Hey guys, just got an HTC hero. I'm loving it, but I want to know how I can run apps off the SD card. I've tried looking all over this forum, all over the web, but I honesly can't find an easy to do guide without the worry of screwing up my phone.
I rooted my phone with the virgin guide in the other forum, and I downloaded 3.1-update-hero-modacocustomrom-core-signed.zip from one of the guides that I found. I managed to install it, but I still wasn't so sure how to use app2sd, even if it was installed, so I went back to my nand backup and I'm just on my normal rooted HTC Hero again.
Before people get angry for not searching around etc, I have, alot. I'm just a bit cautious doing things when I am like 40% sure I am doing the right thing. Even Haykuro Apps to SD is hard to follow. The only thing I want to do is give my phone more room for apps.
Please help, thank you.
el-grosso said:
Hey guys, just got an HTC hero. I'm loving it, but I want to know how I can run apps off the SD card. I've tried looking all over this forum, all over the web, but I honesly can't find an easy to do guide without the worry of screwing up my phone.
I rooted my phone with the virgin guide in the other forum, and I downloaded 3.1-update-hero-modacocustomrom-core-signed.zip from one of the guides that I found. I managed to install it, but I still wasn't so sure how to use app2sd, even if it was installed, so I went back to my nand backup and I'm just on my normal rooted HTC Hero again.
Before people get angry for not searching around etc, I have, alot. I'm just a bit cautious doing things when I am like 40% sure I am doing the right thing. Even Haykuro Apps to SD is hard to follow. The only thing I want to do is give my phone more room for apps.
Please help, thank you.
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Modaco's ROMs have auto A2SD. All you need to do is to partition your SD card in the correct way. This you can do from the Amon-Ra recovery menu.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561124
I tried partitioning the SD card. 32mb for the swap part, and 256mb for the ext2 with the rest of the space going to fat32 for my files and stuff, but when i started attempting to install apps, i saw that the space in my internal storage was going down, and not the space on my memory card. did i do it wrong or something?
i've been trying to find partition guides, but none have helped so i just went with my gut. thanks.
el-grosso said:
Hey guys, just got an HTC hero. I'm loving it, but I want to know how I can run apps off the SD card. I've tried looking all over this forum, all over the web, but I honesly can't find an easy to do guide without the worry of screwing up my phone.
I rooted my phone with the virgin guide in the other forum, and I downloaded 3.1-update-hero-modacocustomrom-core-signed.zip from one of the guides that I found. I managed to install it, but I still wasn't so sure how to use app2sd, even if it was installed, so I went back to my nand backup and I'm just on my normal rooted HTC Hero again.
Before people get angry for not searching around etc, I have, alot. I'm just a bit cautious doing things when I am like 40% sure I am doing the right thing. Even Haykuro Apps to SD is hard to follow. The only thing I want to do is give my phone more room for apps.
Please help, thank you.
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el-grosso said:
I tried partitioning the SD card. 32mb for the swap part, and 256mb for the ext2 with the rest of the space going to fat32 for my files and stuff, but when i started attempting to install apps, i saw that the space in my internal storage was going down, and not the space on my memory card. did i do it wrong or something?
i've been trying to find partition guides, but none have helped so i just went with my gut. thanks.
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How did you partition the SD-card? It's important to make the FAT partition first.
shelnes said:
How did you partition the SD-card? It's important to make the FAT partition first.
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I tried starting again using this guide (can't post links, will PM)
Still.. when I install applications, the internal memory storage goes down and not my memory card. The only thing I didn't do on that guide was turn ext2 to ext3 on my computer because it didn't work, so I did it in the recovery system on android.
Thanks.
el-grosso said:
I tried starting again using this guide (can't post links, will PM)
Still.. when I install applications, the internal memory storage goes down and not my memory card. The only thing I didn't do on that guide was turn ext2 to ext3 on my computer because it didn't work, so I did it in the recovery system on android.
Thanks.
