What folder do all the installed programs/games go to? - HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera

Whenever the games or applications are installed, they will be installed to the SD card (most of the time) for Froyo 2.2.
However, when I try to search for where these programs are installed I could not find them. Which folder in the SD card are all of the games/apps installed to? I need the name of the folder/directory.

Earthbrain said:
Whenever the games or applications are installed, they will be installed to the SD card (most of the time) for Froyo 2.2.
However, when I try to search for where these programs are installed I could not find them. Which folder in the SD card are all of the games/apps installed to? I need the name of the folder/directory.
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Data/app
Also if protected
Data/app-private

Is there anyway you can open the data file? so we can mod the looks of a certain app lets say.

kjeong3514 said:
Is there anyway you can open the data file? so we can mod the looks of a certain app lets say.
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Never tried it on the hd2 but u can try Metamorph and ninja morph. You should check around the android theme forum for more info

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Help with htc tattoo

Hi, i am a new user for android OS. And one day i wants to install some apps in SD card, but doesnt now what to do first. i try to do something myself, but only thing that i do is split the SD card memory, and now some space from my sd card memory is not avaiable. Can so9meone can say what to do first... to install some apps in SD and install some unofficial 2.1 android version on tattoo.
P.S. - I am latvian and not know the English language perfectly, so maybe that is the reason because i dont understand what to do first...
crustyz said:
Hi, i am a new user for android OS. And one day i wants to install some apps in SD card, but doesnt now what to do first. i try to do something myself, but only thing that i do is split the SD card memory, and now some space from my sd card memory is not avaiable. Can so9meone can say what to do first... to install some apps in SD and install some unofficial 2.1 android version on tattoo.
P.S. - I am latvian and not know the English language perfectly, so maybe that is the reason because i dont understand what to do first...
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hi
im new too this is what i did
1.went to 4 shared and searched for .apk (files on the tatoo are .apk)got a posting with all of them too what i wanted ie document reader whcih is word XL PDf and note pad put them on my sd card and used the android installer ie i connected the phone to my pc used the android sync which has the android installer used the same to install the aps and stalled these apps i wanted on my Phone
i hope this helps u
u can also use the market programs on ur phone and brows using ur phone data connection and directly install what u want on ur phone
good luck
haree said:
hi
im new too this is what i did
1.went to 4 shared and searched for .apk (files on the tatoo are .apk)got a posting with all of them too what i wanted ie document reader whcih is word XL PDf and note pad put them on my sd card and used the android installer ie i connected the phone to my pc used the android sync which has the android installer used the same to install the aps and stalled these apps i wanted on my Phone
i hope this helps u
u can also use the market programs on ur phone and brows using ur phone data connection and directly install what u want on ur phone
good luck
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that doesnt help, i have a lot of apps already, but phone memory is too small for all apps and i need install some apps on sd card
crustyz said:
Hi, i am a new user for android OS. And one day i wants to install some apps in SD card, but doesnt now what to do first. i try to do something myself, but only thing that i do is split the SD card memory, and now some space from my sd card memory is not avaiable. Can so9meone can say what to do first... to install some apps in SD and install some unofficial 2.1 android version on tattoo.
P.S. - I am latvian and not know the English language perfectly, so maybe that is the reason because i dont understand what to do first...
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Download AppMonster or Astro from the market. These will allow you to copy apks to your SD card. But note, you can't run apps from your SD card, you can only swap them in and out of memory.
- Mark
brandmarked said:
Download AppMonster or Astro from the market. These will allow you to copy apks to your SD card. But note, you can't run apps from your SD card, you can only swap them in and out of memory.
- Mark
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thanks, but its some way how to run apks from sd card?
crustyz said:
thanks, but its some way how to run apks from sd card?
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Only with a script called apps2sd, but noone ever implemented it for tattoo...or at least AFAIK...
crustyz said:
thanks, but its some way how to run apks from sd card?
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klik on it

