Hello,
I have a S4 I9505 with XXUBMGA rooted.
Usually I move to external SD card all the apps capable of being moved. Today I noticed that a lot of apps that weren't movable became movable to the SD card.
I didn't do any ROM update. The only two significant updates I can think of were the Xposed framework and Busybox.
Could this be caused by any other app (some were updated from the market but I thought this functionality was ROM based and not really app based)? I don't use any particular app to move the apps to SD, just the Applications screen from Android Definitions.
Did anyone notice anything similar?
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this is just the way things are ; a lot of apps are not movable to sdcard using the move to sd card option. a better alternative is foldermount .
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Hi Guys,
I wanted to start a thread to discuss the reason behind why some app widgets work great when the app is installed to the SD whereas others don't and if there's a fix for this bug. I have a rooted Nexus One fyi.
E.g. is the Nexus One Torch Light application which works great even after a reboot.
For other apps, once I reboot, the widgets all disappear. I am using the command lines from Android Terminal to force all apps to install to the SD card. Google really should have done a better implementation of the Apps2SD.
My pet peeve is that some apps are installing 16 MB (Flash and Google Earth) on internal memory even when you force them to install on the SD card. So I am hoping there is a way to force apps with widgets on the SD card and recover some more space in the internal memory.
Rant: Google you really ****ed up a great chance to redeem yourself. You really should have given the user an option to format and install EXT for total Apps2SD implementation - especially on new phones/ after a user-initiated wipe.
So, you have the final Release for Froyo then?
Also, you do know you can go into applications and move Google Earth to SD right ?
Yes - and moving Google Earth to SD still leaves 16MB on the internal memory down from 21MB. Likewise Adobe Flash also leaves an absurd amount in the internal memory. So Move2SD is almost moot.
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Yes - and moving Google Earth to SD still leaves 16MB on the internal memory down from 21MB. Likewise Adobe Flash also leaves an absurd amount in the internal memory. So Move2SD is almost moot.
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As with most people, you are missing something here.
The APK is moved to the sd, true. The app data (in your examples they have large lib files) is not moved. Thus, with each installation /data will decrease in available size, especially for ones with large lib files - Earth, Flash, CoPilot, etc.
Also, I am pretty sure the widgets shouldn't be moved in the Froyo implementation of A2SD because of the simple fact that it is using a file stored on the Fat32 partition of the SD card which is NOT immediately initialized by the OS upon boot, it requires a FSCK (File System Check) before it mounts the SD. Thus, widgets most likely attempt to load before the APK is available to load them.
EDIT - Also, this is not development, it should be moved to General discussion.
How did u get the Final Release?
There's a reason the option to move the applications to the SD is left up to the developer.
Some things SHOULD NOT live on the sd card. (widgets for one).
Stop forcing the apps to the sd card. A good developer knows when to allow it and when not too.
You are not a developer so you shouldn't be making choices as to where the app should be installed.
(the sd card gets mounted after the home launcher is retrieved. If the app is on the sd card the home launcher doesn't find anything to load.)
I'm running apps2sd on my desire HD just wondered if there's a script for Vega?
Got it working just hadnt partitioned sd
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Hi!
I have a pretty noob question.
Vega has Android OS v2.2 and therefore when you go to "Manage applications" in "Settings" you can move apps to SD card.
I know apps need to have "app2sd" feature in order for this to work (and most apps already have it). And you can't use this if app has a running background process or it's a widget.
I know that if I move an app, it isn't moved totally, it still leaves a few KB on device storage, but that doesn't really bug me.
The moved app works like a charm on Vega and isn't laggy at all.
So, why is app2sd or link2sd needed for the Vega?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S phone and since the phone has 2GB ROM space, no app2sd is needed and don't exactly know why should I need it on my tablet, I have lots of games and apps installed and still have 135MB free space on internal/device partition.
From my understanding, apps2sd is just a convenient management tool to identify those that can be moved and report on space used. It just takes you to the app screen to perform the actual move. Hence it isn't needed, but just makes life a bit easier if you are installing loads of apps - it also detects at installation time if an app can be moved and reports back.
link2sd is somewhat different and makes use of a separate partition that needs to be on the sd card which is 'android compatible' (i.e. formatted to make a linux 'ext' partition). This allows apps that can't normally be moved to be put on the sd card as it appears to be an extension of the internal memory and in the same format. There are apps that still shouldn't be moved if they need to be available at startup as the sd card takes time to come on line.
