After many tribulations i have eventually managed to instal stock froyo on my debranded desire and i have also introduced the green file mod to make all my apps install to the sd card by default.
My question is which apps can happily remain on my sd card and which really need to stay on my phone memory?
Am i correct in assuming that games can work happily from my card?
Is it practical to run google maps and google earth for instance, from the card.
Ideally i would like some informed opinion as to the type of apps which can go to the storage card and the types which need to remain on the phone memory to function correctly.
Thanks in advance for any help.
P.S. Really love froyo.
I'm no expert about this but as far is I am aware u should install any widget apps and apps that auto start on power up should be installed to phone. All others are fine on SD. I may be wrong though.
How do I do the green file mod to install apps to sd?
I've used search but cant find it. Even using google.
Hi guys I've been messing around with my phone all day. I have been restoring my apps back onto my phone and all that good stuff. I finally fixed my phone and when I was restoring my phone it tells me that my internal space is getting full. How is that possible if I only have 2 apps from the market installed? Any ideas?
thanks!
try clearing cache of your apps. If you have root access, download cachemate and use that. you can also move apps to your SD card to free internal space.
hope this helps
edit: you can also try wiping your phone back to stock if you continue with these issues
Weird I uninstaled Google maps update and and I now have 45MB of internal storage. lol??
Im restoring my apps then going to move them to my SD. Whats a good program to move them?
actually now it's giving me the error again..lol 45mb storage left too. weird
steveojp said:
Im restoring my apps then going to move them to my SD. Whats a good program to move them?
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If you are using a custom ROM and it supports it then apps2sd because you can actually go beyond the 512 MB limit, you can make it as large as your entire SD card if you like... of course it has a trade off: the card must be repartitioned before you can use apps2sd meaning that you need to copy your card over a computer, partition and then copy back your stuff.
I use and would recommend that you use froyo to move apps to SD card. You can also move apps from the SD card back to your internal memory.
You can move most apps to SD Card; but some apps you do not have the option to move to SD card, and must remain on internal phone storage.
Follow these simple steps to move / to know whether the app can be moved or not.
1. Open Settings -> Applications ->Manage Applications and tap on the app you want to move.
2. Tap on the box “Move to SD card”.
3. Now tap on “On SD Card” to know whether your app has been moved or not.
You can also move back the app to phone memory by tapping on application and then selecting “Move to Phone” option.
weaselp1 said:
I use and would recommend that you use froyo to move apps to SD card. You can also move apps from the SD card back to your internal memory.
You can move most apps to SD Card; but some apps you do not have the option to move to SD card, and must remain on internal phone storage.
Follow these simple steps to move / to know whether the app can be moved or not.
1. Open Settings -> Applications ->Manage Applications and tap on the app you want to move.
2. Tap on the box “Move to SD card”.
3. Now tap on “On SD Card” to know whether your app has been moved or not.
You can also move back the app to phone memory by tapping on application and then selecting “Move to Phone” option.
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The thing is..I only have 2 apps installed from the market and it's saying my internal memory is full. That just doesn't make sense.
Sprints stock ROM will give you a low storage warning when you have less than 45MB free space which I think is a little high. Thank god for apps2sd.
do you use the stock HTC mail app? if you do, try this: when you delete mail in the stock HTC mail app, it doesn't delete it, but just moves it to the 'Trash' folder? I've just cleared 6Mb that accumulated of the last month or so myself...
if all else fails, you might have to factory reset the evo.
thanks for all the help. so i needed up booting in recovery and clearing everything now it went to like 300mb and im restoring my apps. do you think i should put them on my SD card?
I would put what you can on your sd card...you can always move them back to the phone if needed
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curious to know what caused that low memory problem in the first place? that's just weird.
i am not sure what causes the memory leak; but others i know with evos have had the same issue and a factory reset has solved the issue every time. good luck!
If I have the app on the sd card before switching roms, does that app data stay on the sd card taking up space when putting the app back on the new rom and moving to the sd card?
I just started using mybackup root to reinstall my apps since I like to switch roms alot. I noticed my sd card was losing space when I wopuld just go to the market and reinstall everything from scratch using appbrain to reinstall my apps.
vader4633 said:
If I have the app on the sd card before switching roms, does that app data stay on the sd card taking up space when putting the app back on the new rom and moving to the sd card?
