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Hey guys,
I'm new to the forum and I am trying to learn more about my G2x. I recently upgraded to the G2x from the G1 and I had a few questions... Sorry if they have already been answered:
1.) Why is there not a green notification light like the G1?
2.) On phone storage, I don't think my G2x came with a SD card. It says I have 5.44GB of total space on the phone memory, and 1.30 GB of available storage space on the phone. My question is: What space is the apps considered, and would having an SD card help with improving this? On my Google G1, I had an SD card; however, it would not use apps straight from the SD card and only "store" them there. I still had to use the phone memory/storage and because it was so limited, I could barely put anything on the phone.
3.) Any apps you think is a requirement with this phone? I got the Juice Defender to help with battery life and it seems to be working okay thus far.
Thanks for any and all help.
BimmerFerret
From my understanding the ext. sd card is useful for music, movies and pics, but not apps.
Free Market Apps I find useful include:
SetCPU = help conserve battery
Where My Droid = shows what is using your battery
AnTek App Manger = good for "freezing" apps the continually run that you do not use
and of course Rom Manager and Titanium Backup.
jcbofkc said:
From my understanding the ext. sd card is useful for music, movies and pics, but not apps.
Free Market Apps I find useful include:
SetCPU = help conserve battery
Where My Droid = shows what is using your battery
AnTek App Manger = good for "freezing" apps the continually run that you do not use
and of course Rom Manager and Titanium Backup.
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Thanks for the insight. So does my phone have enough space for a decent amount of apps, or will I be running into "space issues" in the next six months?
Thanks for the app tips as well. I'll look into them today.
That 1.3GB you see in the memory menu? That is the space you have left for all future apps. I'd say you have enough and don't need to worry about apps2sd.
There is no notification light coz there is no led in the hardware. But to work around that you can go to this thread "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045982".
There are 3 types of storage on this device. The one which says "Internal Phone Storage" is your phone's internal memory. "Phone Memory" is your internal SD memory. and "SD Card" is external SD card if you put one in it. (Device does not come with it.) You can move your apps from internal memory to internal SD but not to External SD. IMO 1GB is also more than enough.
jalshah05 said:
There is no notification light coz there is no led in the hardware. But to work around that you can go to this thread "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045982".
There are 3 types of storage on this device. The one which says "Internal Phone Storage" is your phone's internal memory. "Phone Memory" is your internal SD memory. and "SD Card" is external SD card if you put one in it. (Device does not come with it.) You can move your apps from internal memory to internal SD but not to External SD. IMO 1GB is also more than enough.
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Awesome. Thanks for the responses!!
Another question: What is the best way to get videos from my phone onto YouTube/FB other than connecting to my computer??
BimmerFerret said:
Another question: What is the best way to get videos from my phone onto YouTube/FB other than connecting to my computer??
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Go to the video and push the menu putton, then share, then facebook or youtube
jrharvey said:
Go to the video and push the menu putton, then share, then facebook or youtube
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You will have to be on wifi though...
jalshah05 said:
You will have to be on wifi though...
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And I'm part of the group that is having wi-fi issues too
i don't think setcpu is free and where my droid is not a battery app.
jcbofkc said:
From my understanding the ext. sd card is useful for music, movies and pics, but not apps.
Free Market Apps I find useful include:
SetCPU = help conserve battery
Where My Droid = shows what is using your battery
AnTek App Manger = good for "freezing" apps the continually run that you do not use
and of course Rom Manager and Titanium Backup.
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BimmerFerret said:
And I'm part of the group that is having wi-fi issues too
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Don't worry, I just learned that by the middle of may LG is pushing patch to resolve all these issues. Just wait for it, you shouldn't have to wait long.
dn3g3l said:
i don't think setcpu is free and where my droid is not a battery app.
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SetCPU is free if you download it from here, xda forums. Just run a search for it and you'll find it. And if it's something you like, buy it from the market to support the dev, especially for being super awesome and handing it out to us for free.
And no, Where's my droid is definitely not a battery app. haha... If you're having battery issues, maybe run WatchDog for a few days and see if it comes up with any offending apps. Sadly, WatchDog itself consumes a bit of battery so probably not something I would leave on the phone long-term, but definitely a nice troubleshooting tool.
Hope this helps.
'ello, gents. I just got my first Android phone and I seem to not be able to access 4GB of the internal memory. Under application storage, it has my available space as 4GB+, but won't let me install applications to it. I downloaded the disk usage app and it shows only 561MB total instead of approx 4561MB that should be there. I now have 62MB of internal space left and as I was typing this I got yet another warning that I am out of space. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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I think when I turned on my phone i had roughly 4.5 GB available for usage. I so far have only used up aroun 500 mb. Everything else goes on my 16gb SD card. What all do you have installed on your internal to eat that much space up?
