Does anyone know if we will ever get the capabilities to move downloaded items to our sd card? Theres no sense in promoting expandable memory if we cant use the cards!!!!!
You can move files to external memory, just not installed apps. Any file explorer app will work, "my files"is the stock app that can do it.
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Queue515 said:
You can move files to external memory, just not installed apps. Any file eirplorer app will work, "my files"is the stock. file?pp that can do it.
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because I have movies and music I want to move to my card as well as some pictures, but I will try It......and it called sdcard0 or the externalsd folder?
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because I have movies and music I want to move to my card as well as some pictures, but I will try It......and it called sdcard0 or the externalsd folder?
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It Will Work, And Pictures (And Videos?) Taken From The Phone Camera Should Have An Option To Go Straight To External Card.
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because I have movies and music I want to move to my card as well as some pictures, but I will try It......and it called sdcard0 or the externalsd folder?
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extsdcard is your external sdcard, the one u put in. sdcard0 is the available internal storage
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How do I make my SD card the main use of my memory? I have a 32 gig but every time I try to dl a game like 9mm or even try to send some pics it says memory full I try deleting things I try putting apps on the root of my SD card nothing works please help
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Search "GL to SD" app at Google Play. This app moves your games and some apps from the internal sd memory to your 32gb card- external sd card. Saves you some space.
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Great app to use for all that extra data download that some games require
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Is there any way to make external sd card main storage for all apps
tr1zrus said:
Is there any way to make external sd card main storage for all apps
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That's what I wanna know.. I like the app gl to SD but it doesn't do everything
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I tried that gl app but its limited i wouldn't even use internal storage if it were possible to just use the external
tr1zrus said:
I tried that gl app but its limited i wouldn't even use internal storage if it were possible to just use the external
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I agree with this statement
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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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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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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Thanks appreciate the help.
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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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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.
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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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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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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
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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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
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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?
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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.
I want to clear out my storage but theres so many files. Concerned if I delete the wrong one. Running out of space :/ sucks
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chuko303 said:
I want to clear out my storage but theres so many files. Concerned if I delete the wrong one. Running out of space :/ sucks
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If you are just clearing items from the internal SD and not from any system locations then you should be fine. Everything on internal SD is just extra storage for you and your apps. You may lose saves and settings if you were to just clear the whole thing. I would suggest going through and deleting the largest items or moving them to external SD. Use Disk Usage app to view the largest items and see what needs to be moved. Use GL to SD to move large games to the external SD but do note that you MUST launch them from GL to SD if you do this. GL to SD does require root. Also, I would advise deleting pictures and video if you use your camera a lot. Back them up first of course. If you have Google+ installed with it set to auto upload your photos and videos, this won't be a problem.
Disk Usage:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DMsImNvbS5nb29nbGUuYW5kcm9pZC5kaXNrdXNhZ2UiXQ..
GL to SD:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zbGYuTGlzdGdsQXBwIl0.
So when I go into the storage on my phone it says 4.5gb of pictures on the internal storage but I have a 64gb memory card and save them to the card. I know some programs like IG and fb will default to internal and I see those folders when I go to ES file explorer.
My problem is that there are only a handful of such photos and I can't figure out where these so called 4.5gb of photos are? Are they in a hidden directory or something? I'd like to clear up some of the storage on the phone as it tells me there's only 500mb available
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When im full up I use an app called "drives".. I dont love its UI but it helps me find where the big hog files are...
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Connect your phone to the pc and go into your internal storage and move content to a folder on your pc or the ext SD card.
It's faster and neater.
Pp.
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