I just started using mybackup root to reinstall my apps since I like to switch roms alot. I noticed my sd card was losing space when I wopuld just go to the market and reinstall everything from scratch using appbrain to reinstall my apps.
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My experience has been that the new rom won't see any apps you moved to the SD card. Plus, you won't be able to move any restored apps to the SD card because of the old copy.What I do is delete the .android_secure directory. That's where the apps are stored. It may look empty but if you connect to a PC and look in the directory all the apps will be there.
I think deleting the .android_secure directory should be standard practice when restoring a backup.
Thanks, I'll try that.
vader4633 said:
Thanks, I'll try that.
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This doesn't belong in development. Post questions in Q&A.
Apps to SD apps will only show up on the Rom they were moved on.
I don't know if this helps. but when i switch roms. i install easy installer from the market and all the apps show up and i can choose what to install on the new rom. i thought this might help. or you can remove it from there as well.....
Hi guys,
My XPlay's internal storage is FULL, is there any solution or workaround???
I am already rooted and moved everything to sdcard !!
from xperia PLAY (enjoying N.O.V.A.3)
Try Link2SD, I love that app, the only downer is that you need an ext partition (and root, but that isn't a problem, at least for you).
I personally have a weird mix of tweaks; Link2SD, dalvik2cache and a custom "google-play-cache2SD" and I've about 120 MB of free internal (well, I flashed the 420MB data partition firmware)
I am already using move2sdEnabler..to use link2sd how can I create another partition???
from xperia PLAY (enjoying N.O.V.A.3)
One way to do so, without losing your data (well, if something goes wrong like a power out or so you could also lose your data) is plugging your uSD in a PC running Linux (a live cd does the trick) and use a program called partition manager. There you can resize, create, delete and move partitions, try finding a how-to on that app, there's plenty of info on Internet.
Now, the difference between move2sd enabler and Link2SD, AFAIK, is that Link2SD moves the apk, dex and libs of your apps (sadly not data, yet), while move2sd enabler only moves the apk.
I found out this today. I have 38 mb left, but I integrate all system updates to ROM with TB and I get 90+ mb Not sure if this will help you
jeff7424 said:
I found out this today. I have 38 mb left, but I integrate all system updates to ROM with TB and I get 90+ mb Not sure if this will help you
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How? Wats TB?
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TB is titanium backup...u open it press the option button and more...and press integrate sys dalvik into system I got freed up 30mb by doing that...thanks for the tip man
Thanks...now have enough internal storage
from xperia PLAY (enjoying N.O.V.A.3)
Please help. I don't know which method is better to move those unmovable apps.
Hi!
I need help, please.
My internal storage is very low (getting a message). I have gone through all the apps and moved everything that can to SD Card.
I don't know which method is better to move those unmovable apps to the SD card.
I have a Sony Xperia Play
My Phone details:
Model - R800i
Android Version - 2.3.4
Kernel Version - 2.6.32.9-perf [email protected] #1
Build - 4.0.2.A.0.42
I have heard about Titanium Backup root, DroidSail Super App2SD, adb, Link2SD and so on.
The methods above can let me move those unmovable apps to the SD card.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of them? How do they compare? Which method is safer or more reliable? Which method can move more apps?
If you know, please let me know, thanks.
I look forward to this, thanks.
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I got this information from the official Link2SD website, this is comparing Native apps2SD to Link2SD. But I don't know how Link2SD compared with Titanium Backup root, DroidSail Super App2SD, adb and so on. If you know which method is safer or more reliable and which method can move more apps, please let me know, thanks.
Comparision of Native apps2sd and Link2SD:
(Native apps2sd
Starting with Android 2.2 (Froyo) Google introduced native apps2SD.
This method moves
* apk file on Android 2.2
* apk + lib files on Android 2.3+
into a secure folder on your SD card in the main FAT partition.
It is the easiest method because it doesn't require you to partition your sdcard and root privilige.
It has some disadvantages though.
First disadvantage is that application files are just stored on the sdcard's main FAT partition.
When you enable USB mass storage to share files with your computer (or otherwise unmounts or removes the external storage), any application installed on the external storage and currently running is killed.
The system effectively becomes unaware of the application until mass storage is disabled and the external storage is remounted on the device.
Besides killing the application and making it unavailable to the user, this can break some types of applications in a more serious way.
So second disadvantage is that not all apps can be moved with native apps2sd method because of above reason.
