Install-moving file to sd card - Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Install-moving file to sd card - Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I JUST BOUGHT MY XPERIA TABLET Z TODAY AND I'M VERY EXCITED, ONE THING HAS BEEN BOTHERED ME IS I CAN'T INSTALL OR
MOVE APP TO THE SD CARD, MY TABLET IS ROOTED SO I WONDER IF ANYONE KNOW HOW TO MOVE AND INSTALL APP ON SD
CARD.tHANKS

badboy1412 said:
i just bought my xperia tablet z today and i'm very excited, one thing has been bothered me is i can't install or
move app to the sd card, my tablet is rooted so i wonder if anyone know how to move and install app on sd
card.thanks
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me too i wanted to do the same thing my internal memory is full and cant move any of my apps to sd

eman2001 said:
me too i wanted to do the same thing my internal memory is full and cant move any of my apps to sd
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You need to be root, then download this app from google play store. I use it with my 16gb Wifi only and it works perfect, i've over 17gb on games lol it was designed for games, but you can do with whatever folder you want.

juanyunis said:
You need to be root, then download this app from google play store. I use it with my 16gb Wifi only and it works perfect, i've over 17gb on games lol it was designed for games, but you can do with whatever folder you want.
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Thanks alot dude, its works

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Space!!! Suffocating for space!!

Well I have a Galaxy S3 with 16 GB of internal memory. I recently got addicted to ashphalts(both 6 and 7), Batman: The Dark Knight, The Amazing Spiderman, Gangster Rio, ShadowGun and many more HD games. As stated, all of them consume huge amount of space and to make the matter worse you are not allowed to see the files that are being downloaded over wifi, so no way to move them manually. I got apps to sd installed which is pointless in Galaxy S3 as it has no option for apps to move to sd card.
Now is there any way I can get rid of this problem? Any way that I can move some of the apps on my 32 GB sd card? I dont want to root or do something like that. I rooted my galaxy s2 and enjoyed installing hundreds of ROMs but for S3 I prefer not to. The sock version is just too good. But is there any way to solve the space issue?

yeah, it sucks because 16gb only has less than 12gb of usable space
it is pretty lame how google removed support for installing to SD card.. i think they're doing this now to get people to buy android phone with more internal memory (32gb, 64gb,etc)..
unfortunately no solution unless you root and hack your phone to death.. might want to take a look at this.

Root is the easiest way to solve most issues including yours.
Other solutions:
1) Finish the game and uninstall it immediately.
2) Trade your phone for 64gb version.
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Thanks
Thanks mate. I did take a look at that forum earlier but thought that seemed pretty complex to me.
WEll perhaps you are right, google wants us to buy phones with high internal memory and surely we would! ****! Cut down the price then

if rooted u can use titanium backup and move to sd
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kp.nikhil said:
if rooted u can use titanium backup and move to sd
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Serious? Does this work?
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@Ev0d3vil: I installed a sd card in one of my SGS3 and then downloaded GTA3 outside the play store. Then you get all the data in a zip, that can be used from sd card. I just installed GTA3 and it works fine from my SD card. Atleast I think. Anyways there is no way to move apps to sd in SGS3 unless rooted. Droidsail super app2sd is a great app that I had used for moving apps to SD in my previous android.

There are two methods around this.
DirectoryBind: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
Ext2InterlaSD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772234&page=39
I'm using the second method flawlessly.

Kryten2k35 said:
There are two methods around this.
DirectoryBind: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
Ext2InterlaSD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772234&page=39
I'm using the second method flawlessly.
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Exactly.
@op
Directory bind solves you the issue
《tapatalked from galaxy s3》

Kryten2k35 said:
There are two methods around this.
DirectoryBind: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
Ext2InterlaSD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772234&page=39
I'm using the second method flawlessly.
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Yep. Good options. Personally I use gl to sd from play store. It moves game data to the external sd. You open the app and it shows you which games etc you can run / move data for. In options you can also add the data folder as well as select folders manually.
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REVISED - External SD problem for data games

hey guys its me again, somebidy help me why my micro sd does not respond to my player?
its a new purchase 8g memory card, i formatted using this phone then upon added sd data on android/data it does not detect when im launching the game.
do i miss something to do? is it not just format the mmc to use up with my player memory..
thanks in advance agaib guys
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Almost all games save data on internal sd card ..i find only 2 that save on external asfalt 7 and nova 3.

DZonikg said:
Almost all games save data on internal sd card ..i find only 2 that save on external asfalt 7 and nova 3.
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Pretty much this, you can use Titanium Backup to move your games to external storage if you want to, but you need to have root access first.

