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I ran a cross this little tip to force all apps to be installed on SD.
Unlock move to SD card for existing apps:
adb shell
pm setInstallLocation 2
I'm not able to move installed app on SD, the option "Move to SD card" is greyed... any idea ?
Remember people, apps that need root will not work
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I'm not able to move installed app on SD, the option "Move to SD card" is greyed... any idea ?
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Is your SD partitioned correctly?
martin0285 said:
Is your SD partitioned correctly?
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I don't think Froyo uses Fat32 for apps to sd not the ext partition.
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Do I have to partition in FAT32?
martin0285 said:
Is your SD partitioned correctly?
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That brings up an interesting question.........
If this update is for non-rooted phones, how/why should we be concerned if it is partitioned correctly?
Shouldn't it be done with the update.......
how?
Where do you place that command.
As application installation on SD is natively supported by Froyo, I assumed that I don't need to partition the card...
Rhoa23 said:
Where do you place that command.
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Do you know how to use ADB etc from your computer?
If not, go figure that out first,
Works great for me on my non-rooted N1. I can only move non protected apps but that's fine with me!
chazam said:
Works great for me on my non-rooted N1. I can only move non protected apps but that's fine with me!
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Once you run the command, all apps, including protected ones, will be installed in the SD card.
Henchman said:
Once you run the command, all apps, including protected ones, will be installed in the SD card.
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Only my non protected apps have moved from my internal memory (which is good enough for me really).
Re: Force all apps to SD on FROYO
How were you able move them? The option to do that is grayed out for all applications on my phone. I heard developers have to give permission to move their applications to the SD card first.
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Sent from my Motorola Razr.
I was also only able to move my non-protected apps
So to clarify this, after executing the command all non protected apps will be moved to sd, or do we choose which ones to move from the applications menu. Are we able to move apps back to the phone for speed?
Can we reverse the command?
Thanks
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I was also only able to move my non-protected apps
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With the abd command? Or on stock Froyo?
Where are the apps being installed in the SD card ?, I see that my internal memory is going down and the apps are installed in the SD card based on what the system says, thanks
Mikey1022 said:
That brings up an interesting question.........
If this update is for non-rooted phones, how/why should we be concerned if it is partitioned correctly?
Shouldn't it be done with the update.......
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FAT32 doesn't support the required permission flags for root apps.
Apps need to be rewritten to support installation to SD under FroYo as it's not just using symlinks as with A2SD.
After initiating the command on the original post you have to click each app and move to sdcard.
A shortcut to reinstall all apps at once can be done in ADB
Code:
cd /data/app
for app in *.apk; do pm install -r $app; done
** Note
I used this for unofficial apps2sd so after switching to froyo using the command should also do the same
Hi All,
After rooted the device using SuperOneCLick v1.6.5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
I installed the Move2SD enabled and managed to move the installed application to SD card.
Steps:
- Root your S5830
- Installed Move2SD enabled
- Launch Move2SD enabled and set the install path to 'External'
- Goto Settings > Applications > Manage applications to move those applciation that you want to move to SD card.
i have tested this method with my s5830 and it works...
How about using an ext3 partition for the phone to use upon boot? Anyone tried Darktremor's app2sd?
I tried with my Galaxy Ace, but after I set Move2SD I'm not allowed whether to move apps to my SD card or to do something different from uninstall the apps as all the options are disabled in the "Manage applications" panel !
Any idea of what I got wrong?
roninxt said:
How about using an ext3 partition for the phone to use upon boot? Anyone tried Darktremor's app2sd?
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Here's a detailed guide on how to enable Darktremor's a2sd using an ext2 partition for Galaxy ACE s5830:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12514827
I have rooted and installed Move2SD enabler. But, when I checked external & wanted to apply it, it said that "Sorry, unable to change the default install location". How to solve this problem?
Is the problem only on my Galaxy Ace S5830 or this is the software problem? Could you help me?
Thanks.
fuzore said:
i have tested this method with my s5830 and it works...
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Why I couldn't installed it on my S5830? Could tell me the procedure you did to install this move2SD enabler?
Thanks.
prodikey said:
Hi All,
After rooted the device using SuperOneCLick v1.6.5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
I installed the Move2SD enabled and managed to move the installed application to SD card.
Steps:
- Root your S5830
- Installed Move2SD enabled
- Launch Move2SD enabled and set the install path to 'External'
- Goto Settings > Applications > Manage applications to move those applciation that you want to move to SD card.
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Thankx a lot man
This Saved My Life
Thankyou
app2sd pro is the same apk, isn't it?
prodikey said:
Hi All,
After rooted the device using SuperOneCLick v1.6.5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
I installed the Move2SD enabled and managed to move the installed application to SD card.
