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I have an Android Galaxy S1, and have been getting the error "application cannot be installed in the default install location". I am aware that this is a common issue. So I Googled it, and almost everyone is saying to move your apps to the SD card or delete unused games.

There's only one problem. My phone won't let me move apps into the SD card, and I have 1.3GB of free app space. While I can download some apps, the more important ones won't download.

Anyone have any fixes to this?

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You cannot! Some require to be on internal storage, read non-moveable to external storage for the app to work, widgets is one example. – t0mm13b Jan 9 at 1:47
So there's no way to fix the "application cannot be installed in the default install location?" error without moving apps to SDCard, is what you're saying? – user26405 Jan 9 at 1:48
It depends on apps that are required to be on internal storage, facebook, google mail, play store, to name but a few are ones that are on internal storage only, i.e. default install location! :) – t0mm13b Jan 9 at 2:29

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Developers can define the App Install Location in their app's Manifest file. As you stated you cannot move apps to your SDCard, this might be the clue: Apps having their install location set to the internal storage will be able to install, while those defined for external storage (i.e. SDCard) are failing for the very same reason: They cannot be moved to the SDCard.

So your real problem is: Why can't you move apps to the SDCard? To find an answer to this, it would also be helpful to know your Android version. I'd suggest making this a separate question linking here, and giving some more details on your device and Android version there.

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I have android 4.1.1 what I did to fix the issue about installing to default install location.... Go to settings ....then to storage....then the preferred install location....then select let the system decide That's it . U can always change it back to sd card when u finish updating the apps with the issue

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