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Hello guys, I have a question about the nandroid backup on Nexus 4
See I got my Nexus 4 the other day, and I flashed Clockworkmod Recovery 6.0.2.0, then I made a nandroid backup. The recovery said this backup was stored in sdcard/clockworkmod/backup. But when I return to my normal system I cannot find this folder(using root explorer). I can see that 1 or 2G space was used by something but I cannot find this folder no matter how, although this folder does exist. Later I found out that Rom Manager can get access to this folder.So is the recovery using a special way to hide this folder or what? Hope you guys can tell me something about this. Many thanks XD
ShawnZhang said:
Hello guys, I have a question about the nandroid backup on Nexus 4
See I got my Nexus 4 the other day, and I flashed Clockworkmod Recovery 6.0.2.0, then I made a nandroid backup. The recovery said this backup was stored in sdcard/clockworkmod/backup. But when I return to my normal system I cannot find this folder(using root explorer). I can see that 1 or 2G space was used by something but I cannot find this folder no matter how, although this folder does exist. Later I found out that Rom Manager can get access to this folder.So is the recovery using a special way to hide this folder or what? Hope you guys can tell me something about this. Many thanks XD
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Look in /data/media/Clockworkmod.
NOT the /sdcard/data, but in system root.
This recovery folder is only accessible by Clockwordmod when it is running. It cannot be displayed in file explorers for safety reasons, such as accidental deletion. But this folder can be accessed with a PC when your phone is connected to it, in order to take a backup of the folder. Hope this helps
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Check in /data/media as prev post said.
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CMNein said:
Look in /data/media/Clockworkmod.
NOT the /sdcard/data, but in system root.
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I see, thank you bro:good:
ajabhi95 said:
This recovery folder is only accessible by Clockwordmod when it is running. It cannot be displayed in file explorers for safety reasons, such as accidental deletion. But this folder can be accessed with a PC when your phone is connected to it, in order to take a backup of the folder. Hope this helps
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that will be much safer... Thanks bro~~ thanks for the explanation
CMNein said:
Look in /data/media/Clockworkmod.
NOT the /sdcard/data, but in system root.
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Finally I found that folder with your direction. Thank you bro!
Anyone else notice older versions of CWM backups were sometimes over 1gb and these new ones are only about 50mb?
dralways said:
Anyone else notice older versions of CWM backups were sometimes over 1gb and these new ones are only about 50mb?
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Yes, that's a new feature that tries to combine the backups and only re-backup newly changed data
Forgive my ignorance guys, but if you wipe the data partition, do you lose your backups? I want to get this straight before I root my phone that will apparently never be shipped to me.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on the 13th. Still waiting.
estallings15 said:
Forgive my ignorance guys, but if you wipe the data partition, do you lose your backups? I want to get this straight before I root my phone that will apparently never be shipped to me.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on the 13th. Still waiting.
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No you don't as the data partition is separate from the backup folder. But just to be sure, make a backup of your backup on your PC :cyclops:
Does TWRP also stores their back ups here too??
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ajabhi95 said:
This recovery folder is only accessible by Clockwordmod when it is running. It cannot be displayed in file explorers for safety reasons, such as accidental deletion. But this folder can be accessed with a PC when your phone is connected to it, in order to take a backup of the folder. Hope this helps
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how if when i plug my phone to the computer all i can see is the stuff in the SD drive?
Sparta507 said:
Does TWRP also stores their back ups here too??
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how if when i plug my phone to the computer all i can see is the stuff in the SD drive?
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I think you can copy your data/media/clockworkmod to your SDcard(with root explorer or something like that), then plug the phone to your PC, move the clockworkmod folder to your PC. I did it this afternoon
how do i go about doing a nandroid backup? steps please
so nandroid backup? save the backup folder to PC, then i can flash a custom rom like matrix1, and how do i get back all my apps/folders again? just put back the backupfolder?
can i just connect to my PC and copy and paste ALL OF the nexus4 drive? is that backing up as well?
ajabhi95 said:
This recovery folder is only accessible by Clockwordmod when it is running. It cannot be displayed in file explorers for safety reasons, such as accidental deletion. But this folder can be accessed with a PC when your phone is connected to it, in order to take a backup of the folder. Hope this helps
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How do i save the backup to my pc? I do not see the data folder when i pluge in my nexus 4 to my computer.
