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[Q] file transfer from internal memory to sd card

hello again...
another question.. how can i transfer file from internal memory to my sd card??
somebody please help me.....

two options
1- download an app that transfer to sd card there is a lot of them and most of them are free
2- if it refuse to transfer to the sd card try to change the language to english then try to moving them again
i hope this will help you

what about if i want to transfer images, videos from phone to sd???
my phone memory is getting low..

joymalabana said:
what about if i want to transfer images, videos from phone to sd???
my phone memory is getting low..
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I'm gone say that your images are already save to SDCard (I know my go to DCIM folder on SDCard)
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joymalabana said:
hello again...
another question.. how can i transfer file from internal memory to my sd card??
somebody please help me.....
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It all depends of what you want to do and what files. Some files CAN'T be move to SDCard, some programs have the options to be moved to SDCard.
You can do that under settings -> Application -> Manage Applications...click on applications and see if it gives you the option to move to SDCard.
I have lot's of applications install on SDCard.

[Q] Low Memory Issue

My girlfriend got the HTC Wildfire S for MetroPCS a couple of weeks ago. It is a nice phone except for one little problem: The internal memory is crap. She has exactly 5 apps installed, all are moved to SD, and she has 7.14 MB or internal memory free. It is running the stock 2.3 Rom rooted. I need some help figuring out what to do. Before you guys make suggestions let me list what I have already done:
1. S-OFF and rooted, removed all bloatware, which moved it from 3.21 MB to 8 MB which seems like BS because a few of those apps were about 6 MB in size.
2. Moved apps to SD card partially in the applications menu in settings.
3. Cleaned caches
4. Uninstalled almost every application.
This is very frustrating because she cant update apps, she cant download apps, and it is frustrating because I have the old Huawei Ascend on CM7 and I have more apps and am faster than her phone, its ridiculous, I also wonder why after removing over 60MB or crap and bloatware it freed up about 7MB. Makes no sense. I don't want to do DT's app2sd script yet because she doesn't have a way to back up her stuff before the partition of the SD card. If anyone can explain another way or something I can do to fix this please..... It would be greatly appreciated.

Use Partition Wizard Home (Free) to resize your FAT32 partition and create your Ext(whatever your kernel supports) partition on a windows machine.
No need to back up. Doesn't destroy partitions.
My preference is Link2SD free from the market.
You can mass move your apps, dalvik cache and library files to the Ext(Probably Ext2 with stock rom kernel) from the SD card and internal to your Ext partition very easy.
Also you can set it up to auto do this when new apps are installed and choose which apps you want to keep fully internal for faster booting, startup, etc.

d33ps1x said:
Use Partition Wizard Home (Free) to resize your FAT32 partition and create your Ext(whatever your kernel supports) partition on a windows machine.
No need to back up. Doesn't destroy partitions.
My preference is Link2SD free from the market.
You can mass move your apps, dalvik cache and library files to the Ext(Probably Ext2 with stock rom kernel) from the SD card and internal to your Ext partition very easy.
Also you can set it up to auto do this when new apps are installed and choose which apps you want to keep fully internal for faster booting, startup, etc.
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I appreciate the fast reply. but here is my issue, she doesnt have a computer... is there anything else we can try?

AtmosFEAR4701 said:
I appreciate the fast reply. but here is my issue, she doesnt have a computer... is there anything else we can try?
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Someone else's computer...

Helped...3
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using XDA App

I did try that and. now the phone can't see the SD card. what shoud I do use a SD card reader. and wipe it?

raven.warsong said:
I did try that and. now the phone can't see the SD card. what shoud I do use a SD card reader. and wipe it?
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Is this the same question from two different people or one person logged on as two different people?
If your card is corrupt and can't be read try a program like Recuva on the PC (free) to get your files from it.

d33ps1x said:
Someone else's computer...
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Okay, I will get her phone on Thursday and try app2sd.

d33ps1x said:
Is this the same question from two different people or one person logged on as two different people?
If your card is corrupt and can't be read try a program like Recuva on the PC (free) to get your files from it.
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sorry different person. Got a new card read sd card checks out after partion it will just not read the card can all kind of test on the card formated changed partion back to fad 32 it will just not read the card mounts in windows just fine.

raven.warsong said:
sorry different person. Got a new card read sd card checks out after partion it will just not read the card can all kind of test on the card formated changed partion back to fad 32 it will just not read the card mounts in windows just fine.
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The card shows up and reads in windows?

