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Installing Apps to internal memory instead of SD?

Is there a way to install the apps to the internal storage instead of the sd card? I remember awhile ago there was an option on CM that allowed internal/external settings. I can't finder it anymore. My sd card is only 1gb taken from my old G1.
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jonnyboyca said:
Is there a way to install the apps to the internal storage instead of the sd card? I remember awhile ago there was an option on CM that allowed internal/external settings. I can't finder it anymore. My sd card is only 1gb taken from my old G1.
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Try swapping the cards.
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jonnyboyca said:
Is there a way to install the apps to the internal storage instead of the sd card? I remember awhile ago there was an option on CM that allowed internal/external settings. I can't finder it anymore. My sd card is only 1gb taken from my old G1.
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Which rom are you using right now?

If you're on stock (based) ROM, then you can use ADB/terminal to issue the command pm setInstallLocation 1 to force apps to use the internal storage, if on CM7 the option is under CM Settings => Application => Install Location

In CM if we set it to internal will apps install on the internal sd card or on the internal rom (is that the right word im looking for?)?

They'll be in /data/app, so what you would call 'internal ROM'

Thank you that's exactly what I was looking for
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Don't mean to hijack the thread, but does anyone know if there's a way to move apps to the internal sd card (not internal ROM)?
I have a 16gb class 10 microsd card but i want to use all that space for music. That 5gb internal sd card is just sitting there, i'd really want to use it for app installation space.
Any clues?

I think you have to change the setting to internal and reinstall the apps
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PhantomRampage said:
Don't mean to hijack the thread, but does anyone know if there's a way to move apps to the internal sd card (not internal ROM)?
I have a 16gb class 10 microsd card but i want to use all that space for music. That 5gb internal sd card is just sitting there, i'd really want to use it for app installation space.
Any clues?
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Did you get this resolved? I have the same issue. I'm trying to get apps to install in the 5GB internal SD memory.

smoothmoose said:
Did you get this resolved? I have the same issue. I'm trying to get apps to install in the 5GB internal SD memory.
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Titanium Backup.

??? Are you saying use Titanium Backup to move my apps from one place to another?

smoothmoose said:
Did you get this resolved? I have the same issue. I'm trying to get apps to install in the 5GB internal SD memory.
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Are you using CM7?
G2X CM7

phburks said:
Are you using CM7?
G2X CM7
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If so you can use the zip from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144553
Flash the one that says it makes external secondary. It will mount your internal sdcard as /sdcard and will mount your external as a folder /sdcard/_ExternalSD
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Thanks. I think that did the job!

Why cant i use my sd card?

I have a 16gb s3 and 16gb SD card I wanted to either move my music or apps but I can't figure out how my phone recognizes the SD but for some reason its seems unusable. Is there some setting I'm missing or is my SD card corrupt?
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not sure i understand your question exactly... but i can say that certain programs are not able to utilize the sd card in our phones. this was new for me coming from a motorola. the way samsung refers to the internal "sd card" vs your added external sd card is different so a number of programs will look at the internal memory as the SD Card instead of your actual SD Card.
that said, you can bypass this with a program the binds the directory on the internal storage that the program is looking for to a directory on your SD Card.
search my posts... i posted the link to the program (not mine) in another thread. it's working great for me with MOG. before, all my music had to be on the internal storage for mog to read it. now, with the directory bind program i have all my music on my external sd card and mog reads the files just fine.
hope that helps!

Well I downloaded app2sd and it says this device does not have a primary external storage. It does not even recognize my sd
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apps2sd does not work on this device...

fenixnr said:
apps2sd does not work on this device...
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that's good to know is there anything like it that works?
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Mark930 said:
that's good to know is there anything like it that works?
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No, since the OS won't allow apps2sd because it uses MTP

Mark930 said:
I have a 16gb s3 and 16gb SD card I wanted to either move my music or apps but I can't figure out how my phone recognizes the SD but for some reason its seems unusable. Is there some setting I'm missing or is my SD card corrupt?
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Read this below.... The device uses MTP so it will not see your external SD card in the slot by ICS design...what you want it the UMS the USB mass storage where the device used the SD card to save data...but the Samsung now has 16GB internal storage so it presents a problem...
This app was written to resolve that issue... Also there is a link to explain this deeper than what I am doing....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785243
Regards how this give you some light

parcou said:
Read this below.... The device uses MTP so it will not see your external SD card in the slot by ICS design...what you want it the UMS the USB mass storage where the device used the SD card to save data...but the Samsung now has 16GB internal storage so it presents a problem...
This app was written to resolve that issue... Also there is a link to explain this deeper than what I am doing....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785243
Regards how this give you some light
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Is there anyway to do this without rooting really don't feel like rooting right now
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Well I figured out how to get files from my Mac to my sd card using android file transfer. I transferred some videos and the stock video play found them right off. The only problem is that I can find the folder that there in using file manager. Its like a ghost SD card I can't find it anywhere but at least I can transfer and delete them now I just need my computer to do it.
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Can i change the internal sd??

I want to know if i can change the internal sd card for a bigger one because i have a extra 16gb sd is it possible to change??
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Do you mean use the 16gb instead of internal memory?
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The internal SD card is not removable

No i mean the internal sd the one inside the phone it only has 2gb.i once had a hd2 and changed the internal sd for a bigger one so i though i could do the same with this phone. Is it possible??
Or mount the 16gb as internal.
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I really don't know about that but what I did was just change my download path to the external_sd within whatever app I was downloading from
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razielpr said:
No i mean the internal sd the one inside the phone it only has 2gb.i once had a hd2 and changed the internal sd for a bigger one so i though i could do the same with this phone. Is it possible??
Or mount the 16gb as internal.
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Erm, the phone has built in memory, and then expandable memory from the microSD slot. Use a larger microSD and install your apps or transfer whatever media you have to that instead of the internal memory. You can also set your camera to save images to the microSD instead of the phone's internal memory.

