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[Q] storage problem

Hey Guys,
it's me again haha.
So I have a problem...
I just read this about the memory of our phone:
Vyker said:
There are 3 storage options on this phone...
ROM aka Device Memory = 1GB = Where apps install to.
Internal SD aka USB Storage = 2GB = Extra space
External SD aka SD Card = upto 32gb microSD card.
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So, I downloaded Backstab and need to download extra data, which are downloaded to SD...
Now I'm getting the message that there isn't enoght memory aviable.
So I looked into the file manager and saw, that all downloads,pictures etc. are saved on the "USB Storage" (→Internal SD).
Now my question is, how I can change the standard storage to "SD Card" (→External SD) , that my downloads, pictures (and of cause the data for Backstab) are saved on my "SD Card" (→External SD), where are 8GB free instead of the 72MB on "USB Storage" (→Internal SD).
Hope you understand what I mean ; my english isn't the best, I know
Thanks in Advance
Julian

I got that same problem when d/l additional data for games, etc.
Any sollution for it?
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App 2 SD (move app to SD)
You can find this tool in the android market.
Note not all apps can be moved but this may help.

robin0800 said:
You can find this tool in the android market.
Note not all apps can be moved but this may help.
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That app only moves apps from the Device Memory to the internal SD, not to the external one.
If your phone is rooted (if it isn't, I'd advise you too, although I reckon you should first research the pros and cons - and your warranty is voided), you can use ROM Manager to change the default path App2SD puts your apps into, or you can flash a ROM with internal/external memory swap.
Short version: both of these solutions require your phone to be rooted. If it isn't, then my post isn't of any help but there might be someone more knowledgeable out there who actually knows another (better) way to do this.

Dusk252 said:
That app only moves apps from the Device Memory to the internal SD, not to the external one.
If your phone is rooted (if it isn't, I'd advise you too, although I reckon you should first research the pros and cons - and your warranty is voided), you can use ROM Manager to change the default path App2SD puts your apps into, or you can flash a ROM with internal/external memory swap.
Short version: both of these solutions require your phone to be rooted. If it isn't, then my post isn't of any help but there might be someone more knowledgeable out there who actually knows another (better) way to do this.
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That app only moves apps from the Device Memory to the internal SD, not to the external one.
This is not true.......
App2SD moves Apps to External SD, if you have normal /etc/vold.fstab, with mount points as normal, not swapped.
This App is really just a GUI to do what you can do with native Android Apps 2 SD....and it gives Notification if a d/l App can be moved, i.e. coded by dev.
To actually see what Apps are on External SD, if you have moved them, use Storage Analyser free from Market.
See samples from my phone:
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You can clearly see, I hope, Apps which have been moved to External SD, in /sdcard/external_sd/.amdroid_secure.
These Apps were moved with App2SD.
Also, if you look at the pic below, of Settings/Manage applications/On SD card tab.....this shows those Apps which have been moved to External SD, which have a check-mark, e.g. Google+.....you can also see G+ above, clearly in external .android_secure folder
and it also shows those Apps which can be moved, or are coded to by dev.
btw...the USB Storage message on bottom is just information!!
USB Storage or Internal SD, is intended for Storage of Data relating to Apps, Pics, Music, Game Data, etc.
USB, or Internal SD, cannot be used, normally, for Apps, i.e. as in App2SD

I see. I was wrong then. Thank you for the useful post. It turns out I was fooled by the "USB Storage" bar, since it seems to imply they're stored in the internal memory.
But I don't think that'll really solve his problem, as from what I understood, the application data is still stored in the internal SD. So I still think the internal/external swap would be the best solution for him. Specially since he also complains about the pictures and stuff.
Either way, that ended up being an important piece of info for myself, so I thank you again for correcting me.

