I know this is an age old question, but I figured I'd give it a shot. I was wondering what my best option was to get apps and/or their data onto my microsd card. I've tried the method with Directory Bind, but I wasn't to big a fan. Just looking for a point in the right direction, for the easiest/quickest/best method.(I have already rooted my phone, so rooting isn't an issue)
Also while I'm here what's the best method of free tethering, again with the rooted ability.
Same here! I've tried the foldermount method and using shortcuts with the root explorer in Rom manager to no avail. But, for someone with some knowhow, I've accidentally got it to work with Spotify. I don't know for the life of me what I have done, but between hours of using the above to methods, Spotify is now on my external Sd card. I can uninstall spotify, wipe data, cache, the whole nine yards and when I reinstall, boom, straight to my sd card. I can reformat my sd card, and when I install spotify, it will create a folder named Android/data/com.spotify.mobile.android.ui folder. on my sd card. All the songs i download goes in the same directory just like it did under sdcard0 on the internal memory. But now, I can't replicate this at all. I'm trying with zedge, but no luck. If I find anything, I'll post back to this thread.
I downloaded a couple of apps,but when i open ES file explorer i cant find the apps,it suppose to be in the download folder.I did check in the sd card0 and in the ext sdcard and no lock.
android-incredible said:
I downloaded a couple of apps,but when i open ES file explorer i cant find the apps,it suppose to be in the download folder.I did check in the sd card0 and in the ext sdcard and no lock.
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First time I tried with Directory Bind I was able to move the game file to the sd, but when opening the app it requires downloading the files, so it can't find them in the new Directory. The next time was short lived because I couldn't find files for most recent app
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First time I tried with Directory Bind I was able to move the game file to the sd, but when opening the app it requires downloading the files, so it can't find them in the new Directory. The next time was short lived because I couldn't find files for most recent app
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Anyone know how I could find out where the apps were installed to. I'm trying a different method but I can't find where the app was installed
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tmaclax013 said:
I know this is an age old question, but I figured I'd give it a shot. I was wondering what my best option was to get apps and/or their data onto my microsd card. I've tried the method with Directory Bind, but I wasn't to big a fan. Just looking for a point in the right direction, for the easiest/quickest/best method.(I have already rooted my phone, so rooting isn't an issue)
Also while I'm here what's the best method of free tethering, again with the rooted ability.
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Doesn't titanimum backup allow this? I've never personally tried it but I thought I saw a move app to SD card option.
From what I understand this cant be done on JB.
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Hello, noob here!
I've searched this forum for an answer but had no luck, so here goes...
I'm considering installing about 2 dozen apps to my phone's SD card in order to leave internal memory available for more important stuff.
Now, I've installed a couple of them already and what I've noticed is that not most of them create their own app folder at SD card root. So if I proceed to install all the selected apps I'll end with a pretty messy root folder - and that's not counting all the data (folders) I would migrate later on.
Could someone please tell me if it's possible to pre-define a folder on my SD card where all apps would be installed?
Presumably, it's just a path alteration so shouldn't be too hard.
Right... ?
Thanks!
Nope.. you can't modify the location...
Those folders normally being used to store cache data or anything. The file won't be huge...
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I was afraid of that... Dang. :-\
You can still delete if you like it. Not effect much. Do check what is contain inside.
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Hi all
can I move data from phone to sd card? I have already root permission, but with 2 program installed from market store don't work, is normal?
Thanks in advance
Mystique
Mystique79 said:
Hi all
can I move data from phone to sd card? I have already root permission, but with 2 program installed from market store don't work, is normal?
Thanks in advance
Mystique
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and you can with the app gl to sd!!
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ok, but I would also move program data...
Mystique79 said:
ok, but I would also move program data...
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for the moment not possible! Maybe in the future someone will make a rom who supports that
Gl to sd card only moves files. Apps will not work later. For example, I moved Max Payne to external sd card, and then when I launched the game, it asked to download missing files. What we need over here is an app that will automatically rout to sd card when clicked.
I tried App2SD, Link2SD and GLtoSD and none worked except for breaking Google Play, the only solution i found was Directory Bind.
Michael_P said:
I tried App2SD, Link2SD and GLtoSD and none worked except for breaking Google Play, the only solution i found was Directory Bind.
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Thanks, will give it a try. Weird thing, i've spent like an hour trying to figure out why can't move apps to sd...
Well Directory Bind can't move Apps it only moves folders, so you can move all the SD data and some of the folders containing the Apps but when you move it you have to leave the original folder on internal memory because it makes it impossible to delete, so you just have to delete the contents.
Anyone tried "super mount".app made by lidroid
Would this work?
I opened the script file using notepad, would you just change where it says "external_sd" to "extSdCard" and it would bind the folder and allow games to access the data from the external SD?
Just asking because I'm not sure if this would work on the S3...
So I saw that I had an SDcard0 file and an SDcard file. I deleted the SDcard0 file and it deleted everything on my SD card....how screwed am I? :/
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If you have a backup made, your fine. If not, its lost.
