Ok my friend i having problem with his xperia ray as when ever he try to install game the .apk file installs nicely but when he puts the data folder into android\data of game and when he starts a game the game isn't taking the game data from
SD card\android\data because i thinks the mnt folder before sd card i mean
mnt\sd card\android\data is causing the problem!!
Any method to remove the mnt folder??
Dont remove the mnt folder - you'll bork your phone... To the android OS you'd be doing something similar to physically cutting out the hard disk interface of your computer while it's working... a very, very bad idea.
you can however try formatting the sd card and perhaps it would be worth also stating the name of the software you're trying to run.
Easiest way to check if this is causing the problem is to either create a directory called 'SD Card' and mount the card there, or perhaps symlink the current /mnt/sdcard. There are a host of pages online telling you how to do this - have a google at it!
So Guys thanks!! but i'm unable to supply the data files to the game
even i put the data files in sdcard\android\data
the game still asks me to download the additional data files
the same game working fine in x10 mini as there is no mnt directory before sdcard
anymore suggestions please..
I downloaded gta 3 the info said that the problem you are talking about will show up and I had to like press back when the download data came up and then minimize the game then start it again or something like that I don't really remember.
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make me laugh
there's a sdcard folder in the root directory, that's exactly the same as mnt\sdcard...
I bet you did not explore it...
Yesterday I downloaded NOVA 3 for my S2 - a process which took about 8 hrs !
After playing the game I found it wasnt for me so I deleted the app.
However the sdcard has not 'freed up' the 1.8G of data space. I`ve rescanned the card, checked all files I can think of on both internal & ext sd cards but cant find an appropriate file, the gameloft folder just has data for another game. I read somewhere about the LOST+FOUND file in /system but this is empty too. anyone come across this before ?
robinta said:
Yesterday I downloaded NOVA 3 for my S2 - a process which took about 8 hrs !
After playing the game I found it wasnt for me so I deleted the app.
However the sdcard has not 'freed up' the 1.8G of data space. I`ve rescanned the card, checked all files I can think of on both internal & ext sd cards but cant find an appropriate file, the gameloft folder just has data for another game. I read somewhere about the LOST+FOUND file in /system but this is empty too. anyone come across this before ?
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App removal did nothing to game's cache, which is stored on your SD Card. It chould be in Android folder on your internal memory. Just search for "nova".
hi. I cant find any file like this. Ive ran a search from root and its pulled up nothing for NOVA. When you say internal memory - do you mean at root level or the internal sdcard ?
robinta said:
hi. I cant find any file like this. Ive ran a search from root and its pulled up nothing for NOVA. When you say internal memory - do you mean at root level or the internal sdcard ?
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Sorry. I was being thick. I've found this folder but the only relevant files I can see relate to 2 other gameloft games I have installed, could the data be elsewhere or is it a different type of error perhaps ?
solved !
Found it... the data was in external_SD/android/data..and the file name didn't show Nova but n3. Thanks to all.
UPDATE:
I now recommend using FolderMount instead of the scripts below.
Forum Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192122
Market Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5kZXZhc3F1ZS5mbW91bnQiXQ..
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PART 1: obb "Game Data" to external_sd
Simple script that binds the internal obb folder to an external Gamedata folder on your sd to save space on Internal SD Card.
Use at your own risk.
1. Create a folder on the external_sd called "Gamedata"
2. Move all folders located in sdcard/android/obb to the newly created folder "Gamedata" (This takes a long time using Root Explorer, be patient. I recommend using Solid Explorer so that you can see the progress.)
3. Download the txt file and rename the extension to .sh OR Create a new script using:
Stock ICS:
Code:
mount -o bind /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/Gamedata /mnt/sdcard/Android/obb/
SnowJB (may or may not work on other JB ROMS) - Credit:
Code:
mount -o bind /storage/external_SD/Gamedata /storage/sdcard0/Android/obb/
4. Download Smanager from the playstore.
5. Find the script you created and set it to run with SU, make sure to save.
6. You can run it now to see if it worked. (If it did, make sure to edit the script to run at boot)
Notes:
I reclaimed about 6GB+ and was able to download several new games after doing this.
Occasional a folder called /Android/data/ gets created in Gamedata but it stays empty and doesn't effect anything. Just ignore it.
Newly downloaded game data will automatically be downloaded to the Gamedata folder. (As long as the addition data is downloaded through Google Play)
Works with Link2SD
This should work on every device that has an external sd card, however you might have to edit the paths to make sure they match up with how your device has the external sd card implemented (emmc, sdcard1, extSdCard). You may also have to edit the internal sd path for 4.2 and above to because of multi-user support.
Thanks to DeathmonkeyGTX! His music cache script gave me the idea to do the same for obb game data. They could probably be combined into one script, should you want to.
PART 2: Link2SD Info - for even more space saving
You can also use Link2Sd (found on the market) to store apps on the external sd card.
