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I just did this as a reply to another topic. An easy way to backup and run applications from your SD CARD is to go to the Android Market and download App Manager. It is free and what it does is backup all the applications that you have on your phone to your SD Card and also it allows the option to run all the applications directly from the SD Card. I just did it and it worked. Try it out and comment on how it works.
This works without creating an ext2 partition? Have you actually deleted the app from your on-board memory, leaving only the copy found on your SD card?
I'm skeptical to say the least.
It doesnt let you run apps from the SD Card, It will let you back up and install apps from the Card.
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This works without creating an ext2 partition? Have you actually deleted the app from your on-board memory, leaving only the copy found on your SD card?
I'm skeptical to say the least.
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And you are right to be. It doesn't do that, it merely creates a backup on the SD card. The author never claimed that it would do any other thing.
boosted13b said:
It doesnt let you run apps from the SD Card, It will let you back up and install apps from the Card.
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Exactly.
Sheesh.
Cant find it on the market
Astro does this. Just open it up, hit menu, then app manager.
MUSER4LIFE said:
I just did this as a reply to another topic. An easy way to backup and run applications from your SD CARD is to go to the Android Market and download App Manager.
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Yes he did! I didn't mean to be mean, was just saying...
Joeriginal said:
Cant find it on the market
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Search for AppManager.
edit: shouldn't this be in the Applications Forum?
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Yes he did! I didn't mean to be mean, was just saying...
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Oh, my bad. I meant the author of AppManager.
I wasn't too clear
In response to the replies, yes I was a bit wrong. However this does help in certain occasions such as if one downloads an application and wants to back it up and/or share it with another person. In my case, I wanted to find a way to be able to share MP4 Youtube downloader with my friends as it had been removed from the market. But I am thankful for all the criticism as it is better to right than partiallly right. Sorry for misleading anyone.
Hi,
As you guys know Froyo has the Feature of installing Apps 2 Sd card directly.But a lot of apps still Remain on The Internal Memory.It also depends on the Developer of the app if they want to allow people to install on SD card or Not.The Following will Lift up that limit and you can install Each and every app On the Sd Card.
Things required:-
Root
Terminal Emulator
Instructions:-
Open Terminal and type:-
su
pm setInstallLocation 2
(Note:Above is case sensitive)
usage:-
After typing the above if everything is successful you will go back to #
Now to explain the Above:-
Froyo has 3 Switches to install apps-
1-Internal
2-External
0-Auto
u can select any of them by typing : pm setInstallLocation <switch>
U can also Get to Know the Present Path by typing: pm getInstallLocaton
Another thing to note:
Some apps will fail to install on external Mem.the work around to that is.Set the default location to internal Mem.Install App.Set the Default location to External Mem.go to Settings->Program->Manage Applications and click on the installed app.You will find the Settings to Move to SD card.
The above has been tested by me on:-
MIUI 11th December Rom
Cronos 1.7.0
CM6.1 (12.12.10)
Please feel free to contact me in case of any probs.
Sweet!! Thanks a ton, needed this...
bloodhawk said:
Sweet!! Thanks a ton, needed this...
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No Probs Mate...Hope others also find it useful
This is specially useful on MIUI where you do not have the CMparts included.
Since its actually included as a Sub Menu in the Cyanogenmod!
But dang! i still cant get angry birds to work
Never tried Angry Birds.Cm had the option to install to SD but still a lot of apps used to take up internal Storage and just refused to go to SD.....So this should be helpful in those cases as well
thx a lot, works like a charm
posted your HowTo on Android-Hilfe to more spread it in our German community: http://www.android-hilfe.de/root-ha...2221-how-full-apps2sd-auf-2-2-froyo-roms.html
Mods.....how about Making it a Sticky?
thank you! i searched a bit and found out, that there is a little app for this already called "Mod Install Location For Root". Its in the market...
Or you could use the built in feature for doing this
Go to Preferences->CM Extra / (or something else having CM as menu item name) -> Application Settings->Install location and there you have a nice GUI
works on Cronos <=1.70 and CM6.1
Dunno about MIUI
As someone mentioned, in CM6 you can set it in settings. Would you know how to partition the SD card to have linux partition and fat32?
ridsama said:
As someone mentioned, in CM6 you can set it in settings. Would you know how to partition the SD card to have linux partition and fat32?
