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Moving apps to SD with Froyo's native support.

Is there a fast way to move all supported apps to the SD card? Does Titanium Backup's batch move to SD move only those that support native SD moving?
Edit: Also, does anyone know where the apps are moved when you use TB? I moved a few, but then I reloaded a nandroid and want to delete the extra files from my SD.

Any help here?
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If you are on cyanogen you can set all your apps to install to the sd card by default. Otherwise you can do a batch move with Titanium backup. The apps will be installed to the .secure folder on the sd card. The files will be hidden so you will not see them with the built in file manager. You will only see them if your evo is attached to your pc via usb and you browse to the .secure folder from your pc.
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TheBiles said:
Any help here?
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Theres an app called apps 2 sd in the market. It lists all apps that can be moved to sd and lets you move them. I'm not sure of the developers name, once I restore all my apps I'll let you know.

[Noob]Please help!!!

I just bought a new 16g SD card. I want to transfer all of my stuff from the 8g to the 16g. Is there anything special that I need to do or can I just copy everything and put it on the 16g. I don't have any apps on my SD card, maybe a few apk files off the internet, and a few of my NAND backups, and a few from my back up pro.

No need to do anything special, just select all the files and copy them over!

Now if I were using app2sd would that change anything? Because I was reading on another thread that it had to be done in Linux?

??? you say.. no apps are on the sdcard.. then you ask about apps2sd..
are you useing Froyo's feature to move the apps to sdcard?

Just copy to the other card without anything special. Simple task, it should not cause any problems with apps2sd either

Dan330 said:
??? you say.. no apps are on the sdcard.. then you ask about apps2sd..
are you useing Froyo's feature to move the apps to sdcard?
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"if I were" meaning I am not but if I was using it. The only reason I asked was because I was reading about it on another thread, just wanted a little info that's all.

Dan330 said:
??? you say.. no apps are on the sdcard.. then you ask about apps2sd..
are you useing Froyo's feature to move the apps to sdcard?
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And no I don't have any apps on my SD card.

dr_acula_sxe said:
And no I don't have any apps on my SD card.
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If you DID have apps on the phone all you would need to do is move them back to the phone via Manage Applications in settings. Assuming you were using Froyo Apps2SD.
You should also make sure you don't have anything stored in any partitions on your card. You may not have partitions on your card.but it's worth checking out.
Other than that it is just copy and paste and you'll be golden.
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[Q] whats the easiest way to get all apps to sd?

ive moved all the apps that the system will let me, but i still need more memory.
im rooted ,ext4, genocide kernal plus a few mods. i havent partitioned a sd card since my OG droid.
so what would be the easiest way to get apps2sd so i can put all my apps on there weather the system will let me or not.
i came from a droid 2 so i had 8 gigs of internal plus my 32 gb sd. so now i just have the 32 gb sd. bc the epics mem is lacking.
thanks in advance!

BUMP,
no one?

Well, did you try using the Apps2SD app in the Market?

yea that just tells me which ones can be moved, i was hoping there was a way to partition the sd like my og droid and put ALL the apps on the sd weather the system would let me or not

No. The only apps that you can move to your SD card are the apps that have the apps2sd feature.
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i am almost 100 % on my og droid once i permanently partitioned my sd card i could move all the apps on it, even widgets. maybe this was phased out in 2.2 idk. but i gotta figure something out, every app that can be on sd is. and im out of space

what will happen if i use rom manager to partition my sd?

Same as if you did it thru cwm
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How full is your system partition?
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acer1096xxx said:
No. The only apps that you can move to your SD card are the apps that have the apps2sd feature.
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If you have a froyo rom the stock system has the capability to move certain apps to the sd card. If you have Titanium Backup Pro/Donate veriion you can move all your apps to sd card.
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musclehead84 said:
Same as if you did it thru cwm
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but will i be able to move all apps and widgets?
musclehead84 said:
How full is your system partition?
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56 mb left
Top Nurse said:
If you have a froyo rom the stock system has the capability to move certain apps to the sd card. If you have Titanium Backup Pro/Donate veriion you can move all your apps to sd card.
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i have the donate ver, and it only lets certain apps move to sd
so i know on my og droid the partition worked and i could move all apps and widgets to sd, would the same be true for the epic? there has to be a way to get all my apps

This is where rom developers should implement dark tremors apps2sd.
It is a very useful app and I miss not having it on the epic. Coming from the evo it was a great addition.