Saving market apps to microsd card

How do you save apps from android market to microsd card.
Payaso1 said:
How do you save apps from android market to microsd card.
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Settings > application > open the app and make sure the second block on the right says "move to phone"... if it says that, then you then application is on the SD card. Or you can check the market for one of many free applications
Ok tried that doesn't let me save to sd card, now is that the only way or is there an app for that?
Payaso1 said:
Ok tried that doesn't let me save to sd card, now is that the only way or is there an app for that?
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Settings > application > open the app and make sure the second block on the right says "move to phone"... if it says that, then you then application is on the SD card. Or you can check the market for one of many free applications
Ok got that I understand but I want to know if there is a way to move the apps that are not highlighted. The ones you can't move is there a app for that.
all apps cannot be moved to the sd card. if you used the method that was explained to you before and its grayed out, but not on the sd card, then chances are it cant be moved! an app has to have that option built into it in order to be moved to the sd card. you can contact the developer and see if the have plans to or to request that option!
Try appmonster it backups your apps if that's what you're asking
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Cool guys thanks for all the help.
If ur rooted.
System/app
what reason is this for?
Well My phone is rooted and I wanted to save all my themes I downloaded from Android Market to my sdcard.
Payaso1 said:
Well My phone is rooted and I wanted to save all my themes I downloaded from Android Market to my sdcard.
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The themes should automatically be stored to the SDcard. Are you talking about the "theme setup"?
Yeah their not going to my sdcard okay I will tell you what I'm trying to do. I wanted to get one theme to put on my computer then use that theme to customize it to the way I like it. Would be easier than trying to figure out how to make one. Or if there is other way I'm all ears.
If it won't move to SD card, since you are rooted you can find it on your phone and COPY the folder/file to another place on the SD card, then connect to computer and drag and drop the copied file.
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Thread should be in Q&A section. Moved.

My apps doesnt work from SD card!!

First of i have the latest HyperDroid-CM7
I have also done this guide. How to format your SD card
But even so i STILL cant get my apps to work when they are installed on the SD card. Had the same problem on the former ROM i had. I dont know whats wrong. If i move the app to the phone it works just fine.
PS. have installed app2sd (dont know wich one just googled one)
some apps just have this problem those apps (like angry birds) just only work when installed on phone memory
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But even so i STILL cant get my apps to work when they are installed on the SD card.
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when you are using an ext partition, you dont choose to install to sd card, or use app manager to move them to sd card, , . Just leave them set to internal memory, and the OS will put them in the ext partition.
PS. have installed app2sd (dont know wich one just googled one)
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Your rom already has app2sd+ built in, (i think most do now, , note the +,, app2sd and app2sd+, not really sure of the difference, except the built in ones are +) you dont need to install it. It mentions app2sd+ in your roms second post, look out for that when you pick a rom, and you know it will automagically use the ext partition. No user input required.
If i move the app to the phone it works just fine.
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do that, move an app back to the phone, then use a filemanager to browse to the sd-ext folder, you will see the app is there, , on the sd card, in the ext partition, even though the system says it is installed internally.
Thank you all for the awsome replies i will stick to it as it is..
God i love this phone....
Edit. And this site (users)

Biggest Problem Internal Memory

Hi Guys,
My phone is rooted & I have deleted bloatwares.
Its showing low memory, is there any solution available??
How low is low in your case?
Sent from my arc or optimus 2x
PollPixx said:
How low is low in your case?
Sent from my arc or optimus 2x
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I have deleted some apps & current status is 355mb used of 380mb
The DiskUsage is showing following apps:
Fast Five apk
22.7MB 22.6MB
Real Football data 7.44MB
14.3MB apk 6.87MB
ArcMedia apk
13.3MB 13.3MB
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.
Is there any way to use Apps2SD type of thing?
I assume you have moved those that can be to your sd card already?
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If not you have built in app2sd. Go into applications click on the app you want to move then click move to sd
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IntMD said:
I assume you have moved those that can be to your sd card already?
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I tried Apps2SD sometime back, but that was causing problem as some apps stopped working properly due to that
Also there are some strange stats I have, will share tomorrow..
xperiax10.awesome said:
I have deleted some apps & current status is 355mb used of 380mb
The DiskUsage is showing following apps:
Fast Five apk
22.7MB 22.6MB
Real Football data 7.44MB
14.3MB apk 6.87MB
ArcMedia apk
13.3MB 13.3MB
.
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.
Is there any way to use Apps2SD type of thing?
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May be a silly question but do you clean temp files of apps?
You can also try Move2SD Enabler from this post.
It allows you to move certain phone only apps to SD.
Eg. Fast 5 will become 264kb instead of 22.7mb on the ROM. The rest is installed to SDcard.
Remember to thank the guy if you do.
constin said:
You can also try Move2SD Enabler from this post.
It allows you to move certain phone only apps to SD.
Eg. Fast 5 will become 264kb instead of 22.7mb on the ROM. The rest is installed to SDcard.
Remember to thank the guy if you do.
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Hi, I will install this today, right now in office
But could you tell me whats is this application, I can't see this app in any market?? !!!
xperiax10.awesome said:
Hi, I will install this today, right now in office
But could you tell me whats is this application, I can't see this app in any market?? !!!
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It changes a string for the installation location to be on the sd card.
So that apps that normally install to rom can be installed to sd.
However, it's not retroactive. After you changed the installation location to external memory, you can manually move apps to sd by going to settings and applications.
It's on the market but that version only works on Froyo. This one works of on gingerbread.
constin said:
It changes a string for the installation location to be on the sd card.
So that apps that normally install to rom can be installed to sd.
However, it's not retroactive. After you changed the installation location to external memory, you can manually move apps to sd by going to settings and applications.
It's on the market but that version only works on Froyo. This one works of on gingerbread.
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THANKS button pressed
Simply use Titanium Backup to move applications to SD card...!!!
xperiax10.awesome said:
THANKS button pressed
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Now my phone is using just 200mb/380mb

