I recently looked in settings/applications/manage applications. I have tried to move some applications into storage card but the option to move to sd card cannot be highlighted. How can apps be moved unto sd card?
eyeofthetiger said:
I recently looked in settings/applications/manage applications. I have tried to move some applications into storage card but the option to move to sd card cannot be highlighted. How can apps be moved unto sd card?
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It depends on whether the app developers have allowed move to SD, so not all apps can be moved on stock DHD.
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I have moved Apps from internal memory to my stock 8gb SD card that came with my phone using ApptoSD. I now upgraded to a 16gb SD card and have copied every folder/file on this 8gb card to my deskto computer and then moved onto the 16gb SD card. My problem is that the programs appear on the Manage Applications in the HTC EVO setup, however none of the applications open from my shortcuts nor appear in the All Apps menu button. What am I doing wrong? Is there anyway to copy from one SD card to the other and get the applications to work?
I might have either moved all the apps to phone memory or used titanium back up to back them up and also to move them. Now however the symlinks are going to oblivion. So use root explorer go to /mnt/asec and long tap each app to re-install.
You could explore app2sd application from market, to see what it finds, as it rebuilds it's list each time it starts.
When I go into Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> On SD Card on gingerbread it shows some apps there. I don't have any apps installed on the SD card (all internal) so it's odd to see anything there. Anyone else have apps that are installed internally show up there? The list was always blank on Froyo builds
miharkula said:
When I go into Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> On SD Card on gingerbread it shows some apps there. I don't have any apps installed on the SD card (all internal) so it's odd to see anything there. Anyone else have apps that are installed internally show up there? The list was always blank on Froyo builds
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Which build are you using???
On my gingerbread build i see also apps in "sd card". On the right side of the screen is a button you can press. Then you can copy apps to SD.
In "SD card" you can see apps which CAN be copied to the sd card. It means not, that these are ARE on your SD.
inselstaat said:
In "SD card" you can see apps which CAN be copied to the sd card. It means not, that these are ARE on your SD.
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Sorry, but the above statement isn't true. The tab "On SD card" only shows what is on there - not what can be moved there.
I've had this before, when I was switching builds quite regularly. Some of them had less memory available, so I was moving apps to the SD card, but other builds had more memory available, so I didn't have to.
I did notice that the "On SD card" tab would show me apps that I had moved there on previous builds, despite them either being installed on internal memory, or not at all since my last flash.
My guess is that there's either some sort of cache on the SD card of apps installed there, or it's easy enough for the OS to parse the card and find them.
Have you ever moved any apps to the SD card before now?
TheATHEiST said:
Which build are you using???
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MDJ's CM7 v 2.6. Though I think I noticed this when I was using HyperDroid also.
johncmolyneux said:
I did notice that the "On SD card" tab would show me apps that I had moved there on previous builds, despite them either being installed on internal memory, or not at all since my last flash.
My guess is that there's either some sort of cache on the SD card of apps installed there, or it's easy enough for the OS to parse the card and find them.
Have you ever moved any apps to the SD card before now?
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I install all apps to internal memory. I have it set to force to internal. Also, my SD card has been formatted a few times and apps still end up showing up in the SD card list.
inselstaat said:
On my gingerbread build i see also apps in "sd card". On the right side of the screen is a button you can press. Then you can copy apps to SD.
In "SD card" you can see apps which CAN be copied to the sd card. It means not, that these are ARE on your SD.
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johncmolyneux said:
Sorry, but the above statement isn't true. The tab "On SD card" only shows what is on there - not what can be moved there.
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I was searching for this answer and seeing this conflicting information, I checked the Android User Guide available on Android.com and it reads
Touch the USB storage or SD card tab.
The tab lists the applications that must be or can be stored on your phone’s USB
storage or SD card. Each application lists the amount of storage it uses on your
phone's internal storage (even when not stored there, all applications use at least a
small amount of internal storage).
Applications that are stored on your phone’s USB storage or SD card are checked.
The graph at the bottom shows the amount of memory used and free of your
phone’s USB storage or SD card: the total includes files and other data, not just the
applications in the list.
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Since this is the first thread Google returns for these search criteria and the thread not being too terribly old, I decided to post and correct the misinformation..
anyone can explain how apps move to sd card works on application manager? I actually moved all the apps from device storage to sd card and it does free up space from the device manager, but I don't see the moved apps located on my external sd-card, where did it go?
if so what did it move? simply only the APK file? or data was included?
suta said:
anyone can explain how apps move to sd card works on application manager? I actually moved all the apps from device storage to sd card and it does free up space from the device manager, but I don't see the moved apps located on my external sd-card, where did it go?
if so what did it move? simply only the APK file? or data was included?
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It only moved apk not the data , data remains in the internal storage only
However if u are rooted u can use the foldermount app that can move the data also to Sd card
but which SD card did it move the apk files to? I thought it was to the external SD-Card, But I don't see anything moved to there when I open my external sd drive.
Hello,
I've been looking for an answer on the forums but the responses on this question seem downright stupid or at least completely off the mark. What i want to know is why when i try to move an application to the EXTERNAL SD CARD (Kingmax Class 10 32gb microsd) it says that it moves the application on the sdcard but when i try to view the folders and everything on the external sd CARD it's as if nothing is changed no folders are added and the size does not change. On the phone it says that the application is on the SD Card, is this a BUG or what exactly is going on?
MrHollow said:
Hello,
I've been looking for an answer on the forums but the responses on this question seem downright stupid or at least completely off the mark. What i want to know is why when i try to move an application to the EXTERNAL SD CARD (Kingmax Class 10 32gb microsd) it says that it moves the application on the sdcard but when i try to view the folders and everything on the external sd CARD it's as if nothing is changed no folders are added and the size does not change. On the phone it says that the application is on the SD Card, is this a BUG or what exactly is going on?
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It does not move games data but the games application itself only.
More info @ Galaxy S4 Move to SD card
JayceOoi said:
It does not move games data but the games application itself only.
More info @ Galaxy S4 Move to SD card
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I understand what you mean but if i look into the android folder on the ext sdcard there is no application even though i've set all my apps to be moved on the microsd. Are they hidden or something?
MrHollow said:
I understand what you mean but if i look into the android folder on the ext sdcard there is no application even though i've set all my apps to be moved on the microsd. Are they hidden or something?
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At hidden Apps2SD folder.
JayceOoi said:
At hidden Apps2SD folder.
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same problem but if I use the Apps2SD to move apps, then I can see the application on the SD card, why??
simone.mutti said:
same problem but if I use the Apps2SD to move apps, then I can see the application on the SD card, why??
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The built-in function is useless. See my blog for details.
Hi,
I went to app info and changed the storage location from internal to SD card. However I don't think my apps went to SD card?
In the directory structure there is an SD card folder but it's in local memory.
Am I missing something? When I check the space on my SD card... All I have is my music. There are folders for the apps I transfered but they show very low space usage... Should be GBs, but they are a couple of hundred kb
Search 1st b4 starting a new thread about same subject!
gvayl said:
Hi,
I went to app info and changed the storage location from internal to SD card. However I don't think my apps went to SD card?
In the directory structure there is an SD card folder but it's in local memory.
Am I missing something? When I check the space on my SD card... All I have is my music. There are folders for the apps I transfered but they show very low space usage... Should be GBs, but they are a couple of hundred kb
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There's already a thread about this:
Apps on SD Card?