Do I need to create a second partition for Directory Bind?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889550
No you just need an external memory card in the device for the files (apps, data, photos and other items) to be stored.
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No you just need an external memory card in the device for the files (apps, data, photos and other items) to be stored.
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So I should format my SD card to FAT32?
As an Alternative you can us External SD 2 Internal SD mod found here in the XDA forum.
Using it with my 64gb external and it works flawlessly. Internal Mem read 64gb, external reads 16gb
Moved all app data over and everything works perfect.
Because I am bored at work I found you the link if your interested: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772234&highlight=ext
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Does anyone know how to swap the internal storage with the sd card? The fstab looks funky.
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Does anyone know how to swap the internal storage with the sd card? The fstab looks funky.
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what do you mean by swap the internal storage with the external? dont you just normally use both internal and external together?
FOr what reasons? For apps to be moved/installed in the external SD?
Answer is at the moment Apps2SD doesn't work YET in s3
No. I mean to literally swap their mount directories. I've done this before on my Note. I edited my vold.fstab and with a little help got my internal storage mounted to /sdcard/ExternalSD and my 64GB SD card mounted to /sdcard. That's what I want to do here.
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Anyone?
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For what reasons do you want to do this?
Look in siyah kernel thread.he changed the vold.fstab mounted in adb.ask him about the swap.
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Look in siyah kernel thread.he changed the vold.fstab mounted in adb.ask him about the swap.
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Thank you so much. And to answer the questions, I want to do this so my internal storage can be as big as the SD card I'm using. For example, I have the storage swapped on my n7000 so my 64GB SD card is read as internal storage and my 16GB internal storage is read as an external SD card.
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For what reasons do you want to do this?
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I would like to do the same. i have done this switch on my note and it works flawlessly. I want to do this because I am a hardcore gamer and 16gb is nowhere near enough space to store all my game data, but my 64gb sd card is.
Mister_Mxyzptlk said:
Thank you so much. And to answer the questions, I want to do this so my internal storage can be as big as the SD card I'm using. For example, I have the storage swapped on my n7000 so my 64GB SD card is read as internal storage and my 16GB internal storage is read as an external SD card.
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Never thought of it that way hehe. But I have a question about the setup: Have you ever had issues where your SD card randomly unmounted itself? If so, what happened to the system? Were you still able to run it or did it freeze or anything else?
Thanks
Not even once and I have had it set this way on my note for months through several different roms
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The internal SDcard is not a real partition but a userspace mount (fuser)
It's configured in the file /init.smdk4x12.rc with the exact definition:
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service sdcard /system/bin/sdcard /data/media 1023 1023
I don't see the daemon getting any kind of configuration as to the target directory. Either it's hardcoded or it uses /system/etc/vold.conf definition volume_sdcard the mount_point value.
You can't use Easy UMS anymore though since it will unmount the external SD.
Just using the APK Directory Bind will work fine though to simulate folders on the external SDcard as being on the internal one.
You can swap over the Internal SD with your external SD so you could have a 64GB phone with a 16GB ext card (assuming your phone is a 16GB one) - take a look at ExtSd2InternalSd v4|Increase your data storage
Hi I'm new with my SGSIII,
I can install app's on my (ext sd card)?
I have currently partitioned as follows:
(13.1Gb Fat 32, + 882Mb Swap2 + 960 Mb Ext3) (16 GB) level 4
My phone is not root, and is still new factory and is free.
All apps are installed on internal memory. But you can transfer apps data to ext sdcard.
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All apps are installed on internal memory. But you can transfer apps data to ext sdcard.
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Hello,Arsaw :
If that's true, but I have the app "app 2 sd pro", and when it leaves (application information) is not the ability to move.
with the same SD card and partitions, with my "old " galaxy3 , Yes you can.
use below link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772234
else use directory bind
I've been running HB and following the dev forum regularly. I've heard of people having external SD card issues. I am wondering if I am having these issues too. When I try to move an app to my SD card, it moves it from one partition to the other, not the external SD. Is it supposed to do that or am I having the external SD card issues?
Thanks in advance.
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HellsBells said:
I've been running HB and following the dev forum regularly. I've heard of people having external SD card issues. I am wondering if I am having these issues too. When I try to move an app to my SD card, it moves it from one partition to the other, not the external SD. Is it supposed to do that or am I having the external SD card issues?
Thanks in advance.
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The dev shrunk the partition for the app storage (USB storage) I think... so when you move to sd your actually moving to the internal storage. I'm kinda new hear also but I read in the jb threads they did it for performance I believe. Hope this helps
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I've been running HB and following the dev forum regularly. I've heard of people having external SD card issues. I am wondering if I am having these issues too. When I try to move an app to my SD card, it moves it from one partition to the other, not the external SD. Is it supposed to do that or am I having the external SD card issues?