Steps:
- Root your S5830
- Installed Move2SD enabled
- Launch Move2SD enabled and set the install path to 'External'
- Goto Settings > Applications > Manage applications to move those applciation that you want to move to SD card.
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i have move my app to sd card, but app is use phone meory, and if i remove the sd card, the sd card will gone, but the problem is the app is occupying phone memory while not sd card although it has been moved. DO you have the same problem??
chinpuiwai said:
i have move my app to sd card, but app is use phone meory, and if i remove the sd card, the sd card will gone, but the problem is the app is occupying phone memory while not sd card although it has been moved. DO you have the same problem??
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Yes those above methods aren't quite helpful. Try Link2SD, it'll surely free your internal storage as it shifts the entire app data as well as library files and dalvik cache to SD. I use the same. =)
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Thank you, it work
I thought SG Ace already had app2sd..(enable by Froyo). Because after I installed any games.. I just use setting inside SETINGS/APPLICATION/MANAGE APPLICATIONS and move to SD..
so what is the major different about Link2sd and Move2SD?
The Froyo way, Apps2SD or Move2SD Enabler still store the dex and library files needed for the application to run, on the internal storage. You will see your /data/dalvik-cache takes up the most space because of this. Whereas in Link2SD method, all of these files are physically stored on your SD card on a second partition which is mounted at boot. They are simply symbolic linked with the original locations.
nish7x said:
The Froyo way, Apps2SD or Move2SD Enabler still store the dex and library files needed for the application to run, on the internal storage. You will see your /data/dalvik-cache takes up the most space because of this. Whereas in Link2SD method, all of these files are physically stored on your SD card on a second partition which is mounted at boot. They are simply symbolic linked with the original locations.
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Sadly Link2SD doesn't work on 2.3.3. There's an unresolved bug / uncompatibility issue and I don't know if/when the developer will come up.
I heard so, that's why I'm not upgrading to Gingerbread yet.
i've tried move2sd, first it work great but then i got this 'unable to install to sd' error when ever i tried to install apps. i have to unmount my sd card then i can install the apps, quite annoying to me, so i formatted my sd card and uninstall move2sd and the error is gone....
Well done !!
It works !! almost all the 3rd party applications run now from SD !
SAVE ME 30 MEGA pure rom memory AND SURVIVE MY GOOD HEALTHY !
Any help how to deal with all the provider rubbish and stinky applications to throw away from phone or moving into the the SD ?
THANK AGAIN
ALON
bugijun said:
i've tried move2sd, first it work great but then i got this 'unable to install to sd' error when ever i tried to install apps. i have to unmount my sd card then i can install the apps, quite annoying to me, so i formatted my sd card and uninstall move2sd and the error is gone....
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you can try simple2ext but this only works for CM roms. A caveat however. Most, if not all CM roms ported to the SGA are still at RC1 and not final yet. There is a bug which causes the phone to restart when market attempts to install a newly downloaded app. Appears to be CM related.
So you can choose to wait for the devs here to port CM7.1 final for SGA and then try your luck.
I returned my Nexus One to the stock shipping image.
I had 106MB of free internal storage.
Updated to 2.3.3 with the file linked from this thread and now have 90.99MB free internal storage.
No Google account synced, bone stock. Is this the normal amount or should I be looking somewhere to clear up more space?
Funny, I had around 30 before the update, and after, I had 45. I noticed that Adobe Flash was moved to the SD card for me. I was pretty happy.
Mine also increased. Also going through my biggest apps, moving them back to phone, then moving them back to sd card yielded some gains (guesssing Gingerbread is able to store more on SD card than Froyo).
Saved a few megs between skype/dropbox/documents to go.
brettbellaire said:
Funny, I had around 30 before the update, and after, I had 45. I noticed that Adobe Flash was moved to the SD card for me. I was pretty happy.
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i cant move flash D: howd u get that to happen?
iandroo888 said:
i cant move flash D: howd u get that to happen?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11645432#post11645432
connect your phone to computer, run ADB shell.
type "pm setInstallLocation 2"
almost everything will be moveable.
Thanks to Rusty.
After installing Gingerbread I did a factory reset and did not restore my old apps automatically. I had around 160MB of internal storage. Right now I have 118MB left after installing some apps.
The new A2SD api is epic, I have Flash, Firefox and Google Earth taking up less than 300Kb between them
Rusty! said:
The new A2SD api is epic, I have Flash, Firefox and Google Earth taking up less than 300Kb between them
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Agreed. It is so awesome!
So, what does "pm setInstallLocation 2" do, exactly?