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Hi all i recently got the tmobile g2 touch and i've rooted and installed modaco 2.2 core rom. i've even downloaded apps2sd2 nd have it installed yet when i try to create a partiotion thru it adjusting the slider to about 300mb it goes done and says reboot yet the reboot button is unresponsive so after rebooting agen myself it does the same thing again. Can ne1 tell me what im doin or if i have missed anything??
Thanks in advance.
p.s i only gt 23mb of phone storage left so need this to work thanx
fezy said:
Can ne1 tell me what im doin or if i have missed anything??
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Yeah, you missed the part of the MoDaCo ROM release notes that tells you that A2SD is installed as part of the ROM.
yeh but i dnt get that option when i boot in the recovery screen thats y i downloaded app2sd
fezy said:
yeh but i dnt get that option when i boot in the recovery screen thats y i downloaded app2sd
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That's 'cos it isn't an option - you have to repartition your card and then A2SD (built into MCR2.2) moves your apps when it detects the ext3 partition.
You need to partition your SD card using computer, the phone itself can only 'format' the card which is no good. As per http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/A2SD:
The SDcard will need two partitions, the first Fat / Fat32 & the second Ext2 For the Ext2 partition I wouldn't go higher than 1.5GB cuz you may run into some issues. I was staying around the 500MB / 750MB area & it was working nice. As all the guides I've read state not to exceed the 1.5GB Marker.
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Although a lot of guides say to use Ext3, Ext2 works fine for me. Remember, only newly (re)installed apps will be put onto the SD card- the old ones stay on the phone's own memory.
SquiffSquiff said:
Remember, only newly (re)installed apps will be put onto the SD card- the old ones stay on the phone's own memory.
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Incorrect if using MCR2.x; preinstalled apps are also moved.
Only if moving from an earlier Modaco ROM, everyone else has to wipe first. If Fezy had not partitioned his card first then his apps would be installed to internal memory and I don't think that partitioning the card subsequently will cause those apps to be moved to it.
Hi thanks for all replies your assistant is much appreciated. As i'm new to android (coming from symbian) I was doing so much research i ended up getting confused with all the stuff i saw. But just the day before yesterday actually realised what you just said. I had decided to manually create a partition on computer and did it up to ext 3 etc but thought it didnt work because again i tried to use da apps2sd application to move the apps ( i know "what a noob") and hadn't realised that the applications had alrdy transferred (i only realsied later when i saw 93mb of free phonestorage space) so i ended up doing it all again and as u can gess i lost all my applications lolz, but i had a backup created beforehand so it worked ou .
Thanks again for the help shluggity and squiffsquiff really appreciate it guys.
p.s all the preinstalled apps got moved first time hence me losing all the apps when i tried it again.
Hi,
Recently rooted my hero after losing impatience waiting 6 months for htc to get their finger out.
Used cronosdroid and now using villianrom 10.2 final but will no doubt try out modaco in some point too.
Anyway, I would like to know if it is possible to save and run my apps from the sdcard?
I hear this will be possible using 2.2 but have heard that something called a2sd allows this functionality also?
If so, could anyone point me in the right direction to get a total noobs guide to installing and using a2sd and how I would then go about deleting the apps from the phone's internal memory and just running them from the sd card?
Many thanks for any help and advice you are able to share,
Cheers.
So you have already installed Amon Ra 1.6.2 yeah?
Check out BTDAG's guide in my signature,... The apps2sd bit is about half way down the 1st post, in grey writing.
I downloaded something called quick system info from the market and it says that a2sd is there giving me 457mb total and 423mb free.
I went through that long drawn out procedure (as a result of being on t-mobile uk) and used amon ra and created a gold card etc.
My Problem is, I dont know how to "use" this a2sd functionality.
I want to basically download from the market and save to the sdcard and run the apps from the sdcard and am unsure how to do this?
It doesn't do it automatically as I get to the usual memory low message after downloading 50-100 apps, so presumably the apps are still saving to the phones internal memory.
Basically, I want to know how to save and run from the sdcard and delete from the phones memory if thats possible as I think is the whole point of a2sd?
dazzer1975 said:
I downloaded something called quick system info from the market and it says that a2sd is there giving me 457mb total and 423mb free.