In order for the application to consistently behave as expected, developer should not allow the application to be installed on the external storage if it uses any of the following features, due to the cited consequences when the external storage is unmounted:
Widgets, Services, Alarm Services, Live Wallpapers, Live Folders, Account Managers, Sync Adapters, Broadcast Receivers listening for "boot completed".
Force move (requires root);
You can force the apps move to SD card with native apps2SD even the application does not support moving as described above.
Link2SD and some other apps can force move apps if you have root priviliges. But, note that this can break some applications, as described above.
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easy28easy said:
Hi!
I need help, please.
My internal storage is very low (getting a message). I have gone through all the apps and moved everything that can to SD Card.
I don't know which method is better to move those unmovable apps to the SD card.
I have a Sony Xperia Play
My Phone details:
Model - R800i
Android Version - 2.3.4
Kernel Version - 2.6.32.9-perf [email protected] #1
Build - 4.0.2.A.0.42
I have heard about Titanium Backup root, DroidSail Super App2SD, adb, Link2SD and so on.
The methods above can let me move those unmovable apps to the SD card.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of them? How do they compare? Which method is safer or more reliable? Which method can move more apps?
If you know, please let me know, thanks.
I look forward to this, thanks.
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I got this information from the official Link2SD website, this is comparing Native apps2SD to Link2SD. But I don't know how Link2SD compared with Titanium Backup root, DroidSail Super App2SD, adb and so on. If you know which method is safer or more reliable and which method can move more apps, please let me know, thanks.
Comparision of Native apps2sd and Link2SD:
(Native apps2sd
Starting with Android 2.2 (Froyo) Google introduced native apps2SD.
This method moves
* apk file on Android 2.2
* apk + lib files on Android 2.3+
into a secure folder on your SD card in the main FAT partition.
It is the easiest method because it doesn't require you to partition your sdcard and root privilige.
It has some disadvantages though.
First disadvantage is that application files are just stored on the sdcard's main FAT partition.
When you enable USB mass storage to share files with your computer (or otherwise unmounts or removes the external storage), any application installed on the external storage and currently running is killed.
The system effectively becomes unaware of the application until mass storage is disabled and the external storage is remounted on the device.
Besides killing the application and making it unavailable to the user, this can break some types of applications in a more serious way.
So second disadvantage is that not all apps can be moved with native apps2sd method because of above reason.
In order for the application to consistently behave as expected, developer should not allow the application to be installed on the external storage if it uses any of the following features, due to the cited consequences when the external storage is unmounted:
Widgets, Services, Alarm Services, Live Wallpapers, Live Folders, Account Managers, Sync Adapters, Broadcast Receivers listening for "boot completed".
Force move (requires root);
You can force the apps move to SD card with native apps2SD even the application does not support moving as described above.
Link2SD and some other apps can force move apps if you have root priviliges. But, note that this can break some applications, as described above.
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I dont know the disadvantages of advantages of using those apps you listed because I swap my sd card alot. But there is a mod to increase internal storage by install a mod via CWM. But there is a catch this mod requires you to be on the 2.3.3 firmware not 2.3.4.
Download the link from post# 9
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174160
xperiax10.awesome said:
How? Wats TB?
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Titanium Back-Up
Clean sum stuff you don't need
chery2k said:
I dont know the disadvantages of advantages of using those apps you listed because I swap my sd card alot. But there is a mod to increase internal storage by install a mod via CWM. But there is a catch this mod requires you to be on the 2.3.3 firmware not 2.3.4.
Download the link from post# 9
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174160
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This tweak is only good if u just finished flashing new rom..
Flashing it on rom with many apps and config have risk to mess up lot of stuff... especially if u have a lot of app installed in sd card
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Alternatively u also can move some app from data/app to system/app by converting it become system apps
U can use systemcleanup or link2sd to do this
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Which method of moving those unmovable apps to SD is better, safer and more stable?
Hi!
I need help, please.
My internal storage is very low (getting a message). I have gone through all the apps and moved everything that can to SD Card.
I don't know which method is better to move those unmovable apps to the SD card.
I have a Sony Xperia Play
My Phone details:
Model - R800i
Android Version - 2.3.4
Kernel Version - 2.6.32.9-perf [email protected] #1
Build - 4.0.2.A.0.42
I have heard about Titanium Backup root, DroidSail Super App2SD, adb, Link2SD and so on.
The methods above can let me move those unmovable apps to the SD card.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of them? How do they compare? Which method is safer, more reliable or more stable? Which method can move more apps?
