A friend of mine bought a Wildfire S recently..
Not rooted (Will never be rooted so thats not an option)
She also bought a 8gb card..
The problem is, everything.. Camera pictures, messages, mms, apps - Everything saves on phone storage and not on the sd-card.
Theres no option to move apps to sd-card in settings (programs > manage applications)
No settings to choose in the apps..
So how can she use the sd-card?
Did you put the sd card inside PROPERLY?
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Yes, of course..
She can still move over pics manually, and via usb put in music etc..
So the sd card is in use and works
use this article its working buddy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16677375#post16677375
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My phone is debranded, rooted, has clockwork mod and the gold card. I have also flashed the phone with NexTSense 5.0 FroYo by NeoPhyTe.
Now, I went to applictaions, and tried to mave some apps to SD, however the button ("Move to SD") is grey and I am not able to mave any apps to SD.
I have been reading about partitions on SD, however I don't know if that is for moving apps to SD or some other function.
If anyone knows, could you please enlighten me please?
Also, if anyone know (I persume most of you do), what does Radio mean? I have searched "Radio on Android OS" however it seems to be and FM Radio, is that what it is supposed to be?!
Thank you for your time!
Hi !panda,
There's an app called app2sd on market. Also titanium backup. Your phone needs to be rooted I think. I've managed to move some hefty programs like earth to the SD with little if any gain in speed but at least some satisfaction. Good luck with that.
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None of my apps will move to SD, same as you with the button being grey.
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Also, Radio is sort of the image file for your phone wich handles the calls and data and such. some radios get better reception and make the phone run better overall.
For instance, my desire was getting trippy after i used a custom rom. I updated the radio and everythings fine now
You need to partition your SD card. Install rom manager from the market. You can use this to partition the card but it will wipe the card so backup the contents to your pc first. Partition with 512mb then 32mb swap. Copy your contents back to card. Then install either spare parts or modinstalllocation from the market, both allow you to choose where apps are installed and will open up apps2sd.
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bob dylan said:
You need to partition your SD card. Install rom manager from the market. You can use this to partition the card but it will wipe the card so backup the contents to your pc first. Partition with 512mb then 32mb swap. Copy your contents back to card. Then install either spare parts or modinstalllocation from the market, both allow you to choose where apps are installed and will open up apps2sd.
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hi, sorry for the late reply..
even ROM Manager doews not work for me! I did the 512 and 32mb but now when I got to doing it in Applicatioins, the buttonis still grey and I can not press it,l I aslo got an app called SDMove however that only shows 3 apps, Titaniunm Backup, SetCPU and ROM Manager...
any other ideas??
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My phone recently received the O2 Froyo update and i have been enjoying it thoroughly. i have installed countless apps on it and as expected i started facing storage issues. I was surprised because i thought now all apps would be installed on SD card. Went in to Manage Apps section and all apps were installed on device RAM taking up any where between 10Kb to 8 Mb per each App.
Also found the transfer to SD card option. Decided to shift all apps to SDCard through this option. This did not solve my problem and its still showing the "phone storage is low alert".
What i noticed was an app that was taking up 8+mb on phone memory before transfer to SD card, only showed 200-300Kb size on SD card... Does this mean that the app is still on phone memory? should i wipe phone/SD card and install everything manually via PC?
Please help, i would like to hold on to the apps that i have on the phone.
Thanks.
Taimur said:
Hi
My phone recently received the O2 Froyo update and i have been enjoying it thoroughly. i have installed countless apps on it and as expected i started facing storage issues. I was surprised because i thought now all apps would be installed on SD card. Went in to Manage Apps section and all apps were installed on device RAM taking up any where between 10Kb to 8 Mb per each App.
Also found the transfer to SD card option. Decided to shift all apps to SDCard through this option. This did not solve my problem and its still showing the "phone storage is low alert".
What i noticed was an app that was taking up 8+mb on phone memory before transfer to SD card, only showed 200-300Kb size on SD card... Does this mean that the app is still on phone memory? should i wipe phone/SD card and install everything manually via PC?
