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Help Insufficient space error while downloading apps from playstore

beingkash

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there is a lot of free space in my galaxy core prime, but still when i tried to download any app from playstore, insufficient storage error appears. Anybody please help...
 
It's important to note that the amount of available USER memory is completely separate from available SYSTEM memory, where apps are installed. Try deleting the call log if it's huge, as well as old, unnecessary SMS/MMS threads. That may free up enough space to give you breathing room for more apps. Hope this helps.
 
Install this simple little app called Storage Truth. It's very small and will install in very limited space. It will tell you how much space you actually have left for installing apps:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sa.storagetruth

To make space you can:

Delete texts or emails. If you have a lot saved on the phone, this can help.
Delete or move photos, videos, documents, etc.
Uninstall app updates.
Uninstall apps.
Clear cache files. Not recommended. This will only make space temporarily as cache files will rebuild over time and rebuilding them wastes CPU cycles and power needlessly. Also, while clearing cache files won't hurt anything, they're there to speed up operation and should be left alone.

If you can't move stuff to a SD card, move them to your computer or cloud storage.
 
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