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As the title suggests on my N1 i keep running out of memory space. I use APP2SD but not all of the apps can get transfered. So what can i do to fix this problem? Some apps like Shazam i need,K-9,handcent, Flextp, but apps like Quickoffice and books i dont need but those wont delete.Any advice?
Install Titanium Backup.
Use to to either uninstall the apps you dont want (including ones built into ROM if youre rooted) AND/OR us it to force apps to the SD card.
KidTech said:
but apps like Quickoffice and books i dont need but those wont delete.
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Since they're in /system/app, you cannot delete them without rooting. And even if you can delete them, it won't help you to solve your problem. If you want many application without having space problem, you need to root, install custom rom, use Apps2SD(it will install applications to SD card Ext partition) or Data2Ext.
I'm in the same boat as well. I am consistently hovering around 21-22 mb free. With all the recent updates, it eats up all my memory.
Freaking flash is still 12 mb, google maps is 9.7 mb, music 7.7 etc. Half the google apps I don't even use such as books 4.3 mb and goggles 3.8 mb.
I have to uninstall a few programs every once in a while so I can update another...uggh I guess Google didn't see this coming when they made the n1!
I'm with you. It's annoying as crap.
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Try to see if you can find move2SD Enabler (not sure if it's on the market). It forces your apps to be able to move to SD card. It requires you to be rooted so I'm not sure if that's up your alley or not
Really rooting is your only solution. With root you can have hundreds of MB free, or even cyanogen ROM lets you move all apps giving me 120 MB free with my 89 apps installed.
RogerPodacter said:
Really rooting is your only solution. With root you can have hundreds of MB free, or even cyanogen ROM lets you move all apps giving me 120 MB free with my 89 apps installed.
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Are you using dalvik to sd too? Im using dtapps2sd and i get between 18--23mb of free space on any given day. My sd card is too slow for dalvik to sd, and anything below 20mb and i stop getting things like email notifications.
If you are rooted... and if you have a decent SD Card (I just use the one that came with mine). I would suggest putting something on it that supports Darktremor. I swear by it for sure... after setting up an sd-ext... installing Darktremor and then running cachesd... I have tons of programs on my phone and I constantly put more on and have not had any issues since. Before, I would run out of memory even with dta2sd. I started removing stuff I didn't use often then decided to finally try out cache2sd and... now... no more problems. It seems like it might be a bit slower on the startup than before (though I never tested to see if it actually is or by how much) but after that it seems to run smooth as silk for me with tons of room to spare. My sd-ext is only 512 MB but you can modify it as you like with the proper partitioning utilities.
Though... this suggestion comes with the advice that you might want to know a bit about what it is I am suggesting before you actually do it. Read into it before you try anything.
Others have lightly touched on it, but most of the google apps are installed directly to the /system partition which is separate from where your downloaded apps are installed. Really, the only way to get additional space is by rooting your phone. The easiest thing to do would be to get Titanium Backup and merge all the updates for system apps back into the ROM. Whenever a system app gets updated, the updated program chews up your available space unless you merge it back into the ROM.
There are also additional options like apps2sdext, but they get a little more advanced as it requires partitioning the sdcard.
liam.lah said:
Are you using dalvik to sd too? Im using dtapps2sd and i get between 18--23mb of free space on any given day. My sd card is too slow for dalvik to sd, and anything below 20mb and i stop getting things like email notifications.
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honestly i am lazy, so the only thing i did was use the stock cyanogen allow any app move to sd setting. and it really made a difference. i guess if i wanted to install games that are 200 mb then this wouldnt help. but this method gave like 110mb free so i was happy enough with that.
i never researched the cache2sd or darktremor's method.
also in the past i did use root explorer to move some things from system/ to data/ etc to maximize as much as possible.
There is actually a method that can force enable "Move to SD" button for all apps. Check this link for more info
http://androidforums.com/desire-tips-tricks/160560-force-apps-install-sd-without-root.html
However, please be reminded that this implementation is actually based on the Google's app2sd.
