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installing apps on external sd card

Hi
My galaxy w has only 1,70 gb of space. first of all how can i move already installed files to my 32gb external sd and secondly how can i set it simy phone automatically installs everything on the ex. sd from now on?
didnt find an answer on other threads.
Thanks in advance

What ROM are you on?
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sevenmad said:
Hi
My galaxy w has only 1,70 gb of space. first of all how can i move already installed files to my 32gb external sd and secondly how can i set it simy phone automatically installs everything on the ex. sd from now on?
didnt find an answer on other threads.
Thanks in advance
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Use Apps2SD app. It can let you move apps to your SD card.

Gary122 said:
What ROM are you on?
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stock rom. im still working with the original rom it came with
bbmadzky said:
Use Apps2SD app. It can let you move apps to your SD card.
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i have superboxpro and it has a apps2sd tab; but that only moves it to the internal sd (1.7 gb)

Maybe you can try Directory Bind: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
Anyway I never try it
Good luck

I don't understand the function of directory bind, is it used to move app from internal to sd card? And are external sd = sd card?

sevenmad said:
Hi
My galaxy w has only 1,70 gb of space. first of all how can i move already installed files to my 32gb external sd and secondly how can i set it simy phone automatically installs everything on the ex. sd from now on?
didnt find an answer on other threads.
Thanks in advance
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Root it and use Link2SD.
You'll need to partition your microSD into 2; I recommend formatting the 2nd partition as ext2.
Lots of tutorials on how to do this.
Plus, you can configure Link2SD to automatically migrate newly installed apps to the SD card.
_____ W + Bionic Cow 2 + xda app _____

If you are on stock from still no need for any app at all....or partitions on your External SD.
There is native built-in Apps 2 SD function in GB, which moves Apps, designed to be moved, to your external SD.
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As you can see from my screen shot, those apps checked have been moved....
Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/On SD Card Tab....
Apps which can be moved are listed, and those which ate moved have a check mark.
If course, you can also use Link2SD etc, but you need to create second partition on SD!!!!
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sevenmad said:
Hi
My galaxy w has only 1,70 gb of space. first of all how can i move already installed files to my 32gb external sd and secondly how can i set it simy phone automatically installs everything on the ex. sd from now on?
didnt find an answer on other threads.
Thanks in advance
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You can try to swap your internal and external sd.

irishpancake said:
If you are on stock from still no need for any app at all....or partitions on your External SD.
There is native built-in Apps 2 SD function in GB, which moves Apps, designed to be moved, to your external SD.
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As you can see from my screen shot, those apps checked have been moved....
Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/On SD Card Tab....
Apps which can be moved are listed, and those which ate moved have a check mark.
If course, you can also use Link2SD etc, but you need to create second partition on SD!!!!
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There are drawbacks of native App2SD:
* Widgets moved to SD no longer work
* Apps needing "Boot Complete" intent no longer work
* When attaching the external storage to PC via USB cable, all apps on SD are not available
Link2SD has no such drawbacks. It does require 2 things:
1. Rooted phone
2. 2nd partition on the microSD
Those prerequisites, however, need to be done only once, and afterwards Link2SD can fully automate everything.
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pepoluan said:
There are drawbacks of native App2SD:
* Widgets moved to SD no longer work
* Apps needing "Boot Complete" intent no longer work
* When attaching the external storage to PC via USB cable, all apps on SD are not available
Link2SD has no such drawbacks. It does require 2 things:
1. Rooted phone
2. 2nd partition on the microSD
Those prerequisites, however, need to be done only once, and afterwards Link2SD can fully automate everything.
_____ W + Bionic Cow 2 + xda app _____
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Hi pep....
Yeah, native apps2SD has drawbacks for sure, but the OP asked how to move apps to SD, and it is a simple built-in solution, requiring nothing more than checking a box in settings....
It is surprising how many ppl don't know about it!!
But I agree, Links2SD is a more complete solution!!
Isn't there a work round which allows use of Internal Storage as Apps partition??
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Perhaps try Android Assistent
with that it can automaticly move your downloaded apps to your SD card

what rom?
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link2SD
sevenmad said:
Hi
My galaxy w has only 1,70 gb of space. first of all how can i move already installed files to my 32gb external sd and secondly how can i set it simy phone automatically installs everything on the ex. sd from now on?
didnt find an answer on other threads.
Thanks in advance
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if your phone has rooted, use link2SD and choose autolink in setting