I went through that long drawn out procedure (as a result of being on t-mobile uk) and used amon ra and created a gold card etc.
My Problem is, I dont know how to "use" this a2sd functionality.
I want to basically download from the market and save to the sdcard and run the apps from the sdcard and am unsure how to do this?
It doesn't do it automatically as I get to the usual memory low message after downloading 50-100 apps, so presumably the apps are still saving to the phones internal memory.
Basically, I want to know how to save and run from the sdcard and delete from the phones memory if thats possible as I think is the whole point of a2sd?
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If you followed my guide correctly it will be working. You can check that with the other script in my guide. If you're still running out of memory it is because the dalvik is still stored on the SD card.
Ok,.. So you need to be using a custom ROM with apps2sd enabled. Then once that is on your phone, you just need to partition the SD (like it says in the guide)... thats it!
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If you followed my guide correctly it will be working. You can check that with the other script in my guide. If you're still running out of memory it is because the dalvik is still stored on the SD card.
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How do I move the dalvik to the phones internal memory?
I presume I followed the guide correctly as i've come from t-mobile touch g2 on 1.5 and am now using 2.1 villain rom and cronos rom before that but am still running out of memory, even with partitioning my sd card.
presumably then its the dalvik located on the sd card?
dazzer1975 said:
How do I move the dalvik to the phones internal memory?
I presume I followed the guide correctly as i've come from t-mobile touch g2 on 1.5 and am now using 2.1 villain rom and cronos rom before that but am still running out of memory, even with partitioning my sd card.
presumably then its the dalvik located on the sd card?
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yeah thats because you didn't flash either Dalvik Cache to the SD card or Dalvik-Cache to /cache thats why your phone still taking internal memory .. try this for solution :- http://www.villainrom.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Apps2SD
Hope it Helps
wicked cheers for that mate!!!!
Hi guys. I've reached my breaking point on the anemic app storage space on our handy dandy little device. So far I've avoided any real mods for this device because I didn't want to start a new habit of flashing on the regular (been there, done that, fun but sometimes time consuming). But right I can't install any large programs without having the constant low space message. So if the only real functionality I need is an extended app storage partition what method would be best to achieve that. Thanks in advance everyone.
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Hi guys. I've reached my breaking point on the anemic app storage space on our handy dandy little device. So far I've avoided any real mods for this device because I didn't want to start a new habit of flashing on the regular (been there, done that, fun but sometimes time consuming). But right I can't install any large programs without having the constant low space message. So if the only real functionality I need is an extended app storage partition what method would be best to achieve that. Thanks in advance everyone.
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I think there is only one way: Urukdroid.
I thinks its the only way to extend app partition Try it
Okay follow up question, should I then get a ne SD card as mine is only class 2, or should I install on internal. Pros?cons? Again thanks
dancnpete said:
Okay follow up question, should I then get a ne SD card as mine is only class 2, or should I install on internal. Pros?cons? Again thanks
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Install on sd card is better if you want more space on your tablet
But otherwise i prefer install on internal
There is a thread in here somewhere in which a fella found that gen8 devices keep a cache of old APK files. I cleared out that cache and it fixed all my maddening app storage problems. Look for that thread.
I tried finding the thread you mentioned with no luck, any idea what to search for?
I just spent a good 20 minutes searching and couldn't find it either.. weird. I'll see if I can't find the directory on my own when I get home.
Can you get a temp root? That's necessary.
Knowing there is an answer is half the battle.
I found .apk's in internal \Downloads directory and \system\APK. I didn't even have to use adb, just mounted the disks and used explorer.
I can confirm that deleting them doesn't hurt anything. However, there really wasn't that much and it didn't help my sort of storage issue.
I haven't tried this on my A101 yet, but Link2SD http://market.android.com/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD should work. You will have to create a second partition on your internal storage or SD card though.
