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Help "Low on space" phone/application storage notification

I read that our claimed 748mb app space is really ~400mb, so when you think you've got tons of space left and start pulling your hair out because nothing adds up now you'll know what to blame! It's BS. I got the low space warnings last week with about +/- 300mb "free", and that seems to be the pattern for most with this issue.

(PS - If you think we've got it bad be happy you don't have a Desire with only 150mb app space!!!)
 
Bulldog said:
I read that our claimed 748mb app space is really ~400mb, so when you think you've got tons of space left and start pulling your hair out because nothing adds up now you'll know what to blame! It's BS. I got the low space warnings last week with about +/- 300mb "free", and that seems to be the pattern for most with this issue.

(PS - If you think we've got it bad be happy you don't have a Desire with only 150mb app space!!!)
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the 300-400 MB thing is not the cause. there is more to it. there is a 150 MB level that might be causing the low disk warning. There was a thread a couple weeks ago that discussed this and it seem to be spot on to whats happening.
 
when i go to "Manage Applications" and go to "All" it shows "Dialer Storage" taking up 56.21MB. That seems WAY too high for any app. If I clear the cache for that does it just wipe the history of my phone dialer, or what exactly is that, and what will clearing the cache do?
 
i've started getting this error on a regular basis ever since i signed up for slacker plus and started caching stations...never had it before that. i've got nothing that has a cache i can clean, or so it seems...

anyone have any other ways to get rid of this annoyance?
 
I am having some weird storage issues with my phone. It is giving me a constant alert that "Application data space is low" and that I need to free up space. I was surprised by this and went into the storage settings to find that I have 6.21GB available on internal memory and over 14GB available from my 16GB SD card. There is also the category of phone memory in which 596 of 748MB is available. Now I am noticing that nothing on my phone is updating that requires storage, like emails for example, despite having plenty of storage in all aspects. What am I missing?
 
I started getting this error last week - and now, I can't download emails in gmail, apps won't update/download from the market, and Google Talk crashes on launch.

I just tried clearing Dolphin Browser HD's cache - but I already had it set to delete cache on exit. Did it anyway. Still have the problem - even after a reboot. And I still get the warning. I've also noticed my touch input is getting more flaky and unresponsive - which really reared it's ugly head when trying to play Angry Birds last night.

I'm eager to hear from anyone that has a solution for this.
 
I posted this on another thread - but I wanted to make it wasn't buried and hopefully get some others having this problem to give this a try and let me know if my solution works for you too.

So, I was getting the "low on space" error message for a couple weeks now - but (like everyone else), my phone showed I had PLENTY of memory! It did't get annoying until things stopped working in the past couple days:

- updates wouldn't download
- new downloads wouldn't download
- Google Talk stopped working completely
- gmail wouldn't update my inbox or download new emails
- screen touch response was getting more flaky

among other things.

So, I tried all of the things mentioned here and on other similar threads to no avail. The problem didn't get any better in spite of my best efforts.

I went into my Application manager prefs and viewed them by size instead of A-Z. One of the larger ones was Flash, which I downloaded and update for not too long ago. On a whim, I decided to uninstall it and reboot (again). Guess what...

Problem is gone.

No more error message. All of the problems I had above are gone. Everything is working as it should - except for Flash of course.

I'm curious to see if others that are having similar problems would try this (deleting Flash) and seeing if you have the same results. I would like to know if it's really Flash causing the problem, or simply the deletion of one of the larger apps that's fixing it. Because if it's Flash, that's a big deal.
 
Unfortunately I think you found only a temporary solution. I had the same exact experience but instead of flash it was a beta version of FireFox. It only took a week or two before it was a different app and now I am getting the warning but at this time it is just warning and is not effecting anything except an occasional market update.

My feeling it is a bug with android but is caused by the installation of some apps.

Bill
 
There is limited space on the internal storage for apps. What you did by uninstalling Flash is free up space. You could've removed any other large app and the result would've been the same. When I had this issue I uninstalled apps I didn't use and moved as many apps to SD as possible and I've been ok for a few weeks.
 
ctc said:
There is limited space on the internal storage for apps. What you did by uninstalling Flash is free up space. You could've removed any other large app and the result would've been the same. When I had this issue I uninstalled apps I didn't use and moved as many apps to SD as possible and I've been ok for a few weeks.
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this is exactly correct in my opinion
 
It's a sound theory - but I've downloaded about 10 apps since I uninstalled Flash, updated about 20 others (that were in the cue but wouldn't download), and have had no issues. Then today while I was at work, Flash downloaded itself because I forgot that I had it set to auto-update. As soon as it did, everything stopped working again. As soon as I deleted it (again), things went back to normal.
 
Uninstall Flash and see if the problem goes away. This is just a theory - but it worked for me. I'd like someone else to confirm if it works for them. Make sure to reboot after you uninstall too.

You can always reinstall if it doesn't.
 
Try clearing your mail folders. Also clear text conversations. Worked for me. It's easy to do when plugged into computer and read as a disk drive. Check mail on card and phone. Not sure if you can clear text conversations on comp. I just clear on phone when it gets full.
 
Sorry for the brief statement last night I was in a hurry. To see what I mean do the following. Go to settings|applications|manage applications and then go to the All tab. Next, touch menu and select sort by size. You will see Flash is about 11 mb. If you scroll down you will also notice that most apps are much smaller than that. In my case, I have a ton that are less than 1 mb.

When you uninstalled flash you freed up 11 mb of space which cleared your "low on space" error. Then you were able to install new apps and update others with that space. When Flash installed itself again, you ran out of space again.
 
How did you even uninstall Flash? It is part of the rom. I only have the option to uninstall the updates.
 
ctc said:
How did you even uninstall Flash? It is part of the rom. I only have the option to uninstall the updates.
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You are correct - it is actually the latest Flash UPDATE that I uninstalled, not the whole app. The update show's it's about 3.7MB.

I used SDMove to move every app I could to the SD card (as I said, over 20MB). Yet, when I reinstall the Flash UPDATE, I get the same problems. Is it the update? Is SDMove NOT moving my apps in reality?
 
that is because the apps that are actually taking up the space are not the same ones that you can move to SD card.
 
I don't know what to tell you man. I haven't had any issues with the latest flash update and I've got a ton of apps installed so I'm always near the "low" threshold.
 
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