Please help, i would like to hold on to the apps that i have on the phone.
Thanks.
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when using the move to sd function on froyo, its only the apps .apk that is stored on the sd card... all the app data is still stored in the /data/data/ directory in the devices internal storage
AndroHero said:
when using the move to sd function on froyo, its only the apps .apk that is stored on the sd card... all the app data is still stored in the /data/data/ directory in the devices internal storage
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So what is the solution?
There is no solution, you could root and flash a rom with apps2sd+
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There is no solution, you could root and flash a rom with apps2sd+
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And you won't gain much more with that than with, for example, ModInstalllocation. I read that one guy reported that with app2sd+ only about 140 MB (of installed apps) went to sd card, while internal memory had been decreased by 120 MB. That's comparable with my results using stock Froyo a2sd + ModInstallLocation.
try deleting app's cache, click each app and delete the cache and then reboot phone.
You will only gain the space reclaimed by moving the dalvik cache to the ext partition.
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So it will not help if i wipe/format and fresh install Apps from the PC? When i googled this some of the results showed i should be installing from PC for proper installation over SD card.
i havent found a solution yet
So any solution to storage issues? Such a shame to have a half empty 16Gb mSD Card installed and be running out of app space...
only solution Ive found is to buy a newer device with more storage space lol. Shame as I really like the Desire.
What will happen if memory gets low, will the phone slow down?
Hi guys. After rooting my phone and install leedroid's 2.2f i downloaded some widgets from the market, install them and everything worked perfect until i connected my device to the pc using usb drive to transfer some files. After that, widgets e.g. handcent sms unable to load. What might be the cause? If i install them again they will propably work. But i have to.do that each time i connect to the pc.
Phone: HTC Desire running leedroid.2.2f 4gb sd card with ext3 partition.
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I think your sd-ext is mounted while you mount your sdcard (this should not be) maybe you have activated external install of apk and u use Froyoy App2SD AND Sdext?
Move the widgets to internal storage if yes this should solve the problem!
You might be correct. Should i uninstall apps 2 sd?
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No. That will make things worse.
Go to app settings and display all apps installed to sdcard then move them all to internal storage (which will put them on the sd-ext partition.) Should solve your problem.
As far as I know widgets have to be installed on internal memory
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I moved all the applications that use widgets and the eidhets to the phone. Same problem. Thinking a full wipe..
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Did You do a restart afterwards? Otherwise it is clear, that the widgets still don't show up....
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Like the title says, I suddenly found out after I couldn't see any songs or albums in Winamp. Then I tried the stock player, same thing.
They're still there, I can see them with ASTRO and when I connect it to my PC.
I can play the songs through ASTRO, but when the player starts up there's no info on the song at all.
I tried PowerAmp (which does a search on the SD card for mp3s) and that works with most of the albums, some are missing cover artwork.
Also my alarm clock can't detect mp3s, same as my running app cardiotrainer. It's the same when I try to put an mp3 as a ringtone.
Firstly the standard HTC Desire ringtones could not be read either, but I got them to show up again, during my attempt to fix this, which I will go through below.
When I try to open up the mp3s through a program (custom ringtone or stock mp3 player) it says "No musicfiles or SD card is available" (translated from my Danish Desire OS).
I can't see my pictures or videos through my camera or gallery apps, but when I take a new picture it shows up as the only one I got.
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What I've tried:
Rebooting lots of times, of course.
Changing the name of my mp3 folder.
Searching for a ".nomedia" file, or similar "." but finding nothing.
Using the app "SDrescan".
I connected the phone to my PC, right click and select properties. Then tools - error checking. Run with automatically fix file system errors checked.
It ran the error check and said there were some errors and it has been fixed. When I run it again it says no errors were detected.
Did a nandroid restore.
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Possible causes:
I am rooted, running the newest Leedroid.
Yesterday I did a complete nandroid backup and titanium backup, and copied the whole SD to my computer drive. I also wiped my battery stats.
