running Aloysius V11 maps and my internal memory is getting full. How do I start using the apps2sd and get my memory space back? is apps2sd an app that i can download from th market? I searched and came up with nothing in the market.
No idea, it's easier to just flash a froyo ROM that has it automatically set up lol
i think the rom i'm currently using has apps2sd but i cant find anything that turns it on.
You have to partition your drive or some ****. I dono man.
KaosFroyo has it set-up, no partition needed.
Thanks guys. I'm not looking to change roms as Aloysius has been stable and fast enough for my needs.
I'm not looking for advice on other roms, just some pointers on how to get apps2sd going within this rom.
If its an actual app you buy or if only a custom feature in certain roms. In the description for the Aloysius roms it lists apps2sd so it does work or is included - just need some help on how to get it started.
I followed this script and it worked perfect for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715933
I know it's a lot to read, but I suggest reading the whole thread cause there's a lot of troubleshooting people did, and I think I remember reading somewhere in there about some people running it on Aloysius. I am personally running EE 3.0.
Hope this helps.
After reading through the Aloysius thread for a while, admittedly not a long while, it appears people are getting mixed results with a2sd. If you search the thread with "app2sd" there are some things people have tried. Some work, some don't.
I don't have Aloysius, and have no intentions of trying, but feel free to dig through 3 pages of results.
in the amon_ra recovery menu you it can partition your card for you (make sure you back up your files to your pc first), then you should have no problem running an apps2sd script like the Darktremor a2sd one posted above.
The other posters are right though, it's much much easier to use apps2sd with a froyo rom, as you just choose "send app to sd card" in the settings menu.
mixedlemon said:
in the amon_ra recovery menu you it can partition your card for you (make sure you back up your files to your pc first), then you should have no problem running an apps2sd script like the Darktremor a2sd one posted above.
The other posters are right though, it's much much easier to use apps2sd with a froyo rom, as you just choose "send app to sd card" in the settings menu.
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Mixed lemon and darktremor thanks for the tips and I will def read up on that thread.
A2SD is a scam. I can't get it to work on my phone, it looks like it's working and yet I only have 17MB of memory. People claim to have all sorts of memory (115MB - 150MB) free when they get A2SD working, but the most I have had is 80MB. A week later, all that space is out the window, and I haven't downloaded any more apps, so where did it all go, huh?
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A2SD is a scam. I can't get it to work on my phone, it looks like it's working and yet I only have 17MB of memory. People claim to have all sorts of memory (115MB - 150MB) free when they get A2SD working, but the most I have had is 80MB. A week later, all that space is out the window, and I haven't downloaded any more apps, so where did it all go, huh?
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Is your dalvik-cache also being moved to SD? That's where all the memory is tied up. I had about 40MB free before I finally picked up a Class 4 card and moved the cache over. Now I'm at almost 140MB free, and it never changes.
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Is your dalvik-cache also being moved to SD? That's where all the memory is tied up. I had about 40MB free before I finally picked up a Class 4 card and moved the cache over. Now I'm at almost 140MB free, and it never changes.
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Any noticeable difference in performance after the memory freed up?
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Is it normal that on my p500 non rooted stock rom 2.2 (froyo), when i pick the "move to sd" option (on the applications>manage applications thing, you know), a small part of the app stays on my phone.
Like, if a 3mb app was installed on my telephone's internal memory(it would say like "app size : 3.00 mb" or something, and I move it to the sd card, then it would say like " app size : 959k" or something like that.
And i think these 959k is the part that stays on the internal memory, and the rest goes to the sd card.
Am I right, and if I am, can someone please tell me how to move the FULL app to the sd card??!!
Move full app is not possible, there always some of app's files will stay in internal memory.
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Thanks, but is there a way to move the full app to the sd card ?(even if I have to root my lg) Thanks in advance
Not unless you use a method like link2sd.
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Even link2sd will leave some little bit of data on the phone's memory. I think you are looking for Darktremor's apps2sd. It works like a dream But has long boot times.
raylgo said:
Even link2sd will leave some little bit of data on the phone's memory. I think you are looking for Darktremor's apps2sd. It works like a dream But has long boot times.