So if you move apps with Widgets to SD, they will fail to launch the next time you reboot your phone
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bassmadrigal said:
Really, the only way to get additional space is by rooting your phone. The easiest thing to do would be to get Titanium Backup and merge all the updates for system apps back into the ROM. Whenever a system app gets updated, the updated program chews up your available space unless you merge it back into the ROM.
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Finally! This works, thanks for the tip. It was soooo obvious, but I had never used Ti for this. Tap&hold and choose "Integrate update into ROM".
I just did that to Facebook, Twitter and Google Maps & got over 25 megs new space immediately.
liam.lah said:
Are you using dalvik to sd too? Im using dtapps2sd and i get between 18--23mb of free space on any given day. My sd card is too slow for dalvik to sd, and anything below 20mb and i stop getting things like email notifications.
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Any card besides pure crap is fast enough for Dalvik2SD.
And this thread is absolutely pointless. This was discussed like 100000 times. There's ONE real solution - and it's A2SD, Apps2EXT, Data2EXT, and another zillion of names for the same thing - rooting, repartitioning SD card, and moving the apps and Dalvik-cache to the EXT partition. All the other solutions are temporary, and while giving some more air to breathe, don't really solve anything for anyone that downloads enough apps.
FAQ, question 9.
Jack, I'm looking into tweaking my partition table to make use of the/cache that hardly gets used in CM.
Do you know much about it?
My biggest problem is getting solid information on the N1 partitions, since I've stumbled across conflicting info...
Any help/guidance would be appreciated!
I guess the most guidance is in the Unrevoked site, the guys who achieved S-OFF on Desire. They have a bootloader that can change the partition sizes, and there's a post on Desire forum with the explanations of booting kernel while switching the partition sizes by passing boot parameters to the kernel.
The problem with Nexus is that unlike Desire, the bootloader will still see the original partitions. So if you change the recovery and the kernel to run with different values, overriding default partitioning (which you can do - it's explained for Desire, I remember reading a thread with explanations there), the bootloader won't play the game. Boot and Recovery will have to remain in place, otherwise the phone won't boot. And if anything goes wrong and the recovery won't boot one day - you'll need to repartition the ROM from the bootloader again and install stock to get going. Lots of work.
What you can do, and what might be better/easier to do, is just to link part of your ROM there - install system apps to /cache, for example, or such. Just remember not to wipe it then
Thanks for the heads up, Jack!
Still got a lot of reading to do on this one...
I have around 168 apps and with 'round 32mbs available ...FYI I am using CyanogenMod
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I have over 200 apps with 42+ mb free... I still wanna play with my partitions... xD
Jack_R1 said:
Any card besides pure crap is fast enough for Dalvik2SD.
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I did use dalvik 2sd for a while, I believe I'm using a 16gb kingston class2. While the phone was still certainly usable, there was a noticeable decrease in performance.
I've had my Evo 4G for almost a year now and I really havent felt the need to upgrade the ROM on it, which is surprising for me since I usually put a custom OS on my phones the day I buy them (coming from a windows mobile background) .
The only issue I have that I would like to rectify is app space. I keep getting the low disk space warning and telling me to remove apps.
I was wondering, if I root the device is there a way to push apps that do not have "move to SD" enabled over to the SD anyway? Facebook and Twitter for instance would be much better off on the SD since they build up huge data caches and need to be cleared all the time when on the phones memory.
Or, is there a way to re-size the phones memory allocations without doing a full re-flash if it's rooted?
Any thoughts/opinions are appreciated. Thanks!