I formatted my external sd into two partitions. One 55 GB partition (For user data) and another 4 GB partition (for Link2SD).
Notes:
The highest app that I linked only saved about 50 MBs. Not really saving that much space, but after I linked several 50 MBs and under apps, I recovered about 1.2 GBs of space on the Internal.
The second partition can only be used for Link2SD.
To Set Up:
Backup your SD, format it to Fat32, use MiniTool to resize the first partition, then create a second partition (FAT 32 and make sure it is Primary) using the remaining space. You should now have two partitions. Now just launch the Link2SD app and create the start-up mount scripts. Reboot, launch the app once more, and finally start linking apps to your external sd card.
More info here: http://www.link2sd.info/home
I recommend reading the description and FAQ.
Both "PARTS" can be used together or separately just fine on ICS. However, I was not able to get Link2Sd working on SnowJB.
Seems to be working great! We now have so much more room for activities!
This is what I call a WIN: http://imgur.com/a/WBtHP
as far as I know I did everything I was supposed to but I went and deleted the files on my internal sd card and it deleted the ones on external sd card. I downloaded the app again and it saved the files in both locations and I deleted the internal one and it deleted both again. What could be causing this?
mws1986 said:
as far as I know I did everything I was supposed to but I went and deleted the files on my internal sd card and it deleted the ones on external sd card. I downloaded the app again and it saved the files in both locations and I deleted the internal one and it deleted both again. What could be causing this?
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You have to delete the files before you set the script to run at boot. Otherwise you will be deleting the files on the external sd since the script tricks the system into thinking they are on the internal. I'm also think that your misunderstanding when you say they are on both. If you look at the total space when tapping the obb folder on your internal you will notice it goes from 11GB to whatever size you external sd card is. The two folders are binded so it would appear that they are on both but they are only on your external.
Joecascio2000 said:
You have to delete the files before you set the script to run at boot. Otherwise you will be deleting the files on the external sd since the script tricks the system into thinking they are on the internal. I'm also think that your misunderstanding when you say they are on both. If you look at the total space when tapping the obb folder on your internal you will notice it goes from 11GB to whatever size you external sd card is. The two folders are binded so it would appear that they are on both but they are only on your external.
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I just noticed this today, I ran this correctly (thank you for adapting it btw) and saw that I had "duplicates" on my internal. Then I saw that the total space was listed as 32 gigs... and it clicked, lol.
For a little clarification, you will see the folder in both places, the one on the internal card is just a link, it shouldn't actually take up any room on the internal card.
I was also able to get this to work for another folder created by a game that didn't put the files in obb folder.
(Just make a copy of the script and edit the pathways in it and run as root at boot.)
bleached45 said:
I just noticed this today, I ran this correctly (thank you for adapting it btw) and saw that I had "duplicates" on my internal. Then I saw that the total space was listed as 32 gigs... and it clicked, lol.
For a little clarification, you will see the folder in both places, the one on the internal card is just a link, it shouldn't actually take up any room on the internal card.
I was also able to get this to work for another folder created by a game that didn't put the files in obb folder.
(Just make a copy of the script and edit the pathways in it and run as root at boot.)
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Yeah it bugs me big time that some apps download files to different places. I noticed some apps that download additional files through the play store, download the data to the /android/data/ folder instead of /android/obb/. Google really needs to make that uniform, where all additional game data get downloaded to one place. I did, however, adapt my script to link the whole /android/ folder to the external sdcard.
I won't release that one because there is way more things that can go wrong. The /android/data folder is used for so much more than just games and if it's not set up just right you could get force closes and blank widgets on boot. But just FYI, it is possible and is working well for me.
Worked! Thanks a lot for the script man helped save a lot of data!
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Well, I can't get this post deleted, but I was able to figure out my problem!
Thanks for posting this solution! So happy to have it!
Re: obb "Game Data" to external_sd and Link2Sd Info
I used both methods here, obb and links2sd and it helped me out tremendously. Nice work and thanks for posting this.
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Hey Joecascio2000,
Do you know how one would modify this script to work on the Stock 4.1.2 Jelly Bean LG-E973/1/5/0 CANADA / ATT / INTERNATIONAL rom?
I've read in that thread that the sdcard locations are different for Jellybean.
I've tried the following path to no avail.
mount -o bind /mnt/storage/external_SD/Gamedata /mnt/storage/sdcard0/Android/obb/
Using that path will have smanager error out stating the following:
card0:/AndroidObbSwap.sh'
mount: No such file or directory
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Yoreo said:
Hey Joecascio2000,
Do you know how one would modify this script to work on the Stock 4.1.2 Jelly Bean LG-E973/1/5/0 CANADA / ATT / INTERNATIONAL rom?
I've read in that thread that the sdcard locations are different for Jellybean.
