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Hi all,
I am running out of storage on my note and was wondering if there was a way of saving my games obb files to the memory card and still being able to play the games?. I know I could do the switch hack to swap the memory over but don't fancy doing that.
any ideas?
Hmm ,
Make a Folder Directory in External SD Card, Similar to the Internal SD Card.
And Try this,
It worked for me some time ago,
You can have a try too...
P.S : Make a Backup before you took any step....
Because once you lost your obb , game is lost ... as well this may affect your Game Progress
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Just search for directory bind i n the forums, easy to use, been using it since i ngot my not note and iot has allowed me to store countless app data o my sd
fallensoldier said:
Just search for directory bind i n the forums, easy to use, been using it since i ngot my not note and iot has allowed me to store countless app data o my sd
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You will need root to use the app.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
Better use FolderMount instead of DirectoryBind, easier to use and is still supported, so it also works with Android 4.2.2.
Kamairo said:
Better use FolderMount instead of DirectoryBind, easier to use and is still supported, so it also works with Android 4.2.2.
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I tried to use FolderMount and it moved the obb files ok but then when I went to play the games (Modern Combat 4 and GTA Vice City) they no longer work. With MC4 it's starts to load like normal then just jumps back to my homescreen, with GTA it says each time additional files successfully downloaded but then freezes the Note.
Any ideas??
Well I give up!.
I have tried to use both programs to get my games saved to ext SD but I must be doing something wrong cuz I can't get either to work right.
Why o why did Samsung feel the need to stop you saving games to external SD???.
I only swapped from my Tab 8.9 cuz I was always filling the 16GB memory, I thought buying a tablet that could take an SD card would solve my problems.
Oh well never mind, thanks for all the suggestions....
hi, if i move dungeon hunter 4 obb file to external sd card temporarily to free up some space for internal memory, after that i put the obb file back to internal memory, will the game still have have the saved game progress?
ray_J13 said:
hi, if i move dungeon hunter 4 obb file to external sd card temporarily to free up some space for internal memory, after that i put the obb file back to internal memory, will the game still have have the saved game progress?
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of course you can, I've often done that for a few games which has quite large obb or data, gameloft, glu, or ea games, when I want to play the game, just return the obb or the data back to the original folder, then the games ready to be played back with no loss game progress, and the good again, the device does not need diroot
I have an eken gc10x. Need root for SD card access. Can someone help me I've had two returns to the store don't wanna make it number 3.
What are you trying to do with the sdcard? There are no roms for this tablet at all. It is rooted by default and you can swap the internal and external cards for the purposes of installing games requiring large obb files but not for actual sdcard installation. I'm working on some modding with this device but I don't know the first thing about creating my own roms. I'm very knowledgeable about Linux and I've flashed a million devices so hopefully I can figure it out.
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What are you trying to do with the sdcard? There are no roms for this tablet at all. It is rooted by default and you can swap the internal and external cards for the purposes of installing games requiring large obb files but not for actual sdcard installation. I'm working on some modding with this device but I don't know the first thing about creating my own roms. I'm very knowledgeable about Linux and I've flashed a million devices so hopefully I can figure it out.
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I'd be interested in this as well. I went and bought three of them for my kids around Christmas and they have been great for them...minus some odd issues. One being sound. They love Bloons TD and they can't hear the bloon pop but can hear music. Weird. Eken support was no good. I too know my way around Linux, have flashed dozens of custom ROMs and such. So...I'd love to help if I can. First thing I have been doing is looking around to see if this thing is generic enough to run another AllWinner ROM or not. BTW - I find the easiest way to get into recovery on this thing is to use Goomanager and have it boot it for you.
Let me know what I can do.
Is there a tutorial for swapping the internal and external cards for the purposes of installing games requiring large obb files?
micro sd card for my eken GC10x
I think I'm having a similar problem with my micro sd card. If I download something from the internet or a document that I create on the tablet nothing I do on the tablet will allow me to save it to my micro sd card. I can only save and download to the tablet itself and then through the file manager I can then copy stuff to the micro sd card.
Does anyone here have any suggestions on how I can actually access the micro sd card in an easier way than that? I've tried Kingo Root software but it didn't work, it didn't even recognize the tablet.
Any help with this will be appreciated. Thank you greatly in advance!
OK Guys, sorry about not responding for a long time, but life has been insane in the membrane since I first bought this pad. All yall need to do is download an app called Root External 2 Internal SD from the play store and follow the instructions. Due note that it will not allow you to fully swap and use that entire space on your SD to install the actual app to the SD, but any app that requires large files (such as games using the OBB folder) they will now default to the SD card so you can fit large games on your EKEN pad. I haven't had a whole lot of time to mess with the basic programming of the OS on this pad as I just got a new job and a new home at nearly the same time and we're still unpacking. Come to think of it, I have no idea where in my living room, under the mountains of boxes and things, this pad is right now... probably not even charged. LOL. Using my Nexus 7 32gb now. Anyway, that works well enough for the time being and you guys should be able to enjoy to big download games such as Bard's Tale and the like. ALSO, make sure to format the SD card as exFAT before you use it for this purpose, or your camera WILL NOT WORK! Fat32 is NOT acceptable for use with this swapping technique.
