I moved my apps to my SD card last night but now none of them will launch after a reboot. I can see all the files on the SD card fine, my music plays and everything, but the apps i moved all show default android icons and will not launch.
HELP!
94tbird said:
I moved my apps to my SD card last night but now none of them will launch after a reboot. I can see all the files on the SD card fine, my music plays and everything, but the apps i moved all show default android icons and will not launch.
HELP!
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Huh.... Is your memory card formatted correctly? I've heard if a memory card is format into fat32 then they linux based file system wont recognize the apps. Maybe thats your problem? Hope that helps.
Yesterday I had a massive fail after moving apps to my SD Card the day before and then doing a normal reboot yesterday afternoon.
Upon rebooting, a large chunk of apps I'd moved to the SD card would not load the icons on homescreen and they wouldn't even show up under the "apps on sd card" tab in App2SD.
I was using an 8gb class2 card, so I tried to give it time to sync and load but it just didn't seem like it was happening.
Luckily I also got my Sandisk 16gb class 4 card yesterday. But now I don't want to deal with having to deal with another fail if I move a lot of apps to the sd.
I can't figure out if it was an application fail or slow sd card fail or what.
Any clues on what should be used/done to prevent a mess up again?
danootz said:
Yesterday I had a massive fail after moving apps to my SD Card the day before and then doing a normal reboot yesterday afternoon.
Upon rebooting, a large chunk of apps I'd moved to the SD card would not load the icons on homescreen and they wouldn't even show up under the "apps on sd card" tab in App2SD.
I was using an 8gb class2 card, so I tried to give it time to sync and load but it just didn't seem like it was happening.
Luckily I also got my Sandisk 16gb class 4 card yesterday. But now I don't want to deal with having to deal with another fail if I move a lot of apps to the sd.
I can't figure out if it was an application fail or slow sd card fail or what.
Any clues on what should be used/done to prevent a mess up again?
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If you moved tons of apps on an sdcard and it was only a class 2 then it will take some time my friend. You need at least a class 4 if you plan on having alot of apps on your sdcard imo. I'm running a 16gb class 4 and it loads all the apps in about 60 seconds. You could also try flashing the sdcard speed fix to increase the read/write speed. You just flash in recovery and boot up to test it and make sure your sdcard is up to speed.
The free sd card tester.
http://db.tt/Mvtw8u2
The read ahead fix I use.
http://db.tt/ImVQxt3
This post has other fixes you can try to see which one gives your sdcard a big boost. Run 2 test just to be positive.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...200-with-a-simple-tweak-hands-on-benchmarks/#
~ d3rk
Hi!
I was looking after this issue since my holidays. My Glide just uninstalls random applications that are on SD card (external_SD) after reboot. The replication is 8 out of 10. I had almost 30 apps on the SD card (mostly games).
What I did:
-restart the launcher
-wipe/factory reset
-change microSD cards
-reformat microSD card
How can I tell apps are uninstalled?
-checked Market
-checked TiBu (Backup/restore > Uninst. filter)
As I said, different apps are uninstalled every reboot. If I again reboot my device, the app(s) previously removed will be installed and another app(s) is removed.
Temporarily, my apps are transferred on my Internal storage (2gb) and so far, no issues. This quite puzzles me for I did not encounter any issues using my microSDs in file transfers, media and etc except for this one.
May you have similar issues and have solutions for them, please share and it will be greatly appreciated.
I posted this in the subforum for this only happened on my Glide (did not see in my Captivate and Infuse with same micrSDs). If you see this as inappropriate, please leave me a message or reply, or simply report my post.
Thanks
Correct me if I am wrong but apps moved to SD actually install to the 4gb USB storage in the unit (/sdcard). Nothing goes to the external SD (/sdcard/external_sd) unless manually moved there. If you want to install a program to the SD you have to use root utilities.
Doesn't help you with your issue but you should be able to completely remove the SD card and see if you continue to have the problem.
I haven't noticed this on my wife Glide but it does happen on my Skyrocket.
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Installed adw launcher last night and haven't had a problem with the disappearing apps.
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eddiert said:
Correct me if I am wrong but apps moved to SD actually install to the 4gb USB storage in the unit (/sdcard). Nothing goes to the external SD (/sdcard/external_sd) unless manually moved there. If you want to install a program to the SD you have to use root utilities.
Doesn't help you with your issue but you should be able to completely remove the SD card and see if you continue to have the problem.
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No your wrong when you hit the button move to SD Card it actually goes to the MicroSD card. I tried hitting that button without a Microsd card and I get an error it says not External card detected or something like that. When I installed my MicroSD card it moved the apps to it.
