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How to move programs to SD card not internal Memory?

Dumped my buggy not impressive Galaxy s 4g today> (love Costcos 3 months policy) and picked up G2x. So far extremally impressed!
One question is the Costco phone guy handed my the 16gig micro SD card from the Galaxy as he said he had extras from dead phones. I said THANK YOU! and installed. However when using AppstoSd program it only see's internal mem, and Internal SD 5gs. It does not see or give option to move to my 16g Sd card?
My HD2 and Samsung worked great with AppstoSD. Am I missing something? I mean I guess the 1.2gig and 5gigs of internal is enough. But I like to also use the SD card for programs to not overload internal memory.
I have not rooted yet, will do that so I can get my Titanium backup working to see it I can do it with that.
Thanks!

iceshark said:
Dumped my buggy not impressive Galaxy s 4g today> (love Costcos 3 months policy) and picked up G2x. So far extremally impressed!
One question is the Costco phone guy handed my the 16gig micro SD card from the Galaxy as he said he had extras from dead phones. I said THANK YOU! and installed. However when using AppstoSd program it only see's internal mem, and Internal SD 5gs. It does not see or give option to move to my 16g Sd card?
My HD2 and Samsung worked great with AppstoSD. Am I missing something? I mean I guess the 1.2gig and 5gigs of internal is enough. But I like to also use the SD card for programs to not overload internal memory.
I have not rooted yet, will do that so I can get my Titanium backup working to see it I can do it with that.
Thanks!
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Can't be done, discussed endlessly in the corresponding O2x thread...

djmcnz said:
Can't be done, discussed endlessly in the corresponding O2x thread...
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Been all over that thread. This issue and the "phantom AT&T bands are two big issues on this device. However, there may be some hope at the CM end - not this item in the latest CM7 changelog"
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Change I6beb0077: Allow multiple shareable SD Cards by using getShareableVolumes() to get all the volumes that are shareable and allowing sharing/unsharing for all of them rather than just the hardcoded getExternalStorage calls.
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Uploaded Apr 10, 2011 5:35 PM
Updated Apr 20, 2011 7:49 PM
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First thank you for responding. I am not a newbie but have been rooting and testing my Hd2's for past year. My first non HTC phone in awhile was the vibrant s4g, it had its own problems with very low internal memory.
So I was excited this phone had 8 gigs plus now my 16 gig card. I have not been on these forums so I did not know it was a known issue Sorry.
So to clarify, there is no workaroud? But can I not just use root explorer and move files to the SD card? I understand apps to sd wont do it automaticly. But I plan to put my music and movies at least on SD... What would even be the use of the manufacturer putting SD slot on phone if you could not use it?

Ira that is what I do. SD card = sdcard/external_SD
Or something to that effect. I plan to keep my apps2sd on internal and SD for straight storage and backups.
From the sound of it, the clockwork mod can access the microsd so at least backups will be off the device.
-sent from my LG 2Gx

iceshark said:
First thank you for responding. I am not a newbie but have been rooting and testing my Hd2's for past year. My first non HTC phone in awhile was the vibrant s4g, it had its own problems with very low internal memory.
So I was excited this phone had 8 gigs plus now my 16 gig card. I have not been on these forums so I did not know it was a known issue Sorry.
So to clarify, there is no workaroud? But can I not just use root explorer and move files to the SD card? I understand apps to sd wont do it automaticly. But I plan to put my music and movies at least on SD... What would even be the use of the manufacturer putting SD slot on phone if you could not use it?
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What I have been doing is the basic copy and paste. I copy the app or video ect. from the sd card and paste it on the ext/sd card. If there is a faster oor easier way please let me know. I am rooted and this is the first phone I ever had with this kind of a set up with the sd card. I prefer the other way much better ala Nexus One.

player911 said:
Ira that is what I do. SD card = sdcard/external_SD
Or something to that effect. I plan to keep my apps2sd on internal and SD for straight storage and backups.
From the sound of it, the clockwork mod can access the microsd so at least backups will be off the device.
-sent from my LG 2Gx
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That is correct. In a file manager etc. you can locate your SD Card by going to the ExternalSD folder (path: SD Card/ExternalSD). The "SD Card" is actually the internal memory, and the "External SD" is the actual SD Card. When you plug your phone into a PC two different drives come up, one for the internal and one for the SD Card. From what I know you can't put apps on your actual SD Card. However music, pics, etc. all work just fine. I have all my music on my SD Card and everything else on the internal.
P.S. When opening the internal memory in a PC it will still have an ExternalSD folder, but it will be empty. I would advise not deleting it.

There's something like 1.5GB just for apps. What the heck are you doing to "overload" it??

cyberchuck9000 said:
There's something like 1.5GB just for apps. What the heck are you doing to "overload" it??
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GPS maps will easily overload the internal SD card. If they let the map location be set, that would fix it, but most do not (yet).

[Q] Internal SD Card not recognized in MIUI?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411016
Got this beautiful MIUI OS onto my phone from the topic above.
Loving it so far, except for the fact it doesn't recognized my 8GB internal SD card.
I don't have an ext. sd card atm, so access to my internal one is essential.
Much appreciated.
EDIT: I must hide my face behind a paper bag for the horrifying typo in the topic title, hopefully no one read it before it was edited out.