Cheers
Keef
Hello,
i am new to android world and this is my first android. But i am not able to install apps on external sd card.
So, i am not able to install high end games like modern combat 4 , asphalt 8 , NFS Most Want , etc.
please give an beginner guide to do this.
You can transfer all your games to ext sd card...
Go to settings>more>application manager>select the game> move to sd card...
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Use Link2SD App ( Root Needed )
riteshsaxena said:
Hello,
i am new to android world and this is my first android. But i am not able to install apps on external sd card.
So, i am not able to install high end games like modern combat 4 , asphalt 8 , NFS Most Want , etc.
please give an beginner guide to do this.
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All applications are not able to install on sd card
They consume lot amount of internal storage , you can use link2sd app to force them to move on sd card so you can install more apps on your device
Link2SD - Google Play : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD
With 768 MB RAM and a dual core processor, you might not be enjoying a lot of high end games whether they fit on your phone or not. Another option if you root though is Folder Mount:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount
Which will allow you to move the game data itself to external which would save way more room than the app themselves. You do have to pay a few $s for the paid version if you have a lot of folders to move.
Other options include changing the mount points of the storages and have the external SD be the internal and vice versa or to create a partition on your SD card and link that to your /data with one of the CronMod scripts: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716124
I'm a newbie to android. How do I add apps to the homescreen?
tercelman said:
I'm a newbie to android. How do I add apps to the homescreen?
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Oh my. I understand being new, but what was the thought that crossed the mind that it seemed like a good idea to ask your unrelated question on this thread?
Anyway, on almost every home screen app, you have to go into the app drawer and long press on the icon you want and it should move you to the home screen while you are holding it and then just drop it where ever you want. If you want to move it from where you dropped it, just long press on it again and you will be able to continue to move it. Some home screen apps have the ability to add apps and widgets from either long pressing on an empty part of the home screen and hitting Add+ or from using the Menu key on the home screen if you have one. Those features can be more specific to the launcher you are using though.
Hey Guys -
I've got a quick question, please... I recently added a 64gb MicroSD to my tablet, formatted it, and was able to move some apps to it and free up space. The problem is, that I can only move some apps to the SD card. Others have the buttons "Move to Tablet" and "Move to SD Card" bot greyed out.
I know that some developers can set the game to where it can or cannot be moved, but I researched to find out that some of the games which were grayed out support being moved which I cannot. Here are some examples:
- GTA: Vice City
- GTA: San Andreas
- Demon's Score
- ARC: Redux
I thought the issue may be due to KitKat "security" issues with the SD, but it allowed me to move some games and I thought Nvidia bypassed that issue anyways for the Shield in OEM firmware. Since I'm rooted, I went ahead and installed "HandleExternalStorage" via Xposed Installer which supposedly resolves the KitKat issue. After a reboot, though, I still cannot move some apps like the ones listed above.
The only other option I've seen is to use adb to set the system's default install location. Mine's currently set to "0" which is auto, but can easily be change to "1" which would install to SD. This would be last resort since I can see issues arising from this, but it's still an option.
Any thoughts on why this is happening and/or other methods to resolve it?
Thanks!
If you are rooted (which can be done without unlocking the bootloader currently), you can use Foldermount. I use it for a number of apps that cannot be moved the standard way. It is on the Play store. The only downside is if you want to link more than 3 things you'll have to get the Pro license (which is worth it in my opinion).
trowgundam said:
If you are rooted (which can be done without unlocking the bootloader currently), you can use Foldermount. I use it for a number of apps that cannot be moved the standard way. It is on the Play store. The only downside is if you want to link more than 3 things you'll have to get the Pro license (which is worth it in my opinion).
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Yes, I'm rooted. I downloaded the app and am trying it out now. So basically, all it does is create a symlink or directory junction? I tried it out with one app which had an 800mb data folder and 1.2gb obb folder in which I had it auto create folders and move the data for each. Upon running it, it tried to extract the data and failed. Think it was either because I'd had issue with that app already plus probably shouldn't have moved bot folders.
I just tried it a second time with ARC Redux. I moved the obb folder which was 600mb. The data folder was empty. After it moved (checked progress via notification window), I launched it. Upon launch, it tried to download the app's data file again.