You can do this stock as of froyo. You can do this through the applications setting menu or use an app that will help. I've used sdmove
If you root you could use a script created by darktremor. There's a thread on here if you search for darktremor a2sd. It frees up 3/4 of your internal memory, it works pretty well
pandamaja said:
You can do this stock as of froyo. You can do this through the applications setting menu or use an app that will help. I've used sdmove
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I tried that app a while ago and it really wasn't that big of a help. Certain apps (like Facebook and twitter) still could not be moved.
roids87 said:
If you root you could use a script created by darktremor. There's a thread on here if you search for darktremor a2sd. It frees up 3/4 of your internal memory, it works pretty well
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Thanks! I will take a look at that. It may be just what I need.
If you root you can partition your sd card and use dta2sd and it will move all your apps to the extsd even ones with widgets it works great .
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Rooting your phone with a ROM that's at least 2.2 will allow for app2sd use, however, you do not have to ROOT to use app2sd. If you do not wish to ROOT your phone, You need to run at least stock version 2.2 to be able to use app2sd.
I had a HERO that ran 2.1 and app2sd did not work, then I got my EVO with 2.2 and app2sd worked fine. Neither the HERO or EVO were rooted at the time.
Also remember that some apps must stay resident to work and can not be moved to your sd. Many of the app2sd apps will show you what can and can't be moved.
Good Luck.....
Requirements: You're play is rooted and ext2 partition is available on youre sd card.
1. Install Link2sd v2.0.2 from market.
The updated version allows you to convert system application to user apps. Thus, pre-install games can now be move to be user apps.
2. convert pre-install apps to be user apps, and create link to the application.
you will notice somehow an increase in the available internal memory.
I hope, I help somehow..
I apologize if others can't follow my information above. I included here the more detailed instructions for using link2sd, please see link :-D
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1217578&highlight=dev+link2sd&page=5
cedie1001 said:
Requirements: You're play is rooted and ext2 partition is available on youre sd card.
1. Install Link2sd v2.0.2 from market.
The updated version allows you to convert system application to user apps. Thus, pre-install games can now be move to be user apps.
2. convert pre-install apps to be user apps, and create link to the application.
you will notice somehow an increase in the available internal memory.
I hope, I help somehow..
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Root Explorer can do the same thing too. I used it to get rid of the God awful games preinstalled on my phone
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How would I know if the ext2 partition is available on my SD card?
neverwinter said:
How would I know if the ext2 partition is available on my SD card?
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Use root explorer and there should be a folder sd-ext check in there
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I never worry about space on mine. If you are rooted, you can use DroidSail Super App2SD. Its free and it works perfectly. I have transferred every single game to SD and they all work perfectly (every game that came on the phone, every game I have ever downloaded). I am consistently at about 250MB free.
zektor said:
I never worry about space on mine. If you are rooted, you can use DroidSail Super App2SD. Its free and it works perfectly. I have transferred every single game to SD and they all work perfectly (every game that came on the phone, every game I have ever downloaded). I am consistently at about 250MB free.
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Thanks for telling me about that, there is no hassle with partitioning sd card now
Cool, i´ll try it. More internal memory!
I like it because if something did not work (I have not encountered a game or app that has not when moved) the option exists to move it BACK. It is very similar to an app I used to use on the Tapwave Zodiac back in the Palm days. One of the main reasons to have root on the Play is this app!
cedie1001 said:
Requirements: You're play is rooted and ext2 partition is available on youre sd card.
1. Install Link2sd v2.0.2 from market.
The updated version allows you to convert system application to user apps. Thus, pre-install games can now be move to be user apps.
2. convert pre-install apps to be user apps, and create link to the application.
you will notice somehow an increase in the available internal memory.
I hope, I help somehow..
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thank you for your update
but personally , i allways remove preinstalled apk by system-app-remover
does it can change the system apk to user apk , then move/link to SD ??
anybody tried that ?
mehdi.moha said:
thank you for your update
but personally , i allways remove preinstalled apk by system-app-remover
does it can change the system apk to user apk , then move/link to SD ??
anybody tried that ?