AtmosFEAR4701 said:
The card shows up and reads in windows?
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yes and cant be read after any changes with mini tool partion wizard
if I make partions with windows storage manager it works fine. The only problem with that is windows see more that one partion on what it considers removal meda but cant create edit or change it. so gess im searching for a new partion tool or get some bootabe image of a linix distro and try it from there

Active partition, Fat32 and Primary partition?
raven.warsong said:
sorry different person. Got a new card read sd card checks out after partion it will just not read the card can all kind of test on the card formated changed partion back to fad 32 it will just not read the card mounts in windows just fine.
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Format it in windows using the partition software I mentioned and make sure it is:
1/ Fat32
2/ A Primary not a Logical partition
3/ Make it the Active partition

thanks I have been working on it and got it to see the sd card
what about the 2 partion should it be ext2 ext 3 or fad 32 I guss it dose not matter I have tried all 3 but link2sd will not see the 2 partion
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the phone will see the sd card I have tryed fad 32,ext2 ,ext 3 and ext4 that app will see none of them as the second partion are you shure I dont need root or some thing? sorry for all the nob questions

raven.warsong said:
thanks I have been working on it and got it to see the sd card
what about the 2 partion should it be ext2 ext 3 or fad 32 I guss it dose not matter I have tried all 3 but link2sd will not see the 2 partion
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Choose EXT3

Sorry for the double post but you have to be rooted from what I understand. There is also a script or application that you have to use to move the apps and you MUST be rooted.

thanks much I kind if figured that now sorry for wasting your time guess I should I read more or some thing

It's no problem good luck!

I have had good luck with this
http://androidforums.com/micromax-a70/422359-how-force-install-apps-sd-card-without-root-a70.html

sd card does not work
AtmosFEAR4701 said:
The card shows up and reads in windows?
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what should i do if d sd card reads in windows and does not respond in the phone?? is there any way to recover it?? bcos i cant take d risk of ruining the memory card as it is my brother's office phone n he will kill me if something goes wrong wit it

[Q]How can I extend the System storage (memory) ?

Hi,
as everybody have noticed Samsung has integrated into their firmwares 3 storage locations:
System storage (1GB)
USB storage (or internal SD card) (1.7GB)
SD card (or external SD card) (up to 32GB)
A way how to swap USB storage and SD card is already given.
Like most of you gamers have already noticed, the memory of the internal SD card is often too small to download big games (like NFL 2012, Real Football 2012, etc.)
I know there are ways how to swap or use apps to swap temporarily the directions.
But I want a permanent solution with full capability of storage usage.
So here is what I would like to do:
Change the storage to:
System storage (2,7GB)
SD card (up to 32GB)
So basically extend the system storage and delete the USB storage. Than swap the internal SD and external SD card.
Advantages:
Media Server will only have to search one direction(physical SD card)
Only 2 main directions
SD card direction IS a physical SD card.
SD card, if class 10, is quicker than the internal storage(for apps).
Hope someone can help.
greets
THE-E

Sounds like a good plan.....I never can understand the Samsung memory/storage layout..... even for app devs deciding on /sdcard as default data store.....Samsung just breaks defaults.
Has your plan been tried on any other Samsung model.....or other Androids with the same Internal/External layout??
Sent from my GT-I8150 using Tapatalk

irishpancake said:
Sounds like a good plan.....I never can understand the Samsung memory/storage layout..... even for app devs deciding on /sdcard as default data store.....Samsung just breaks defaults.
Has your plan been tried on any other Samsung model.....or other Androids with the same Internal/External layout??
Sent from my GT-I8150 using Tapatalk
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I have been searching for quite some time. I have seen someone writing about a data.ex4 file which was 4GB big. But not sure what it was used for.
I'll dig a bit deeper into that :-D
greets
THE-E

