There are no third-party applications, but 300m of memory is occupied. What to do if there is not enough free space in the memory of your Android mobile device, how to fix the situation

By installing many applications on your gadget every day, you risk encountering a problem that has already affected many. - Google Play may one day produce just such a message. What to do? We present to your attention several methods for solving this problem.

Disk space

To do this, go to the main menu of the phone. Then select Settings. After that, find the line “Memory” and tap on it. A window will open in front of you in which all the memory on the phone will appear in front of you in graphical form. After this you have two options to deal with Google problem Play "Not enough memory...".

1. Cleaning. Simply delete old and unnecessary data. Move the photos and videos you would like to save to your computer. Clean up apps that haven't been used for a long time.
2. Default entry. If you have an additional memory card on your gadget that still has plenty of space, you can simply change the “tick” position and specify the removable memory as the main one. After this, the phone will download and install applications on it, and not on the filled internal one.

If you have checked everything and your device still has plenty of memory, but Google Play writes “Insufficient memory”, as before, then most likely there is some problem internal error. Let's try to figure it out.

The soft way

First of all, you need to uninstall the applications. “Not enough device memory space” - Google Play displays this message if it has reached its cache limit. Although the amount of data stored in application memory is unlimited, crashes may occur beyond a certain number.

Go to your phone settings and go to "Applications". Select Google Play from the list and go to it. Stop this program and then erase your data and cache. The same procedure should be repeated for the utility Google Service Framework.

After all the operations performed, reboot the device. Sometimes you may need to remove everything installed updates for Google. This is done in the same menu as deleting the cache. If the entire procedure does not help, move on to the next method.

Reset your phone

The following method includes several methods at once. The point is that this instruction Not suitable for everyone. The so-called root rights will be extremely useful to you.

So, if the message: “There is not enough space in the device memory” is displayed by Google Play on your gadget, then you can try to reset all temporary data from the memory.

• To do this, you will have to enter the engineering menu of the device. To do this, turn off the phone completely, and when you turn it on, hold down the power and volume (+) buttons at the same time. You need the item " Wipe cache partition". From there, go to "Advanced". The last thing you need is "Wipe Dalvick Cache". After that, reboot the gadget and check its functionality.

If this method did not help you, then there is nothing left to do but reset all parameters to factory settings. There are two ways to do this.

• Go to the phone settings. Item "Restore and reset". And select the “Reset settings” function we need. After this, the phone will return to its original state, what it was like immediately after purchase.
• If you cannot start the gadget (forgot your password, for example), then you can use it again engineering menu. Only this time you will need the "Wipe data" item or

Conclusion

Regardless of which path you choose to solve the problem, be sure to follow all safety measures. Create backups so that later, if something goes wrong, you can always restore the original state.

However, be careful when using a factory reset. After restoring from a copy, all the problems may come back, and you will again have an error with the classification “Insufficient space in the device memory.” In this case, Google Play will have to be configured again.

When trying to update installed application or download a new one from Play Market You may receive a message warning you that your device does not have enough free memory to complete the operation. This notification interrupts the process, and it can occur both when there is really not enough memory, and when in fact there is sufficient free space.

Causes of memory errors

The "Your device doesn't have enough memory" error occurs when the files you need to download to install or update a game or app are larger than your device's main memory can accommodate. But there are times when this problem may occur when there is enough memory.

When downloading the Play Market application, it says that there is not enough space on the device

How to get rid of the error

You can find out if you have enough space in the device settings by going to the “Memory” section. It describes which memory is the main one - device memory or memory card - how much space is occupied and what it is filled with. If you are convinced that you do not have enough space, then you need to free it. There is no other way to get rid of the “Insufficient memory” message.

Please note that if the volume of files that need to be downloaded from the Play Market is even slightly less than what you have, then an error may still appear, since part of the memory should always remain unoccupied. Therefore, the total amount of memory should exceed the size of the downloaded application by several megabytes.