You could always try to wipe the device clean and start brand new.
Well, I have a few apps installed, but my point is that the space isn't being used--it won't let me use it. The phone thinks that there is only 550MB total internal space, and, for some reason, ignores the other 4GB (see the screenshot I posted). I have been throwing everything on the sd card and even ordered a big sd card for this purpose, but I still want to fix this issue. When I try to click on application space under application storage to get some options our something, nothing happens. It looks like I might need to just reinstall from scratch to see if that fixes it. I mostly wanted to see if others were having this issue our if it was a known bug. Thanks again for any insights.
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thelegume said:
'ello, gents. I just got my first Android phone and I seem to not be able to access 4GB of the internal memory. Under application storage, it has my available space as 4GB+, but won't let me install applications to it. I downloaded the disk usage app and it shows only 561MB total instead of approx 4561MB that should be there. I now have 62MB of internal space left and as I was typing this I got yet another warning that I am out of space. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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That 4gb of space is specifically for your apps, if ur phone isnt recognizing or accessing it then u need to return it cause its faulty.
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same issue here... 500MB out of 4GB used internal. All the rest of my apps are going on the SD card.
I'm going to see if I can make it over to the at&t store and see what they have to say about it, but if anyone figures out what's going on, let me know. I plan on flashing MIUI as soon as its out, so I don't know if that will resolve the issue, but its probably better to not wait and see.
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I appologize in advance if this is a bit rambling.
I spent some time troubleshooting the issue and it does seem like the Atrix 2 has some difficulty using internal app storage.
Using the default App storage viewer (settings > Applications > storage use) it shows the correct size of 4gig, but using DiskUsage I was only seeing a size of 561MB.
I started to test this by installing apps till i hit the 561MB limit and sure enough at ~560 it started complaining that there was no more room available for some apps and for others it started to install them on the SD card.
So i decided to try and force an app to internal storage. DiskUsage showed 9MB free and I had a 25MB app installed on the SD card. Using the default app manager I moved the app back to the phone and it installed, thus taking up all the free space shown by DiskUsage, but at the same time increasing the size of the disk to accomidate for the overage. All subsequent app installs have gone to the internal storage, increasing the disk size in DiskUsage.
More to come..
How did u move or force install on internal storage?
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I'm going to see if I can make it over to the at&t store and see what they have to say about it, but if anyone figures out what's going on, let me know. I plan on flashing MIUI as soon as its out, so I don't know if that will resolve the issue, but its probably better to not wait and see.
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the legume - did you make it to AT&T and did they have anything to say?
I haven't yet, but using azangerle's idea, I seem to have resolved the issue. It looks like you need to force the phone past the approx 500MB barrier by moving an app to the sd card, filing up the 500MB internal storage and then once the phone says that its out of internal storage, move the app from the sd card back into internal. It will allow it to be copied, and you should be able to use the rest of the 4GB of storage afterwards (I'm almost to 2GB used with apps and haven't had any problems).
I'm still going to ask at&t about it when I can make it over there, but its not as high a priority new that we've found a workaround.
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cloudedhopes said:
How did u move or force install on internal storage?
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If you go to applications > manage applications > and then select an application, you can choose to have the app moved to the sd card (or back to internal)
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Ah OK. Thnx. I see a few tabs there... downloaded, all, on SD card... what does the 'on SD card' mean? I definitely have not moved any to SD and if I go on an application I am still getting the option to move to SD :/
They are only on the SD card if they have the green checkmark, even if they are on the SD card tab. Its very confusing.
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They are only on the SD card if they have the green checkmark, even if they are on the SD card tab. Its very confusing.
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Thanks for clearing that up, I wondered about that cause I know I hadn't moved any apps to my sdcard yet it told me I have a few on there. Maybe because they were installed off of it???
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Thanks for clearing that up, I wondered about that cause I know I hadn't moved any apps to my sdcard yet it told me I have a few on there. Maybe because they were installed off of it???
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Nope I installed it from market. I think these are the ones that can be moved to SD?
cloudedhopes said:
Nope I installed it from market. I think these are the ones that can be moved to SD?
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I was questioning why it showed like that on my phone. I have found some good info though
If you go into manage apps and click on the "on sdcard tab" unless there is a green checkmark next to the app it is not actually on your sdcard. Weird, but that's how it is.
I can live with that. Just wondering what on SD card means...
Has anyone known how to have access to internal storage?
I'd like to copy some movies to it but get "Access Denied"
Is internal storage available for an user???
djyuran said:
Has anyone known how to have access to internal storage?
I'd like to copy some movies to it but get "Access Denied"
Is internal storage available for an user???
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Nope, it is inaccessible, even after rooting.
