friend with optimus can't download and install apps.

[HeraldO]

As the title states, and she says it had green this way since she got it new. I looked and it said she only had 20.3 Mb free. She was actually able to download one app and I moved that to Sd card. When after tried to download apps it tells her she doesn't have enough space

Any advice on how to proceed?

[HeraldO]

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[twtippets]

Does she have a custom ROM on her phone?

[HeraldO]

No, it is stock.

[twtippets]

She could try and do a factory reset and see if that fixes the problem. That's what the guys at the sprint store will do anyway. Make sure she has all her contacts and stuff synced with her google account. If that doesn't fix it, she may need to take it back to sprint as a defective phone. The other option would be to root it, and put a custom ROM on it and have fun with it.

[Ez Duzit]

Was this phone directly from Sprint of somewhere else?

Anyway, it's easy enough verify exactly what apps have been downloaded onto the phone since it was new. Press the menu key and choose settings. Then choose Applications > Manage applications. It should open to the first tab which will only show the apps that have been downloaded to the phone. I'm thinking you might find a bunch there.

[vapore0n]

Go to the Settings/Applications and see which app is using all that data. (Sort by size)
Then do some clear cache on stuff like Gmail, Email, Maps, move to SD for all apps that are not small and not critical (like move games but not stuff with widgets).

This phone came with a very small amount of space left for the user. This due to all the partitioning that is done at the OS level. One of my gripes with android.

[abhijeetmit]

I've a LG Optimus S that is running very low on internal memory because of which I'm not able to install any applications. Can you please guide me on the steps to install applications on SD card by default and not on the internal memory. I'm a newbie to all this and would appreciate your help. My phone is running 2.3.3 ZVJ update.

Thank you for your help.

[jefboyardee]

Settings> Applications> Manage Applications> Maps> Uninstall (gigantic) updates

...it’s an Optimus panacea, on mine at least.

[abhijeetmit]

Internal storage still limits my capability of installing multiple applications on my phone. That's why I was wondering if I can move all those gigantic applications directly on my SD card then I'll have the liberty of installing all sorts of applications on my phone.