Well Titanium BU has an option to move all apps to sd but it seems if you monitor the memory closely it still leaves some behind even though the system will report them as residing on the card...
This post may merit some discussion though it is a bit dated
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686588

You can partition your card through CWM, but make a backup because everything on the sd card is going bye bye. I partitioned my sd card with a 128 Mb size and use it for swapping in my Bonsai rom.
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sweet ill partition tomorrow, is there a way to stop this thing from scanning all files on sd card on every boot up, sometimes twice? i got a 32gb and it takes forever to boot up

The dual sd card screening bug doesn't ever appear to being worked on.
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Nothing. Because of the phone you are using (epic 4g) it will not allow you to put all of the apps on your SD card. One potential solution is finding a custom ROM you like and taking it up with the developer, as a suggestion for a future version, or as an update in the near future.

Yes put a .nomedia in the folders you don't want scanned. Don't forget the period in front of nomedia
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evilsock said:
sweet ill partition tomorrow, is there a way to stop this thing from scanning all files on sd card on every boot up, sometimes twice? i got a 32gb and it takes forever to boot up
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You can use a free app on the market called SD Increase which will increase the read / write speed of your phone.

[Q] What would be the default location of apps moved to SD card?

I've had this card in my rooted Droid 1 as well as a Archos 101 tablet and in both of those instances I've moved apps to SD as the internal storage on those is too small. Now that I'm going to be using this 16gb card exclusively on my rooted Evo 4G I have no reason to have space taken up by apps that won't be used or are on internal storage on this device. I want to find the folder and delete the contents to free up some space. I see one called /Android/data and another that is just /data both on the SD card. Either of these what I'm looking for? The former appears to have some older apps that I'm not using any longer but it also seems to have a couple that I'm currently using but haven't knowingly moved to SD card.
Thanks!

With a system level file manager like Root Explorer, navigate to the /data/app folder and the /system/app folder.
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With a system level file manager like Root Explorer, navigate to the /data/app folder and the /system/app folder.
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I'm not talking about the current location of all my current installed apps. I'm talking about the location of apps when we move them to the sd card. I wish to locate those folders from my previous devices and delete them as all of my current apps on this device are on the device and not moved to the SD card so anything on my SD card in the way of apps should be from previous devices.

/mnt/asec and /mnt/secure/asec
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OstrichSak said:
I'm not talking about the current location of all my current installed apps. I'm talking about the location of apps when we move them to the sd card. I wish to locate those folders from my previous devices and delete them as all of my current apps on this device are on the device and not moved to the SD card so anything on my SD card in the way of apps should be from previous devices.
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android 2.2 uses the .android_secure folder on your sdcard. for the native apps2sd. if you are using some other kind they use a ext2 or ext3 partition on your sdcard. you will need gparted or linux to see this type.

thedudejdog said:
android 2.2 uses the .android_secure folder on your sdcard. for the native apps2sd. if you are using some other kind they use a ext2 or ext3 partition on your sdcard. you will need gparted or linux to see this type.
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So basically if I have 3rd party apps that were installed to SD card from another device I basically need to backup the files I need to keep and format the SD card in order to delete them?

