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[Q] How to install .APK file directly to SD CARD?

I have an htc desire rooted and have a 4gb sd card.
i put the .apk file in the sd card and access it with file explorer in the mobile.
how can i install the .apk file directly to sd card instead of installing it in the mobile storage?
thanks

I don't think it's possible, but what you can do is install it normally and and then use Application Manager to move it to SD. (Apps to SD or a2sd)
Perhaps you already know this so sorry if i'm preaching to the quior!
Of course the ROM has to support this as well as the App. If i remember correctly i think this was supported officially from 2.2 onward. (Froyo). Custom ROMs, especially Cyanogenmods, usually have this feature working out of the box.

so is there anyway of doing it up to today?

Of course. It's called a2sd.
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prince9399 said:
so is there anyway of doing it up to today?
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You should install a rom with app2sd or data2sd

I found a solution. Connect your phone to computer and use adb
Code:
adb install -s /patch/to/file

jast wanna help u !!!
dazkyl said:
I have an htc desire rooted and have a 4gb sd card.
i put the .apk file in the sd card and access it with file explorer in the mobile.
how can i install the .apk file directly to sd card instead of installing it in the mobile storage?
thanks
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Hi here an odd way by the way:
as far as I know in the mixui10ml (as a custom rom 4 xperia ray search 4 it)there is such ability but u should unzip it and find and test apk files and install them to find out which one do such thing
I personally do other work ... copy all apk file in to my new downloaded custom rom and replace them and it works great!
and i should that point this apk isnt like apk2sd & other silly apk... it added in to system as a property and automatically run whenever an apk install.
its the only *(hard but real) way* that i find by searching in 2 years!!! sorry 4 my poor EN just want to help!
at last I find the name of that apk!!: "package installer.apk"!

[Q] viperrom frozen

does anyone have the stock ringtones to put on viperrom? i do appreciate the rings added, but i cant have that going off in front of clients

tpike said:
does anyone have the stock ringtones to put on viperrom? i do appreciate the rings added, but i cant have that going off in front of clients
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Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9459489&highlight=stock+ringtones#post9459489
Listed about 1 "page down" within the original post.
Hope this helps some.

Thanks ill look!
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Perfect
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adding to root of the card is enough???

Gotta move them into the right folder on the phone.
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hardrock121 said:
adding to root of the card is enough???
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The zip that you download IS NOT flashable, so you would have to use a zip eztracting program to unzip it. When you unzip it, it has three folders in it (ringers, notifications, and alarms). Then move the files (all, or just the ones you want) in each of those folders into the folders with the same name your have listed on you sd card.
There are a few good free Zip programs on the net if you don't already have/use one. Most are free "trials", but you can still use them to do this!!
- J.

cjobanion said:
The zip that you download IS NOT flashable, so you would have to use a zip eztracting program to unzip it. When you unzip it, it has three folders in it (ringers, notifications, and alarms). Then move the files (all, or just the ones you want) in each of those folders into the folders with the same name your have listed on you sd card.
There are a few good free Zip programs on the net if you don't already have/use one. Most are free "trials", but you can still use them to do this!!
- J.
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i knew its not flashable but wasnt able to see the files after i moved them (ie audio folder as it is) to sd card.. i had to disconnect the cable to make it work tho...ie see in the sound setting.
Thanks!

Any way to save screenshots to extern sd card automatically?

Does any one known of a way to save screenshots to external sd card by default instead of internal storage?
This way, I don't have to manually move it
Thank you
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eyecon82 said:
Does any one known of a way to save screenshots to external sd card by default instead of internal storage?
This way, I don't have to manually move it
Thank you
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This can't be done with stock software, period. It could be done with a rooted phone with modified software, but it hasn't been done yet.

bcougarj said:
This can't be done with stock software, period. It could be done with a rooted phone with modified software, but it hasn't been done yet.
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I am rooted running a stock ROM

eyecon82 said:
I am rooted running a stock ROM
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Then you can not change the destination of the screenshots.

eyecon82 said:
I am rooted running a stock ROM
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there isn't a real "Setting" for screenshots, though. You can't change the storage location from /Pictures/Screenshots without modifying the framework. Try a third party app. Sorry.

m20120 said:
Then you can not change the destination of the screenshots.
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bcougarj said:
there isn't a real "Setting" for screenshots, though. You can't change the storage location from /Pictures/Screenshots without modifying the framework. Try a third party app. Sorry.
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darn! thanks

Where exactly are screenshot files located?

