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[Q] Apps in sd card Wanhu Steelblue Optimized

I recently installed this ROM and i have to say its very good! but theres this wired problem. I used titanium backup to restore some of my apps. i also downloaded some apps from the market. for apps that i restored, most of them i used link2sd to link to sd card but some (not all) of the apps that i downloaded via market are unlinkable via link2sd and it says there "on sd card" instead of the usual "linked to sd card". i used root explorer and found out that these apps were located in "/mnt/asec". while those linked with link2sd were linked elsewhere (eg:apk:"data/app", dalvik cache:"data/dalvik-cache/[email protected]@@[email protected]", lib:"data/data/com.something/lib/") why is this so?
any help would be appreciated!!

Those apps are using native froyo apps2sd. You should be able to go to Manage applications & move them to internal memory (assuming you have enough internal memory) & then use link2sd.

Thx for replying!! I had a suspicion that it was native froyo app2sd but now I'm sure!! Btw it doesn't require an extra partition rite? So it is just being moved to my main fat32 partition of the SD card rite? Thx for answering my noob qn!!
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Yes, native froyo apps2sd apps are stored on the main fat32 in the .androidsecure folder.

[Q] where applications are located

After installing android applications (tools, utilities, games) on my Samsung Gaqlaxy Fit I realized that some apps are installed on phone and other on SDcard.
This automatic selection depends on what?
There is one more strange thing: some utilities like Rom Toolbox offer possibility to move apps from phone to SDcard, but when I tried to do so nothing has happened.
Those apps which previously were installed on the phone they remain there , means they were not moved to SDcard.
What is the advantage or disadvantage of installing apps on Sdcard instead of installing them on the phone?
Thanks a lot for your answer.

rajko108 said:
After installing android applications (tools, utilities, games) on my Samsung Gaqlaxy Fit I realized that some apps are installed on phone and other on SDcard.
This automatic selection depends on what?
There is one more strange thing: some utilities like Rom Toolbox offer possibility to move apps from phone to SDcard, but when I tried to do so nothing has happened.
Those apps which previously were installed on the phone they remain there , means they were not moved to SDcard.
What is the advantage or disadvantage of installing apps on Sdcard instead of installing them on the phone?
Thanks a lot for your answer.
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installling is on sd card means to save more space for phone memory
and disadvantage is when u start phone it take time to read more
and when u connct via usb all the apps on sd card wont work so dont move root apps or launcher to sd card overall its safe nor problm u can use more app

You cannot move root apps (Superuser, etc.) to SD.
Advantage of moving apps to SD is to save more space on your Phone memory.
Disadvantage is widgets of the apps that you moved to SD will be unresponsive.

I understood everything you wrote, but still I have no idea why even some games that was installed on phone can't be moved to SDcard (to save phone memory).
It's more logical to me for some system applications, but games.....??????
Do you know the answer?

rajko108 said:
I understood everything you wrote, but still I have no idea why even some games that was installed on phone can't be moved to SDcard (to save phone memory).
It's more logical to me for some system applications, but games.....??????
Do you know the answer?
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Try using Titanium Backup to move all your games to SD card just long press the game/app that is using the phone memory and choose move to SD card.
You can find the Titanium Backup on the Android Market and it's Free!

raizen101 said:
Try using Titanium Backup to move all your games to SD card just long press the game/app that is using the phone memory and choose move to SD card.
You can find the Titanium Backup on the Android Market and it's Free!
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ya i used titanium backup to move game to SD, its weird, but some games (like x construction) were installed on my phone memory ...

Some cannot be moved i think
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I wanna format but keep photos... Help?

His what it is I am running out of space on my internal memory. I want to wipe my phone back to the bare basics... No apps + their data. But I don't wanna loose my photos and my PC had broke down so I can't back then up on there and I don't have An external SD card. Any way of doing this. I have CWM of that helps.
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this won't be easy, use someones computer. why do you want to format?