Thanx Dusk252
You are correct re OP......
if you wish to store loads a game data or photo stuff....
I think that is what the swap was designed for....it will give you potentially 16/32G for this data....I feel you will need a good SD....like at least Class 6....
And Apps can be moved to the smaller Internal SD....which could be good.....
On my last device I needed to use DT's A2SD..with 1G ext-3 partition on SD for Apps.....so this phone is pretty good.....
Just on the OP....it is a pity that most Apps seem to be written with the /mnt/sdcard as default external Storage....
something devs should keep in mind!!!
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Hey Guys,
thanks for careing about my problem
But I don't understand how I can swap the internal/external :S
could you please explain it to me.
Thanks in advance
JuLiian.

You have too ways of doing that (technically, three). But please understand before trying any of this that your phone must be rooted!
1. Manually edit the /etc/vold.fstab file (non-recommended unless you can find a good tutorial specifically for Galaxy W, since different devices might have different mount points. I wasn't able to find one, but my research took me 2 min so you might be able to find one.)
2. Replace your vold.fstab file with an already edited one. Here's a nice tutorial on how to do it.
3. Flash a custom ROM which already has this tweak. Like this one, for example.

backstab is gameloft ryt? y not try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091455 it work on asphalt adrenaline and dungeon hunter, what it does is it changes the file path of the data, so that your data can be save on your external_sd, just follow the steps there, hope that helps
edit: ow sorry that link is for LG but i find one for samsung like: "Auto_Patch_APK_for_Samsung_by_Duero__include_Java_" just search for it
edit2: i found it http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1129134.html just try if the download links are still working

installing apps on external sd card

Hi
My galaxy w has only 1,70 gb of space. first of all how can i move already installed files to my 32gb external sd and secondly how can i set it simy phone automatically installs everything on the ex. sd from now on?
didnt find an answer on other threads.
Thanks in advance

What ROM are you on?
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sevenmad said:
Hi
My galaxy w has only 1,70 gb of space. first of all how can i move already installed files to my 32gb external sd and secondly how can i set it simy phone automatically installs everything on the ex. sd from now on?
didnt find an answer on other threads.
Thanks in advance
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Use Apps2SD app. It can let you move apps to your SD card.

Gary122 said:
What ROM are you on?
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stock rom. im still working with the original rom it came with
bbmadzky said:
Use Apps2SD app. It can let you move apps to your SD card.
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i have superboxpro and it has a apps2sd tab; but that only moves it to the internal sd (1.7 gb)

Maybe you can try Directory Bind: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
Anyway I never try it
Good luck

I don't understand the function of directory bind, is it used to move app from internal to sd card? And are external sd = sd card?

sevenmad said:
Hi
My galaxy w has only 1,70 gb of space. first of all how can i move already installed files to my 32gb external sd and secondly how can i set it simy phone automatically installs everything on the ex. sd from now on?
didnt find an answer on other threads.
Thanks in advance
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Root it and use Link2SD.
You'll need to partition your microSD into 2; I recommend formatting the 2nd partition as ext2.
Lots of tutorials on how to do this.
Plus, you can configure Link2SD to automatically migrate newly installed apps to the SD card.
_____ W + Bionic Cow 2 + xda app _____

If you are on stock from still no need for any app at all....or partitions on your External SD.
There is native built-in Apps 2 SD function in GB, which moves Apps, designed to be moved, to your external SD.
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As you can see from my screen shot, those apps checked have been moved....
Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/On SD Card Tab....
Apps which can be moved are listed, and those which ate moved have a check mark.
If course, you can also use Link2SD etc, but you need to create second partition on SD!!!!
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sevenmad said:
Hi
My galaxy w has only 1,70 gb of space. first of all how can i move already installed files to my 32gb external sd and secondly how can i set it simy phone automatically installs everything on the ex. sd from now on?
didnt find an answer on other threads.
Thanks in advance
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You can try to swap your internal and external sd.