Got a i9505 and as most of you know the internal memory isnt great. Just wondering as Samsung have released an update including moving the apps to SD whether there is anyway of enabling it on CM10.1 which i am currently running (hopefully as a flashable ZIP of something).
I have looked on XDA but can only see discussion regarding editing the vold file (which results in a FC on settings) and other apps such as foldermount.
Kurtis.UK said:
Got a i9505 and as most of you know the internal memory isnt great. Just wondering as Samsung have released an update including moving the apps to SD whether there is anyway of enabling it on CM10.1 which i am currently running (hopefully as a flashable ZIP of something).
I have looked on XDA but can only see discussion regarding editing the vold file (which results in a FC on settings) and other apps such as foldermount.
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yes they have but i think you got to be on tw, you could try app2sd in google play
the last update 4.2.1 / 4.2.2 you can move your apps to and from Internal SD Card and the External SD card. - So all your 3rd party apps and games can be exported to the external memory without installing additional apps to support this new feature. other than that there are some slim Roms :good:
Thanks for you replies, I've tried various apps from the Play Store but they don't seem to work as it's something to do with the external memory card on the S4 being emulated on the internal memory. Also I'm running CM10.1 and that update is only for stock touchwiz firmware
Link2SD and FolderMount are great combo.
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the last update 4.2.1 / 4.2.2 you can move your apps to and from Internal SD Card and the External SD card. - So all your 3rd party apps and games can be exported to the external memory without installing additional apps to support this new feature. other than that there are some slim Roms :good:
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Third party apps are still necessary if you want to save any appreciable space on your internal. The updated ”feature”is laughable at best- it only moves the apk, not the data.
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Hi my g900w8 is rooted and have used the sd card fix. I have a SanDisk ultra microsd. It saves my pictures, transfers music, documents etc fine.
I've used the application manager to move apps to the SD card ie. Challenger comic viewer and once I move it the icon goes grey looks like a sd card icon and when I tap the icon it loads then I get a pop up the app is not installed.
At the moment I'm on stock firmware, I'll be trying some custom roms so I hope with the custom roms this issue is corrected.
I am asking this because I wasn't sure if this was an issue for stock and custom firmware and anytime I tried to search all the topics are about moving apps to sd card using the app manager but nothing about issues.
Thanks for any help if I somehow missed a thread regarding this or I'm S.O.L. because this is an issue with kit Kat. Then I apologize for wasting ppl time
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Same issue here.
Apps moved to extsd in app manager and using a specific app which effectively takes you to the same move to sd stage in app manager.
Same results but not immediately.
All showed up for a week.
Next day 2 were missing.
Following day another.
Only way to get them running again is to re download and install from market (where they don't show as installed).
Thought it might have been my SanDisk 64GB card.
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Hi guys. I was wondering if there's a way to install apps on SDCARD without root? I've already changed the default storage in settings but it doesn't seem to work.
mine it's working.
I think normal apps aren't normally allowed to use sdcard in Lollipop(or maybe from Kit Kat onward). They don't even have permission to see the sdcard...But why would you want that? Do you have that many apps installed that internal is full?
@andrei80 yup. Some of my games are 1gb above. @ItalianWolf when you install an app, does it directly go to the SDCARD? I wonder why that's not my case.
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yes (memory usage tells )
Maybe sd card isn't fast enought? It's, at least, a class 10 card?
Some apps can't be installed on sd card and can't be moved to sd card from app manager.
@ItalianWolf Yes, I believe this is a class 10 card. If you don't mind can you give me an example of an app that you were able to install successfully on your SDCARD? Thanks!
Also, Link2SD/Mounts2SD/Apps2SD doesn't work for me. Anybody else got a different experience? Games are taking a lot of space on my internal SD. Specifically talking about linking/binding obb files.
@Rookert I believe link2sd requires root to work.
Yup, all I have read indicate that root is needed for achieving what you want