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Froyo 2.2

I keep getting the "Low on Space: Application data space is low. To free up" [the rest is cut off] message.

I've moved every app I can over to the SD card, cleared the cache, compacted my K9 mail cache.

Advanced Task Killer (ouch!) says I have 98M Available Memory

File Manager says I have 223M/748M (29%) free.

That's not so bad -- but I'm stuck in the no-updates scenario. The market downloads won't really start, gmail won't update, etc. I've rebooted several times, and nothing changes. Aaaargh.

What can be done, other than uninstalling everything ?

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FWIW, I've been getting these often with my HTC Incredible. Clearing the data in HTC Sense seemed to be the one thing that solved the issue for me. (I'm using Zeam launcher besides.) – gary May 29 '11 at 15:37
See here how Android calculates your personal space limit: code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4991#c145 – OneWorld Jan 5 '12 at 12:50

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This timely post from Lifehacker may help... Were you the one who emailed them? ;)

What Should I Do When My Android Runs Out of App Space?

Here's the summary, in order of easy to hard:

  1. Move Bigger Apps to SD Storage - currently requires Froyo (2.2). Navigate to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications (or something similar). View the All Tab, sort by size. You can't do anything about the big hitters, namely Gmail, Browser and Maps will always be pretty big.

  2. Clear the Cache, and Maybe Data, on Some Apps Similar to #1, navigate to Settings > Applications.

  3. Clear Out Apps You Don't Actually Use Shouldn't this be #1? ;)

  4. Android 2.2: Set Your SD Card as the Default Installation Location LifeHacker points to the Androinica blog how-to here.

  5. Root Your Phone and Set Up Apps2SD Disclaimer: rooting may not be fun for non-geeks. LifeHacker how-to-root and custom firmware CyanogenMOD (also supplied by LifeHacker).

Of course some of the comments on the post are helpful as well. Hope it helps.

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You can use an app like DiskUsage to see which applications are taken up the most memory on the internal storage.

Clearing the cached data stored by app (from application screen in settings) is also a way of freeing up space temporary.

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It may be time for you to start removing old applications that you no longer use or don't use very frequently. You've already moved your apps to the SD card and cleared your caches, there isn't much more you can do.

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The fix is on the HTC Forum under the heading "Fix for Receiving Texts Again!" It is the same issue different symptoms. I did it last week. Yes, I am running Android version 2.3.4.

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