CMNein said:
Look in /data/media/Clockworkmod.
NOT the /sdcard/data, but in system root.
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Is this directory stored on the internal storage? In other words, when I do a wipe to I flash a rom, would this directory be included in that wipe? I mean, it sounds like a stupid question. And I would expect it to be located in the internal storage, but I don't wanna do a wipe and install the rom and now I'm stuck without my backup.
what would be the quickest process to copy a nandroid backup from my nexus4 to a computer?
and when i wanted to paste it back onto my phone, how would i go about doing that to restore from it?
I haves root and flash cm10.1 on my phone. but I have a folders called Android/obb which I want to delete. But I don't know why I cannot delete it. I have tried by deleting it in pc or es file manager, It won't help. After that I have tried to format my sdcard in recovery and reset the phone. But the folders Android/obb still presence. Plz help! how can I delete this folder?
I might be wrong but I think this folder is part of default android structure and it stores some kind of user app data. So by resetting your phone I don't think you can remove this folder as it's there by default. However try deleting the content instead if the folder can't be deleted.
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gie62001 said:
I might be wrong but I think this folder is part of default android structure and it stores some kind of user app data. So by resetting your phone I don't think you can remove this folder as it's there by default. However try deleting the content instead if the folder can't be deleted.
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You are correct sir.
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csunny95 said:
I haves root and flash cm10.1 on my phone. but I have a folders called Android/obb which I want to delete. But I don't know why I cannot delete it. I have tried by deleting it in pc or es file manager, It won't help. After that I have tried to format my sdcard in recovery and reset the phone. But the folders Android/obb still presence. Plz help! how can I delete this folder?
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Have you checked how much space is available in your settings after you formated? If you formated, you should get back all the previously occupied space.
Why do you want to delete that particular folder ?
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plz help i want transfer my games from s2 to s4 but every time when i copy files to (obb) s4 it show error that cannot copy file.Is there any to copy obb files to s4 with or without rooting plz let me knoww......?????
nimbooz123 said:
plz help i want transfer my games from s2 to s4 but every time when i copy files to (obb) s4 it show error that cannot copy file.Is there any to copy obb files to s4 with or without rooting plz let me knoww......?????
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I had the same problem. I had to zip the file up, copy over and unzip.
okiru880 said:
I had the same problem. I had to zip the file up, copy over and unzip.
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I alredy try this with convert obb in rar files but it ignore the some of the files while exracting which is denied buy the s4 while copying.Anyway which third party app did you use on s4 to unzip ???Would it might be help..
Put the files in Android/data...
Download AntTek File Explorer (Free from Play Store)
Browse to Android/data and then move it to Android/obb
For now, thats the only way it worked for me!!
I think its the permission issue, which AntTek Explorer solves!!
Give it a try!
Thanks and Help
First copy on Sd Card than Cut from Sd Card to Phone Memory through File Manager. i do like this
Or how about you download them from the Play Store instead of pirating?
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roni2915 said:
Put the files in Android/data...
Download AntTek File Explorer (Free from Play Store)
Browse to Android/data and then move it to Android/obb
For now, thats the only way it worked for me!!
I think its the permission issue, which AntTek Explorer solves!!
Give it a try!
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dude!!!
i already try the anttnek file explorer it copy all the data of obb completely but when i copy those file in obb folder it leaves some of file while copying eg -when i copying asphalt 7 obb folder of 1.54GB in my phone then copy that from my phone to obb folder and it shows around 1.36GB<<not copy all the files>>
nimbooz123 said:
dude!!!
i already try the anttnek file explorer it copy all the data of obb completely but when i copy those file in obb folder it leaves some of file while copying eg -when i copying asphalt 7 obb folder of 1.54GB in my phone then copy that from my phone to obb folder and it shows around 1.36GB<<not copy all the files>>
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Is there any way left stiill
nimbooz123 said:
plz help i want transfer my games from s2 to s4 but every time when i copy files to (obb) s4 it show error that cannot copy file.Is there any to copy obb files to s4 with or without rooting plz let me knoww......?????