irishpancake said:
If you are on stock from still no need for any app at all....or partitions on your External SD.
There is native built-in Apps 2 SD function in GB, which moves Apps, designed to be moved, to your external SD.
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As you can see from my screen shot, those apps checked have been moved....
Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/On SD Card Tab....
Apps which can be moved are listed, and those which ate moved have a check mark.
If course, you can also use Link2SD etc, but you need to create second partition on SD!!!!
Sent either from my Sammy GT-i8150 or my Momo11 Bird Tablet!!
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There are drawbacks of native App2SD:
* Widgets moved to SD no longer work
* Apps needing "Boot Complete" intent no longer work
* When attaching the external storage to PC via USB cable, all apps on SD are not available
Link2SD has no such drawbacks. It does require 2 things:
1. Rooted phone
2. 2nd partition on the microSD
Those prerequisites, however, need to be done only once, and afterwards Link2SD can fully automate everything.
_____ W + Bionic Cow 2 + xda app _____

pepoluan said:
There are drawbacks of native App2SD:
* Widgets moved to SD no longer work
* Apps needing "Boot Complete" intent no longer work
* When attaching the external storage to PC via USB cable, all apps on SD are not available
Link2SD has no such drawbacks. It does require 2 things:
1. Rooted phone
2. 2nd partition on the microSD
Those prerequisites, however, need to be done only once, and afterwards Link2SD can fully automate everything.
_____ W + Bionic Cow 2 + xda app _____
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Hi pep....
Yeah, native apps2SD has drawbacks for sure, but the OP asked how to move apps to SD, and it is a simple built-in solution, requiring nothing more than checking a box in settings....
It is surprising how many ppl don't know about it!!
But I agree, Links2SD is a more complete solution!!
Isn't there a work round which allows use of Internal Storage as Apps partition??
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Perhaps try Android Assistent
with that it can automaticly move your downloaded apps to your SD card

what rom?
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link2SD
sevenmad said:
Hi
My galaxy w has only 1,70 gb of space. first of all how can i move already installed files to my 32gb external sd and secondly how can i set it simy phone automatically installs everything on the ex. sd from now on?
didnt find an answer on other threads.
Thanks in advance
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if your phone has rooted, use link2SD and choose autolink in setting

Well if your rooted cause my phone is and I use App2SD and Force2SD also Titanium backup to move my apps to my external SD, there isn't really a way to force your apps to automatically install on the external SD and you usually have to manually move them but TB has one where you can move all of them in 1 go so that helps.

Hi....I have tried this Link2SD cos I just got a larger SD card...
My phone is on Stock ROM still, rooted, and original vold.fstab..mount points as per original...and using Arcos latest CWM Recovery [6.0.??].
The App works great, linking is perfect, and any app linked shows in the list in the App as linked to SD...
Storage Info shows the ext3 partition as SD Card 2nd Part. [/data/sdext2]....
just for example purposes I show 1 app linked... Antutu.....it works perfectly!!!
However, CWM does not back up this partition in Nandroid, getting the "sd-ext does not exist" message during backup.....
And to prove this I deleted Antutu, and attempted an extract from Nandroid with TB....
It shows a backup, but attempting to extract it results in TB hanging..presume it shows it becos of whatever sym-linking is there shows app as being in Internal.
I have been able to extract this app from Nandroid made without L2SD.
So, on stock ROM, is this possible?
Do I need scripting support which is missing in Stock?
Is Stock kernel OK for this app?
Is there a problem with CWM not backing up the ext3 Partition on SD??
Thanks in advance!!!
Edit...pics are not showing... Tapatalk problem...
Will reupload later when home...
Yiz get the gist anyway!!! I hope!!!
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irishpancake said:
Hi....I have tried this Link2SD cos I just got a larger SD card...
My phone is on Stock ROM still, rooted, and original vold.fstab..mount points as per original...and using Arcos latest CWM Recovery [6.0.??].
The App works great, linking is perfect, and any app linked shows in the list in the App as linked to SD...
Storage Info shows the ext3 partition as SD Card 2nd Part. [/data/sdext2]....
just for example purposes I show 1 app linked... Antutu.....it works perfectly!!!
However, CWM does not back up this partition in Nandroid, getting the "sd-ext does not exist" message during backup.....
And to prove this I deleted Antutu, and attempted an extract from Nandroid with TB....
It shows a backup, but attempting to extract it results in TB hanging..presume it shows it becos of whatever sym-linking is there shows app as being in Internal.
I have been able to extract this app from Nandroid made without L2SD.
So, on stock ROM, is this possible?
Do I need scripting support which is missing in Stock?
Is Stock kernel OK for this app?
Is there a problem with CWM not backing up the ext3 Partition on SD??
Thanks in advance!!!
Edit...pics are not showing... Tapatalk problem...
Will reupload later when home...
Yiz get the gist anyway!!! I hope!!!
Sent either from my Sammy GT-i8150 or my Momo11 Bird Tablet!!
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Well, I never tried extracting anything from a nandroid backup before... but if I use TB's own backup/restore facility, TB has no problem at all.
(I just tried it myself : Uninstalled Maxthon via TB, reboot (full, not quick), restore).
Of course, after restore, Maxthon is no longer linked to SD, and I bet there are Maxthon leftovers in the SD, but nothing more serious than those.
_____ W + Bionic Cow 2 + xda app _____