Thanks in advance.
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The internal SD is setup with a system partition a data partition and a datadata partition that between them takes up about 3gb. Leaving around 13gb left on internal SD. The system part is basically the apps from ROM. The data and datadata is basically apps you DL and use. So when you move an app to SD you move it from the data part to internal SD.
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Hi,
As u can see in the title, I own a Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 I8160L.
It has 4gb internal storage but only about 1.1gb user available. Most of the more exciting games have data that are 1.5gb and more.
Is there a way to install these games and have the sd data go to my external micro sd card and not the internal 1.1gb 'sd card'?
Thanks in advance, Nate
Are you root? Because you could try Directory Bind
Im not rooted as yet. And im not familiar with directory bind. Will look it up tho.
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Is there any root free solution tho? I will root but only as a laat resort
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Yeah, I am also looking for some root free method to swap sd card and external card in my galaxy ace 2.
I dont really know why in samsung phones our external sd card is nt treated as an sd card.
I had htc one v prior to this phone and atleast one good thing abt that phone was it would move apps to external sd card not to internal storage like samsung phones.
Now with this phone (galaxy ace 2), external sd card size is quite irrelevant for apps, coz this phone counts the internal usb storage which is only 1GB as sd card.
Anyways if u find any root free method to swap storage, plz post it here too.
Thanks.
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you must root your phone then you could use the lidroid or GL2SD move game data to your SDCARD
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copynintendo said:
you must root your phone then you could use the lidroid or GL2SD move game data to your SDCARD
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Thanks for your response.
But I donot want to root my phone :-$
I am not expert at it, so dont want to take the risk. Plus this phone has a little community, so in case if something goes wrong with rooting, it might become difficult to find help...
I think I wld have to bear this storage issue. :-S
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I found a way to get the apps to install directly to the ext sd card. But the games sd data still go to the internal storage unfortunately. Il post a link in a bit
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I found a ways to get the apps to install directly to the ext sd cadd. But the games sd date still go to the internal storage unfortunately. Il post a link in a bit
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Great. And yes plz post the link here... Will be helpful for others.
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Great. And yes plz post the link here... Will be helpful for others.
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http://www.howtogeek.com/114667/how...y-default-move-almost-any-app-to-the-sd-card/
here you go^^
I think rooting is my only solution to get sd data to work from my sd card. But im not sure my model is root-able. I have the I8160L, can't even find the original firmware online
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http://www.howtogeek.com/114667/how...y-default-move-almost-any-app-to-the-sd-card/
here you go^^
I think rooting is my only solution to get sd data to work from my sd card. But im not sure my model is root-able. I have the I8160L, can't even find the original firmware online
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Thanks for the link.
Did u try it? Does it move the app to external card? Or to the usb/internal storage?
And i think (not sure) as far as app data is concerned, it does not take too much of storage, so it shd not be an issue.
And i m not an expert in rooting, so i think i wont go for it. But lets see.
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Yea it works for most apps. And if not. When u move them to the sd card thru the app manager they move to the external storage. This doesn't apply to system apps or the large sd data files that accompany those huge games that need additional data.
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Okay right.
Actually the problem is when we go to settings-apps-sd card, it shows the usb/internal storage there, not the actual external sd card. So when i move any app to sd card (which is moveable), it is moves to the internal usb storage (which the phone considers as sd card storage).
But i ll give this trick a try.
And one last thing how did u confirm it that with this trick, apps are now being moved to external storage and not to the internal usb storage?
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Checked the storage before and after moving apps. And also i took my sd card out. Put it in a card reader and found the apps in a folder on the micro sd card called android secure
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Checked the storage before and after moving apps. And also i took my sd card out. Put it in a card reader and found the apps in a folder on the micro sd card called android secure
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Ok...
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but we cant move the game data to external sd because it doesnt fit on our internal in the firstplace
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but we cant move the game data to external sd because it doesnt fit on our internal in the firstplace
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Solution to this is rooting, and using directory bind. I currently have asphalt 7(1.4gb) Real racing 2, Dead Space, Shadow Gun etc installed and running fine from my external sd card
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Jellycream rom will sort that out, it swaps the vold file and you will be able to download bigger files.
can i?
can i play games form external sd card like games 1.8 and .15 gb ?
Nice
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I recently applied the external2internal memory swap hack for more internal memory, my question is once the system files have been copied to the newly expanded internal, is the extsd card still required in the device???
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you mean the micro sd card?
of course it's needed, it's the internal memory now
Yes but I copied the system files to the external expansion...
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Yes, you still require the external SD card in your phone.
The external expansion is your External SD card! (ExtSD.)