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This is a hack that that allows you to swap internal storage with your external SD card so you can increase your app data storage.
All credits go to original i9300 App2ExtSD Hack by mattiadj. I simply hacked it to work with U.S. versions and also I've added code so it will disable this feature when you don't have a microSD card inserted (app storage will default to internal when no microSD card is inserted).
E.g. If you have 16GB internal storage on Galaxy S3, you can install this witih a 64GB microSD card and swap the storage and get 64GB on your app storage instead of 16GB.
Before you can use this, you will need:
1) Rooted Galaxy S3 (SCH-I535/SPH-L710/SGH-T999/SCH-I747) or also Canadian versions too (i747m, etc...etc...)
2) A ROM/kernel with init.d support!
3) I've only tested this with TouchWiz-based ROMs, so it should work on stock ROMs and any TouchWiz-based ROMs, not sure on CM9 or CM10.
4) You must use the FAT32 or EXTFAT zip file below, depending on what format your microSD Card is in! (e.g. if you have a FAT32 microSD card, use FAT32)
To get this working, simply flash the zip files in your CWM Recovery:
Download and Details:
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-t...-external-microsd-for-u-s-canadian-galaxy-s3/
If you do not have init.d support, you can also enable on any rooted phone by using Script Manager, here's a quick tutorial:
I recommend you to FORMAT your microSD card once to get camera working flawless before using this hack!
How to disable this:
If for some reason you are having trouble, simply delete /system/etc/init.d/11extsd2internalsd.
OR
if you leave your microSD card out during boot (then re-insert it after), your phone will work as normal (internal storage used for app data).
Nevermind, I thought it was a data2sd type thing, not just an SD swap. This is very nice! I prefer everything to be on my external card!
How do you know if your card is exfat or fat32?
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con247 said:
Nevermind, I thought it was a data2sd type thing, not just an SD swap. This is very nice! I prefer everything to be on my external card!
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I use GL to SD for that. I think the mod is a great idea, but after seeing so many non-readers, surely some Rom flashers will format the wrong partition and bring their blame to the devs...sad really.
What I would like to see is a mod that brings back android 2.x "move app to SD" functionality.
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thank you I have been dieing for this hack
idelgado782 said:
How do you know if your card is exfat or fat32?
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If you have a microsd card adapter (i highly recommend having one), plug it into your computer and do right click->properties for windows, others should be similar. Go google it.
Thanks man! Been wanting this since day 1 and almost started regretting getting a 16gb S3.
Downloading now and will be testing out in my FAT32 64gb sdcard on Synergy 1.7.
EDIT: should have investigated further about what this is doing.
Note that if you want to delete, you must use a ROOT Explorer, and Enable Both Root and Mounting of System to delete the file.
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Do you guys use more than 16gb of app space??
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aj8600 said:
Do you guys use more than 16gb of app space??
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If you play a lot of games, GTA is like almost 1GB, the real 16GB internal only provides 10GB in reality, meaning if you play more than 10 games like GTA you run out of space real quick.
But I don't use that much space.
I'm not very found of kernels yet, but I'm running synergy ROM r50 does this change my system to a supported kernel?
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Mystikalrush said:
I'm not very found of kernels yet, but I'm running synergy ROM r50 does this change my system to a supported kernel?
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It will only work if the kernel in synergy has int.d support...i believe it does but dont quote me.
OK, can I flash it anyways to test if it works or will it soft brick me if I don't have the kernel?
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Has this been tested for Google Play Music?
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This is huge !!!
Yeah thank you, works great.
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OK, can I flash it anyways to test if it works or will it soft brick me if I don't have the kernel?
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Yes, will not harm even a bird.
Can I flash this even if my current SD Card has data on it or do I need to format and delete all data on my card before using this?
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Can I flash this even if my current SD Card has data on it or do I need to format and delete all data on my card before using this?
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You can, but my advise is to start fresh with an empty SD card so you don't get confused later.
I flashed this at the same when flashing Bean's latest and greatest. So now I see the SDcard and EXTSDcard show the same files and the same size. How can I browse the Internal SD? It does not appear when I plug it in my computer or when browsing using Root Explorer or Astro
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I flashed this at the same when flashing Bean's latest and greatest. So now I see the SDcard and EXTSDcard show the same files and the same size. How can I browse the Internal SD? It does not appear when I plug it in my computer or when browsing using Root Explorer or Astro
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Might be not compatible with Bean's. That happens when the script isn't working correctly, you should see two different sizes.
I rooted my Galaxy S3 and installed JellyBomb ROM as well however my phone cant see my 64 gig SD card anymore. Ive searched on the forums and have found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262 to install DirectoryBind but once I install it I still cant find my external SD using the path /mnt/emmc/. The 64 gig SD card worked perfect before the Root and ROM and the files are still on the card but I cant access them through my S3. Anyone have any suggestions?
