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Moving ANY app to SD on FroYo (or how to Enable all grayed out 'Move to SD' buttons)'

Well after reading the forums I found a lot op people complained about not beeing able to push an app to the SD card. And you don't have to root your phone for it. it will give you access to the 'Move to SD' button regardless if the programmer adapted his program for 2.2 yet.
With ADB you can do so very easy !, and there is no root required.
Perform the following steps :
1. Install HTC Sync (see : http://www.htc.com/ (select your device, download, and install ))
2. Install Android developers kit. (See http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/how-to-install-android-sdk-and-adb-drivers-for-htc-evo-4g/ for a detailed how to.)
Start ADB.
Use : adb shell pm setInstallLocation [option]
Where option is one of:
0 [auto] Let the system decide.
1 [internal only]
2 [external]
And you are ready to go.
Maybe you should have a read of the official documentation from google : http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/install-location.html
to understand what you are doing. And what you should not do (Like moving apps that run as a service to the SD card....)
I did this on my Phone and went to the settings and moved every app to SD. On this moment I have 70 MB free where previously i would have the ugly notification saying I needed to free up space. So this trick really seems to work.
Not everything is moved to the SD card, but about 50% to 70% of an app can be moved. The only app that left a substantial footprint on the device is Navigon. This one dropped from 20 MB to about 18 MB.
Everything is still functional and i have not noticed any negative effects so far.....

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Just an FYI, but it does appear that there are still some apps that can't be moved to SD card using this method.
Skies of Glory is one that I've found that doesn't give you the option to install to sd, regardless of what you've set the install location to be.
Regards,
Dave

So can you confirm what option you chose? Did you choose option 2? If so, does this set the default, so any new app you install automatically goes to the SD card?

jedininja666 said:
So can you confirm what option you chose? Did you choose option 2? If so, does this set the default, so any new app you install automatically goes to the SD card?
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yes I put it to 2.
This will do two things....
1. This will give you the abillity to move ANY application to SD. Not completely, but for a big part. (some files remain in phone rom).
2. Any NEW app you install will automatically install on SD.
For sure there are exceptions, and for sure there will be apps that cannot be moved. But it freed up about 80 MB on my phone, so now i have room for more apps.

Fantastic! Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

I'll try this with Google Earth tonight. Thank you.

I talked to HTC today about this and they said if I do that what u told here that the 2 year-guarantee will be screwed. So thx but no thx! They also said that in future, when other app-makers will make an new app, it will be the only way to make them via FroYo and then all new ones will be able to move to SD-card. So have patiance before U screw up the guarantee.

ill try it out tonite
hey is there any list of apps and games available online which would tell me the list of apps which support sd card save option.
i tried searching the market for "sd" "froyo" yet i dont think this shows the complete list

/rant/ said:
I'll try this with Google Earth tonight. Thank you.
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If you mean google maps, sorry cannot be done, this is part of OS and cannot be moved.
however :
Google sky map drops from 1.78 MB to 320 KB
Layar drops from 2.76 to 1.06
Systempanel drops from 1.07 MB to 556 KB
etc

Norsehawk said:
I talked to HTC today about this and they said if I do that what u told here that the 2 year-guarantee will be screwed. So thx but no thx! They also said that in future, when other app-makers will make an new app, it will be the only way to make them via FroYo and then all new ones will be able to move to SD-card. So have patiance before U screw up the guarantee.
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Well i don't know who you talked to at HTC, but there is nothig illegal and it is IMPOSSIBLE to break your phone with this.
It could only void warranty if HTC could prove it was not their fault.
Since this is just a system setting invented by google and exposed by google, and documented by google, made possible thanks to HTC's own sync program, it seems very unlikely that HTC can revoke their warranty.
Before they can do such a thing they have to prove that what you did broke the phone. I doubt that they can EVER make it stick.
They also said that rooting would void warranty. But that's no longer the case either !. rooting is legal !.