As far as I understood, it moves Flash to SD - even though you cannot manually do it via the App Manager.
What about the other Apps? Will it also move those to SD? And what about the apps (e.g. Angry Birds) that are already on SD? Will it optimize those? From what I saw, when moving Angry Birds back to phone and back on SD manually (App Manager) I gained >1MB from that alone. Will the "pm setInstallLocation 2" do this for apps like that as well?
It sets the default install location for your apps to the SD card (0 = auto, 1 = internal storage, 2 = SD card).
Also it enables almost any (PayPal, I'm looking at you!) existing installed app on the phone to be transferred over the the SD card
I moved a few back and forth, with no change. Looks like it's only flash for me.
There are still many apps that cannot be moved to SD. Facebook, twitter, maps, gmail, to name a few. I hear with CM7 you can even move those.
System apps you've updated are stuck on internal storage.
I tend to stick the updated versions back on /system.
So removing the updates, say to facebook, would allow me to move it to SD?
No, you'd need to remove the original copy in /system/app for that.
BennyInc said:
So, what does "pm setInstallLocation 2" do, exactly?
As far as I understood, it moves Flash to SD - even though you cannot manually do it via the App Manager.
What about the other Apps? Will it also move those to SD? And what about the apps (e.g. Angry Birds) that are already on SD? Will it optimize those? From what I saw, when moving Angry Birds back to phone and back on SD manually (App Manager) I gained >1MB from that alone. Will the "pm setInstallLocation 2" do this for apps like that as well?
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you should go thru all your existing apps, even ones already on the SD card, and move them back to phone storage, then back to SD card. a google employee twittered this tip, and its a good one. most apps will get optimized and use the new system to take up even less space.
I did that... but once more, on the "pm setInstallLocation 2" - would this move "all" apps (save for some exceptions) to SD? Even the ones I would not want on SD (like widgets)?
It won't move anything that's already installed. Just enable you to move them as you see fit.
Anything new installed will go straight to the SD card though, so if it's a widget or LWP you'll want to move it to the internal storage manually.
Would this be an option?
1) "pm setInstallLocation 2"
2) Move Flash and others to SD manually
3) "pm setInstallLocation 0"
The last should prevent any future installs to go to SD (unless intended by the app designer of course) so no problems with LWP or widgets, but finally being able to move Flash...
Maybe I'll just try it out
It would, however I think it would also remove your ability to move apps that haven't been given the OK by the developer.
Yes, but I wouldn't have that option without the "pm setInstallLocation 2" in the first place. And "pm setInstallLocation 0" would just save me from unintended trouble later on (an update on BW would be enough otherwise to move that to SD...).
And the moved apps should stay there even after the "pm setInstallLocation 0" step I hope.
Hi Guys
I noticed another thread here on how to use your external SD card for apps only me being a noob it was far too complicated. I managed to find this video tho and tried it on my device and it works perfectly. You need a rooted device with Busybox and Script Manager to do this and then you will need to download this script and use Script manager to run this script at startup which basically swaps the internal and SD memory around so your device thinks your SD card is SDcard0. Video explains everything quite nicely.
There are other options out there that work too such as an app called Directory Bind, but this is way easier and much more reliable. With directory bind i was having huge problems trying to access the SD card or internal memory when plugged into my PC. Hope this helps.
script: http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyNote2/app2sdNote2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8PyqCOpERA
hello , thx it really works. but can i bother with how if i want to swap the memory again ?
do you the revert script again ?
dark_knight828 said:
hello , thx it really works. but can i bother with how if i want to swap the memory again ?
do you the revert script again ?
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No. Just remove the script & reboot, or pull the SD Card & reboot.
GSLEON3 said:
No. Just remove the script & reboot, or pull the SD Card & reboot.
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how install this!as shown in video?what to do with the enclosed file?
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it's a go!tnx
Works great!
Followed these steps from original post and now have 64GB as internal storage!
Install script manager from play store
Open script manager, click on browse as root then ok
Choose the downoaded file and choose Script/Executable
Now tap on Su, Boot and Save
Reboot your phone and enjoy!
kable said:
Works great!
Followed these steps from original post and now have 64GB as internal storage!
Install script manager from play store
Open script manager, click on browse as root then ok
Choose the downoaded file and choose Script/Executable
Now tap on Su, Boot and Save
Reboot your phone and enjoy!
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thanks! i tried this and works perfectly!
Question. What size SD card are you guys using?
Can I add a 64gb SD card, on top of the 16gb internal?
so then I would have like 80 gigs total?
1username4thisforum said:
Question. What size SD card are you guys using?