Don't delete system folders unless you know what you're doing.
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So I saw that I had an SDcard0 file and an SDcard file. I deleted the SDcard0 file and it deleted everything on my SD card....how screwed am I? :/
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On a scale to one to ten? About a 8.
If you have rooted your phone, you can get an undelete app (like Fahrbot's Undelete for Root Users on the Market) and recover the folder... hopefully. There's a chance it won't catch the files or whatever. If you're not rooted, I don't think it would be possible to get them back, but I may be wrong (check Google, they may know).
In case you were wondering why this happened, I'll tell you. Android is based on Linux. Linux has these links to files/folders called symlinks. Now, for whatever reason it is, Android has multiply links to the sdcard (probably to help with compatibility). So while they may look like two different folders, they lead to the same place. Think of it as two doors to the same house.
Good luck!
If you are on a 4.2 ROM (One found in Original Development):
The SDcard0 and SDcard are all links to /Data/Media/0. Use a root browser to navigate here and see of your SD cards contents are here. I'm not sure if deleting a symlink will also delete its source, so you may still have the SDcard just not a way to access it without root permissions. If you can see your SD card in /data/media/0, PM me and I'll try to help you restore it. If you don't see anything here, or don't see your SD cards contents (before wipe), I'm sorry to say this but your pretty screwed.
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Hi guys im new here and i hope this is the right place to post this.
Im wondering if it is possible to make something like a symbolic link for android. Might be a stupid idea, but with the new android 4.4 kitkat that restricts apps from write access to external storages, i was wondering if i can work around it using symbolic links lol. I need a workaround because i use dropsync dropbox to wirelessly sync all of my media in my dropbox and only my sd card has enough free space.
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Hi guys im new here and i hope this is the right place to post this.
Im wondering if it is possible to make something like a symbolic link for android. Might be a stupid idea, but with the new android 4.4 kitkat that restricts apps from write access to external storages, i was wondering if i can work around it using symbolic links lol. I need a workaround because i use dropsync dropbox to wirelessly sync all of my media in my dropbox and only my sd card has enough free space.
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I think you mean you want to link a folder inside internal memory to external SD Card.
So here is a workaround you can use.
Download "Folder Mount" from Play Store.
Then link the folder where app stores in internal memory to a folder on your external storage.
TAKE BACKUP OF THAT FOLDER BEFORE YOU START DOING ANYTHING.
Sometimes above app causes problems and may format/delete important data.
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I think you mean you want to link a folder inside internal memory to external SD Card.
So here is a workaround you can use.
Download "Folder Mount" from Play Store.
Then link the folder where app stores in internal memory to a folder on your external storage.
TAKE BACKUP OF THAT FOLDER BEFORE YOU START DOING ANYTHING.
Sometimes above app causes problems and may format/delete important data.
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Thanks for your reply! So foldermount requires root access? I was hoping for a solution that didnt require root access. But if there's no other way i guess i have no choice.
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Thanks for your reply! So foldermount requires root access? I was hoping for a solution that didnt require root access. But if there's no other way i guess i have no choice.
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Unfortunately the folder you are talking about (app data), requires root access to create a link.
So you need root access.
Anyway wish you Safe and Happy rooting!!! :good::good::good:
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done and thx again!
i am rooted and i tried backing up my apps but it says my SD card is not writeable and i went into root explore to delete some folders from my SD card and it will delete just fine but when exit the app and go back and check, the folders are still there. how do i make my SD card writeable again on the phone? because it works just find if i plug it into a computer.
i also tried downloading SDfix from the app store and it just gives me Error the file could not be read.
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i am rooted and i tried backing up my apps but it says my SD card is not writeable and i went into root explore to delete some folders from my SD card and it will delete just fine but when exit the app and go back and check, the folders are still there. how do i make my SD card writeable again on the phone? because it works just find if i plug it into a computer.
i also tried downloading SDfix from the app store and it just gives me Error the file could not be read.
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Google removed the ability to write to the SD card from the phone in 4.4.
Use the My Files app that is included in TouchWiz, it will let you write to SD card.
Since you're rooted, see if sdfix app will fix it.
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i am rooted and i tried backing up my apps but it says my SD card is not writeable and i went into root explore to delete some folders from my SD card and it will delete just fine but when exit the app and go back and check, the folders are still there. how do i make my SD card writeable again on the phone? because it works just find if i plug it into a computer.
i also tried downloading SDfix from the app store and it just gives me Error the file could not be read.
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Download it again. Or start over. That app absolutely fixes this issue. But some of the newer ROMs now such as Echoe on the International site have this fix built in. I know, since I just installed that ROM on my TMobile variant and when I went to use the app, it gave me a message that write ability enabled already
flashed the new rom that was posted today and it works on that!
Theres an Xposed module named "Handle External Storage" which I recommend.
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Theres an Xposed module named "Handle External Storage" which I recommend.
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Any link to the Xposed Module?
For some reason I didn't have they issue at all on my s5. And it came with zero bloat ware and unlocked
Killing Aliens with my S5!