Well if your rooted cause my phone is and I use App2SD and Force2SD also Titanium backup to move my apps to my external SD, there isn't really a way to force your apps to automatically install on the external SD and you usually have to manually move them but TB has one where you can move all of them in 1 go so that helps.

Hi....I have tried this Link2SD cos I just got a larger SD card...
My phone is on Stock ROM still, rooted, and original vold.fstab..mount points as per original...and using Arcos latest CWM Recovery [6.0.??].
The App works great, linking is perfect, and any app linked shows in the list in the App as linked to SD...
Storage Info shows the ext3 partition as SD Card 2nd Part. [/data/sdext2]....
just for example purposes I show 1 app linked... Antutu.....it works perfectly!!!
However, CWM does not back up this partition in Nandroid, getting the "sd-ext does not exist" message during backup.....
And to prove this I deleted Antutu, and attempted an extract from Nandroid with TB....
It shows a backup, but attempting to extract it results in TB hanging..presume it shows it becos of whatever sym-linking is there shows app as being in Internal.
I have been able to extract this app from Nandroid made without L2SD.
So, on stock ROM, is this possible?
Do I need scripting support which is missing in Stock?
Is Stock kernel OK for this app?
Is there a problem with CWM not backing up the ext3 Partition on SD??
Thanks in advance!!!
Edit...pics are not showing... Tapatalk problem...
Will reupload later when home...
Yiz get the gist anyway!!! I hope!!!
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irishpancake said:
Hi....I have tried this Link2SD cos I just got a larger SD card...
My phone is on Stock ROM still, rooted, and original vold.fstab..mount points as per original...and using Arcos latest CWM Recovery [6.0.??].
The App works great, linking is perfect, and any app linked shows in the list in the App as linked to SD...
Storage Info shows the ext3 partition as SD Card 2nd Part. [/data/sdext2]....
just for example purposes I show 1 app linked... Antutu.....it works perfectly!!!
However, CWM does not back up this partition in Nandroid, getting the "sd-ext does not exist" message during backup.....
And to prove this I deleted Antutu, and attempted an extract from Nandroid with TB....
It shows a backup, but attempting to extract it results in TB hanging..presume it shows it becos of whatever sym-linking is there shows app as being in Internal.
I have been able to extract this app from Nandroid made without L2SD.
So, on stock ROM, is this possible?
Do I need scripting support which is missing in Stock?
Is Stock kernel OK for this app?
Is there a problem with CWM not backing up the ext3 Partition on SD??
Thanks in advance!!!
Edit...pics are not showing... Tapatalk problem...
Will reupload later when home...
Yiz get the gist anyway!!! I hope!!!
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Well, I never tried extracting anything from a nandroid backup before... but if I use TB's own backup/restore facility, TB has no problem at all.
(I just tried it myself : Uninstalled Maxthon via TB, reboot (full, not quick), restore).
Of course, after restore, Maxthon is no longer linked to SD, and I bet there are Maxthon leftovers in the SD, but nothing more serious than those.
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[Q] 64GB SDXC card not working

I have an AT&T SGH-i747, I ordered a class 10 64GB SDXC card, when I put it in my phone it says "preparing sd card", then immediately says "it is now safe to remove your sd card". After several attempts to format the card (FAT, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS, which my computer does recognize) it started to tell me that my card was removed and to please insert another one once I insert it. There has never been an option to format the card in the storage section of settings, only to mount it, which yilded this result "prepating sd card" then immediately said "it is now safe to remove your sd card". I have serched through posts on this site and others, they all work under the premise that the card is no good and to exchange it, but my computer reads it just fine, so the card an't be bad, or they say that it comes formatted with exFAT which certain ROMs can't read, but I formatted it to FAT32 with no results. I am running Ariel ROM 2.07 with Ktoonzes Kernel. Any assistance you could provide would be GREATLY appreciated