I used this post to fix mine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144553

donjuanito909 said:
I used this post to fix mine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144553
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Awesome. What does it mean by "make internal secondary or make external secondary."

[Q] How to replace internal sd

I recently have heard that it is possible to replace the internal sd card in devices like i9003. There is an sd card integrated somewhere which is exactly like external sd cards we insert. I am curious if anybody has tried it before. i have this friend who tried this on his acer phone. he took the internal sd out which was 2gb and replaced it with 8 gb. and he also had another 16 and made the capacity 24. smart huh?

Just use SD swap, isn't it the same?
Cheers
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bscraze said:
Just use SD swap, isn't it the same?
Cheers
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I think he means that just like the external sd card the internal sd card is a micro sd card and can b replaced
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devilhell007 said:
I think he means that just like the external sd card the internal sd card is a micro sd card and can b replaced
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exactly! i will try to get it replaced via samsung service. i have a friend working there as a manager. I will see if he would agree having somebody replace it with higher capacity sd card..

blacknwhitebb said:
exactly! i will try to get it replaced via samsung service. i have a friend working there as a manager. I will see if he would agree having somebody replace it with higher capacity sd card..
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Lucky brat!!

Come on bro do a search in xda you will find how to swap them or later i can help u
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I didn't want swap. What is swap anyways. i would appreciate the information about its benefits
well, i talked to my friend at samsung service center and he leaded me to a tech. i talked to him and he said they couldn't do it for me due to the fact that it would be illegal. i am not sure if he understood me properly but anyways he told me to open it by myself and in case of encountering any problem i could send my phone to service and they could take care of.
Anyways, i found a video on the internet which shows how to unassemble i9000 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt9XNnjAcBc). i followed it and finally took the little black box out which i believe to be the internal sd.(if anybody watches the video, the black box is the one she separates and puts it by the screws) but, damn it, it wouldn't open. it is somehow fixed and one piece. i couldn't reach to the int. sd.
what a disappointment. So, the answer is my question is, it is not possible to replace the internal sd card with a higher capacity one. Could have been amazing though.. Imagine replacing it with 32gb, having another 32 as external and you have 1.5 on-board, there would come the 64 gb samsung sl.
Ps. What i mean with the internal sd card btw, is not the fixed on-board one, but the one which is seen as internal sd card on cwm and which i believe people use as swap.

I know bro it was my dream also. And i ask to my friend he is also working ın samsung center he said me the same thing as you heard what a pitty

blacknwhitebb said:
I didn't want swap. What is swap anyways. i would appreciate the information about its benefits
well, i talked to my friend at samsung service center and he leaded me to a tech. i talked to him and he said they couldn't do it for me due to the fact that it would be illegal. i am not sure if he understood me properly but anyways he told me to open it by myself and in case of encountering any problem i could send my phone to service and they could take care of.
Anyways, i found a video on the internet which shows how to unassemble i9000 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt9XNnjAcBc). i followed it and finally took the little black box out which i believe to be the internal sd.(if anybody watches the video, the black box is the one she separates and puts it by the screws) but, damn it, it wouldn't open. it is somehow fixed and one piece. i couldn't reach to the int. sd.
what a disappointment. So, the answer is my question is, it is not possible to replace the internal sd card with a higher capacity one. Could have been amazing though.. Imagine replacing it with 32gb, having another 32 as external and you have 1.5 on-board, there would come the 64 gb samsung sl.
Ps. What i mean with the internal sd card btw, is not the fixed on-board one, but the one which is seen as internal sd card on cwm and which i believe people use as swap.
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I did a quick look through and did not see any thing that looks like a micro sd. Which black box are you talking about? The one at 3:16? Thats the speaker.
Additionally I think that usually internal memory as well as our internal "sd" is a little chip that is directly soldered onto the board as this will need less space. Some time ago some people here noticed that they got more internal sd memory after their boards were replaced by the service center. What I am asking myself is: Why do these people get more memory if it was only a sd card which is easily replacable. That wouldn't make sense and so I think this is not possible on our phone.
With sd swap they mean a little software modification in a file called vold.fstab which "changes the paths" (so say it in an easy way) you can access your files in that way that:
- all files on your external micro sd card are found under /sdcard/ instead of /sdcard/external_sd/
- all files on your internal sd are found under /sdcard/external_sd instead of /sdcard/
appkiller said:
I know bro it was my dream also. And i ask to my friend he is also working ın samsung center he said me the same thing as you heard what a pitty
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Of course this would be "illegal" as your friends say. Have a modification done to your phones and after two days if it doesn't work anymore because of this you come back and claim for warranty.

