Can't move Apps to SD

[MarcWinter]

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?

[Uliwooly]

@MarcWinter

what if you move one by one?

[MarcWinter]

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@uliwooly wrote:

@MarcWinter

what if you move one by one?

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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.

[Lord_viridis]

What file system did it format?

[MarcWinter]

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@Viridis wrote:
What file system did it format?

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The M4 formatted it to Fat32.

[Lord_viridis]

Hmm, should be fine that end then.

[CameronT]

Hi @MarcWinter,

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

[MarcWinter]

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@CameronT wrote:

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

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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.

[Uliwooly]

Settings, storage, clear cache

[_alexdon_]

@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/...