Today I received a question in our comments section about the Text message memory full error message that seem to be common on the Android device these days. When you are receiving this message, you won’t be able to receive text messages.
The Messaging app doesn’t use SD card storage space to store messages. It uses the internal memory where apps and app information is stored. You will need to free some space using these steps.
Option 1 – Remove Apps
To free this space up and prevent this message, you can navigate to “Settings” > “Applications” > “Manage applications” and uninstall apps you don’t need, or move the apps to the SD card. Doing this with one or two apps should provide enough internal memory space to receive text messages again.
Option 2 – Move Apps to SD card
navigate to “Settings” > “Applications” > “Manage applications“, then swipe over to your “Downloaded” apps. From there, pick some apps and see if you can select the “Move to SD Card” option. Not all apps have this selection, but many will, and you can easily move them to the SD card and free some space.
Option 3 – Delete Pics and Videos
Open the “Gallery” app and see if you can lose some pictures or videos. Also check the “Messaging” app to see if you can delete some pictures or videos that have been sent and received. You can usually tap and hold an individual message to reveal the “Delete” or “Remove” option.
These are the best options for freeing space on your device. Do you have better ideas? Share them in the comments section.
Ashok says
I am having a Micromax A116 phone. Since some days it pops up a error that message memory full. But I have 325 MB phone storage, 615 MB Internal SD Card Memory and 12GB External Memory free. I already deleted most of the messages, so left with 50 odd messages. But still shows message memory full. Please suggest me how to set the problem.
Michael says
What if we have 8 GB of space still left?
Zack says
What I did was – on the application manager, I select any of the downloaded programs and clear data. It works like magic, my alerts on ‘not enough storage capacity’ and ‘message storage capacity’ – GONE!! Anyway thanks for the tips…
Antonio says
Thanks ,,,,,alot