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jarves

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Hi,

I would like to know where an app installer (.apk) is stored prior to installation when you downloaded it from the market. Is in downloaded to the internal memory or to the sdcard? Also, Android Market suggested me to upgrade my pre-installed flash player to the latest version, i think it's v11.0. Is it recommended to downloaded that version? I mean it takes up a lot of space in the internal memory, more than 10mb. It's eating up internal space. Low internal space is a big disadvantage with htc desire even if you have been rooted and move apps to sdcard.


Thanks!
 
Market downloads go to the /cache partition - part of the phone's internal storage, but not what you see as the internal memory.

That is, if you are running stock software. Many custom ROMs redirect these downloads to somewhere else to allow you to use a smaller cache partition (sometimes checking the size of the cache partition and only redirecting if less than some limit).
 
Hi Hadron,

I'm running a stock rom so that means the .apk downloaded from the market is located in /cache. But it still adds up to the phone's internal storage right? Is there a way to delete these files? Will a simple reboot of the phone do clear the cache?


Thanks!
 
Installing an app goes to /data which is also what you know as "Internal storage". More specifically it installs to /data/app/appname.apk

The downloads go to /cache/download however this /cache partition is NOT seen as "internal storage" so you don't have to worry about it. You are not duplicating space here
 
If i move the install app to the sdcard, what will happen to the contents of /data/app/? Does it mean the whole files used by the app goes to the sdcard?
 
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