I'm not really sure if this is possible or how difficult it would be or if anyone else would care to do it, but is it possible to repartition the 16GB of the phone for it to allocate less memory for apps and more for music, photos, etc? Even if you ran out of app storage, you could just move some apps to SD storage right? Thanks!
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I have noticed that if I move an app to SD, it's widget either stops working or disappears from the widgets menu.
Is that suppose to happen?
I've noticed that a few of the apps I've downloaded or were looking at do state not to put on SD card if you want the widget to work, so I think so
That's pathetic.
As much as SD storage is flexible, it cripples the phone.
i.mac said:
I have noticed that if I move an app to SD, it's widget either stops working or disappears from the widgets menu.
Is that suppose to happen?
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It's always been like that on every android phone I've owned.
It's normal on all android phones.
It's a big problem! Surely it can be fixed by google? Can't they save the widget on internal storage and the rest on the SD?
nicky041192 said:
It's normal on all android phones.
It's a big problem! Surely it can be fixed by google? Can't they save the widget on internal storage and the rest on the SD?
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I feel because accessing information from the SD is slower than the internal, widgets won't be as snappy.
Yeah it sucks. I moved ScoreCenter to the SD card and the widget stopped working. Oh well.
When I say its a big problem, I meant for devices with low internal storage. 1gb on the sensation is more than enough.
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This is a limitation of Android. It causes a lot of devs grief when it leads to bad reviews on the market. Sucks, and can't do anything about it.
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That's part of android, did you guys download every app in the market? Can you really not afford to keep a few apps in internal storage... You have a gig of space. WTF
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SD Card is much slower than NAND..The App will apear much later than you boot your phone..I think NAND space is enough for everyone..So don't move it to SD Card..If you definately install too many apps, you can parition an EXT4 partition..
I'd give my left nut for a gig of internal storage. My Aria has like 150 mb and I manage. How many Widgets you guys use?
Is it possible to use the sd card as internal memory?
like on i9003:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/swap-i9003-internal-sdcard-memory-with-external_sd/
Do you need that? The HTC Desire S got plenty of internal memory. Can't imagine that it will be out of memory (or you have to have like 1.000 apps which only can be storaged on internal memory). Most apps & games with a lot of extra data, already uses the SD card.
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Some games need to download extra content like 400mb, so yea..
Usually games download content to SD card.
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Usually games download content to SD card.
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Exactly...
I got some Gameloft games and all the extra data is saved on the SD card.
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I don't think that's required. I never have internal memory problems, 1 GB is enough. Most stuff like HD games, videos, music, are all on SD Card. Small apps like Angry birds (Max 30 MB) are on internal memory....
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Exactly...
I got some Gameloft games and all the extra data is saved on the SD card.
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Same xD
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How can I move an app to my external SD card rather than the internal 16 GB storage. I cannot find a way to do that. When I choose move to SD card is only goes to the internal 16 GB.
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download astro file manager....its free on the market and has a cut/copy/paste/move function
Thanks for the tips...what changed with this phone? This is my third Android phone and installing to SD card always meant to the microSD card.
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garak0410 said:
Thanks for the tips...what changed with this phone? This is my third Android phone and installing to SD card always meant to the microSD card.
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Its because the phone has internal SD that mounts as mnt/sdcard which is normally external on phones that don't have internal SD storage.
So basically, the expanded slot is mainly for files and media, correct?
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garak0410 said:
So basically, the expanded slot is mainly for files and media, correct?
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yeah, but with the amount of internal storage available on these devices, i see NO benefit to moving apps to sd. that was a benefit with older phones, but it seems all the newer models coming out have ample room for app installs. apps2sd seems like a worthless hassle to me any more.
I have to use apps2sd because the Market seems to want to default all my installs to the system storage rather than what it calls the usb storage...am I missing something here? My Captivate defaulted to the internal storage and I would often move into the external sd. My Infuse loaded all apps on the external sd card. This phone seems to go to the very limited system storage options (only like 1.3 gig free). So I feel like I have no choice but to continue using APPS2SD.
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I have to use apps2sd because the Market seems to want to default all my installs to the system storage rather than what it calls the usb storage...am I missing something here? My Captivate defaulted to the internal storage and I would often move into the external sd. My Infuse loaded all apps on the external sd card. This phone seems to go to the very limited system storage options (only like 1.3 gig free). So I feel like I have no choice but to continue using APPS2SD.
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What apps are you running that you need THAT much internal storage for apps?
Samsung typically leaves 2gb for internal app storage, the 16gb internal SD for media ect..
I've got well over 150 apps on my phone and haven't come close to using my internal storage.
Well, I need more than the 2GB of internal storage but not much more. Just not used to the way this phone handled app storage compared to my past phones.
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garak0410 said:
Well, I need more than the 2GB of internal storage but not much more. Just not used to the way this phone handled app storage compared to my past phones.
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what do you install that requires that much space?
garak0410 said:
So basically, the expanded slot is mainly for files and media, correct?
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not correct
you can do sooooo much more with it, that you wont believe
check this out for detail http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1343187
Move apps to ExternalSD
garak0410 said:
How can I move an app to my external SD card rather than the internal 16 GB storage. I cannot find a way to do that. When I choose move to SD card is only goes to the internal 16 GB.
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Give Link2SD a try; it's fantastic and allows you to move apps, one at a time or multiples (under menu button) to the ExternalSD card (plus it allows you to do so much more, see link above). It sees the External card as it should see it, an SD card that can have apps and data on it. App2SD doesn't give you a choice to move to the ExternalSD card, it only moves from phone to InternalSD and vice versa.
Ok I've had my G2x for a while now and I've ran into a problem. I noticed that when I move apps to sd card it actually uses up my phone memory instead of my actual sd card. I have a 16GB sd card installed in my phone and it has tons of free memory on it. Anyone know if you can move apps to the actual sd card instead of the phone memory? Thanks in advance.
Google link2sd
Winning!!!
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Noticed today after bringing up Apps2sd that its saying i dont have an external storage or i have an emulated ext storage even with a 16gb sd card in. computer reads it fine and i would like to move my large apps to it. Any ideas please?
thanks
liquidraven said:
Noticed today after bringing up Apps2sd that its saying i dont have an external storage or i have an emulated ext storage even with a 16gb sd card in. computer reads it fine and i would like to move my large apps to it. Any ideas please?
thanks
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App does not work since ICS release. Apps must run off internal. There are workarounds but more hassle than they are worth.
Not sure why someone would even need this feature in this day and age. It was only invented to deal with shortage of space before cell phones caught up with the times.
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Thanks, removing the app now lol
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