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(APP) Move large apps to external SD. Works great!

Hey peeps. I finally got fed up running out of storage and went searching for something to fix it. Modern combat 3 takes up 1.4 gigs and Nova takes even more. With this app I can move their external data to the external SD card freeing up more room for more games.
I didn't create this app, just wanted to let people know about it. Remember you need to use the app to open these games once you move their data, otherwise they will just re download their files again.
Feel free to ask me any questions and I'll try and help if I can.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slf.ListglApp
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lessthanzach said:
Hey peeps. I finally got fed up running out of storage and went searching for something to fix it. Modern combat 3 takes up 1.4 gigs and Nova takes even more. With this app I can move their external data to the external SD card freeing up more room for more games.
I didn't create this app, just wanted to let people know about it. Remember you need to use the app to open these games once you move their data, otherwise they will just re download their files again.
Feel free to ask me any questions and I'll try and help if I can.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slf.ListglApp
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does not work on my S3 with AOSP CM on it. I am reverting my build.prop and see if that fixes it that I use for google wallet, perhaps it does not work on the "Nexus"

eatonjb said:
does not work on my S3 with AOSP CM on it. I am reverting my build.prop and see if that fixes it that I use for google wallet, perhaps it does not work on the "Nexus"
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What's it say? Does it throw and error or just plain when u try to do something doesn't do it?
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lessthanzach said:
What's it say? Does it throw and error or just plain when u try to do something doesn't do it?
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It says that it's not compatible with my device, but I changed the3 build.prop back to say that I have a S3 not a Nexus, and google play let me install it. I will report back when i get to try some apps.

eatonjb said:
It says that it's not compatible with my device, but I changed the3 build.prop back to say that I have a S3 not a Nexus, and google play let me install it. I will report back when i get to try some apps.
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Good. Should work fine. I noticed a couple times it wouldn't launch asphalt 7 so I checked the setting to clear cache when launching a game and that seems to have fixed it. Let me know if there are any other issues you run into.
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Now all we have to do is wait for the 64gb sdhc xc to drop in price severely

djsyche said:
Now all we have to do is wait for the 64gb sdhc xc to drop in price severely
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Yup. I found it on Amazon for 54.99 two days ago. Really solid price for a uhs class 10 64gig card.
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better app
this app is better i use it and it works for much more than just gl games..
i have all my gps maps on external sd
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262

lgkahn said:
this app is better i use it and it works for much more than just gl games..
i have all my gps maps on external sd
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
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The one I posted does more than game loft games as well. You can add any application that allows the installation of data to external cards. But whatever. Choices are good.
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I moved the data for three games and the game is asking me to download the data again

LSUtigers03 said:
I moved the data for three games and the game is asking me to download the data again
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Go into settings and check the boxes next to mount data.
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Good find followed your instructions worked perfect thanks also don't forget to recover list when you add games
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overrated doesn't move the vast majority of apps to the sd card.

zetsui said:
overrated doesn't move the vast majority of apps to the sd card.
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The vast majority don't need to be moved. But I have yet to find an app over 50 megs that I couldn't move so it's possible you are doing something wrong.
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namgisdon said:
Good find followed your instructions worked perfect thanks also don't forget to recover list when you add games
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Cool. Glad to hear it worked for you. I couldn't figure out directory bind program mentioned earlier so this was exactly what I was looking for.
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Back to Samsung

Guys I'm looking to bring my phone to Samsung to ask them to change some faulty components for me.
I've unlocked and rooted my phone.
So I saw that by locking my Gnex again. All my internal storage will be lost? Does that me all my titanium backups as well as my Cwm backups?
How do you guys deal with this?
Previously on my gs2. I just had to backup to my external sd card.
Anyone have any ideas?
Much appreciated
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Last time I unrooted an factory reset I just copyed all clockwork backups to one folder on SD card(virtual) as we don't have a external one. And then just copyed it all over to my laptop. Once ready just re-root phone copy/paste all files back and ur golden..
at least that worked for me.
Heaven tried on titanium files tho
Cheers
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You're gonna want to take all of your personal data off before you factory reset and set it all back to stock anyways.