64 GB SD card isn't compatible with a 16gb GS3.
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Kofmasterkof said:
64 GB SD card isn't compatible with a 16gb GS3.
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Total bull****.. where did you come up with that. Most likely he got s bad or fake card. Where did you buy it. I am on stock leaked lh1 firmware and my card I got from tigerdirect worked right out of the box. No reformat.. put in computer and copied old 32gb card contents and then.put in phone.
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Have you tried verifying the card's indicated space and speed? If you received a faulty or fake one, files would rewrite over and over again on something like 1gb of data (causing some files to not be readable). As asked above, where did you get the card from?
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If you have e a custom kernel I.e faux, chances are it doesn't support exFAT.. In fact.. Most winxp computers don't either...
Assuming ur card is legit you need to get an adaptor and put it in a computer and format it to FAT.
I had the same problem with my sandisk 64 gb class 10.
I'd you look at my posts you will find step by step instructions on software I used etc.. Can't find it now on my phone.
Once you format it to FAT, it will work just fine. Assuming of course the card isn't defective
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I got the card from some Amazon vendor, the first one didn't work at all, returned it and bought from a different Amazon vendor. Poped it in the phone and it says "preparing sd card" then immediately "it is now safe to remove your sd card". In storage settings I have the option to mount the card, but I just get those two messages again. Formatted to FAT32 because I saw exFAT was propriety from MS with the same results, I used minitools partition manager I believe it's called. My computer was able to read and write to the disk until I allowed Windows to reformat it to ntfs, which took hours to reach 25 percent so I force canceled the format and pulled the card. From that point forward minitools said it was a bad disk and Windows froze when it would try to read it. I am using a Windows Vista computer which does not give me the option to format the disk to FAT32, only exFAT and NTFS. I am running Ariel 2.07 ICS with KToonzes kernel. I have a rooted stock nand backup or am willing to change ROM's if it has something to do with that, can't test that though as I've already returned the card. I also would rather not spend $100+, I'd rather just get a 32GB for $20. Thanks for all your help so far, I hope this helps you help me.

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waiters said:
If you have e a custom kernel I.e faux, chances are it doesn't support exFAT.. In fact.. Most winxp computers don't either...
Assuming ur card is legit you need to get an adaptor and put it in a computer and format it to FAT.
I had the same problem with my sandisk 64 gb class 10.
I'd you look at my posts you will find step by step instructions on software I used etc.. Can't find it now on my phone.
Once you format it to FAT, it will work just fine. Assuming of course the card isn't defective
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You suggest using FAT, not FAT32?

rjvecchio said:
You suggest using FAT, not FAT32?
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sorry, i think it was FAT32
and this is how i did it

rjvecchio said:
I got the card from some Amazon vendor, the first one didn't work at all, returned it and bought from a different Amazon vendor. Poped it in the phone and it says "preparing sd card" then immediately "it is now safe to remove your sd card". In storage settings I have the option to mount the card, but I just get those two messages again. Formatted to FAT32 because I saw exFAT was propriety from MS with the same results, I used minitools partition manager I believe it's called. My computer was able to read and write to the disk until I allowed Windows to reformat it to ntfs, which took hours to reach 25 percent so I force canceled the format and pulled the card. From that point forward minitools said it was a bad disk and Windows froze when it would try to read it. I am using a Windows Vista computer which does not give me the option to format the disk to FAT32, only exFAT and NTFS. I am running Ariel 2.07 ICS with KToonzes kernel. I have a rooted stock nand backup or am willing to change ROM's if it has something to do with that, can't test that though as I've already returned the card. I also would rather not spend $100+, I'd rather just get a 32GB for $20. Thanks for all your help so far, I hope this helps you help me.
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It appears to me that when you forced cancel, your 64GB micro usb got corrupted (which should not have happened, but did) that's why your Windows cannot read it. May be some one with a Win7 machine can reformat it for you. It could be something real simple like the MBR string on your card.