Do u mean u want to merge the system and usb storage into one...?
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jahlee said:
Do u mean u want to merge the system and usb storage into one...?
sent from another space
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Yes thats the plan :-D. But I have no clue about the internal restrictions of Android and the Samsung firmware.
I think if the extension of the system storage would work, than all we have to do is swap internal and external sd card. And keep the small internal(former internal sd card) partition unmounted.
BTW: My system storage has almost full. 850MB/1.07GB
greets
THE-E

I hve no idea too bro...can't help..
Many new devices around here use this three layer storage...
But,what I thought ,when we succes do this..there's no need to swap I think..
sent from another space

So I have searched and searched ...
Didn't come veeery far, but atleast found a thread with a similiar concern:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1398797
This is for the Galaxy Mini.
I asked the developer or thread starter, whether he can help us out.
Let's wait and see, hopefully he comes around.
EDIT: Doc_cheilvenerdi.org has replied, and is working on a solution. Hope it is going to work .
greets
THE-E

good i'm very interested

Dang...good news...!!
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A hell of a news! Will keep on referring this thread. Good day!

u juz go into the android market and download this app called "Gl to Sd"...after install u can save ur game data on the external sd with this...enjoy

shan1188 said:
u juz go into the android market and download this app called "Gl to Sd"...after install u can save ur game data on the external sd with this...enjoy
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Only Problem is, if the game is bigger than the internal sd space, you won't be able to download to sdcard. Because the procedure is like this:
Download game to internal SD -> move downloaded files to external SD
So you SD card has to be always free, unless you want to use the swap temporarily.
greets
THE-E

how about this one http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/10/02/how-to-move-gameloft-games-data-to-external-sd-card/

Update
I am in contact with Doc_cheilvenerdi.org, so I just want to give you a small update of the more or less current status. It might inspire some other devs.
So this was the second to last message (obviously with the kind permission of Doc_cheilvenerdi.org):
Doc_cheilvenerdi.org said:
THE-E said:
...I have contacted qzem for the source code of the kernel...
Is there anything else missing or what I can do to help?
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I'm here!
From a full firmware I just figured out that we don't need Kernel source because the ext4 kernel modules are already inside the Stock kernels (really good news)...
Now I'm dealing with the AOSP mkbootimg tool, used to repack the boot image after tweaking it...
It seems that they use a slightly modified one (? it should not occurr)...
I find two main differences... the first one is Solved... I can patch the mkbootimg code myself to use it...
The second one is related to 2 hex pages (4096 * 2 byte) of code at the end of the boot image that I cannot handle...
...anyway I don't know how to handle it...
Actually I cannot test modded images myself (I don't own a I8150) and could be dangerous to ask somebody else to do it for me...
Two questions to you:
1) Your Galaxy does have a fixed partition table, right? just to exclude that those codes are sizes and addresses of system parts... (this could be easy for us)
2) can you post me the output of the command (from adb shell or terminal emulator)
# busybox ls -l /dev/block/
while you have the sdcard slotted in?
After that I can prepare a boot image smaller (and NOT tweaked yet) just to not overwrite the code "I don't know what it is"...
but it's up to you to test for it...
...maybe it could not work...
...I will couple the repacked boot image with the original one, anyway, just to revert easy to it in case of troubleshootings...
but I repeat... it's up to you...
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greets
THE-E

