Ive just rooted my phone, and did all the backup procedures. going to install a new rom.
was thinking of installing villain 1.5.0 froyd.
just wondering what is app2sd and do i need it?
Apps2sd let's you store android applications on the SD card so you can have more installed without running out of space .
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sorry didnt realise was in wrong thread. so it alows me to put apps on sd card, i thought that was a feature in android 2.2 (being able to save apps to sd card), thus was under impression that if i donwloaded a 2.2 rom like vilainrom 1.5.0 i wouldnt need app2sd. is that correct?
zaf1987 said:
sorry didnt realise was in wrong thread. so it alows me to put apps on sd card, i thought that was a feature in android 2.2 (being able to save apps to sd card), thus was under impression that if i donwloaded a 2.2 rom like vilainrom 1.5.0 i wouldnt need app2sd. is that correct?
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Well, froyo does let you use the built-in method, but the EXT method is generally accepted to be better, since your apps don't disappear if you mount the SD to the computer.
You can use the froyo method if you wish, but I don't know of anyone else who is using it, since EXT also puts apps on SD that don't have the "please put on SD" flag set since they're older, or the dev didn't want them to go there.
Up to you.
thanks guess ill use the app2sd method. just not sure how to set this up. need to do research
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Can apps be stored on the SD card? Albeit via a hack.
Thanks
Phil
Yes i want to know this also?
Phil_UK said:
Can apps be stored on the SD card? Albeit via a hack.
Thanks
Phil
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From what i'v heard the phone has to be rooted first, which hasn't been done yet.
I may be wrong though.
Surely not much of an issue with the larger space for apps anyway. Needs root, but once that's there, I'm sure A2SD will follow.
Dayz xxx
you can download apps from the web put them on your sd card and install them to your phone (they stay on sd card) with out root. go to the market download "appsinstaller"
go to Settings>Applications> Check Unknown sources and your ready to go.
you just put .apk files on your sd card and open the app. thats it
Yes you can install .apk files from SD and yes the .apk files stay on your SD card to install them another time,
but the apps are not running from SD card, nor are they installed on your SD card, they install onto your fone, and take up fone memory.
UNLESS you get root and run an Apps 2 SD type application.
Dayzee said:
Yes you can install .apk files from SD and yes the .apk files stay on your SD card to install them another time,
but the apps are not running from SD card, nor are they installed on your SD card, they install onto your fone, and take up fone memory.
UNLESS you get root and run an Apps 2 SD type application.
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yep, that is a fact, unless your phone is rooted its not possible.
sorry my bad misunderstanding
Phil_UK said:
Can apps be stored on the SD card? Albeit via a hack.
Thanks
Phil
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This question isalso very important for me before Buying such an expensive phone!
Any good news or still impossible? Because i read everywhere then with a rooted Hero it is still not possible to install on SD cards.
Never impossible!! Its android not apple... > However, I reckon Aps 2 SD will be done on the hero at some point - rooting is already there.
Point of info - The Hero has around 150MB of space left for apps after a factory reset. The Magic has 295MB with the standard ROM - HUGE difference isn't it and I was gobsmacked, so maybe apps2SD is more needed than I thought on Hero....
That said, the hero ROM has a lot of stuff in the ROM that has to be added on Magic - twitter apps and widgets, Weather apps and widgets, sense UI, Loads of other pretty but big widgets built in. I may start to look at anything I can remove using Root Explorer - I never use the built in You Tube App, Footprints looks like it can go (10mb big I think..) and a few others...
Daisy xxx
Well Hero Has been Rooted Already and i mean its just a matter of time until developers gets started on their work.
Apps2sd has been done for both the G1 and the HTC magic and soon the Hero as it is 100% Possible.
btw. just like Dayzee said the phone already has a good amount of space for apps. or at least i dont see the need for it.
Hi I'm a newbie and have my Eris rooted I am now running the Eris_Official_0.8.1T2. And was wondering how would I go about getting app2sd on my Eris.
Thanks,
byterunner said:
Hi I'm a newbie and have my Eris rooted I am now running the Eris_Official_0.8.1T2. And was wondering how would I go about getting app2sd on my Eris.
Thanks,
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Wrong section to post in.. move to general.
Also, from what I last heard, it depends on the ROM you have.. check to see if .8 supports apps2sd.
it doesnt...
we have 512 meg of ram on the eris, so your dont really need apps2sd. i dont believe any of the devs are working on gettings apps2sd implemented as they dont really see a need right now. they might in the future.
thank you
but it would be nice to install apps to the sd card. Why have such a big sd card 8gb fore pics...or music geez.
byterunner.
EvilEris 1.1 is supposed to be set up for this, as it is on the Hero in VillainROM.
You have to create a partition on your SD card (ext3? ext4?). This looks like it can be done from Recovery. I'd back up my SD card onto my computer first, because I assume partitioning the SD card will wipe it.
I don't know if anyone has attempted or done this though.