That's all I did.
Do you tried to put some new songs to see if they appear on the music player? Maybe it is just a corrupted database for the older entries.
Maybe the stock android media scanner is broken.. Try a nandroid and a full wipe with a fresh install of your ROM, if it does not fix the problem, restore the nandroid backup..
How much % is free. This can be a problem if it's to little.
R
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I tried to put a brand new mp3 on there, but it can't see that one either. On the other hand, when I take a new picture with the camera, that single new picture is visible.
On the SD card 3,44 GB are free. Internal free is about 71 MB, but I've done the A2SD+.
I've tried to do a nandroid restore, with the nandroid backup I made Tuesday, when it was still working.
I guess there's nothing else to try than to do a complete wipe and install a fresh ROM.
I can't really figure out why it would do this all of a sudden.
If you have a mac use disk utility to repair your card - if not format you card - move all data back on after your done - see if that works
How do I format the card?
Is it the thing where I go into ROM Manager and under utillities, select Patition SD card?
I tried to format the SD card, through menu->settings->sd card->format
After it was formatted I put all the SD stuff back from my backup on my PC, and the mp3 could still not be seen at all.
Something strange with the pictures though. In my gallery app I could see all my picture folders except for the main one where new pictures are saved to.
So I try to connect it to my PC again, and switch one of the pictures from the main folder over to one of my self-made folders to see if it would show up there.
I disconnect from the PC and let the SD card mount again, and now it's back to where I can see no pictures at all. I try to put the picture back again, but still; no pictures at all.
Don't format through phone. .. plug it in ur PC and use gparted for example..
Btw u did backup ur SD and move everything back on yea?
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BigMrB said:
Don't format through phone. .. plug it in ur PC and use gparted for example..
Btw u did backup ur SD and move everything back on yea?
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I have a backup of my SD and moved it all back, no problems.
The only other way of formatting I know (besides doing it through the phone) is using this guide:
1. Go into the ROM Manager app.
2. Under utillities, select Patition SD card.
3. Select 512MB for both cache and EXT3
4. This will re-format your SD card.
Is that the same (as good as) using gparted as you suggested? I don't know about gparted.
danielvago said:
I have a backup of my SD and moved it all back, no problems.
The only other way of formatting I know (besides doing it through the phone) is using this guide:
1. Go into the ROM Manager app.
2. Under utillities, select Patition SD card.
3. Select 512MB for both cache and EXT3
4. This will re-format your SD card.
Is that the same (as good as) using gparted as you suggested? I don't know about gparted.
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I just think that using a PC / Mac gives you more control over the format etc... linux swap etc... No doubt rom mamanger should suffice but if you do have a corrupted SD card often PC's can handle it better
Tbh if you have repaired your card that usually fixes these sorts of problems for me ... have you got another SD card to try!?
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I just think that using a PC / Mac gives you more control over the format etc... linux swap etc... No doubt rom mamanger should suffice but if you do have a corrupted SD card often PC's can handle it better
Tbh if you have repaired your card that usually fixes these sorts of problems for me ... have you got another SD card to try!?
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Why didn't I think to try this myself?!
I do have another SD card, and just tried it... and it works! I even tried putting in a new mp3 and it can see it.
Do you think I should just do a rom manager format, or should I jump into the PC way of a format?
I am a big noob btw, so if you think the PC way of formatting my SD card is better, could I ask you to write down a noob-friendly guide maybe?
I've just done the rom manager partition format, and tried to put an mp3 and a few pictures on my SD card, and it works!
Now I'm in the process of putting my SD backup back on my SD card, and I'll write back later if it all works after that.
If not ur card is screwed lol.. I'd be surprised if that didn't work!! Formatting usually cures SD card probs ... if u ever get read only error just repair ur card no need for format for that... just for future reference ... I'm a bit nooby too tbh, lots to learn lol
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I just finished copying all of the backup onto my SD card and... now it doesn't work again!!! Same problem!
Why don't you buy a new card? I got a class 6 16 Gb for £20 ... so there cheap enough for all the hassle?