Keanu4 said:
Where exactly are screenshot files located?
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They are in
sdcard/Pictures/Screenshots/
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eyecon82 said:
Does any one known of a way to save screenshots to external sd card by default instead of internal storage?
This way, I don't have to manually move it
Thank you
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True, it cannot be done by "default"...or cannot yet be done by root...
But rather than just give up because it is said it can't be done....for non-rooted and stock (and anyone else- until it's figured out on root), there's a couple of options to accomplish this..May not be the most direct, but it works...so this can actually be automated so your screenshots folder (or other folders/content) is copied to your external sdcard "at-will" or on intervals...all through an app or two.
That said here's a couple options you might consider, I've used 2 of the 3 here (cloud pipes and tasker) and they work fine for me for my uses (copying from internal memory items to the external sdcard or to dropbox) without much effort at all.
TASKER (from the google market) it's about $6.
HOWEVER-- you can get a 7-day trial from their website http://tasker.dinglisch.net/ to test it out.
With this, you can either manually click the task to copy OR set up in the app a task "profile" to have the copying occur at a specific time.
You also set the task itself to copy FROM a specific folder or files TO a specific folder or files (ie. from the phones internal screenshots folder to an external sd screenshots folder).
There's a plugin for tasker in the market that will let you even make an "app" of sorts that you can create a shortcut to function like this that you can place on a home screen and run "at-will." The plug-in works with the trial also.
An alternate and free way is using a dropbox account and download the Cloudpipes app (free in the play store).
You can set up cloud pipes to manually or automatically (yep, even with a schedule) copy files/folders.
It will move,overwrite,copy or copy newer versions and sync to a folder within a folder specified in dropbox. You can also set it up to download from dropbox to your your sdcard on a schedule..
Another thing that might work, though I have not tried would be something like gscript lite (free in the play store)
and create a script to copy the folders or files.
From there you could either
a) create a shortcut on the home screen to the script for manually running
or
b) try using something like Llama Location Profiles (free in the play store)
to automate the task.
Hope this is useful to other like-minded folks...

sainthooligan said:
True, it cannot be done by "default"...
But rather than just give up because it is said it can't be done....for non-rooted and stock, there's a couple of options to accomplish this..May not be the most direct, but it works...so this can actually be automated so your screenshots folder (or other folders/content) is copied to your external sdcard "at-will" or on intervals...all through an app or two.
That said here's a couple options you might consider, I've used 2 of the 3 here (cloud pipes and tasker) and they work fine for me for my uses (copying from internal memory items to the external sdcard or to dropbox) without much effort at all.
TASKER (from the google market) it's about $6.
HOWEVER-- you can get a 7-day trial from their website http://tasker.dinglisch.net/ to test it out.
With this, you can either manually click the task to copy OR set up in the app a task "profile" to have the copying occur at a specific time.
You also set the task itself to copy FROM a specific folder or files TO a specific folder or files (ie. from the phones internal screenshots folder to an external sd screenshots folder).
There's a plugin for tasker in the market that will let you even make an "app" of sorts that you can create a shortcut to function like this that you can place on a home screen and run "at-will." The plug-in works with the trial also.
An alternate and free way is using a dropbox account and download the Cloudpipes app (free in the play store).
You can set up cloud pipes to manually or automatically (yep, even with a schedule) copy files/folders.
It will move,overwrite,copy or copy newer versions and sync to a folder within a folder specified in dropbox. You can also set it up to download from dropbox to your your sdcard on a schedule..
Another think that might work, though I have not tired would be something like gscript lite (free in the play store)
and create a script to copy the folders or files.
From there you could either
a) create a shortcut on the home screen to the script for manually running
or
b) try using something like Llama Location Profiles (free in the play store)
to automate the task.
Hope this is useful to other like-minded folks...
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thanks so much!

I use Foldersync app to do this. As soon as a screenshot image appears on the sdcard it moves it automatically to extsdcard\pictures.

eyecon82 said:
Does any one known of a way to save screenshots to external sd card by default instead of internal storage?
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Android command "screencap -p file_name.png" let you take a screenshot and save it where you like. For example:
screencap -p /extSdCard/ScreenCap001.png
does a screen capture and save the result to my external sdcard on my rooted TF101 in KK4.4.
Try a similar command through a terminal emulator on your device. If works, you can do the following
1. write a sh script file to do screencap with file name automatically set based on date-time
2. install LMT(free floating app launch manager), and run the script as an LMT piechart item.
The benefit of using LMT is that it is always at your finger tip.

e154037 said:
Android command "screencap -p file_name.png" let you take a screenshot and save it where you like. For example:
screencap -p /extSdCard/ScreenCap001.png
does a screen capture and save the result to my external sdcard on my rooted TF101 in KK4.4.
Try a similar command through a terminal emulator on your device. If works, you can do the following
1. write a sh script file to do screencap with file name automatically set based on date-time
2. install LMT(free floating app launch manager), and run the script as an LMT piechart item.
The benefit of using LMT is that it is always at your finger tip.
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What terminal emulator would you suggest?
Can this be done also on non-rooted devices?

