[Q] ok, how to move apps/data to SD card in JB? - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i have 16GB internally but 64GB in a mSD. how on earth do you move game data that doesn't ask where to install to the sd card?

You can't unless you root

i have root

Search Directorybind on xda via Google a d try that
Works perfectly for me!
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tommo123 said:
i have 16GB internally but 64GB in a mSD. how on earth do you move game data that doesn't ask where to install to the sd card?
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GL TO SD for the Game and heavy apps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtJQRMMBk90
Sammath said:
Search Directorybind on xda via Google a d try that
Works perfectly for me!
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It's move all apps or selected apps?

Marchintosh said:
It's move all apps or selected apps?
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It moves directories, so you can choose directories of specific apps/games or for example all games by binding /sdcard/Android /obb to the external sd card.
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CreepyDroid said:
It moves directories, so you can choose directories of specific apps/games or for example all games by binding /sdcard/Android /obb to the external sd card.
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And is it running in background?

neither work for me. the GL to SD moves data but nothing else. the games still wants to download.
the other - directorybind - says i'm not selecting a valid directory. i used the internal browser in the app. guessing because it's set to extsdcard instead of sdcard.
doesn't seem to support JB going by that

Marchintosh said:
And is it running in background?
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I saw a notificationof of it taking control of the root shell from time to time but idk whether it's running all the time or not.
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any ideas why directorybind isn't working?

tommo123 said:
any ideas why directorybind isn't working?
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You have to specify the correct prefix via the menu settings.
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what? that applies to the assistant according to the blurb underneath it

ok decided to let the assistant do its thing and it did move the data.
shame it did it in a totally useless and just moved it to another path on the same internal space! instead of sdcard>data etc, it moved it to sdcard>external_sd > etc.
so still on the internal storage, not the actual SD
basically, this thing doesn't work on JB yet.

Related

The point of having a micro sd card slot

is? If I cant see it in some apps or file explorer?
Root explorer and astro can see external. So does my apps
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As does es file explorer
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rambo8987 said:
Root explorer and astro can see external. So does my apps
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Thanks, I now see astro can see my micro sdcard and I can install apps that way but why does samsung make their file structure so limiting?
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As does es file explorer
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es file explorer didnt see my card. Or at least I couldnt navigate up a parent directory.
The stock my files app can.
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xshaftx said:
The stock my files app can.
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Youre running stock? I'm wondering if stock doesnt have this problem. Didnt bother checking.
Some apps such as Root Explorer you will find it located at mnt/extSdCard. Also for some app settings you can point to that. It works for me anyway.
EDIT: Ok just downloaded ES File explorer and figured it out. If you're rooted check 'root explorer' on and check 'Up to root'. Once you do that you can go up to parent folder and select mnt. There you will find /extSdCard. :thumbup:
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Issue is your apps can't use external sd card which sucks and no current rom from what I read fixes this because it is a Google screw up on purpose in Ics and jelly bean. You can only use internal memory to install apps now and I am pretty sure Google is doing this on purpose so you store more in their cloud and they can harvest your data more easily for targeted ads. If you install a lot of games from game loft forget it your 16gb internal memory is shot quick and your large sd card is sitting there empty.