You can manually remove items from internal SD using a file explorer such as ES File explorer, then uninstall all apps using an uninstaller, or manually by going to Settings>Manage Apps and clicking on each one of them and uninstalling.
However wiping with CWM shouldn't format the internal sd - it should just remove everything in /system (System apps, ROM), /data (all apps+data), /cache and /sdcard/.android_secure (Apps on SD)
But i'm not sure if its possible to install a new ROM using CWM without an external SD Card (CWM can't read the internal one)

Hi Cav3,
You have a problem here, as poster 314 said, you cant use CWM without an external SD card...
The easiest way to back up your photos or any other files you want is to install an app like dropbox or box.net (BTW if you install box.net app on your LG Phone and log in using the app you will get 50gig of free space) and then upload all your files to there.
You really need an SD Card, even a small one that will fit the CWM files on (dont quote me but I'm sure its tiny so a 64 mb card might even do it).
You might also want to try (after backing up your files) going to settings -> SD card & phone storage, and formatting from there, and also Settings -> Privacy and trying the Factory reset in there so you might not need CWM.
Hope that helps.

Low Space Problem Fix

Without root and without an unlock bootloader...my phone reads S=On and is supposedly network unlocked A108B Black model (just purchased on Ebay)...is there anyway to completely move apps to the SD? I hit "Move To SD" under manage applications and it sends some of the MB size to the SD, but part of it still remains on the internal space and I know this because the internal MB's keep getting lower and lower. It's gotten so low < 1MB that now I can't even download any more apps that can or will run on the SD because it says there's insufficient space...that and the HTC clean cache window keeps popping up...any way to prevent this from happening? AND to completely move/install apps that are SD moveable to the SD card and get them off the internal space? Or an app that will default from using internal space and move all installs and data directly onto the SD? I have 1.3 GB open on there..it's been a pain trying to get this thing to run right...any suggestions besides the "factory data reset" (which I've tried) that helps with this? Do I just need to root/unlock booter? or will that mess up my unlocked phone?
Anyway that I can install apps onto the SD from my computer and then put the SD card into my phone and it'll read them from there?
Also...all these bloatware apps that are installed..without root...is there anything I can download that will wipe them off the phone...or is there anyway I can get into a file manager and delete unnecessary files/apps off?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
This is where I purchased: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-H...76527?pt=AU_Mobile_Phones&hash=item27cc9eb0af

You should look under HTC Android developers forum for detailed guides how to root your device and how to install custom (read: CWM) recovery.
After that you should make second primary ext2 partition on your SD card (size from 512MiB to 1GiB, it's up to you) and install Link2SD from Google Play Store.
With this apk you' ll never have problems with low internal storage because it creates links of apks to SD card (data, dalvik cache...).
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1. Just Link2sd apk if it's complicated...
2. ehh, and don't install Google Currents, 'til they Fix their app, to make the cache moves to the SD instead of internal cache.
thank you.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013376

Storage Space on Upgrades

Hi everyone
This may seem like a stupid question, but when new OS upgrades come out, do they replace the old one entirely or does it sit alongside the old OS? Additionally when apps update do they replace the old app files or does it mount on top of the already existing app? The reason I'm asking this is because my old HTC Wildfire S (which I had to root soon after using Link2SD to improve storage) had poor internal storage by default and the only for me to get an app to update was to uninstall it and install the latest update straight from the Play Store.
My current Motorola Moto G 4G only has an advertised 8GB internal storage and I can no longer update any more apps because it is full.
I've moved several apps already to my SD card (the ones I rarely use) leaving the apps I use daily on the internal storage for better performance.
Relating to SD cards, if I have apps installed on my SD card and I backup that SD card on NTFS external HDD for example, wipe my SD card and transfer the backup to the SD card, will the apps installed continue to work?
Many thanks
Will
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So regarding your first question, when your internal storage is full, you can't update apps because android first download the complete apk file and then updates it. If you don't have space then it can't be updated which means to update a 30 MB app, you need more 30 MB free.
Then regarding your second question, yes, if your apps have data installed on your SD card, they will work when you backup and put the SD card back hence giving them the data back. But make sure its completely installed on your SD card.
Hope I helped.