As ı know the internal sd card is not the micro sd that can be replaced because the read and write speed is so high as u know It is about 25 mb/s read, and 15mb/s write. But in micro sd we can't reach this speed even in class 6

You are right.
The internal sd, let's call it internal memory, is inside the phone behind all the plastic on the board. If you take out your sd card and start your phone you will notice an empty "external_sd" folder on stock roms or respectively "emmc" on CM9, as long as your memorys aren't swapped. The micro sd card you put in your phone isn't part of it and thus is external.
So much confusion about this... *lol*

Yes I agree it is integrated to the motherboard and not with a slot that you can remove or replace I think swap is OK we shouldn't try replacing internal memory we can broke an awesome phone

But I must admit that I would like to look inside the phone, but I'm a bit afraid I could damage it...
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Taraen said:
But I must admit that I would like to look inside the phone, but I'm a bit afraid I could damage it...
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yes you are right I am an electronic engineer candidate I am so curious but we must be careful so much. It is a complex phone and very difficult to assemble it

Well a friend if me and I already opened a iPhone and repaired it with parts worth some EUR. There was no risk. But my SGSL is working and I'm not an electronic engineer. So you know more than me. I'm used to assembling computers but mobiles... No Thanks!
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The mobile things such as phone are really really complex. They include so many micro parts and so sensitive because of that if we aren't an expert we mustn't do anything that we are not sure what we are doing.

Well swapping means fooling the system into believing that the external micro SD card you put in your phone is actually the internal SD, when is its not and vice versa. Search the development thread for it
Cheers
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[Q] SD card swap...

I bought a new PNY 32GB Class 10 SDHC card and currently have the memory card in my HTC Sensation 4G that came with it. I'm sure I'll have to copy over all my pictures and music to the new card, but how will it effect things if I just pull out the old card and swap in the new one? Will the apps still run correctly or all be present, or will it cause conflicts with the phone for me to just swap it out? If so, whats the correct procedure? Thanks so much and I really appreciate any help!

Well, if you have applications on your SD Card, just move all of them to the phone memory temporarily (so that you can move them back again to the SD card after swapping)..Afterwards, you can safely remove your SD card by going to Storage--> Unmount Shared Storage..Finally swap the cards and move the apps back to the SD card again ..I don't think you will face any problem if you follow this method..
Hope this helps

If you just stick the other one in some apps will go. Especially all of the larger apps, all of them.
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[Q] Micro SD card problem?

My SD card is a bit bugged recently. Basically, the SD card won't do anything such as accessing photos or music. Also, I tried moving some apps to my SD card, but that resulted with a "CONTAINMENT_ERROR" or something like that. Also, when I try to download apps, it says that there are no space in USB or SD memory storage. I know this is wrong because I don't have a USB storage, and my SD card is 1/3 full, so how can I fix this? I think that I require a formatting on my SD, but that's a last resort, with all my info on it. If that's the only way, please suggest this with an explanation.
If this helps, I remember killing some system processes such as some sort of signing thing which I believe is what signs the apps to install onto my phone. Please help me out here. Oh yeah, I can text and call fine as well as accessing the internet and wifi. Anything involving my SD card such as downloads, however, are a different story. Got suggestions?

Have you tried a card reader on your desktop to pull photos and music from it? If so and cannot then I don't know what to tell you but if you can, pull everything you want off of it then format SD card
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fabricatedhero said:
Have you tried a card reader on your desktop to pull photos and music from it? If so and cannot then I don't know what to tell you but if you can, pull everything you want off of it then format SD card
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Yeah, I tried formatting, but it doesn't seem to remove any data. I can move files to my cpu, but when i move apps to my SD card, or at least try, it says [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_BAD_MANIFEST] Do you know what that means by any chance? The moving also says [INSTALL_FAILED_CONTAINER_ERROR] too.

KoreanJoker said:
Yeah, I tried formatting, but it doesn't seem to remove any data. I can move files to my cpu, but when i move apps to my SD card, or at least try, it says [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_BAD_MANIFEST] Do you know what that means by any chance? The moving also says [INSTALL_FAILED_CONTAINER_ERROR] too.
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I would be a bit concerned that you can't format the card. Its a good sign that the computer can read the card but not good that you can't format it. See if you can try the card in another smart phone and if you have the same issue its just a problem with the sd card.
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SD card not letting me add or delete files
I've been spending waaay to much time trying to get this phone to work as I had expected with previous phones (even my LG G2x) giving me less problems. I recently bought a Sandisk 32gb, class 10 micro sd card and after transferring old music, pictures and videos from my old LG G2x with a 16gb card, placing files from my computer back onto my S4 with the 32gb card is a nightmare! Photos are transferred but too out of order to try and deal with although it's more the music problem that has me bugging. I have some success after putting about 3gb or so onto the new 32gb sd card but after that, the sd card flips out and starts using special characters for file names.. Below I attached a screenshot of what I'm going through with another app called V1 Golf for Android. I'm stuck and any help is much appreciated. I can't delete anything on my sd card nor can I add. I've reformatted this card about 4 times now without success. Some say that a Sandisk have been nothing but problems for them, you think a Samsung card could be the fix?

I just have one question for you guys. Are you using a Galaxy S 4G or the Galaxy S4? If it is the latter, please take your questions
here for T-Mobile
here for Verizon
here for Sprint
here for AT&T
and here for International
as this section is for the Galaxy S 4G. Thanks and good luck.