I am rooted and running Weapon G2X. Is there a way for me to direct all downloads to go to my external micro-sd instead of internal. I tried moving all of my cache downloads for (Madden 2012, 9mm HD and a few other games) to my external card but each time I do that it looks into the internal memory and says I do not have the neccessary files to run the game and then tries to download the files again. I have less than 800 megs of free space left on internal which I know will take me a few days to kill. Any help on this I appreciate it, thanks.
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So I bought 3 games on the Gameloft site because I wanted to take advantage of the buy 1 get 1 free deal. All my games except one didn't install correctly. It was Spiderman.
I downloaded and installed Spiderman, but when I go to launch it, it says that the game needs to download extra files. When I click yes the loading status comes on for a second and then I get an error.
Anyway I called Gameloft customer service and having tried some solutions, spiderman still would not download the extra files to initialize.
The next solution was to offer me another game, and I asked if I could get Rainbow 6 Vanguard. They texted me the link to download, and after having downloaded and installed, at the same point right after the Gameloft insignia, it says that I don't have enough external memory and to free space by deleting files.
I tried deleting as many files as I could from my 2 GB memory card and even though it says I have 2 GB available on the stock settings, within Elixir it says that my external memory has only 451 MB available.
I went to get me an 8 GB memory card hoping this would solve the problem, and still the stock settings from home menu would show I had 8 GB free, but in Elixir the external memory would still be at 400 something MBs available.
Does anyone know how to free up memory so I can run Rainbow 6 Vanguard?
Also does anyone know what's going on with Spiderman, and why I can't download the extra files that needs to be downloaded to initialize the game?
Oh and after I called Gameloft back to tell them Rainbow 6 wasn't working they let me choose another game and I got Avatar which installed fine.
I still get to keep Spiderman and Rainbow 6 for free, I just need to find a way to get them to run. Any help I'd appreciate. Thanks.
All gameloft games install on the phones internal memory they dont seem to install on the sd card. make sure you have enough internal phone memory for the games to install properly. You kill off all of the phones internal 8 gigs then your out of luck free up some internal space!
Just a shot in the dark and I could be way off base. But by chance are you sure the "External" memory you are referring to isn't the interal SD for the phone and not your actual swappable SD that you installed? If you are consistently seeing 400MB then It sounds like you've ran out of space on the interal SD storage. You should try patching your Gameloft games to run off of your 8GB SD if you haven't already. It will give you back space on the interal memory to download the rest of the files. Gameloft games can be pretty large.
I found this out the hard way when I got a little too happy with their B1G1 myself hehe. 6 games too happy and 0 space on the interal memory until I found the patch in the Optimus 2X forums to run the game off of the _External SD.
there is a workaround in the themes and apps section that lets you install gameloft games directly to your sd card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104551
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Just a shot in the dark and I could be way off base. But by chance are you sure the "External" memory you are referring to isn't the interal SD for the phone and not your actual swappable SD that you installed? If you are consistently seeing 400MB then It sounds like you've ran out of space on the interal SD storage. You should try patching your Gameloft games to run off of your 8GB SD if you haven't already. It will give you back space on the interal memory to download the rest of the files. Gameloft games can be pretty large.
I found this out the hard way when I got a little too happy with their B1G1 myself hehe. 6 games too happy and 0 space on the interal memory until I found the patch in the Optimus 2X forums to run the game off of the _External SD.
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Thanks for the response guys. I'm not sure where it's being installed, if it's on the internal or external memory, but when I move whatever applications that can be moved over to the external SD card and then try and run Rainbow 6 the amount of memory to be freed becomes higher from what was previously being asked, say from 450 MB needed to be free to 540 MB that needs to be free now.
So I'm thinking that the apps that I moved over to the external memory took up more space and that's why the number to be freed has gone up. I don't know.
I've also tried uninstalling every game that I bought hoping that it would free up memory and then I could run just that one game, Rainbow 6, but still I get the not enough space on memory card error and it tells me to delete a certain amount, right now after having reinstalled all my games along with Avatar, it's saying free up 728 MBs.
Anyway can you post a link to that patch you're talking about that's found on the Optimus 2x forums? I really wanna try this game, looks awesome.
On another note has anyone tried Spiderman on their G2x? Or are both Spiderman and Rainbow 6 incompatible with G2x?
jeffreynew23 post the link above your reply. It will tell you what to download and how to move Gameloft data to your swappable SD card to free up space on the internal SD and still play them. I moved 4 of my gameloft games to my external SD. You should move what you already have installed and working first because you will need the internal storage to first download the Game data before you patch the installer and move the files to the External storage.
Because the G2X has internal SD storage along with an External SD slot it can be confusing. By default, the internal SD storage is where your files download too. When you use the 2.2 builtin App2SD function that is also where the files go. The best way to see your interal vs external is to plug it into your PC. When you turn mass USB storage on you will get 2 USB Storage devices (instead one) which will be the Internal SD and your External SD.
by default... your gameloft files will install to the g2x internal memeory.. NOT your memory card.
HOWEVER.. a frriendly member of the xda forums has discovered a hack that will mod your gameloft apks to install to your external sd card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104551
Now.. to solve your 2gb sd card issue... i just so happen to own 3 8gb cards.. i only use 2... which means i have 1 lying around.... if you're interested in buying it off me for a very reasonable price PM me. OR... they're dirt cheap all over the net. if you're buying one.. I'd actually suggest you part with the $20 or so it would cost to get a 16gb... which is what i'll be doing very soon.. then I'll have TWO 8gb cards for your consideration.... LOL
Oh thanks again guys, but I've already read that and it seems complicated and tedious, also it doesn't seem stable and I don't wanna brick my phone since I'm still noob at modifying phone files and hacking.
Oh btate I also tried buying a 8 GB card yesterday to test to see if I could get more free memory that way and no go with Rainbow 6 or Spiderman, although on the LG Optimus 2x forums I see users of that model are playing Spiderman, so I'm not sure why I can't download the extra files?
Also I think it's those particular games that has errors because I just downloaded and installed Galaxy on Fire and it did ask me to download the additional files of I believe 580 something MBs and it installed fine along with Dungeon Defender.
One more thing though, I noticed when I uninstall the games then reinstall them they no longer need to download the extra files. Are they somehow left on your phone even after you uninstall the games taking up precious space and leaving traces of files?
Finally, if anyone wants to download a free movie here's a code that came with the micro SD card I bought. It's a free promo that came with the purchase and a 1 time use, so whoever wants to and does it first you score.
Just go to http://www1.movie-promo.com/PNY-US and then follow instructions and enter this code MZRJ5QR2Y5V9TNW5
Not enough space to download needed files (300MB) for installed application (10MB) (tried like 4 apps same problem).
Status
SD Crad
Total 30 GB
Available 18 GB
Phone Memory
Total 5 GB
Available 196 MB
Internal Phone Storage
Available 1 GB
I don't understand why cant this data be downloaded to SD Card, app does not support it i guess.
I tried move app to SD card it works but app is just 10MB and when i start app it try to download needed files to phone memory.
Is there some way/app to force app to use SD Card for storage.
Or is there way to expand phone memory?
Or how can i know what on my phone memory taking up space i am sure i haevn't installed even up to 1gb worth of apps.
Rooted Stock Android 2.3
when you install apps it goes into the INTERNAL memory
it doesn't care how much free space is in your SD card
here's some good info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1349648
and here's a work around to solve the problem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1343187
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As mentioned above, its install on on-board memory. There was perhaps an app called install2sd or move2sd or something like that perhaps which you could use.
I was getting this same issue today when installing modern combat 3. I have 10gb left on my amaze 4g internal and yet not enough space for 1gb
Seems like installing Whitehawkx ROM eliminated this problem i dont even see system partition anymore in settings.
Sometimes this happens to me when I know I have space as well. I either end up trying to delete something and retrying the install, or just retrying the install and it works. Sometimes the phone is strange...but I'm sure this isn't a lot of help.
perhaps the phone doesn't support high capacity micro SD Cards therefore it does not recognise how much space the card has got
I have this problem too and i have resolved in some cases with delete market cache and restart the device or using a Market fixer App like Titanium backup that have a Market Doctor function
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Hey, I got the galaxy blaze, and I have 2 questions.
1) Does anybody know how to root it, and when will ETA of it being rooted, sooooo much bloatware, and need super user rights
2) Since the blaze only has a 1gb of system memory how can i change the path where data is used.
ex: when i download a gameloft game it needs 300mb of additional data, then i have my music, and my videos, and pics.
I have a 8gb micro, and want to be able to play the vast amount of games the market has.
Thanks guys
Got mine yesterday think I goin to take it back no support for it
Got mine on Tuesday and love the feel and build. It's not as 'snappy' as the t989, but thats not what I was looking for. I wanted a high speed bandwidth capable device to feed an internet connection to an iPad 3.
Battery life out of the box is superb compared to the t989, Amaze, etc.
Jones'n for development support for root access.
Can't wait.
We got root today. Need a blaze forum though...
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We got root today. Need a blaze forum though...
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Link me to how to root! Please, of course. ;-)
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We got root today. Need a blaze forum though...
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Can you link or PM me on how?