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yap!
i already done that.
system apk to user apk, and vice versa.
then link to SD
to those who want to partition their sd card to ext2 partition, simply download mini tool partition on youre pc, create partition (not more 1gb), it should be primary type and ext2.
i hope it helps
You can actually go up to ext4 without problem on this phone. Oh, and if you don't want to download a program to partition your sd card, and are confident in your adb abilities, look here.
OK...I think I just bricked my XPlay? When I tried to convert the Android Framework (I think that's what it's called) from system app to user app, my phone suddenly restarted, and is constantly restarting without getting into the UI at all... any idea what has happened here and how it can be fixed?
neverwinter said:
OK...I think I just bricked my XPlay? When I tried to convert the Android Framework (I think that's what it's called) from system app to user app, my phone suddenly restarted, and is constantly restarting without getting into the UI at all... any idea what has happened here and how it can be fixed?
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The Android framework is like system32 for windows. Basically, don't mess with it. You're not bricked. Use FlashTool to reflash the .ftf file for your phone version.
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Thanks for letting me know. Will I loose all my info such as SMS, contacts, etc.? And where can I find info on how to reflash and get the correct .ftf for the phone?
Here is the FlashTool thread, and pretty much just search the Development subforum to find the thread that specifically deals with your phone model, whether it's x, i, at, or whatever else there is.
Flashing that .ftf will put you back to stock, so hope that you had your contacts backed up with your Google account. And SMS will be gone, as well as everything else that was personal.
Thanks a lot...it's unfortunate if I can't get my info back...
nvm
Sounds like you're not allowed to move that one.
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Thanks for the info...I got my phone working again... the firmware I flashed is much better than the previous that was installed. Everything runs faster, and PSX games run smoother and faster...
Version number "BLU_R0010UU_V8.7_GENERIC_6.0_20170805-1450"
Version size
25.04 MB
Release date
2017-08-05
Where can we verify this?
I received this Sept 13th 2017.
I received too.
Here is the link
Xttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7F40Ha8ULj7RGw3bk1OWUpIWDQ/view?usp=drivesdk
Change "X" for "H"
LordDandy said:
Version number "BLU_R0010UU_V8.7_GENERIC_6.0_20170805-1450"
Version size
25.04 MB
Release date
2017-08-05
Where can we verify this?
I received this Sept 13th 2017.
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What is it you want to verify?
If just that there is an update out , yes there is. The notes say includes android security patches.
Patched TWRP installl-able version will up soon.
Is this the one that just showed up in my auto-update? (09/13/17 on 6:00PM Central time).
If so, it broke my phone, I can't use my microSD card anymore. I can see all the data, but the apps don't show up in my list, I can't update them from the google store, I can't run them except from google store IF it recognizes they are installed, and I can't transfer them to internal storage.
My time is wrong, and my phone keeps rebooting when I try to run my apps.
mrmazak said:
What is it you want to verify?
If just that there is an update out , yes there is. The notes say includes android security patches.
Patched TWRP installl-able version will up soon.
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Awesome! I'll be waiting. Thanks for the quick update.
KyleStilkey said:
Awesome! I'll be waiting. Thanks for the quick update.
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I uploaded V8.7 to the stock rom thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/r1-hd/development/modified-8-3-stock-rom-t3602672
I did not debloat or remove ads from 8.7
if you want the rom debloated you can run this command while in twrp with system set to mounted.
Code:
adb shell rm /system/priv-app/com.amazon.*/com.amazon.*.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/Adups*/*.apk
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What is it you want to verify?
If just that there is an update out , yes there is. The notes say includes android security patches.
Patched TWRP installl-able version will up soon.
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mrmazak said:
I uploaded V8.7 to the stock rom thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/r1-hd/development/modified-8-3-stock-rom-t3602672
I did not debloat or remove ads from 8.7
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Will we see a debloat/removed ads version?
LordDandy said:
Version number "BLU_R0010UU_V8.7_GENERIC_6.0_20170805-1450"
Version size
25.04 MB
Release date
2017-08-05
Where can we verify this?
I received this Sept 13th 2017.
