Solved: Insufficient Storage on app restore!

[gwthumper]

This applies to At&t i537, but might work for others as well
I was about to pull my hair out because I couldn't restore a few apps from backup or re-download from the market without the "insufficient storage" error. Theres no way im actually out of memory, so i knew something else was going on. I searched XDA & Google without finding much.
I discovered it has to do with some problems with the uninstall of the app. Basically, if android doesn't clear ALL of the data on uninstall, there's no way to reinstall it. In other words, your phone thinks its already there.

My fix-
*Must be rooted*
-I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU MESS UP- THIS IS ONLY ADVICE!!

The app & its data must be deleted from 3 places.
Using Root Explorer, go to the data folder.
Inside you must delete the app from folders:
1. App
2. App-lib
3. Data

Now install the app from backup or market.

To keep this from happening, I delete all app data in App Manager before uninstall.

If I've helped, don't forget to hit the thanks button.


Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using xda app-developers app

 

[tiskael]

This applies to At&t i537, but might work for others as well
I was about to pull my hair out because I couldn't restore a few apps from backup or re-download from the market without the "insufficient storage" error. Theres no way im actually out of memory, so i knew something else was going on. I searched XDA & Google without finding much.
I discovered it has to do with some problems with the uninstall of the app. Basically, if android doesn't clear ALL of the data on uninstall, there's no way to reinstall it. In other words, your phone thinks its already there.

My fix-
*Must be rooted*
-I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU MESS UP- THIS IS ONLY ADVICE!!

The app & its data must be deleted from 3 places.
Using Root Explorer, go to the data folder.
Inside you must delete the app from folders:
1. App
2. App-lib
3. Data

Now install the app from backup or market.

To keep this from happening, I delete all app data in App Manager before uninstall.

If I've helped, don't forget to hit the thanks button.


Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using xda app-developers app

This would have helped me heaps if I knew it a couple of weeks back. Good post!