If you know, please let me know, thanks.
I look forward to this, thanks.
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I got this information from the official Link2SD website, this is comparing Native apps2SD to Link2SD. But I don't know how Link2SD compared with Titanium Backup root, DroidSail Super App2SD, adb and so on. If you know which method is safer or more reliable and which method can move more apps, please let me know, thanks.
Comparision of Native apps2sd and Link2SD:
(Native apps2sd
Starting with Android 2.2 (Froyo) Google introduced native apps2SD.
This method moves
* apk file on Android 2.2
* apk + lib files on Android 2.3+
into a secure folder on your SD card in the main FAT partition.
It is the easiest method because it doesn't require you to partition your sdcard and root privilige.
It has some disadvantages though.
First disadvantage is that application files are just stored on the sdcard's main FAT partition.
When you enable USB mass storage to share files with your computer (or otherwise unmounts or removes the external storage), any application installed on the external storage and currently running is killed.
The system effectively becomes unaware of the application until mass storage is disabled and the external storage is remounted on the device.
Besides killing the application and making it unavailable to the user, this can break some types of applications in a more serious way.
So second disadvantage is that not all apps can be moved with native apps2sd method because of above reason.
In order for the application to consistently behave as expected, developer should not allow the application to be installed on the external storage if it uses any of the following features, due to the cited consequences when the external storage is unmounted:
Widgets, Services, Alarm Services, Live Wallpapers, Live Folders, Account Managers, Sync Adapters, Broadcast Receivers listening for "boot completed".
Force move (requires root);
You can force the apps move to SD card with native apps2SD even the application does not support moving as described above.
Link2SD and some other apps can force move apps if you have root priviliges. But, note that this can break some applications, as described above.
)
good day to all
can someone help me?
i have a tab 7.0, rooted, and im using the costom rom rocket tab v2.0
my tab is only 8gb, i have to many apps in the internal storage
now, i want to move them to sd card so i go to application manager and select an application and tap the move to sd card
but the problem is, a window appering "Unable to move app. Not enought storage space" even though my SD card has a huge space
i try using the app. link2SD, but here is the message appear when i try to move it to sd card:
"App2SD is not supported by your device. Because your device has a primary external storage which is emulated from the internal storage. You can link the app in order to move it's files to your SD card."
i understand what it means, but the problem is, how can i make my primary external storage to original internal storage? is there anyway for that? so that my sd card can be the external storage?
or any way arround to install from my sd card?
I use RomToolbox Pro on all my android devices to move apps to my sd card. There's a utility called configure apps to sd, that helps to direct apps to install on the external sd. There is also a utility called root browser within rom toolbox pro where you can simply move files from your internal to external sd card. It does take a little while to figure out but it does work well in my experience. There is also the app manager, in rom toolbox, where you can move them one at a time. The only thing I would say as a word of caution is first make a backup, then start tweaking, and remember that when some apps are moved to the external sd they will lose their widget capabilities.
I'm probably leaving out some of the finer points, but hopefully you get the idea and it helps you.
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samalama76 said:
I use RomToolbox Pro on all my android devices to move apps to my sd card. There's a utility called configure apps to sd, that helps to direct apps to install on the external sd. There is also a utility called root browser within rom toolbox pro where you can simply move files from your internal to external sd card. It does take a little while to figure out but it does work well in my experience. There is also the app manager, in rom toolbox, where you can move them one at a time. The only thing I would say as a word of caution is first make a backup, then start tweaking, and remember that when some apps are moved to the external sd they will lose their widget capabilities.
I'm probably leaving out some of the finer points, but hopefully you get the idea and it helps you.
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I will be trying this. I was told by Samsung that 4.2.2 would let us do that but if this works I can keep my current install.
samalama76 said:
I use RomToolbox Pro on all my android devices to move apps to my sd card. There's a utility called configure apps to sd, that helps to direct apps to install on the external sd. There is also a utility called root browser within rom toolbox pro where you can simply move files from your internal to external sd card. It does take a little while to figure out but it does work well in my experience. There is also the app manager, in rom toolbox, where you can move them one at a time. The only thing I would say as a word of caution is first make a backup, then start tweaking, and remember that when some apps are moved to the external sd they will lose their widget capabilities.
I'm probably leaving out some of the finer points, but hopefully you get the idea and it helps you.
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i will try this, thanks mate!! :good: