Google Play - Insufficient Storage ERROR - I Have PLENTY of SPACE

[dankduke1]

Hi - I am running a rooted, Android 4.3 on a Samsung Note 3.

I have 4 GB free space on the phones internal storage & 3 GB free on my SD Card. I try and install Words With Friends (20MB) and it downloads, tries to install and then says ERROR - INSUFFICENT STORAGE AVAILABLE.

I have tried to reboot, shut down and restart, delete a 1GB Game and still I get the error no matter what I do.

PLEASE HELP.

What do I need to do

 

[sauce_a_poutine]

Go into your app manager, and clear the software cache of everything, most important of all: your Playstore app cache. There could be some kind of system limit on cache and system files to allow for some leeway for the rest....

 

[Sonnydigs]

Hi - I am running a rooted, Android 4.3 on a Samsung Note 3.

I have 4 GB free space on the phones internal storage & 3 GB free on my SD Card. I try and install Words With Friends (20MB) and it downloads, tries to install and then says ERROR - INSUFFICENT STORAGE AVAILABLE.

I have tried to reboot, shut down and restart, delete a 1GB Game and still I get the error no matter what I do.

PLEASE HELP.

What do I need to do

Are you running the stock browser??

 

[mavrrick]

Reboot the phone. The one time I had this happen that fixed it.

Posted via Android Central App on my Note 3

 

[mavrrick]

You could also clear the cache data for the Play store app.

Posted via Android Central App on my Note 3

 

[mavrrick]

You say rooted. Is that stock rooted, or a custom rom.

Posted via Android Central App on my Note 3

 

[Joules Beef]

same problem here different phone.
trying to install a cache cleaner actually.
1.4 megs

have nearly a gig free on the phone.
4 gigs free on ssd


cant install anything.

reformated internal mem.. got rid of all picts and media

nothing nada.


used link2sdd which is on there.. to clear app caches.

nothing.

 

[mrsmumbles]

same problem here different phone.
trying to install a cache cleaner actually.
1.4 megs

have nearly a gig free on the phone.
4 gigs free on ssd


cant install anything.

reformated internal mem.. got rid of all picts and media

nothing nada.


used link2sdd which is on there.. to clear app caches.

nothing.

You don't need a cache cleaner. Go to Settings, Storage. Tap on Cache. Tap on Clear.

Edit: This may not work on Android 4.3 and lower.

 

[Steeve Francillon]

Use root Explorer go to data then app-store and delete the folders for the appropriate app.

 

[Steeve Francillon]

Re-download the app and you good to go.

 

[superakuma]

same problem here different phone.
trying to install a cache cleaner actually.
1.4 megs

have nearly a gig free on the phone.
4 gigs free on ssd


cant install anything.

reformated internal mem.. got rid of all picts and media

nothing nada.


used link2sdd which is on there.. to clear app caches.

nothing.

My wife has the same issue with her S4. I will give that a try. Thanks

 

[ash2015]

Hi there,
Go to Settings, Apps, All and uninstall Google Play Store.
This will replace by the old version and then you can download without " Insufficient Storage ERROR"
It works for me

 

[Alex van der Linden]

Hi there,
Go to Settings, Apps, All and uninstall Google Play Store.
This will replace by the old version and then you can download without " Insufficient Storage ERROR"
It works for me

This works for me as well. Thanks.a

 

[Diane Davis1]

Works for me. Thanks. I've been trying to figure out a way around this problem for awhile.

 

[Martin Tsankov]

This works for me as well. Thanks.a

It works for me too. Thanks so much

 

[madclocker]

My trick was to uninstall Google Play services...then I got a notice saying that my apps would not work without it and I hit install and it went fine...now my Gmail works where before it would just say that google play services needed to be updated for Gmail to work

 

[Shruthika Shiv]

Go to Settings >> Apps >> All >> Open each app and Move to SD Card.

Now try to download or update your need.

It works for me..............

 

[Valeri Kupunia]

This doesn't work for me :'( please help

 

[Giovannie XD]

Hi. please help.. i am already rebot and erase all my data.. from my phone and install a new google play but the time that i am going to update the google play service it says INSUFFICIENT memory available.. plsss help

 

[TygerDroid]

I inadvertently found the weirdest fix for this issue. After I'd burned through nearly all my allotted data (cheap 1 gig prepaid plan) trying to download the system update and kept getting that "insufficient storage space" error message, I upped my data plan to 3 gigs so I wouldn't be charged for going over. Boom--the system update software finally worked properly and updated my system even though I'd given up trying to free up more internal space. If you're on a cheap 1-Gig plan, you may want to try upping your data allottment temporarily to do the system update. If your plan is prepaid, you can always crank down the data allotment for the next month's billing cycle.