Add me to the list of new Galaxy Blaze owners anxiously awaiting root access. Insane amount of bloatware on this phone.
Gameloft games
Well, I just got a blaze and I too wanted to figure out how to play gameloft games on there without hogging up the internal memory. After a bit of googling, I came across an app in the play store called Gl to SD (Gameloft games to SD card) and it's an app that will move the data that gameloft games download to your external sd card. However, if you're downloading a game like MC3, which is 1.37 GB, you won't have enough space to download it first and then move it to the SD card since internal mem. is only 1 GB. So, what you do is open up GL to SD and tap on the menu button on your phone and the click move data. MC3 should show up and you should select it. Then, go into MC3 through the app itself and it'll download to your SD card. It also works with any other app that does in app downloads and downloads it's files to /sdcard/Android/ or /sdcard/data/ if you go into the setting and enable that. It worked wonders for me. I have a 32 GB SD card with MC3, Asphalt 6, N.O.V.A. 2, Fifa 12, Hot Pursuit, Shadowgun, and a couple others.
Hope this helps.
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Well, I just got a blaze and I too wanted to figure out how to play gameloft games on there without hogging up the internal memory. After a bit of googling, I came across an app in the play store called Gl to SD (Gameloft games to SD card) and it's an app that will move the data that gameloft games download to your external sd card. However, if you're downloading a game like MC3, which is 1.37 GB, you won't have enough space to download it first and then move it to the SD card since internal mem. is only 1 GB. So, what you do is open up GL to SD and tap on the menu button on your phone and the click move data. MC3 should show up and you should select it. Then, go into MC3 through the app itself and it'll download to your SD card. It also works with any other app that does in app downloads and downloads it's files to /sdcard/Android/ or /sdcard/data/ if you go into the setting and enable that. It worked wonders for me. I have a 32 GB SD card with MC3, Asphalt 6, N.O.V.A. 2, Fifa 12, Hot Pursuit, Shadowgun, and a couple others.
Hope this helps.
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I did everything, but still get to the window "INSUFFICIENT MEMORY(1685MB is requiered for your game. Insert or clear space on your SD memory card to begin download)"
Funny thing I have like 5 gigs free on my external sd card, hw did you finally install FIFA 12, please help!!!
I do game a lot on my tablet, so I use a lot of space... Normally I would gone for the 32GB gray model, but I really like the look of the white model, which is only 16GB.
I do have a 64GB microSD card, so is there a way to move game data files there instead of the internal memory?
I'm not rooted, btw.
That will depend on the app.
Yes check the developer section
hairdewx said:
I do game a lot on my tablet, so I use a lot of space... Normally I would gone for the 32GB gray model, but I really like the look of the white model, which is only 16GB.
I do have a 64GB microSD card, so is there a way to move game data files there instead of the internal memory?
I'm not rooted, btw.
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[TOOL] DirectoryBind - move data to external_sd (GameLoft, Shadowgun etc.) ROOT req
link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
@hairdewx so u tried it? is it work?
It works, but because of how the symbolic links work the free space calculations seem to be off on the main storage settings screen.
Confus-ed in another thread enlightened me in another thread, thanks goes to him. In the apps, go to my files and you can click, hold, and drag apps onto your external sd card. I wasnt able to move everything, although i didn't try that hard, but was able to move some wicked easy. I'm not rooted. Thanks again to confus-ed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853891&page=2
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[TOOL] DirectoryBind - move data to external_sd (GameLoft, Shadowgun etc.) ROOT req
link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
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Just tried it to lmove many shadow gun data to sdcard but our keep showed "data directory not empty"*What suddenly this mean?Thanks
hi I have a Kyocera hydro wave android version 5.1 model # C6740N 8 gig internal storage can use roughly 2.5-3.5 gig I have a 16 gig external sd card 14 gig free. I want to download and move games,apps,etc to my sd card to free up space. mostly because after my everyday app's, coc,Facebook,etc I cant even have one large 1-1.5 gig app. I've looked for answers to this for a long time. I know I can root my device, but dont own a computer and the people I know who do own one think everything anywhere is a virus so there's no explaining to them. I can move a few apps in app manager but of course its not really moving it. 50 MB app moves maybe 10MB OBO or what ever it's called remains on internal. I have seen the videos on how to download an app on the computer and somehow put it on the phone with usb, but as I said I have no access to computer if I did it looks a little complicated complicated. I am willing to pay app that will move apps to sd. I've tried these apps before but only free version. will a paid versionreally let me move the app to sd? apps like link to SD pro? And if the answer is specific to my phone that's good but the answer to this question on any android phone will work as well for future reference. thanks I appreciate your help and time.