Norsehawk said:
I talked to HTC today about this and they said if I do that what u told here that the 2 year-guarantee will be screwed. So thx but no thx! They also said that in future, when other app-makers will make an new app, it will be the only way to make them via FroYo and then all new ones will be able to move to SD-card. So have patiance before U screw up the guarantee.
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if you want to reclaim your phone just use same command with 0 value
to topic : do not try to move widgets to SD card.. you will broke them

well0549 said:
!. rooting is legal !.
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yes but that doesnt mean that you cant lose your waranty

well0549 said:
Well after reading the forums I found a lot op people complained about not beeing able to push an app to the SD card. And you don't have to root your phone for it. it will give you access to the 'Move to SD' button regardless if the programmer adapted his program for 2.2 yet.
With ADB you can do so very easy !, and there is no root required.
The steps you have to take to make this possible :
1. Install HTC Sync (see : http://www.htc.com/ (select your device, download, and install ))
2. Install Android developers kit. (See http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/how-to-install-android-sdk-and-adb-drivers-for-htc-evo-4g/ for a detailed how to.)
Start ADB.
Use : adb shell pm setInstallLocation [option]
Where option is one of:
0 [auto] Let the system decide.
1 [internal only]
2 [external]
I did this on my Phone and went to the settings and moved every app to SD. On this moment I have 70 MB free where previously i would have the ugly notification saying I needed to free up space. So this trick seems to work.
Not everything is moved to the SD card, but about 50% to 70% of an app can be moved. The only app that left a substantial footprint on the device is Navigon. This one dropped from 20 MB to about 18 MB.
Everything is still functional and i have not noticed any negative effects so far.....
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thaaaaaaaaaanks a million. the no memory alerts and apps to internal memory only android crap / official froyo way of apps2sd is doing my head in. time to check out how to do this now without rooting and keep my warranty.
may you win the lottery millions this week...... and me win the next week

well0549 said:
Well i don't know who you talked to at HTC, but there is nothig illegal and it is IMPOSSIBLE to break your phone with this.
It could only void warranty if HTC could prove it was not their fault.
Since this is just a system setting invented by google and exposed by google, and documented by google, made possible thanks to HTC's own sync program, it seems very unlikely that HTC can revoke their warranty.
Before they can do such a thing they have to prove that what you did broke the phone. I doubt that they can EVER make it stick.
They also said that rooting would void warranty. But that's no longer the case either !. rooting is legal !.
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Well I have heard the other side of the coin as well. Even if I gave u a name of the person I spoked with (it was swedish support) it wouldn't give u any kind of clue at all. But he has spoken with HTC-technicians and they all said that if u root it or as much as change something in the cmd-prompt, it will be f-cked up and 2 year-warranty will be screwed. I talked with him today, maybe an hour ago and I doubt that he talked bs.
So if the day comes and u have to send ure phone for repair, I think they can see what u have done with ure phone. I'm just saying that this thing that u wrote and tell everyone, maybe u shall speak with HTC first and get their approval BEFORE u tell everyone here what to do? It's kind of risky u know.. I have paid 470 EUR for the phone in april, so what makes u think that I will root it or change something in cmd-prompt?
And btw, HTC did also told me that in the future all app-makers will make their apps for FroYo, wich means that in the upcomming future every app will be removable to the SD-card. Kind of stupid to rush things up, don't u think? But okay, it's ure phone do whatever u want...

Tomaco said:
yes but that doesnt mean that you cant lose your waranty
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+1
The waranty is 2 year long, so I don't think that I will root it at all.

Norsehawk said:
Well I have heard the other side of the coin as well. Even if I gave u a name of the person I spoked with (it was swedish support) it wouldn't give u any kind of clue at all. But he has spoken with HTC-technicians and they all said that if u root it or as much as change something in the cmd-prompt, it will be f-cked up and 2 year-warranty will be screwed. I talked with him today, maybe an hour ago and I doubt that he talked bs.
So if the day comes and u have to send ure phone for repair, I think they can see what u have done with ure phone. I'm just saying that this thing that u wrote and tell everyone, maybe u shall speak with HTC first and get their approval BEFORE u tell everyone here what to do? It's kind of risky u know.. I have paid 470 EUR for the phone in april, so what makes u think that I will root it or change something in cmd-prompt?
And btw, HTC did also told me that in the future all app-makers will make their apps for FroYo, wich means that in the upcomming future every app will be removable to the SD-card. Kind of stupid to rush things up, don't u think? But okay, it's ure phone do whatever u want...
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Sorry but this is utter hogwash! As long as you haven't changed your HBOOT from what it was at the time you got your phone, and can find the ROM which takes your phone back to what it was, there is NO WAY HTC can tell you've done anything whatsoever. Apart from maybe use a SIM Unlock code (which I bought).

jedininja666 said:
Sorry but this is utter hogwash! As long as you haven't changed your HBOOT from what it was at the time you got your phone, and can find the ROM which takes your phone back to what it was, there is NO WAY HTC can tell you've done anything whatsoever. Apart from maybe use a SIM Unlock code (which I bought).
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Well why don't u do that and then send ure phone for repair just for "fun"? Do that and then come back and write what has happend and if there is any warranty left - or not.