[Q] how to move files from ext2 partition from one SD card to another ?

I just recently bought a new 16GB SD card. I previously had a 8GB which I had partitioned. So how to transfer my apps from the ext2 partition of my old SD card to my new SD card ? Please help it's urgent...

And also I have about 1.80GB left on my old SD card. But look at the screenshot below. When I am using root explorer it says i can't overwrite apps(.apks) as I am out of storage (520KB left). But I had already partitioned this SD card dedicating 1GB for internal. Is this because my partition is full ? My internal memory from system/app in settings says I still have 164MB left. So how come root explorer is finding only 520KB free. See screenshot below. I need help guys
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Any help guys ? My question is very simple: How to transfer my apps and data which is on my partition on my 8GB SD card to my new one ?

Use a windows app like partition wizard, it's free just Google it. Use an adapter for one card, put the new one in your phone and connect to your pc. There's a function to copy a partition, use that.

Can anyone tell me if I can use Titanium back-up or do a nandroid back-up and restore it in my new SD card for this operation ? Which method is the best ?

Teshand said:
Can anyone tell me if I can use Titanium back-up or do a nandroid back-up and restore it in my new SD card for this operation ? Which method is the best ?
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i just love it when i can help someone:
ok here is the deal
i had the stock 8GB card with 2GB for 2nd partition so i bought a new 32GB and i needed to move the old 2nd partition's data to the new sd's
all you have to do is to do a nananroid to your old sd so that it will backup your 2nd partition
now move your /clockworkmod folder to PC and then partition the new sdcard with any size you wont (2gb is very typical)
move the /clockworkmod folder to the new sd and go to recovery>>backup and restore>>advanced restore and select "sd-ext"
and now you have you 2nd partition data as they were:angel::angel::angel:
pm me if you need help with that or more detail:angel:

omtay2311995 said:
i just love it when i can help someone:
ok here is the deal
i had the stock 8GB card with 2GB for 2nd partition so i bought a new 32GB and i needed to move the old 2nd partition's data to the new sd's
all you have to do is to do a nananroid to your old sd so that it will backup your 2nd partition
now move your /clockworkmod folder to PC and then partition the new sdcard with any size you wont (2gb is very typical)
move the /clockworkmod folder to the new sd and go to recovery>>backup and restore>>advanced restore and select "sd-ext"
and now you have you 2nd partition data as they were:angel::angel::angel:
pm me if you need help with that or more detail:angel:
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uve alot of stuff that i couldnt understad im slow learner and mad as i need away to move apps to sd card ive just installed ics which is driving me crazy any thoughts about this

