the app I attempted to download, I cannot find. It didn't appear under Apps, or the download manager, or the download list in storage. I cannot find it, or anything else I've attempted to download in the past that hit me with the 'Insufficient storage available.'

Mozartillo · May 25, 2014

Hi Rivyn.
What about downloads? You can find that folder in /mnt/sdcard/Download.
You can move all in it to your SD (or erase its contents if you don't need them).
Cheers. Good luck.

mario0318 · May 25, 2014

This happened to me on a previous LG Optimus M I owned but never happened to me on the L9. What I did to fix it then was download a free app called MarketFix from the Play Store. I'm not exactly sure what it does but you run it once and it should fix the issue. However, I am not sure if it's as reliable as it was fixing the Optimus M. Worth a shot though.

Rivyn · May 25, 2014

mario0318 said:
This happened to me on a previous LG Optimus M I owned but never happened to me on the L9. What I did to fix it then was download a free app called MarketFix from the Play Store. I'm not exactly sure what it does but you run it once and it should fix the issue. However, I am not sure if it's as reliable as it was fixing the Optimus M. Worth a shot though.

Wish to try this, yet I'm still hit with the 'Insufficient storage available' when it finishes downloading, thus I don't have it.

Mozartillo · May 26, 2014

Rivyn said:
Wish to try this, yet I'm still hit with the 'Insufficient storage available' when it finishes downloading, thus I don't have it.

Hi Rivyn, you could unistall some apps, then you should have space for trying that.
Cheers. Good luck.

Rivyn · May 26, 2014

Mozartillo said:
Hi Rivyn, you could unistall some apps, then you should have space for trying that.
Cheers. Good luck.

I have. As I said above, only 404 MB are used by Apps out of 1.8 GB storage. The apps that are active are the basic. Browser, callender, security, and the such. My storage shows I have 72 MB available, and considering the MarketFix app suggested earlier only takes up a few KB, I should have plenty of room, but I'm still hit with the Insufficient Storage.

sreum · May 26, 2014

Do you have allot of pictures and videos on your phone?

mario0318 · May 26, 2014

Could you try sideloading the MarketFix app? You could do so if your phone is rooted, which I would recommend you do anyhow. It's very simple through a one click app.

Mozartillo · May 27, 2014

Hi Rivyn, if you don't try, you won't be sure if you "really" have space available, will you?
Cheers. Good luck.

mario0318 · May 27, 2014

Mozartillo said:
Hi Rivyn, if you don't try, you won't be sure if you "really" have space available, will you?
Cheers. Good luck.

You do understand that this is an issue that has nothing to do at all with lack of memory in the phone. This happened to me too on another phone with plenty of available space. The issue is with the PlayStore and the way it caches data. It doesn't matter if the app you're downloading is 200mb or just a couple of kilobytes, the Insufficient Storage message will still come up.

For me, I was lucky the MarketFix app managed to install through the PlayStore at the time, as small as it is I only assume it was small enough to fit in whatever cache the PlayStore keeps. But if that cache is already full, then no apps, even the smallest ones, will install.

MarketFix clears this cache, it may also modify the way the PlayStore stores this data so it doesn't come up again.

The only thing left to try would be to sideload the app instead of having it install via the PlayStore.

Mozartillo · May 28, 2014

Hi mario0318.
And what about aptoide? If the problem is only with PlayStore, why not install the needed app from other repository, like Aptoide?
Thanks a lot.
Cheers. Good luck.
Edit: or download Marketfix to the PC and install from it via adb.

mario0318 · May 30, 2014

Mozartillo said:
Hi mario0318.
And what about aptoide? If the problem is only with PlayStore, why not install the needed app from other repository, like Aptoide?
Thanks a lot.
Cheers. Good luck.
Edit: or download Marketfix to the PC and install from it via adb.

That's what I mean by sideloading the app. Transferring the .apk to the phone and installing it directly, bypassing the PlayStore.

As for trying another market app, sure! It might work. I never tried that though.

infowarz · Jul 23, 2014

mario0318 said:
That's what I mean by sideloading the app. Transferring the .apk to the phone and installing it directly, bypassing the PlayStore.

As for trying another market app, sure! It might work. I never tried that though.

Hey gang....

here is a tryer 4 ya. . . .
Android Central Sideload Wonder Machine v. 1.2 - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com

Workd for me!

I muffed up my external_sd doing a partition so I could use Link2sd with an extra "swap" partition in case I want to run full Linux distro later. and a few apps stopped running on reinstall of partitioned sd.

One was es file manager, and so I had to side load the es file manager to re-install the other 5 apps.

Connected my PC to phone and ticked the sideloader app "install" and went ahead and installed all 5 other apks. To fast!

Way to kool tool!

Tell them thanks for me over there!

PS.... if you be running Linux try running Wine to see if it works, as I don't have time right now.

Good luk to ya!

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