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I got the same one about the same date, proceeded to install it (after backing up whatever I could). It installed problem-free (I had about 1.5 GB of my 16 GB free, for what it's worth). Almost a week later, the phone is functioning as well as before (no speedup/slowdown/flaky behaviour). The only new feature is the automatic installation of Google Play Protect that automatically scans Apps periodically for who-knows-what (didn't complain about any of my 103 Apps, so it's not super-aggressive).
Terrabull said:
Is this the one that just showed up in my auto-update? (09/13/17 on 6:00PM Central time).
If so, it broke my phone, I can't use my microSD card anymore. I can see all the data, but the apps don't show up in my list, I can't update them from the google store, I can't run them except from google store IF it recognizes they are installed, and I can't transfer them to internal storage.
My time is wrong, and my phone keeps rebooting when I try to run my apps.
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I'm having many of the same issues, they seem to revolve around the microSD card. For some reason after the update my phone can't seem to access it or the app data stored there. Many of my apps were on my SD card so they're affected. I'm so annoyed I'm about to factory reset my phone to see if that helps. I've reported it to Blu but haven't heard anything.
Any suggestions on how to fix it w/o the factory reset? Thanks!
My guess is that the new update implemented more "security features." Since Google, in its not-so-infinite wisdom, considers SD cards to be inherently insecure, and Apps have become more and more difficult to store on SD cards with recent generations of Android, it is perhaps not so surprising that whatever limited possibility there was of installing Apps on the SD card before was removed with this update, causing the aforementioned problems. Especially for those who have the essentially useless 8 GB version of the R1 HD, which has only 3 GB or so available for Apps, this is not going to be good news.
I don't think a factory reset will help either (since it won't restore to the previous version of Android). The best that can be done is to save your important App data on the SD card by copying its contents onto a computer, then judiciously delete Apps that you don't need and reinstall them on the main memory and manually copy over the App data.
This is speculation, but it would be consistent with my own experiences on previous upgrades on earlier phones (the Blu Life One), where SD card usage for Apps became more and more problematic.
Or upgrade to a phone with more internal memory if you really can't find enough Apps to delete (I know that's not the point of this thread, but I think for the 8 GB R1 HD owners, that day will come sooner rather than later). Nowadays, 16 GB is the minimum for even light users, what with the the OS taking up the better part of 8 GB, and Apps like Whatsapp having no way to store their files, not even space-hogging media files, on the SD card.
Something similar happened to my phone with their spring update. Enough people had similar issues that Blu enabled people to roll it back. I wonder if the issues are related?
Also, I can' t update apps from the play store or download new ones.
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My guess is that the new update implemented more "security features." Since Google, in its not-so-infinite wisdom, considers SD cards to be inherently insecure, and Apps have become more and more difficult to store on SD cards with recent generations of Android, it is perhaps not so surprising that whatever limited possibility there was of installing Apps on the SD card before was removed with this update, causing the aforementioned problems. Especially for those who have the essentially useless 8 GB version of the R1 HD, which has only 3 GB or so available for Apps, this is not going to be good news.
I don't think a factory reset will help either (since it won't restore to the previous version of Android). The best that can be done is to save your important App data on the SD card by copying its contents onto a computer, then judiciously delete Apps that you don't need and reinstall them on the main memory and manually copy over the App data.
This is speculation, but it would be consistent with my own experiences on previous upgrades on earlier phones (the Blu Life One), where SD card usage for Apps became more and more problematic.
Or upgrade to a phone with more internal memory if you really can't find enough Apps to delete (I know that's not the point of this thread, but I think for the 8 GB R1 HD owners, that day will come sooner rather than later). Nowadays, 16 GB is the minimum for even light users, what with the the OS taking up the better part of 8 GB, and Apps like Whatsapp having no way to store their files, not even space-hogging media files, on the SD card.
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I think you're right about the SD card. I did the reset and while it fixed most of my problems I still can't access the sd card so it's useless.