Friends,
Can any tell me why some of the apps I have downloaded cannot be moved to SD?(the option is blanked out). Is there any way to do a workaround this limitation?
Thanks.
Applications that run as services and widgets can't be moved to SD card - Froyo (Android 2.2.x) limitation. The workaround is to use app2sd (aka "a2sd") or link2sd, applications that make use of an ext-type partition on your SD card and link the system and data folders to that partition. Doing so, the apps will physically install on the SD card, even those who aren't supposed to (services and widgets I mentioned earlier). Also, apps already installed in your phone can be moved.
Feel free to search the forum and the web for more details about how they work and how to install and use them.
Thanks for quick reply. Still puzzled. Do I have to root in order to install apps2sd? If so how to get around the no root limitation to my 2.2.1? I do not wish to downgrade. Thanks again.
If you don't want to downgrade and/or install a custom ROM that has Darktremor's apps2sd (follow the link and read that post anyway, it's useful info), then you need a tool able to force-move the applications to SD card. I can't help you with any suggestion here so you have to search the Market or any other source you trust. But if that tool needs root rights you're stuck again, because 2.2.1 can't be rooted at the moment.
I have a sony Ericsson x10 mini pro. I'm wondering if its possible to move apps to my sd card, because the phone doesn't have a big internal memory. I heard something about having to root the phone, and doing something to the sd card. Could someone guide me through that, or tell me more about it? How will that effect the apps?
Thank you x
BTW, sorry if this is in teh wrong part of the forum, i wasn't sure what section it came under
I am also trying to find out the answer to this question. All i have been able to find out through search is that one has to root the phone and there is probably just one application superone click that allows you to do that currently for X10mini/pro 2.1 version. However once one has rooted through superone click, how do you then transfer all your applications to the SD card and whether its possible or not is my question. Hoping someone answers soon so i can take the risk of rooting.
There is an app that you can get at the market to enable you to transfer apps to SD..
App2SD and Link2SD.. just search on the Market
and also search the forums for these 2 apps, there are dedicated topics for these with more detailed discussions...
I've tried both App2SD and Link2SD along with a few others... none of them install on X10mini/pro runing on v 2.1. They require some sort of partition on the SD card which i have no idea how to do.
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I've tried both App2SD and Link2SD along with a few others... none of them install on X10mini/pro runing on v 2.1. They require some sort of partition on the SD card which i have no idea how to do.
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There is no. Of videos of partition of sd card in YouTube.
I m using link2sd and I feel its better than app2sd.
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If you use Android 1.6/2.1 then you have to use link2SD.
Use this guide for partitioning the sd card
SD Card Partitioning
Or if you have gone to the new Android 2.2/2.3 you dont need these steps, because they are integrated in the OS itself. There are some advantages running 2.2 or 2.3
Good luck
Thank you all... It worked!!!
Used link2SD and created partition on SD card as advised by Tommylee567. Transfered my apps to SD Card. Only issue i am having after the root is that Skype is giving me problems. Have to take the battery out to reset the phone and stop it from ringing continuously whenever someone calls me on skype. I didn't experience this problem before though.
Anyways atleast i got my apps transfered to SD Card.
Thanks Tommylee
I have partitioned my ad and installed link2sd. However it gives an error saying the 2nd partition not found. i have followed all the steps correctly and my mini pro is rooted. Can anyone help? Please!!!
Hi:
So i just got this rom on my Eris because I started having some problems with the KaosFroyo with my text messaging. But anyway I can't figure out how to move the apps to the sd card. When I go to Applications and Manage Applications it doesn't give me the option to move it to sd card. I have root rights. I just don't really know how to do it on PlainJaneT. Does anyone know? I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Janeth
On the OP the Apps2SD is a separate download. On OP there is also a description of Apps2SD and some adb commands that may be useful.
[ROM]Plain_JaneT2 V2.0 7/18/10 Stock With everything ROOT!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=718092
I tried running the command a2sd install but it gives me some error saying "cannot remove '/data/.noa2sd': No such file or directory". I am kind of lost with the whole adb a2sd thing. When I try the command 'adb shell' like it says on the instructions it says Command not found. Not sure what that is all about. Is there another way to move the apps to sd?
I believe you have to reformat your SD card in order to use Apps2SD. You may want to make a copy of your SD card first and store it on your computer. When you format the SD card you will lose all data on the card.
P.S. I think you have to be on Froyo (Android version 2.2) or Gingerbread (2.3) to use Apps2SD. It will not work on Eclair (2.1) or earlier versions of Android. If you happen to be on version 2.1 there is a service called link2sd that frees up internal memory.
I already did that before I got the new ROM so I don't think that's it. Any other ideas?
Actually I don't really know how to even use that lol so I am not even sure how to use it to move the apps to my sd card.
If you are not familiar with adb, this may help you. It seems like a lot of info. Take your time and go step by step - it's not that bad.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9936674&postcount=1
Good luck to you.