Hi ,
I am having issue to move my apps after I have upgraded to slimkat weekly 5.8. The option on manage apps and clicking on a app line skype or any other app, from that menu move to USB storage option is removed . I am not sure this is something caused by upgrade or I might have changed some settings. Can you please help me on this ? Thanks
Same here.
I am using Slimkat as daily driver on my Motorola Atrix 2 (unofficial 5.8) and found that there is no option of moving apps form phone memory to SD card. This feature becomes more important for in case of applications like mine where there is very less space on the internal memory and the custom ROM is installed in secondary system with partition size of like 1GB. Situation worsens when ART is turned on, whole 1 GB is eaten by ART like anything.
Slim devs, please include the move apps feature on your ROMs. There are lot of Slim ROM fans like me who like the minimalistic UI of Slim ROMs and want to keep them as default ROM.
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I have recently updated to froyo & have transferred a lot many apps to SD Card. However, whenever, I restart phone or unmount & remount the SD Card, the apps on SD become unavailable, thus showing only the default android app icons. After some time, when SD apps show up, the whole arrangement changes, whicjh is somewhat inconvenient to find perticular app.
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I have recently updated to froyo & have transferred a lot many apps to SD Card. However, whenever, I restart phone or unmount & remount the SD Card, the apps on SD become unavailable, thus showing only the default android app icons. After some time, when SD apps show up, the whole arrangement changes, whicjh is somewhat inconvenient to find perticular app.
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More info please, like how the arrangement changes, and what launcher you are using and what icon sorting method you are using.
I'll assume you are using touchwiz, that the sorting is based on when it was installed, and that the rearrangement always puts the sd card apps after the phone apps (in a random matter?). I dont have touchwiz right now, so the only solution I can give is to to try a different launcher (suggestions: ADW, Launcherpro, Zeam, Go launcher). I dont know if you can change the icon sorting method in touchwiz, if so then put it so that it sorts by name, that should help, or maybe toggle automatic sorting if thats an option
You can manually sort by opening the app drawer / press menu / click on edit
If you use ADWLauncher EX there is a an option to backup and restore, presets and desktop configuration.. you could give that a go m8.
Thanks for reply. I am using touchwiz. I will try ADWLauncherEx & see if problem is resolved
if your using stock touchwiz there is an application to sort apps inside the appdrawer alphabetically.
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.demidoes.twsorter&feature=search_result
check it out might help you
i know what you are trying to say...
the problem comes that the phone first loads the phone apps in the same pattern as you have selected i.e. if you have settings in the first window and my files in second, they will remain in the same place but the apps moved to sd are loaded when the media scanner is completed and so they rearrange themselves as alphabetic order in the remaining space of application window...
even i got very tired of rearranging them everytime as its very annoying...
the problem will come when ever you go in mass storage mode or unmount your sd as after you remount it the phone starts media scanner and rearranges the icons
solution--->install kyrillos or any other custom rom and partition your sd card in recovery,
after that all the apps directly get installed in your partitioned space and you dont even need to move them to sd card..
i have 75 apps installed now on my phone and all are still in my phone and not being moved to sd card still i have 175 mb free in phone and the problem does not come even if i reboot my phone or connect it in mass storage mode to the pc...
side affects-
1) - you cannot later access the partitioned space for storing other media
i.e. if you currently have 7gb card and you partition 1gb from recovery then even computer and the phone will show total space in sd card = 6 gb
i have a 8 gb card and have partitioned 512 mb so i hardly felt any diff in total space
2) - if you have apps in partitioned space and you remove your sd card while phone is on, it will be like you are removing the main hard disk form a computer while it was on..so result will be that the phone will immediately freeze and turn off..
another advantage of partition---you can also partition you sd card's memory as swap memory will the phone can use as a secondry ram hence you can increase your ram to 512 mb ( 256 mb internal and 256 (max supported) on external)...
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Hello Guys!
Searched the whole day for a solution bút nothing really answers my questions, so i will post here.
Is there any chance of moving apps from DeviceMemory (2GB) to the internal USB-Storage (11GB). I tried to use App2SD and tried it with the Android Onboard Tool but nothing will do it. It just keeps moving to external SD.
When the external SD is removed and you try to move an app there is just the advice: "not enough memory".
