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Heather Evans Posted on Apr 12, 2016

Unable to download anything keep being told insufficient memory.

How can i access the 12GB internal Storage since nothing will save on it and it just goes to the 1GB internal memory instread?

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Start by checking storage space available. some older versions of android have a nag of accumulating useless data in some corners of the system. You may not be able to see what uses the space, but at least it will tell you if there is space or not. To help you, i need to know if there is actually any storage left or not.
This can be found in "settings -> storage"

Note: Internal storage = the onboard storage from the factory. memory is the RAM, nothing can be saved here. So if you have an EXTERNAL micro sd put in, please provide this information.

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Sure you have enough internal memory? If you use an (mini / macro) SD card, you have to install different. On Android 4.x and up it must be possible to install on the SD card, but it could be you need to s something extra. If your tablet is not on 4.1 or higher, please first update the tablet, and se how to install on the external memory.

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