Installation errors: INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE

Question

I tried many methods to fix Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE but until now, I can increase my intern storage memory.

The method I tried:

1. Right click the root of your Android Project, go to "Run As" then go to "Run Configurations..." locate the "Android Application" node in the tree at the left, then select your project and go to the "Target" tab on the right side of the window look down for the "Additional Emulator Command Line Options" field (sometimes you'll need to make the window larger) and finally paste "-partition-size 1024" there. Click Apply and then Run to use your emulator.

2. Go to Eclipse's Preferences, then Select “Launch” Add “-partition-size 1024” on the “Default emulator option” field, then click “Apply” and use your emulator as usual.

3. Open your .Android directory. Usually in your home directory. Then go to avd and then open the directory that has the name of the avd you would like to change.

4. Now edit the config.ini file and add the following line or modify the following line: disk.dataPartition.size=1024

This all worked for me in Linux.

I used my app to store in external storage by using this:

android:installLocation="preferExternal" 

but then I received

Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_MEDIA_UNAVAILABLE

Sensualist

s i'm testing it in google tv add on emulator – Sensualist

@MMohsinNaeem can u help me i got held up for 3 days with this problem – Sensualist

have you specified size of sdcard? – Erine

@MeghaJoshi-GoogleTVDevRel yes i have specified 1gb size for my sdcard can u help me – Sensualist

If you email me at lesv (at) google.com I should be able to help you make this issue go away. – Heaume

Try to install your application after uninstalling it from the device or emulator that you are using. I had the same issue and solved it by doing this. Hope it helps ... – Batik

@Batik i cant install my app in the device it show low space. in the setting my app is not showing bcz it has not install – Sensualist

Answer 1

Error

Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_MEDIA_UNAVAILABLE

means that your device does not have SD card.

Error

Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE

means that you don't have enough space on device for your app.

You should do next:

1. Write android:installLocation="auto" and android itself will care where to install your app - internal or external memory.
2. Be sure that device has enough memory for installing (usually it is more then size of apk).
3. If your app really need much space - read this guide.
4. If you use emulator - setup sd card support:

Coincidentally

i try it but i am getting this error 'emulator-5554': No space left on device com.android.ddmlib.SyncException: No space left on device Launch canceled! – Sensualist

I've used the sd card support "yes" but till i am getting a same error and in my DDMS i am getting this error transfer error: No space left on device [2012-07-13 15:02:55 - Device] Error during Sync: No space left on device [2012-07-13 15:02:55 - ddms] Can't bind to local 8622 for debugger – Sensualist

can u help me i don't 've any idea what is wrong in my emulator – Sensualist

Did you try testing on real device? – Coincidentally

no it's google tv app. so i dont 've google tv and i did not test it – Sensualist

ok.. so first of all send an email [email protected]. next, maybe send us your apk and a screencapture so that we can reproduce this. also try..emulator.exe -avd <AvdName> -partition-size 512 -no-snapshot-load – Erine

Answer 2

Try with these options, with that configuration I'm able to install one app of 23MB:

Complaisant

wat is a used off GPU emulation – Sensualist

Is for accelerate the AVD with the Graphic card instead of the processor to better performance – Complaisant

i try it.now it's not even running it showing me blank screen – Sensualist

Answer 3

Try uninstalling apps that are installed on emulator and not inbuilt. you can also change the size of SD card by editing emulator settings but then it will take time to run your app as that much memory needs to be converted into a mountable partition.

Breen

my total internal memory of google tv emulator is 13mb my app is 10.5mb i can't uninstall all the app is inbuilt – Sensualist

i have put my sdcard size 2Gb – Sensualist

Answer 4

I have also had a similar problem when I run my app. In my Google TV emulator, it does not show USB storage for external storage. Try to increasing the cache memory and ram size in a emulator new hardware.

How to increase virtual memory of emulator:

\\emulator -avd "Emulator Name" -partition-size 500

After that, try to install your apk.

Langsyne