Hey,
I often move my apps to sd card as I am ruining out of space on my internal memory. But even if I put the option to set SD card as the default location (Settings / Memory & Storage), when updating apps, they come back to the internal memory... Do you know of any method to permanently move the apps (and future updates) to the SD Card. My phone is not rooted.
Thanks
I think you should root your phone
Timanttikuutio said:
I think you should root your phone
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I don't think I 'll do it in a near future. But thanks
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Some apps seem to install to internal memory by default, and some to sd card if one is present.
Even more annoyingly however, many of the apps that default to SD card if you move them to internal memory MOVE BACK TO THE SD CARD when you update them.
Is there any way to prevent apps from automatically installing to the SD card? Or at the very least, installing to SD card is fine... but to prevent them from moving BACK to the sd card when you update them?
I've seen this question in 3 different topics on XDA and none of them is answered. My question is similar to this; Apps are installed on internal memory but app data is on external. As a result i have a completely empty internal memory and a full sd card. Tried possible suggestions on other sites but didn't work. Why can't we choose where to install the app data? How to move the app data back, since app2sd wouldn't work on this situation.
FYI, buy a bigger memory card is NOT a solution, it's a workaround for the actual problem..
Cyber Akuma said:
Some apps seem to install to internal memory by default, and some to sd card if one is present.
Even more annoyingly however, many of the apps that default to SD card if you move them to internal memory MOVE BACK TO THE SD CARD when you update them.
Is there any way to prevent apps from automatically installing to the SD card? Or at the very least, installing to SD card is fine... but to prevent them from moving BACK to the sd card when you update them?
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Looks like your problem can be solved with "link2sd" which gives a permanent option on where to install apps. Search it in Google Play.
In my case (i have three different memory blocks) you have to do a repartition and a custom rom but i don't want to go there so i just mapped the drives with editing vold.fstab and bought a bigger memory card
Is there a way to move apps to SD to free some internal memory? I'm currently running CM10.1
AshyKnuttz said:
Is there a way to move apps to SD to free some internal memory? I'm currently running CM10.1
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try foldermount.
Of course some of those applications should be movable to sd anyways. I wouldn't move anything that you use often. I wouldn't move anything that needs to be active most of the time, i.e. widgets.
My understanding---and someone correct me if I'm wrong---is no. The way the S4 mounts the SD card means that it's not recognized as external. I believe even the stock update doesn't really move apps, or at least appdata, to the SD card.
Now, I await someone to tell me that I'm wrong, or at least that I'm right for the wrong reasons.
MW
Macknzie said:
My understanding---and someone correct me if I'm wrong---is no. The way the S4 mounts the SD card means that it's not recognized as external. I believe even the stock update doesn't really move apps, or at least appdata, to the SD card.
Now, I await someone to tell me that I'm wrong, or at least that I'm right for the wrong reasons.
MW
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The SD card is recognized as external and is treated as such. What you're thinking of is the internal partition labeled SD card, which is emulated. The external card is its own entity in the file system and is denoted as external.
As for the OP, a third party app is the best and only way to move apps AND their data to your external SD card.
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Just want to clarify that foldermount is a solution for those apps you can't move into the SD card with apps2sd or some program like that.
najaboy said:
The SD card is recognized as external and is treated as such. What you're thinking of is the internal partition labeled SD card, which is emulated. The external card is its own entity in the file system and is denoted as external.
As for the OP, a third party app is the best and only way to move apps AND their data to your external SD card.
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You know an app that would work on GS4/CM10?
Hi,
I've rooted my SPG511 under LP (A.1.28 build) in order to move app to sd but I can't find a way to do it despite beeing rooted. I've try "Move to SD" in system settings, but it move only a small part of the app on SD card, and move the rest to internal SD card.
Is there a way to move entire app (or at least major part) to SD card on rooted Lollipop ?
jullebarge said:
Hi,
I've rooted my SPG511 under LP (A.1.28 build) in order to move app to sd but I can't find a way to do it despite beeing rooted. I've try "Move to SD" in system settings, but it move only a small part of the app on SD card, and move the rest to internal SD card.
