I'm sure there have been a plethora of topic and/or posts devoted to my question so please bear with me! If there is a specific thread/posts related directly to my question then please direct me there.
I desperately need an app that can move files to my SD card on a NON-ROOTED phone. I would appreciate any tips or suggestions.
Thanks!
RD
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy S III (SGH-I747) Using Tapatalk 2
randun said:
I desperately need an app that can move files to my SD card on a NON-ROOTED phone. I would appreciate any tips or suggestions.
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy S III (SGH-I747) Using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm guessing you need an app to move apps to the (external?) SD card , right? If that's the case, there are plenty that try to do just that, but they usually need root access. Those that work without root access (e.g. Apps 2 SD) are only able to move certain apps, as the vast majority does require root access to move them.
If you meant regular files, I think the default file manager would do the trick. Or any other file manager (e.g. Astro File Manager).
Cloxed said:
I'm guessing you need an app to move apps to the (external?) SD card , right? If that's the case, there are plenty that try to do just that, but they usually need root access. Those that work without root access (e.g. Apps 2 SD) are only able to move certain apps, as the vast majority does require root access to move them.
If you meant regular files, I think the default file manager would do the trick. Or any other file manager (e.g. Astro File Manager).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry for not being more specific.
I'm definitely trying to move files to my external SD card. I think that I may have seen Apps 2 SD but forgot about it. Yea, that's the one major problem with the S3 is the inability to move apps to the external SD card. And, I'm painfully aware that most of the apps out there are for rooted phones, which just sucks.
Oh well, I'll download the A2SD app when I free up more space to do so.
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy S III (SGH-I747) Using Tapatalk 2
randun said:
Sorry for not being more specific.
I'm definitely trying to move files to my external SD card. I think that I may have seen Apps 2 SD but forgot about it. Yea, that's the one major problem with the S3 is the inability to move apps to the external SD card. And, I'm painfully aware that most of the apps out there are for rooted phones, which just sucks.
Oh well, I'll download the A2SD app when I free up more space to do so.
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy S III (SGH-I747) Using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm now at my breaking point with this dang phone! After deleting over 20 apps that have resided on my phone for months & moving dozens upon dozens of files to my external SD card, I'm still getting the annoying message "Storage space running out..."
I've attached a couple of screenshots from Settings > Storage Settings to see if anyone can make heads or tails from them.
Thanks.
_______________________________________________________
Sent from my Sony VAIO TouchScreen PC using Windows 7 Ultimate
Finally after doing some more research turned out one of the major culprits were the Miscellaneous files under Storage> Settings. Got rid of most of those & now I'm back to'normal'.
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy S III (SGH-I747) Using Tapatalk 2
App 2 SD won't work on the S3. Your only options are DIrectory Bind and swapping external and internal cards using a flashable script
Glebun said:
App 2 SD won't work on the S3. Your only options are DIrectory Bind and swapping external and internal cards using a flashable script
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's the first time that I've heard that one of the App 2 SD apps wouldn't work on a non-rooted S3. Directory Bind is just fine if you have a rooted phone, which I don't.
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy S III (SGH-I747) Using Tapatalk 2
The Play store won't even let you download it cause it's incompatible. And it says that in the description
Glebun said:
The Play store won't even let you download it cause it's incompatible. And it says that in the description
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There are numerous apps that go by the same name so I guess it's a matter of who the developer of the one you're referring to. That said, agreed that most of them do have a disclaimer.
What gets me is in a lot of the reviews, users state that you can accomplish moving apps to an external SD card on the SG3 without an app on a non-rooted phone. Haven't figured that one out yet!
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy S III (SGH-I747) Using Tapatalk 2
No, the S3 doesn't allow moving apps to SD
Glebun said:
No, the S3 doesn't allow moving apps to SD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know. That's why I don't get all of these various user reviews slamming all of the so-called S2SD apps because 'you can do it yourself on the SG3.
Sent From My Samsung Galaxy S III (SGH-I747) Using Tapatalk 2
Related
So with stock Rom apps all have to stay on internal sd?
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
ladle3000 said:
So with stock Rom apps all have to stay on internal sd?
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It looks like it, even game data. Atleast thats how it is with the international version and theres no move to sd option in the setting. I dont see why it would be different for US version. The only other option I can think of is when theres root you can use GL to SD so you can move large game data to micro sd and leave the apps in internal. This is a better solution if you have large game data.
Makes it tough to plug and play a preexisting sd card since apps are looking for saved data in the usual sd location.
Like you said, I'm sure once we custom roms things will be different
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
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.
"answer questions, give thanks, support the community"
I thought you can't use app2sd in honeycomb and ics???
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
biggangsta1212 said:
Get the app called App 2 SD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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...
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
AlpineMan said:
I thought you can't use app2sd in honeycomb and ics???
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Hello everyone i noticed after jellybean that none of the apps are no longer saved on the extsd, question is, is this caused by the apps because they still arent able to save themselves on the sd card because they were mean for ics or has the app2sd feature been removed on jellybean? I know theres a way around it but its still different thanks
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Well what little I know is that apps2sd never supported galaxy s3, it is not jelly bean but Samsung made it like that. The other way is directory bind or you can install a zip file to interchange your storage.