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Yes But there are other Mods also...Not just CM and Cronos.Anyway..about partitions..In the latest open recovery there is an option called eclair mods->Menu apps2sd...You can partition your card from there.but it will format everything so be careful.But you do NOT need to fomat the card while Using Froyo to install in Sd card.
i create additional 1G ext3 partition on SD and set application setting to external
How i check if the application install on SD or not?
THX
abauomy said:
i create additional 1G ext3 partition on SD and set application setting to external
How i check if the application install on SD or not?
THX
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You dont really need to format it on 2.2..it will work anyway...and to answer your question.So to settings->Applications->Manage Applications->click on the app...you will see either Move to Phone or Move to SD..if move to Phone then the app is installed on SD card and vice versa
it working but not with all aps.i cant move gentle alarm to sd
mefistoooo said:
it working but not with all aps.i cant move gentle alarm to sd
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Please tell me the ROM you are using and what exactly happens?
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Please tell me the ROM you are using and what exactly happens?
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i use miui with english pack based on 18.12 with bug fix.
i go to settings->programs->manage application-> and when click on gentle alarm i dont have "move to sd" (i have this but i cant push) or "move to phone"
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i use miui with english pack based on 18.12 with bug fix.
i go to settings->programs->manage application-> and when click on gentle alarm i dont have "move to sd" (i have this but i cant push) or "move to phone"
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Tell you what...Open terminal and do the following
su
pm getInstallLocation (Please keep the case in mind)
then tell me what location it shows
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Tell you what...Open terminal and do the following
su
pm getInstallLocation (Please keep the case in mind)
then tell me what location it shows
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2[external]
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2[external]
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At the Moment am using Cyanogen Mod...n i downloaded the trial from Market..i am easily able to move it to SD and back in phone mem
When in Phone Mem size=1.23MB
when in SD size=484
I will flash to MIUI and check it there and let you know.
i uinstall my wersion of gentle alarm and download from market trial wersion and have the same problem maybe is something wrong with miui but is not so important for me bcs rest of app i have on sd and i have 84.79mb free on phone
So, i can set this up to give you guys an option during rom flashing to have a Apps2sd native option during the flashing process. What it will do is while the rom is flashing in CWM, it will ask if you want all apps installed to sd or if you want them installed to internal memory. Would you guys want this included?
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this sounds great man... i like that idea.
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Isn't it quite dangerous installing apps to SD card by default? There are a lot of them that may create problems when running from SD card. Plus I found that some apps would not install to SD at all (Google Maps as far as I remember, and some others.) They can be moved to SD later, but direct installation to SD just fails.
This is only for aftermarket app installs. Either 3rd party or market.
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Google Maps or Youtube (another one that would refuse to install directly to SD) are actually aftermarket apps. When I was moving them to SD to clean up some internal storage I had to uninstall them first (with TitaniumBackup), then reinstall to phone memory from the market, and only then move to SD.
It would be neat to have a simple program that would switch the setInstallLocation on demand. I wish somebody would write such app.
I think that would be a great option for roms on the sgs4g.
I like this phone and it has great potential but internal storage/app management will always be an issue. It would be nice to automatically move third party apps to SD during setup. Most run fine from SD and the few that don't can be moved to internal easily enough after rom install.
Thanks Krylon for working on this btw...
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I think it is a great idea. Maybe making available an option where you can turn it off and on?
I don't think it's a good idea,i would like to be able to choose for myself which apps are installed where, some apps can be installed to sd card, but then you lose widget options.
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I think it's a fantastic idea
+1. Great idea!
wease said:
I don't think it's a good idea,i would like to be able to choose for myself which apps are installed where, some apps can be installed to sd card, but then you lose widget options.
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You could still just choose save to internal, then move the ones you want later manually. Or the other way around. Move all to external and move them back if you want.
So my vote is, yes please. ;-)
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Bl4ckpheniX said:
You could still just choose save to internal, then move the ones you want later manually. Or the other way around. Move all to external and move them back if you want.
So my vote is, yes please. ;-)
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+1. cant wait to get cwm back. My flashing addiction is getting to the point where not having it is about to cause me to have a complete meltdown. Lol
I think this is a great idea and for those of you that don't want this on your phone remember he said that this is only an option, he never said it was mandatory if he added the option.
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I would love this option. Just so I understand, I'm a little slow, would market still ask where we would like to install, and if so would the market think it was installing to the internal when it was actually installing to sd card. In other words would we still continue to choose to install to internal mem, but in actuality it is installing to sd. My brain hurts.
Long story short... yes, I would like that very much thank you.
As far as I understand the process, with setInstallLocation set to 2 all you programs will go the SD card by default. No questions asked. You'll have to move to phone manually the ones you don't want on SD.
Some programs will fail to install completely. Seems like all Google apps do that, at least for now. You'll have to revert back to default install location to install such apps.
golmar88 said:
I would love this option. Just so I understand, I'm a little slow, would market still ask where we would like to install, and if so would the market think it was installing to the internal when it was actually installing to sd card. In other words would we still continue to choose to install to internal mem, but in actuality it is installing to sd. My brain hurts.
Long story short... yes, I would like that very much thank you.
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"So, i can set this up to give you guys an option during rom flashing to have a Apps2sd native option during the flashing process. What it will do is while the rom is flashing in CWM, it will ask if you want all apps installed to sd or if you want them installed to internal memory. Would you guys want this included?" OP by Krylon
What this means is.
When you are in CWM recovery, and going to install a new ROM, CWM will ask you where you want the Apps to install. You can choose internal, or external SD. Then CWM will finish the install of the ROM placing the apps where you tell it. I am not sure which apps will have problems or not running from the external SD. But when it happens and if you run into problems with certain apk's on the external SD, you can just pull the apk and move it back to internal.
That is how I understand it anyways.
Oh, if that is all it is - where to place programs *during* ROM installation - it's perfectly fine then. I thought that during ROM flashing the option to install all apps afterwards would be preset either this or that way.
AntonX said:
Oh, if that is all it is - where to place programs *during* ROM installation - it's perfectly fine then. I thought that during ROM flashing the option to install all apps afterwards would be preset either this or that way.
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I was thinking the same thing. erp de derp!
I would be curious to see/know how many apps would be rejected this way. Which would be more work, deleting and reinstalling X # of apps or moving X # of apps to the sd card. Still, either way my vote remains to have the option.
I second the motion. Definitely yes!
Iam getting that i have 155 mb used from 180 mb. Phone storage.
Any program to free that.
I tried link2Sd program and moved some programs to SD but with no effect.
Any ideas?
Thanks
I have already rooted my device
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dramroo said:
Iam getting that i have 155 mb used from 180 mb. Phone storage.
Any program to free that.
I tried link2Sd program and moved some programs to SD but with no effect.
Any ideas?
Thanks
I have already rooted my device
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Use app2sd you can move the otherwise unmovable apps to SD card remember some apps require to be on phone storage like the facebook etc otherwise widgets dont work
Follow Steps From This Tutorial It Will Help You
use titanium backup to uninstall bloatware and clean dalvic cache
sedhasukhdeep said:
Use app2sd you can move the otherwise unmovable apps to SD card remember some apps require to be on phone storage like the facebook etc otherwise widgets dont work
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can you give me the link for this program in the market because I saw many . none need rooting!!
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can you give me the link for this program in the market because I saw many . none need rooting!!
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Here u go !!!!
I dont think this app is avaliable in the market.
What i would advice u is to do a clean instal.
Please note that all widgets need to be stored on the phone memory only, else they will not run. Besides that, any program that stores information (eg 3rd party mail clients) should be on the phone memory.
This is the most simple and effect program i have come across
Hi all,
This is my first post in XDA but I've been a regular reader as a guest. I've developed an app(Apps2SD) to move/link apps from internal storage to external SD card with lots of other cool features.
Apps2SD has evolved from being an app which moves app data to sd card to an all in one app with many cool features.
Translation project http://os3pxnq.oneskyapp.com/collaboration/project/54276
Apps2SD Translation Thread
Tutorials @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4q5HAHJblI&index=1&list=PLiRFJHKSKUX_q0hsN0oHn4iXGoloJku5s
Prerequisites:
Device needs to be rooted
Root permission should be granted to Apps2SD
2 partitions on external SD card (use Apps2SD partition tool to create 2nd partition). 1st partition should be FAT/exFat partition, this is your standard SD card storage. The second partition is used as the internal storage for linked application files and can be ext2, ext3, ext4 or f2fs.
Helpful links:
Faqs
Features
Known issues and solutions
Suggestions
How to Partition SD card
Repository
Permissions
Changelog
Videos
Supported Intents [Pro]
Translation project
Script to replace KingRoot with SuperSu
Apps2SD development
HI Vicky,
let me first congratulate you on making such a useful app which has so many features .Does this app has any device limitations .
thanks , Rahul
Thank you Rahul,
There is no device restriction apart from Android version. The app is supported on android 2.3+.