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Copy file obb to sdcard/Documents/
Use root explorer (romtoolbox pro) move obb file to sdcard/Android/obb/xxxxx.xxx.xxx <folder game
darkjedi said:
Or how about you download them from the Play Store instead of pirating?
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What makes you think they are pirated games?
Maybe he's paid for them and doesn't want to re-download gigs and gigs of data again. Makes sense since he already has the data on an old phone.
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u can copy to andorid obb
just palce it in phones memory adn copy it in file manager!
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sxi200 said:
What makes you think they are pirated games?
Maybe he's paid for them and doesn't want to re-download gigs and gigs of data again. Makes sense since he already has the data on an old phone.
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also maybe the game is not available in hes country! or he want to do mods or naything!
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sxi200 said:
What makes you think they are pirated games?
Maybe he's paid for them and doesn't want to re-download gigs and gigs of data again. Makes sense since he already has the data on an old phone.
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also maybe the game is not available in hes country! or he want to do mods or naything!
solved
You can move/copy it from "data" folder to "obb" folder with the new "AntTek Explorer Ex" from the Google store
Please help me
I downloaded games for my galaxy s4(4.4 android) but the game runs only when I copy it to phone memory. I want to copy the games to memory card. Please help me, my phone memory is full.
This thread only applies to people running the Kitkat update, so please only post here if you are and want to help contribute to xda.
I will give instructions below so you can pull you system and boot.img and upload it so i can make a flashable.zip for everyone
and possibly a custom rom.
its actually very easy to do, so don't be put off if you are new to this stuff (i made a script to do most of it for you)
1.)
Download this small "adb and fastboot" package > link , extract it to a folder on your desktop,
2.)
Turn on usb debugging from developer settings on phone,
if you have no developer settings, goto: settings/about phone
keep pressing on build number until it says you are a developer, press back and developer settings should be at the bottom.
3.)
From the folder you just extracted double click "DoubleClickMe.bat" look for a popup on your phone and press accept.
4.)
Wait while it does its thing, and when it finishes you will have the whole system dump in the folder on your desktop.
5.)
Now to get the boot.img you will need to be rooted, continue where the system dump finished
by copying & pasting each line of code into the box
Code:
adb shell
Press enter
Code:
su
Press enter, and make sure the display on your phone is turned on so you can accept the superuser request
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p31 of=/sdcard/boot.img
Press enter, the boot.img will be on your sdcard
bumping this for greater visibility
I got the whole system dump on my desktop already but I can not root my phone
If you can get clockworkmod Recovery to boot (or installed), you can root this way:
Put attached file on internal storage.
Boot into Recovery (CWM)
install zip > choose zip from /sdcard
Please upload system dump to solidfiles.com or uploadhosting.co
obvious said:
Please upload system dump to solidfiles.com or uploadhosting.co
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In a hurry
Please follows this link for more info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579338
if you could upload the system that would be great.
tillaz said:
if you could upload the system that would be great.
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This is what I got inside the adb folder after running. Looks like the whole system. Tell me which part do you want
antiquezip said:
This is what I got inside the adb folder after running. Looks like the whole system. Tell me which part do you want
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Throw all the folders and the build.prop into a zip file and upload that.
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antiquezip said:
This is what I got inside the adb folder after running. Looks like the whole system. Tell me which part do you want
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we need all of it, make a new folder named "system" and add all the folders to it and build.prop
then if you have winrar installed just right click on the system folder and select add to archive and upload the system.rar it creates
use this to upload http://www.solidfiles.com/
tillaz said:
we need all of it, make a new folder named "system" and add all the folders to it and build.prop
then if you have winrar installed just right click on the system folder and select add to archive and upload the system.rar it creates
use this to upload http://www.solidfiles.com/
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Compress using 7Zip now.
How to Excluded my IMEI in the file?
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tillaz said:
we need all of it, make a new folder named "system" and add all the folders to it and build.prop
then if you have winrar installed just right click on the system folder and select add to archive and upload the system.rar it creates
use this to upload http://www.solidfiles.com/
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Uploading to solidfiles as per your provided link.