If it is taking hours to format NTFS then there is still something wrong with your new card as well
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Kofmasterkof said:
64 GB SD card isn't compatible with a 16gb GS3.
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My S3 clearly allowed up to 64 GB micro USB SD add on.

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sorry, i think it was FAT32
and this is how i did it
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I guess I just got two bad cards then, or maybe the mini tools is to blame... guess I'll try it one more time. Thanks everyone.

I formatted my Sandisk 64GB MicroSDXC card to FAT32 (64k cluster size) with GUIFormat ( http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm). Even after that, it took some finagling to get it to work. I think I had to clear dalvik and also clear cache and data for the media related system apps... after that and a couple reboots (to force a media scan), it worked fine since. Make sure to allow enough time between reboots to allow media scan to complete (around 15 mins should be plenty), otherwise the media data may get out of whack again. Keep in mind that if you format your card correct BEFORE flashing your ROM, you probably won't have to jump through hoops to get your media data corrected.
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Damaged SD card

Just bought the SanDisk 64gb.
its giving me the message Damaged SD car at the top
Im running Paranoid Android 2.+
i tried reformatting and fix permissions on CWM.
its says... E:Can't mount /sdcard/
Error mounting /sdcard/
any help!?

M1nze said:
Just bought the SanDisk 64gb.
its giving me the message Damaged SD car at the top
Im running Paranoid Android 2.+
i tried reformatting and fix permissions on CWM.
its says... E:Can't mount /sdcard/
Error mounting /sdcard/
any help!?
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Try formatting in a computer, and if that works, format in android.
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You can also try formatting it in a camera, it sounds silly but it worked with my friend's card after all else failed.
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i think it depends on what rom you are using also!
i was on paranoid android and i couldnt get the sd card to work.
switched to re-calked and formatted it in the phone and it now reads well.

M1nze said:
Just bought the SanDisk 64gb.
its giving me the message Damaged SD car at the top
Im running Paranoid Android 2.+
i tried reformatting and fix permissions on CWM.
its says... E:Can't mount /sdcard/
Error mounting /sdcard/
any help!?
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For a 64gb card it is best to format it in a PC as xfat filesystem to get android to read it. The phone and recovery format options are designed for up to 32gb SD cards and don't like to play nice with 64gb cards
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
For a 64gb card it is best to format it in a PC as xfat filesystem to get android to read it. The phone and recovery format options are designed for up to 32gb SD cards and don't like to play nice with 64gb cards
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true. i tried all the above but nothing on paranoid and nothing.
went to ics and we are fine.

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
For a 64gb card it is best to format it in a PC as xfat filesystem to get android to read it. The phone and recovery format options are designed for up to 32gb SD cards and don't like to play nice with 64gb cards
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Just a note on this. If you format it as xfat recovery won't work with it. Unless something has changed, no recovery supports it and from what I read it won't support it because of licensing issues. I just format the card from android and everything works good.
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crawrj said:
Just a note on this. If you format it as xfat recovery won't work with it. Unless something has changed, no recovery supports it and from what I read it won't support it because of licensing issues. I just format the card from android and everything works good.
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My 64gb was formatted so only 32gb worked in android for that same reason, I ended up using my 64gb on my Xbox in a USB reader and bought a 32gb class 10 for my phone. If you format it in the phone only 32gb is readable unless you have a device with 64gb support. I haven't tried the 64 with ICS or JB yet so it may be enabled on one of them but GB it was limited to 32gb. There was a work around but it caused a lot of data corruption. Formatting it to ext4 in a Linux distro may make it functional but a lot of older devices don't support ext4. There's a few new devices with sdxc support that will use up to 128gb sdxc cards. I don't know what you'd really need a 64gb card for unless you store a lot of video, between my 32gb and my internal storage I've barely used 12gb and I have a ton of crap on there. My biggest file is a 5gb tibu folder. I move all my pics and stuff off every week tho so I don't lose them in case I lose or destroy my phone somehow. My dads using a 64gb card in his sgs3 ill have to ask him how he got it working in his et4g before he upgraded, cuz he's had that card for almost 18months and has had it working across several devices, evo 3d, moto photon, et4g, galaxy note and now his sgs3. I just don't know how he ended up formatting it so they would read it. I don't need that much storage bad enough for the hassle it was to try and get it working. Hell I could do just fine with a 16gb plus the internal since I store most of my stuff internal anyways, only thing I keep on my external is my tibu folder and roms, mods and
nandroids
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I have the SanDisk 64 and formatted it from the phone when I was on GB. I get 59.46GB free after formatting. Been using it since that time with no issues. Been on ICS only since FF18 but it works fine in every release since.
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lol, honestly id be fine with the 32gb but i bought the 64gb off the sale thread i found earlier. i have a lot of downloaded music/movies that i would like to put on the card but i havent tried to use all the 64gb. i did format it to exFat through the computer and so far ICS is reading it.
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crawrj said:
I have the SanDisk 64 and formatted it from the phone. I get 59.46GB free after formatting.
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what were you running though? i was on a jb rom.