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What do you mean "long boot times"
lcq92 said:
What do you mean "long boot times"
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itll take more time to start up your phone
My phone boots up in like 4 minutes with apps2sd. 1 minute 30 seconds with link2sd. I think it has something to do with the Dalvik cache. Both work very well though. I found myself installing too much stuff that I wasn't even using...
If you really want lots of space for all your apps, apps2sd is the way to go. Just make sure to have a fast memory card (at least class 4).
On Android you have the option of moving the apps to the SD card which will obviously create more internal memory.
But are there any disadvantages in this, will it slow the apps/phone down?
Well, that is a good question
The APPS may work a bit slow - it depends on the class (quality class) of your SD card - if u have a fast one it won't be visible and u won't notice the apps are on your SD.
I don't know the exact SD card class numbers - i suggest googling it never did pay attention on it, because it wasnt my #1 priority
Hope i have helped
Cheers.
Thanks, any other views on this topic?
The class of the SD card is a measure for bandwidth, I don't think android apps require a lot of bandwidth, moreover when you have opened an app it will be stored in the internal RAM, so at that point it shouldn't be an issue anymore. Of course, opening an app can be slower, but I think that access time is a larger bottleneck than the read/write speed in that case. Personally I never noticed it.
for some reason some of the apps are a little more buggy when they are on the SD so just try it and see if it works well for you. If it does there is so big downside of having it on there
Stumbled across this thread. Figured I'd share some info. First off some info on A2SD. Since it would take a lot of space I'll give you some links. You can look HERE for info on what A2SD is, and how it works. You can also check THIS thread for Darktremor's A2SD Beta info. Then there's A2SDGUI (GUI for Darktremor A2SD) which looks interesting. Here is some great information on SD Cards, how they work, and the Classes. Hope that helps shed some light on things .
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Stumbled across this thread. Figured I'd share some info. First off some info on A2SD. Since it would take a lot of space I'll give you some links. You can look HERE for info on what A2SD is, and how it works. You can also check THIS thread for Darktremor's A2SD Beta info. Then there's A2SDGUI (GUI for Darktremor A2SD) which looks interesting. Here is some great information on SD Cards, how they work, and the Classes. Hope that helps shed some light on things .
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There A2SD EXT methods, i was asking about the native Android move to SD option.
I havent got any problems with any apps whenever I move them to the SD Card. I havent moven apps which doesn't allow me to put it on the SD Card. But if you do move an app onto the SD Card, widgets for that app won't work unless the developers released an widget app for that app. For example, I moved Evernote to the SD Card and I couldn't use the widgets but the developers released another app which allowed me to use the widgets.
Hope this helps
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There A2SD EXT methods, i was asking about the native Android move to SD option.
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You could run whatever Rom your using through the Kitchen, and Enable A2SD.
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325i. said:
On Android you have the option of moving the apps to the SD card which will obviously create more internal memory.
But are there any disadvantages in this, will it slow the apps/phone down?
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Yes. Longer start up and shut down times because the apps on the sd card has to be monted and unmounted respectively on each boot.
Coming from a rooted EVO there was a script written that allowed you to move entire apps to sd card instead of just a portion like apps2sd... I was just wondering if anyone has seen anything similar for the Note?
No. But u shouldn't need it. There's plenty internal space for apps, unlike a dated evo.
Thanks for the reply
Feel free to lock.
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No. But u shouldn't need it. There's plenty internal space for apps, unlike a dated evo.
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Not for me, LOL. I'd like to be able to increase the apps partition and decrease the internal SD size. I hate moving apps to SD because Android likes to forget they're installed and then I have to reboot to access them. But if I don't, I run out of space (for some reason even with 200MB available, I constantly get "not enough storage available" errors when installing apps, but anything over about 200-250MB or so and they install fine).
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My question is why hasn't someone clever enough made a script or mod to make the SDCard the default on stock Samsung ROMs that can be flashed instead of the internal memory. I have searched to no avail. And if you seriously think a mere 11GB is enough you need to have your head examined.
I can't use CyanogenMod because even with it's "stable" 7.2, it's still unstable, even on the stock kernel. And even though the Stock ROM is bloatware from Hell, I'd take stability and bloat over random hangs and reboots. It's just that 11GB isn't enough when you've a 32GB card lyin' around collecting dust.
I'm technical enough to use the command line, but I'm just too lazy. I'd gladly donate a few bucks/buy a beer for an earnest devs time just for the sake of convenience.