Cleaning through settings

To clear your phone's memory through Settings:

Clearing memory manually

Manual cleaning is about removing everything that can be removed. See which apps you're not using. You can transfer media files such as music, photos, etc. to a memory card or third party media.

The most convenient way to check the device memory is through Explorer: open any file manager available on the device and open all folders one by one, deleting unnecessary files. But keep in mind that you can only erase those items that you downloaded. Do not touch system files under any circumstances, this will damage the device.

Automatic memory clearing

Clear your device of temporary, frozen and broken files possible in automatic mode, if you use one of third party programs designed for this purpose. For example, you can download free version CCleaner from the Play Market and clear the device’s memory of everything unnecessary by just clicking the “Clean” button. Scanning should be done every time you need free space, as unnecessary files will accumulate again over time.

Video: Various ways to clear memory on Android

An error appeared, but there is space

There are times when a message about lack of space appears, but in fact there is free memory. Please note that on some devices the memory may be divided, that is, not all free space is allocated for applications. But if you are sure that there is enough memory, then the problem is Play app Market, which incorrectly retrieves device information. To fix this, you need to first reboot your device. If that doesn't help, do the following:

1. While in system settings, expand the Applications tab. Open the “Applications” tab in “Settings”
2. Go to the “Everything” section and find the Play Market in it. Open information about the Play Market in “Applications”
3. Stop it, clear cache and data. After that, reboot your device again and check if the error disappears. Stop the application, clear its cache and data, and restart
4. If the error does not disappear, then do the same steps with Google Service Framework and Google Play Services. These two apps can be found in the same All list. Resetting services related to Play Market - Google Services Framework and Google Play Services
5. After that, return to the Play Market and uninstall the updates, thereby rolling it back to the original version. When you connect to Wi-Fi networks, the store will automatically update itself to latest version. Reboot your device: the error will no longer occur.
   We delete store updates using a similar button in the application menu

Video: How to eliminate memory misrecognition

"Out of memory" error outside the Play Market

There are cases, although rare, when similar error Insufficient memory occurs outside the store, for example, when installing an application from an apk file. If you really do not have free memory allocated for applications, then follow the instructions described above.

If you are sure that there is space, and this error occurs not only with one application, but in all cases, then this indicates damage system files. The best way out- copy all important information from the device to a third-party reliable media and restore the device to factory settings.

Video: factory reset

How to avoid encountering a similar problem in the future

To avoid encountering the “Not enough space” error in the future, you need to follow these rules:

• keep track of what your device's memory is being used for;
• clear temporary files and cache every few weeks;
• remove applications only in the correct way, and without erasing files related to them: incorrect removal will lead to file system there will be many frozen elements from the deleted program;
• don't overload your memory unnecessary applications and games.

You are faced with an error when your device does not have enough memory to perform some action - first make sure there is enough memory, and if it really is not enough, reset the settings of the Play Market and all services related to it. If the error occurred outside the store, reset the device after creating a backup copy of the information stored in the system.

The memory full problem, which can be identified by the message issued by the Android operating system “Memory Full,” is quite common. Moreover universal solutions doesn't exist for her, but there is a lot of advice. In this material we will try to systematize all or at least most available information on this issue.

Types of memory in Android devices

RAM, Random Access Memory or RAM - random access memory or random access memory. The software (including the operating system and installed applications) writes to given memory the data they need during their work and can quickly read it. RAM required constant power supply– when you turn off or restart the device, it is completely cleared. The more RAM, the correspondingly more different processes and services can be launched simultaneously. The “Phone memory is full” error may occur if the entire amount of RAM is completely exhausted, and free space there is not enough for the application to be launched.

ROM, Read Only Memory or ROM - read-only memory. The information stored in it cannot be changed and is recorded when the phone is manufactured or when reinstalled operating system- that is, in the process of flashing. ROM is often divided into several sections to perform internal functions.