Mr.Doc said:
uve alot of stuff that i couldnt understad im slow learner and mad as i need away to move apps to sd card ive just installed ics which is driving me crazy any thoughts about this
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here is a step by step detail:
1-your device need to be rooted and bootloader unlocked
2-bacup the contents of your sd to your pc
3-go to your clockworkmod recovery
4-go to advanced>>partion sd card>> and chose the size that suit you(2GB is perfect even for an app addict) and after that it will tell you to choose the swamp partition choose 128MB (not more)
5-now install a free app from the market called link2sd and when you open it choose all your user apps and choose (create link) and link every thing
6-now all your apps will be on the 2nd sd partition
pm me if you need more help i will be glad

I think you may have missed a step... don't you need to copy the nandroid backup to the new SD card and the restore it from there, after it has been set up with the partitions?

You can copy partitions easily with MiniTool Drive Copy tool.
use 2 card-readers

same issue
great help man!

If you want to know how to move files from one hard drive to another you can try the freeware of AOMEI Partition Assistant. Within only several clicks you can finish the transfer. Meanwhile, this software is free from bundleware and popup ads.

Increase Ram using external Micro sd?

I want to know, is there a Way to Increase e4gt Ram using external Micro sd?
I have a Sandisk 32gb class 10 Micro sd on my e4gt...
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No. Wrong kind of memory. An SD card is not and never will be RAM.
I like to break stuff!

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I've read about somebody doing partition to the Micro sd. What for?
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Willya said:
I've read about somebody doing partition to the Micro sd. What for?
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Storage, what its designed for. Its no different than partitioning your hard drive in your computer. It just splits the storage volume up. Older phones with less internal app storage people would partition their cards to use a2sd and gain extra app space thats it nothing else flash memory is like rom(random operating memory) a space for storage and containing filesystems. RAM (random access memory) is the space applications are executed in, it has a much higher read/write speed allowing the application to function without lag. You could put a swap space on sd but it still isn't RAM it will only be utilized by idle applications to hold them open while they are dormant. Android is already efficient in killing open apps to free RAM when needed and swap doesn't really work the same way it does on a pc. 9/10 times andorid kills the app instead of utilizing the swap space.
I like to break stuff!

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Storage, what its designed for. Its no different than partitioning your hard drive in your computer. It just splits the storage volume up. Older phones with less internal app storage people would partition their cards to use a2sd and gain extra app space thats it nothing else flash memory is like rom(random operating memory) a space for storage and containing filesystems. RAM (random access memory) is the space applications are executed in, it has a much higher read/write speed allowing the application to function without lag. You could put a swap space on sd but it still isn't RAM it will only be utilized by idle applications to hold them open while they are dormant. Android is already efficient in killing open apps to free RAM when needed and swap doesn't really work the same way it does on a pc. 9/10 times andorid kills the app instead of utilizing the swap space.
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What I read when that person doing partition to the Micro sd is that He try to make the Micro sd as extended memory/ram by change it to EXT3 format & with Help of Minitools software..
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Willya said:
What I read when that person doing partition to the Micro sd is that He try to make the Micro sd as extended memory/ram by change it to EXT3 format & with Help of Minitools software..
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I think you need to read up on what ram is. Ext3/4 are filesystems and have nothing to do with ram unless youre using a ramdisk.
I like to break stuff!

