Is there any way to move all apps to SD, possibly without deleting my current setup?
I have found that some applications have "Move to SD" disabled, so my phone is filled up already.
Titanium Backup is free on the market - that will do it.
When you run it, open the menu, select batch, and look for "Move user apps to the SD card".
Titanium Backup does loads of other very useful stuff (as well as backing up, obviously ). It's worth getting anyway.
Just be aware that not all apps will run once you move them to the SD. If you find anything that doesn't work, just move it back to the phone and it should be okay.
In cyanogenmod you can set to allow all of your apps to move to sd. If you don't have CM you should try the method mentioned above
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PsHegger said:
In cyanogenmod you can set to allow all of your apps to move to sd. If you don't have CM you should try the method mentioned above
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What rom and build are you using ?
zinty said:
What rom and build are you using ?
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CM 6.1.1 alpha8.3 for Spica
You can set it under Settings->Cyanogenmod Settings->Application Settings->Allow Application move
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johncmolyneux said:
Titanium Backup is free on the market - that will do it.
When you run it, open the menu, select batch, and look for "Move user apps to the SD card".
Titanium Backup does loads of other very useful stuff (as well as backing up, obviously ). It's worth getting anyway.
Just be aware that not all apps will run once you move them to the SD. If you find anything that doesn't work, just move it back to the phone and it should be okay.
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Wow that app keeps suprising me with loads of features. Thanks!
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Hey everyone....this is adumb question....I'm using modacos r21 rom frf91 and noticed none of my apps are on my sd....how do I download apps to the sd....thanks in advance to all that respond!
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Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> "Application Name" -> Move to SD
It doesn't give me the option to move it to my sd...if I click on the app itself in manage apps....it doesn't say move ti sd anywhere....any suggestions?
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Why don't you use apps2ext so they go on an ext partition? Froyo apps2sd kinda sucks IMO, makes things slower to mount, more problems with apps not showing up after a reboot, breaks widgets, only moves part of the space used for an application, etc..
And wouldn't this be a better question on the Modoco forum? Maybe I'm wrong
Hey guys I wanna know if I can install all apps directly to SD card instead of moving them 1 by 1 its really hectic to move about 100 apps since der are updates frequently by the developer
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ammarcool12 said:
Hey guys I wanna know if I can install all apps directly to SD card instead of moving them 1 by 1 its really hectic to move about 100 apps since der are updates frequently by the developer
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You cant and here is why:
If app uses any of the following features, it cannot be installed on the external storage. It's required by Android system.
App Widgets,
Services,
Input Method Engines,
Live Wallpapers,
Live Folders,
Alarm Services,
Account Managers,
Sync Adapters,
Device Administrators
ammarcool12 said:
Hey guys I wanna know if I can install all apps directly to SD card instead of moving them 1 by 1 its really hectic to move about 100 apps since der are updates frequently by the developer
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With Titanium Backup, there's a batch operation to move all installed apps to external storage. But, if you want to install them directly to sd card, go to settings/cyanogenmod settings/applications. Then, check "Allow application moving", and set "Install location" to external.
despotovski01 said:
With Titanium Backup, there's a batch operation to move all installed apps to external storage. But, if you want to install them directly to sd card, go to settings/cyanogenmod settings/applications. Then, check "Allow application moving", and set "Install location" to external.
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I do that but I use my backup root so it installs direct on phone memory
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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?
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How low is low in your case?
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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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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...!!!
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Now my phone is using just 200mb/380mb
I own a hd2 with the lates nand hyperdroid rom, and a a2sd partition on my 16 gig sd card.
Now, my phone's memory is full at the moment. I cant even update my current apps due to low memory. So I deleted 5 apps worth of 4 mb. However i can't still update for example the shazam app, which is a 1,5 mb upgrade.
Now, my questions are.
1. If I delete 4 mb worth of apps, why can't I still update the shazam app? 4-1,5 would mean I have 2,5 mb left, right?
2. Second, how can updating apps cost so much memory. Sometimes I need to deleted a few apps in order to update some apps to the newest version. I assumed a new app version wouldn't cost a lot of extra memory.
3. in titanium backup I see there is 28,9 of system rom, 26,3 of internal memory and 800 mb of a2sd left. How come it says memory is full?4
4. Is there a solution to installing more apps?
I'm sorry if my questions are a bit vage, but it's just frustrating that I cannot install the apps I want.
Anyone?(a)
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try going into settings and than applications than manage it should show you a list under downloaded. go into some of your apps you downloaded not widgets or important things that you use like button savior cause they wont wont when on sd card. youll see an option to move to sd card move it wait for it to say move to phone than its complete do that to a couple of apps then try to update the app, but take shazaam out of sd card if its there then try to upgrade it if it doesnt work. or back up all your apps than reflash.
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Hi,
I noticed when I moved apps to my sd card using SuperBox,that it moved the app,but left the data on the phone.
If you have apps with large amounts of data(saves,etc.),these will be causing your problem.
Try using root Explorer or something similar and look into the cache folder. Apk files that you download from market are saved there sometimes. You can delete them there. You also can move your dalvik to sdext. Easiest way is a2sdgui.
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I have yet to root my KF, its only a day old and I'm still checking things out. I read through allot of the posts for development and I see some are using CM roms. My question that I can't seem to find is, has anyone tried apps to sd. I know allot of the phone roms, cm included had apps to sd. You could just move an app to the external storage, and I was wondering if there was anything like that for the KF. The application limit is my only real motivation at this point to root, however the re-partition thread is like a huge process with plenty of potential to brick your device. Aside from the android market, what is the benefit to rooting this thing? I rather like the stock launcher, but if rooting and putting a rom on it will give me more usability, I will move forward and root. Does anyone know of a solution for using all of the available space for storage, otherwise it seems like more trouble than its worth right now.
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Use Titanium Backup. It can do this even though the normal application tool doesn't.
After root, use the move function in titanium backup. Works for me.
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After root, you can just move apps to SD by going to Settings, then to Applications, then to Manage Applications, then click on the app you want and select Move to SD card... it's that easy.
long press the app and window pops up with the move option.
make sure your'r sd card is r/w.
Noob question. If it truly is as easy as "move app to SD" on Titanium Backup (or Gemini App Manager) to move apps from Internal Storage to SD card storage, why do some folks bother with re-partitioning their SD card at all?
It may be that they didn't realize the apps were being placed on the sd. The only way I know to tell what is on the sd is to look at the output of the `mount`.
That's possible sure, but it doesn't really make sense.
check out eldarerathis' thread on the development forums. he's posted a very useful utility to repartioning your SD card. should help a lot of us out.
gibson3659 said:
After root, use the move function in titanium backup. Works for me.
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Yes, I also managed to move apps to SD by using Titanium Backup. (I had no problems with a batch job)