i didn't see any priors threads to this so i am asking is this possible i don't see any options in the app managment section and app2sd card pro didn't work do custom roms have this if so i will be rooting asap. EDIT: Looks like i have found a way around it those of you interested in moving big data to sd card, app does require root but works flawlessly in my experience so far http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.slf.ListglApp
Bfitz26 said:
i didn't see any priors threads to this so i am asking is this possible i don't see any options in the app managment section and app2sd card pro didn't work do custom roms have this if so i will be rooting asap
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It is there you may not have searched with the correct terms.
Apps2sd hasn't really worked in a while on a lot of phones. Least that I have owned.
If you flash a custom ROM you can do an SD card swap. So if you had a 32GB mem card it would become your "internal" and your 16GB would become the "external"
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that is so lame how they did this some of these graphic intensive games have up to 2 gigs of sd data that was a really stupid move on samsung or googles part whom ever was resposible for this, i hope developers can find a way around this at one point
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that is so lame how they did this some of these graphic intensive games have up to 2 gigs of sd data that was a really stupid move on samsung or googles part whom ever was resposible for this, i hope developers can find a way around this at one point
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Could be worse...could own a nexus device and not even have the ability to use an external SD card.
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nosympathy said:
Could be worse...could own a nexus device and not even have the ability to use an external SD card.
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lol i just came from a sprint galaxy nexus but it just almost defeats the purpose of a sd card only for music i suppose lol
Though I haven't tried it yet, there are reports that directory bind works on the note 2 in a similar fashion. I hope this is true because the nand in the phone is much quicker than a card.
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JeramyEggs said:
Though I haven't tried it yet, there are reports that directory bind works on the note 2 in a similar fashion. I hope this is true because the nand in the phone is much quicker than a card.
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I can confirm that Directory Bind does work providing you're on a non-4.2 rom. Android 4.2's new multi-user feature causes Directory Bind to not properly mount apps to the external SD card.
Anyway, here's the link if you're interested. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
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I can confirm that Directory Bind does work providing you're on a non-4.2 rom. Android 4.2's new multi-user feature causes Directory Bind to not properly mount apps to the external SD card.
Anyway, here's the link if you're interested. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
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meaning anthing works so assuming stock jb rooted will work fine this will solve so many problems for me as my internal is already full
And that's what chaps my hid about our devices... In my apple days I hated deleting things to make room ... android could set themselves so far apart from them with expandable storage and they don't use it as they should
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exactly is this a os limitation is this somethjing possibly that some of our devs can work out in the future and do other newer devices have this issue or is it just the note 2?
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So the moto devices put the external SD card under mnt/sdcard-ext as everyone here knows. I'm wondering if there is any method to:
1. Have apps like rhapsody use the external card for downloading music
2. Remap using external for things like Gameloft games data
I am rooted and I've been looking at solutions - alsso know that non stock will allow for changing mount points completely, but not quite there yet.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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cubexg said:
So the moto devices put the external SD card under mnt/sdcard-ext as everyone here knows. I'm wondering if there is any method to:
1. Have apps like rhapsody use the external card for downloading music
2. Remap using external for things like Gameloft games data
I am rooted and I've been looking at solutions - alsso know that non stock will allow for changing mount points completely, but not quite there yet.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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cool. Did some Googling and see what it is. Can you point me in the right direction for the photon? If its someplace here I'll search around for it (just say so and I'll drop it). Its late and this after dealing with my two year old and 12 week old today - a bit out of it.
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Switch the vold.fstab around.
Make sure your permissions are set right
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cool. Did some Googling and see what it is. Can you point me in the right direction for the photon? If its someplace here I'll search around for it (just say so and I'll drop it). Its late and this after dealing with my two year old and 12 week old today - a bit out of it.
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OK. I see what to do to swap. Rather then swapping it, is there a "better" mount point for the external so that programs like rhapsody would use it properly? I assume using a bind command from shell would be enough to get the Gameloft games moved.... right? Or do most people simply swap internal with external?
Thanks.
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I'm curious too, been wondering this for a while but never thought to ask on here.
Is there a step by step guide for doing this or is it going to be too complicated for someone not familiar with coding.? I would love to accomplish this.
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vold.fstab is located in the system/etc folder. You must be rooted to see it. You can change where the mount point is for the external SD card. How to do it is pretty straightforward based on reading the file and Googling. My question is specific to how 'mother's devices deal with the external card and how software like amazon mp3, rhapsody, etc store data to the external SD and how remapping the external SD on the photon would best allow those apps to use the microSD successfully.
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Guess joker wasn't much help huh lol? Someone should write a guide on how to do this instead of whatever the hell joker wrote and said nothing else. Thanks!
Super busy give me a few hours and ill post something
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Guess joker wasn't much help huh lol? Someone should write a guide on how to do this instead of whatever the hell joker wrote and said nothing else. Thanks!