Takes ages to transfer backups over doesn't it. So long that it crashes. What do you mean by virtual drive?
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shawnaye said:
Takes ages to transfer backups over doesn't it. So long that it crashes. What do you mean by virtual drive?
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The Galaxy Nexus doesn't have a physical SDcard. It has a "virtual" spot that acts like an SDcard. Your files are stored there, that's where you need to take your stuff from and put on your computer. If USB transfer isn't working. Put it on WiFi & stuff them all on Dropbox or use an FTP app.

My main concern is the pad lock on the boot screen. Is there anyway to remain on my flashed rom and remove the unlocked sign? Cause i just wanna do some over the counter exchange.
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Don't think so.
The lock signifies u unlocked the boot loader(90%) sure bout that.
And u cant stay on a custom ROM with it locked. Unless someone found a way around it.
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Someone has to find a way! My god it's quite trouble some to move them big files.
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Also. If u think that the store won't be able to the the diff between u being unlocked or not. U can get "logo me" from market and change the unlocked pad lock to a pic if a locked one. So phone is still rooted unlocked but looks stock in boot process
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Drakkula4 said:
Also. If u think that the store won't be able to the the diff between u being unlocked or not. U can get "logo me" from market and change the unlocked pad lock to a pic if a locked one. So phone is still rooted unlocked but looks stock in boot process
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Hmm.. I'm actually just trying to swap my battery for a new one. That should work eh?? Haha. There aren't really any other differences.
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shawnaye said:
Hmm.. I'm actually just trying to swap my battery for a new one. That should work eh?? Haha. There aren't really any other differences.
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Oh damn its 3 bucks.
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There's an app called BootUnlocker that let's you lock and unlock your phone within android without losing root.
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You don't have to take it to Samsung you could always take it to a 3rd party phone repairer that deals with Samsung phones an doesn't care if its rooted.

Yea, its a bit pricy but worth it IMO. I paid for it and love the customization.
If u have a bit of time on or hands, u can try looking thru or system.apk file. I think its also in there but I'm not 100% on that.
Use root explorer or any other explorer and go to system/app/ and pull or system apk. Put it on or PC or laptop.
Open it with 7zip (right click , open archive. DO NOT EXTRACT) then go to red/drawable. And in the xhdpi folder look thru the pics. I believe one of them is the boot logo lock.
I'd give u exact paths and file names but I dont have my laptop on me right now.
Hope this helps
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jimmyhook said:
There's an app called BootUnlocker that let's you lock and unlock your phone within android without losing root.
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Ty. Did not know that. Its on market?:beer:
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jimmyhook said:
There's an app called BootUnlocker that let's you lock and unlock your phone within android without losing root.
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Holy **** dude. That's the best ever. That should be on the toolkit guide!
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I find the most reliable way to backup your entire /sdcard contents is via ADB. I can't recall the exact syntax that works but it's so much better than trying to make it work by MTP...
adb pull /sdcard sdcard possibly? Or some variation of that. And then it just starts copying en masse, and you leave it for whatever 25-50 minutes it requires, and then you're all backed up. Restoring by adb push works well too.
If the pull gets interrupted or messed up in any way while booted into the OS, you can try again while booted into CWM Recovery. Careful when pushing entire directories back via CWM - sometimes this can leave you with messed up permissions and then you will be unable to edit/delete/create files in some places. More info about how to fix that in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22970837&postcount=14
But yeah once you backup your entire internal storage, including whatever nandroid backup you need to get back to your custom setup, you can flash it all clear back to wiped stock without any concern of data loss.

Recover deleted Photos

I was trying to transfer some photos from my note 2 to my computer and I accidentally deleted them through finder in the android file transfer app. I think they may have been in the internal phone memory and I really want to get these pictures back please help.