OstrichSak said:
So basically if I have 3rd party apps that were installed to SD card from another device I basically need to backup the files I need to keep and format the SD card in order to delete them?
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You could do that, but first, were you using some other type of apps2sd? Not the android native one that started in version 2.2? Dark tremor or any other flashable or aftermarket apps2sd that uses a ext partition on your sdcard?
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thedudejdog said:
You could do that, but first, were you using some other type of apps2sd? Not the android native one that started in version 2.2? Dark tremor or any other flashable or aftermarket apps2sd that uses a ext partition on your sdcard?
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I would have used a combination of individually clicking 'Move to SD card' within some of the apps as well as SDMove (which I believe actually uses the same location as moving them within the apps themselves). I don't think I used anything else but I had that phone for 18mos so it's hard for me to remember for sure. On my current Evo I haven't moved any apps to the SD Card because there's much more room on the phone than my Droid 1 and I'm actually running into problems w/capacity on my external 16gb SD card. Hence the reason I'm trying to free up some more space from objects that are unnecessary.

Ok, so what you can do is just backup your music and pictures and whatever else that you know what it is and format the card. Then move everything back afterwards.
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thedudejdog said:
Ok, so what you can do is just backup your music and pictures and whatever else that you know what it is and format the card. Then move everything back afterwards.
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I was hoping to avoid a format but sounds like I may not have much of a choice. I need to back up pictures, Mp3's, Titanium backup, Clockwordmod and a couple other folders and reformat. I was hoping it would be easier to track down all the loose ends though.

OstrichSak said:
I was hoping to avoid a format but sounds like I may not have much of a choice. I need to back up pictures, Mp3's, Titanium backup, Clockwordmod and a couple other folders and reformat. I was hoping it would be easier to track down all the loose ends though.
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Yea, what you could do is delete every folder on the root of the sdcard that you don't know what it is.
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OstrichSak said:
I would have used a combination of individually clicking 'Move to SD card' within some of the apps as well as SDMove (which I believe actually uses the same location as moving them within the apps themselves). I don't think I used anything else but I had that phone for 18mos so it's hard for me to remember for sure. On my current Evo I haven't moved any apps to the SD Card because there's much more room on the phone than my Droid 1 and I'm actually running into problems w/capacity on my external 16gb SD card. Hence the reason I'm trying to free up some more space from objects that are unnecessary.
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If you moved them just using the Move to SD card built into Froyo (including apps like SDMove that just help you do that), you shouldn't need to reformat. That's only if you set up an ext3 partition.
Mount the card and view it from the computer (or use a card reader) and delete .android_secure. The real folder is hidden when the card is mounted on the phone.

Move apps to external SD card

Hello.
Is there a app that moves the data to the external SD card?
I tried App2SD, and it didnt work!
I emailed the creator, and i got a replay:
http://android.a0soft.com/?url=App2SD.htm
I cannot find the "Move to xxx" button from application detailed information window.
Moving app to SD is handled by Android. App 2 SD app only provides an UI for you to manage it. Currently, Android only supports the primary external storage for App 2 SD. If the device does not have a real primary external storage or the primary external storage is emulated from the internal phone storage. Moving app to SD function will not be supported by Android system. It's the limitation of hardware. Please get more information from device manufacture.
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I do have rooted my Note 2, so maybe another program can do the trick?

You can not move your applications to external sdcard.
Two workarounds (need root)
1.google for bind directory (tested on s3 and had problems)
2.swap your int sdcard with ext scdard.thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931500 (also needs custom kernel)
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Actially there is one way.
You need root.
Download titanium backup pro, and you can move ALL user apps to sd card. :good:

Yea... but what SD card... i want the external one, not the small 16 gb one.
Newest edition of Spotify does not allow us to choose what SD card we store the music on.
Total failure.
Testing Bind Directory now.

rvenes said:
Yea... but what SD card... i want the external one, not the small 16 gb one.
Newest edition of Spotify does not allow us to choose what SD card we store the music on.
Total failure.
Testing Bind Directory now.
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Thats what im saying man
Titanium backup lwts you move ANY given app to external SD card, even those which dont allow

yup thats working ....

Jamal Ahmed said:
Actially there is one way.
You need root.
Download titanium backup pro, and you can move ALL user apps to sd card. :good:
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Is it really that simple? I mean have you tried it, and do the games play properly without lag? If someone can confirm this you'll make my day. I have had bought titanium pro since my old GS2 days.