You can use mode that swaps internal with external.

if i move my game to external using titanium, do my save game exist? or it still detect when the game launch?
thanks for the hints anyways

rockerblood said:
if i move my game to external using titanium, do my save game exist? or it still detect when the game launch?
thanks for the hints anyways
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I dont thing thay titanim backup can do that...that app is for backup..
Or you swap external with intenal or use app called "gl to sd"

DZonikg said:
I dont thing thay titanim backup can do that...that app is for backup..
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You can actually, I don't know how well it works but it is indeed a feature in it.
rockerblood said:
if i move my game to external using titanium, do my save game exist? or it still detect when the game launch?
thanks for the hints anyways
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I'm not sure. As I said before I haven't exactly used this feature at all, but data for apps is saved in a different location than where the apps are installed so I guess it would be alright.

Psycho29388 said:
You can actually, I don't know how well it works but it is indeed a feature in it.
I'm not sure. As I said before I haven't exactly used this feature at all, but data for apps is saved in a different location than where the apps are installed so I guess it would be alright.
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That is not moving game data from android data folder to external sd ..its just for apps that dont support app2sd ..it copyes from device to internal sd card not external.

Move apps to SD card?

Is there anyway to move apps from internal memory to SD card? Games like NFS take up a huge amount of storage and I'm running out of space. :silly:

testdasi said:
Is there anyway to move apps from internal memory to SD card? Games like NFS take up a huge amount of storage and I'm running out of space. :silly:
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I used to use DirectoryBind on my Xperia ZL while it was on 4.1.2. It needs root and works perfectly. I'm sure it will work on your tablet as well but if you have upgraded to 4.2.2 then you will need another solution.
I just bought my Xperia Tablet Z and went with the 32GB model for exactly this reason. People recommended the 16GB version because you can add an SdCard anyway to compensate but they don't seem aware that games that have a big game data such as NFS, Spiderman, Batman + many others will suck that 16GB dry and cannot be moved easily to the SdCard even though many apps on the Play Store claim they can. Every app I tried was a fail except for DirectoryBind which can be found on XDA by searching a bit.
Good Luck!!

Thanks a lot!!! I used Directory Bind with my S2 - never thought it can be used with Tablet Z!!!

testdasi said:
Is there anyway to move apps from internal memory to SD card? Games like NFS take up a huge amount of storage and I'm running out of space. :silly:
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Rom Toolbox can help you with that..
heres a link FREE and PRO
:good::good::good:

[Q] How do I enable App2SD function?

Is this possible? I have a 16GB SD Card and can't do anything with it.

I have exactly the same problem, I bought this phone because of it's adreno 320 GPU. So I would be able to play a lot of games, but pretty soon after buying the phone I discovered that 16 GB of storage wasn't enough. So I bought a 64 GB card. Sadly I haven't been able to move my games to my SD card so I just got kind of stuck. Any info will be greatly appreciated

If you are rooted, you can install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD. It requires you to partition your SD card. I used to use it on my Samsung blaze and it worked quite well.

boulos said:
If you are rooted, you can install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD. It requires you to partition your SD card. I used to use it on my Samsung blaze and it worked quite well.
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Yep, using it on my HTC Aria. Pretty much a necessity on that device now, with how big all the apps are these days. I think it has like 110MB of available app storage onboard...
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Well it depends on the game, but I use FolderMount to make the game data that's normally stored on the internal SD get stored on the external SD.
This only moves the extra game data that normally gets downloaded for games like asphalt.
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Electriccars said:
Well it depends on the game, but I use FolderMount to make the game data that's normally stored on the internal SD get stored on the external SD.
This only moves the extra game data that normally gets downloaded for games like asphalt.
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Thanks for the reply, can you be a little more specific? As far as I know this phone got an emulated SD card or something like that, that's why apps like link 2 SD doesn't work on the phone, so maybe your method works, but I don't understand how to use it

PHRuiz said:
Thanks for the reply, can you be a little more specific? As far as I know this phone got an emulated SD card or something like that, that's why apps like link 2 SD doesn't work on the phone, so maybe your method works, but I don't understand how to use it
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Link2SD doesn't work? It sees my internal SD, extSD, and, though I'm not using one, a spot for 2nd partition. You sure it doesn't work?
As for FolderMount: it scans the apps on the internal memory and allows you to move the data to the SD while creating a link so the app thinks nothing has moved.
For me it found and allowed me to move the 1GB of asphalt 8 data to the SD.
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Electriccars said:
Link2SD doesn't work? It sees my internal SD, extSD, and, though I'm not using one, a spot for 2nd partition. You sure it doesn't work?
As for FolderMount: it scans the apps on the internal memory and allows you to move the data to the SD while creating a link so the app thinks nothing has moved.
For me it found and allowed me to move the 1GB of asphalt 8 data to the SD.
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Thanks a lot, right now I'm using folder mount, and it moved 12gb of games files into my SD, that really worked out pretty well, thanks again for giving the folder mount advice. And yes, apps2SD doesn't works properly, at least not in my phone

