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cyberfruits

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Can't install aps on phone no storage left, but no apps installed, just the factory/default ones!
i got 8gb "storage" space on my Samsung J3 2016 and when i first got it,i could install lots of apps. i did move some to my sd card as well, then last week phone restarted for no reason and i started to get a error message like google app caused a problem, so i disabled google app and.message went away. i also ,before disabling google app, inoticed all my apps gone, but no storage left to re install them!so i did a backup and reset and still no room left on my storage and no apps.so my question is what do i do now? Factory reset or what else can i do? can not even see the apps through file manger.
Thanks
 
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If your J3 is the 1.5GB of RAM/8GB of storage model, that's a minimal amount to even start off with, appropriate for only the most basic needs of an Android phone. The 2G/16GB J3 would have been better suited for most people to use on day-to-day basis. You do need to set your expectations lower in accordance to what you have -- with 1.5GBs of RAM general performance will be limited and with only 8GB of storage you're always going to be dealing with 'out of storage space' issues.
As for moving apps to your microSD card and also disabling system apps like the Google app, obviously that's created some kind of problem with your phone's overall functionality. If you know just what apps you did move and which apps you disabled you might be able to restore your phone back to a stable state. Random restarts aren't normal. If that's not doable, a Factory Reset would probably be the next step. Just be sure to back up all your files and data first.
 
cyberfruits said:
Can't install aps on phone no storage left, but no apps installed, just the factory/default ones!
i got 8gb "storage" space on my Samsung J3 2016 and when i first got it,i could install lots of apps. i did move some to my sd card as well, then last week phone restarted for no reason and i started to get a error message like google app caused a problem, so i disabled google app and.message went away. i also ,before disabling google app, inoticed all my apps gone, but no storage left to re install them!so i did a backup and reset and still no room left on my storage and no apps.so my question is what do i do now? Factory reset or what else can i do? can not even see the apps through file manger.
Thanks
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You might try to combine your external storage and your internal storage as one storage gives you lots more room go to settings select storage and usb go to SD card details and format the SD card to internal storage. Hope this helps
 
Martin Banks said:
You might try to combine your external storage and your internal storage as one storage gives you lots more room go to settings select storage and usb go to SD card details and format the SD card to internal storage. Hope this helps
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Samsung does not allow adoptable (internal) storage for microSD cards.
 
Well, that's more a reflection on Samsung if anything. I think it's a handy workaround feature that should be available to all Android models so anyone has the option to use it or not. A big problem is Google should make its documentation more obvious and much more accessible. Currently there's way too much misinformation and misguided opinions being touted as fact about adoptable storage.
 
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