Interal Storage (Interal Phone Storage) – internal storage of a smartphone (or other device). This memory section is designed to store user data, installed applications, and so on. This is something like an analogue of a hard drive in a personal computer. Naturally, in the process of writing data to the internal memory of an Android device, the free space here becomes less. The total storage capacity and the amount of free space can be viewed in the device settings.

External Storage – or, essentially, a microSD/microSDHC memory card. This type The user can expand the memory at will, if, of course, the device supports memory cards, and there is a corresponding slot for this. Is something like external hard drive For personal computer. The total and occupied volumes of this type of memory, as well as the free space on the card, can be checked in the settings of the Android gadget. You can store multimedia data such as music, movies, pictures on a memory card. Starting with Android 2.2, it became possible to transfer installed applications to a memory card if the application itself supports it, thus saving space on internal storage. Before replacing a memory card, it is strongly recommended that you first unmount it rather than simply removing it from the device.

Why does memory run out?

Usually, after some time of relatively “quiet” use of an Android device, users begin a period when they want to modify this very device in every possible way programmatically. The endless installation of applications, scripts, and so on begins. And sooner or later the message “Phone memory is full” appears, especially if the model is not one of the “top” ones, and there is not that much memory. It is logical to assume that the problem is in RAM - yes, this is partly true. But cleaning it up is much easier; this can be done both through the settings and using various downloadable utilities. So, a message about a lack of memory in the device appears when the internal storage is full. Of course, you can constantly clean this very drive, remove unnecessary applications, and so on, but over time it will be seen that the notorious “Phone memory is full” will appear more and more often. What is this connected with?

• operating room Android system installs applications to internal memory by default;
• Not every application can be transferred to a memory card;
• “hard-wired” into your device is vital important programs like Google Maps and Google Play are updated periodically, occupying additional cells internal memory;
• some manufacturers throw a ton of stuff into the smartphone or tablet you bought pre-installed games and other software called bloatware.

Checking free space

Via dispatcher

Button - call the dispatcher

IN Samsung devices Press and hold the Home button for about a second, then go to the memory icon.

The data here is displayed in the format "Occupied/Total", so you will need to remember a little arithmetic lessons.

Through settings

Everything is simpler here: Settings > Options > Memory . And you don’t need to count anything.

How to clean - overview of options

Operational measures

For a quick, although not very long-term, solution to the situation, clearing temporary files will help. They have the extension .rm and are stored in the folder datalocal mp. You can delete temporary files if you have Root access, for example, using Root Explorer.

Also, in the above folder data you can find many files that have the extension .log and contain “error” in the name - these are error log files various applications, which take up quite a lot of space. We delete them and forget about “Phone memory is full” for a while.

Removing dex files

Now let's look at a more thorough method of cleaning space on the internal drive. Each program on a smartphone or tablet, or any other Android device, when installed, creates a file with the extension .dex in the directory datadalvik-cache. But sometimes, on some system applications These files are missing, and the following picture is visible:

It's really strange that the program takes up 0 bytes. As it turns out, the reason lies in the fact that along with these files, the firmware contains files of the same name, but with the .odex extension. These files can be created, and then there is no need to leave the .dex files. For example, LuckyPatcher can “oddex” applications. So, first, look in the application properties to see how much space it takes up:

IN in this case it's 1.68 MB, so the corresponding .dex file is in datadalvik-cache takes up the same amount of space, and the created .odex file will weigh the same. Launch the mentioned LuckyPatcher, select from the list the right application, press on it (not just “tap” once, but press and hold), we see the context menu:

We select the first or second item, and it does not matter that the application may not need to remove license verification or remove advertising at all. After this, the program will create the .odex files we need. You can now remove .dex files from datadalvik-cache. And now we see that the application already takes 0 bytes, but it works fine. This method Suitable for system applications.

For custom applications, everything is a little different. We select the application we need and go to its folder on the memory card, look at the free memory this application. On in this example 1.56 MB is reserved for the program folder, while the .dex file occupies 1.68 MB.