eyecon82 said:
darn! thanks
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I use "Terminal Emulator for Android" by Jack Palevich.
Not sure whether the metod works on non-rooted device.
Even if it does not work on your non-rooted device, you can still "save screenshots to extern sd card automatically". I see some one befor suggested on copying screenshots through tasker. What I want to add are two points:
1. use tasker file change event to detect any change in folder "/Pictures/Screenshots"
2. when the event occur, call rsync to move pictures to extSdCard.

e154037 said:
I use "Terminal Emulator for Android" by Jack Palevich.
Not sure whether the metod works on non-rooted device.
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Thanks for your reply. I will give it a try.
e154037 said:
Even if it does not work on your non-rooted device, you can still "save screenshots to extern sd card automatically". I see some one befor suggested on copying screenshots through tasker. What I want to add are two points:
1. use tasker file change event to detect any change in folder "/Pictures/Screenshots"
2. when the event occur, call rsync to move pictures to extSdCard.
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Yes, i have seen this kind of suggestion but i really don't like its approach. Nothing wrong with it but, i would prefer to let the screenshots be saved in one location and nothing else. If i can get somehow to make them be saved on the ext SD card, good, if i can't ... i'd keep them in the internal memory.

So, I let it upgrade, the new version is T.8.0.0.12, and as you can see by the attached screenshots the only choices are pay $2.99 a month, pay $0.50 a month or watch ads.
The little ads in the listing are animated, and the large ads on the playback screen are 1/3rd of the screen.

Just doing the exact same thing with foldersync. Great app. Wondering whether it uses a lot of battery if you set it to instant sync, as I'd assume it has to somehow monitor the folder for changes...but I don't understand these things!

[Q] Stock Rom: Unable to write to SDCard

Hi.
Just purchased a SM-T800 and was wondering if there is an easy fix for me to be able to write to my SD Card? Do I need to be root to be able to do this ?

x10civ said:
Hi.
Just purchased a SM-T800 and was wondering if there is an easy fix for me to be able to write to my SD Card? Do I need to be root to be able to do this ?
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Kit Kat changed the way sd cards work.
The easiest way i know to fix this is to Root your device and then install this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix

I have the tab s 8.4 and have a micro SD card coming in this week. I might be misinterpreting this post but does Kit-kat really not let the user copy over downloaded files onto external storage? I'm the kind of guy that usually immediately roots but was enjoying the stock experience for once. Definitely a bummer if this turns out to be true.

No, it let's you do it fine. But you have to use the My Files app. Not the app of your choice. Unless you root and change that.

whit this fix App sd card? i try to resolve the problema with large torrents i try todownload directly to my sdcard becuace torrent say cant find the location of folder when i choose microsd download folder to download files ...

Thank you for your reply.
Will follow your instructions this weekend. Thanks again Galactic2.
Cheers

celtichazard said:
whit this fix App sd card? i try to resolve the problema with large torrents i try todownload directly to my sdcard becuace torrent say cant find the location of folder when i choose microsd download folder to download files ...
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Which browser you use?

HughesNet said:
Which browser you use?
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I use Chrome and yes now I have torrent fixed to download large files to my SD card

ES File Explorer File Manager
With this app, you DON'T have to ROOT your device, and you can copy/move file from device to SD-card vice versa:
ES File Explorer File Manager

celtichazard said:
whit this fix App sd card? i try to resolve the problema with large torrents i try todownload directly to my sdcard becuace torrent say cant find the location of folder when i choose microsd download folder to download files ...
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You need to be rooted and applied the app to sd card fix before you can download torrents direct to sd card. Otherwise you can download straight to your tablet then transfer to sd card using the my files app.
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You can't transfer apps to SD , from the Playstore "AT ALL", unless you are ROOTED.

henklbr said:
With this app, you DON'T have to ROOT your device, and you can copy/move file from device to SD-card vice versa:
ES File Explorer File Manager
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Oh awesome I already use ES for everything. Thanks!

dw1ght said:
Oh awesome I already use ES for everything. Thanks!
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I cannot copy or move anything using ES. The only workaround I found is connect the tablet to a PC and copy or move the files with widows explorer.

shadow78 said:
I cannot copy or move anything using ES. The only workaround I found is connect the tablet to a PC and copy or move the files with widows explorer.
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Exactly..
As said before... You can't transfer apps to SD, from the Playstore "AT ALL", unless you are ROOTED.

shadow78 said:
I cannot copy or move anything using ES. The only workaround I found is connect the tablet to a PC and copy or move the files with widows explorer.
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Yup, SD card came in today. ES can't do it. Time to root I guess...

