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I got this message on my phone:

Message Memory full
Incoming message rejected

I have deleted a lot of messages, and I have also run the memory cleaners I have on my phone.

What should I do?

Exactly which memory is used?

Are there alternate apps that will let me store the messages in a different location?

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According to several sources (including a.o. TechniPages and AndroidCentral) the cause of this problem is lacking space in your device's internal memory, which must have at least 25MB free space left.

T-Mobile's support pages have a detailed instruction on how to solve the issue. Though for some steps it was not clear to me what Android version (and what menu option) they were referring to, as a basic abstract the most important points include:

  • Remove apps you no longer need
    This is the fastest solution, as it will certainly reclaim larger amounts of space per single step. To do so, you can e.g. use Androids default app manager: Go to Settings → Applications → Manage Applications, select the Downloaded tab (you only can remove apps you downloaded yourself), check which apps you no longer need, tap their entry, and hit the Uninstall (or Remove) button. In case this is grayed out, you might need to Force Stop the app first.
  • Move apps to your sd card
    This option is available with Android 2.2 and higher, but doesn't work with all apps. In short, apps must actively support this -- and must not provide widgets and some other things in order to be moved to sd card. The built-in "mover" only permits you to move apps applying to these rules.
  • Cleaning up caches
    You can do so manually going to Settings → Applications → Manage Applications, select "All" (not just "Downloaded"), tap each app, and select the Clear Cache button.
  • Clear history
    This is for your call-logs etc. I doubt this reclaims lots of space.

Having followed these essential steps (which I placed in the order of "most effective first"), your problem should be gone.

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  • So its not really related to to little memory for the messages? Or deleted messages not being cleaned out? (I have been deleting a lot of them)
    – Olav
    Commented Dec 22, 2012 at 17:00
  • But I only have 17.26MB internal memory free, so that could well be the case.
    – Olav
    Commented Dec 22, 2012 at 17:08
  • 17.26 < 25 -- good combined, my dear Watson :) Yeah, that will be it. You'll need to free at least ~8MB here. Keep in mind the last 2 items mentioned (cache + history) will only provide a temporary solution, as they will fill again soon. Most is gained by deleting some apps. If you can't gain enough from that, continue with step 2 (moving apps2sd). Cache cleaning won't hurt, so I'd do that anyway.
    – Izzy
    Commented Dec 22, 2012 at 17:20
  • I removed some apps, and it seems when I pass that number its OK. (But its highly annoying, I have everything I can on external partition, so they sh
    – Olav
    Commented Dec 22, 2012 at 17:36
  • To me it's rather weird that a 160 byte SMS cannot be saved unless there are at least 25MB free. It's not a really comparable size. But as you've experienced now for yourself, that is what solved it -- so feel free to accept my answer (clicking the green check-mark next to it). Luckily, there's no "I like it" button attached :)
    – Izzy
    Commented Dec 22, 2012 at 18:24

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