There are several ways to solve this problem: either move the selected application to the system directory and carry out the manipulations described above, or forget about this idea specifically with this application and take on some other program. By the way, if you move the application to user memory and then create .odex, you can delete .dex, and the program will work normally. But when you move it to a flash drive, the .odex file will be deleted and the application will refuse to work. In this case, there are only two options left: reinstall the program again or do complete cleaning dalvik-cache. So not every application can work without .dex - the method will only work with applications that have more free memory than .dex.

Hard reboot

You can solve the problem radically by using Hard reset – hard reboot communicator. This is a good step, returning the device to its original factory settings. The speed of operation increases, the smartphone instantly responds to all input and literally begins to “fly”. But, on the other hand, such an action can cause inconvenience for the user, because this is the deletion of data, files, applications that he will be forced to install again.

An effective but harsh way to solve the problem

Removing unnecessary applications, their updates and cache

To get rid of unused apps, go to Settings > Options > Application Manager.

Finding it in the Application Manager menu is not so difficult

Once in the “Downloaded” tab, call up the menu and sort the files by size. Next, select the applications you abandoned and click “Delete”.

You can only remove updates from applications that you installed yourself - a similar trick won’t work with built-in ones.

Select the application, click on “Uninstall updates”, and then click on “Disable”.

If you have root, then you can even get rid of system software. But be careful - one awkward move and your smartphone will fall asleep.

To clear the application cache, go to: Settings > Options > Memory.

Wait a few seconds until the amount of occupied space is determined, then select “Cached Data” and tap “OK”.

Using CCleaner utility

CCleaner is perhaps the best of the utilities

I can’t say that this method is super-effective, given that some utilities themselves take up a lot of space and even display advertising. Therefore, if you decide to resort to it, then choose the proven CCleaner.

After the utility has done its job, you can safely remove it - until the next need.

Video: How to free up memory on Android

“Phone memory is full” is certainly one of the most unpleasant and annoying messages for Android device owners. We hope that thanks to our advice, she will not bother you for a long time.

What can stop you from installing a new application from Google Play? Is it just a lack of memory? Suddenly your Android smartphone says “Not enough memory”, although there is space.
What to do? You see that there are enough free megabytes both on the Micro SD card and in the internal memory. But how to explain this to a smartphone?

1. When memory is really low

To be fair, it must be said that sometimes the smartphone is right. For example, if you are focusing only on the space on the map, and installing the application there is not provided. Or if the application requires additional space to run.

Then like it or not, you will have to free up space. There are several proven ways to do this:

• Remove unnecessary applications. This is a question exclusively for you: perhaps old games are no longer so interesting? Or do you have several applications installed that duplicate each other?
• Move apps to Micro card SD whenever possible. On this topic we have.
• Clear cache using special utilities(eg CCleaner). Sometimes it takes up a surprising amount of space, being, in fact, unnecessary.
• Clear memory manually with using Root Explorer or other file manager. This approach is very effective, but requires knowledge. Deleting the wrong files will make your smartphone inoperable. Therefore, before manual cleaning, be sure to make a backup.
• Reset the entire system and reinstall applications via Titanium Backup. This is a slightly more complicated method. For it you need to have installed Titanium app Backup. Make backup copies of all settings apps. Reset the system completely. Install Titanium Backup again and restore applications from copies. This method does a good job of cleaning the system from garbage and often adds several hundred megabytes to free memory.

2. When there seems to be enough memory

There are situations when a smartphone or tablet refuses to install an application not only on the memory card, but also in the internal memory. At the same time, there is sufficient free space. How to force Android to face reality and still install the application?