So why hasn't anyone done it yet? I call fail on hobbyist devs everywhere. This is kind'a sad, y'know (Yes, I'm from Wisconsin).
ive been using cm9 for weeks/months without any crashes/hangs? So its not the rom but your apps that causing problems.
Why dont you try an app2sd app?
Ive never filled my 11GB of internal storage with apps because all my video's and pictures are on my external sd and my big apps (games and gps) automaticly save on external sdcard aswell.
How many apps do you get? because 11gb of just apps is alot... I think you should better do a full wipe and install your apps again one by one.
Also check the lost.dir map everything in there may be deleted, i once had 2 gig of data in it.
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ive been using cm9 for weeks/months without any crashes/hangs? So its not the rom but your apps that causing problems.
Why dont you try an app2sd app?
Ive never filled my 11GB of internal storage with apps because all my video's and pictures are on my external sd and my big apps (games and gps) automaticly save on external sdcard aswell.
How many apps do you get? because 11gb of just apps is alot... I think you should better do a full wipe and install your apps again one by one.
Also check the lost.dir map everything in there may be deleted, i once had 2 gig of data in it.
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Full disclosure: I bounce around from CM7, to stock, to CM9, and everytime it's a full wipe.
I'm sick of random reboots and mobile data hangs on the CMs, which is why I'm on stock. App2SD is only a stopgap, I want a permanent solution, and having my SDcard as default rather than telling certain apps to save to it. That becomes tedious with 200+ apps.
Does every Cyanogenmod rom allow that by default, or dit it die with version 11 or 12 being the last one?
If installing directly to SD is a no go, what good apps are there that do the transfer (and keep everything working, of course
I would recommend Link2SD.
I have used it with satisfaction on several low memory devices.
Not sure why, I find Link2SD and its options terribly confusing Well, I guess I'll need to learn.
There are a lot of guides and it's not so complex.
The best way to use it is to create a second partition on sd (consider a backup of your data on pc/otg/cloud/...).
As far as I can remember link2sd will ask you the filesystem type and then it will create some script to use it.
Then you can simply tap on an app from the list and press "link to sd".
From the apps list you can do a lot of operation like convert apps to system/user app, freeze/unfreeze, merge an updated app to rom etc. and using the filter this kind of operation will be very easy and fast.
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On the plus (paid) version you can link also data.
If you really want to maximize the free space on the device, this option is worth the few moneys.
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I've always used it on other devices using AOSP based roms, I don't know if there are problems using it with MIUI.
Thanks a lot! So, if you "link" (strange choice of word, it's not actually linking if it gets completely moved to SD and nothing remaing in main storage is it, that's what confused the hell out of me), app and its data to SD, will it be exactly like it was downloaded and installed on SD right from the store, like it used to be on Android versions that supported such thing? I know Cyanogenmod 11 did that perfectly, wonder if it's CM thing by default, or did they moved to new (stupid) concept of raping the main storage in later versions
EDIT: Any chance of "linking" bloody Whatsapp to SD completely? I'm in continuous maintenance mode of my wife phone because that **** consumes the storage for all it's worth.
C64Ever said:
Thanks a lot! So, if you "link" (strange choice of word, it's not actually linking if it gets completely moved to SD and nothing remaing in main storage is it, that's what confused the hell out of me), app and its data to SD, will it be exactly like it was downloaded and installed on SD right from the store, like it used to be on Android versions that supported such thing?
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Linking is not the same as moving.
For example, if you move to sd and then remove the sd from the device, widgets and app icons will be removed.
Maybe they will be restored when you insert your sd again, but the order could not be the same.
The same doesn't happen linking.
There are also other benefits, try googling for "link2sd faq".
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EDIT: Any chance of "linking" bloody Whatsapp to SD completely? I'm in continuous maintenance mode of my wife phone because that **** consumes the storage for all it's worth.
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I'm not using whatsapp so I don't know if it works.
I guess that your are talking about the "whatapp" directory on which msgs and media are store.
If link2sd can't solve your problem, I think that can try to move the whatsapp directory to sd and then manually create a link (keep the original name) on the original position.
Or you can try with apps like foldermount
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try looking at this thread
Maybe your can try xposed app..xinternalsd..swap sdcard to be phone memory