Can I add a 64gb SD card, on top of the 16gb internal?
so then I would have like 80 gigs total?
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I used a 64 GB micro sd card. That became my internal storage (Sdcard0) while the original internal storage now shows up as (extSdcard) ( Which is approx 10GB ) so you can use it all but it will be 2 separate storage areas.
Just look at the OP's post, he has a pic of how your storage will be showing up.
I'm using FolderMount from Google Play to move specific folders to the SD card, seems to be working well.
The internal SD is probably much faster than the external, so I'd rather not do a full swap.
1username4thisforum said:
Question. What size SD card are you guys using?
Can I add a 64gb SD card, on top of the 16gb internal?
so then I would have like 80 gigs total?
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64gb SanDisk Ultra. Yes u can.
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Hi guys.
I haven't watched the video yet... I just want to ask a few questions (and state my case) first:
I've just bought a 64gb SanDisk Ultra... I would like to use it as my internal memory as is described here... I have no intention of ever taking it out of the device.
Now my concerns:
1) I've never rooted a device before. I can get my way around windows and build a pc... that's about it. So I'm very nervous about doing this.
2) In all likelyhood I'll be staying on stock, so I want to be able to receive updates in the future.
3) I've already installed some apps to the internal memory... what's going to happen to those after I do this swap?
So what do I need to know?
Who's going to hold my hand in this?
FaeMinx said:
So what do I need to know?
Who's going to hold my hand in this?
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hey man, I was in the same boat as you, never rooted anything before. you can root the note 8 by using framaroot. Its really easy and you can Install from the Link below and once rooted you Wont be able to do updates but you will be able to unroot when you would like to do an OTA update. I had to use the Samsung desktop application (Kies) for windows to apply the original firmware to do the updates. Not sure if you will need Factory reset but i did and I was able to update again. This is a software root and if anything goes wrong a factory reset will fix anything, that or just restoring your firmware, this also shouldn t void your warranty
the apps you have installed already will still work you just need to copy all the data on the internal across to your 64GB card (select all, copy and paste)
1 Install framaroot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1952450&d=1368232060
2. Open frama root and select SupesSu. Select the Aragorn method.
3. Reboot your device
4. Install busy box and open the app. Grant Su permissions and do the smart install
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en
5. Now you are rooted and ready to follow the steps of this thread.
6. Use ur device to format the SD card
7. Download script and save to SD card
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyNote2/app2sdNote2
8. Install script manager from play store
9. Open script manager, click on browse as root then ok
10.Choose the downoaded file and choose Script/Executable
11. Now tap on Su, Boot and Save
12. Reboot your phone
Watch this video too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8PyqCOpERA
Hope this helps.
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Great, Thanks!
This step by step was just what I was looking for.
:highfive: :good:
Had the script running for a while prior to a reboot last night....now smanager shows " sh: /storage/sdcard0/Download/app2sdNote2.bin: can't execute: Permission denied"...Don't know what happened??Tried deleting and reinstalling with no luck?? tried saving the download to the sdcard and the internal memory..neither worked??
This is great info and all but what happens if the sd card gets corrupt. Its a very real possibility as I have seen on AC it happens quite frequently. If the sd gets corrupted and that is where your android os file are now stored does your phone/tablet become a brick?
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I wrote the hard to understand version of what's very much this process.
The gui is helpful, but you do need to know what the script is doing and what the script is to troubleshoot problems. It's not actually swapping all of your Android system onto the sdcard, to start with.
Your OS stays internal, and installer files for most of your apps stay on the internal memory. Applications write their data to the sdcard.
Gotchas with this approach include:
-your script needs to be executable by the process which runs it. When I first set this up there were issues around who owned the script and who could run it. If that's broken, you'll get the 'this script could not run' error.
- if you use one of the alternate roms, you will need a different script. Civato's kernel, for example, requires a different version of this script.
- I have heard rumors that 4.2 and above break this approach. Unknown by me.
roustabout said:
I wrote the hard to understand version of what's very much this process.
The gui is helpful, but you do need to know what the script is doing and what the script is to troubleshoot problems. It's not actually swapping all of your Android system onto the sdcard, to start with.
Your OS stays internal, and installer files for most of your apps stay on the internal memory. Applications write their data to the sdcard.
Gotchas with this approach include:
-your script needs to be executable by the process which runs it. When I first set this up there were issues around who owned the script and who could run it. If that's broken, you'll get the 'this script could not run' error.
- if you use one of the alternate roms, you will need a different script. Civato's kernel, for example, requires a different version of this script.
- I have heard rumors that 4.2 and above break this approach. Unknown by me.