Maybe it is related to the filesystem of your sdcard partition.
Maybe there is something missing on the ROM... most likely if it worked before
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I tried to reinstall the ROM and still the same thing.. Not sure what to do now? :banghead:
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Try partitioning the sd card could possibly fix
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How to reformat back to 64gb
Hello,
Been using Jellybomb ROMs & on v14. I had been using v7 and when I updated to v13 my card wouldn't show. It states to reformat & I did, then I was told to SDFormatter to get it back to 64gb, but it didn't & I am at 27gb FAT32. Please help & tks for your time!
Hello guys. I am strugleling for about 3 days to extend internal memory with microsdcard.
I have tried several possible solutions to make it work but still no results so I decided to ask for help from you guys here at xda.
I am very new in this Samsung Galaxy note 10.1 moding sector. I have some experience with hd2 moding but samsung way is different than Htc.
Current conf of my tablet is :
N8000 stock darkman deodexed 4.1.2 rooted and init.d enabled with universal init.d
16gb internal and 16gb microsd
So here is what I have tried since:
Link2sd didnt work for me. I have formated sdcard with ext4 filesystem but when I triet to configure link2sd it gave me an error that script wasnt created or my tablet dont support ext4 filesystem.
Then I have tried Super app2sd script from TweakerL . Script created folder on sdcard with scripts but even after reboot nothing changed. Apps are still installed on internal. Script didnt even mounted mount point.
Can somebody point me to right direction?
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Here's how they did it in the N2 forum. Do a search over there. There might be other ways too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027834
We have in developement, stickied, a mod that allows you to, if you have a larger sd card, swap external memory to internal. Change a 16gb to a 64with a simple script.... You do need root though...
Actualy i only have 16gb class 10 microsd and swaping internal memory to external wont do big difference. Better solution would be to configure system like if internal run out of space then apps will be instaled to external microsd. Or just bind appdata to external sd. The bigest files are gamedata especially from gameloft and so on. I was trying to do it with bind directory app but it just refuses to bind gamedata. Can it be because of OS not allowing to write on external? Possibly because of init.d ?
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Ok so far I was finally able to use dirictory bind app properly. My internal memory is now freed from big game datas. Finally. But now I will need to move apps to sd. So far 10 gigs for apps is enought for now but I will see later. But at least big datas are now in microsd. It is sad that samsung didnt put ability in ther rom to move apps on sd. I have tried cyanogen mod nighty 4.2.1 which is very good i like concept of multi user but I am missing features from stock firmware that are not available in cmod. I hope that samsung will release update to 4.2.1 and multiuser feature will be the part of stock firmware and I hope that it will contain move app to sd feature aswell.
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I am new to Android os and this forum as well so I would be really glad if anyone of you would be kind enough to help.
My Galaxy Grand has 8gb memory of which only 4gb is available to the user and I am left with just 800mb space left, I would like to know if anyone of you can let me know a way to transfer my apps to sd card, also I have hears that one can convert sd card to internal memory after rooting, is that possible, if yes then plese let me know how, also is it possible to transfer apps to sd card without rooting if so plsase let me know how, I would be eagerly looking for a reply.
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I'm not really familiar with that device but on most you can grab App2Sd from Google Play and it's self explanatory from there, but some devices (like mine) don't et you move apps to the SD Card, but you can move everything else there
And I'm no moderator, but I'm not so sure this isn't the right section for your question, I think it belongs in Q and A
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Since my cell runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Beans hence App to sd is not working on it, is there any other option to do so.
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COLDPLAY100 said:
Since my cell runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Beans hence App to sd is not working on it, is there any other option to do so.
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After rooting you can use Directory Bind to link your internal/external storage, but that's not truly moving them to the SD Card, but I think it's the closest you can get. I don't bother with it, I just move all my big files to my SD Card so I have space for my APK's on my internal storage
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COLDPLAY100 said:
I am new to Android os and this forum as well so I would be really glad if anyone of you would be kind enough to help.
My Galaxy Grand has 8gb memory of which only 4gb is available to the user and I am left with just 800mb space left, I would like to know if anyone of you can let me know a way to transfer my apps to sd card, also I have hears that one can convert sd card to internal memory after rooting, is that possible, if yes then plese let me know how, also is it possible to transfer apps to sd card without rooting if so plsase let me know how, I would be eagerly looking for a reply.