I've tried the following path to no avail.
mount -o bind /mnt/storage/external_SD/Gamedata /mnt/storage/sdcard0/Android/obb/
Using that path will have smanager error out stating the following:
card0:/AndroidObbSwap.sh'
mount: No such file or directory
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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I don't have JB installed yet so I don't know exactly how the sd card and external sd card are mount. I'm assuming your paths are correct. But I suggest making sure that the script is running from the internal SD card. Also, I would add a "sleep" line just to make sure the external sd is mounted properly before running the bind.
Try:
#start
sleep 30
mount -o bind /mnt/storage/external_SD/Gamedata /mnt/storage/sdcard0/Android/obb/
#end
Joecascio2000 said:
I don't have JB installed yet so I don't know exactly how the sd card and external sd card are mount. I'm assuming your paths are correct. But I suggest making sure that the script is running from the internal SD card. Also, I would add a "sleep" line just to make sure the external sd is mounted properly before running the bind.
Try:
#start
sleep 30
mount -o bind /mnt/storage/external_SD/Gamedata /mnt/storage/sdcard0/Android/obb/
#end
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I gave that a shot, and it's still kicking out the same error. I think I'm going to post in that thread and see if anyone there can tell me if my path names are incorrect.
Well Joecascio2000, I figured it out after getting a good nights sleep. My paths weren't correct.
Anyhow, the correct path/command is as follows:
Code:
mount -o bind /storage/external_SD/Gamedata /storage/sdcard0/Android/obb/
Feel free to update your OP to notify anyone who may be using that rom to use the above script for things to work properly.
What would be the code to get this working with the new cm 10.1 conversion?
I tried
mount -o bind /storage/sdcard1/Gamedata /storage/emulated/0/Android/obb/
and a few others
Yoreo said:
Well Joecascio2000, I figured it out after getting a good nights sleep. My paths weren't correct.
Anyhow, the correct path/command is as follows:
Code:
mount -o bind /storage/external_SD/Gamedata /storage/sdcard0/Android/obb/
Feel free to update your OP to notify anyone who may be using that rom to use the above script for things to work properly.
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Thanks. I updated to OP to include your code and put a link to your post.
whoamanwtf said:
What would be the code to get this working with the new cm 10.1 conversion?
I tried
mount -o bind /storage/sdcard1/Gamedata /storage/emulated/0/Android/obb/
and a few others
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Again, not really sure how CM10.1 handles the external sd. Did you try the code directly above your post? It works for the JB port so it may work for the CM10.1 ROM.
EDIT:
Try:
mount -o bind /storage/sdcard1/Gamedata /storage/sdcard0/Android/obb/
That is what I have on my Captivate running CM10.1.
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I'm not 100% for sure on this but doesn't cm10 handle the external sd as emmc?
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tmease1 said:
I'm not 100% for sure on this but doesn't cm10 handle the external sd as emmc?
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I know they used too on my Captivate but with the multiple users in 10.1 I think they might have changed it. And again it could be different for every device. I recommend using solid explorer to just search around. If you tap the little android icon in the top left it gives you the exact path of the folder you are in.
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Joecascio2000 said:
I know they used too on my Captivate but with the multiple users in 10.1 I think they might have changed it. And again it could be different for every device. I recommend using solid explorer to just search around. If you tap the little android icon in the top left it gives you the exact path of the folder you are in.
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Yeah it is weird I found the exact paths and changed the script but it still doesnt work, even got it to where it looked like it worked, went green and no mount error but no data
whoamanwtf said:
Yeah it is weird I found the exact paths and changed the script but it still doesnt work, even got it to where it looked like it worked, went green and no mount error but no data
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Did you add the sleep line? Some ROMS take longer to mount the sd card than others. If the sd card isn't mounted before the script runs nothing will happen.
Code:
#start
sleep 30
mount -o bind /storage/external_SD/Gamedata /storage/sdcard0/Android/obb/
#end
This will wait 30 seconds before running the script. If the paths are correct, I don't see why it wouldn't work. Under smanager, click menu>more> advanced>configuration, and turn on "Show On Boot Script Log". That should give you an idea as to what is happening.
First off my phone is a LG L70 D320f8, I have root access and super su installed. As you might or might not know, The L70 comes
whit 4 GB of internal SD but in the end the user get's only 1.5 GB of space for usage...
My problem:
This new game get's released and I want to move it's data to the external SD...
Game in question ----> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix.kairisei_MA
The reason for the problem:
The game data isn't downloaded to your typical "android/data" folder or the "android/obb" folder... It's downloaded
to system root in "data/data/com.square_enix.kairisei_MA"... And I don't know what to do in this situation...
I have tried folder mount but it doesn't work properly whit a directories in that location, And the app stopped working
when I manually moved the filed to the external sd and made a link whit folder mount...
I'm gonna try Link2SD right now but I don't if it's going to work...
ANY IDEAS?
Annndd.... It didn't work.... Anyone has any solution for an app that does this shady data trick?