JB
dudejb said:
No your wrong when you hit the button move to SD Card it actually goes to the MicroSD card. I tried hitting that button without a Microsd card and I get an error it says not External card detected or something like that. When I installed my MicroSD card it moved the apps to it.
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You are correct. Good to know. I verified that I have a few apps moved to SD and they do not work when the SD is removed.
However, I can not replicate the OPs original issue. I put the SD back in and the apps are launchable again. All apps remain after reboot. When the SD was swapped was it with a different brand/model. I am using an 8gb Sandisk.
I could not replic
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No your wrong when you hit the button move to SD Card it actually goes to the MicroSD card. I tried hitting that button without a Microsd card and I get an error it says not External card detected or something like that. When I installed my MicroSD card it moved the apps to it.
JB
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That's weird because I was able to move to SD without inserting a Micro SD card and when I move to SD, it moves them to the internal USB storage instead of the Micro SD card.
vil33 said:
That's weird because I was able to move to SD without inserting a Micro SD card and when I move to SD, it moves them to the internal USB storage instead of the Micro SD card.
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Weird how we both have different results here. I have the Rogers running Android version 2.3.5 and Kernel version 2.6.36.3
JB
responses are greatly appreciated....I also tried moving two apps on SDcard after transferring them to the internal (2GB) storage. my glide automatically removed one of them after reboot. Well it's not a concern until i ended up running out of space on my internal
I noticed this as well on some apps I just reinstalled them on the internal and will not transfer them to the SD I again. I guess some programs don't want to be transferred to SD.
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dudejb said:
Weird how we both have different results here. I have the Rogers running Android version 2.3.5 and Kernel version 2.6.36.3
JB
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I have the exact same phone, I think you are confused. Move to SD never moves to external SD. Why else would apps like 'Apps2SD' exist then?
Apps2Sd allows you to map certain folders that are hard coded to the sd internal. For example game loft games install on the internal applicaton 2 gig partition a small installer and then Download extra content on the internal sd card. Apps2Sd allows you to map the game directory from the internal sd to your micro sd card. Similar in linux with a sym link. The Move to Sd from the Os (gingerbread). Allows you to alleviate some room from your 2 gig applications partition and move apps to the Microsd card.
JB
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dudejb said:
Apps2Sd allows you to map certain folders that are hard coded to the sd internal. For example game loft games install on the internal applicaton 2 gig partition a small installer and then Download extra content on the internal sd card. Apps2Sd allows you to map the game directory from the internal sd to your micro sd card. Similar in linux with a sym link. The Move to Sd from the Os (gingerbread). Allows you to alleviate some room from your 2 gig applications partition and move apps to the Microsd card.
JB
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Could it be that whether it move to internal or external SD depends on the app? None of my apps have been moved to the external microSD yet. Maybe it is because I have extra space on my internal microSD? Also when I go to Manage Apps > On SD Card, it shows the space used and remaining on the internal SD(USB storage).
vil33 said:
Could it be that whether it move to internal or external SD depends on the app? None of my apps have been moved to the external microSD yet. Maybe it is because I have extra space on my internal microSD? Also when I go to Manage Apps > On SD Card, it shows the space used and remaining on the internal SD(USB storage).
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if you are rooted, look for a folder named .android.secure on your Glide's hard drives. That folder contains apps that are moved to SD card. I see mine on /sdcard/external_sd/.android.secure
Hi, even if this thread is an old one, the same issue happened to my phone:
I can't use the internal memory to move apps because they are uninstalled every time the phone is rebooted. What is the clue?
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It was there yesterday, I even get the message that this app can be put on SD card and I click it it takes me too the app info which does not have a box to push or any way of moving to SD card.
patrick73csun said:
It was there yesterday, I even get the message that this app can be put on SD card and I click it it takes me too the app info which does not have a box to push or any way of moving to SD card.
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You can try sdfix on Google Play and see if that helps.
Is your SD card still mounted? Try removing and reseating it.
I needed to transfer files of my other phone and I only had 1 SD card so I off-ed my LGG3 and took out the sd card, after all was done, I booted up the phone, then I notice some of my apps were missing, and worst thing is when I try to download back the app from Playstore, Playstore crashes. I can access my SD card inside my file manager, pictures and music from SD card can be read. Just my apps say 'cannot find SD card'.
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I needed to transfer files of my other phone and I only had 1 SD card so I off-ed my LGG3 and took out the sd card, after all was done, I booted up the phone, then I notice some of my apps were missing, and worst thing is when I try to download back the app from Playstore, Playstore crashes. I can access my SD card inside my file manager, pictures and music from SD card can be read. Just my apps say 'cannot find SD card'.
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Try SdFix : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix&hl=fr
It also work on Lollipop
I already tried that, it's not working