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Install to SD Card

Hi All,
What is the best way to install marketplace applications to your SD card rather then the internal phone memory.
I've looked around and found that you can adjust the NAND to install a .IMG file on the SD card and use it as the main data store, but id prefer not to do it this way (Windows Mobile gives you a choice to install to internal memory or external card).
Sorry if posting in wrong place.
Thanks all
Tom

XCougar said:
Hi All,
What is the best way to install marketplace applications to your SD card rather then the internal phone memory.
I've looked around and found that you can adjust the NAND to install a .IMG file on the SD card and use it as the main data store, but id prefer not to do it this way (Windows Mobile gives you a choice to install to internal memory or external card).
Sorry if posting in wrong place.
Thanks all
Tom
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didn´t you post the same thing yesterday? If not, then I´m sorry but I think you did. Double posting is not nice...

stephan1 said:
didn´t you post the same thing yesterday? If not, then I´m sorry but I think you did. Double posting is not nice...
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No? =S
I asked how to INSTALL ANDROID, this is not installing Android, this is installing applications to the sd card, internal memory is limited and will run out fast.

No one has tried to do this then?

Easiest way is to just re-install, with data.img in root and select ext2 via img.

This question has been answered a few times in different guides in this forum.
Here's a good one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=680518
under "Installing Applications Onto SD Card using Ext2"

Hi thanks for replies, yes I know there are guide already, but they are either partitioning the card or using a *.img file.
It seems crazy that (IMO sucky) windows mobile can do this but Android cant.
Is there some reason why Android is unable to do this?
Is it just a development thing, and in time they might change this?
Are other users of "proper" android phones, (e.g tmobile g1) able to just install to memory card or do they hit the same problem?
Thanks,

They have the same problem, all Android versions have the same problem....UNTIL NOW!
Froyo now has the option to move installed apps to the sd back and forth!! The details are at 1:35 of the developer video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAZYSVr2Bhc
Very sweet...listening to the community So just wait and sit tight for Froyo on our Kaisers!!

it would still be nice to be find out how they did it and mimic it on other builds

Thanks for replies all, guess ill have to wait for now, I heard someone say there is a program I think called apps2sd but havnt tried it, and I havnt found it yet (I havnt looked that hardly tbh, been too busy and only looked on marketplace).
Thanks again

[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??
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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??
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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...?
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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..
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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

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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

android 4.2.1

hey guys i recently flashed 4.2.1 AOSP CM10.1 rom and how do i make my external sdcard work and how do i make my internal sdcard files to show up? thanks in advance!

Do a full wipe and flash again. Personally I've never cared about cm10.1 its just way too buggy for my taste. There are far better 4.2.1 roms out there like tasks aokp which is buttery smooth with zero issues
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Helloworld294 said:
hey guys i recently flashed 4.2.1 AOSP CM10.1 rom and how do i make my external sdcard work and how do i make my internal sdcard files to show up? thanks in advance!
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Show up where? And definitely make sure you're on a latest recovery for 4.2 support. I prefer TWRP.

Helloworld294 said:
hey guys i recently flashed 4.2.1 AOSP CM10.1 rom and how do i make my external sdcard work and how do i make my internal sdcard files to show up? thanks in advance!
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this does not directly answer your question but I had to reformat my external card when I moved to 4.2.1. So you may need to make a copy of the contents of your ext sd card and then reformat (I did it from within 4.2.1 recovery and now I can read and save to either card.
If you search "xda, android 4.2.1, i747, and external sd card" I am sure your answer/instructions will be there.

Helloworld294 said:
hey guys i recently flashed 4.2.1 AOSP CM10.1 rom and how do i make my external sdcard work and how do i make my internal sdcard files to show up? thanks in advance!
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Go into the file manager -> hit the menu button and go to settings -> click general -> click access mode -> change from "safe mode" to "root access mode". Should be able to find external SD card in the Storage folder. DO NOT delete anything outside of the storage folder!
Hope that works for ya!

/storage/sdcard0/0/ ???

Help!
I was running FreeGS3, then flashed LiquidSmooth ... now flashed back to FreeGS3 ... and I have this weird '/storage/sdcard0/0/' folder which is my old internal storage folder? Not sure ... sdcard0/ has the directory structure of internal, but it's empty.
It's as if my old internal was 'backed up' to sdcard0/0/, and now there's a new internal storage at sdcard0 ....
WTF??

The same thing happened to me, you just have to move all the files and folders back to the /sdcard0 folder, you can do it with any file explorer or you can do it in your computer. There's nothing to worry about
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0/0/have/you/ever/used/the/search/button!!??

Guide here. If you get confused.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36959843
[Guide][How To] Fix Sdcard / Find backups after cm10.1 Flash!

