low on space I’ve previously mentioned the low-space bug that affects HTC handsets running Android, and based on everything I knew at the time the best solution was to remove HTC’s social networking apps. That solution was wrong.

I’ll get straight to the point: The fault actually lies in HTC’s modified version of the Android e-mail app. Press the menu key on your phone and go to Settings –> Applications –> Manage Applications, then click on the All tab. In the long list of apps that appears, find the one called Mail by HTC Corporation and click on it. Then click on Clear Data. A warning box will appear. Click OK. That will remove all of your sent and received emails, and delete your email account settings from the phone.

From then on you shouldn’t have any more "low on space" warnings unless your phone actually is low on space! I’ve been able to update my installed apps, and install loads of new ones, without any error messages or failures.

Of course you’ll need an alternative e-mail client. I’m using K-9 Mail. It’s a modified version of the default Android e-mail client, with lots of improvements, and without the memory leak evident in HTC’s version.