What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
The most common issue people run into with it is, while they setup the link they don't enable it. After the items is done moving things click on the little push pin icon. When that icon is green the symlink (at least I'm pretty sure that is what it is using) will be enabled/created or whatever it does. It is probably safe to enable the Symlink before it is done copying, but I normally wait just to make sure.
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Yes, I'm rooted. I downloaded the app and am trying it out now. So basically, all it does is create a symlink or directory junction? I tried it out with one app which had an 800mb data folder and 1.2gb obb folder in which I had it auto create folders and move the data for each. Upon running it, it tried to extract the data and failed. Think it was either because I'd had issue with that app already plus probably shouldn't have moved bot folders.
I just tried it a second time with ARC Redux. I moved the obb folder which was 600mb. The data folder was empty. After it moved (checked progress via notification window), I launched it. Upon launch, it tried to download the app's data file again.
What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
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Hi did you get this to work??
john09121 said:
Hi did you get this to work??
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I can confirm that FolderMount works! I was even able to do it with Trine 2! Tested with Portal and Half-Life 2 and only noticed slightly longer load times.
using FolderMount
Virus.Shell said:
I can confirm that FolderMount works! I was even able to do it with Trine 2! Tested with Portal and Half-Life 2 and only noticed slightly longer load times.
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Thanks for your last reply, please can you tell me if there an idiots guide to using FolderMount and also where look on the tablet for the installed apps and games, it just that I am new to the android system having left the iPad
You can download and install it directly from here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount&hl=en=bv.74115972,d.bGQ
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Thanks for your last reply, please can you tell me if there an idiots guide to using FolderMount and also where look on the tablet for the installed apps and games, it just that I am new to the android system having left the iPad
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It depends on what you mean by "idiots guide". lol
Basically, your games can be saved in a few different locations on your device. But for the sake of brevity, I'll try my best!
∙The easiest way is to open the app then open the left side menu (either by swiping from the left of your screen or tapping in the top left corner.
∙Choose "Apps Analyzer" and let it do it's thing.
∙When it's done you should be presented with a list of your apps, sorted from largest to smallest (or already moved)
∙Click the app you want to move and you should see a screen showing you what data is stored where.
∙Then click 'Create pair' on the right side (Either for obb or data. I usually just pick the largest of the two and move that. Tho you can also move both)
∙Then you should be asked if you want to allow the FM to do things automatically. (If you don't know what you're doing just click yes)
∙Adjust the name if needed
∙Click the check-mark in the top right and wait
∙Assuming everything went well, then the last thing you'll need to do is tap the thumbtack on the 'List of pairs' screen to activate it
∙Now you should be good to go!
I realise this is a couple of weeks old by now but I just got my Shield Tab a couple of days ago, have installed a few games and now the storage is nearly full - there's a few >1GB games which I can't move using the built in a2sd.
So I rooted it and installed FolderMount, but a lot of things just show up as 0B in the apps analyser and I don't have the option to move them.
Any idea what's going on here?
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I realise this is a couple of weeks old by now but I just got my Shield Tab a couple of days ago, have installed a few games and now the storage is nearly full - there's a few >1GB games which I can't move using the built in a2sd.
So I rooted it and installed FolderMount, but a lot of things just show up as 0B in the apps analyser and I don't have the option to move them.
Any idea what's going on here?
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Well after native Apps2SD, Link2SD is the way to go. Dunno if that helps =P. I'd use Foldermount or the equivalent after all else.
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Well after native Apps2SD, Link2SD is the way to go. Dunno if that helps =P. I'd use Foldermount or the equivalent after all else.
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Installed Link2SD. Seems to pick up the internal storage mounted as an SD card, and doesn't pick up the actual SD card. It says "You can link the app in order to move its files to your SD card", but I can't seem to find anywhere to do that.
Update: some apps for which the option to move to SD is disabled normally (I'm looking at you, GTA:VC) can be moved if I use an adb shell to set the install location to the SD card - but it also showed up in FolderMount.
Some games, however (I'm looking at you, Humble Bundle versions of Horn, Anomaly 2 and The Cave, at least) still can't be moved (I try, it works for a while and then says "couldn't move app", and they show up in FolderMount as 0B (without the option for it to link anything), and I can't seem to find where they're stored in the file system to move and symlink them manually.
So can anyone help me move these things? I was hoping not to have half of my available storage taken up by three games (which is why I got a nice big SD card when I bought this). Thanks
Linking
Slashee the Cow said:
Installed Link2SD. Seems to pick up the internal storage mounted as an SD card, and doesn't pick up the actual SD card. It says "You can link the app in order to move its files to your SD card", but I can't seem to find anywhere to do that.
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There should be a linking option. You have to first repartition your card and add a second partition to do this, preferrably EXT4. There are tons of great utilities out there, but I usually use MiniTool Partition Wizard on Windows. Put your microSD in your computer's card reader, and in MiniTool, all you gotta do is make the existing partition smaller and make a new EXT4 partition in the free space. I'd say maybe 5GB or so would be enough, but it depends on you and what you link.