This is a nice idea.
Ty for Keeping us updated m8

Hey guys any news on this? I think another good reason for this is that it will hopefully increase the amount of ram available, at this minute I have 87 mb free And hardly any apps open. So any news on this as it would be really helpful?
Jamie

jamidodger1 said:
Hey guys any news on this? I think another good reason for this is that it will hopefully increase the amount of ram available, at this minute I have 87 mb free And hardly any apps open. So any news on this as it would be really helpful?
Jamie
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As far as I understood this solution would let you better use your memory card and system/app space, but I don't think it would increase at all the amount of RAM available, unfortunately...
Anyway, yeah, keep us posted thanks!

hey THE-E
is thr any news abt this post cuz i really wanna extend my app size without having to swap memories or installing apps to external memory (all i wanna do is get 2.7 GB on 1 partition for app installation )

mosta_9741 said:
hey THE-E
is thr any news abt this post cuz i really wanna extend my app size without having to swap memories or installing apps to external memory (all i wanna do is get 2.7 GB on 1 partition for app installation )
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Unfortunately not. Not sure what the reason was, but there was a misunderstanding and after that there was no further reaction from the developer. I guess it was not possible.
greets
THE-E

Twrp sd card

Does anyone know why I can see folders but no zips in my external sd card in Twrp it used to work now it doesnt so I moved zips ro internal and can use it rhat way but dont know why it stopped working.

raw2000j said:
Does anyone know why I can see folders but no zips in my external sd card in Twrp it used to work now it doesnt so I moved zips ro internal and can use it rhat way but dont know why it stopped working.
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Did you click SD card from internal to ex. You have to manually do it and switch

BACARDILIMON said:
Did you click SD card from internal to ex. You have to manually do it and switch
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Yes i did I see external card folders but no zips

raw2000j said:
Yes i did I see external card folders but no zips
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Plug into PC and see if you see them. Maybe all this stuff we been back and fourth with messed some stuff up
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raw2000j said:
Yes i did I see external card folders but no zips
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Check your settings. Enter Twrp click mount make sure ex SD is checked then click install and click the storage with am out of free space on it and click external. You stuff should be

Did you get it to work

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Did you get it to work
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Ya its working i think when i plugged to pc or uninstalled twrp mamager it got fixed somehow my zips are back

I also went to mount section on twrp and checked mount system and that seemed to do the trick mount sd card was already checked maybe that was it

4.4.4 ROM and SD card

Is there any 4.4.4 ROM for S4 Mini that can manage SD card by default ?
I mean thge possibility to move app in the SD card
Tks

I'm having problem moving apps to ext SD card as well. I tried different app to SD, like 5 different ones and they all state I can't move apps to ext SD.
This is a serious issue. Please help!
I'm using CM11 M12.
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U need to install this app from play store. ::: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...e.fmount&hl=en
When u start the app for the 1st time and grant root access it prompts to fix a storage related issue. Choose yes. Then u can move parts of apps onto sd card.
But if u want to move large games... then u need to install xposed framework and ObbOnSD module. Here is a video on XDA-TV that will help you...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYfiinwIFaY
Good luck..
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I just installed this one. Hopefully this will let me move all apps to ext SD card.
Thanks sasank360!

kennyk09 said:
I'm having problem moving apps to ext SD card as well. I tried different app to SD, like 5 different ones and they all state I can't move apps to ext SD.
This is a serious issue. Please help!
I'm using CM11 M12.
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I just installed this one. Hopefully this will let me move all apps to ext SD card.
Thanks sasank360!
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Hi, The link is dead. And the 2nd suggestion is for games only?
How do you all make use of external SD card?
I want to be able to move apps in internal storage to external SD.

kennyk09 said:
Hi, The link is dead. And the 2nd suggestion is for games only?
How do you all make use of external SD card?
I want to be able to move apps in internal storage to external SD.
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I'm using Samsung Evo 32GB class 10...
used App2sd and everything seems good so far

zorglub! said:
I'm using Samsung Evo 32GB class 10...
used App2sd and everything seems good so far
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I found a way with Link2SD. I didn't even know I had to create 2nd partition on my SD.. now it's all good