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Well that would be something the app developers would have to do. The vold.fstab trick is to trick everything in to thinking their switched. Not really a permanent solution. Try contacting the app devs and give as much info as possible including mount points
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vold.fstab is located in the system/etc folder. You must be rooted to see it. You can change where the mount point is for the external SD card. How to do it is pretty straightforward based on reading the file and Googling. My question is specific to how 'mother's devices deal with the external card and how software like amazon mp3, rhapsody, etc store data to the external SD and how remapping the external SD on the photon would best allow those apps to use the microSD successfully.
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Super busy give me a few hours and ill post something
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Sweet, can't wait cause I really want this. Thanks for taking the time to do this for us.
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Well that would be something the app developers would have to do. The vold.fstab trick is to trick everything in to thinking their switched. Not really a permanent solution. Try contacting the app devs and give as much info as possible including mount points
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Is there one mount point that is used more often then others?
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Is there one mount point that is used more often then others?
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Apparently Im real tired and I managed to read this kinda aloud... My wife just looked at me and said yes, there is definitely one mount point here that is used more often.
schollianmj said:
Apparently Im real tired and I managed to read this kinda aloud... My wife just looked at me and said yes, there is definitely one mount point here that is used more often.
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Lol question is was she actually talking about sdcards lol jk
To get slightly back on topic , I was wondering if someone could spell out exactly how to do aa 'junction' (this would be the windows term for it) where you have an invisible link for the OS to follow from one place to the next. So instead of modifing the root files,instead running an app that manages it or a script at boot that would allow it. Again - on stock firmware if that matters.
Mnt/sdcard/gameloft redirected to mnt/sdcard-ext/gameloft
Make sense?
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can someone tell me how can i make my extsdcard my main card? every gamy i instal it Goes to internal memory, likr fifa 2012 is about 1,5gb, my memory is almoust full.... is there any way to change main memory?
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General section, sticky thread with Mods and tweaks.
Or use forum search, it's come up a lot.
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Can someone provide any link or sething? i cant find anything....
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realy nomeone? cmon guys im sure someone can do it....
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you cannot move app to sd. i'ts new android policy..have discussed about it before..
Use directory bind app. here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
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ascariz said:
you cannot move app to sd. i'ts new android policy..have discussed about it before..
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new android policy ? its samsung policy
ascariz said:
you cannot move app to sd. i'ts new android policy..have discussed about it before..
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Google say it can be done but phone since they using Exfat it means Samsung have to put some more effort into making it work, but Samsung decided they not gonna bother even though they have on other phones it is completely Samsung's fault.
thanks m8, u r my master!
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Search in development section internal2external by Mattiasdj
Works like acharm
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Google say it can be done but phone since they using Exfat it means Samsung have to put some more effort into making it work, but Samsung decided they not gonna bother even though they have on other phones it is completely Samsung's fault.
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That is not totally correct.Google stopped the external SD support and Samsung tried a workaround and can be done.
exfat is a supported conversion on our phone but not standard.
U can flash this to be able to move apps to SD. But u need to convert it to fat32
I was actually looking for a solution too. But its sad that I need to use fat32. I prefer ExFAT so that I can store high def movies on my External SD card. Hope theres a solution for those who use the ExFAT file system soon.
U r Big m8, i did what u said, just flashed the mod and now my memory card is showing as sd,not extsd, im very happy guy right now! Thanks for answer everybody!!!
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[MOD](recommended)Team Infernal Presents l Swap sdcard & Is Now Reversable l All Roms
This is a flashable zip i made for you to mount the microsd as /mnt/sdcard and the internal sdcard of this phone as /mnt/sdcard/ext_sd
Instructions:
Just flash it
Requirements:
HtcDev unlock
Custom recovery
Ps: I also posted this in general before because my thank meter was on 0 so i couldnt post in development
cm10 version attached
Nice thanks for this all we need is root now I'm so tired of not being able to use my SD card for anything but media
If the root method you are helping me with works you can just place the vold.fstab on system/etc yourself, glad to be helping
Linch89 said:
Nice thanks for this all we need is root now I'm so tired of not being able to use my SD card for anything but media
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What do you mean? I can use my SD card for everything >.> Unrooted and still locked.
Method320 said:
What do you mean? I can use my SD card for everything >.> Unrooted and still locked.
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you can use it for everything once we get root
jose51197 said:
you can use it for everything once we get root
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As I stated, I can already use it for everything and Im still not rooted and still locked. I can move downloaded files to it, I can easily access anything on the SD card.
oh yes sir you can ''use'' it but all apps are automatically installed to the ''sd card'' (internal hard drive)
will reflashing undo the swap?
Good question for those wondering this mod (I guess its a mod) works
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Good question for those wondering this mod (I guess its a mod) works
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i looked at the code, but i'm not enough of a linux guy to tell
Flashing the original vold.fstab will reverse this. So, yes, reflashing will undo it.
As soon i finish exams ill make a flashable zip to reverse it
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As soon as i finish exams i will make a flashable zip to undo this
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This mod is wonderful. I like knowing that if my phone's internal memory fails (or if I accidentally wipe it), I can just pop out my SD card because it has all my important data. For me, one of the benefits of most Android phones over the iPhone is the removable memory! And only about half of the apps I use were able to default to using the external card when the internal one was present and mounted first. Switching them solves that.
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This mod is wonderful. I like knowing that if my phone's internal memory fails (or if I accidentally wipe it), I can just pop out my SD card because it has all my important data. For me, one of the benefits of most Android phones over the iPhone is the removable memory! And only about half of the apps I use were able to default to using the external card when the internal one was present and mounted first. Switching them solves that.
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The idea came up since we only have 4.5gb for ourselves with this you can have up to 64gb, if only we could spread the word
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I think this will be one thing I change when I start over. Probably poor idea to try making the switch now. Thank you!
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I think this will be one thing I change when I start over. Probably poor idea to try making the switch now. Thank you!
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You can always copy everything from internal sd to microsd and everything will be fine no need to start over
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As anybody using this noticed any lag? I am guessing a class 10 card would be recommended.
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As anybody using this noticed any lag? I am guessing a class 10 card would be recommended.
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Hmmm this is nothing related to lag i really mean it, lag associated with sdcard is usually using swap
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As anybody using this noticed any lag? I am guessing a class 10 card would be recommended.
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Not necessarily. Coming from the Nook Tablet forums, this has been an issue that has been debated for some time. When you want to write quickly to a card you are better off with a higher class. However, if you need to read from a card, i.e. running an app or a whole OS, or booting off of into a recovery, higher rated cards don't mean faster read rates. Some lower class cards have a higher read rate. There is a discussion about this in the Nook Color forums and is hit on sometimes in the Nook Tab forums, sorry I don't have a link though.
IMHO Sandisk class 4 have the highest performance for reading from. This may not apply though, once you go to a bigger cards; 16G or 32G - I've only had personal experience with 4G cards.
I'm just wondering, if you swap to use external memory do you have to format it to work with your phone?
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Was wondering the same thing. What about write speeds?
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I did the swap with a ultra 64gb. It works fine. Read the threads about it and FOLLOW the directions.
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nicko42004200 said:
I did the swap with a ultra 64gb. It works fine. Read the threads about it and FOLLOW the directions.
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curious if theres a specific link you might have for the swap
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curious if theres a specific link you might have for the swap
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Ditto. Can't say I've read much about it
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Haven't found a good way to swap them, reduced to using the wonderful app Directory Bind to do this, but now I have a hard time remembering what folders have been moved the real SDcard.
With my Motorola phones it was as simple as editing the fold.fstab file, not so much with this phone.
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...sd-card-with-rooted-galaxy-note-2-app2sd-mod/
did this on CleanROM and it works.
I didn't like it, so prior to doing it I did a nandroid backup.
I don't like the fact the script has to run every time the phone boots, yes, i know it does this automatically.
Also, i'm a bit confused how backups will work when you use this app, too. I know the system files are still stored on the phone's physical hdd... but i'm wondering what happens when I restore in titanium backup and have two different locations where APKs should be?
There are some other issues in beans thread, i've heard. I'm not sure if ROM related or not, though.
The one thing with Directory Bind is that it has to continue to run too, but its very easy on the RAM and battery, not a big deal.
I have tried that script, but it would never remount my sdcard, so both /mtn/sdcard/ and /mnt/extsdcard/ would show up as the internal memory, thats when I found the Directory Bind.
Directory Bind works wonders, I have /sdcard/Android/ pointing to /mnt/extSdCard/Android/ without issues, along with some others. Its just the programs that don't store their data there that you tend to have issues with.
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The one thing with Directory Bind is that it has to continue to run too, but its very easy on the RAM and battery, not a big deal.
I have tried that script, but it would never remount my sdcard, so both /mtn/sdcard/ and /mnt/extsdcard/ would show up as the internal memory, thats when I found the Directory Bind.
Directory Bind works wonders, I have /sdcard/Android/ pointing to /mnt/extSdCard/Android/ without issues, along with some others. Its just the programs that don't store their data there that you tend to have issues with.
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Except that when we get 4.2 directory bind doesn't work.
Oh ****, thats gunna suck.
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My internal storage is very much full need a way to move to sd card? Not sure if can be done as it's emulated storage. Any ideas thanks
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nathlynn22 said:
My internal storage is very much full need a way to move to sd card? Not sure if can be done as it's emulated storage. Any ideas thanks
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I use Folder mount and move just the big games to the external. Works great!
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I use Folder mount and move just the big games to the external. Works great!
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Cheers mate I'll give it a go. Haven't seen you on here for awhile must have missed you if you have been how are you finding the xzu?
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I love this monster mate!
It took a while to get going with the whole new process of rooting, etc but Lord Manhattan guided me through the process!
I am on a stock rom with many apps removed and this thing is so smooth and fast that I dont even miss custom roms to be honest.
Not saying I wont do it when they are out and more stable but it is just too good already.
I do miss the Spen options and the flash (for flashlight usage) but now I feel like I use the phone more than spending the time flashing roms to make it faster (specially for Mame Reloaded).
Funny that some emulators are actually slower now like FPSE but I am sure they will figure out how to take advantage of the extra power and differences with Adreno.
Regards!