I have around 3gb free of internal storage. How is everyone managing their storage? Are yall using any apps to delete cache files? Refer to the pic for what my storage looks like.
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I never even worry about space. I have an 8gb sdcard and I out downloads on that but beyond that I just let the phone do its thing
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I put everything I could on my external sdcard: Camera default directory, Titanium Backup, game data, and ubuntu image (complete linux installer).
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k3v0 said:
I put everything I could on my external sdcard: Camera default directory, Titanium Backup, game data, and ubuntu image (complete linux installer).
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How did you get your games to default save to ext SD?
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Gahh Its Lee said:
I never even worry about space. I have an 8gb sdcard and I out downloads on that but beyond that I just let the phone do its thing
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Not many big apps installed eh?
Install a couple big games and watch internal storage go bye-bye. So much for letting the OS do its thing.
I use DirectoryBind to redirect big apps to my sdcard. App isn't perfect, but it works.
adrynalyne said:
Not many big apps installed eh?
Install a couple big games and watch internal storage go bye-bye. So much for letting the OS do its thing.
I use DirectoryBind to redirect big apps to my sdcard. App isn't perfect, but it works.
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Actually I thought I had a decent amount of apps installed. I have 16 games but I dont play the big ones usually since I hate most on screen controls. Thanks for the app though.
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Storage analyser or grid size free are both great Apps to see what is taking up your space.
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speedfreak228 said:
How did you get your games to default save to ext SD?
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Some larger games have the option within the game itself; Bard's Tale for example. The option was offered when downloading the 1.8 GB datafile. The game still partly installs to the internal sdcard.
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Some larger games have the option within the game itself; Bard's Tale for example. The option was offered when downloading the 1.8 GB datafile. The game still partly installs to the internal sdcard.
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Most don't have that option though.
Anyway to move uccw to ext SD?
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I put everything I could on my external sdcard: Camera default directory, Titanium Backup, game data, and ubuntu image (complete linux installer).
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How'd you get Miscellaneous files so low? I have system memory in miscellaneous files. That can't be moved can it?
Not sure, but it may be because I am on Sprint and have android 4.1.1. If you notice, my 16 GB internal memory is reported as 10.95 GB. The other screenshots from VZW report the full 16 GB.
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Install Apps to SD card
Everything i install is put on the sd card i did this by following instructions on this link galaxynote2root .com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-store-apps-on-sd-card-with-rooted-galaxy-note-2-app2sd-mod/
YOU MUST BE ROOTED for this to work
hope this helps
johnnyvol said:
How'd you get Miscellaneous files so low? I have system memory in miscellaneous files. That can't be moved can it?
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Mine is that low, if I remove my downloaded files.
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Everything i install is put on the sd card i did this by following instructions on this link galaxynote2root .com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-store-apps-on-sd-card-with-rooted-galaxy-note-2-app2sd-mod/
YOU MUST BE ROOTED for this to work
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So if you were to flash an aokp or cm rom will you still have sd swap or will it revert back to its original form.
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hi I have TMobile gs3 I just wonder how can i move some of apps to external sdcard?
I can do it in my gs2 before.
Get the app called App 2 SD
Rom toolbox will help you with that as well and it has a bunch of other cool features like a file explorer, direct downloads of roms, etc.
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I thought you can't use app2sd in honeycomb and ics???
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biggangsta1212 said:
Get the app called App 2 SD
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thank you for reply
before i post for help I did installed app2card
but it show message below picture
I had a customer come in and ask about this yesterday. Never realized it until the option wasn't there...
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Is because of how Samsung named it, it name it as ext SD card, and most apps look for SD card which internal in our device , meaning we need to get support for it if is possible
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AlpineMan said:
I thought you can't use app2sd in honeycomb and ics???
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Yes you can, just with this S3 it can't. i'm not sure Sammy disabled it or missed it. with S2 I can move apps to sd with 2.3 and 4.0
now i'm almost out of space if Sammy not gonna fix this issue soon i'm selling it
Could you just rename the folders if you are rooted, or would that screw things up?
Would love to know what to do myself. I have the 16 gig and of that 16 gigs I only have 12.05 gigs to put apps on. If I was only putting smaller apps on it would be a lot but with the games I have on my phone like NOVA 3 and Modern combat 3 use a lot of space. I got the 16 gig expecting to be able to move my apps like I have been in the past, now I wish I had the 32.
Is there a way to move games to external sd?
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zombiej79 said:
Is there a way to move games to external sd?
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I use FolderMount. Note that part of the app still reside in internal memory but it allow the big game data etc to be stored to external sd.
Work great for me on my root SGP321 4.2.2. My newspaper data and games with large data now reside in the 64GB external sd.
You might want to check out whether this app work for you.
