Hey Guys,
it's me again haha.
So I have a problem...
I just read this about the memory of our phone:
Vyker said:
There are 3 storage options on this phone...
ROM aka Device Memory = 1GB = Where apps install to.
Internal SD aka USB Storage = 2GB = Extra space
External SD aka SD Card = upto 32gb microSD card.
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So, I downloaded Backstab and need to download extra data, which are downloaded to SD...
Now I'm getting the message that there isn't enoght memory aviable.
So I looked into the file manager and saw, that all downloads,pictures etc. are saved on the "USB Storage" (→Internal SD).
Now my question is, how I can change the standard storage to "SD Card" (→External SD) , that my downloads, pictures (and of cause the data for Backstab) are saved on my "SD Card" (→External SD), where are 8GB free instead of the 72MB on "USB Storage" (→Internal SD).
Hope you understand what I mean ; my english isn't the best, I know
Thanks in Advance
Julian
I got that same problem when d/l additional data for games, etc.
Any sollution for it?
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App 2 SD (move app to SD)
You can find this tool in the android market.
Note not all apps can be moved but this may help.
robin0800 said:
You can find this tool in the android market.
Note not all apps can be moved but this may help.
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That app only moves apps from the Device Memory to the internal SD, not to the external one.
If your phone is rooted (if it isn't, I'd advise you too, although I reckon you should first research the pros and cons - and your warranty is voided), you can use ROM Manager to change the default path App2SD puts your apps into, or you can flash a ROM with internal/external memory swap.
Short version: both of these solutions require your phone to be rooted. If it isn't, then my post isn't of any help but there might be someone more knowledgeable out there who actually knows another (better) way to do this.
Dusk252 said:
That app only moves apps from the Device Memory to the internal SD, not to the external one.
If your phone is rooted (if it isn't, I'd advise you too, although I reckon you should first research the pros and cons - and your warranty is voided), you can use ROM Manager to change the default path App2SD puts your apps into, or you can flash a ROM with internal/external memory swap.
Short version: both of these solutions require your phone to be rooted. If it isn't, then my post isn't of any help but there might be someone more knowledgeable out there who actually knows another (better) way to do this.
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That app only moves apps from the Device Memory to the internal SD, not to the external one.
This is not true.......
App2SD moves Apps to External SD, if you have normal /etc/vold.fstab, with mount points as normal, not swapped.
This App is really just a GUI to do what you can do with native Android Apps 2 SD....and it gives Notification if a d/l App can be moved, i.e. coded by dev.
To actually see what Apps are on External SD, if you have moved them, use Storage Analyser free from Market.
See samples from my phone:
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You can clearly see, I hope, Apps which have been moved to External SD, in /sdcard/external_sd/.amdroid_secure.
These Apps were moved with App2SD.
Also, if you look at the pic below, of Settings/Manage applications/On SD card tab.....this shows those Apps which have been moved to External SD, which have a check-mark, e.g. Google+.....you can also see G+ above, clearly in external .android_secure folder
and it also shows those Apps which can be moved, or are coded to by dev.
btw...the USB Storage message on bottom is just information!!
USB Storage or Internal SD, is intended for Storage of Data relating to Apps, Pics, Music, Game Data, etc.
USB, or Internal SD, cannot be used, normally, for Apps, i.e. as in App2SD
I see. I was wrong then. Thank you for the useful post. It turns out I was fooled by the "USB Storage" bar, since it seems to imply they're stored in the internal memory.
But I don't think that'll really solve his problem, as from what I understood, the application data is still stored in the internal SD. So I still think the internal/external swap would be the best solution for him. Specially since he also complains about the pictures and stuff.
Either way, that ended up being an important piece of info for myself, so I thank you again for correcting me.
Thanx Dusk252
You are correct re OP......
if you wish to store loads a game data or photo stuff....
I think that is what the swap was designed for....it will give you potentially 16/32G for this data....I feel you will need a good SD....like at least Class 6....
And Apps can be moved to the smaller Internal SD....which could be good.....
On my last device I needed to use DT's A2SD..with 1G ext-3 partition on SD for Apps.....so this phone is pretty good.....
Just on the OP....it is a pity that most Apps seem to be written with the /mnt/sdcard as default external Storage....
something devs should keep in mind!!!
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Hey Guys,
thanks for careing about my problem
But I don't understand how I can swap the internal/external :S
could you please explain it to me.
Thanks in advance
JuLiian.
You have too ways of doing that (technically, three). But please understand before trying any of this that your phone must be rooted!
1. Manually edit the /etc/vold.fstab file (non-recommended unless you can find a good tutorial specifically for Galaxy W, since different devices might have different mount points. I wasn't able to find one, but my research took me 2 min so you might be able to find one.)
2. Replace your vold.fstab file with an already edited one. Here's a nice tutorial on how to do it.
3. Flash a custom ROM which already has this tweak. Like this one, for example.
backstab is gameloft ryt? y not try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091455 it work on asphalt adrenaline and dungeon hunter, what it does is it changes the file path of the data, so that your data can be save on your external_sd, just follow the steps there, hope that helps
edit: ow sorry that link is for LG but i find one for samsung like: "Auto_Patch_APK_for_Samsung_by_Duero__include_Java_" just search for it
edit2: i found it http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1129134.html just try if the download links are still working
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work in progress...
Prerequisite:
- Get a SanDisk 64GB microSDXC details here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1343164
- Root your phone
- Install Link2SD
you can get Link2SD from our in house local developer http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919326
all Link2SD related bugs or problems should be reported there
you can also get Link2SD directly from the Android Market
Link2SD
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD&hl=en
step 1:
prepare your spanking brand new SanDisk 64GB microSDXC,
you can partition it any way you want, i choose to go 50%&50% as i know i'm will be installing a lot of Apps/Games and i know i've maxed out 16GB easily everytime, that's why i'll need at least 32GB to be comfortable (later on you'll know why) in the new sd card
the best tool to partition your new 64GB SD is Gparted (yes Linux), you can get Gparted in a lot of ways, most times included in any Desktop Linux installation, or you can get the Gparted LiveCD from http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
you'll need to create 2x primary partitions, the first partition must be FAT32 (is not really a must, but you'll need that if you want to be able to see your SD card space when mounted as USB storage), the second partition it's highly recommended to use ext4, as Gparted seems to have problem trying to format ext3 on the SanDisk 64GB microSDXC, older phones can use ext2 if the phones are missing the support for ext4 (example Milestone XT720)
if you are not comfortable with Linux, you can easily create 2x FAT32 partitions in your SD card using Disk Management in windows, just make sure both partitions are Primary partitions.
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step 2:
once you're done with the disk partitioning and formatting of your brand new SanDisk 64GB microSDXC; it's time to finally launch Link2SD to do its magic
as soon as you run Link2SD you'll be greeted with this screen asking you to choose the disk format of your SD card 2nd partition, which is what we did on step 1
if you formatted your 2nd partition as ext4 then you must choose ext4
if you formatted your 2nd partition as FAT32 then you choose FAT32
step 3:
reboot your phone, when Link2SD prompts you to do so,
you must reboot for the changes to take effect
step 4:
when the phone is back from reboot (should not take more than 30 sec)
run Link2SD again, hit the Menu capacitive button, and select Storage Info then you should see this screen confirming everything was a success!
step 5:
now you can start moving apps 2 sd, which in Link2SD term is known as "Create Link" (it actually does way more than just create links)
this is what you'll see...
anything that says on SD Card are created by the build in AOS App2SD "Move to SD card" feature that was available since Froyo 2.2
anything that says Linked -> SD Card are created by Link2SD after you hit the "Create Link" option button
... an unrelated screen-shoot of the phone memory performance
Benefits:
- Apps on SD remains accessible even when the SD is mounted as USB flash drive
- Apps moved to SD will act & behave as if they were installed in the internal memory
- Apps that are not natively Apps2SD compatible can still be moved to SD without breaking it
- Apps compatible
- Games compatible
- Widgets compatible
- you can now go beyond the 1GB~2GB limit of the reserved internal memory space
- you can better and easily manage apps to go between internal, external (/sdcard/external_sd/), SD (/sdcard/), and Link2SD (hidden ext4)
- if you are familiar with CM7, with Link2SD you can also set the default install path to be internal, external or auto
- you can easily keep separate SD cards with different apps / games, specially those you want to Hide from public (family) & friends access
Cons:
- none?
- if you take out the SD card, any Apps & Widget that ran directly from the SD card will be temporally unavailable until you put the SD card back in
Tips & Tricks
Gameloft games
There are 3 types of GL games:
- Older GL games will install all into the internal memory, those are easy to deal with with Link2SD
- Recent GL games that are Froyo App2SD aware, will install a small portion in either internal or to SD, but all the extra "DATA" contents usually in the size of 600+ MB are left on SD card (these are not handled by Link2SD), the work around is simple use a Mount script and forward all the
/sdcard/gameloft/ to /sdcard/external_sd/gameloft/
- The a few more recent kind of GL games will let you select where to store the "DATA" chunk to either internal or external sd, for these types you'll choose internal, then Link2SD will do the rest
Some of you have requested this script i'm using
Code:
mount -o -bind /sdcard/external_sd/gameloft/ /sdcard/gameloft/
mount -o -bind /sdcard/external_sd/ea/ /sdcard/ea/
mount -o -bind /sdcard/external_sd/glu/ /sdcard/glu/
mount -o -bind /sdcard/external_sd/download/ /sdcard/download/
mount -o -bind /sdcard/external_sd/DCIM/ /sdcard/DCIM/
you can even include more stuff there, just be careful with what you add, to not break your OS
for example you can technically also throw in /sdcard/Android/data/ ... but some apps are required during boot, and it might not work if you have it on the /external_SD so the safe way would be to only add the specific apps you know are not required during boot time, like all the games and stuff like that.
thanks for your efforts.
i have some questions:
have you felt any lag between having all apps stored on internal storage, and apps stored on sd ext?
do you feel a difference in preformance based on how many applications have downloaded?
i ask because i used to do this for my g1 back in the days, and the phone was just so slow twards the end of it's life, that i would feel a lag when using apps 2 SD, or maybe it was a placebo, or maybe the phone was just incompetent, does it matter with this much power in our hands?
also while we're on the subject of memory, has any one ever elaborated on the process by which apps are killed to free up ram in the phone, i'm not an expert so i wouldn't know what it's called, but i heard that our ram is so high, and the memory killer kills the apps way too early, causing unnecessary apps to be killed when we could have them just chilling in the ram waiting to be re-opened.
I know exactly what you mean, and I'm happy to report there's no lag whatsoever with this phone.
I have done it before on my older phones and yes indeed there's that 1 or 2 sec loading lag, but none at all in the T989, I'll attribute that to either the Dual Core CPU or the super fast SD card reader, or perhaps a combination of both.
back then on my other phones using a class 6 as well it was still not fast enough, a class 4 was obviously even longer at loading, and a class 2 was pretty much pointless to do APPS2SD
But in this phone even a class 4 is not bad, barely noticeable
so definitely get a class 6 or class 10 SD card for this sort of operations
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@allgamer
Why do you need to create two partitions for this?
jeffpzy said:
@allgamer
Why do you need to create two partitions for this?
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it's a requirement for the Link2SD App
post #3 updated http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19779495&postcount=3
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"you can easily create 2x FAT32 partitions in your SD card using Disk Management in windows, just make sure both partitions are Primary partitions"
Is there a tutorial for this. Thanks
Windows Easy button
dddsj said:
Is there a tutorial for this. Thanks
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Try this tool. It's super quick and easy, and if you're stuck using Windows then it's about as good as it'll get for ya. Super easy and straight-forward, but in case you're worried (whatever you do don't format the one that is called "C:", lol ) the site has tons of info on how to use it and whatnot. I've been in IT for some time now and whenever someone asks me about partitioning in Windows, this is always where I send 'em for the "do it yourself" easy button.
Here's the program I'm talking about:
http://www.partitionwizard.com
Hope this helps, and good luck!
problems installing/moving apps to sd
Hey guys i have been unable to move/install apps to my sd card ever since changing to MIUI I'm not sure whether this is a problem with the ROM or not (i think i may have insalled applications to SD on a previous GB version of MIUI)
I am using a rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 with the latest MIUI based on 4.0.4. before MIUI i was on CM7 stable and i remember messing around with some settings there to try and get my phone to read music off the sd card as well as internal memory-(where all my downloaded music was going). I also may have done a dodgy partition on my old 32gb micro sd or some how partitioned my internal storage of my phone...
I have recently partitioned my 64gb micro sdXC to this tutorial successfully...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1343187
when i go to move a 'moveable' app eg. Paypal through 'Link2Sd' it comes up with an error saying "pkg:/data/app/com.paypal.android.p2pmobile-1.apk Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_CONTAINER_ERROR]
when i go to move a 'moveable' app through 'App 2 SD Pro' it says 'couldn't move app'
the following are my phones storage details...please point out if you think there is anything strange about them
this last picture was taken before i partitioned my SD
if you guys have an suggestions please let me know
Good info
TylerMF said:
Try this tool. It's super quick and easy, and if you're stuck using Windows then it's about as good as it'll get for ya. Super easy and straight-forward, but in case you're worried (whatever you do don't format the one that is called "C:", lol ) the site has tons of info on how to use it and whatnot. I've been in IT for some time now and whenever someone asks me about partitioning in Windows, this is always where I send 'em for the "do it yourself" easy button.
Here's the program I'm talking about:
http://www.partitionwizard.com
Hope this helps, and good luck!
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Good info but as you know nobody is stuck on windows... Linux is free software and its a good practice to partition your Pc and install Linux next to windows, dual boot...
Whatever I try, may phone always says the SD card is damaged.
I exactly followed the steps of this how to, only possible explanation for me is that its not working to use the phone itsself as the cardreader for the partition process.
*edit*
After getting an external SD Card reader it worked like a charm.
So I can just recommend what most people recommend: do not use your phone as SDcard reader for partitioning.
As you mention that partition can be as I like. you choose 50/50 which less then 32G which supported for FAT partition.. Can it work if I want 80/20. Example, having 50G with FAT and another 14 as EXT. because the FAT only support up to 32G. I don't have the card now. Just want to confirm before buying it. Thanks.
This is very helpful! A recent purchaser of the 64 gb class 10. :laugh:
How To ?
AllGamer said:
Gameloft games
There are 3 types of GL games:
- Older GL games will install all into the internal memory, those are easy to deal with with Link2SD
- Recent GL games that are Froyo App2SD aware, will install a small portion in either internal or to SD, but all the extra "DATA" contents usually in the size of 600+ MB are left on SD card (these are not handled by Link2SD), the work around is simple use a Mount script and forward all the
/sdcard/gameloft/ to /sdcard/external_sd/gameloft/
- The a few more recent kind of GL games will let you select where to store the "DATA" chunk to either internal or external sd, for these types you'll choose internal, then Link2SD will do the rest
Some of you have requested this script i'm using
Code:
mount -o -bind /sdcard/external_sd/gameloft/ /sdcard/gameloft/
mount -o -bind /sdcard/external_sd/ea/ /sdcard/ea/
mount -o -bind /sdcard/external_sd/glu/ /sdcard/glu/
mount -o -bind /sdcard/external_sd/download/ /sdcard/download/
mount -o -bind /sdcard/external_sd/DCIM/ /sdcard/DCIM/
you can even include more stuff there, just be careful with what you add, to not break your OS
for example you can technically also throw in /sdcard/Android/data/ ... but some apps are required during boot, and it might not work if you have it on the /external_SD so the safe way would be to only add the specific apps you know are not required during boot time, like all the games and stuff like that.
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Sorry for taking so long to reply, but I'm intrigued how this method works and if possible would love some further help here
I use LINK2SD, and pretty much link all my games, have noticed that the internal memory used increases even when I link to the sd card, so there does indeed appear to be a portion of the game data going to internal ...
Is there an app or a function in LINK2SD to simplify & automate this process to ensure that ALL data links to the SD card ...
I'm not too familiar with the mount option or how to do it ...
Any advice would be most appreciated, thanks
Hi, just a little background first....
I'm sure many of us have already tried out the RzRecovery, which was good, but, for me anyway, had a fatal flaw.......
and left a big legacy when I abandoned it.
The inability to successfully see Nandroid on External SD Card, even though Recovery says it made the backup there, after we choose /sdcard/external_sd as back-up path, and in Recovery it appears to be there, even you can erase it.
However, when you looked with File Manager, like Root Explorer, the Nandroid Backup, and associated folders is nowhere to be seen, as shown below:
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nandroid/GINGERBREAD.XXKK1-BDCSA-20120115-0052//boot.img/system.tar.gz/data.tar.gz/cache.tar.gz/secure.tar.gz
This is the structure of the nandroid under RzRecovery....a nandroid folder, with a sub-folder for each backup, which contains the files boot.img, system.tar.gz, etc, etc.
However, it must be there, you would think, coz RZRecovery can find it, and even use it to restore, and it can be erased, so where is this data on our devices???
I have discovered where exactly RZrecovery was storing this back-up data, but it is not where we expected to find it.
What I did was go to Storage in Settings, and Unmount SD card....thereby disabling the external storage (SD card).........
this is where RzRecovery was supposed to have put my back-up.....but guess what!!!!!!
Look at the Pic with external storage SD Card unmounted on my device:
Still got /sdcard/external_sd
Properties of /sdcard/external_sd showing 402 MB
/sdcard/external_sd showing nandroid folder
Showing GINGERBREAD..... Backup Folder
Finally, Folder showing Backup Files
Now, I stress, above caps were taken when External SD Card was unmounted, disabled.....
So, when I remount External SD Card, all above become invisible on your device, you will not see the nandroid folder.......
and you do not know where that 402 MB has gone!!!!!
I think this is a fundemental flaw in the RzRecovery, regarding the external SD card, and where it stores back-ups supposedly being saved on External SD.....
Instead they are being saved in a folder/directory, on the Internal Storage/SD....and are not visible when the actual External SD is mounted......
this folder has the same name as the name given to the External SD, but it is not the external SD.
Would anyone with more knowledge of Android file system, as it applies to our device, care to comment????
There has to be a way to distinguish between what is a folder, and what is an external SD drive????
Anyone at all have any comment....
I think this is important for anyone who made a Nandroid backup using RzRecovery and had the external SD card as the target for storage.......
they could possibly be missing 400MB of space.....and have a dodgy folder on their internal Storage.
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irishpancake said:
Anyone at all have any comment....
I think this is important for anyone who made a Nandroid backup using RzRecovery and had the external SD card as the target for storage.......
they could possibly be missing 400MB of space.....and have a dodgy folder on their internal Storage.
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I don't use RZRecovery, but in your case I would connect my phone as USB-Storage to the PC and search by size all the internal and external storage.
You can also search for nandroid.
greets
THE-E
THE-E said:
I don't use RZRecovery, but in your case I would connect my phone as USB-Storage to the PC and search by size all the internal and external storage.
You can also search for nandroid.
greets
THE-E
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Thanx for answering.
Like you, I no longer use RzR, but I did at first....and was puzzled by the disappearing nandroid on external SD. Which is why I posted my OP.
As for connecting to PC......
I already did that, as confirmation of my findings above.
The internal storage drive did indeed have the /external_sd folder, which had in it the complete nandroid, as described.
When external SD is mounted on your device, these contents cannot be seen, as what appears under the /sdcard/external_sd will be the actual contents of the external SD.
So, this phantom nandroid and it's contents is masked to the user.
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I just recently bought a new 16GB SD card. I previously had a 8GB which I had partitioned. So how to transfer my apps from the ext2 partition of my old SD card to my new SD card ? Please help it's urgent...
And also I have about 1.80GB left on my old SD card. But look at the screenshot below. When I am using root explorer it says i can't overwrite apps(.apks) as I am out of storage (520KB left). But I had already partitioned this SD card dedicating 1GB for internal. Is this because my partition is full ? My internal memory from system/app in settings says I still have 164MB left. So how come root explorer is finding only 520KB free. See screenshot below. I need help guys
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Any help guys ? My question is very simple: How to transfer my apps and data which is on my partition on my 8GB SD card to my new one ?
Use a windows app like partition wizard, it's free just Google it. Use an adapter for one card, put the new one in your phone and connect to your pc. There's a function to copy a partition, use that.
Can anyone tell me if I can use Titanium back-up or do a nandroid back-up and restore it in my new SD card for this operation ? Which method is the best ?
Teshand said:
Can anyone tell me if I can use Titanium back-up or do a nandroid back-up and restore it in my new SD card for this operation ? Which method is the best ?
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i just love it when i can help someone:
ok here is the deal
i had the stock 8GB card with 2GB for 2nd partition so i bought a new 32GB and i needed to move the old 2nd partition's data to the new sd's
all you have to do is to do a nananroid to your old sd so that it will backup your 2nd partition
now move your /clockworkmod folder to PC and then partition the new sdcard with any size you wont (2gb is very typical)
move the /clockworkmod folder to the new sd and go to recovery>>backup and restore>>advanced restore and select "sd-ext"
and now you have you 2nd partition data as they were:angel::angel::angel:
pm me if you need help with that or more detail:angel:
omtay2311995 said:
i just love it when i can help someone:
ok here is the deal
i had the stock 8GB card with 2GB for 2nd partition so i bought a new 32GB and i needed to move the old 2nd partition's data to the new sd's
all you have to do is to do a nananroid to your old sd so that it will backup your 2nd partition
now move your /clockworkmod folder to PC and then partition the new sdcard with any size you wont (2gb is very typical)
move the /clockworkmod folder to the new sd and go to recovery>>backup and restore>>advanced restore and select "sd-ext"
and now you have you 2nd partition data as they were:angel::angel::angel:
pm me if you need help with that or more detail:angel:
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uve alot of stuff that i couldnt understad im slow learner and mad as i need away to move apps to sd card ive just installed ics which is driving me crazy any thoughts about this
Mr.Doc said:
uve alot of stuff that i couldnt understad im slow learner and mad as i need away to move apps to sd card ive just installed ics which is driving me crazy any thoughts about this
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here is a step by step detail:
1-your device need to be rooted and bootloader unlocked
2-bacup the contents of your sd to your pc
3-go to your clockworkmod recovery
4-go to advanced>>partion sd card>> and chose the size that suit you(2GB is perfect even for an app addict) and after that it will tell you to choose the swamp partition choose 128MB (not more)
5-now install a free app from the market called link2sd and when you open it choose all your user apps and choose (create link) and link every thing
6-now all your apps will be on the 2nd sd partition
pm me if you need more help i will be glad
I think you may have missed a step... don't you need to copy the nandroid backup to the new SD card and the restore it from there, after it has been set up with the partitions?
You can copy partitions easily with MiniTool Drive Copy tool.
use 2 card-readers
same issue
great help man!
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1. How can i increase my device memory by allocating space from my sd card?
2. Can we increase RAM by using space from sd card?
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1. If you want to install apps on the sd card you can create a partition in your sd card which will be treated like internal memory. Check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397120
2. RAM is a completly diffrent thing, you can't increase it, it is the temporary memory and it doesn't act like the normal memory, you can equivilate this to your pc, the numer of programs you can keep running at the same time is set by your RAM but sd card memory is what you refer to as hard disk memory.
I have installed link2sd card through whch I am able to store apps to my sd card but they are still storing app data to internal memory.
Can I move that app data to external card? so that it will release more space and I will able to story more apps.
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1. If you want to install apps on the sd card you can create a partition in your sd card which will be treated like internal memory. Check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397120
2. RAM is a completly diffrent thing, you can't increase it, it is the temporary memory and it doesn't act like the normal memory, you can equivilate this to your pc, the numer of programs you can keep running at the same time is set by your RAM but sd card memory is what you refer to as hard disk memory.
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When creating the link make sure to check "Link lib files", this will link data too.
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It auto install apps to sd card and didn't give me any option to link lib files. and I didn't find any option in link2sd app.
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When creating the link make sure to check "Link lib files", this will link data too.
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I also like to move app private data to sd card so it will free phone internal memory.
It asks you this if you do it manually, otherwise ther is an option in settings wich allows you to choose what it will link. So there check "Link lib files".
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I already checked but have not found any option for this. I also checked link2sd website they clearly mentioned that link2sd will not move any app private data files to sd card.
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It asks you this if you do it manually, otherwise ther is an option in settings wich allows you to choose what it will link. So there check "Link lib files".
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Eden3319 said:
1. If you want to install apps on the sd card you can create a partition in your sd card which will be treated like internal memory. Check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397120
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How big the second partition should be so it is enough to link all your apps?
I have a 2 Gb card and it has about 300 mb left.
200 MB might be enough
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rashidrupani said:
I have installed link2sd card through whch I am able to store apps to my sd card but they are still storing app data to internal memory.
Can I move that app data to external card? so that it will release more space and I will able to story more apps.
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I am facing this problem now , I have done all of this I have EXT2 and Link2sd and when I install apps the internal Memory device show me the message that I should uninstall apps , there are apps that do not have Lib files , I need to know which steps should I take?
please help me if you have solved it
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Eden3319 said:
1. If you want to install apps on the sd card you can create a partition in your sd card which will be treated like internal memory. Check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397120
2. RAM is a completly diffrent thing, you can't increase it, it is the temporary memory and it doesn't act like the normal memory, you can equivilate this to your pc, the numer of programs you can keep running at the same time is set by your RAM but sd card memory is what you refer to as hard disk memory.
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I have done all of the partitioning SD card now I have a lot of space and I have Link2sd but when I download apps it still show me : memory device has low space , it means the EXT2 is not treated as internal memory , which steps should I take now?
please help do this I wanna download some apps ... thanks in advance .
Does LineageOS's adoptive storage run on Link2SD? I ask because I was looking to get around Lineage's habit of formatting the entire SD card for adoptive storage, so I thought to try to resize the partition using 'gparted' on a Linux box. gparted was unable because it doesn't recognize the partition's format, but more importantly it reports that the label for the partition is "link2sd." Why would it do that if Lineage hadn't name it that itself?
I am aware there is a method for partitioning using ADB and dedicating only a limited portion of the SD card to adoptive storage but as yet I haven't got that process to work. But what's the point beating myself up figuring that out if all I'm ending up with is link2sd, exactly as I have been with pre-adoptive storage Android phones.
So basically it comes down to this. Is adoptive storage simply a convenience so you don't have to install any 3rd-party storage manager apps, or does it have material advantages over the 3rd-party add-ons (in addition to the fact that it is 'native')?
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Does LineageOS's adoptive storage run on Link2SD? I ask because I was looking to get around Lineage's habit of formatting the entire SD card for adoptive storage,
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That's not a LineageOS habit, but original Android functionality as designed by Google. And no, it's not related in any way to Link2SD.
so I thought to try to resize the partition using 'gparted' on a Linux box. gparted was unable because it doesn't recognize the partition's format, but more importantly it reports that the label for the partition is "link2sd." Why would it do that if Lineage hadn't name it that itself?
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The contents of the adoptive storage partition are encrypted. I doubt gparted is able to read a label from that, let alone apply changes to it.
Likely, the shown label is only a (wrong) guess based on the 1byte partition type code.
So basically it comes down to this. Is adoptive storage simply a convenience so you don't have to install any 3rd-party storage manager apps, or does it have material advantages over the 3rd-party add-ons (in addition to the fact that it is 'native')?
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The idea behind adoptive storage is, that the SD card acts as a memory expansion for the internal storage. The user is not supposed to think about which data goes where. and is not allowed to ever remove the card without losing data.
If you want to put data explicitly in a certain space and/or want to use the card for data exchange with a PC, then adoptive storage is not made for you.
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...If you want to put data explicitly in a certain space and/or want to use the card for data exchange with a PC, then adoptive storage is not made for you.
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Thank you for clearing that up for me, hergen66.
The references I was referring to in the OP stated that it was possible to format an BD card for adoptive storage using ADB but splitting it into multiple partitions like so:
"adb shell sm partition disk:179,64 mixed 60"
I gather from what you're saying that this either is incorrect or outdated?
Then again, maybe it can be done.
For reasons I have yet to determine, I still can't get my Nook connected to ADB via USB (which is why I didn't try this earlier). However, I have found I can get it to connect by TCP/IP. And I was able to split-partition the SD card through ADB (with 'ADB over network' enabled and 'USB configuration' set to MTP) with the one-liner I posted above. I created a 12gb "adoptable" partition (with it's companion 16mb metadata partition) and a 47gb "portable" storage partition. LineageOS recognizes them as adoptable storage and portable storage and they appear to be functioning accordingly.
Apparently all Lineage cares about to initiate adoptable storage is that the SD card has the two partitions it creates (metadata and encrypted storage) when it formats for adoptable storage. Whatever else is on the card doesn't seem to matter. The process of ADB formatting causes the OS to see the reformatted card as new and asks how you want it used. When I answered 'portable storage,' it apparently did nothing to alter the card but still mounted and recognized and accepted the 12gb partition as adoptable storage, while also accepting the 47gb patition as 'portable.'
To make sure it was operating as adoptable storage I installed 34 new apps and it definitely is writing to the adoptable partition on the external SD card. I don't have Link2SD or anything of the sort installed, this was all the LineageOS' doing:
So just for giggles I removed the SD card, stuck it in a Linux PC, used gparted to shrink the portable storage partition a bit, and added a fourth partition in the freed-up space, 256mb formatted in swap. Put it back in the Nook, selected portable storage (again) and Lineage remounted it as per usual, with adoptable storage still working. I did the 'mkswap/swapon' thing to activate the new swap slice so now I've also got "overflow" VM on the SD card.
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So now I've got adoptable storage, portable storage and swap space, all functional and coexisting on the same SD card. I only ever intend apps and data going to adoptable storage because I do most of my mods and management via Airdroid because it allows me the convenience of a PC's full size keyboard. So consequently it's also more convenient for me to add video, music and ebook files via USB connection to a PC (from Linux Nemo or Windows Explorer), which I couldn't have done if the entire SD card had been dedicated to adoptable storage. Which is why I couldn't/wouldn't stop picking at this until I'd found a solution. I don't know that I won't eventually switch to Link2SD anyway, but I like the idea of using a native app versus a 3rd-party add-on, so for the timebeing I'm test-driving the adoptable storage solution.