Insufficient space on device.

[oldun]

I have a Rooted Samsung Galaxy S with a 16GB SD card.

Under SD card and phone storage I find that the SD Card has a maximum storage of 14.83GB with 7.30GB available and the System Storage has 1.75GB available.

Using the Watchdog app I find that the phone has a maximum memory of 337MB with 6.1MB free.

I have tried to download the Alan Rogers Camping App but I am told that there is insufficient space on the device.

1. Is this amount of fee memory (6.1KB) typical of a phone with quite a few apps on the phone?
2. What is the maximum free memory available for apps with Android 2.5?
3. Is there anyway I can pare down the operating system top increase the free memory?

I appreciate that asking question 1 is a bit like asking how long is a bit of string but I am hoping that experts will have some idea as to the range of free memory available on such a phone.

 

[UnplugMe]

Is the message, "low on space?" Because after deleting and moving all possible apps, I finally got it to go away by clearing the Internet browser's cache.
The path was Menu/Settings/Applications/Manage Apps/(view ALL)/Internet/Clear Cache.
I also cleared data and it erased all my bookmarks. :\
However, the problem resolved.

 

[chanchan05]

Galaxy S has 4 partitions, the internal phone storage is the one which is important. The space in that should be greater than the app which you want to download.

 

[oldun]

Is the message, "low on space?" Because after deleting and moving all possible apps, I finally got it to go away by clearing the Internet browser's cache.
The path was Menu/Settings/Applications/Manage Apps/(view ALL)/Internet/Clear Cache.
I also cleared data and it erased all my bookmarks. :\
However, the problem resolved.

Thanks for the suggestion - however it did not work for me.

 

[Droidtothemax]

I must be confused, I thought rooting a phone opened up a lot of space?

I know factory the GS don't have a lot of internal memory, kt is actually quite low, but once rooted it opens up a lot as long as you delete some stuff.

Least my buddies, that is what he had to do. He also moves whatever apps he can to his 16g card as well.

Honestly not sure why you would get insufficient space messages if rooted correctly. Unless you Dont move apps over or just download everything you see.

Wish I could be of more help. Good luck, wife has the same problem on her phone, but is due to her not letting me root it to get her more space.