Same thing happened to me like deja vu after i decided to sample BlackBean 7. Seems to be a CM10/AOKP thing. Went back to my stock rooted TWiz rom anyways. If it isn't broken, don't fix.
I just used Estrongs File explorer to move everything back to where they were and deleted the /0 folder.

Sorry if this is a total noob question but how do I free the 9 gigs that became sdcard/ 0? Im now running free gs3 which im liking a lot more. The major problem I have is my internal sd is now totally full on my 16gig card. The way I figure is if I'm not gonna use cm10 cant I just delete it from the card and get the space back? I have an external card but its only 8gig and was using that for storage of music and etc. Im on a sprint gs3 flashed to metro and am wondering if I reformat the card can I flash gs3 back on or do I need to flash a stock TW? Im not really too concerned about the other files on the internal sd as I figure might as start fresh

casper916 said:
Sorry if this is a total noob question but how do I free the 9 gigs that became sdcard/ 0? Im now running free gs3 which im liking a lot more. The major problem I have is my internal sd is now totally full on my 16gig card. The way I figure is if I'm not gonna use cm10 cant I just delete it from the card and get the space back? I have an external card but its only 8gig and was using that for storage of music and etc. Im on a sprint gs3 flashed to metro and am wondering if I reformat the card can I flash gs3 back on or do I need to flash a stock TW? Im not really too concerned about the other files on the internal sd as I figure might as start fresh
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If you aren't concerned with the files you can just wipe the internal SD card. However, there is a guide posted a few pages up on how to fix the 0 folder. Wiping the internal SD card will not affect your ROM so you will not need to flash anything.

ChaseBroyles said:
If you aren't concerned with the files you can just wipe the internal SD card. However, there is a guide posted a few pages up on how to fix the 0 folder. Wiping the internal SD card will not affect your ROM so you will not need to flash anything.
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Yeah I saw that guide and was going to try it but then im still stuck with not having any sd card space. As of right now I can download or install anything. Im gonna just wipe it and start fresh. Thanks....

I can't delete the /0 folder, even through adb, even with su ... "permission denied"

d0g said:
I can't delete the /0 folder, even through adb, even with su ... "permission denied"
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When I went back to TW for a short time mine deleted fine. Try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646108 and if that doesn't work, backup your data and wipe the internal SD.

billard412 said:
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Man this post made me laugh till I cried!!!! People don't search!!!
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This is the cause of the multiple users feature in 4.2. When a new twrp gets implemented that can handle 4.2 properly, this won't happen. Oh well he didn't Google search! It happens, especially with this kinda thing. Try googleing but we'll always be glad to help.
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[Q] Cyanogenmod 10(rc1) - can't move apps to sd card -

Hello everyone,
I spent days looking at this thread doing research on how to root + backup + add custom roms and did it all myself using all the brilliant instructions on the site, so thank you very much, especial to arco 68 who i believe is the guru around here.
However, I recently installed cyanogenmod10 rc1, and it installed and runs perfectly but for some reason I can't access my external sd card when I got into file manager, and also can't move the new apps i download into the external sd. This will lead to my internal memory filling up very fast.
Can someone please explain step by step, and in as basic english as possible how to remedy this?I would greatly appreciate it!:crying:
Crincron

crincron said:
Hello everyone,
I spent days looking at this thread doing research on how to root + backup + add custom roms and did it all myself using all the brilliant instructions on the site, so thank you very much, especial to arco 68 who i believe is the guru around here.
However, I recently installed cyanogenmod10 rc1, and it installed and runs perfectly but for some reason I can't access my external sd card when I got into file manager, and also can't move the new apps i download into the external sd. This will lead to my internal memory filling up very fast.
Can someone please explain step by step, and in as basic english as possible how to remedy this?I would greatly appreciate it!:crying:
Crincron
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Did you swap sd card? If you swapped it, you can move some apps to external sd (which is written as internal sd). You can swap it by look at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41253499
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geniusboy93 said:
Did you swap sd card? If you swapped it, you can move some apps to external sd (which is written as internal sd). You can swap it by look at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41253499
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So ive downloade build,prop editor but which file do i click into to change from 0 to a 1. After i do this will i have to reboot the phone??sorry if im such a noob but i made big effort to look at forums before looking for help from here thanks so much!
So after doing this my apps will have the option to "Move to SD card" or how does it work?

crincron said:
So ive downloade build,prop editor but which file do i click into to change from 0 to a 1. After i do this will i have to reboot the phone??sorry if im such a noob but i made big effort to look at forums before looking for help from here thanks so much!
So after doing this my apps will have the option to "Move to SD card" or how does it work?
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Just search the line that exactly like the post. Yup, you must reboot your phone. Oh, if you want to move some apps to sdcard, just go to settings, manage apps, than go to on sd card. That is the app that can move to sd card. Click it, and click move to sd card. Hope it will help you
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I used CM10 RC (Build 1)
And install Link2SD and it's works for me.