topic Re: Can't move Apps to SD in XPERIA archive

Can't move Apps to SD

MarcWinter — Mon, 09 May 2016 16:44:30 GMT

My M4 is notifiying me about low internal memory. It suggests to move the usual items to the external SD. This works for everything but the apps.

I detects 20 apps to be moved, works for a while and then tells me "20 of 20 apps could not be moved".

If I use the internal system app manager and klick on "move to SD Card", it works for a while but then cancels with an "Could not be moved. Not enough memory"-error.

I've formatted the SD card - it's completely empty and has 16GB of free space.

What's wrong with my phone?

Re: Can't move Apps to SD

Uliwooly — Mon, 09 May 2016 16:51:53 GMT

@MarcWinter

what if you move one by one?

Re: Can't move Apps to SD

MarcWinter — Mon, 09 May 2016 17:59:34 GMT

@uliwooly wrote:
@MarcWinter
what if you move one by one?

Same here - using the system app manager (Settings/Apps) doesn't allow batch moves as far as I know.

This is when I get the "Insufficient memory" error.

Re: Can't move Apps to SD

Lord_viridis — Mon, 09 May 2016 18:04:54 GMT

What file system did it format?

Re: Can't move Apps to SD

MarcWinter — Mon, 09 May 2016 18:11:01 GMT

@Viridis wrote:
What file system did it format?

The M4 formatted it to Fat32.

Re: Can't move Apps to SD

Lord_viridis — Mon, 09 May 2016 18:23:25 GMT

Hmm, should be fine that end then.

Re: Can't move Apps to SD

CameronT — Tue, 10 May 2016 00:30:09 GMT

Hi @MarcWinter,

If you clear some space first by deleting some unwanted apps or clearing the cached data, will it work then?

Re: Can't move Apps to SD

MarcWinter — Tue, 10 May 2016 05:15:17 GMT

@CameronT wrote:
If you clear some space first by deleting some unwanted apps or clearing the cached data, will it work then?

Internal Memory is shown with about 350MB free, SD-Card (of about15,5GB free).

I removed a 38MB-App, but it didn't change anything.

Re: Can't move Apps to SD

Uliwooly — Tue, 10 May 2016 07:05:11 GMT

Settings, storage, clear cache

Re: Can't move Apps to SD

_alexdon_ — Tue, 10 May 2016 08:00:38 GMT

@MarcWinter To me it looks like there isn't enough internal memory. You can read here for more information on how much free memory there must be on a device in internal:

/t5/Xperia-M4-Aqua/Insufficient-storage-I-have-sufficient-storage/m-p/1089586#M5244

Also, you should know that apps moved to external memory are not entirely moved, with most of their data still being stored in internal:

/t5/Software-Updates/Apps-moved-to-SD-card-still-reserve-space-in-internal-storage/td-p/956195/page/15