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How to install / copy apps on SD card? Android 2.2

Hi
Just got my update. Great!
But how do I install or copy apps to my SD card?
Thank you in advance!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=720739
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But then I need to root? Why should I when I'm supposed to to do it "out of the box" with Android 2.2?
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You can only install apps to the SD card that the developers allow you to. You can check each app manually in the 'Manage Applications' screen or just let Android do it for you when it needs more space.

Dont listen to them they know nothing
You need Android SDK installed at your PC , then install lastest (2.2) version of adb, and also usb drivers (if you dont have), then connect phone in debugging mode, open cmd , in cmd go to "tools" folder where you installed SDK and write command "adb shell pm setinstallLocation 2" (without "")
after this every app will be installed on SD card and also you will be able to transfer apps you have now

And this works for official HTC ROM that was released this weekend - without root?
I don't wanna mess with my guarantee etc..
Don't understand why this isn't set by default, or not available to change this in the settings on the phone?
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yes it does, and no it does not require root
now i realize that my "guide" is too complicated, there is better guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7460033
there is some guy talking something about losing waranty.. so be careful

Is there a way of batch-installing apk files that I have on my SD from on the phone itself using an app/tool e.g. Titanium Backup, MyBackup Pro etc? I've read through TiBackup's support but it seems to batch-install only apps that you'd have saved prior. I however have downloaded news apps that I haven't installed before and there're so many of them I don't want to install individually...

nukleuzN said:
And this works for official HTC ROM that was released this weekend - without root?
I don't wanna mess with my guarantee etc..
Don't understand why this isn't set by default, or not available to change this in the settings on the phone?
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Sorry... I have tryed with official froyo without root but with bootloader 0.92 the adb isn't working.
This procedure only works with the froyo when the bootloader is on the 0.8x or later version.

Okay, thanx
So now we have to wait for apps like Spotify, XDA etc to update their software - so we can move apps to SD?
Hope that they will do it quick.
Is there any apps in market that has this option available? Just want to test it
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[Q] BootManager Support

I want to use both ICS and Gingerbread.. I tried the BootManager app, but it says that the device is not supported and it shows me a screen for manual settings. If someone has used it then please tell the proper way to manually configure it.
PLEASE HELP
THANKS IN ADVANCE

I use boot manager, I had a lot of trouble getting it to work on cm7, it would not write the images to my SD at all, although unsupported they helped me get it setup as there is some coding in the app which would theoretically make it work for us, the only way i could get round the problem was by flashing a sense based Rom on which it worked first time, I now have sense on my phone but can easily switch to oxygen, cm7 or ics which are all installed on my SD card. The only bug I've found now is that after booting into an SD Rom to go back to my main phone Rom I need to reboot into recovery and select advanced restore to restore the boot.img.
Also what version are you using, I'm using the latest one paid for on the market and don't need to enter any settings manually.
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My question is if you have messages on one SD card rom. Are those messages still there when you boot into a different rom?
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Yes its just as normal all the data that's written to the SD card is saved to the data image for that Rom.
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SD card formatted

I have a huge problem: My One X's SD card got somehow formatted or deleted. Thing is I have no clue of how that happened. I have a custom ROM (Android Revolution 7.0.1) and a custom kernel (faux123) Any ideas how to find out HOW that happened? and what to do to recover the data/prevent this from happening again? I had installed some root apps( a cracked version of Root Toolbox Pro, System Tuner Pro, etc)

gabrielfx said:
I have a huge problem: My One X's SD card got somehow formatted or deleted. Thing is I have no clue of how that happened. I have a custom ROM (Android Revolution 7.0.1) and a custom kernel (faux123) Any ideas how to find out HOW that happened? and what to do to recover the data/prevent this from happening again? I had installed some root apps( a cracked version of Root Toolbox Pro, System Tuner Pro, etc)
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Firstly cracking apps and talking about it is not allowed on these forums
Now that's over, connect your phone to a computer and mount the sdcard then use a recovery software recovera (same guys make ccleaner) to scan your card.
You may not recover all data.
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treebill said:
Firstly cracking apps and talking about it is not allowed on these forums
Now that's over, connect your phone to a computer and mount the sdcard then use a recovery software recovera (same guys make ccleaner) to scan your card.
You may not recover all data.
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What is your phone doing? is it still running? I am asking because I am about to format the sd card in the HOX but its saying its empty but has 14g taken up by files. I cant get into the card to find out what files they are.. Do custom roms take up space on the sd card?

Could the known storage card problem fixed in 1.29.401.11?