Sent from my GT-I9300
It was like that on ICS too Samsung changed it on their new products
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
It appears that sadly the galaxy s3 i9300 is a lot less powerfull than say a galaxy s i9000. Your not allowed to have multiple large games or any other applications stored on the external memory card. You don't appear to be able to store applications and data on external sd card. Seems like a massive step backwards for Google or Samsung. Who knows who? I have a 64GB external sd card.and at least it appears I can st least store photos and music.
Am I wrong? We have such a powerful system we just can't run many large games before running out of core memory.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Well i guess thats that then i was happy with my 16gb from my s2 apparently i have to go 64 and do the app to sd mod, hopefully were not headed to the apple way of things with us having to buy larger memory versions of what we have hehe, but still this phone is awesome and i love it!!! one more question, if any of you have tried the app2sd mod (not the directory bind) do i copy over all my stuff to the sd card or i wipe everything then transfer my tibackup files to the sd card then restore everything or will there be an option that i can now transfer my apps to the sd card?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
its not galaxy s3 but jelly bean 4.x
The app2sd problem is not that of galaxy s3...its that of jelly bean 4.1 and above...it seams google got angry and jellous with all the mobile firms givings sd card slot while its nexus 4 doesnt...so it made the sd uselss! I'm writing this from my Sony xperia z which has jelly bean 4.1.1 and i too cannot use my sd card to store apps or games! Shame on u google!
lama90 said:
it seams google got angry and jellous with all the mobile firms givings sd card slot while its nexus 4 doesnt...so it made the sd uselss!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
haha, that's exactly the reason
Does anyhow know what the directory to save to the SD card is, to set in Handcent? I've tried almost every one I can think of, and none of them work, it keeps saving to the devices internal storage in /handcent/downloads.
The default I believe that it shows is extSdCard (I don't have my phone next to me at the moment, so I can't verify), but even then it still saves to the internal storage of the phone itself, whereas I'd like pictures that I get via MMS to be saved to the card (I've also done the "long keypress" on pictures I get and told it to save to the memory card, and it *still* saves to internal storage).
Thanks.
It should be /mnt/extSdCard.
Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 using XDA Premium HD
DarkMenace said:
It should be /mnt/extSdCard.
Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 using XDA Premium HD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tried that and it says "invalid directory name please check your input and try again"
boxermansr said:
Tried that and it says "invalid directory name please check your input and try again"
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'll have to contact Handcent. It doesn't work in the Pro version either.
DarkMenace said:
I'll have to contact Handcent. It doesn't work in the Pro version either.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think same that it should be a /mnt/extSdCard.
I thought application data could not be stored on the sd card. Just my two cents.
sent from my galaxy s4
fade2green514 said:
I thought application data could not be stored on the sd card. Just my two cents.
sent from my galaxy s4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I wasn't thinking that photos sent via SMS/MMS would be considered as application data (but I guess it could be?). Just is/was easier to have all the photos my wife gets on her phone saved to the memory card, as opposed to directly to the device.
I have had my galaxy s4 for about a week and a half now and love this phone. I still have 7 GB of space left, but tutorials online that show apps could be moves to the SD card. I have a Verizon Gs4 and when i go to application manager i do not see the option to move apps to the SD for all of my apps. I even tried installing a app that the tutorial shows was installed on the SD card and i could not move it. Has Verizon not launched the update for the S4 to install Apps to the SD card? It would be nice to move some apps to the SD card.
There should be an update soon. It is rolling out in Germany first.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using xda app-developers app
At this point, we're unable to move apps to SD card. As you mentioned there is an update slated for the int'l version S4 - will be obviously after that b4 the Verizon mods are implemented. These is a app in the play store "folder mount" that could definitely help to maintain internal space: must be rooted
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5kZXZhc3F1ZS5mbW91bnQiXQ.
H3Dude said:
There should be an update soon. It is rolling out in Germany first.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ok thanks for the reply
The update will be useless in regards to reclaiming space. You're better off buying the pro version of Folder Mount and using it to symlink Android/OBB.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD
Please read forum rules before posting
Questions and help issues go in Q&A and Help section
Thread moved
Thank you for your cooperation
Friendly Neighborhood Moderator
clapper66 said:
I have had my galaxy s4 for about a week and a half now and love this phone. I still have 7 GB of space left, but tutorials online that show apps could be moves to the SD card. I have a Verizon Gs4 and when i go to application manager i do not see the option to move apps to the SD for all of my apps. I even tried installing a app that the tutorial shows was installed on the SD card and i could not move it. Has Verizon not launched the update for the S4 to install Apps to the SD card? It would be nice to move some apps to the SD card.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If your comfortable with rooting, romming, etc... Most custom roms cut out a lot of the pre installed jazz. Off a fresh install of Clean Rom 1.9 I'm using less than 1gb of my internal storage.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
H3Dude said:
There should be an update soon. It is rolling out in Germany first.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Has there been any news on this?
If I'm running a custom ROM will my phone be able receive this update, or will I have to wait for the ROM to be updated as well? TIA
There is a nice program to perform this task ..You can Also transfer basic programs to external memory, but they need root...
Might I be so bold as to ask the name of said program?