Google recova or something like that
It finds them on pc and sd cards
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StarLog said:
Google recova or something like that
It finds them on pc and sd cards
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I don't think they were on the sd card because in my gallery i can see two different types of folders one says camera and the other one says camera with a lil pic of an sd card on it and they got deleted from the first folder

If you're rooted you can use Hexamob Recovery or Undelete For Root Users. Otherwise search the Play Store for file recovery apps, but there's a chance you have to be rooted for one to work.
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ImYourMacDaddy said:
If you're rooted you can use Hexamob Recovery or Undelete For Root Users. Otherwise search the Play Store for file recovery apps, but there's a chance you have to be rooted for one to work.
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I'm not rooted and haven't been able to find any apps that can recover...the pics were on the phone's internal memory and not the sd card which is why I'm guessing that these recovery programs i downloaded on my mac haven't been finding anything to restore

StarLog said:
Google recova or something like that
It finds them on pc and sd cards
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Dude recuva has saved my ass numerous amounts of times. Its why I love it recommend it whenever.:thumbup:
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slicingtaco said:
Dude recuva has saved my ass numerous amounts of times. Its why I love it recommend it whenever.:thumbup:
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even if they were deleted from internal storage?

Try it and see. If it doesn't work, root the phone. They all work for internal memory if the phone is rooted. Been there, done that.
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The longer you wait, the more likely you won't be able to recover. Those areas they were stored may get written over again. Just try. At this point it seems you have nothing to lose.
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spycedtx said:
The longer you wait, the more likely you won't be able to recover. Those areas they were stored may get written over again. Just try. At this point it seems you have nothing to lose.
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Well its a matter of the data being over written by newer data. He can wait days without overwriting and still be able to recover it.
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slicingtaco said:
Well its a matter of the data being over written by newer data. He can wait days without overwriting and still be able to recover it.
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I think that's what I just said.
If you do need root for any of the recovery apps, install exynos abuse (found in these threads). It's a quick apk install and a quick button click to gain root. I just hope installing yet one more app doesn't write over those sectors. Perhaps as a last resort.
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Folder with contents that won't delete

Hey all. I've been busting my brain, downloading different file managers, playing with permissions and whatnot trying to delete a couple folders left over from Skynote Rom.There's a folder named "Z" on my internal storage that won't go away. That folder houses the sky note wallpapers and an LMT pie launcher apk. Its in two spots on my internal storage and neither will delete. Though it doesn't take up much memory, its annoying to see 3 skynote wallpaper galleries in my photo gallery every time.
Is there a way to delete these items through some file manager I've yet to try or maybe even through recovery mode? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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One other screenshot to show in gallery. This was taken after I already deleted two other skynote walls galleries.
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Does this folder appear in data/media? Try deleting from that location.
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Delete it using TWRP. Had that same folder and couldn't get it removed. Until I deleted it from the TWRP recovery..
Just my 2¢®
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alpinesun said:
Hey all. I've been busting my brain, downloading different file managers, playing with permissions and whatnot trying to delete a couple folders left over from Skynote Rom.There's a folder named "Z" on my internal storage that won't go away. That folder houses the sky note wallpapers and an LMT pie launcher apk. Its in two spots on my internal storage and neither will delete. Though it doesn't take up much memory, its annoying to see 3 skynote wallpaper galleries in my photo gallery every time.
Is there a way to delete these items through some file manager I've yet to try or maybe even through recovery mode? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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In your CM explorer app...open settings and enable root mode.
then dump the files you want gone..
Be careful in there....the CM file manager will allow deletion of "any" file within the OS, while root mode is enabled....g

Bajanman said:
Delete it using TWRP. Had that same folder and couldn't get it removed. Until I deleted it from the TWRP recovery..
Just my 2¢®
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Thanks for that one man. I love this twrp as well. Way better than the regular one I was using to flash ROMs and zips. Thanks!
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alpinesun said:
Thanks for that one man. I love this twrp as well. Way better than the regular one I was using to flash ROMs and zips. Thanks!
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Ur Welcome
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[Q] Are there ANY downsides to upgrading to 4.4?