Seem to be a long way to go.
Meanwhile, Im transfer the Zip onto my Nexus4 to see if I can upload it faster using my cell rather than my home internet
antiquezip said:
Compress using 7Zip now.
How to Excluded my IMEI in the file?
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no personal information is in the system partition, not even sure where the IMEI is stored but its definitely not the system,
think it has its own hidden partition with the serial number etc.
Thank you for your efforts.
As for the IMEI, it's not stored in the system per se, its in your efs folder, which is a system folder in the internal partition. I could be wrong, but flashing usually clears the contents in the efs folder, so it shouldn't be an issue.
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aeonlinux said:
Thank you for your efforts friend.
As for the IMEI, its not stored in the system per se, its in your efs folder. I could be wrong, but flashing (which is what we hope to do) usually clears the contents in the efs folder, so it shouldn't be an issue.
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AFAIK, EFS is Samsung specific.....??
http://rescueroot.com/android/how-to-back-up-efs-on-samsung-devices/
What is an “EFS”?
EFS refer to a folder location called /EFS in Samsung’s Android devices. It is a very sensitive folder hidden within the deepest core of your smartphone’s internal file system and is very essential to the functions of our smartphones.
One of the very sensitive information you can find in this folder is the information regarding your phone’s unique IMEI number. As you may have guessed by now, it also contains other unique identifying numbers for your smartphone including the MAC address for your smartphone’s radios, as well as the MEID, ESN, as wells as the registered phone number for locked smartphones.
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irishpancake said:
AFAIK, EFS is Samsung specific.....??
http://rescueroot.com/android/how-to-back-up-efs-on-samsung-devices/
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You're correct. My last device was an SIII, hence my ignorance in assuming it was a universal thing. Sorry for the confusion.
The point should still stand though, IMEI is not part of the image.
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Here is the link .I bet my drop box will crash within minute. Anyone ready to mirrow
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Link to drop box has been PMed to OP. Please check your inbox
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Hey @tillaz check title.you wrote katkat. Sorry for my bad English.
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I dont see The link D:
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7rhbufr8e20pk6/system.7z. Here we go guys
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antiquezip said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7rhbufr8e20pk6/system.7z. Here we go guys
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Thank you so much for all your efforts.
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Hello guys,
I've tried many times to decompile whatsapp and edit it's Androidmanifest.xml file to make it installble in sdcard..When i try to recompile the apk i'm getting a message "Killed" I've tried it around 15times still no Luck..Can anyone decompile it and edit its manifest file then recompile and Upload it :-/
please it's a kind request :'(
you cannot force an apk to install on sd card
you can request it to install on sd card by using the following but chances are it will still be installed on internal but it will become movable to sd card in manage applications in phone settings
Code:
android:installLocation="preferExternal"
so it looks like this in the manifest
Code:
<manifest android:versionCode="48398" android:versionName="2.11.186" android:installLocation="preferExternal"
package="com.whatsapp"
dont forget you need to use jellybean framework-res.apk in order to decompile and recompile 3rd party apps
also looking at whatsapp I think its already moveable to sd card by opening it up in manage applications in phone settings and selecting move to sd card
If that option is not there add the above to the manifest - it will still install on sd card but it will be moveable
Dont forget to sign the apk with a testkey and you wont be able to update the app via the playstore if you resign it
also as note - never move a widget to sd card using this method - it will break the widget
marcussmith2626 said:
you cannot force an apk to install on sd card
you can request it to install on sd card by using the following but chances are it will still be installed on internal but it will become movable to sd card in manage applications in phone settings
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android:installLocation="preferExternal"
so it looks like this in the manifest
Code:
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" android:targetSdkVersion="19" android:installLocation="preferExternal" />
dont forget you need to use jellybean framework-res.apk in order to decompile and recompile 3rd party apps
also looking at whatsapp I think its already moveable to sd card by opening it up in manage applications in phone settings and selecting move to sd card
If that option is not there add the above to the manifest - it will still install on sd card but it will be moveable
Dont forget to sign the apk with a testkey and you wont be able to update the app via the playstore if you resign it
also as note - never move a widget to sd card using this method - it will break the widget
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I know,but I'm getting an error while recompiling it,I've used the Jellybean framework which you gave..Still no Luck..Its getting killed..