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Nope, it is inaccessible, even after rooting.
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Thank you for information!
What's the purpose of internal storage?
Is it default place for installation of the new applications?
My note is only the 16gb version and im running out of space . How can i transfer my apps to the sd card, if i go to settings apps , there is no option to trasfer to the sd card ?
Lol suppose to be running out internal storage and not disc space.
Root and use titanium backup, I believe that will work.
Or get rid of apps you really don't need...
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How can u fill 16gb of apps only
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Games will fill up space fast..nova3 2gb by itself
mywingtophone said:
My note is only the 16gb version and im running out of space . How can i transfer my apps to the sd card, if i go to settings apps , there is no option to trasfer to the sd card ?
Lol suppose to be running out internal storage and not disc space.
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Return it and get a 32 gb version. Dont be cheap.
Also transfer all your non app data files to your sdcard. Music, movies, backups, photos all can live on sdcard.
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mywingtophone said:
My note is only the 16gb version and im running out of space . How can i transfer my apps to the sd card, if i go to settings apps , there is no option to trasfer to the sd card ?
Lol suppose to be running out internal storage and not disc space.
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Use the apps:
App 2 SD
GL to SD
The first one moves apps that can be stored on your sd to be moved. The second one takes the massive downloads needed by the gigantic games and puts those downloads on your external sd instead of using up your system memory. Those apps saved me several gigs of space!
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What's the point of deciding on the 16GB then complaining about running out of space?
mywingtophone said:
My note is only the 16gb version and im running out of space . How can i transfer my apps to the sd card, if i go to settings apps , there is no option to trasfer to the sd card ?
Lol suppose to be running out internal storage and not disc space.
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use Root Explorer, works well
Open Settings-->Applications-->Choose All tab--> Select any large application --> Move to SD Card
But you have to do one by one though...
use this tool DirectoryBind. move all ur unmovable games data to ur sd card. if will take some time to learn how to use but once u learn it u will find it easy and love this tool!
link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
mi7chy said:
What's the point of deciding on the 16GB then complaining about running out of space?
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I do find it a mystery why just for a short term fix owners are purchasing the 16GB model when shortly after the same will then be complaining of not enough space.
Percentage wise apps are getting bigger quicker than the hardware is increasing.
It's the sole reason why I never went for the Nexus 7.
htainlin said:
Open Settings-->Applications-->Choose All tab--> Select any large application --> Move to SD Card
But you have to do one by one though...
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That doesn't work with ICS...
If you go into apps then open my files i have found that you can point/hold and drag from internal sd to extsd.
I am also looking for a way to change the designation of installed apps and where items are automatically saved to.
I havent attempted to root yet.
Hope this helps
confus-ed said:
If you go into apps then open my files i have found that you can point/hold and drag from internal sd to extsd.
I am also looking for a way to change the designation of installed apps and where items are automatically saved to.
I havent attempted to root yet.
Hope this helps
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Could you be a little more specific? When you say go into apps what do you mean? Also how do you open my files?
Beards said:
I do find it a mystery why just for a short term fix owners are purchasing the 16GB model when shortly after the same will then be complaining of not enough space.
Percentage wise apps are getting bigger quicker than the hardware is increasing.
It's the sole reason why I never went for the Nexus 7.
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Because the 32gb version isn't available here in Oz yet... If they released the 32gb version with the 16gb version they would have no or minimal sale of the 16gb version. REALLY bites...:crying:
donec said:
Could you be a little more specific? When you say go into apps what do you mean? Also how do you open my files?
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Located at the top right of the screen is an icon that resembles a rubix cube, touch that and it will take you to the applications part of the Note. Different than the home screens.
Located in the apps pages is a folder labled my files, touch that and it will open in a file tree manner. At this point you can touch and drag into the extsd folder.
You can also connet to your puter and launch kies and check the box to make the extsd card the default save.
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Located at the top right of the screen is an icon that resembles a rubix cube, touch that and it will take you to the applications part of the Note. Different than the home screens.
Located in the apps pages is a folder labled my files, touch that and it will open in a file tree manner. At this point you can touch and drag into the extsd folder.
You can also connet to your puter and launch kies and check the box to make the extsd card the default save.
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Thanks! I was doing that with pictures and music, never occurred to try apps, i thought ics didn't allow it. There were some apps i couldn't move but did move some, seems too easy but it worked
Using Kies to copy data files (not the apps) to the Note will also make them smaller and save space. I remember copying some using the windows browser and they were converted (made smaller) IF you copy first to the Note then move them to the Extsd. There may be even more ways to save space with transferring. Photos for example that don't need to be 2-5 mb each could be shrunk with a photo editor on your desktop, then transferred to the Note.