Ok tried it moved data for one game over tried the game it tries to download the data or it can't download not sure what the issue is
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Does the ad card have to be fat32 or exfat?
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Fat32
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Does the ad card have to be fat32 or exfat?
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The card needs to be fat32 and after you copy the data you need to go into the app and mount the folder, if you don't it won't find the data and it will try to download it again. /// this is due to the way sony has implemented the exfat drivers, something funny the way they did it, maybe some dev can explain it better.
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The card needs to be fat32 and after you copy the data you need to go into the app and mount the folder, if you don't it won't find the data and it will try to download it again. /// this is due to the way sony has implemented the exfat drivers, something funny the way they did it, maybe some dev can explain it better.
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I followed your step but its still telling me I need to download the game data?? (This is for Nova 3)?
Any ideas?
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Hello, I'm sorry this topic is ready posted, but I can't find what my friend is having problem with. She has an Xperia U and she can't take pictures because it says that the SD card is full, she doesn't have a lot of apps or pictures though. She restored it to the factory setting a month ago and now the same problem. This is an image if her setting menu, please help and thanks.
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In addition when she deleted audio, apps and pictures the storage didn't decrease.
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Ask your friend to backup all important stuff in the internal storage and format it. Format via the phone not the pc.
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How to format via the phone? She already restored it to the factory setting from the phone. And how can she backup all the pictures and videos? Transfered them to a PC?
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How to format via the phone? She already restored it to the factory setting from the phone. And how can she backup all the pictures and videos? Transfered them to a PC?
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Yes, transfer to a pc. Format the INTERNAL STORAGE not FACTORY RESET. See the clear internal storage button in the above screenshot? Click it after backing up.
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Yes, transfer to a pc. Format the INTERNAL STORAGE not FACTORY RESET. See the clear internal storage button in the above screenshot? Click it after backing up.
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Oh, thanks! I'll tell her. She can just backup the contacts and the app data from gmail, right?
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Yes, transfer to a pc. Format the INTERNAL STORAGE not FACTORY RESET. See the clear internal storage button in the above screenshot? Click it after backing up.
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If she cleared the internal storage will the OS be removed? Orbitll boot up like new?
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1. Clearing the internal storage does not clear stuff like messages and contacts
2. It will only boot like new if you do a factory reset too
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1. Clearing the internal storage does not clear stuff like messages and contacts
2. It will only boot like new if you do a factory reset too
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So she will lose apps and picture and videos, not something related to the OS? Sorry for being so specific but I don't want to tell her to do something that can cause her software problems, because we are not close and I am trying to be..
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hasanmoukalled said:
So she will lose apps and picture and videos, not something related to the OS? Sorry for being so specific but I don't want to tell her to do something that can cause her software problems, because we are not close and I am trying to be..
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Chillax, its just the sd card
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So she will lose apps and picture and videos, not something related to the OS? Sorry for being so specific but I don't want to tell her to do something that can cause her software problems, because we are not close and I am trying to be..
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Do full backup with PC Companion.
Some apps save data in SD card like backup % restore (the one that come with the phone) so this will be lost.
You can see with PC what is on SD card and copy things that are inportant.
ChikeD said:
Do full backup with PC Companion.
Some apps save data in SD card like backup % restore (the one that come with the phone) so this will be lost.
You can see with PC what is on SD card and copy things that are inportant.
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She did it and told me that it didn't work, why?
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It didn't work, any idea?
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What didn't work. Don't spare details when you are looking for help.
ChikeD said:
What didn't work. Don't spare details when you are looking for help.
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My friend did clear the internal storage because sit was stuck, and she told me that it didn't work. She before that did restore it to the factory reset and did work but now it doesnt , what should she do?
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hasanmoukalled said:
My friend did clear the internal storage because sit was stuck, and she told me that it didn't work. She before that did restore it to the factory reset and did work but now it doesnt , what should she do?
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Well she can fry and delete files, when connecting to PC or with the file manager she has on the phone.
What android version is it, Ginger Bread??
connect to pc and just delete all the unwanted file from the internal memory only. What big deal? If you still need the file, just backup it. I believe all the file must be from whatapps media folder, check that folder.
back up the pics videos or something else she needs, then format the SD card.
Backup all your files on the sd card and format it
copy all the internal storage to a folder on your pc. then right click that folder and properties and see if it actually is 3.8gb
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Is there any app that moves not just the app but the data as well to the sdcard? I'm running safestrap and hyperdrive and only have 50mb left in my device so need to move things to sdcard
Thx
I asked this a while back as well. From what I understand there is no way to do that unfortunately. I guess that's where flashing ROMs via Safestrap gets us huh?