M1nze said:
what were you running though? i was on a jb rom.
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Haven't tried JB yet. It worked in GB and ICS.
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on a pc,do this in a cmd window:
Format /fs:FAT32 driveletter:
it will format it up to 2tb.., the windowe GUI doesn't let you because microsoft wants you to use their proprietary exfat crap so they can make $$ off.

Increase Ram using external Micro sd?

I want to know, is there a Way to Increase e4gt Ram using external Micro sd?
I have a Sandisk 32gb class 10 Micro sd on my e4gt...
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No. Wrong kind of memory. An SD card is not and never will be RAM.
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I've read about somebody doing partition to the Micro sd. What for?
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Willya said:
I've read about somebody doing partition to the Micro sd. What for?
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Storage, what its designed for. Its no different than partitioning your hard drive in your computer. It just splits the storage volume up. Older phones with less internal app storage people would partition their cards to use a2sd and gain extra app space thats it nothing else flash memory is like rom(random operating memory) a space for storage and containing filesystems. RAM (random access memory) is the space applications are executed in, it has a much higher read/write speed allowing the application to function without lag. You could put a swap space on sd but it still isn't RAM it will only be utilized by idle applications to hold them open while they are dormant. Android is already efficient in killing open apps to free RAM when needed and swap doesn't really work the same way it does on a pc. 9/10 times andorid kills the app instead of utilizing the swap space.
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Storage, what its designed for. Its no different than partitioning your hard drive in your computer. It just splits the storage volume up. Older phones with less internal app storage people would partition their cards to use a2sd and gain extra app space thats it nothing else flash memory is like rom(random operating memory) a space for storage and containing filesystems. RAM (random access memory) is the space applications are executed in, it has a much higher read/write speed allowing the application to function without lag. You could put a swap space on sd but it still isn't RAM it will only be utilized by idle applications to hold them open while they are dormant. Android is already efficient in killing open apps to free RAM when needed and swap doesn't really work the same way it does on a pc. 9/10 times andorid kills the app instead of utilizing the swap space.
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What I read when that person doing partition to the Micro sd is that He try to make the Micro sd as extended memory/ram by change it to EXT3 format & with Help of Minitools software..
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Willya said:
What I read when that person doing partition to the Micro sd is that He try to make the Micro sd as extended memory/ram by change it to EXT3 format & with Help of Minitools software..
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I think you need to read up on what ram is. Ext3/4 are filesystems and have nothing to do with ram unless youre using a ramdisk.
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Willya said:
I want to know, is there a Way to Increase e4gt Ram using external Micro sd?
I have a Sandisk 32gb class 10 Micro sd on my e4gt...
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I think what you are talking about is swap. Which this phone has more than enough RAM that swap is not needed. Swap partitions kill SD cards anyways.
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
I think you need to read up on what ram is. Ext3/4 are filesystems and have nothing to do with ram unless youre using a ramdisk.
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I don't know if I really wrong, but it's the proof. Here's the step-by-step how that man explain to increase the RAM using micro SD.
*)It's originally in Indonesian Language, but I translate it to English..
First Version:
1. first backup the data on your SD Card. because the SD Card will be on Delete and Format Partition.
2. Download Software for making partition, you can use the Mini Tool Partition Wizard or EASEUS Partition Master
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
3. Install MiniTools on PC
4. Connect your phone to PC
5. Delete partiton SD Card and then click Create Partition
6. Because I just 2GB SD Card so I only make 2 pieces patition. First Partition Using Ext3 format. Partition for linux at 500Mb. Used to install / move apps from phone memory to SD Card
7. The second partition the rest of the first partition, the FAT32 format. Used to store data such as office, mp3, videos etc..
8. If the SD Card Has a fairly large you can make a 3rd partition Swap format. Swap partitions are used to support the work of RAM. and a swap partition usually made ​​of 2 times the RAM.
10. When finished click APPLY on the top left corner to execute the partition that has been created.
Second version:
Material that you need:
1. dtapp signed
2. A2SDGUI
3. Have already partitioned sdcard
The steps:
1. move the material to the sd card
2. Enter to recovery, choose mount storage and change to:
_unmount / caches
_mount / data
_unmount / system
_unmount / sdcard
_unmount / sd-ext
3. If you done, back to start menu and install dtapps2sd cwm-2.7.5.3-beta04-signed.zip who already downloaded earlier. . finished and reboot the system.
4. Then install A2SDGUI open a2sdgui zipalign on boot and set swappiness 60-65. Then move to Dalvik tab, select the Dalvik cache on sd ext, click move. allow it to reboot. See Picture.
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5. Wait wait until the reboot is complete.
6. After your phone ready, enter terminal emulator type this command.
_su
_a2sd datasd
let it reboot
7. If done, it can be checked in titanium back up.
And this the result.
Third version:
1. Download Application RAM Expander
2. Your phone has rooted.
3. The SD Card has swapped.
4. Install Application Ram Expander
5. Open RE , choose Optimal Value then swap active
6. Ram so relieved now
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CMIIW

Mattix724 said:
I think what you are talking about is swap. Which this phone has more than enough RAM that swap is not needed. Swap partitions kill SD cards anyways.
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even if you could, tricking the OS to use sd as ram would be awful.

its impossible to use an sd card as RAM. anything that tells you otherwise is lying. the only way to get more ram is to buy a better phone.

SD Card Issues w/Zenfone 2

Every time I restart my phone, a notification pops up that says external storage inserted (SD card). However, I have not removed it. This is quite annoying, is anyone else experiencing this? Does anyone know what causes this and how to disable it? Also, when I try to get Titanium Backup to backup my files to the external SD card, it will not work. I have plenty of free space on the SD card, it tells me I have 15.8 GB free on the External SD card so this is not the issue. I never had any problems backing up to the SD card previously on my Galaxy S4. Any help would be awesome!
Thanks,
Drew

That's normal, when you do a power off and on, it will always tell you the SD card is mounted/inserted. Did that with my Galaxy S5 also.

Minim3 said:
That's normal, when you do a power off and on, it will always tell you the SD card is mounted/inserted. Did that with my Galaxy S5 also.
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To access your External sd card properly you need to have rooted your phone and run the Kitkat sd card fix (available in playstore). This is an issue google has done as they want everything stored on the cloud and to stop us using sd cards altogether.
Unless you run this most apps will have issues writing to the sd card...