I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum. My SD card won't save anything correctly (pictures, apks, Roms, etc.) since it was partitioned. The oddest thing is that some things will save correctly, but very few. Everything will save, but when you try to open something, the phone says it can't be opened. When I rooted my Motorola Atrix 4g, it forced me to partition my SD card. I don't know anything about modding and I just followed online instructions to root my phone. I don't remember exactly what was going on, but my phone wouldn't work until I partitioned. I used ROM manager to partition. Anyway, I was thinking about formatting my card, but I'm afraid my phone won't work without the car being partitioned. So, I was also thinking about partitioning again. What should I do, and why is the card acting this way?
Celeste8157 said:
I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum. My SD card won't save anything correctly (pictures, apks, Roms, etc.) since it was partitioned. The oddest thing is that some things will save correctly, but very few. Everything will save, but when you try to open something, the phone says it can't be opened. When I rooted my Motorola Atrix 4g, it forced me to partition my SD card. I don't know anything about modding and I just followed online instructions to root my phone. I don't remember exactly what was going on, but my phone wouldn't work until I partitioned. I used ROM manager to partition. Anyway, I was thinking about formatting my card, but I'm afraid my phone won't work without the car being partitioned. So, I was also thinking about partitioning again. What should I do, and why is the card acting this way?
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Well if you don't have any important data on the card then you could try to format it (maybe with a computer). How did you partition the card (I mean 1 partition, or more)?
I'm sorry. I really have no knowledge about these things, but I assume it has 1 partition. I partitioned it with ROM manager to make a space for apps. Which I don't use and never have, so I don't know why it forced me to do it.
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Well if you don't have any important data on the card then you could try to format it (maybe with a computer). How did you partition the card (I mean 1 partition, or more)?
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So, I'm going to format the card. I need it for my Atrix HD, which has NO space on it. Why is my Atrix 4G a much better phone than my Atrix
HD? It had tons more space and it is much quicker. But the HD has a bigger HD screen that looks awesome and that's why I prefer using it. I can't wait to get a new phone so I can root the HD and use the SD card for apps. Sorry. I went on a rant. Anyway, if anybody knows anything about the partitioning issue let me know. Thanks.
Celeste8157 said:
I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum. My SD card won't save anything correctly (pictures, apks, Roms, etc.) since it was partitioned. The oddest thing is that some things will save correctly, but very few. Everything will save, but when you try to open something, the phone says it can't be opened. When I rooted my Motorola Atrix 4g, it forced me to partition my SD card. I don't know anything about modding and I just followed online instructions to root my phone. I don't remember exactly what was going on, but my phone wouldn't work until I partitioned. I used ROM manager to partition. Anyway, I was thinking about formatting my card, but I'm afraid my phone won't work without the car being partitioned. So, I was also thinking about partitioning again. What should I do, and why is the card acting this way?
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So first of I would like to get this out of the way and mention that I am totally new to ALL of this. I had nowhere else to go after numerous attempts to figure this out on my own so now i have posted this... I rooted my LG Optimus L9 P769 strictly to enable my phone to tranfer all of its data (like my apps) to the external SD card because this phone is junk. It doesnt allow me to unless I am rooted and now that I am, I dont know how. I hate this phone and i bought an expensive SD card for nothing because I cant even move my apps to it. I have tried Apps2SD and a bunch of other stuff only to find out that it was all a waste of time. I am aware that my phone has been made this way and i honeslty dont know why google or whoever is responsible would enslave anyone with tis phone like that. If this helps any: i read somewhere that i might just need to 'enable a second partition on my sd' i dont know how to do any of that (im a complete noob) or if that is even the solution. Please help before this phone ends up getting chucked out of my window and don't hate because i am not knowledgeable on android, roms, rooting etc.
Kidd_Mando said:
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i read somewhere that i might just need to 'enable a second partition on my sd' i dont know how to do any of that (im a complete noob) or if that is even the solution. Please help
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Hi Kidd_Mando, you could create a second partition in your SD (I'm using ext2 format for my sd-ext partition with success) and use the free app Link2sd. You can google it and find tutorials about it (I normally do it with MiniTools Partition Wizard via PC, but there are more methods).
Don't forget backup your SD in your PC before starting.
Cheers. Good luck.
Sent from my LG P76020L-EUR-XX unlocked and rooted