Addition: My memory option in settings looks like this:
http://s14.directupload.net/images/120513/3rhplf49.png
Total Memory: ~11GB
Other Data (red) - will show what u really use PLUS the amount of the external SD card
Is that the Problem that the OS thinks like in this Pic the USB Storage is too full (more full than its total size ^^) and let you only move to external SD?
Ok, long story short: Is there a way to move apps to the internal USB Storage?
Thanks!
Have you looked to see what's on you're internal sd? Remember that it won't be wiped by a normal ROM flash unless you specify, so data will build up flash by flash.
Sorry, I know it sounds pedantic, but first thing to try.
what spec phone do you have?
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If i move an app from applications in settings with the command "move to SD" i will see in the Storage overview that the device Storage gets smaller and the storage from external SD gets bigger.. The USB-Storage (internal SD) stay the same.
The path for the files were /mnt/asec (?) there i found some files..
And the thing with non wipe and data: Got my Note as off. ICS LPY was released and flashed it out of the box with ICS. There is nothing from older roms..
What do you mean with Spec Phone? I have a Austrian Galaxy Note GT-N7000 with official ICS LPY on it running..
PS: The problem with apps cant move to internal storage is also on Galaxy S2 present.
Can anyone try to move apps from device to the internal storage? I think that its a bug in ICS.
First things first, I would recommend downgrading to stock GB, check out Dr. ketans thread in the stickies of the ROM development thread.
It seems unlikely, but since your on lpy, there's a possibility that your data is corrupt, have to say am not sure about this at all.
There's also a thread about the issues with lpy, lpf kernel that's worth reading from abisahara.
Please, anyone else have any further recommendations, please ignore me.
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double-post sorry..
First of all thanks for your attempt to help me out.
But whats the sense of downgrading? And nope, data isn´t corrupt can move things from pc to the phone without any problem, everthing is OK.
The only problem is to move Apps to internal USB-Storage (11GB) that wont work. There are others too with this problem and their phone never touched custom rom or anything, just the official ICS OTA Update.
Btw. i remeber i saw peopole with Galaxy S2 with the same problem on the net.
You have a Note too - try it for yourself to move apps from Device Mem (2GB) to Internal USB.Storage (11GB). I bet it wont work. Its not a special problem to me i think its a general problem.
Also is the data corruption not an effect from wiping? Havent wiped my phone yet one time..
regards.
Data corruption occurs from any large data movement, weather it's wipe, or deleting large files, there's suggestion that 2GB is the danger point but I experienced issues after writing a 500mb file that started fcs across the board.
I'm more than likely overreacting and apologies for this. Maybe someone with more experience can help better.
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Hey.
Just forget the data corruption, man! I´m fine with this till now and that doenst belong to my problem..
I just want to put some apps (e.g angry birds) to my internal USB Storage and that dont work i only can move apps to the real external SD, other people have the problem too and i want to know if this is on all ICS releases from Samsung with splitted memory??
@Jaysus88, I understand your problem and frustration since I have the exactly same problem and frustration. After some search, I feel the problem may be because some phone manufacturers disabled the "Move to USB storage" capability. BTW, my phone is Samsung Galaxy Note-N7000 with ICS.
I just registered the account to share potential solutions. I was suggested two solutions (I haven't got chance to try them myself yet):
1. Root the system and somehow re-partition the internal storage to increase "Device memory" (and shrink "USB storage").
2. Add an actual SD card and "Move to SD card" instead of "Move to USB storage".
(just realized that new users cann't post links :-( )
Both 1 and 2 have limitations that I don't know for sure:
For 1, is it really possible to re-size the storage partitions after rooting the phone?
For 2, ICS may not support some SD cards; moving too many apps to SD card may also cause rebooting issues for Android (we can easily find a lot of complaints about this issue, such as the Android issue id 25563 on google code).
If you find another more robust solution, I would love to hear about it! This is another reason I registered my account.
Hi!
Found that in Themes & Apps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652079
This will change the mounting points for external and internal SD. It should work.
For myself i leave it as it is.
hello everyone
I have been experiencing this issue since I flashed the new lollipop custom ROM "AntaresOne & Alucard24's optimized CM12 builds", and it works pretty well... I have just noticed that whatever I move to the SD card from phone storage gets erased.. i don't know why.. I'm moving the apps from the settings by going to "settings" > "apps" > and I select the app and move it... I've moved an app recently just for experiment, and I rebooted the phone, checked the sd card apps and it says no apps.. so I'm not sure if this is a problem of my sd card or an issue in this ROM.. I've been using this sd card previously and it was just fine..
