[Galaxy S II General] KingRJ10:
Greetings guys!

I have noticed that many of us have been experiencing "Insufficient Storage Issue", and tried to solve it by spending hours of thorough searching. I myself spent more than 4 hours and literally broke my head until I found a post that actually saved my phone . So I thought of gathering and clubbing most of the common possible steps from various sources to fix this issue for the benefit of those who are in such a trauma, ;p

Before I continue, please ensure that you're problem is caused even when you have sufficient internal memory, of about atleast 1GB. If that's not the case then simply release your memory by deleting useless/enormous apps, videos, pictures, media, etc. or by taking storing them on the PC or any other secondary storage device (backup device). In fact deleting of old heavy-spaced files such as telephone messages, unused contacts list, whatsapp messages,etc also helps! And this post is specifically for ROOTED phones only. However people having UNROOTED phones could skim and have a look.

SOLUTION 1:

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SOLUTION 2: Removal of ODEX files

The phone stores many files in ODEX format, which potentially take up enormous amount of space. This issue can happen when the .odex file from a previous install remains in /data/app. You can delete them using one of these two techniques:

>>Using Root Explorer app:

The most preferred method. Just Goto /data/app using the explorer and delete files of the format ".odex" format. No need to worry, you won't

mess up the phone by deleting them :)

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SOLUTION 3: Removal of specific files method from the /data/app directory (suggested by baha76_s)

>>>Thanks to baha76_s (Senior member at the HTC One X+ forum)

Check out this post. Very helpful indeed.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2443267

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SOLUTION 4: Moving of apps from internal SD to external SD either manually or using secondary apps like Link2sd App

Download link for Link2SD app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD

Just in case you cannot install this app also because of the dreaded "Insufficient Storage Available" error, just delete old, useless and heavy apps, videos, media, etc. You should be able to install the app. Just transfer the apps to the External SD card and check if the error is resolved.

One should know that a specific amount of internal memory is reserved for the installation of apps. Just in case if it's full, try changing the download location of the apps to the external SD card through the SETTINGS menu. This may also work.

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SOLUTION 5: Wiping Cache and Dalvik Cache (Factory Reset)

Before this step, try releasing out cache memory of heavy-duty apps, especially network apps like Facebook, which hog up a lot of precious space. You can use the following app as well: App Cache Cleaner

Download link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.cache

Otherwise just wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache through CMW Recovery or TWRP Recovery. Possibly the one of the worst and most disturbing solution of all. However many people have seemed to have recovered from this issue. The problem should be fixed by now. ;)

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SOLUTION 6: Reflash the ROM

Really? It has all gone to this?! :crying:

Unfortunately yes! Just remember to take up a nandroid backup before reflashing to prevent any other casualties...... :(

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Ok fellas!

That should cover most of the common troubleshooting steps. If you're lucky enough, you should get it through.

Still stuck? Let us know.

Since this is my first thread post, please update or PM me just in case I missed out any valid point and any other step, ok? :laugh::good:

THANKS FOR READING!!!

Thanks to:

MistahBungle and malybru for notifying about SOLUTION 1 :good: