Hi all,
I was wondering if there is a way to install apps with app data to the external harddrive. I have GTA 3 installed internally and I do not have enough space to install need for speed. I still have not found a way to do it! any help would be great
Thanks,
Tayshun
I heard if you have root there are programs that allow you to map the game directory to your External SD card. Example for GTA you would simply copy all the contents in the com.rockstar.gta3 directory to an identical folder on your External microSD card.
JB
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Hey guys, I installed the I747MVLLH1 Android 4.1.1 early leak and since then it created a simulated SD Card on my internal storage without my knowledge. I have since installed numerous games and apps that require an external SD card to run, but I want to move them onto the actual internal storage at this point.
I cannot get access for apps on the external storage without deleting the simulated SD card folder and I don't want to have to reinstall all the apps over again. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to get around this?
I haven't been able to make any game that requires placing SD data to Android/obb work. My Samsung Galaxy Nexus is unrooted and I install the game, then copy the files to Android/obb (directory already exist), but then games don't run.
Should I do anything different? Does it have to do with the fact that it does not have SD card slot, but only internal memory? Or with the fact that my phone is not rooted?
Thank you in advance!
Has to do with pirating the games.
fsdfcerdsfxzcds said:
I haven't been able to make any game that requires placing SD data to Android/obb work. My Samsung Galaxy Nexus is unrooted and I install the game, then copy the files to Android/obb (directory already exist), but then games don't run.
Should I do anything different? Does it have to do with the fact that it does not have SD card slot, but only internal memory? Or with the fact that my phone is not rooted?
Thank you in advance!
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U dont need to get root for that
just place the files via pc or memory card reader and walla :laugh:
On all my other devices I was able to make the system believe the internal memory is the external SDcard... and that my external SD card was the internal memory
so I had a 64 GB tablet.
Never had any issues or obvious loss of speed...
Now I have installed my standard apps and the game Xcom and 16 GB are used up... can't move any more to the SD
Any way to do this on the P605 with 4.4.2?
I'm towelrooted
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I believe you can use the app Foldermount to do that, or manually relink the drives via Terminal.
Sent from my SM-P600
As the previous post suggested, get the paid version of foldermount and you can pretty much move (i.e. link) any folder to the SD card without android throwing a fit. I linked the Downloads folder and all of my game obb folders to the SD card and I have plenty of space left on the internal storage now.
FolderMount Problem
Okay i have FolderMount on my android 4.4.2, but when i choose to open ''storage/sdcard1 or sdcard0'' it doesn't show nothing inside (on the foldermount) ! HELP ?! D:
I am confused. What is the point of fooling the system into believing that the external sdcard is the internal memory? I heard that the sdcard is slower than internal one.
Is FolderMount an app to work around the KitKit unable to save to sdcard issue?
petercohen said:
I am confused. What is the point of fooling the system into believing that the external sdcard is the internal memory? I heard that the sdcard is slower than internal one.
Is FolderMount an app to work around the KitKit unable to save to sdcard issue?
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Ive been using folder mount since it came out.It does not make anything slower for me.I have 128gb micro sd card and it runs fine.I have alot of games and most are over a gig.With folder mount im able to put everything on external microsd card and play the games from there.I only have 16gb on tablet with about 30 gb worth of game data, so without foldermount I wouldn't be able to fit all the games on tablet. That's why its good to fool the sytem. Hope some of that helped you better understand.
When you check out an app's info, there is an option to "Move to SD card". When I do this, I see that the available internal storage space really does free up. I tried finding the app data in the external sd, but no new directories are made and the size of the "Android" folder in the external sd remains at 32 bytes. So, where is the app data in the external sd?
I don't mean to resurrect an old thread, but I felt compelled to answer this, since this issue bugged me for hours. I'll just leave it here in case anyone else stumbles on to this.
If you are able to move apps to the SD card in G3, android v.4.4 Kitkat, whether by default, or by applying the SD Fix ("media_rw"...), then doing so will only move certain files to your SD (the .apk, I think), but not inside the /external_SD/Android/data folder. The files will instead be moved to the /.android_secure folder, which is hidden and cannot be viewed using a file browser in Android, even with root (tried ES Explorer). You can view this folder if you insert the SD directly to your PC via a card slot. The files moved will have the .asec extension.
In order to move the actual files from the data or obb folder, and save space, one would have to use an app such as FolderMount, although I haven't tried this myself.
I am having HTC M8 with 16GB Internal so 10GB something usable, so the problem is after I add some apps and then a game like GANGSTAR VEGAS which got large obb file of 2GB nearly I find in my internal memory full. I am having external memory of 32GB so is there any perfect way to move large OBB files to External MMC and make them working? I tried with some apps like "GL to SD" it movies files to SD but application wont work
Apart from these I also use Sygic Navigation, as I move globally I have much maps downloaded.
But my problem is just moving of OBB files of Games and get them working. Any Ideas?
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GL to SD(root) really worked! my bad, I opened app in normal way now I figured it out to get it opened from GL to SD
Download FolderMount from google play it does all automatically just chose game them next and it will move files from you after moving please select the pin on the main page to activate the mounted folder on ext sd
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Download FolderMount from google play it does all automatically just chose game them next and it will move files from you after moving please select the pin on the main page to activate the mounted folder on ext sd
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Thanks man, now I am using GL to SD if I see any bug in this then I will move on to your method :victory: