topic Several Problems with internal storage in M Series

Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

PeteyG — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:44:06 GMT

I'm trying to download apps from Google Play, and am constantly faced with the pop up message:

"Insufficient storage

This device doesn't have enough space to download "APP NAME".

Consider deleteing apps or content that you no longer need and try again."

Frustratingly though, I have over 403MB of space available on internal memory and have moved literally everything that I can do onto the SD Card.

I've restarted, cleared caches, etc. How can I solve this error? Nothing will install anymore!

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

_alexdon_ — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:14:04 GMT

You need to have 500MB+the app's size free to update an app. It has been answered before.

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

PeteyG — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 20:43:01 GMT

Thank you and apologies. I should have done a proper search before posting. I was under the impression that you just had to have at least twice the data that the app took up to install - that's what it was on my old phone.

Still, other appstores don't require this 500MB to install, and neither did my old smartphone. Effectively now my internal memory is permanantly lowered by 500MB! Why is it seemingly so needy on newer phones, all of a sudden? Is it just Sony or does every brand do this? :-S

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

_alexdon_ — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 21:31:18 GMT

I will try to get some more info on this, if you are ok with waiting for it. I am not sure if it works the same for others, but I think there was a thread where it was mentioned that you need at least 500MB to update an app. The app will collect cache and data too, so it will expand.

@PeteyG EDIT:

What I know for now that generally, the system will reserve 10% from the usable memory (in this case internal). So your M4 has about 4-5 GB available for apps, which leaves us with 400-500 MB needed. Are you sure you are qualified for this?

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

Uliwooly — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 21:57:40 GMT

@PeteyG

Are you getting the 75% or 95% memory notification ?

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

PeteyG — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 19:12:32 GMT

So long as I know what to do to make it work again I can live with clearing the 500MB if I use more than that. A lot of the stuff I had installed wasn't needed anyway so now I have way above the 500MB required for updates/installs.

Thanks for the info!

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

_alexdon_ — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 23:28:14 GMT

Glad we could help.

After transferring applications to SD-card, still "there is not enough space to download application

Pierre998 — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 05:58:02 GMT

Hi,

So I am an owner of Aqua M4 with the 8gb internal ram. I transfer all applications *(that are movable) to SD-card, but I still get the message: There is not enough space to download application, when I try to install smg from play.

Please help!

Re: After transferring applications to SD-card, still "there is not enough space to download ap

Uliwooly — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 06:06:44 GMT

@Pierre998

If you have less than 500MB of internal storage you won't be able to download apps.

Settings > storage > clear cache

a suggestion

settings > apps > all > sort by size > look for media and streaming apps, facebook, instagram, spotify, etc > clear data

Re: After transferring applications to SD-card, still "there is not enough space to download ap

Pierre998 — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 06:20:49 GMT

Thanx for the info. However I've already tried that (to clear the cache) but sill the same issue

Re: After transferring applications to SD-card, still "there is not enough space to download ap

Uliwooly — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 06:30:40 GMT

@Pierre998

Then you will have to uninstall apps, move the pictures, videos, music to the SD card.

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

Pierre998 — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:06:21 GMT

Still the same. I only left some apps but stillbthe same

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

Pierre998 — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:19:46 GMT

I also moved all the apps to sd

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

Uliwooly — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 18:19:33 GMT

@Pierre998

settings > storage > how much free storage do you have, in fact, take a screenshot of that and post it here, thanks

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

Pierre998 — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 19:01:16 GMT

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

Pierre998 — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 19:02:09 GMT

In order to update apps, I must first uninstall an app, clear the cache, install the update, move the updated app to sd and so on.

Come on Sony you can do better..

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

Uliwooly — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 21:04:46 GMT

@Pierre998

That's not accurate, your problem is that you don't have enough internal storage, its that simple, if you did, you would be able to update without having to do all that.

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

Pierre998 — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 21:22:11 GMT

So what do you suggest?

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

Pierre998 — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 21:52:30 GMT

I only have some basic apps (that cannot be moved to sd-card), such as google chrome, firefox etc

Re: Insufficient storage; (I have sufficient storage)!!!

Uliwooly — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 22:20:38 GMT

@Pierre998

I had a similar situation with my T2 Ultra, what I did is, if I have a preinstalled app that I don't use

settings > apps > all > look for the app > uninstall updates > disable it > repeat as needed.

As for browsers, I would just stick to one of the browsers to save up some space.