"Not enough space on phone" notification with 80% storage remaining

Hi,
After installing an app, I got a notification saying: "Not enough space on phone. Touch to delete junk files." However, after clicking on the message, a screen comes up stating: "Remaining internal storage: 79% (2.86Gb/3.59Gb)."
Moreover, I can't download new apps from google play because I get a "not enough free space" error.

I'm running Android 6 on a Huawei Honor 4 with a SD card adopted as internal storage. The SD card has several Gbs of storage available whereas the built-in storage has 0.65 of 3.67 Gb available. I wonder whether the fact that the built-in storage is relatively full is what is causing the problem.

At any rate, my understanding is that the system should not distinguish between internal storage and SD card and I should not have any issue of lack of space. Is that right? Is there a way to fix this?

Originally Posted by Gregorio Curello

Hi,
After installing an app, I got a notification saying: "Not enough space on phone. Touch to delete junk files." However, after clicking on the message, a screen comes up stating: "Remaining internal storage: 79% (2.86Gb/3.59Gb)."
Moreover, I can't download new apps from google play because I get a "not enough free space" error.

I'm running Android 6 on a Huawei Honor 4 with a SD card adopted as internal storage. The SD card has several Gbs of storage available whereas the built-in storage has 0.65 of 3.67 Gb available. I wonder whether the fact that the built-in storage is relatively full is what is causing the problem.

At any rate, my understanding is that the system should not distinguish between internal storage and SD card and I should not have any issue of lack of space. Is that right? Is there a way to fix this?

Don't mark my words, but from what I understand you can't necessary install direct to the SD card from the play store, and have to move it over after the fact, IF it permit is.

That's really helpful, thanks!