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Thanks! I was doing that with pictures and music, never occurred to try apps, i thought ics didn't allow it. There were some apps i couldn't move but did move some, seems too easy but it worked
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No problem, if you discover anything that allows you to use the extsd as more of a partition rather than storage only keep us posted.:good:
Edit: I read in the note forums that someone had written a kernel to swap the priority of the storage, making the extsd64gb act as the internal storage and vice versa. I dont have the link for it
When I had a P1000, I used a lot the feature of sending applications and games and its data files to my SD CARD with a single purpose: leave the internal 16Gb memory as free as possible for better perfomance.
Now I have a rooted P6200 and I only can use my SD CARD for storing music and videos because I have no option of MOVE TO SD CARD anymore.
I also tried some applications that MOVE TO SD CARD, but none of them work.
I called the SAMSUNG SUPPORT and they told me I should be able to move to SD, but I read somewhere that it's something about the way that Android 3 and 4 manage partitions... what makes me believe I will not be able.
So, I am confused.
Can I move applications to SD CARD or not?
Can I make a application store data on SD CARD? Example: MailDroid or a game that consumes a lot of the memory - I would prefer to store data on the SD card.
Does anybody have a hint for that?
Thank you!
mario.renor said:
When I had a P1000, I used a lot the feature of sending applications and games and its data files to my SD CARD with a single purpose: leave the internal 16Gb memory as free as possible for better perfomance.
Now I have a rooted P6200 and I only can use my SD CARD for storing music and videos because I have no option of MOVE TO SD CARD anymore.
I also tried some applications that MOVE TO SD CARD, but none of them work.
I called the SAMSUNG SUPPORT and they told me I should be able to move to SD, but I read somewhere that it's something about the way that Android 3 and 4 manage partitions... what makes me believe I will not be able.
So, I am confused.
Can I move applications to SD CARD or not?
Can I make a application store data on SD CARD? Example: MailDroid or a game that consumes a lot of the memory - I would prefer to store data on the SD card.
Does anybody have a hint for that?
Thank you!
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There are some apps in the Google Play Market like app 2 sd or move to sd (something like that), you can try one of those.
Personally I have no experience on these apps since I still have plenty of space, but you can read a little the features and see if that works for you
Unfortunately, APP2SD does not work to me
darkshadowx07 said:
There are some apps in the Google Play Market like app 2 sd or move to sd (something like that), you can try one of those.
Personally I have no experience on these apps since I still have plenty of space, but you can read a little the features and see if that works for you
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Thank you for your suggestion, but when APP2SD starts, I receive this message:
Your device has no real primary external storage or primary storage is emulated
APP2SD will not support move 2 card.
I dont understand this message. I have the 16Gb internal memory plus a 32Gb SD card as s imple a s it can b e, but it is not moving to S D.
P lease someone help me how to solve it.
By the way, the 32Gb SD is fully recognized by the P6200. I can see all my files regularly.
Link2sd may work, but I don't think there would be any performance gain from moving the apps over.
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Can I get super user access without rooting? Link2SD tells me I have to allow it to move the app.
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Kumabjorn said:
Can I get super user access without rooting?
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Super User access is root access. so, no you can't.
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From my point of view, rooting is something relatively easy, both to get and to lose: you just flash a zip from the default recovery. It does not even takes your flash count up. Basically, it's a single file that needs to be placed in "/system/bin/". If you need to send it to support, mount "system" as R/W and delete "su".
I could be wrong though, but you should really look into it. I think it is worth it.
By the way, I think you would have to partition your SD Card to use it with Link2SD...
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Nothing earth shattering but I thought the info it's worth sharing in a new thread.
Assuming that you have already activated the Developer Options section, at the very bottom there are two very interesting options (recently introduced):
1. Allow any app to write on external SD and
2. Make any activity resizeable so it can be used in multi-window.
This is it! See the screenshot!
Cheers!
i did it but not sure what it does.. maybe usefull in dex mode?
miman04 said:
i did it but not sure what it does.. maybe usefull in dex mode?
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Did you read the description?? It allows all apps to go sd card and multi window usage
I used it to move whatsapp on the external sd card, but all media are still on the internal memory and if move them manually, whatsapp can't see them and create a new folder in the internal memory. How can i fix it?
After I made the change, it seemed laggy. Using an Evo select card. Unchecked the setting and moved my apps back to internal and things are back to normal.
Op clearly does not understand this option (talking only about first one). When I say this, I honestly don't mean to insult. It is meant for adoptable storage (which we don't have on samsung). It is to force install apps on adoptable storage even if dev has not allowed this in the app. It is a buggy feature, that prevents app updating, on the phones that have this function, so even there it is best left alone.
This will not magically allow app write access to our phone, but it might allow the app to be moved to the card, with caveats above.
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