Why does sometimes when you delete an app from your phone to open up space but when you try to download same thing you deleted it says “not enough space”
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I think it might be similar to how a computer writes memory. Once you download something it is stored on a hard drive or memory card. When you delete the program or app most of it deleted but there is always some fragments of data left over on the outer end of the hard drive. The apps you use most often is on the inside of hard drive so those apps starts faster. Remember apps never completely delete and when you install many apps and delete them this will slow your phone or computer eventually just because of memory fragments on the outer edges of your hard drive.
You will always lose space that can be used for memory from deletion.
You know when a house gets built, how there are piles of lumber/materials in the yard, on the driveway, etc that get cleared up once house is built? Similar idea… maybe there’s room for the completed dwelling, but not all the initial construction debris.
Ever download a zipped file? You might download a 10 MB compressed file, it needs to expand into a 20MB file, and then after that you can delete the original 10MB file. It’s not exactly the same concept, but you can see that there are ways that computers balloon beyond the actual final space used during setup.
Updates to the app increase it’s size as well as the fact that you have to download the install file AND installing the program before the install file is deleted. This causes a temporary increase in drive space needed.
Your phone generally tries to keep space for other softwares and apps, such as IOS software updates. So, after you delete a certain app from your phone, it reserves this new space for other softwares and applications to be installed.
Second, your phone may temporarily need more space when downloading the app. Although the app states its size, it usually balloons higher and needs more space for this.
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1. The app may temporarily need more space to install. Think of it as using a extra sheet of paper to help calculate a math problem.
2. Your phone may have used the free space for other things, such as downloading a software update. Think of it as the fridge being filled up by other food after you empty it.
3. The app may have been updated by the developer and is now larger than before. Think of it as upgrading a meal from Medium to Large and how it now takes up more space.
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