I recently bought an SD card for my ZTE Paragon and I've tried so hard to find a way to root it and try to get the internal storage to move my apps to my SD card. I don't have a computer available and am seriously getting stressed about this. Please someone help me, this 1.27 GB of storage that's taken up by 400 mb of system BS is aggravating. It is a Z753G, thank you!
Lik3aboss said:
I recently bought an SD card for my ZTE Paragon and I've tried so hard to find a way to root it and try to get the internal storage to move my apps to my SD card. I don't have a computer available and am seriously getting stressed about this. Please someone help me, this 1.27 GB of storage that's taken up by 400 mb of system BS is aggravating. It is a Z753G, thank you!
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As I myself am hitting brick walls in rooting my galaxy Luna and being stuck with laughable internal storage I found an app that has been quite handy to an extent. It's free in Google play its called Apk share/App send Bluetooth. It makes a copy of the app you select as an apk, and then allows you to send the app via Bluetooth to another device. I have been using it to send apks to my tablet which has an SD card as the default write disk, so I can move the SD to any device and all the apks are on the SD in my Bluetooth file.
The nifty thing is that you can also send the apks to other places if there's no secondary device available to you. You can send them to your Google drive, Google+, gmail and even through text message. Then you just install the apk from the Bluetooth folder on the SD like you would any other apk ?
This method may not technically save you any space if you require every app you have on the device though which sucks, especially if you are running lollipop. So if this is not helpful I apologize. However I hope this can help even just temporarily! On the plus side it can be a good way to back up all the apps you may need or want to have on SD before/during root process
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hey guys,
i have not found anything about my problem here or on google, so im asking and hope its not coverd anywhere else.
i read about changing the default location for camera/fotos and how to get apps to sd. but i want to set the sd card to default for anything. for downloads/music/pics/app related files.
i have 16 gb of internal storage and it fills up with all my music from doubletwist that i sync over airsync. maybe there is a way to get that done for the music alone. that would already help me. but a better solution was to get sd as default for anything.
when i think about my htc, i have all apps on the internal, thats ok. and all other files are atomatically saved to de sd card. i want it like that on my note 10.1
is there any possibility to get that done?
thx in advance guys
go to android development section find 64gb internal storage by zedomax hope this helps i followed this method and now i have 64gb iternal memory
huzi7868 said:
go to android development section find 64gb internal storage by zedomax hope this helps i followed this method and now i have 64gb iternal memory
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hey thx so much. i will give it a try in the next days.
but i noticed something else. when i look at my files from es file explorer, they all seem to be on my sd, but my settings app says they are on the internal storage, but maybe the script will fix that.
Your internal card is the sd as far as es is concerned. Youneed to either hit the star icon in the left corner to go to extsdcard or go to mnt>extsdcard to get to your external sd card...
Ah now I get it... Thing is: it was different on all my other devices... Thx again guys. It was a huge help
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Hi, I just registered for xda site because I am having a problem sending apps to my ex sd card to free up some space on my inter sd card is almost full.
Info you should know: recently rooted my tab 2 myself 5113. Cyanogenmod installed
Have rom toolbox pro installed but wasn't able to move apps with that program
I know some computer stuff but am not super hacker by any means just followed instructions online to root tab
I have super user installed on my tab, only installed working version, nothing experimental or in development
My ex sd card is only a class 4, 32gig and not the class 10 san disk card, not sure if it will work or if is going to be extremly slow.
Most of my "research" to learn how to install this stuff has came from google search, xda site, or youtube.
This is all the info I can remember, if more is needed please ask. My question again is how do I move most of my apps (except widgets ect. that are best to stay on internal sd) and have them installed on ex sd card so I can free up my internal sd card.
Thank you, you responses will be most appreciated.
mococaman said:
Hi, I just registered for xda site because I am having a problem sending apps to my ex sd card to free up some space on my inter sd card is almost full.
Info you should know: recently rooted my tab 2 myself 5113. Cyanogenmod installed
Have rom toolbox pro installed but wasn't able to move apps with that program
I know some computer stuff but am not super hacker by any means just followed instructions online to root tab
I have super user installed on my tab, only installed working version, nothing experimental or in development
My ex sd card is only a class 4, 32gig and not the class 10 san disk card, not sure if it will work or if is going to be extremly slow.
Most of my "research" to learn how to install this stuff has came from google search, xda site, or youtube.
This is all the info I can remember, if more is needed please ask. My question again is how do I move most of my apps (except widgets ect. that are best to stay on internal sd) and have them installed on ex sd card so I can free up my internal sd card.
Thank you, you responses will be most appreciated.
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hey not a difficult task, and no such information needed!
use apps such as apps2sd.
if you want more advanced features, use titanium backup, and link2sd
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Siddharth121 said:
hey not a difficult task, and no such information needed!
use apps such as apps2sd.
if you want more advanced features, use titanium backup, and link2sd
hit:good:thanks
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dont use app2sd it will f*ck up ur system just download foldermount or directorybind just search either of these on this xda
if helped press thanks button
I had apps2sd installed but I didn't really care for it. I had foldermount as well, I just didn't really know how to use it.