[Q] App2SD files locations

I want to know where App2SD moves the files. I have flashed my device with RUU (official) and before I did that I had lots of apps moved to SD and now am not sure if the files from those apps are still on the SD card or not and if they are, where ?
It moves your apps to a magical place where they can roam free and happy
teh5abiking said:
It moves your apps to a magical place where they can roam free and happy
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I could have guessed that myself (the name gives it away). What I meant is which directory on the filesystem and is it system directory that I can not access from the phone itself (unrooted)
If you are asking about Android's built-in App2SD functionality, check the .android_secure directory of your sdcard.
theSpam said:
If you are asking about Android's built-in App2SD functionality, check the .android_secure directory of your sdcard.
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Talking about this one
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.app2sd&hl=en
As far as I know 2.2 doesn't have this functionality
froyo has it aswell check out .android_secure
nonione said:
froyo has it aswell check out .android_secure
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I am using the app that I mentioned so even if Froyo has it, it wont matter
The directory is empty
telerian said:
I am using the app that I mentioned so even if Froyo has it, it wont matter
The directory is empty
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Here's the thing - Froyo DOES have that functionality. If you're rooting you should try to know a bit more about your device before attempting something so drastic.
Now, that app does NOTHING that stock app2sd doesn't already do. Only if the dev allows the app to be moved can it be moved. If nothing is in the .android_secure folder then no apps are on your sdcard - plain and simple.
a2sd (a2EXT) is much different. It moves every bit of every app to an ext partition. You need Linux or a program capable of reading ext partitions if you're on Windows to see the apps and copy them over.
You could just get Titanium Backup and save the apps so you won't have to worry about any of this while switching between ROM's or whatever else you decide to attempt.
EDIT: Just to make it clear - the RUU doesn't touch your sdcard so whatever was on there before is still there, or should be unless you updated while on LSD and hitting yourself in the head with a hammer.
KCRic said:
Here's the thing - Froyo DOES have that functionality. If you're rooting you should try to know a bit more about your device before attempting something so drastic.
Now, that app does NOTHING that stock app2sd doesn't already do. Only if the dev allows the app to be moved can it be moved. If nothing is in the .android_secure folder then no apps are on your sdcard - plain and simple.
a2sd (a2EXT) is much different. It moves every bit of every app to an ext partition. You need Linux or a program capable of reading ext partitions if you're on Windows to see the apps and copy them over.
You could just get Titanium Backup and save the apps so you won't have to worry about any of this while switching between ROM's or whatever else you decide to attempt.
EDIT: Just to make it clear - the RUU doesn't touch your sdcard so whatever was on there before is still there, or should be unless you updated while on LSD and hitting yourself in the head with a hammer.
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Here is the deal, I rooted my phone and found out that I have no Arabic after downgrading my firmware to 1.34 so I got the RUU with Arabic (1.85) and updated the phone. before all that I used App2SD to move some apps to the SD card to save phone storage and after going toe Arabic RUU, the apps are not in that directory but everything else (photos, documents, maps, etc ..) is still there which means the SD was not wiped. I also used astro to backup my apps before doing the downgrade but it only backed up the ones on the phone storage and not everything.
I am a bit of Android newbie but am an expert in Linux (which is what Android is). I would love to root the phone but it is not possible to downgrade to 1.34 without losing Arabic .
Maybe I should mount the SD card on my laptop and do a find

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