how do I correctly setup my external sd card(16gb) to allow apps to be installed on it?
I made a partition in recovery that's 2gb with 0mb swap, but It's not showing it anywhere.
can someone please help?
...whenever i choose to show the SD, it only shows my internal sd card. it can't recoginize my external card for apps.
Apps dont move to your ext sd, they move to your internal memory. The sd part is misleading.
yes i know that, but i'm asking, how do i make it go to my external sd?
Milenko2121 said:
yes i know that, but i'm asking, how do i make it go to my external sd?
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You dont. It doesnt work like that. Not gonna happen. I dont know how else to say it.
WiredPirate said:
You dont. It doesnt work like that. Not gonna happen. I dont know how else to say it.
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Works for me with link2sd. Don't know why its not reading your sd tho. But that's the app I use and it's flawless. Still have all internal storage available and apps linked appropriately.
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pre4speed said:
Works for me with link2sd. Don't know why its not reading your sd tho. But that's the app I use and it's flawless. Still have all internal storage available and apps linked appropriately.
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My phone reads my sd just fine, but app2sd shows my internal as my sd and not my external so it copies to back to the phone.
Milenko2121 said:
My phone reads my sd just fine, but app2sd shows my internal as my sd and not my external so it copies to back to the phone.
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Give link2sd a try. Apps2sd didn't work for me either. Never had any problems with link.
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How do i get stuff to save to sd instead of internal memory? I see in root explorer /sdcard and /sdcard-ext which is my my sdcard.
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It will ask you where you want to to save files to. Try going into the file manager.
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How do i get stuff to save to sd instead of internal memory? I see in root explorer /sdcard and /sdcard-ext which is my my sdcard.
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I know what you mean - I don't see a way to do this by default across the board. Some apps let you choose the backup location and you'd have to type in the path you wrote above. Other than that, aside from some of the stock Moto apps that let you specify saving to the "SD Card" - which is actually the card, other apps will only identify the internal memory thinking it is the "SD Card".
I don't like how Moto made the internal memory identify itself as the SD Card.
kiwiBeans said:
I know what you mean - I don't see a way to do this by default across the board. Some apps let you choose the backup location and you'd have to type in the path you wrote above. Other than that, aside from some of the stock Moto apps that let you specify saving to the "SD Card" - which is actually the card, other apps will only identify the internal memory thinking it is the "SD Card".
I don't like how Moto made the internal memory identify itself as the SD Card.
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Precisely what i mean. thanks.... Hmmm.... Kinda crappy that you can't change in most apps to automatically save to sd card. Kinda defeats the purpose of one.
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Wait a sec... Sdcard-ext is the actual sd card? And the regular sdcard is the internal storage? Oooohh that explains alot then. I was so confused about that. For some reason I though the phone was partitioning the sd card into two... Woops lol
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Hey, I have eclipse installed and in doing so it automatically switched my sd card location. Internal is now external, and external is now internal. under settings I have selected install apps to internal sd card, which now means they are installing to my external card correct? Also when I got into settings to manage applications it shows hardly anything installed to the external card but that's because its.flipped right? Im just a little confused cuz if I ever want to sbf again I want to make sure they are installed to the real external card so I don't lose anything. So theoretically I should not use the option under settings to "move app to external card" because I would be moving it to the internal? Is there any other way to see if they are installed on my real external card? For example plugging in to a computer via usb and being able to see what's there?
Thanks in advance for any help.
one way to check is power off, remove sd card, reboot
if app still works its not on sd card
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sd_shadow said:
one way to check is power off, remove sd card, reboot
if app still works its not on sd card
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+1 cant you also just search for it on your sd card?
Lol guess I could... really just looking for confirmation that im doing it right... having internal selected as my storage location meaning everything is going to external.
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Hello. I've been having a problem with my SGS2 i777. (СM 10.1 NIGHTLY 2013/02/07)
My phone mount external SD Card (32gb), but does not use a memory card. I can't unmount SD Card, because unmount button is not active (See screenshot), and I can't move programs to the SD Card using the app2sd. (Sorry for my english, I have a basic level.)
Please help.
You might try formatting the SD card in your PC. I had a similar problem back when I first rooted my phone and that worked for me.
M8tor said:
You might try formatting the SD card in your PC. I had a similar problem back when I first rooted my phone and that worked for me.
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I've tried it, did not work. Thanks for the advice. Try to flash with full formatting.
Have you tried erase SD card from your phone?
BeenAndroidized said:
Have you tried erase SD card from your phone?
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Internal SD Card or External? If external, yes.
MiVSky said:
Internal SD Card or External? If external, yes.
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You are having problem with external, right? Yea, external. Can you mount it afterward?
BeenAndroidized said:
You are having problem with external, right? Yea, external. Can you mount it afterward?
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Yes, I can mount.
Then you should be able to use it properly with move to SD option in the Applications Setting. If that is what you are trying to do.
BeenAndroidized said:
Then you should be able to use it properly with move to SD option in the Applications Setting. If that is what you are trying to do.
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I'm trying move apps to SD, but it doesn't work. Memory is not simply used. On the memory card created in the folder LOST.DIR.
But my internal SD Card filled, if I move app to SD.
MiVSky said:
I'm trying move apps to SD, but it doesn't work. Memory is not simply used. On the memory card created in the folder LOST.DIR.
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Are you trying to use that Apps2SD? I don't recommend it. Just go to Setting >> Applications and move the apps from there.