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shyamSGY said:
I know,but I'm getting an error while recompiling it,I've used the Jellybean framework which you gave..Still no Luck..Its getting killed..
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I just did it and it recompiled fine
I dont know what you mean by killed - thats no error iv ever come across using apktool
But as I said it still installs to internal but it is moveable to sd card but I think the original is moveable to sd card anyway if you goto phone settings manage app select whatsapp and click move to sd card
marcussmith2626 said:
I just did it and it recompiled fine
I dont know what you mean by killed - thats no error iv ever come across using apktool
But as I said it still installs to internal but it is moveable to sd card but I think the original is moveable to sd card anyway if you goto phone settings manage app select whatsapp and click move to sd card
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It Looks Like this:
I:Smaling
I:killed
P.S: I use apktool in mobile
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shyamSGY said:
It Looks Like this:
I:Smaling
I:killed
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never come accross that
make sure you are using apktool1.5.2
http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/downloads/list
if you are using version 2 or beta version higher than that version it may not be able to smali files
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never come accross that
make sure you are using apktool1.5.2
http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/downloads/list
if you are using version 2 or beta version higher than that version it may not be able to smali files
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Sorry,I dont Have a PC..I use apktool in mobile.
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Sorry,I dont Have a PC..I use apktool in mobile.
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either its an error in installing apktool or if it can decompile and recompile other apks fine its not able to do that apk for some reason
but have you tried just opening up phone settings and going to applications manage applications and selecting whatsapp and moving it to sd card
you only need to edit things if the option move to sd card is not available
if its not available I can upload the one I moddded but if the offical one can be moved stick to that else you wont be able to update the app via the playstore
You can also use link2sd to link apps to virtual sd card storeage
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either its an error in installing apktool or if it can decompile and recompile other apks fine its not able to do that apk for some reason
but have you tried just opening up phone settings and going to applications manage applications and selecting whatsapp and moving it to sd card
you only need to edit things if the option move to sd card is not available
if its not available I can upload the one I moddded but if the offical one can be moved stick to that else you wont be able to update the app via the playstore
You can also use link2sd to link apps to virtual sd card storeage
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Its Not for me..I own a Page in Facebook where I share new things..I have promised them that i'l Give a Version of Whatsapp which will be installed in Sd card.
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shyamSGY said:
Its Not for me..I own a Page in Facebook where I share new things..I have promised them that i'l Give a Version of Whatsapp which will be installed in Sd card.
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you can only request an app to be installed to sd card but your phone may not honour the request but it will make it moveable to sd by the method iv already said
see this for more info
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/install-location.html
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give me a min and I'll mod the apk and upload it and you see where it installs it
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ok so iv modded it to install on sd card - i'll upload it shortly - might take a few mins on my phone connection
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@shyamSGY
here you go - should install on sd card
http://d-h.st/1jG
marcussmith2626 said:
you can only request an app to be installed to sd card but your phone may not honour the request but it will make it moveable to sd by the method iv already said
see this for more info
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/install-location.html
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give me a min and I'll mod the apk and upload it and you see where it installs it
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ok so iv modded it to install on sd card - i'll upload it shortly - might take a few mins on my phone connection
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@shyamSGY
here you go - should install on sd card
http://d-h.st/1jG
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Thank! Thank! Lots of Thanks!! You are the best
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shyamSGY said:
Thank! Thank! Lots of Thanks!! You are the best
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thats ok - make sure to uninstall any previous version first or you will probably get application not installed due to differences in signature and its unlikely you will be able to update it via the playstore so you will have to mod each new version
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thats ok - make sure to uninstall any previous version first or you will probably get application not installed due to differences in signature and its unlikely you will be able to update it via the playstore so you will have to mod each new version
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Thank man! You are awesome and how did you get to know So much of things..
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shyamSGY said:
Thank man! You are awesome and how did you get to know So much of things..
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the power of google and reading
marcussmith2626 said:
the power of google and reading
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You rock! Have a great future ahead
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