The games install by default to internal sd and i don't have space for games only one fits and can't dl. Eny more that's my biggest problem and cant make the games install the data to external sd.
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razielpr said:
The games install by default to internal sd and i don't have space for games only one fits and can't dl. Eny more that's my biggest problem and cant make the games install the data to external sd.
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if you flash the cm7 port your external sd will be in your sdcard path like normal, and internal will be under an emmc folder instead. as far as i know thats your only option

We(tfq) are working on separating the sdcard and external sdcard like in cm7...it'll be emmc for internal ans sdcard for external SD
It does take time so waiting is crucial we are working on a lot of stuff for you guys
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Glitch With S4 Active.

When using my active I noticed that when I moved my game Need For Speed Underground to my SD card it moved it to sdcard witch is the internal storage and not my extSdCard. It says its on my external sdcard but it is not. It is taking up 2 gigs of my system. I have root and am moving it to my extsdcard and I hope it still works... I will keep you posted

Globel said:
When using my active I noticed that when I moved my game Need For Speed Underground to my SD card it moved it to sdcard witch is the internal storage and not my extSdCard. It says its on my external sdcard but it is not.
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yes, this is a known issue. If you have root just use the app foldermount it will mount the storage to the sdcard

Yep, known issue. The Active currently does not properly move any app to the external SD card. Like Mr. Joshua (get the reference?) mentioned, foldermount is the way to go in the meantime. I use it, and it works great. Was able to free up many gee-bees with it.
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[Q] How to unlock external SD card from read only mode for Samsung SII Plus

I am frustrate that external SD card just read only mode in Samsung SII Plus. Due to not more than 4G memory of internal storage only. I want to spare up more space through App 2 SD the information, photo, media and installed APP to external SD card only. Also, it cannot being usb mode as liked with SII before. How could I solve it? Anyway methods might share? Thank you very much.:laugh:

richieych said:
I am frustrate that external SD card just read only mode in Samsung SII Plus. Due to not more than 4G memory of internal storage only. I want to spare up more space through App 2 SD the information, photo, media and installed APP to external SD card only. Also, it cannot being usb mode as liked with SII before. How could I solve it? Anyway methods might share? Thank you very much.:laugh:
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Format the sdcard in fat32. Maybe your sd is 64GB exFat that needs a special kernel support

KINGbabasula said:
Format the sdcard in fat32. Maybe your sd is 64GB exFat that needs a special kernel support
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Thank you for your reply. The volume of my SD card is 16GB in FAT32 format. Mentioned problems may include with the right of permission to beyond read only mode and setting of android system. Because the photo records is taken by internal machine that can be set to store in external SD card. This kinds of problem have already occurred in Samsung several series machine. Meanwhile, this is a complicated problem beyond my limited knowledge. Anyway, thank a lots:laugh:

Root your phone.
Install Folder Mount.
Move everything to SD.
Enjoy life !
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richieych said:
Thank you for your reply. The volume of my SD card is 16GB in FAT32 format. Mentioned problems may include with the right of permission to beyond read only mode and setting of android system. Because the photo records is taken by internal machine that can be set to store in external SD card. This kinds of problem have already occurred in Samsung several series machine. Meanwhile, this is a complicated problem beyond my limited knowledge. Anyway, thank a lots:laugh:
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fayez107 said:
Root your phone.
Install Folder Mount.
Move everything to SD.
Enjoy life !
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Thank you for reply. I have rooted my machine already and trying this right now. But would like to know that except this method. Any method could save data (i.e. photos, installed app and media) to external SD card freely? Just like using of App 2 SD. And then, any method to get the right of permission to beyond read only mode and setting of android system? I would like to fix this problem completely and let it return to S II mode. Anyway thank you very much :laugh:

For the moment i don't think there is a way to move apps to SD. Only link 2 sd
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Well Folder Mount isn't free.
And Apps to SD didn't work for me. Neither did Link 2 Sd work until I created a partition on my SD card (later I removed the partition as I didn't want to spoil my new card and its performance).
You can install apps on internal and then later on move it freely to SD card. It would move all data folder.
I'm doing this and I have rooted phone with stock rom.
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Directory bind is the same as folder mount
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KINGbabasula said:
Directory bind is the same as folder mount
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Any Link please?
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fayez107 said:
Any Link please?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262

KINGbabasula said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
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Thanks man. But idky I don't seem to understand how will it work :/
It keeps on saying DATA folder must be empty :S
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fayez107 said:
Thanks man. But idky I don't seem to understand how will it work :/
It keeps on saying DATA folder must be empty :S
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Yes i don't know why the target is inverted
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KINGbabasula said:
Yes i don't know why the target is inverted
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Its not working even :S .. Weird NOT a user friendly interface and I dont find to make it work. It always gives an error message.
EDIT :→ I TRIED EVERYWAY. EVEN AFTER IT COPIES AND TRANSFERS DATA UPON RESTART THE FOLDER BINDED IS LOST !

fayez107 i hv rooted phone also hv filemount then how to move apps to ext sd card plz tell
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sandy99707 said:
fayez107 i hv rooted phone also hv filemount then how to move apps to ext sd card plz tell
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Well tap on the (+) button and you will have a window asking for
1. Folder name to be kept.
2. files to be moved.
3.where the files should be.
Select the following and press mount. It will start moving files and then mount.