BeenAndroidized said:
Are you trying to use that Apps2SD? I don't recommend it. Just go to Setting >> Applications and move the apps from there.
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That is what I have used.
MiVSky said:
That is what I have used.
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Which? Apps2SD? Or in setting?
Why are you trying to move to SD? Its pointless
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BeenAndroidized said:
Which? Apps2SD? Or in setting?
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In setting
Pirateghost said:
Why are you trying to move to SD? Its pointless
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Internal SD card Memory already full. When I install the application, says there is not enough memory.
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Internal SD card Memory already full. When I install the application, says there is not enough memory.
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So you have filled 2gb worth of apps?
Doubtful
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So you have filled 2gb worth of apps?
Doubtful
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No, filled internal SD card for 16gb. On my phone 16gb internal memory, and external sd card 32gb and the sd card is not filled.
SMH.
so move the crap that is filling the 16gb internal to the external (backups, music, movies, pictures, etc)
Pirateghost said:
SMH.
so move the crap that is filling the 16gb internal to the external (backups, music, movies, pictures, etc)
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Pirate yer gonna make him herp his derp. Why didn't i think of that?
Pirateghost said:
SMH.
so move the crap that is filling the 16gb internal to the external (backups, music, movies, pictures, etc)
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So if I move, it will be filled again. Not music, pictures, videos, etc., fill applications. Again there will be the problem.
MiVSky said:
So if I move, it will be filled again. Not music, pictures, videos, etc., fill applications. Again there will be the problem.
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There is no way in hell you can fill 13gb worth of apps
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Is there a way to move apps to SD to free some internal memory? I'm currently running CM10.1
AshyKnuttz said:
Is there a way to move apps to SD to free some internal memory? I'm currently running CM10.1
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try foldermount.
Of course some of those applications should be movable to sd anyways. I wouldn't move anything that you use often. I wouldn't move anything that needs to be active most of the time, i.e. widgets.
My understanding---and someone correct me if I'm wrong---is no. The way the S4 mounts the SD card means that it's not recognized as external. I believe even the stock update doesn't really move apps, or at least appdata, to the SD card.
Now, I await someone to tell me that I'm wrong, or at least that I'm right for the wrong reasons.
MW
Macknzie said:
My understanding---and someone correct me if I'm wrong---is no. The way the S4 mounts the SD card means that it's not recognized as external. I believe even the stock update doesn't really move apps, or at least appdata, to the SD card.
Now, I await someone to tell me that I'm wrong, or at least that I'm right for the wrong reasons.
MW
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The SD card is recognized as external and is treated as such. What you're thinking of is the internal partition labeled SD card, which is emulated. The external card is its own entity in the file system and is denoted as external.
As for the OP, a third party app is the best and only way to move apps AND their data to your external SD card.
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Just want to clarify that foldermount is a solution for those apps you can't move into the SD card with apps2sd or some program like that.
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The SD card is recognized as external and is treated as such. What you're thinking of is the internal partition labeled SD card, which is emulated. The external card is its own entity in the file system and is denoted as external.
As for the OP, a third party app is the best and only way to move apps AND their data to your external SD card.
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You know an app that would work on GS4/CM10?
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Can i make something like partition on internal storage? i have i9300 16GB internal and it woyld me nice to make 2-3 partition like C, D, E for games, apps, photo. Or game and apps, photo, rest and maybe protect before changing roms. I liek to change roms but its so bored installing all the times the same apps.
Also i want to buy mini sd card but waiting for answer bcs i dont know what to buy and ill install every apps and game on sd card so before change rom ill still have on sd card.
Don't mess with the internal storage, it isn't an sd card and you'll hard brick the phone.
Put everything on your external sd, leave the internal as empty as possible -this will reduce wear on the nand memory.
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Don't mess with the internal storage, it isn't an sd card and you'll hard brick the phone.
Put everything on your external sd, leave the internal as empty as possible -this will reduce wear on the nand memory.
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I dont have external card. I have only intenal Like i said Also i want to buy mini sd card ... i have i9300 16GB interna
Hi.<br />
Can i make something like partition on internal storage? i have i9300 16GB internal and it woyld me nice to make 2-3 partition like C, D, E for games, apps, photo. Or game and apps, photo, rest and maybe protect before changing roms. I liek to change roms but its so bored installing all the times the same apps.<br />
Also i want to buy mini sd card but waiting for answer bcs i dont know what to buy and ill install every apps and game on sd card so before change rom ill still have on sd card.
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When changing roms you still would have to reinstall all games, nevermind if on internal or external sd. Just use Titanium Backup to make it easy and as said don't touch internal memory!
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chrismast said:
When changing roms you still would have to reinstall all games, nevermind if on internal or external sd. Just use Titanium Backup to make it easy and as said don't touch internal memory!
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So this is not like ill install game, apps to micro sd and before changing rom remove mini sd with games, apps and after install new rom put it back to phone ?
bitpie said:
So this is not like ill install game, apps to micro sd and before changing rom remove mini sd with games, apps and after install new rom put it back to phone ?
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I don't think so as the base app or at least some parts is still installed in internal memory whereas e. G. Save games you could copy to external and copy back later if you can find the files.
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I don't think so as the base app or at least some parts is still installed in internal memory whereas e. G. Save games you could copy to external and copy back later if you can find the files.
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What about installing directly to the sd card ? Full app ill be there ??
bitpie said:
What about installing directly to the sd card ? Full app ill be there ??
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Nope. The apk will be on the internal sd, u can only put the DATA not apk in the ext sd.
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