Good 128GB micro sd for Z ultra

Hi guys I'm planning to buy 128GB micro sd
any suggestions? I'm planning to get this PNY 128gb MicroSD

I think ultra its only up to 64GB
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gkm8123 said:
I think ultra its only up to 64GB
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I see.. but I saw Sandisk 128GB micro sd is compatible with Z ultra

That its good news
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gkm8123 said:
That its good news
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I saw it here , but I don't know if the other brand works too

I can confirm the sandisk 128gb card works on the Z Ultra. I am using it now.

wingzero said:
I can confirm the sandisk 128gb card works on the Z Ultra. I am using it now.
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thank you, I guess I'll just get that one.

gkm8123 said:
I think ultra its only up to 64GB
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Any device compatible with Micro SDXC will be able of interacting with a card of any size which conforms to that standard.
Sony only mentions 64GB because that was the largest size when the Togari was released, and so the device was tested against.

Fever09 said:
Hi guys I'm planning to buy 128GB micro sd
any suggestions? I'm planning to get this PNY 128gb MicroSD
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I have a 128gb Samsung in mine from Amazon and works perfectly fine it formats ok on the phone but I formatted it as exFat in windows to use the space better.

I purchased the following about a month ago. It is fast (to write) and worked right out of the box. Didn't reformat, like I have in the past but I have it almost filled with music, old TV shows, books, etc.
The Ultra with this card did an amazing job when I was in the frozen tundra for a couple of weeks on a business trip. Best android device I've ever owned.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O1M21H8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Fever09 said:
Hi guys I'm planning to buy 128GB micro sd
any suggestions? I'm planning to get this PNY 128gb MicroSD
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I bought this one and it works great on my Z Ultra GPE. I also use it with my Nexus 6 via an OTG. Works great on both after first formatting it in the Ultra.

musebox said:
I bought this one and it works great on my Z Ultra GPE. I also use it with my Nexus 6 via an OTG. Works great on both after first formatting it in the Ultra.
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yea, PNY 128gb micro sd was on sale last week for $79. but I didn't purchase it because I'm still waiting for feedbacks

Fever09 said:
yea, PNY 128gb micro sd was on sale last week for $79. but I didn't purchase it because I'm still waiting for feedbacks
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Yeah, I got it a couple of weeks back at that price too! Before formatting it in the Ultra, I first followed the instructions at the following thread to remove the extra 16mb partition, which is useless.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33768158
I then popped the card in my Ultra, and was able to format it perfectly! Beforehand, the Ultra wouldn't recognize it to even format it and I wasn't able to do it on my PC either, so the above definitely proved useful.

musebox said:
Yeah, I got it a couple of weeks back at that price too! Before formatting it in the Ultra, I first followed the instructions at the following thread to remove the extra 16mb partition, which is useless.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33768158
I then popped the card in my Ultra, and was able to format it perfectly! Beforehand, the Ultra wouldn't recognize it to even format it and I wasn't able to do it on my PC either, so the above definitely proved useful.
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good to know that! Thanks

I just ordered this beautiful phone and have been researching accessories. SD card would make sense but I'm curious what people use it for because I keep reading at various sites that it's not possible to move apps to SD card on this device (unlike on my Note 3). Is this true, and if yes what are we actually able to do with the SD card?
Thanks for any info.

tgdinamo said:
I just ordered this beautiful phone and have been researching accessories. SD card would make sense but I'm curious what people use it for because I keep reading at various sites that it's not possible to move apps to SD card on this device (unlike on my Note 3). Is this true, and if yes what are we actually able to do with the SD card?
Thanks for any info.
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You probably can achieve this without root with some app, but the best scenario would be to format the sdcard with either ext4 or f2fs for better performance.
Some kernels support f2fs.
This will increase performance a lot.
Will be back. A bit busy now..

SÜPERUSER said:
You probably can achieve this without root with some app, but the best scenario would be to format the sdcard with either ext4 or f2fs for better performance.
Some kernels support f2fs.
This will increase performance a lot.
Will be back. A bit busy now..
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Thanks. Would formatting the sdcard mean I will have to root to run apps installed on it? My concern is that this phone needs to be for work as well so I need to run Airwatch on it for company emails etc.
Unfortunately I think it's likely if I root the device Airwatch will have a problem with that because of some type of security restriction.
Does anyone know if at least music files and maps for gps apps like Sygic and Navigon can be stored on the SD card (while the music and gps apps themselves are installed in the 16GB internal memory)? Can this be done with stock rom (like I'm able to do with my Note 3)?