Willya said:
I want to know, is there a Way to Increase e4gt Ram using external Micro sd?
I have a Sandisk 32gb class 10 Micro sd on my e4gt...
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I think what you are talking about is swap. Which this phone has more than enough RAM that swap is not needed. Swap partitions kill SD cards anyways.
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
I think you need to read up on what ram is. Ext3/4 are filesystems and have nothing to do with ram unless youre using a ramdisk.
I like to break stuff!
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I don't know if I really wrong, but it's the proof. Here's the step-by-step how that man explain to increase the RAM using micro SD.
*)It's originally in Indonesian Language, but I translate it to English..
First Version:
1. first backup the data on your SD Card. because the SD Card will be on Delete and Format Partition.
2. Download Software for making partition, you can use the Mini Tool Partition Wizard or EASEUS Partition Master
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
3. Install MiniTools on PC
4. Connect your phone to PC
5. Delete partiton SD Card and then click Create Partition
6. Because I just 2GB SD Card so I only make 2 pieces patition. First Partition Using Ext3 format. Partition for linux at 500Mb. Used to install / move apps from phone memory to SD Card
7. The second partition the rest of the first partition, the FAT32 format. Used to store data such as office, mp3, videos etc..
8. If the SD Card Has a fairly large you can make a 3rd partition Swap format. Swap partitions are used to support the work of RAM. and a swap partition usually made ​​of 2 times the RAM.
10. When finished click APPLY on the top left corner to execute the partition that has been created.
Second version:
Material that you need:
1. dtapp signed
2. A2SDGUI
3. Have already partitioned sdcard
The steps:
1. move the material to the sd card
2. Enter to recovery, choose mount storage and change to:
_unmount / caches
_mount / data
_unmount / system
_unmount / sdcard
_unmount / sd-ext
3. If you done, back to start menu and install dtapps2sd cwm-2.7.5.3-beta04-signed.zip who already downloaded earlier. . finished and reboot the system.
4. Then install A2SDGUI open a2sdgui zipalign on boot and set swappiness 60-65. Then move to Dalvik tab, select the Dalvik cache on sd ext, click move. allow it to reboot. See Picture.
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5. Wait wait until the reboot is complete.
6. After your phone ready, enter terminal emulator type this command.
_su
_a2sd datasd
let it reboot
7. If done, it can be checked in titanium back up.
And this the result.
Third version:
1. Download Application RAM Expander
2. Your phone has rooted.
3. The SD Card has swapped.
4. Install Application Ram Expander
5. Open RE , choose Optimal Value then swap active
6. Ram so relieved now
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CMIIW

Mattix724 said:
I think what you are talking about is swap. Which this phone has more than enough RAM that swap is not needed. Swap partitions kill SD cards anyways.
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even if you could, tricking the OS to use sd as ram would be awful.

its impossible to use an sd card as RAM. anything that tells you otherwise is lying. the only way to get more ram is to buy a better phone.

SD Card Issues w/Zenfone 2

Every time I restart my phone, a notification pops up that says external storage inserted (SD card). However, I have not removed it. This is quite annoying, is anyone else experiencing this? Does anyone know what causes this and how to disable it? Also, when I try to get Titanium Backup to backup my files to the external SD card, it will not work. I have plenty of free space on the SD card, it tells me I have 15.8 GB free on the External SD card so this is not the issue. I never had any problems backing up to the SD card previously on my Galaxy S4. Any help would be awesome!
Thanks,
Drew

That's normal, when you do a power off and on, it will always tell you the SD card is mounted/inserted. Did that with my Galaxy S5 also.

Minim3 said:
That's normal, when you do a power off and on, it will always tell you the SD card is mounted/inserted. Did that with my Galaxy S5 also.
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To access your External sd card properly you need to have rooted your phone and run the Kitkat sd card fix (available in playstore). This is an issue google has done as they want everything stored on the cloud and to stop us using sd cards altogether.
Unless you run this most apps will have issues writing to the sd card...

