Hi all... I have an android phone with several apps installed on it. When I install the apps I don't bother to choose where they go (i.e. sd card or phone) so I assume they are installed on the phone by default.
Anyway.... I need a higher capacity micro sd card. Can I just go out and buy a new one and swap it with the old one? Or will this cause applications (if any) that store data on the sd card to fail?
Thanks!
tackyjan said:
Hi all... I have an android phone with several apps installed on it. When I install the apps I don't bother to choose where they go (i.e. sd card or phone) so I assume they are installed on the phone by default.
Anyway.... I need a higher capacity micro sd card. Can I just go out and buy a new one and swap it with the old one? Or will this cause applications (if any) that store data on the sd card to fail?
Thanks!
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Assuming there are no apps installed on it (you should still check), it should be fine to simply change it. Apps which store data on it will recreate/redownload their data accordingly. You could also just copy the contents from your current card and send them to the new one to avoid this.
Copy the whole content of your memory card to your computer. Then buy a new memory card and paste the copied files to it.
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Hi all,
I just brought the LG Optimus One P500 this afternoon and thanks for great info in XD. I managed to rooted the device so smotthly
Question:
after rooting, now how can install/move my applications to my SD card instead of the internal memory.
Previosuly on Samsumg spica there is a tool call App2SD, any similiar tools for LG Optimus One P500
Thanks
Do you want to install directly to the sd card or just to move them after being installed on the internal memory?
You can move apps around using Settings->Applications since FroYo can do that for you but not all apps can be moved just yet. Other apps can move them forcefully (I use Titanium Backup to do that).
If you want to install to the sd card directly, look for an app called apps2sd. I found it on the market a few months ago and it opened like the Settings menu. It will just ask you where you want apps to go to when you install them. It was really simple. Widgets wont work from the sd card though. Move them to the internal memory and reboot after if you have them on the sd card already.
and make sure you have a fast card if you want to install directly to the sd card.
I have an 8 gig sd card on my Nook Tablet on which I have side-loaded apps. I was wondering how I can upgrade to a larger sd card. Do I have to transfer the apps to the new card? And how would I do that? Or do I have to reinstall all of the apps that have been saved to the card?
You should be able to just copy the contents of the old card to your new card. You could also copy the contents to a folder on your PC, and then copy the folder contents to a new card.
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Singingdrum said:
I have an 8 gig sd card on my Nook Tablet on which I have side-loaded apps. I was wondering how I can upgrade to a larger sd card. Do I have to transfer the apps to the new card? And how would I do that? Or do I have to reinstall all of the apps that have been saved to the card?
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Do you have the apps actually INSTALLED on the SDcard (this requires some tweaking of settings), or did you download the .APK files onto your SDcard and install them from there?
In the latter case, your apps were installed to the 12GB partition on the internal memory, that is reserved for the installation of apps. In this case you do not need to keep the .APK files on the SDcard.
Simply copying it over (plug nook in -> copy sd card to pc -> switch out card -> recopy OR remove card -> copy to new card (I'd recommend this)) will work fine. I've done it on several cards (I use several cards - large comic and video library etc, travel, and important apps and folders are replicated on each cards). I also have a cute microsd card holder (from sdcardholder.com I think) that holds a bunch of cards I'd normally be misplacing, so handy!
I prefer to keep apps installed on the nook's internal memory (because why not?), so using something like Titanium backup (I think? or maybe another app manager) to move any that automatically install to an sd card is handy.
Thanks for the replies. I thought that I would be able to copy as you guys suggested. I just wanted to be sure. As for where the apps are installed to, I believe the Amazon apps that are side-loaded need to go on the sd card for some reason, so that's why I was concerned.
It sounds like connecting by the cable to the pc and then transfering the sd card files there and then to the new card would be the best bet. Less of a chance for mistakes or corruption.
Some apps seem to install to internal memory by default, and some to sd card if one is present.
Even more annoyingly however, many of the apps that default to SD card if you move them to internal memory MOVE BACK TO THE SD CARD when you update them.
Is there any way to prevent apps from automatically installing to the SD card? Or at the very least, installing to SD card is fine... but to prevent them from moving BACK to the sd card when you update them?
I've seen this question in 3 different topics on XDA and none of them is answered. My question is similar to this; Apps are installed on internal memory but app data is on external. As a result i have a completely empty internal memory and a full sd card. Tried possible suggestions on other sites but didn't work. Why can't we choose where to install the app data? How to move the app data back, since app2sd wouldn't work on this situation.
FYI, buy a bigger memory card is NOT a solution, it's a workaround for the actual problem..
Cyber Akuma said:
Some apps seem to install to internal memory by default, and some to sd card if one is present.
Even more annoyingly however, many of the apps that default to SD card if you move them to internal memory MOVE BACK TO THE SD CARD when you update them.
Is there any way to prevent apps from automatically installing to the SD card? Or at the very least, installing to SD card is fine... but to prevent them from moving BACK to the sd card when you update them?
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Looks like your problem can be solved with "link2sd" which gives a permanent option on where to install apps. Search it in Google Play.
In my case (i have three different memory blocks) you have to do a repartition and a custom rom but i don't want to go there so i just mapped the drives with editing vold.fstab and bought a bigger memory card
Hello,
I bought my wife a 16gb SD Card for her Ray and I would like to transfer the content of the current 8GB card to it. However, I did installed some apps on the SD as the Ray's internal storage is so limited. What should I do to be sure that all the apps will run correctly after the transfer ?
Should I bring all the apps back to the internal storage, then make the transfer then put them back on the new SD ?
Thanks !
No I recently changed from an 8gb to Ultra 16gb and I just used my computer to copy everything from the SDcard to the other.
I'd say if you don't tell her when you change it, she won't notice anything.
Maybe it will take a while for the phone to sync with the new SDcard.
I was attempting to root my Alcatel 9007t tablet, so I could move apps to my SD card, unsuccessfully.
So I ended up following some instructions and ended up emulating an SD card on my internal, or something or the other
It renamed my actual SD card to something else
So now, I have rooted my phone, I believe, but using link2sd card I can now move my apps, but I get an error on a certain few apps.
I can't link the data, or what have you, to the SD card, and I think its because of this emulated SD storage
Regardless, I would like to remove the emulated SD storage, and rename my SD card to something normal.
Getting to root this thing was difficult, so I would not want to start this whole thing over.
Or if I could get link2sd to link my data to my SD card , that would be excellent.
I am moderate noob so pls hlp
Footnote: no I cannot link to SD thru my storage settings, maybe is there somehow I can do that. I just want to link or move app data to SD card. This is from a downloaded apk that is making kit difficult. The app seemed to install to SD card, but the data is on the emulated SD on the internal
Halp
You will have issues as apps are not made to be on the sdcard and some apps even block the option.
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You will have issues as apps are not made to be on the sdcard and some apps even block the option.
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OK but my tablet is rooted now and I can do it mostly with no problem.
I just want to rename and unemulate false SD card on internal and get it back to normal