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Create a folder called external_sd on your internal sd card and download the app ics sd binder and it will mount it to there
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SysAdmNj said:
es file explorer didnt see my card. Or at least I couldnt navigate up a parent directory.
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In ES Explorer you have to go to settings to allow "Root" in order to see your micro sd card in /mnt/extsdcard.
I'm certainly no expert here, but I don't think Google/Samsung have a conspiracy going. Coming from the Linux world, it's a common thing to mount storage under /mnt. The location of the external sd was also a bit weird on my last phone, the Moto Atrix. When it came out it took a while for app developers to adjust their programs to accommodate it (i.e., Titanium Backup). Hopefully the same will happen soon with the S III. As for the ability to move apps to the external sd, I'm not so sure that's a good idea anyway. For me doing that on any Android phone has always been somewhat problematic. I pretty much just use the sd for media storage now.
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SysAdmNj said:
is? If I cant see it in some apps or file explorer?
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All my mp3 are on the the SD card, same for pictures and video clips.
Yup 100% stock. I didnt root it yet.
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hunmin said:
In ES Explorer you have to go to settings to allow "Root" in order to see your micro sd card in /mnt/extsdcard.
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I dont need root (I dont even have root access on this phone) and I can see my SD card with any apps and I never needed to mount the card either.
I dont know what you are all doing wrong.
rickwood said:
I'm certainly no expert here, but I don't think Google/Samsung have a conspiracy going. Coming from the Linux world, it's a common thing to mount storage under /mnt. The location of the external sd was also a bit weird on my last phone, the Moto Atrix. When it came out it took a while for app developers to adjust their programs to accommodate it (i.e., Titanium Backup). Hopefully the same will happen soon with the S III. As for the ability to move apps to the external sd, I'm not so sure that's a good idea anyway. For me doing that on any Android phone has always been somewhat problematic. I pretty much just use the sd for media storage now.
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Exactly what I was trying to say. Why cant we navigate to /mnt and pick our storage ourselves.
drakeymcmb said:
Create a folder called external_sd on your internal sd card and download the app ics sd binder and it will mount it to there
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Thanks appreciate the help.
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sabre31 said:
Issue is your apps can't use external sd card which sucks and no current rom from what I read fixes this because it is a Google screw up on purpose in Ics and jelly bean. You can only use internal memory to install apps now and I am pretty sure Google is doing this on purpose so you store more in their cloud and they can harvest your data more easily for targeted ads. If you install a lot of games from game loft forget it your 16gb internal memory is shot quick and your large sd card is sitting there empty.
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Or maybe they just don't want to make average users go through a file explorer if possible?
It's not a conspiracy, even if you think it is.
drakeymcmb said:
Create a folder called external_sd on your internal sd card and download the app ics sd binder and it will mount it to there
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How did i miss this reply, thanks that seems to help. Is there an original thread on this app or this issue by any chance?
SysAdmNj said:
How did i miss this reply, thanks that seems to help. Is there an original thread on this app or this issue by any chance?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652079