Hello,
I am from India and I just happened to read this thread. I have a few questions and I appreciate If you could answer them.
I purchased a new nexus 5 32 GB. Now, I am afraid to do rooting as it could void my warranty.
I would like to know how to install apps to the external storage. Since Nexus 5 comes without an sd card(sealed sd card). How do I access this sd card, becuase If I install any app. It just installs(currently, it tells 350mb and 26 GB free). Now, is this telling me that 350 MB is being used on sd card.
Secondly, where can I check the amount of RAM being used ?
Regards,
Avi
If you don't want to root, don't. As for your other question, I don't understand... There is no external storage. Unless you get an otg like meneevo but you can't install apps to that. Everything runs off the internal. 32 GB should be more than enough unless you install like 1000 apps...
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Avin_in said:
Hello, I am from India and I just happened to read this thread. I have a few questions and I appreciate If you could answer them. I purchased a new nexus 5 32 GB. Now, I am afraid to do rooting as it could void my warranty. I would like to know how to install apps to the external storage. Since Nexus 5 comes without an sd card(sealed sd card). How do I access this sd card, becuase If I install any app. It just installs(currently, it tells 350mb and 26 GB free). Now, is this telling me that 350 MB is being used on sd card. Secondly, where can I check the amount of RAM being used ? Regards, Avi
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Here's an excellent thread about the N5's storage.
Some more info please
Hello,
Thanks for the reply. But I still have some doubts.
If I install any app from play store, By default, where it will install, in the internal 32 GB Memory or on the 2GB RAM ?
Because, my intention is that whatever apps I install, It should by default install in the 32GB internal storage and not on the 2GB RAM. How to do this ? If any screenshot helps, please let me know.
Regards,
Avi
they are installed in 32 gb not ram lololololo.....
Avin_in said:
Hello,
Thanks for the reply. But I still have some doubts.
If I install any app from play store, By default, where it will install, in the internal 32 GB Memory or on the 2GB RAM ?
Because, my intention is that whatever apps I install, It should by default install in the 32GB internal storage and not on the 2GB RAM. How to do this ? If any screenshot helps, please let me know.
Regards,
Avi
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Apps will only install on the phones memory and never the RAM. RAM means how many apps you can have open on the phone at one time (multitask). For example you can have Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Browser, etc all open at one time without the phone crashing or running sluggish. RAM is basically the towing capacity of a pick up truck.
The phone memory is basically a car trunk filled with groceries (data, pictures, videos, apps, etc). The larger the car trunk, the more groceries you can put in it before you run out of storage and have to put it in the back seat/front seat (external SD or OTG).
In short, you have 32gb and all your apps will be downloaded ONLY to the 32gb.
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Hello,
If it is that all the apps will be downloaded to 32 GB internal memory, then why would anybody use link2sd apps, because the main intention is that nothing goes to phone memory(2 GB) and all of them goes to 32gb internal memory. I believe that link2sd apps is probably not for nexus 5 phone at all and only for other smart phones.
One thing, I would like to tell is that I downloaded the link2sd app(hoping that this could increase the phone performance). Here, when I launch the app, for few apps, it tells that the app can be moved and tells that symbolic link is not found ? Does this make all sense what I am saying ?
What is your take on this ?
Regards,
Avinash
Avin_in said:
Hello,
If it is that all the apps will be downloaded to 32 GB internal memory, then why would anybody use link2sd apps, because the main intention is that nothing goes to phone memory(2 GB) and all of them goes to 32gb internal memory. I believe that link2sd apps is probably not for nexus 5 phone at all and only for other smart phones.
One thing, I would like to tell is that I downloaded the link2sd app(hoping that this could increase the phone performance). Here, when I launch the app, for few apps, it tells that the app can be moved and tells that symbolic link is not found ? Does this make all sense what I am saying ?
What is your take on this ?
Regards,
Avinash
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Link2sd is not for our phone. Its for phones that support external SD. We have internal SD and no external SD (micro SD slot)! Delete Link2sd and enjoy your phone. Don't worry about storage space. You should have more than enough storage space unless you download a lot of songs, movies etc. I have over 200 songs on my phone and I have a lot of storage left! I have the 32gb model also.
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Hello,
Thanks for all the reply. All my answers are answered pretty well.
What I understand is unlocking and rooting is required only when custom roms and link2sd need to be installed, As far as Nexus 5 is concerned, would unlocking and rooting help as already I am running kitkat 4.4 latest build.
Also, I have some queries related to apps, would you mind If I post it here or I should create a different post.
Regards,
Avi
You cannot use link2sd as there's no sd slot so no, root will not help.
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Avin_in said:
Hello,
Thanks for all the reply. All my answers are answered pretty well.
What I understand is unlocking and rooting is required only when custom roms and link2sd need to be installed, As far as Nexus 5 is concerned, would unlocking and rooting help as already I am running kitkat 4.4 latest build.