ultramag69 said:
To access your External sd card properly you need to have rooted your phone and run the Kitkat sd card fix (available in playstore). This is an issue google has done as they want everything stored on the cloud and to stop us using sd cards altogether.
Unless you run this most apps will have issues writing to the sd card...
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no it is just limitation of lollipop 5.0 i guess,each boot needs sdcard permission via documents,and titanium backup have problem with that
dclifford said:
Every time I restart my phone, a notification pops up that says external storage inserted (SD card). However, I have not removed it. This is quite annoying, is anyone else experiencing this? Does anyone know what causes this and how to disable it? Also, when I try to get Titanium Backup to backup my files to the external SD card, it will not work. I have plenty of free space on the SD card, it tells me I have 15.8 GB free on the External SD card so this is not the issue. I never had any problems backing up to the SD card previously on my Galaxy S4. Any help would be awesome!
Thanks,
Drew
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it is just limitation of lollipop 5.0 i guess,each boot needs sdcard permission via documents,and titanium backup have problem with that..
i am using titanium backup with internal and then cut and paste in external...i know its is annoying..but no other option for now..[as far as i know and searched]
and that notification kindoff annoying,i cant find solution till now...

Ansebovi after I wrote this post, I did some more searching and found a thread saying to download and install an app called folder mount from the play store.. It requires root but if you have that it will work. It asks you to patch the android system 2 times then reboot two times after each patch.. After that you have full access to the SD card. I did this and after I was able to backup to the sd card with titanium backup. Hope this helps.
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Credit goes to yc1437 for this fox
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With the Asus ZenFone 2, you can install apps anywhere you want, on sd or internal memory! No need for root
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Based on mine and others experience, not true
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Actually, when you first setup your phone, it even ask you if you prefer to install your apps/games on the system storage or SDCard. You can move apps to SDCard after install, this was added in Lollipop. I know because after Lollipop install on my S5, I was running out of storage space on the phone (16GB only) and had to move apps/games to Removable storage (SD Card). Deleting off your ExtSDCard is limited with 3rd party apps, file managers for example, other then the stock one, when you try to delete a file off SD, you have allow permission via Lollipop to do it, and you only have to allow once. If even tells you how to do it when you try to delete. I use ES File Explorer, no issues deleting or moving files and I'm not rooted.

Minim3 said:
Actually, when you first setup your phone, it even ask you if you prefer to install your apps/games on the system storage or SDCard. You can move apps to SDCard after install, this was added in Lollipop. I know because after Lollipop install on my S5, I was running out of storage space on the phone (16GB only) and had to move apps/games to Removable storage (SD Card). Deleting off your ExtSDCard is limited with 3rd party apps, file managers for example, other then the stock one, when you try to delete a file off SD, you have allow permission via Lollipop to do it, and you only have to allow once. If even tells you how to do it when you try to delete. I use ES File Explorer, no issues deleting or moving files and I'm not rooted.
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not about installing in storage..about taking backup with titanium backup[and yes es works well but not titanium backup and titanium needs root,to fix the titanium also needs root]
jiggykilla01 said:
With the Asus ZenFone 2, you can install apps anywhere you want, on sd or internal memory! No need for root
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it is not about installing in sd or internal..it is about taking backup with titanium backup to SD with the limitation of lollipop,,,please dont confuse
dclifford said:
Ansebovi after I wrote this post, I did some more searching and found a thread saying to download and install an app called folder mount from the play store.. It requires root but if you have that it will work. It asks you to patch the android system 2 times then reboot two times after each patch.. After that you have full access to the SD card. I did this and after I was able to backup to the sd card with titanium backup. Hope this helps.
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can you link that post or thread where u found and thanks btw

Here you go.. Not much else here to read but again I can confirm it is now working for me in titanium backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3104302
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dclifford said:
Here you go.. Not much else here to read but again I can confirm it is now working for me in titanium backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3104302
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ansebovi said:
not about installing in storage..about taking backup with titanium backup[and yes es works well but not titanium backup and titanium needs root,to fix the titanium also needs root]
it is not about installing in sd or internal..it is about taking backup with titanium backup to SD with the limitation of lollipop,,,please dont confuse
can you link that post or thread where u found and thanks btw
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Ah, sorry my bad, I misunderstood

dclifford said:
Here you go.. Not much else here to read but again I can confirm it is now working for me in titanium backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3104302
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awesome,working thanks,...btw create a guide by editing the first OP post,change the title to fix permission for SD write or somethings..might help others too
Minim3 said:
Ah, sorry my bad, I misunderstood
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no worries