xRevilatioNx said:
Exactly..
As said before... You can't transfer apps to SD, from the Playstore "AT ALL", unless you are ROOTED.
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Tried the app you linked and unfortunately it did not work. My problem was finally resolved with the Wanam Xposed application SD card fix. That works fine if anyone else has any trouble. But honestly it is so irritating that any of this is necessary to get full use of my device. I am rocking 128 gigabytes loud and proud
Okay well maybe not. Big file I was moving to SD is now gone and I can longer write to the SD. Bummer. No idea what went wrong.
Second edit: so the JRummy Apps "SD Fix" on the Play Store seems to have me covered for now. Fingers crossed...
Third edit: Gahh once again read only. No idea what the issue is. SD appears empty, can't read or write. Any help would be appreciated. For now I have a useless slice of plastic sitting in my otherwise perfect tablet.

henklbr said:
With this app, you DON'T have to ROOT your device, and you can copy/move file from device to SD-card vice versa:
ES File Explorer File Manager
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I made a mistake in this: sorry!
On my Note 3 (also on Android 4.4.2), ES File Explorer works correctly with copying/moving files from/to SD-card...
Strange it's not working on the Tab S...

dw1ght said:
Tried the app you linked and unfortunately it did not work. My problem was finally resolved with the Wanam Xposed application SD card fix. That works fine if anyone else has any trouble. But honestly it is so irritating that any of this is necessary to get full use of my device. I am rocking 128 gigabytes loud and proud
Okay well maybe not. Big file I was moving to SD is now gone and I can longer write to the SD. Bummer. No idea what went wrong.
Second edit: so the JRummy Apps "SD Fix" on the Play Store seems to have me covered for now. Fingers crossed...
Third edit: Gahh once again read only. No idea what the issue is. SD appears empty, can't read or write. Any help would be appreciated. For now I have a useless slice of plastic sitting in my otherwise perfect tablet.
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I had this problem with my 32gb sandisk card, it even said made for android on the packaging but it was very unreliable, sometimes there and sometimes not, even tried the usual test apps for these sdcard on my pc and they reported genuine with no errors. In the end i decided to buy a samsung 64gb card and it works reliably with stock apps but i have not got around the kitkat restriction cos i dont want to root yet.
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TimC149 said:
I had this problem with my 32gb sandisk card, it even said made for android on the packaging but it was very unreliable, sometimes there and sometimes not, even tried the usual test apps for these sdcard on my pc and they reported genuine with no errors. In the end i decided to buy a samsung 64gb card and it works reliably with stock apps but i have not got around the kitkat restriction cos i dont want to root yet.
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Same story with my card, SanDisk and android packaging. I might look into getting an official Samsung card. Thank you for the reply!

uTorrent update
The new update on uTorrent:
✔ (NEW) Save to external SD cards (Solution for Google/KitKat external SD card restrictions)
In case anyone didn't know.

Tips : Fix SD card writing issue with android 5.0

Hello,
It's my first post
Since i've updated my galaxy tab S from android 4 to android 5, I detected that i haven't the right to write on the sd card and in some case, to delete file (ie with mx player)
In order to resolve this problem, i found a topic on internet that resolved my issue
Step 1: Using a file explorer with root access capabilities like Root Explorer, navigate to /system/etc/permissions folder. Make sure you have r/w access
Step 2: Find the platform.xml file and open it using a text editor. If you are using Root explorer, long press on the platform.xml file and select Open With -> Text editor to open the file in a text editor. Now, find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission in the file.
Step 3: Add the following line on a new line under the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission without the quotes – “<group gid=”media_rw” />”.
Step 4: Save the file and restart your device
After this, you will be able to use your sdcard as you always used it
Source : androidbeat[dot]com/2013/08/fix-sd-card-writing-issue-on-galaxy-s4-gpe-android-4-3/

No need for all that messing. Just download sd card fix from the app store

Of course, this requires your tablet be rooted?

No need for all that messing. Just download sd card fix from the app store
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I don't know if the app can work with Lollilop.
Of course, this requires your tablet be rooted?
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Yes, cause you'll modify a file that is in the system folder

There is no need for messing with it at all on Lollipop. SD card access is granted on a per app basis.
It's up to the app developers to update their apps to support the SD card changes made in Lollipop, in MX player's case, the newest beta has that new lollipop api implemented, thus full SD card access.

Dissgro said:
There is no need for messing with it at all on Lollipop. SD card access is granted on a per app basis.
It's up to the app developers to update their apps to support the SD card changes made in Lollipop, in MX player's case, the newest beta has that new lollipop api implemented, thus full SD card access.
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Ok, i didn't know that
1st topic, 1st fail :crying:

bibi77 said:
Ok, i didn't know that
1st topic, 1st fail :crying:
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Never mind. You are a budding developer.