Try formatting on a Mac or PC.. I use gparted from CD I burnt but there are plenty of others around. If not tbh I'm not sure where you go from there.. if you have a backup everything should be fine lol
Edit - so can I clarify do either of your cards work properly?
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Oh my god... I just found a ".nomedia" file in the root of my SD card... if that's it I will feel very stupid.
I have formatted 3 times now, transferring the stuff back again now.
Yup, that was the problem
I feel so stupid, but thanks for all your help.
LOL .... well at least you learnt something
Hi All
I have had the HTC gallery app installed on my HTC 10 for a while now. I'm not rooted, pure stock with latest updates and all was working fine. Today the app just stopped showing my folders and acts like no pictures are on the phone. When I take a new pic, it shows up in the app fine but if I try to move the pic to a new Folder I created it gives me an error that its unable to move selected data because there is a problem with my storage.
I have tried other apps and they work fine. I wont be able to try a new sd card yet till i pick one up but all other apps seem to see the card fine.
I do have it formatted as internal (sandisk 128gb) and haven't had any issues before or with any other apps now .
Any suggestions? Thank you in advance
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Hi All
I have had the HTC gallery app installed on my HTC 10 for a while now. I'm not rooted, pure stock with latest updates and all was working fine. Today the app just stopped showing my folders and acts like no pictures are on the phone. When I take a new pic, it shows up in the app fine but if I try to move the pic to a new Folder I created it gives me an error that its unable to move selected data because there is a problem with my storage.
I have tried other apps and they work fine. I wont be able to try a new sd card yet till i pick one up but all other apps seem to see the card fine.
I do have it formatted as internal (sandisk 128gb) and haven't had any issues before or with any other apps now .
Any suggestions? Thank you in advance
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HTC Gallery is not officially compatible with the HTC 10 because it cannot write to the SD Card. So you cant make a new folder & move pictures to it if it is on the SD Card.
omar302 said:
HTC Gallery is not officially compatible with the HTC 10 because it cannot write to the SD Card. So you cant make a new folder & move pictures to it if it is on the SD Card.
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I know its not officially supported, thats why I got an apk from APK mirror & worked fine. I built folders on my sd card and all. Its been working for about a month. It was posted here as well and worked. My fiance also has it on her phone and working fine. I have the apk on my internal phone memory not the sd card. My folders are on the sd card
omar302 said:
HTC Gallery is not officially compatible with the HTC 10 because it cannot write to the SD Card. So you cant make a new folder & move pictures to it if it is on the SD Card.
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It should still show his phone picture folders...
Only writing is affected. Not reading.
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HTC Gallery cannot write (or delete) to ext SD card.
If deleting a photo which is on ext SD card done thru HTC Gallery - it is not physically deleted but just disappeared from the HTC Gallery itself, you still can easily find it with file manager..
Regarding your photos/albums viewing problem - please reboot the phone and wait 10 minutes allowing the media re-scan to be completed. ??
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jauhien said:
HTC Gallery cannot write (or delete) to ext SD card.
If deleting a photo which is on ext SD card done thru HTC Gallery - it is not physically deleted but just disappeared from the HTC Gallery itself, you still can easily find it with file manager..
Regarding your photos/albums viewing problem - please reboot the phone and wait 10 minutes allowing the media re-scan to be completed. ?
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Update - I had to reformat my memory card and all works now.
In regards to deleting the pics. I took some sample pics and deleted them & tried searching for them with solid explorer, es file explorer & the built in htc file explorer and all 3 did not find the pics. They seem to have deleted. I do have Dumpster installed and they show up in there, could that be why the file explorers don't see them. I know that everyone says that the HTC gallery app cant write to sd cards but having my card formatted as internal since I have had the phone (got it on release day at verizon), could that make it work?
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...having my card formatted as internal since I have had the phone (got it on release day at verizon), could that make it work?
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In your case hTc gallery is not aware there's an ext SD card inserted.. ??
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Ahhh OK, thank you
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