Also, I have some queries related to apps, would you mind If I post it here or I should create a different post.
Regards,
Avi
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There is much more than link2sd which requires root, link2sd is used on phones with almost very less internal memory so no use on nexus 5..….if u are newbie just keep ur phone stock and read and carefully understand about rooting and unlocking from xda and later you can try them
Hi, is it possible to swap the internal sd card with an external one? I have a rooted Sony Xperia J with locked bootloader. It is running Jelly Bean. I have a SanDisk Micro SD. Help?
How do I do it?
doperthancoke said:
Yes it is possible. But I recommend you not do that because it is quite dangerous, as it might hardbrick your phone.
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Ok, thanks for the fast reply. So, how do I go around doing it?
Ok, but...
doperthancoke said:
Well.... The thing is, you'll be fine as long as you dont mess up. But its very easy to mess up. For example: if you wipe internal storage while using the mod, your phone is hardbricked. Another note: Various users have ran into problems while swapping internal and external sd (disappearing, corrupted apps, and your phone and apps might become sluggish if your sd card read/write speed is not fast enough,etc....).
There's a way around this, but its not quite the same thing. If you have large apps that store its data on internal sd (examples: games like Asphalt or large dictionaries), you can use apps such as "FolderMount" or "GL2sd" to move the apps' data to external sd and link it to internal sd (You're fooling the system into thinking that the data is in the internal sd, when its actually in the external sd). Of course, by using this method, you will not actually be swapping external sd with internal sd. And the apps are not moved, just the DATA of the apps.
If you don't care about the risks and the method I suggested above isn't good enough for you, and you still want to do it, search "vold.fstab swap external sd and internal sd xperia j" on the forum.
(Don't say I did not warn you!)
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Ok, I kinda screwed up. I did what they told me to, but when I rebooted my phone, my external SDcard was not mounted and my internal one was un-mounted! Hence, I have access only to the apps in my phone storage... I did a backup and tried to flash the stock firmware but Flashtool told me that a folder could not be found and flashing failed... I still can use my phone, but alot of apps are gone. ;_; I can't even access Whatsapp! Any advice? Also, I do not have access to Root Explorer, and when I plug in my phone to my computer, 1 error message comes out: The process android.process.media has stopped. Any help? Plus, are there any good suggestions for common and cheap smartphones? Thanks for helping!
Hello everyone,
I have a very strange problem that I got yesterday evening. Usually, I can find myself the solution or with the help of search forms or google but this is very strange and I need expert of Android. That's why I am asking it here.
I have a Vernee Thor E (the model of the phone is not needed I think) and I have a shared memory between my internal memory of 16 GB and a micro sd card of 16 GB. Yesterday, some apps didn't launch and I first thought I had to reboot my phone. But when I did that, some appls disppeared from my phone and all photos and videos. So it was like my SD card was not detected anymore.
Now, the SD card is detected again (and also as a shared memory) but I cannot access anymore the old data (about 8 GB). So the sd card is half used and I see that 8GB is used but I cannot access the data. Files are hidden. And as it is a shared memory, a computer cannot read these data.
Is there a way to have access to these files or restore the old link ? With some adb commands or something else ?
Thank you very much for your help.
sarped0n said:
Hello everyone,
I have a very strange problem that I got yesterday evening. Usually, I can find myself the solution or with the help of search forms or google but this is very strange and I need expert of Android. That's why I am asking it here.
I have a Vernee Thor E (the model of the phone is not needed I think) and I have a shared memory between my internal memory of 16 GB and a micro sd card of 16 GB. Yesterday, some apps didn't launch and I first thought I had to reboot my phone. But when I did that, some appls disppeared from my phone and all photos and videos. So it was like my SD card was not detected anymore.
Now, the SD card is detected again (and also as a shared memory) but I cannot access anymore the old data (about 8 GB). So the sd card is half used and I see that 8GB is used but I cannot access the data. Files are hidden. And as it is a shared memory, a computer cannot read these data.
Is there a way to have access to these files or restore the old link ? With some adb commands or something else ?
Thank you very much for your help.
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Here is a method discovered by a member here to restore corrupted Adoptable Storage and retrieve data.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/corrupted-sd-card-adoptable-storage-t3801250
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Droidriven said:
Here is a method discovered by a member here to restore corrupted Adoptable Storage and retrieve data.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/corrupted-sd-card-adoptable-storage-t3801250
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Thank you very much. So, now I hope that the system didn't delete the key. I will try this this week and of course, I will come back here to explain what I did if it can help other people.
sarped0n said:
Thank you very much. So, now I hope that the system didn't delete the key. I will try this this week and of course, I will come back here to explain what I did if it can help other people.
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There are other methods here for various states of sdcard/adoptable storage corruption. Try finding one that specifically suits your scenario based on what is or isn't accessible and how the card is or isn't being detected.
The solution might be different or even easier depending on the specific conditions involved.
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