tgdinamo said:
Thanks. Would formatting the sdcard mean I will have to root to run apps installed on it? My concern is that this phone needs to be for work as well so I need to run Airwatch on it for company emails etc.
Unfortunately I think it's likely if I root the device Airwatch will have a problem with that because of some type of security restriction.
Does anyone know if at least music files and maps for gps apps like Sygic and Navigon can be stored on the SD card (while the music and gps apps themselves are installed in the 16GB internal memory)? Can this be done with stock rom (like I'm able to do with my Note 3)?
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Yes you will need to root your device in the first place to begin with.
You need root to be able to:
* Move or link apps/data to sdcard1
* Hide your root status
* Use an alternative file system on sdcard1
All the apps I found from a quick search, who handles these tasks require a rooted device.
Also If you want to increase performance by using ext4 or f2fs formatted card.
Formatting the sdcard can be done from either twrp recovery or via software on the computer if you have an sdcard reader.
Apps that can handle apps on external storage
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/apps2sd-partition-sd-card-link-apps-to-t3122919
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/android4-1-phones-rom-shortage-app-t3132914
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919326
Hiding root status.
There is a way to hide root status from specific apps
You can install Xposed framework and install the module
RootCloak
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.devadvance.rootcloak
or
Good for Enterprise Disable Root Check
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.phantasm.xposed.gfesecuritypatcher
I have never used an app like this so I have no idea if its working or not. And or if its working on lollipop if you have latest update installed on your mobile device.
RootCloat was updated 2014-01-14 and Good for Enterprise Disable Root Check was updated 2014-11-07 so both was updated a long time ago.
But I have seen many users around here on XDA who said it works good.
And sygic.
Sygic ask you to move system files to internal sd0 at first start if you placed them on sd1.
After this prompt it will do this for you. So it won't run from sdcard.
Edit: Music/multimedia files are fine to store on sd1. No problems there. I can't guarantee that stock walkman app can browse sd1. I have never used the app.
I have the app PlayerPro and DSPpack for codecs and it has worked fine for me since 2010. I've used the app on all my android devices over the years.
http://www.aplayerpro.com/

SÜPERUSER said:
Yes you will need to root your device in the first place to begin with.
You need root to be able to:
* Move or link apps/data to sdcard1
* Hide your root status
* Use an alternative file system on sdcard1
All the apps I found from a quick search, who handles these tasks require a rooted device.
Also If you want to increase performance by using ext4 or f2fs formatted card.
Formatting the sdcard can be done from either twrp recovery or via software on the computer if you have an sdcard reader.
Apps that can handle apps on external storage
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/apps2sd-partition-sd-card-link-apps-to-t3122919
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/android4-1-phones-rom-shortage-app-t3132914
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919326
Hiding root status.
There is a way to hide root status from specific apps
You can install Xposed framework and install the module
RootCloak
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.devadvance.rootcloak
or
Good for Enterprise Disable Root Check
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.phantasm.xposed.gfesecuritypatcher
I have never used an app like this so I have no idea if its working or not. And or if its working on lollipop if you have latest update installed on your mobile device.
RootCloat was updated 2014-01-14 and Good for Enterprise Disable Root Check was updated 2014-11-07 so both was updated a long time ago.
But I have seen many users around here on XDA who said it works good.
And sygic.
Sygic ask you to move system files to internal sd0 at first start if you placed them on sd1.
After this prompt it will do this for you. So it won't run from sdcard.
Edit: Music/multimedia files are fine to store on sd1. No problems there. I can't guarantee that stock walkman app can browse sd1. I have never used the app.
I have the app PlayerPro and DSPpack for codecs and it has worked fine for me since 2010. I've used the app on all my android devices over the years.
http://www.aplayerpro.com/
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I've been playing with my new ZU (love it) and am still running stock (non-root) because of airwatch.
I have found out that many apps can be run from SD even if you don't root (can be moved there - same as on my Note 3).
As far as GPS apps, it turns out that Navigon can completely run from SD, and also it's maps can be stored on SD. The trick is to not move already installed Navigon app to SD - if you do that it will only move the app itself to SD but leave the maps in internal memory. Instead I had to do the following: 1. uninstall navigon 2. make sure SD card is inserted 3. install navigon again - then when you start the app the first time it will recognize the SD card and ask you where you want the maps installed. That worked perfectly for me and was able to reclaim 3GB of internal memory.
Unfortunately Sygic which is my prefered GPS app does not seem to have this option to install data on SD (never asked me about this during installation, and I don't see anything in the settings either).
Still, this is a good result - shows that when apps are designed properly the data can reside on SD without need for root.
Next task is to find a good car driving game which will want to completely live on SD (at least it's data since I assume if good graphics the game must be huge).

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