The app won't partition my 32gb card on a Galaxy Tab 4. It keeps instructing me to reboot. Once I do, the app auto-starts, attempts to partition, then fails. Again, it instructs me to reboot. I never make it past this point. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. Thanks for the app and your time.
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The app won't partition my 32gb card on a Galaxy Tab 4. It keeps instructing me to reboot. Once I do, the app auto-starts, attempts to partition, then fails. Again, it instructs me to reboot. I never make it past this point. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. Thanks for the app and your time.
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Hi Cablespider,
Do you have busybox installed? can you check if fdisk is available in your busybox version.
Cablespider said:
The app won't partition my 32gb card on a Galaxy Tab 4. It keeps instructing me to reboot. Once I do, the app auto-starts, attempts to partition, then fails. Again, it instructs me to reboot. I never make it past this point. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. Thanks for the app and your time.
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Cablespider,
I've sent you a PM, please check.
Cablespider said:
The app won't partition my 32gb card on a Galaxy Tab 4. It keeps instructing me to reboot. Once I do, the app auto-starts, attempts to partition, then fails. Again, it instructs me to reboot. I never make it past this point. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. Thanks for the app and your time.
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The partition tool should work now. I've updated the apk in google play. It should be available after 3-4 hours.
Thanks,
Vicky
vickybonick said:
Thank you Rahul,
There is no device restriction apart from Android version. The app is supported on android 2.3+.
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Thanks for the information.I tried it on my Samsung S5 and it works .The interface and visualizations provided to showcase the space used by different files are really impressive and easy to handle.
good app.
link2sd and apps2sd when used together have conflicts.
App needs stability. every reboot asks for another soft reboot to mount partition.
anil2705 said:
good app.
link2sd and apps2sd when used together have conflicts.
App needs stability. every reboot asks for another soft reboot to mount partition.
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Please let me know your device name and android version. Ideally Link2SD and Apps2SD should not be used together. Any app linked by Link2SD will be detected by Apps2SD. If you still want to use them together make sure to deselect auto linking in Link2SD or Apps2SD settings.
As for the post reboot issue. Can you recreate the mount script from Apps2SD, reboot and try again. If the problem still persist send me the content of /system/etc/install-recovery.sh file.
running moto e 5.1.1
using only apps2sd solved the issue. and mount scripts were done from apps2sd itself
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running moto e 5.1.1
using only apps2sd solved the issue. and mount scripts were done from apps2sd itself
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Great. Please rate and review on google play if you like the app.
but every restart forced a soft reboot to make it work.
jus fix that, it'll be great.
anil2705 said:
but every restart forced a soft reboot to make it work.
jus fix that, it'll be great.
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Can you update to latest version, recreate mount script from the app, reboot and try again.
hunkrahulsvnit said:
Thanks for the information.I tried it on my Samsung S5 and it works .The interface and visualizations provided to showcase the space used by different files are really impressive and easy to handle.
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Thank you hunkrahulsvnit.
I can not get it to work with my samsung tab 4 7.0in. I have link every option in setting, but applications still install in tablet internal storage. Tablet still showing Low on storage memory notification.....
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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10507 said:
I can not get it to work with my samsung tab 4 7.0in. I have link every option in setting, but applications still install in tablet internal storage. Tablet still showing Low on storage memory notification.....
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Can you send me the Android version. Also are you able to Link/Move apps manually? Also do you mean after selecting all the options in auto link option, newly installed apps are not being moved to SD card?
Please note that Auto link Settings is for newly installed applications. To link existing apps select the app and link individually or use Multi select to link in batch.
vickybonick said:
Can you send me the Android version. Also are you able to Link/Move apps manually? Also do you mean after selecting all the options in auto link option, newly installed apps are not being moved to SD card?
Please note that Auto link Settings is for newly installed applications. To link existing apps select the app and link individually or use Multi select to link in batch.
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It still running it original android version of 4.0.2. Yes, the newly installed apps are not being moved to the SD card. Everytimes I install new apps my internal storage decreases. I will try further more to see....
Thanks
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10507 said:
It still running it original android version of 4.0.2. Yes, the newly installed apps are not being moved to the SD card. Everytimes I install new apps my internal storage decreases. I will try further more to see....
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Also are you able to Link/Move apps manually?