Titanium backup pro can really move the apps to SD for note 2? I have tried moving about 30 apps including some big size games and I don't see any different in my phone storage after moving....
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knight900 said:
Titanium backup pro can really move the apps to SD for note 2? I have tried moving about 30 apps including some big size games and I don't see any different in my phone storage after moving....
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From what I've read about the S3, no. That's why I was skeptical. From what I've read, you either have to use directory binder or install a mod which changes the internal storage with the sd card.

MohJee said:
From what I've read about the S3, no. That's why I was skeptical. From what I've read, you either have to use directory binder or install a mod which changes the internal storage with the sd card.
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Yes, i was also skeptical... but decided to try it anyway and realised that wasnt any difference.

knight900 said:
Yes, i was also skeptical... but decided to try it anyway and realised that wasnt any difference.
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Thanks for sharing your results.
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knight900 said:
Yes, i was also skeptical... but decided to try it anyway and realised that wasnt any difference.
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So, there is no way to do it? I really dont understand why you have an external SD that you cant used for apps or even storing Titanium backups to the EXTERNAL SD. This, as well as not being able to connect to my Hidden WAP is just about the straw that drives me back to the IPHONE. At least I know I can connect to my corporate Wifi and if I get 64gb then I truely have 64gb. Someone please ease my pain.

I think the only option for now is to use directory bind until someone made and app2sd which work for note 2 platform.
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There is a way to swap your extSD and intSD.
http://www.note2forum.com/forum/galaxy-note-2-hacking-mods/80-move-apps-sd-card-directory-bind.html
Last post, and there's a video by zedomax.
It involves a running a script, which automatically loads on boot.
Needs root.

change titanium backup folder loction to extSdCard
texastone2000 said:
So, there is no way to do it? I really dont understand why you have an external SD that you cant used for apps or even storing Titanium backups to the EXTERNAL SD. This, as well as not being able to connect to my Hidden WAP is just about the straw that drives me back to the IPHONE. At least I know I can connect to my corporate Wifi and if I get 64gb then I truely have 64gb. Someone please ease my pain.
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Was reading this thread and thought I'd let you know that you can choose the directory in which Titanium Backup uses to store your backups. in the backup folder location, in the preferences for Titanium Backup.
I've been having issues with directory bind. I'm going to get a larger sd card and use the swap method. I like the Note 2 to much to want to return it

Seriously people directory bind is very easy to use, just once, set the mnt/extSdCard/android/data directory from your external sd as the source, and storage/android/data as the target path.. then manually move the desired app data to the sd card folder, easy

Thelastoutlaw
Jamal Ahmed said:
Actially there is one way.
You need root.
Download titanium backup pro, and you can move ALL user apps to sd card. :good:
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I have Titanium Pro but I do not see a move apps to SD card options anywhere?
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The Dutchman said:
Seriously people directory bind is very easy to use, just once, set the mnt/extSdCard/android/data directory from your external sd as the source, and storage/android/data as the target path.. then manually move the desired app data to the sd card folder, easy
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Can you email me the instructions on how to do this?

thelastoutlaw said:
I have Titanium Pro but I do not see a move apps to SD card options anywhere?
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Can you email me the instructions on how to do this?
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I would really like to know this, too!!
I've partitioned my SD (30 GB Fat32 & 2 GB ext2) but there is still no "move2sd" within Titanium.
I also can't find this new partition within my "File Expert" (rooted)
Can some1 please help me??

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD
i think you cant create ext2 partition on your external sd. Dont try that on your phone, do it with a sd card reader and pc. Then install this app (link2sd), give permission, choose ext2, reboot, and LİNK your apps to sd. Dont (also you cant) move apps. Just link... Works perfectly on my international n7100.
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Jamal Ahmed said:
Actially there is one way.
You need root.
Download titanium backup pro, and you can move ALL user apps to sd card. :good:
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How did you do this? I cant see any options in the pro version. I tried holding down the app to see if I get the option to move, but there isn't one.
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