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I've been searching for an answer to this for a couple weeks now since Folder mount doesn't work anymore with safestrap. Haven't found the solution yet
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In the mean while, any manual way to do this? I desperately need to reclaim some space off my internal storage and moving apps doesn't help as they are all about 10mb each
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Is there any app that moves not just the app but the data as well to the sdcard? I'm running safestrap and hyperdrive and only have 50mb left in my device so need to move things to sdcard
Thx
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There is a way to accomplish part of what you want. You need to be rooted (which you obviously are). There are two apps in the Play Store you need, Aparted and Link2SD. Aparted will allow you to partition your external sd card where app data and other data will be stored and Link2SD will create a "link" to that partition so that data can be updated, stored and retrieved when needed. Depending on the apps you use the amount of storage freed can be significant. It does not work for "system" apps, only works for downloaded apps. Hope this helps.
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There is a way to accomplish part of what you want. You need to be rooted (which you obviously are). There are two apps in the Play Store you need, Aparted and Link2SD. Aparted will allow you to partition your external sd card where app data and other data will be stored and Link2SD will create a "link" to that partition so that data can be updated, stored and retrieved when needed. Depending on the apps you use the amount of storage freed can be significant. It does not work for "system" apps, only works for downloaded apps. Hope this helps.
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this method will work with safestrap?
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vdub2pt0 said:
this method will work with safestrap?
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I don't use safestrap so I can't say for sure. I don't see why it wouldn't though.
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I don't use safestrap so I can't say for sure. I don't see why it wouldn't though.
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Folder mount worked without safestrap, but wouldn't with it because of something with the path names. I'll give it a shot later
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Please do and let us know
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I've never used aparted before, but it says it will erase my sd card... uhhh I can't lose everything, so I won't be trying this any time soon. Unless I am wrong and my card will survive.
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I've never used aparted before, but it says it will erase my sd card... uhhh I can't lose everything, so I won't be trying this any time soon. Unless I am wrong and my card will survive.
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You would probably have to copy everything off your SD to computer. Run Aparted and make sure you leave enough partition space on one side for your stuff you copied to computer to bring back to that partition.
Curious about this to as I'm a safestrap user but not sure I have the time to try it any time soon.
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You would probably have to copy everything off your SD to computer. Run Aparted and make sure you leave enough partition space on one side for your stuff you copied to computer to bring back to that partition.
Curious about this to as I'm a safestrap user but not sure I have the time to try it any time soon.
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I'm in the same boat. My computer takes several hours to move my 20 GB of data each way. I would give it a shot if it didn't take so long. If anyone else tries this, keep us updated
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I installed Hyperdrive 10.2 in my stock slot, and folder mount works as it should!
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I bought an SD card a couple weeks ago and its pretty much useless since everything I download always goes into my internal storage. Maybe I am doing something wrong here? So what's the point of having one
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420haxr said:
I bought an SD card a couple weeks ago and its pretty much useless since everything I download always goes into my internal storage. Maybe I am doing something wrong here? So what's the point of having one
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Picture, videos, music and transfer some apps.
riker147 said:
Picture, videos, music and transfer some apps.
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Yet none of those things actually download to my SD card. My SD card has like 9 gigs free space and internal only has 500mb left .
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Go into your camera settings and tell it to save to SD card and free up some of your phones space
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420haxr said:
Yet none of those things actually download to my SD card. My SD card has like 9 gigs free space and internal only has 500mb left .
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Copy the folders from internal card to extsd...
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decaturbob said:
Copy the folders from internal card to extsd...
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The specific media folders..then delete the contents on internal memory....
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Or use something like ES File Explorer File Manager from the Play Store or am alternative browser like Dolphin. ES has a downloader that is one of the choices when downloading a file from the web. In the ES settings you can set its default download location to the external card. Dolphin lets you pick the download location at each download. The TouchWiz camera and some others let you specify where to store photos.
Also, Titanium backup and other backup apps let you back up to the external card.
And most important of all, especially if you are crack flashing TouchWiz ROMs, keep your TWRP or CWM backups on the external card. They can be 2 GB+ each if you don't use compression, and not much better if you do. I have a 16 GB Nexus 7 and its a constant battle with backup space. I usually keep one solid reference backup and my latest only. I would love to be able to throw a 64GB card in it.
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I bought an SD card a couple weeks ago and its pretty much useless since everything I download always goes into my internal storage. Maybe I am doing something wrong here? So what's the point of having one
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Also you can use Folder Mount app to move pretty much whatever you want to you're external SD card
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420haxr said:
I bought an SD card a couple weeks ago and its pretty much useless since everything I download always goes into my internal storage. Maybe I am doing something wrong here? So what's the point of having one
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Best thing for you to do is educate yourself. ...As the extsd card is invaluable and something many other phone manufacturers don't even offer any more..
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