ultramag69 said:
To access your External sd card properly you need to have rooted your phone and run the Kitkat sd card fix (available in playstore). This is an issue google has done as they want everything stored on the cloud and to stop us using sd cards altogether.
Unless you run this most apps will have issues writing to the sd card...
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no it is just limitation of lollipop 5.0 i guess,each boot needs sdcard permission via documents,and titanium backup have problem with that
dclifford said:
Every time I restart my phone, a notification pops up that says external storage inserted (SD card). However, I have not removed it. This is quite annoying, is anyone else experiencing this? Does anyone know what causes this and how to disable it? Also, when I try to get Titanium Backup to backup my files to the external SD card, it will not work. I have plenty of free space on the SD card, it tells me I have 15.8 GB free on the External SD card so this is not the issue. I never had any problems backing up to the SD card previously on my Galaxy S4. Any help would be awesome!
Thanks,
Drew
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it is just limitation of lollipop 5.0 i guess,each boot needs sdcard permission via documents,and titanium backup have problem with that..
i am using titanium backup with internal and then cut and paste in external...i know its is annoying..but no other option for now..[as far as i know and searched]
and that notification kindoff annoying,i cant find solution till now...

Ansebovi after I wrote this post, I did some more searching and found a thread saying to download and install an app called folder mount from the play store.. It requires root but if you have that it will work. It asks you to patch the android system 2 times then reboot two times after each patch.. After that you have full access to the SD card. I did this and after I was able to backup to the sd card with titanium backup. Hope this helps.
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With the Asus ZenFone 2, you can install apps anywhere you want, on sd or internal memory! No need for root
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Based on mine and others experience, not true
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Actually, when you first setup your phone, it even ask you if you prefer to install your apps/games on the system storage or SDCard. You can move apps to SDCard after install, this was added in Lollipop. I know because after Lollipop install on my S5, I was running out of storage space on the phone (16GB only) and had to move apps/games to Removable storage (SD Card). Deleting off your ExtSDCard is limited with 3rd party apps, file managers for example, other then the stock one, when you try to delete a file off SD, you have allow permission via Lollipop to do it, and you only have to allow once. If even tells you how to do it when you try to delete. I use ES File Explorer, no issues deleting or moving files and I'm not rooted.

Minim3 said:
Actually, when you first setup your phone, it even ask you if you prefer to install your apps/games on the system storage or SDCard. You can move apps to SDCard after install, this was added in Lollipop. I know because after Lollipop install on my S5, I was running out of storage space on the phone (16GB only) and had to move apps/games to Removable storage (SD Card). Deleting off your ExtSDCard is limited with 3rd party apps, file managers for example, other then the stock one, when you try to delete a file off SD, you have allow permission via Lollipop to do it, and you only have to allow once. If even tells you how to do it when you try to delete. I use ES File Explorer, no issues deleting or moving files and I'm not rooted.
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not about installing in storage..about taking backup with titanium backup[and yes es works well but not titanium backup and titanium needs root,to fix the titanium also needs root]
jiggykilla01 said:
With the Asus ZenFone 2, you can install apps anywhere you want, on sd or internal memory! No need for root
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it is not about installing in sd or internal..it is about taking backup with titanium backup to SD with the limitation of lollipop,,,please dont confuse
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Ansebovi after I wrote this post, I did some more searching and found a thread saying to download and install an app called folder mount from the play store.. It requires root but if you have that it will work. It asks you to patch the android system 2 times then reboot two times after each patch.. After that you have full access to the SD card. I did this and after I was able to backup to the sd card with titanium backup. Hope this helps.
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can you link that post or thread where u found and thanks btw

Here you go.. Not much else here to read but again I can confirm it is now working for me in titanium backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3104302
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dclifford said:
Here you go.. Not much else here to read but again I can confirm it is now working for me in titanium backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3104302
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ansebovi said:
not about installing in storage..about taking backup with titanium backup[and yes es works well but not titanium backup and titanium needs root,to fix the titanium also needs root]
it is not about installing in sd or internal..it is about taking backup with titanium backup to SD with the limitation of lollipop,,,please dont confuse
can you link that post or thread where u found and thanks btw
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Ah, sorry my bad, I misunderstood

dclifford said:
Here you go.. Not much else here to read but again I can confirm it is now working for me in titanium backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3104302
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awesome,working thanks,...btw create a guide by editing the first OP post,change the title to fix permission for SD write or somethings..might help others too
Minim3 said:
Ah, sorry my bad, I misunderstood
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no worries