Hi all
I'm just wondering if there's anything in 4.4 that is NOT as good as 4.3? Any limitations or disadvantages you can think of? (I've read something to do with the external SD function...???)
Cheers in advance

Answers to all your answers to all the questions you could ask found right here
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Changes in Stock 4.4 [Summarized]
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Only and major downside for me - extSD card not writable by system and hence useless on stock ROM!

kornelius1982 said:
Only and major downside for me - extSD card not writable by system and hence useless on stock ROM!
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There is a way to fix this.
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toyanucci said:
There is a way to fix this.
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Do you mean fix without root?
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Got to root. For me, with one device already on Kitty Kat and seeing no big advantage, I will not be upgrading my Note 10.1 or Note 8.
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kornelius1982 said:
Only and major downside for me - extSD card not writable by system and hence useless on stock ROM!
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--> extSD card not writable by system <--
Are you saying you cannot write to the SD card with apps like OfficeSuite Pro or the camera or just that the system will not install and run programs from the SD card?

If an application is designed to save its files to the card in a folder created by said application, then yes. If the application cannot create a folder on the card, then no. That is a quick explanation.
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Thanks...
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Chromecast doesn't work. If you're a big user of Chromecast, DO NOT update as there's no way to revert...

supremekizzle said:
Chromecast doesn't work. If you're a big user of Chromecast, DO NOT update as there's no way to revert...
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I bet they fix that one quick.
BTW - When I went to KitKat on some of my other tabs all I had to do was reinstall the same apps (same versions) and they worked fine. The reinstall did something that made them work fine. Out of several hundred apps it was only a handful.

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Chromecast doesn't work. If you're a big user of Chromecast, DO NOT update as there's no way to revert...
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Is this only for 10.1 2014 with KK? Because I dont think this is KK related as Chromecast works for my Note 3 with SinLess KK ROM.

can someone quickly elaborate about extSD card issue
I've been able to grab small tid bits here and there.
does that mean that I can't store data, or that apps that for example fpse use ext sd for rom storage will no longer be able to use extSd ??

Sd card will work pretty much like on pre-Android, pre-Symbian phones.
Only good for media files, which must be stored via a pc, not say, loaded with the tablet from a nas.
Probably pics and vids taken with the Note can be saved on the card.
They force all more sophisticated users to root. Others, who enjoy being submitted to rules, even silly ones, and miss Adolf, are already using iOS and WP anyway.

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Naith32 said:
Hi all
I'm just wondering if there's anything in 4.4 that is NOT as good as 4.3? Any limitations or disadvantages you can think of? (I've read something to do with the external SD function...???)
Cheers in advance
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Hey glad I caught this thread on time. So since you're on kitkat, you are unable to turn your device around 180 degrees. And that pretty much renders all cases useless for the typing position UNLESS you buy Samsung's pricey case that can fold without having you turn the device.

xcmonx said:
Hey glad I caught this thread on time. So since you're on kitkat, you are unable to turn your device around 180 degrees. And that pretty much renders all cases useless for the typing position UNLESS you buy Samsung's pricey case that can fold without having you turn the device.
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Not sure where you got that info. I'm on KitKat and turning the device works just as it did before the upgrade. I can put the power cord at the top if I need to. There's nothing I tried that doesn't work with the Note upside down.

TabGuy said:
Not sure where you got that info. I'm on KitKat and turning the device works just as it did before the upgrade. I can put the power cord at the top if I need to. There's nothing I tried that doesn't work with the Note upside down.
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Really? It might just be my custom ROM then. Well I'm currently experiencing that problem with Kat1.0 kitkat ROM for the SMP600. Is anyone else using that ROM encounter this problem? Is there an xposed hack for this?

Kit Kat and SD Card
toyanucci said:
There is a way to fix this.
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It is working for me with upgrade through Kies3 this week.

Is My Files app affected by the SD card restrictions? I assume only 3rd party apps in the play store are affected.
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aznmode said:
Is My Files app affected by the SD card restrictions? I assume only 3rd party apps in the play store are affected.
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No, the my files app has full permissions. So you can still say download things and then just move them over from internal to external.
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