Is there a way to move entire app (or at least major part) to SD card on rooted Lollipop ?
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You can try this app from PlayStore https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount
My phone is not rooted, locked bootloader and I'm using 23.5.a.0.486 android 6.0.1 beta. I put my new 128 gb Sony sd card into my phone. The phone recognised it, and says that there is 120 gb of free space. I can copy music, photos, videos and other files to the sd card, but when I try to move apps to sd card it says that there is not enough storage space and I can't move the apps, but it's sure that there is a lot of free storage space. Please help me to solve this issue. Thanks in advance
It is either a BETA Bug or Marshmallow's problem. Also the management of USB-OTG memories is incredibly bad. (Can't copy-paste like we do on Lollipop)
cachanilla86 said:
It is either a BETA Bug or Marshmallow's problem. Also the management of USB-OTG memories is incredibly bad. (Can't copy-paste like we do on Lollipop)
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And if I format my sd card to internal memory, then can I move apps to sd card?
maddboss said:
And if I format my sd card to internal memory, then can I move apps to sd card?
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I dont think it will work. I think Sony disable that feature from 6.0.
i, my current internal storage is almost full (80%) and that has made my phone quite slow. I dont have anything major in internal storage except the apps and whatsapp data. All pictures and music are on the 8gb memory card. I was wondering if i could transfer all my apps to the memory card. Is it possible to do that and install new apps on memory card rather than internal storage?
P.s My phone isnt rooted
asad.kazmi7 said:
i, my current internal storage is almost full (80%) and that has made my phone quite slow. I dont have anything major in internal storage except the apps and whatsapp data. All pictures and music are on the 8gb memory card. I was wondering if i could transfer all my apps to the memory card. Is it possible to do that and install new apps on memory card rather than internal storage?
P.s My phone isnt rooted
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There's absolutely no problem with pushing apps to the SD card. Open Settings -> Apps -> Choose the App you want to push to SD card -> storage -> change. With this process you can nearly move all of your Apps to the SD card. This will free up your space ^^
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There's absolutely no problem with pushing apps to the SD card. Open Settings -> Apps -> Choose the App you want to push to SD card -> storage -> change. With this process you can nearly move all of your Apps to the SD card. This will free up your space ^^
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Hii, thanks for your response, tho i couldnt find the change option in storage
Do you run Android 6?
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Do you run Android 6?
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Yes
This is because some of the apps are pre-installed like Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Clean Master... for these you won't be able to see the "Change Storage", in this case you can uninstall the pre-installed Apps and re-install it. But make sure your default Storage location is selected as "SD Card" instead of "Internal Storage".
For the rest of the Apps you can change the Storage... I have also done the same with many apps and freed up almost 2 GB of Space.
I hope it will be helpful to you.
asad.kazmi7 said:
i, my current internal storage is almost full (80%) and that has made my phone quite slow. I dont have anything major in internal storage except the apps and whatsapp data. All pictures and music are on the 8gb memory card. I was wondering if i could transfer all my apps to the memory card. Is it possible to do that and install new apps on memory card rather than internal storage?
P.s My phone isnt rooted
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i dont think emui will allow you to change app download storage to sd card, you have to root and be running on a custom rom (based on stock android, may be.) to easily move apps to sdcard, .
or you can manage the sapce by clearing app datas for not so important apps, clearing junk files, move all your media to sdcard , thats the best option..
thilak devraj said:
i dont think emui will allow you to change app download storage to sd card, you have to root and be running on a custom rom (based on stock android, may be.) to easily move apps to sdcard, .
or you can manage the sapce by clearing app datas for not so important apps, clearing junk files, move all your media to sdcard , thats the best option..
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Is there any custom rom based on stock android available?
asad.kazmi7 said:
Is there any custom rom based on stock android available?
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i dont think so,
asad.kazmi7 said:
Is there any custom rom based on stock android available?
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LineageOS13 is available for Honor 7.
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