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without rooting u cant have memory swap..root ur grand and install init.d support. and reboot then install this http://d-h.st/AGR and gain reboot. this will convert external memory to internal and internal to external automatically.
use http://galaxygrandcenter.blogspot.in/2013/03/warning-it-will-void-your-warranty-and.html to root.
and this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39510406&postcount=1 to add init.d
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without rooting u cant have memory swap..root ur grand and install init.d support. and reboot then install this http://d-h.st/AGR and gain reboot. this will convert external memory to internal and internal to external automatically.
use http://galaxygrandcenter.blogspot.in/2013/03/warning-it-will-void-your-warranty-and.html to root.
and this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39510406&postcount=1 to add init.d
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Thank you sir for the help, I have succesfully rooted my phone throught that guide,though there was a little trouble geeting the Clock Work Mode Recovery but finally got it.
Sir can you tell me the actual usage of CWM, can i get backup of my present status through this mode or do i need to use some app like Titanium Backup pro for that purpose and what info would actually be backed up, like would it store info of the present firmware and is the backup point created in the internal memory or the sd card.
Also sir can you please tell me that if I swap my 32gb ext sd card with 4gb internal memory then when I want to get my phone back to normal mode then how am I gonna do so, I mean the sd card would have let's say some 25gb apps and I want to put the phone back to normal, I mean unswap it then how would it be possible as my internal memory would be only 4 gb, will I have to delete apps or use some recovery option, please make that clear, thank you sir for all your help.
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Hello! I think that needs another topic.
A small question about the problem with SD card on the p5100.
As of 4.1 or 4.2 google has introduced the 'cool' feature - multi-profile system.
Okay, everything is good, but with this 'cool' feature they have changed something with SD cards. Now internal memory is divided to the internal memory and internal SD-card which is considered as an external SD card. All apps are installed there, and my external SD card (32 gb) is now useless. Ofc, I can explore it on a file explorer, but the system thinks it is the second SD card and don't want to move any apps there.
And that's the problem. All apps are instaled on the internal-external SD card and the free-space is.. You know.
I can't update my apps, I can't download new apps - no memory alert.
Cyanogenmod nightly 10.2
So, is there any way to fix it, like Samsung has done to SGS3?
It's getting everything out of me.
On my phone everything is ok, but on the tablet.. :/
And please don't say google it.
I'm searching for this fix for.. months. Can't find anything so posted here.
Try Link2SD
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Luigi2012SM64DS said:
Try Link2SD
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Already tried.
"App2SD is not supported by your device. Because your Device has a primary external storage which is emulated from the internal storage. You can link the app in order to move its files to your SD card.
That's the problem.
Apps are already installed on the SD card but the wrong one.
Anyway, the emulated SD card has 10 GB free space, the 'proper' SD card has 25GB free.
When I try to update something on G Play, or install any app from my explorer - error, no enough free space.
Oh come on.
i.imgur.com/hWzliZS.png
Where is that "no enough free space"?
For a 200 KB update?!
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And I think that 'canceling the emulation' of the internal SD card will do a lot for me.. But how. :/
root & clean master
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GPkomp said:
root & clean master
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I don't see any app called 'root & clean master'. Anyway can't install any app because I 'don't have enough space'.
Check your internal memory using a pc and see exactly what you have stored there. Over 10GB should be enough for a 200KB update. I suspect something is wrong with your tablet.
Anyway, hard reseted. You can close the topic.
Acrivec said:
Anyway, hard reseted. You can close the topic.
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I just got a p3110 last week and have this same issue, Its only a 8gb and I want to install apps to the sd and it will not, did you fix yours? how?
You cannot move or install apps to the external sd card. Only the internal storage. There are methods if you are rooted. Read down the forum topics. There are a few threads discussing this. But stock tablets do not install apps to the external sd card.
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Install link2sd
Create a new ext3 partition of desired size in ur external sd using mini partition tool.
Then use this partition to move all your apps using link2sd...
I had done this procedure in my old galaxy y because it had very less internal storage....
I haven't checked it on my tab though... but why don't u give it a try...
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Problem
try to reflash
Acrivec said:
I can't update my apps, I can't download new apps - no memory alert.
Cyanogenmod nightly 10.2
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CM10.2 isn't yet working flawless on the Tab 2. I have tried nightlies 10 days ago and on 23th but none of them worked as good as stable CM10.1.1 does.
EDIT: I've flashed today CM10.2 nightly 20130826 and finally everything in my p5110 seems to work
Acrivec said:
Anyway, hard reseted. You can close the topic.
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This was my solution.
Posting after this was kinda useless. Please close the topic.
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Hard reset -> delete all data, fabric reset.
SAME 2 ME
my p5100 no have no problem ,everything working good .i have one message 2 told you ,p5100 sdcard only working with the 4.0.3 sistem , no one eles, some day i change to change about 15 times, 4.1.1~~4.1.2~~to the new one 4.2.2.. sdcard is not working, everything you want 2 user d date form sdcard , in not working , try see d photo ,is bad photo..
so right now i have to told you ,if you want user the sdcard ,you have to change 4.0.3 back to your phone