Linking is different from Apps2SD. You can actually do both to save more space.
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There should be a linking option. You have to first repartition your card and add a second partition to do this, preferrably EXT4. There are tons of great utilities out there, but I usually use MiniTool Partition Wizard on Windows. Put your microSD in your computer's card reader, and in MiniTool, all you gotta do is make the existing partition smaller and make a new EXT4 partition in the free space. I'd say maybe 5GB or so would be enough, but it depends on you and what you link.
Linking is different from Apps2SD. You can actually do both to save more space.
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Thanks! Turns out things work when I follow instructions. I used a GParted live USB and created an ext4 partition on my SD card, 16gb (it's a 64gb card, so I've got plenty of space... I can resize it later if need be).
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Thanks! Turns out things work when I follow instructions. I used a GParted live USB and created an ext4 partition on my SD card, 16gb (it's a 64gb card, so I've got plenty of space... I can resize it later if need be).
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Yup Gparted is a great tool. Awesome!
I have problem running Dark Meadow: The Pact and MCPE on my K1 tablet. Both crash immediately after start. Is there anybody else who has the problem running these (or other) games too? Is there anything I can do as a root user to run these games?
Wipe caché, if persist do a factory reset
Zetamx said:
Wipe caché, if persist do a factory reset
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I tried these games right after unlocking bootloader, which basically did a factory reset, so I don't think doing a factory reset again would help.
Are you talking about cleaning app cache via Settings, or about wiping cache/dalvik partition via TWRP?
PKM1111 said:
I have problem running Dark Meadow: The Pact and MCPE on my K1 tablet. Both crash immediately after start. Is there anybody else who has the problem running these (or other) games too? Is there anything I can do as a root user to run these games?
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Do you've root?
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Do you've root?
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Yes, SuperSU.
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Yes, SuperSU.
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That might be the cause of why the games crash. Check their permissions.. you may need to revoke some of them to make the games run.
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That might be the cause of why the games crash. Check their permissions.. you may need to revoke some of them to make the games run.
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Thanks for your advice! Here's what happened:
Dark Meadow --> I tried disabling permissions one by one, to see which one(s) are culprits. After revoking "Storage" permission game doesn't instantly crash anymore. Instead, it greets me with black screen and small dialog box saying "No SDCard found mounted." After dismissing it (there is only OK button so it's not like you can do anything else), it just stays stuck on the black screen without crashing. I think the game might have a problem with being installed on adopted storage (I use 32GB SD card). Is there any way I can move this only game to normal internal storage?
MCPE --> started working suddenly after reinstall, I did not have to do anything with permissions, they probably updated it.
However, I found another game, that crashes instantly - Rusty Lake: Roots. This game does not need any permissions at all, so cause of crash must be different with this one.
Oh, adopted storage*that's really a very bad feature. Lots of problem with it. If the SD card is too slow or corrupts you'll lose plenty of data!
I'd advise to backup your data and get rid of adopted storage. Games that crash may seek the external storage, namely sdcard1 but cannot find it due to adopted storage. Also, root can break the game. I think there was a way to trick apps in to believing that root is off, but i can't recall how.
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Oh, adopted storage*that's really a very bad feature. Lots of problem with it. If the SD card is too slow or corrupts you'll lose plenty of data!
I'd advise to backup your data and get rid of adopted storage. Games that crash may seek the external storage, namely sdcard1 but cannot find it due to adopted storage. Also, root can break the game. I think there was a way to trick apps in to believing that root is off, but i can't recall how.
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I knew it may cause problem if the SD card is slow, so I bought UHS-I class and everything works perfectly (except those few crashing games of course). I would not use adopted storage, but I don't have other choice as I bought this tablet exclusively for gaming and I have a lot of games that consume very much free space (for example GTA series and MCSM), so there is no chance I would fit all the games I want into 10GB internal storage...
If those games really do seek just sdcard1, then I got 2 ideas worth trying:
1. Connect OTG usb and mount it at sdcard1 mountpoint (less likely to work)
2. Partition the SD card so small part of it (let's say about 1GB) will be used as normal external SD card and rest as an adopted storage (I think this would fix the problem, but I'll need to reformat almost full SD card and restore all the data)
I'll try both of these methods and keep post updated
But even without adopted storage you can install games on the internal storage and game data on the SD card 1. You may need to make it manually though with some games.
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But even without adopted storage you can install games on the internal storage and game data on the SD card 1. You may need to make it manually though with some games.
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I think you need an app for that (it's called App2SD or something like that). But I'm gonna buy a bigger card and I'll try it that way to see if it works
A decent file explorer will do too.