I don't know. I switched ROMs, and I have leedroid now. Seems quite stable. Thinking about putting a custom kernel to be able to lower the CPU core voltage. Hopefully it won't heat that much while using it.
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Doing backup from 2.2 to 2.4 version on G2

if i do titanium backup of my phone that is S-OFF rooted running android 2.2 and then restore that onto a android 2.4 G2 that has not been rooted. will that transfer my apps to the new phone or not? i'm not sure how that works so i'm asking. or would i have to do a clockwork backup? sorry, a bit noobish here regarding that aspect. basically i'd like to transfer some of the apps that are installed on the phone to another phone, but the new phone is not rooted. not sure if it has S-OFF or not, if that even plays any role anymore.
thanks guys.

Don't know of android 2.4, but that won't matter, transferring those apps wouldn't work as you won't be able to run tb on the non rooted phone to do the restore, you also couldn't flash a .zip (if you made one) to the non rooted phone with stock recovery.
You could pull some of those .apks from the old phone and push them with adb or simply use a file manager to download, but they would have to be compatible versions that don't require root access. Even then it would only transfer the apps, nodata , so it would be the same as to download them from the market
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demkantor said:
Don't know of android 2.4, but that won't matter, transferring those apps wouldn't work as you won't be able to run tb on the non rooted phone to do the restore, you also couldn't flash a .zip (if you made one) to the non rooted phone with stock recovery.
You could pull some of those .apks from the old phone and push them with adb or simply use a file manager to download, but they would have to be compatible versions that don't require root access. Even then it would only transfer the apps, nodata , so it would be the same as to download them from the market
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ok so if i root the other phone then it will be possible you think?

possible. May have strange behaviors with some apps if the android versions are different.

Moved to Q&A section, please post any questions in Q&A please not General.
Thanks
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???? wrong forum

[Q] Do you have this on your custom ROM?

Hi to all!
The Note II is my first Android phone and I haven't even rooted it yet.
I've used an iPhone before and iOS had a feature called Zoom under Accessibility. Google has implemented a similar feature in Android 4.2 called "Magnification Gestures" in Settings -> Accessibility (you can search for "Accessibility updates in the new JellyBean 4.2" on YouTube, I'm not allowed to post links yet).
My question is for people who use custom ROMs based on 4.2.2: Do you have this feature on your phone?

Yes I am running 4.2.2 and that feature is available.

Thanks. What ROM are you running? Is it stable for day to day use?

linbetwin said:
Thanks. What ROM are you running? Is it stable for day to day use?
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Stability depends on the ROM you are using .. Even the best custom ROMs have issues..

Alright...
- I have rooted my device using Dr. Ketan's guide.
- I now have the latest Philz Touch CWM and a not so latest version of SuperSU + busybox.
- I have done a backup in recovery (is that a nandroid?),
- Now I want to back up my efs folder.
- Then I plan to install Titanium Backup and do another backup.
Is there anything else I should do before I install a 4.2.2 ROM?

linbetwin said:
Alright...
- I have rooted my device using Dr. Ketan's guide.
- I now have the latest Philz Touch CWM and a not so latest version of SuperSU + busybox.
- I have done a backup in recovery (is that a nandroid?),
- Now I want to back up my efs folder.
- Then I plan to install Titanium Backup and do another backup.
Is there anything else I should do before I install a 4.2.2 ROM?
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Yes to 3.
Use the tool available in dev section or in ketans thread.
Don't backup system apps as well.
For the rom itself I recommend slim rom hyperdroid aoxp or pacman.
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I used the "Backup all user apps + system data", but I don't intend to restore it yet. I'm just testing out ROMs now. I've installed JellyBam 7.2.0 and I'll see how it goes.
One more question:
Titanium Backup wants USB debugging enabled. Is that ok?

linbetwin said:
I used the "Backup all user apps + system data", but I don't intend to restore it yet. I'm just testing out ROMs now. I've installed JellyBam 7.2.0 and I'll see how it goes.
One more question:
Titanium Backup wants USB debugging enabled. Is that ok?
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Don't restore system data. It probably wouldn't work.
Yes.
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Is there any 4.1.2 TW ROM that has the "Magnifier gestures" (Accessibility) from 4.2?

Just remember when you update your recovery cwm or other your nandroid backup cant be used anymore... Did you try doing a advanced restore and only rstoring data to your new rom? Goodluck and enjoy ur phone.
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When I signed into my google accoung from my new ROM all my apps were downloaded from the playstore and I only restored data for a few of them in TB.
If I restore the nandroid backup in recovery will I have my old stock ROM back or will there be any problems?

Yes restore backup is old rom back. However advanced restore data just places all the apps you had on the new rom.
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