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obsessed2 · 12-01-2011, 08:25 PM

There is only 1 GB of memory on the Fire partitioned for App storage.

System files take up about 2 GB, with the remainder going for Personal Storage (App Data - not the App itself, books, music, videos etc.).

Android tablets usually have two types of memory partitions, one formatted in Linux (EXT) for Apps (normally the smaller partition - internal storage) and one formatted FAT 32 for Data Storage (normally larger partition - external storage). The 4 GB of memory free on your Fire is external storage (FAT32 partition). Android can't execute Apps off of a FAT32 partition.

The Fire only supports installing 1 GB worth of Apps. With 144 Apps installed you have almost reached the Fire's App storage limit and will need to uninstall some unnecessary Apps to be able to install other Apps.

Note: FYI only. Android 2.2 and above tablets with an SD card slot can support Apps 2 SD using an external partitioned SD card, one partition being FAT32 and the other partition EXT. The larger partition is normally FAT32 and the smaller partition is EXT. The FAT32 partition is still used for universal access of data and the EXT partition is used by Android 2.2 and above for external App storage.

12-01-2011, 08:25 PM	#5
obsessed2 Wizard Posts: 1,041 Karma: 4694121 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Virginia Device: Pocket Edge X 2 , Edge, gTab, Kindle Fire, Nextbook 7S	There is only 1 GB of memory on the Fire partitioned for App storage. System files take up about 2 GB, with the remainder going for Personal Storage (App Data - not the App itself, books, music, videos etc.). Android tablets usually have two types of memory partitions, one formatted in Linux (EXT) for Apps (normally the smaller partition - internal storage) and one formatted FAT 32 for Data Storage (normally larger partition - external storage). The 4 GB of memory free on your Fire is external storage (FAT32 partition). Android can't execute Apps off of a FAT32 partition. The Fire only supports installing 1 GB worth of Apps. With 144 Apps installed you have almost reached the Fire's App storage limit and will need to uninstall some unnecessary Apps to be able to install other Apps. Note: FYI only. Android 2.2 and above tablets with an SD card slot can support Apps 2 SD using an external partitioned SD card, one partition being FAT32 and the other partition EXT. The larger partition is normally FAT32 and the smaller partition is EXT. The FAT32 partition is still used for universal access of data and the EXT partition is used by Android 2.2 and above for external App storage. Last edited by obsessed2; 12-01-2011 at 08:35 PM.