There are several ways that might work:

• Clear cache Google applications Play and Google Service Framework. Open the Settings menu, select these two applications and clear their cache. After this, restart your smartphone. If there is free space, the device will now be able to use it.
• Delete Play update. To do this, you need to go to Settings, find the Applications item there, and Google Play in the list. Tap on it and in the page that opens, select the “Uninstall updates” button. It is recommended to do this if clearing the cache did not help.
• Clear Dalvik cache. Turn off your smartphone and turn it on Recovery mode(to do this you usually need to hold down the power button and the volume button). Select Wipe from the menu cache partition. If you haven't encountered this before, we'll give you a hint: touch display does not work in this mode, you need to select it using the volume buttons. At this point, select the Advanced Options sub-item, and in it – Wipe Dalvik Cache. This action will reset the Dalvik cache and not only free up some space, but also help the system work efficiently with what it already has.

To avoid such problems in the future, you can use the Link2SD or Folder Mount utilities, which will help you virtually combine Micro SD and internal memory into a single array. Remember that in this case the memory card becomes virtually non-removable, so before this operation, get a sufficiently large Micro SD.

Every user at least once encounters the problem of downloading files to mobile devices. You are trying to download an application on Android, for example, from the official Google store, but the system notifies you that this is impossible because there is not enough memory on your smartphone or tablet. But you know for sure that there is free space. What to do in this case? Correct the situation using one of the methods below.
We'll start with simple options(they are the most reliable and effective), and in conclusion we will consider complex ways(their use may be unsafe for the device).

I would like to start this instructional article with important notes.:

• First note. If you are sure that the internal memory is not exhausted, do not forget that it is never fully used. There must always be space on the device, otherwise software will not be able to work. That's why you receive such a notification when downloading files.
• Second note. If a file is downloaded to the SD card, it doesn't mean the memory is inside mobile device may be filled. It should have enough free space for loading, since it is also in use.
• Third note. Do not clear the internal memory of your smartphone or tablet using special utilities. If they promise you to free up space, get rid of it unnecessary applications etc., and even in automatic mode, don’t be fooled. All you will achieve is to slow down your smartphone and drain the battery.

How to quickly clear Android memory (the easiest way)

The cache is easy to clean, even if you picked up your smartphone or tablet for the first time the day before yesterday. From the Settings of your mobile device, go to “Storage and USB drives” or the “Memory” section. Just below you will see “Cache Data”.

In the same way as we cleared the general cache, you can delete application files individually. A lot of space is occupied by the cache of web browsers, applications for storing and editing photos, and others. If you see a notification about low memory after you updated an already installed application, delete its data and try again.

How to clear application cache separately? From Settings, go to Applications, select the one you need and click on the “Storage” item. A corresponding button will appear, which you need to click. It is also recommended to “Clear the data” of the “problematic” application.

Removing unnecessary applications, transferring to SD card

If you are using flash memory, transfer some applications there. You can only transfer files that were downloaded from external source(and not all of them), and not those that are preinstalled. Click on separate application and press the corresponding button to move. This way you can free up enough memory space inside your tablet or smartphone.

Additional ways to fix the "Insufficient memory on device" error

Removing updates and data from Google Play Services and Play Store

Clearing Dalvik Cache

1. Open Recovery menu mode (search online for information on how to enter this mode, as the options vary on each device).
   To select a specific action in recovery mode, you need to press the volume button, and to confirm it, click on the power button (briefly).
2. We need Wipe cache partition (cleaning the cache). Don't even look in the direction of Wipe Data Factory Reset. Clicking this item will erase all user information and reset the mobile device to initial settings.
3. After selecting Wipe cache partition, click Advanced and Wipe Dalvik Cache alternately.

Clearing the data folder (Root required)

1. Open the application folder and go to /data/app-lib/its_name/. The "lib" folder must be deleted. Check if it helps.
2. If a notification about insufficient memory still appears on your smartphone/tablet, delete the folder with the application completely ( /data/app-lib/its_name/).

Untested ways to fix the error

Try the following:

• Using Root Explorer, a file manager, transfer some applications from data/app to the /system/app/ folder.
• If your smartphone is from Samsung, enter the command *#9900# to clear log files.