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This is the only part of the script in red when I view the log inSuperSU:
stdout redirected to /dev/null
Don't know if that clears things up a little?
you might try enabling adb and running the script from an adb prompt;
adb shell
cd /etc/init.d
find the script (probably called XYmount where X and Y are numbers) and
type
sh XYmount
That should give you fuller output of the error.
small ricurr
roustabout said:
you might try enabling adb and running the script from an adb prompt;
adb shell
cd /etc/init.d
find the script (probably called XYmount where X and Y are numbers) and
type
sh XYmount
That should give you fuller output of the error.
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Since this is not a full swap to the sd card I think I am just going to leave it alone....don't want to mess around and risk bricking the unit. If I do decide to try the adb route I will let you know what I find. THANKS!
melvill said:
hey man, I was in the same boat as you, never rooted anything before. you can root the note 8 by using framaroot. Its really easy and you can Install from the Link below and once rooted you Wont be able to do updates but you will be able to unroot when you would like to do an OTA update. I had to use the Samsung desktop application (Kies) for windows to apply the original firmware to do the updates. Not sure if you will need Factory reset but i did and I was able to update again. This is a software root and if anything goes wrong a factory reset will fix anything, that or just restoring your firmware, this also shouldn t void your warranty
the apps you have installed already will still work you just need to copy all the data on the internal across to your 64GB card (select all, copy and paste)
1 Install framaroot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1952450&d=1368232060
2. Open frama root and select SupesSu. Select the Aragorn method.
3. Reboot your device
4. Install busy box and open the app. Grant Su permissions and do the smart install
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en
5. Now you are rooted and ready to follow the steps of this thread.
6. Use ur device to format the SD card
7. Download script and save to SD card
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyNote2/app2sdNote2
8. Install script manager from play store
9. Open script manager, click on browse as root then ok
10.Choose the downoaded file and choose Script/Executable
11. Now tap on Su, Boot and Save
12. Reboot your phone
Watch this video too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8PyqCOpERA
Hope this helps.
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Thank you for the step by step instructions . I do have a couple questions before I dig into this method.
1 - You mean to copy all the internal sd card to the external one?
2 - the script was written for a Galaxy note II, would it work for the Galaxy Note 8?
3 - When you mention to download and save the script do SD card, do you mean the internal one?
4 - Did you write this script?
Thanks for your help. The lack of internal memory is my biggest issue with the note 8.
Yours,
Alex
My phone is soft-rooted with Framaroot, but when I try to move apps to my SD card. the option is greyed out. Is there a workaround for this?
EDIT:
I found a simple solution that worked for me, maybe it helps someone:
1. I reset my phone to factory settings, let my google acc. sync apps etc.
2. Installed and ran Framaroot (root setting Gandalf).
3. Normal reset phone.
4. Installed and ran App 2 SD, it allowed me to move most installed apps like games to my SD card normally, no other changes necessary.
* Note: When entering android app info, "Move to SD" is still greyed out, but moving apps works when moving from App 2 SD.
StarchiId said:
My phone is soft-rooted with Framaroot, but when I try to move apps to my SD card. the option is greyed out. Is there a workaround for this?
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Use Link2SD from Google Play
sevoir said:
Use Link2SD from Google Play
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Thanks, I found another solution although I am not sure how this worked. This is what I did, maybe this helps someone:
1. I reset my phone to factory settings, let my google acc. sync apps etc.
2. Installed and ran Framaroot (root setting Gandalf).
3. Normal reset phone.
4. Installed and ran App 2 SD, it allowed me to move most installed apps like games to my SD card normally, no other changes necessary.
* Note: When entering android app info, "Move to SD" was still greyed out, but it works when moving from App 2 SD.
Most difficult part for me was literally the partitioning of the SD card and finally the SD fix option did the trick.
Spent a couple of hours trying to get the most optimized partitions configuration for a 32G SD. The first partition have to be the fat32 media one, period... and the Ext3 for the second system partition was the furthest I could get that actually worked, as for the partition table did try the gpt witch is actually more functional than msdos nevertheless the android system did not like it very much, at all.
On a just-bought SD card tables there isn't always an option for two ,or more, primary partitions so had to delete the existing volume and create a new table. Anyways the only part that didn't get is how to fix the swap error I get when try to turn on the 1G swap partition I've created in advance while on PC, for the Partition Tool did nothing close to format after requested reboot. The error is like
Code:
sh: <stdin>[122]: swapon: not found
and
Code:
sh: <stdin>[78]: swapoff: not found
for the turn off the default 0MB swap.
Not really sure what it means but I assume it is some /sh file missing though couldn't find much to do with terminal or busybox applets that, to me, seem related.
Any suggestions, how to fix it?