I have had my 32GB (HC Class 10) mSD card corrupted each time updating/clean install newer R1 HD rom - making it unreadable & unusable, getting the prompt to reformat it again for use.
I run my most recent V8.5 modified stock Rom rooted and fairly lean, so there's enough space on the R1 HD (16GB) rom to keep all the Apps on it, without moving them over. Only storing documents, PDF's, photos/images and MP4's on it - using it as my backup/travel phone, etc.
Doing my setup now to prep for updating to latest V8.7 rom, debloating it & planning to run Xposed modules on it again, taking out my mSD card first and will re-insert once the new Rom is done & settled down, let's see how it go ... rather take a few extra minutes to do this instead of moving the contents around or copying them over again, etc.
I did the same thing and only use the sd card for storage for audio books and music files. I updated the phone the other night from the first version of the ROM to 8.7 and the only annoying thing I have noticed so far is that it no longer responds to "ok google" when the screen is off and the phone is being charged. It used to respond before the update. I don't know if this was a Blu-specific change or if it affected all versions of Android. Xposed works fine on 8.7 and I'm glad that I bought the donate version so I was able to save and restore all of the many changes I made to settings in Xposed. It's such great software that the guy deserves to make some money for all his work.
Moving apps to the sd card on previous phones has always been fragile and ended up having issues so I don't even attempt it any more. I just decided to keep only the stuff I really need on the phone.
Hi Everyone,
I need your kind advice.
My Redmi Note 7 has 64GB internal storage. Half of it is in use/busy. Google storage is 54GB 22GB of it is in use/busy. Google doesn't allow to update apps saying that there's not enough space... My phone's performance can't be optimized better than 97%.
I bought an SD card storage of 256GB. Then I am disappointed. Obviously not the photos, videos, and music of 5GB the problem is. I thought that I could transfer apps to SD, but I was wrong. I don't know what to do now. Should I root my phone I could get huge storage. Problem is that banking apps cannot be used on rooted phones. I can get a great phone, but I guess no more system security patches and can't use banking app.
What the *** should I do? And how?
Actually, I certainly have to do something, because my phone freezes very often.
I need your advice, please.
Thanks.
just backup everything online and reset it first
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just backup everything online and reset it first
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Thanks, but the only one cell I have rooted was a KitKat 4.4.2 Navon Mizu D402. It was over 3 years.
I don't know what back up exactly means -- is it possible to use the phone as not rooted one day?
When the phone is rooted is there an app that is able to hide root from banking apps?
Link2SD and there were a lot of apps that were necessary to use SD card as internal storage.
Actually, I haven't got a clue how to root the phone, which app works on mine and what about system security patches.
So, I'm a totally novice now.
Hello you can move apps to sd card by formatting your sd card as internal storage (check youtube) but I wont recommend bcz sd card are slow than internal storage and can make your apps perform slow. If u want to root than magisk already have a way to make banking apps work using magisk hide. U just need a bit of research to understand this things. Things in rooting changed a lot after kitkat and its much better now.
Nikkka said:
Hi Everyone,
I need your kind advice.
My Redmi Note 7 has 64GB internal storage. Half of it is in use/busy. Google storage is 54GB 22GB of it is in use/busy. Google doesn't allow to update apps saying that there's not enough space... My phone's performance can't be optimized better than 97%.
I bought an SD card storage of 256GB. Then I am disappointed. Obviously not the photos, videos, and music of 5GB the problem is. I thought that I could transfer apps to SD, but I was wrong. I don't know what to do now. Should I root my phone I could get huge storage. Problem is that banking apps cannot be used on rooted phones. I can get a great phone, but I guess no more system security patches and can't use banking app.
What the *** should I do? And how?
Actually, I certainly have to do something, because my phone freezes very often.
I need your advice, please.
Thanks.
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Just keep apps on internal and media on external, how u got your 64gb filled with only apps? Banking apps can be easily used after rooting. System security patches are faster with custom roms than miui.