Low space and install issues

[Annduhroo]

How is it that I have no space issues at the release of this game, but now I can never install it except through an Apk? I've went through my Droid Incredible and removed a lot of beloved apps, almost all of the apps I could in fact. I have way more then enough of the needed memory, which is over 6gb on internal memory and 600mb of phone storage. If the application can be moved to SD, I've done it. If it's too big, it's been removed.
After doing everything I can, I still can't install from Market, let alone update it if its already installed. When it IS installed, I have that irritating "low space" notification stuck in my notification bar, even after clearing all cache and moving Pocket Legends to SD. I've put time and real money into this game. I need and deserve a fix for this. At least make updates available through the game or by just patches. I shouldn't have to reinstall every day or week, depending on how often an update is available... Has anyone found any workarounds that actually work for these issues? My only option shouldn't be to have to root a perfectly good phone, just to fix or make a game work correctly, when I already pay to play it.

[Tree Dude]

It sounds more like the problem is with your phone and not the game. An app cannot force a low space notification, that is a function of the OS. It sounds like your phone is not seeing all of the availible memory. Have you tried pulling your battery to reset the phone?

[supremo502]

Is your Android phone rooted and running a Custom ROM? its probably a problem with your custom ROM.. i had this prob with Cyanogen b4.

[Rushd]

have you tried syncing your phone to your computer and then deleting your system32 folder?

[BuckFifty]

I had this "problem" everytime I updated Pocket Legends, but not anymore. I just uninstall it first and reinstall the app from the market which is the updated version. I don't really consider it a problem as I'm on an HTC Aria which has very limited space. I never get the low space notification anymore since I started doing it that way. I also still have all my other apps that I love including BackBreaker Football which is a HUGE file!!

[Phaded]

It's not your ROM, it is your phone. The Incredible has a /data/data folder which stores app data. That folder is full. That is where you are getting the errors from. It is more than likely not this game or any apps you installed, but in fact an app on your phone STORING a HUGE amount of DATA. The culprit is usually Mail. Go into settings->apps->manage apps->all . Look for an app that has many MB used. That is probably your culprit. Clear data.

Also, I have the issue time to time with updating due to the /data/data limitation. Just uninstall, then install newest version. Moving some apps to the SD will alleviate the /data/data storage issue as well. Also there are custom ROMs out there if you are rooted that will allow you to make the /data/data partition much bigger. By default I think it is 100MB.

Any other Droid questions shoot me a PM. I know these phones inside and out since I cook ROMs and make apps...

[Annduhroo]

Thanks for all the tips. I'm running Stock. And what does deleting the System 32 folder do? I am going to clear data on my mail app and post my results here.

[supremo502]

@phaded - is that the case for HTC Evo too?

[Phaded]

Yea, mostly an htc thing. If your rooted you can use root explorer or android mate to view what's in there. Don't delete through that though, use the app manager to clear data.

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[Annduhroo]

Okay, so here is my top space hoggers:
Contacts Storage 25mb
Com.htc.socialnetwork 11mb
Adobe Flash Player 11mb
Maps 10mb
Facebook 9mb
Movies 7mb

Everything else is under or around 4mb. Emails actually low in space, under 4mb... I really don't know what else to do?

[Phaded]

hmm, contact storage seems high, back up to google, delete data, then resync. The bottom four are normal. Social network... What's that friend stream?

[Annduhroo]

Okay, I have backup assistant, so I backed up there. I wasn't sure how to backup to Google so I exported them to SD. I cleared data and imported back, now it's 2.5mb.

[Annduhroo]

And finally able to install, but I don't know how long this will last... I think it might be Facebook making the contacts so large.

[Phaded]

Facebook shouldn't effect it in that way. Thats more or less for pictures. My storage for contacts is always set low.

FYI to back up to google, just run sync on your google account. All contacts set as google (which is default) back-up to your google account.

[ONANEBEZ]

I've had trouble installing only certain releases through the market. Are you getting a low application space warning from your phone or the "sorry not enough space to install" message when you try updating through the market?

[Futumsh]

If you have a device with particularly low internal storage space, it often helps to uninstall, then reboot the phone before installing, as that tends to clean a lot of temporary space.