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Root Out of memory, cant install Apk's manually?

HaTrEd360

HaTrEd360

Android Expert
Okay, so lately I've been using an old ddonate version of Titanium Backup that the developer posted I mind you, and I have more then half of my memory free (like 480mb) and 1.3gb on internal memory, yet I can't get this app to install. I have used SD Maid pro to see if I could clean out stuff to help and it didn't help. Reboots don't help. This is strange. I attempt to install and then it says to Manage Apps and free up space. Basically that I'm out of memory. I don't have a clue how to fix this. I always have the feeling it's lead back to me having 170+ apps between user and system combined. And that's 89 user apps. Haha, anywaayysss can anyone help me?? I will thank whoever replys. :]
 
HaTrEd360 said:
Okay, so lately I've been using an old ddonate version of Titanium Backup that the developer posted I mind you, and I have more then half of my memory free (like 480mb) and 1.3gb on internal memory, yet I can't get this app to install. I have used SD Maid pro to see if I could clean out stuff to help and it didn't help. Reboots don't help. This is strange. I attempt to install and then it says to Manage Apps and free up space. Basically that I'm out of memory. I don't have a clue how to fix this. I always have the feeling it's lead back to me having 170+ apps between user and system combined. And that's 89 user apps. Haha, anywaayysss can anyone help me?? I will thank whoever replys. :]
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I'm not sure i completely understand. You have around 480 MB free in /data and 1.3 GB free in /sdcard?

Which app are you trying to install?

Do you have an external sd card (microSD)?

You might want to check in a directory called LOST.DIR on /sdcard/ and /sdcard/_ExternalSD/ to see if there are any files in there taking up space.

Also, you might want to check for a directory called something like /.Trash-1000/ in both of those locations. If you delete files in either /sdcard/ or /sdcard/_ExternalSD/ from a PC when your phone is connected in Mass storage mode, then those files may get moved to one of these folders instead of actually being deleted.
 
Type "df /data /sdcard /sdcard/_ExternalSD /system /cache /persist /mpt" in adb and see what it tells you.

Code: 
df /data /sdcard /sdcard/_ExternalSD /system /cache /persist /mpt
Filesystem             Size   Used   Free   Blksize
/data                  889M   438M   451M   4096
/sdcard                  1G     1G   517M   32768
/sdcard/_ExternalSD     29G    20G     9G   32768
/system                354M   230M   124M   4096
/cache                 228M     4M   223M   4096
/persist                15M     6M     9M   4096
/mpt                    15M     3M    11M   1024

You can also check out one of my favorites from the play store called solid explorer. There's some plugin or something I have for it that shows you in a graph how much space each folder is using.
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Yea the /data folder. The folder where user apps are installed too. It's Titanium Backup. And it's downloaded from the web. I've had it install before but now it wont let me install it anymore. And it only got uninstalled when I would flash a new rom and I never backed it up in Nandroid. (I.E. I never had it installed when I did my nandroid.) And I don't have a computer so ADB is out. I used to use my girlfriends but we broke up. I think there has to be some kind of corruption issue. I can install everything else just fine except for this Titanium Backup. I know the one from Google Play works but I don't have the money to buy the donate version right now oa debt card to do so, and it is a Titanium Backup that the developer posted online that's already been unlocked to the donate version, and it's an older version. Like 5.1 or something. I basically have like half my memory free on the phone (/data) and half would be close to 480mb or so. And internal memory has about 1.3gb's free. I know how much space I have on my phone, used several apps to check it. But for some reason I cannot install this app and I'm totally confuzzled as to why.

Edit: And it has to do with the phones Rom memory. Not the Internal Memory (/emmc) or the ExternalSD. These cant be what's causing the issue.
 
"Out of space. Please free up some memory and try again." Options are cancel, or manage applications.

Edit: Is there a command I can use in Terminal Emulator on my phone to look at the log of the Package Installer?
 
I remember getting this same error myself at some point and it was because the app didn't uninstall completely before. Try checking for an existing apk or data folder for Titanium Backup and deleting it or moving to another folder if you need the data within it. The error is due to a problem overwriting existing files when tring to install. Removing them should allow you to install.
 
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