-please note that this happens only after I reboot the phone and I lose all the apps that were moved and I need to download them again from the play store..
Any idea guys?!
thanks in advance!
I don't know. The GPE lollipop rom I am using doesn't have that feature to move apps to sd card. I heard it's not supported. I'm not sure if on this particular gpe rom or on lollipop in general.
But if moving apps to sd is a custom feature from CM12 then it might still be buggy and thats why they get deleted.
I think you'll be more successful searching the rom thread.
Hi,
It is indeed a bug in CM12, happened the same to me. So, don't worry about it being any problem with your sdcard, I didn't find any solution other than copy the app from the sdcard to the phone as soon as it is installed.
~Lord
Hi i have this issue since i switched from CM13 ROM to a stock one, i am constantly getting low disc space, i checked storage under my settings and system is taking way much 8 GB i think because CM13 uses another kind of file system than stock , i wiped and flashed a stock ROM fresh install and i am still getting that huge system android space
Any suggestions ? i appreciate any thanks
Hello, i'm new to the forums so i apologize if i shouldn't be posting this here, but i need help.
I have a Samsung Galaxy On7 with Android Marshmallow 6.0.1. I was happy with the phone and liked everything it had to offer me, except for one critical flaw that is driving me nuts: IT'S STORAGE.
I started downloading my apps so i could transfer them to my 16Gb SD card, which i happily bought for the purpose of this new phone... But little did i know that simple storaging concept changed with Android Marshmallow (before this phone i've only used Lollipop and KitKat). Apps weren't automatically being placed in the SD card. Fine, i could move them myself anyway, right? But it only transferred about 10 or 15 Mbs... Useless. My phone was struggling after installing WhatsApp and Messenger just because i couldn't move them from the phone storage, and 5 out of 8 Gbs of phone storage were occupied by bloatware. I could just root it and delete those, but i use more than 8 Gbs anyway so i considered that option meaningless.
I naturally did research on what options i had to fix this. Tutorials listed an option which "merges" your SD card and use it as internal storage. Now God knows why Samsung decided to get rid of that option, i simply don't have it.
I figured i could install a Nougat ROM but i never installed a ROM before, and the fact that i have a Samsung might mean the problem still persists after that, so maybe i could just downgrade to Lollipop and problem solved. I just need to hear from someone it's going to work before trying it myself.
If there are more options i'd be more than happy to listen to them, i'm at the point where i can't update apps anymore, while i have 16 Gigs unused...
that's the sad thing about this device. it's internal storage is not much and it got some bloatware. I just stayed on minimal user installed apps. Also moving an app to sd card is reducing the apps performance.
Actually there's a solution for the merging SD storage with Internal storage problem. Although Samsung has disabled it there's a patch here in the Forum to bypass that.
Here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/patch-adoptable-storage-enabler-t3460478
I used it on mine and worked just fine.
One more thing. I actually opted for two solutions: (1) root and uninstall bloatware and (2) apply the patch through TWRP and merge the storages.
Good luck.
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Actually there's a solution for the merging SD storage with Internal storage problem. Although Samsung has disabled it there's a patch here in the Forum to bypass that.
Here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/patch-adoptable-storage-enabler-t3460478
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I highly recommend not doing it. I have rooted my Samsung on7 (G600FY) only to use this resource but it didn't work.
I could install the patch through TWRP but there were no options on Settings -> Storage -> Format SD as Internal. Only Portable Format was available. Then, after some searches I could do it with Root Essentials App, it did the trick but still all my apps were getting installed in the internal memory (even I did migration to SD), also it kept showing Full Storage messages like before (even tough there was more than 29gb free after the "merge").
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So is this topic is useless? It doesnt work?
If everyone tried and it still failed, why not closing this topic?
I was having same problem with this device. But now I have fixed it!
Before storage was 97% and I have only 2 apps: Mozilla FireFox and Samsung Max VPN.
And my all other apps and games were in SD card.
But now I have 88% storage (just reduced a good amount)
Its simple just open Settings > Applications > Applications Manager
Now pick those apps which you don't use them anymore. Like Chrome, Google Photos, Samsung Internet, GDrive, etc.
Select on those app and click on 3 dot > select "Uninstall Updates".
When you do this, the app will be uninstalled and replaced by factory version of app which is lower in size.
Just do these to apps like GDrive, GPhotos because you can access them on web too.