HI .
As you know we have just 211 mb internal storage . And we can't install apps that are more than 50 or 60 MB . So how to solve it ?
Here's a trick . But your phone should be rooted . just ROOT .
First download the app and put it in your SD . Now use an expert file manager like ROOT EXPORER .
Now from top-right choose mount your internal . Now copy the app in Data/app folder .
Results is here . app installed . If not reboot Your phone then it'll be OK .
Um...
Thanks but we already knew that..
Just pushing the app in data/app won't work when the app uses external libs. Better to move apps using the native method, an ext partition or Link2SD.
Link2SD. easier than this but still good thread
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Hi,
I wanted to move some apps from the ext-partition of my cm6-based rom back to the internal memory. I tried moving the apk from /sd-ext/app to /system/app with ES-File Explorer but this broke the apps (FC). Do I need to move more files or is there another trick to get this to work?
Try moving app from data app to system app. I use root explorer for this and works fine
I've got no "app" folder in my /data/ folder
Janzomaster said:
I've got no "app" folder in my /data/ folder
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If you're using estrongs I'm not sure you'd see it. Root explorer works for me but ADB is another way to do it. If you have an ext partition on SD all downloaded apps will go there but some file managers I used don't access bits of data on my SD : )
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i already do some TUT here in xda and faild to make it.
i rooted well my x8 with superoneclick
i tried unsing xrecovery 2 install apps2sd i think i made it to install but when im going to install an apps its says need to free some memory but my sd card has space. ext2 has a free space about 700mb. checked it through link2sd
i cant install games/apps that has 50mb+ installer
i also try the cmd method in installing the apps2sd but when i type sh /sdcard/apps2sd.sh its says cant open file.
but the file is in the root of sd card
please help tnx in advanced more power xda =)
I think it's a apps2sd issue .... i read somewhere that you need to have free phone storage 2 times the application size to install it ... on native app2sd on android 2.3 roms there is no problem with larger files because you can install directly to the SD fat32 partition
hmmm better to use android 2.3?
but i have 140mb space in my phone storage and im going to install an 53mb size of apps but still it says free up some memory >.<
what is the better solution for it?
My Phone's internal memory gets used up when i download some application from the android market(which is quite obvious) , but after it gets installed , the applicaion's setup file still uses internal memory along with installed files ..
is there any way clean up these downloaded setup files ..
Please please please help me .. i am running short of memory here inspite of APP2SD ..
i doubt it. its all in the apk file so i would assume that you couldnt separate the set up files from the actual application just because its really all one file. i mean you could use 7-zip and looked inside the apk file and you would see other files but you would still need the set up file to be able to install and set it up. right? besides i think this file would be very small anyway.
i agree with u that apk file can't be moved or deleted from mnt/asec/ ..
but i don't know why the downloaded setup file still uses the memory along with the installed files (apk and others) .. i mean either the setup file shud be moved to asec or it shud get deleted .. the application uses double space
and i have tested it too .. i used some apks stored in my SD card to install the applications .. and the space used by them was as much as expected .. (i didnt have ext 3/ext4 partition at that time to install them on SD card direct) ...
and when i downloaded the same app from market and installed it .. it used more memory!!
Now here's what i did to free up memory .. i downloaded all the required apks in sd card and used CWM recovery to factor reset and clean dalvik cache ,, plus i made a ext4 partition on SD card for A2SD+ ..
This way only nominal internal memory is used by apps ..
But this way i would never want to use android market to download and install apps .. thats why i need a way to clean my downloaded setup files and install the apps to SD card using A2SD+
When i Download something from the market the setup files often stay under the cache folder. You can delete them with root explorer or something like that to get more free space.
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When i Download something from the market the setup files often stay under the cache folder. You can delete them with root explorer or something like that to get more free space.
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thanks for the suggestion .. will try it
Ive found a way to install apps on my desire even if it says that im out of memory. When it says that its almost out of memory it means that it isnt so much space left in the data partition of the phone.
However i have seen that i have like 130 mb space left in my system partition.
The system partition is much like the data partition. The difference is that this partition holds the system apps like contact app, camera app, gallery app, settings app and so on...
Data partition unlike the system partition holds apps that are install/uninstallable. Still if you have root and have root explorer installed then you can see if you have much storage left in your system partition. I would recommend that you have about 100 mb storage left cuz then you can surely use this method.
NOTE:
This isnt garanteed 100% that it will work and for that i recommend that you do a backup of your current rom. And leave a bit space in system partition incase it needs some space. I leave 20 mb space and its working out for me fine.
So what we are gonna do is that we are gonna move our apps or games to the system partition as if it would be a system app and we are gonna use that extra space.
Requirements: Root, S-OFF, recovery, root explorer installed, the apk files of the apps you wabt to move (use a apk manager to make a apk file from your installed apps)
1. Backup your current rom using a recovery.
2. Open root explorer and grant the root access permission.
3. Go to sdcard/ and copy the apk files of the apps that you want to move
4. Go back out of the sdcard and go to system/app/
5. Here make sure you tap on the button in the upper right corner that says Mount R/W
6. Paste the apk files here and rename them to some simple name for example rename com.imangi.templerun.apk to TempleRun.apk
7. After youve done everything in the right order just reboot and your apps should appear in your apps list and you wont be able to move them to sdcard or uninstall them. Incase you have the apps that want to move already installed then uninstall them before the restart.
Only way to remove these apps is to remove the apk files from system/app folder using root manager while the system is mounted as r/w. After a restart the apps should be gone.
If anything goes wrong then just format the system partition and restore it using recovery.
Hope some of you find this helpfull
BTW: this does not work with viber so done even try or you will get unlimited crashes that wont stop viber from trying to start.
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Quick question:
I'm on a MIUI based rom, and my /system/app only has 11Mb free. I'm assuming that I can't increase that without losing some important apps?
Well i have never encountered a rom that has less than 50 mb space there. I assume that you have too many apps there. See if you can clean that folder up a bit by searching for apps that you think arent necessary. Like for example i have a app called adaway.apk. I dont need it nor does the system need it. If u cannot do that then change rom.
Btw more apps that donr work with this: SetCPU, Viber
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For some reason my apps are not being installed on external memory card . Riru storage redirect conflict caused this before . I disabled and removed . Got it working again . I did apply some themes . Well long story short I wiped system , cach , dalvik , internal , formatted data . My twrp backup is causing bootloop now . I used odin for stock firmware . Yet the Xinternal starts to work as I see in es file explorer then app gets installed on internal. Any suggestions ?
Update , I have made some progress. Luckily I had a copy of my TWRP backup on another memory card . I noticed it was larger than mine. So apparently some of my backup got deleted or corrupted . I used the other one and formatted and advanced wiped first . The backup now works . Still havent got the install to sd card to work again although regular downloads are going to it.
Update , I swapped memory cards to test for some reason google playstore is not installing on external card even though it was last week . Downloads are still going to sd , my files show internal memory as sd card . I installed aptoide and installed an app , it did go to the sd card . So I think its something to do with google playstore. I cleared cache and data from it , tried 2 diff versions and its still not installing to sd . So Im using root function of AppmangerPro111 to auto move installed apps to sd. .