[Q] App 2 SD not being supported by SGN2 ?

It seems the App 2 SD option isn't being supported by the current build of SGN2.
There is no such option in the Application info screen or when you run the App2SD app, it says this is not supported.
Weird. Anyone has a solution to this?
JulyDerek said:
It seems the App 2 SD option isn't being supported by the current build of SGN2.
There is no such option in the Application info screen or when you run the App2SD app, it says this is not supported.
Weird. Anyone has a solution to this?
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You don't need the App2SD-app anymore: the whole internal memory is used for storing apps!
See also:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=81049071
Doesn't your browser show the Search-option?
henklbr said:
You don't need the App2SD-app anymore: the whole internal memory is used for storing apps!
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Agree, bu5 they did miss a trick by not keeping Apps2SD for use with the MicroSD.
Regards,
Dave
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Use "directory bind" to put games on micro sd.
No need for app2sd
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It's still nice to use the applet to clean out cache
ciscostud said:
Use "directory bind" to put games on micro sd.
No need for app2sd
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Hello there
What's Directory Bind?
A link perhaps?
Thanks a lot :good:

Storage issue

Why is my 16 gb T-mobile Note 2 only showing 10 gb? Did i get a defective device, or does this particullar device use 6 gb for system? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Quite a bit is used for the system, and is normal (unfortunately)
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Quite a bit is used for the system, and is normal (unfortunately)
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Thanks for your help! But it really sucks that I only have 10 GB of storage left and most of that is being used on apps
fatannasty said:
Thanks for your help! But it really sucks that I only have 10 GB of storage left and most of that is being used on apps
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You can always buy an sd card, you can add 64gb. At least we have an option to add an sd card. If you need more space there's options.
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Rhiannon224 said:
You can always buy an sd card, you can add 64gb. At least we have an option to add an sd card. If you need more space there's options.
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And if you get a usb OTG cable, you can add a flash drive to add even more storage! I got a 64gb card in the phone and another 64gb flash drive which I've loaded with music and videos.
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You can always buy an sd card, you can add 64gb. At least we have an option to add an sd card. If you need more space there's options.
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I currently have a 32 gb sd card in the note 2, however i do not see a option to transfer apps from the phone storage to the sd card. Any ideas?
fatannasty said:
I currently have a 32 gb sd card in the note 2, however i do not see a option to transfer apps from the phone storage to the sd card. Any ideas?
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There's an option to transfer user apps to sd card in Titanium Backup paid version.
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fatannasty said:
I currently have a 32 gb sd card in the note 2, however i do not see a option to transfer apps from the phone storage to the sd card. Any ideas?
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Gemini app manager will let you transfer to sd card... and it's free.
Rhiannon224 said:
There's an option to transfer user apps to sd card in Titanium Backup paid version.
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I was looking for an easy way to do this because I am lazy. Saw scripts and stuff but that seemed like work.I tried this, but I am not certain it works, at least not well. I ran it, and it says it ran successfully, but the device memory didn't change at all. Same amount taken up by applications, same available space over all.
However, I did try to move the apps back and forth again to test this, so maybe it moved once, but then refused to move any more. Not sure...
Do I have to have a rooted phone in order to move stuff to my sd card? This is insane that u can't move apps or music to an sd card. WHY would Samsung do that?
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Rhiannon224 said:
There's an option to transfer user apps to sd card in Titanium Backup paid version.
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I have the paid version, and every time I move a app to SD card it never works.
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Markor13 said:
I have the paid version, and every time I move a app to SD card it never works.
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They are probably not transferring because they don't run properly from the external sd. There's plenty of room for apps in the internal.
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Moving apps to SD?

So there's low system storage on this device, and there's not an option to move the apps to the SD card. Is there any mod that will let me do it :/? And btw this phone is AWESOME!
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kevinrubio1 said:
So there's low system storage on this device, and there's not an option to move the apps to the SD card. Is there any mod that will let me do it :/? And btw this phone is AWESOME!
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From what I've read that's something with 4.2.2
They use the internal storage as a simulated sd, and the actual sd is a completely different thing, that you apparently can't put apps on. Good for movies, pictures, or any kind of media but it looks like app2sd is dead at this time

Anyone figure out how to move apps to SD card?

I would really like to free up some space on my internal SD. I bought a 64GB SD card , and am using FolderMount to try and move the apps, but to no avail. Anyone figure this out yet? I am rooted running Infamous S4, and have removed all of the bloatware possible. Still really low an memory.
I use the stock file manager to move apps, i had this same problem with storage. Do you have more than one backup saved on your internal sd?
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unciviilized said:
I use the stock file manager to move apps, i had this same problem with storage. Do you have more than one backup saved on your internal sd?
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Yes. I think I have 2 backed up.
Your looking for a app called foldermount. Get it on the market. Have a **** load of games. Perfect gaming phone! Is light, big and powerful
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LAkingsfan3131 said:
I would really like to free up some space on my internal SD. I bought a 64GB SD card , and am using FolderMount to try and move the apps, but to no avail. Anyone figure this out yet? I am rooted running Infamous S4, and have removed all of the bloatware possible. Still really low an memory.
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mike216 said:
Your looking for a app called foldermount. Get it on the market. Have a **** load of games. Perfect gaming phone! Is light, big and powerful
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Like I stated in the original post, I am using FolderMount. The problem is the folders where the games should be are empty when I look for them. That is the ones I can find. Its like they don't really exist. I went into my data folder, did find one game, Zynga Poker, and tried to move it, pinned it, and it did absolutely nothing.
Your not moving the whole folder then. Your doing something wrong. Watch a couple YouTube videos on how to. Navigate to SD card, android, data or obb and select one of your games inside either of those two folders
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LAkingsfan3131 said:
I would really like to free up some space on my internal SD. I bought a 64GB SD card , and am using FolderMount to try and move the apps, but to no avail. Anyone figure this out yet? I am rooted running Infamous S4, and have removed all of the bloatware possible. Still really low an memory.
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I think what are you looking for is. Mount folder app from Google play
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