Norsehawk said:
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The waranty is 2 year long, so I don't think that I will root it at all.
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Don't know what country you are from. But I know here in holland we consumers do have rights. And I will always win if we went to court !
Furthermore i think the person you spoke with really doesn't know what he is talking about. This is not only a HTC issue but will work on any Froyo phone.... It's just part of the android OS.
If they would not allow it they could have taken it out. HTC froyo is not stock froyo. Some things are modified in the OS to make Sense behave like it does. They could have taken this out but they didn't.
Would be like toyota saying their warranty is lost if you drive with the boot open. Your statement and claims are utter NONSE.
That the person you spoke with doesn't like this setting is totally clear to me. Cause now they cannot sell that 'new phone exactly like the desire but this time with 8 GB internal memory allowing for enough apps to be installed' they were thinking of.

Norsehawk said:
Well why don't u do that and then send ure phone for repair just for "fun"? Do that and then come back and write what has happend and if there is any warranty left - or not.
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Sent my rooted phone back for a warranty repair and it was fixed without issue.
Regards,
Dave

[Q] Unlocking the Ps pocket store

As soon as i bought my phone i noticed the playstation pocket store is not available in my country,but i wasn't very surprised since pretty much nothing is available here and I have to use all kinds om methods to cheat PSN,Youtube etc.
Now,I have been using market enabler to allow me to download apps from the american app store,but it's not affecting the PS pocket store,so i was wandering is there any way to unlock the store?

the only thing i can think of (if it actually works) is flashing a "foreign" rom to your phone, which has localization code in it. for example, uk generic 4.... firmware. i could be wrong, so if someone would like to correct me, feel free. but this is the only thing i can personally suggest.
hope it helped!

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Didnt work

Cat_On_Droid said:
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Didnt work
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lol epic reply...
But i have the Uk generic and it still doesnt work...last thing it can check can be the ip adress...so do you know a proxy service i can use?

New Windows Phone Store site posing problems for some of us.

We all last week saw changes and redesigns made to the Windows Phone Store site and I think this is becoming a problem for some of us. The problem is you really need to verify your phone number when reinstalling an app from the site and what will you do when your country is not listed?? You can never go to the next step if you don't provide a phone number and how can I provide a phone number when my country (Ghana) is not listed? thus making me unable to install my apps...this is not good and would love a solution to this problem. Microsoft really needs to reconsider this step, it's a blockade for non-listed country users with Windows Phones to get our apps.

This ain't good. Just had a reply from Windows Phone support and the whole story now is you really have to forget about Windows Phone now if your country or region isn't listed because you can never purchase or download any app, since they've now introduced phone number verification..... just Great Microsoft, thanks for your new site changes and redesign :'(
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Strange - no verification in NZ store, and I love the changes overall.
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i managed it with my phone number +387 for my country, and my number after it, but in the prefix i selected some country there, i think it must not be your country and now i can install apps from web marketplace like before the update, directly to my phone

Dinchy87 said:
i managed it with my phone number +387 for my country, and my number after it, but in the prefix i selected some country there, i think it must not be your country and now i can install apps from web marketplace like before the update, directly to my phone
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Yeeah tried it and it works, managing it for now but my problem is will it be treated as illegal? Thanks anyway
Sent from my HTC HD7 using Board Express

Kenzibit said:
Yeeah tried it and it works, managing it for now but my problem is will it be treated as illegal? Thanks anyway
Sent from my HTC HD7 using Board Express
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it is legal i think Microsoft wants our numbers that they can send us ads, and we pay for it... i read on the faqs site that the received sms we pay. and that the sms are only if we dont have internet on our wp7, so that you receive a link to the app to install it later. but with email it was good like it was... now it is a mess

Dinchy87 said:
it is legal i think Microsoft wants our numbers that they can send us ads, and we pay for it... i read on the faqs site that the received sms we pay. and that the sms are only if we dont have internet on our wp7, so that you receive a link to the app to install it later. but with email it was good like it was... now it is a mess
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Ohh Great, I think I'm feeling better now. Thanks for your suggestions and info, appreciate it
Sent from my HTC HD7 using Board Express

Weird location related issues with Google play apps

Hello. I have a weird problem. Nowadays I live in Poland and wanted to install some apps, like zalando or olx.pl from Google play market. Sadly, I couldn't do this, coz it said, that it's not allowed in my country. I don't really know, why I get such a message? It's rom fault or maybe something else? Plz help, if there is a fix for it (yes, I know I can install it from anywhere else, but I want it from Google play). ROM Freedom OS, OP3 3003.

Those apps are not available in your country nothing you can do really :crying:

liam_davenport said:
Those apps are not available in your country nothing you can do really :crying:
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But they are for Poland and I live in Poland, WTF? All my friends have those apps.

Maybe it has something to do with your google account - when you have register for it - what country you were in? I remember somebody was having similar problem.

Nexus5-32GB said:
Maybe it has something to do with your google account - when you have register for it - what country you were in? I remember somebody was having similar problem.
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I have registered it in Ukraine. So, it can be the culpit? How I can change settings to make it work?

pankozin said:
I have registered it in Ukraine. So, it can be the culpit? How I can change settings to make it work?
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as far as I know you have to call google support for that, but cannot remember if they were actually able to do this change or not.

i need vpn urgent !!

hey all
please i need a working free vpn to make a phone call via social application
any help ?!!

Use the free one built into the wifi app?

wireguard

Amazing that someone hasn't heard of Google Play where there is an untold number of free VPN's. I'll even bet that a quick Google will find a few. Either is going to be faster than posting on a forum and having to wait for aomeone to answer your plea. But then, some people just have to be led.

Makes me wonder how people who post this sort of moronic question have managed to sign up for the forum in the first place, or indeed found it at all. Or are we being trolled?

Tel864 said:
Amazing that someone hasn't heard of Google Play where there is an untold number of free VPN's. I'll even bet that a quick Google will find a few. Either is going to be faster than posting on a forum and having to wait for aomeone to answer your plea. But then, some people just have to be led.
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no sir the amazing thing that there is many people smart like you think that all vpn is working on countries prohibit the vpn !! you are very smart man !!
try to travel to any country prohibit vpn and go to google store and search for untold number of vpn and try to make it work ,, good luck smartest man i ever met

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amjadRR said:
no sir the amazing thing that there is many people smart like you think that all vpn is working on countries prohibit the vpn !! you are very smart man !!
try to travel to any country prohibit vpn and go to google store and search for untold number of vpn and try to make it work ,, good luck smartest man i ever met
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Thank you, and it's still pathetic that someone doesn't know how to search. And BTW, learn how to post questions that fully explain your problem. A quick search found this
https://www.guidingtech.com/58822/free-vpn-android-apps-bypass-country/
https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/free-android-vpn-apps/

I have to say that we don't know the position of @amjadRR
So his question is legit.
If you have never been to a country like China for example you won't understand @Tel864
But in short: Google is blocked in China and that means also Google services don't work there. Therefore you can't just google or download something in the Playstore, since the playstore is also blocked. So it's not that easy to get a VPN if you're in China.
I've been there for a year. Luckily I knew that before I went there, so I downloaded some VPN's before.
You can't just assume that everyone is living in a developed country or assume anything at all...
Anyway, if you need a download link for a VPN app let me know @amjadRR.

Thank you for your reply
Yes i wish to have a free vpn working in countries like uae prohibit vpn

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I downloaded all these vpn and not working and so.e of them work and after few days it stop work :crying:

@amjadRR the reason for these VPNs not working is very simple. They are in the store, so of course the government is gonna block them.
But as I said earlier in this forum, get wireguard.
This one might work and it is for free.
You just need to download the VPN profiles and open them with the wireguard app.
https://www.wireguard.com/install/

amuro1 said:
I have to say that we don't know the position of @amjadRR
So his question is legit.
If you have never been to a country like China for example you won't understand @Tel864
But in short: Google is blocked in China and that means also Google services don't work there. Therefore you can't just google or download something in the Playstore, since the playstore is also blocked. So it's not that easy to get a VPN if you're in China.
I've been there for a year. Luckily I knew that before I went there, so I downloaded some VPN's before.
You can't just assume that everyone is living in a developed country or assume anything at all...
Anyway, if you need a download link for a VPN app let me know @amjadRR.
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Nothing assumed and I have been there. What I assume is someone knowing how to post a question on forums so they can get the information they need. These forums are packed full of lazy people that would rather ask for something rather than search. BTW, there is a way to search in China and find those things. A free VPN is most likely not going to work. VYPRVPNI will make itself invisible and is what I used.