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APPS2SD: Apps are stored in both internal and SD?

I just installed apps2sd on a freshly wiped system. I'm pretty sure mine's working and tested it by installing Google Earth.
It did subtract around 20mb from the SD card secondary.
But it also subtracted it on the phones internal storage of around 20plus mb.
I rebooted to be sure, but it's still missing 20mb.
Is it normal that values are subtracted on both storage?

It's not normal as far as I know. It would defeat the purpose of Apps2SD.

Urgh. What have I done wrong?
I partitioned the SD until ext4 using Amon_RA 1.7
I wiped to factory settings and ext using Amon_RA 1.7
I flashed CM 5.0.6
then I wiped again to factory settings.

maybe I'm wrong, but what I have heard is that the app stores on SD card but cache of the app is stored on internal memory. what you are experiencing also happens to me when I install any app.

sstang2006: You're right. The data of the app is still store in internal memory from what I know .

Yup...the main data of the app is still stored on internal memory. Only the apk file and some other stuff is stored on the SD.

did you apply the app2sd?
setting > application > apply the app2sd

Its normal. Apps are installed on the SD card, but program DATA is still stored in the internal memory. i.e. apps2sd is literally "apps to sd card"
see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=646579

Yes Apps2SD is checked. Oh well, I guess Google Earth naturally takes a lot of the internal storage.
I just thought I would never have a problem with the internal storage decreasing in free space.
Thanks for the responses guys!

use CacheMate and clear your Cache....you'll get some internal memory back.... I use it only after using the market to dl/install apps as i've been told a lot of "data" can be used and never "cleared" when dl/installing from market....Give it a try wth right?

chobie said:
Yes Apps2SD is checked. Oh well, I guess Google Earth naturally takes a lot of the internal storage.
I just thought I would never have a problem with the internal storage decreasing in free space.
Thanks for the responses guys!
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Google Earth has a library file that is 17MB that is installed at /data/data/com.google.earth.

Apps2SD using both Internal and External memory

So I recently upgraded from Kang-o-rama beta to 1.2 Final SP2. While doing so I decided to wipe my data to get a clean start. Well before the wipe I had DT Apps2SD running perfectly. I had much of my 512mb ext partition filled with apps and only a very small fraction of my internal storage was used. I also still had Dalvik cache and cache on internal memory.
Now I have a new updated ROM with a clean slate (data and dalvik cache wiped). I got Apps2SD all set up and it seems as though it's working however it is still using quite a bit of internal memory. Now, I understand that app data and the symbolic links will still be on internal storage but the issue is that the space taken up on the ext partition and internal memory is just about the same ~70mb. I know the app data will not take up that much space. As before I updated and wiped my phone, the internal memory had only a fraction of it used when compared to the ext partition.
Any ideas as to what may be going on?

did you flash a2sd again? I'm not 100% sure but I think you have to flash that as well after the rom thanks to a user on here I got it somewhere in the dt thread, they shared the script where you don't have to flash it anymore after flashing a new rom so if you don't have that I think the problem may be that you might have to flash it again. Also check if your apps are going to your sd card and not your internal storage

If I am not mistaken, Kang-o-Rama is set up to run and configure apps2sd on first boot with an installer flag which is exactly what I did. Besides that I have already checked that Apps2sd is running through terminal commands as well run the reinstall command.
So apps are indeed being installed on the ext partition. My issue is that something is taking up a bunch of space in my internal storage, which naturally I thought was the apps.
Do I just have a really large Dalvik cache or something along those lines that could take up so much memory?
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how many apps do you have installed? I can't say I'm 100% sure but it's possible that it's your dalvik. my damn dalvik cache is that big, i have no internal memory left about 20 mb ish i have so many apps installed so i just had to move dalvik over to sd as well. I have maybe a bit more than a hundred apps and some are big
edit: my ext partition is 512mb if it helps half of it is full with my apps

i think data apps is still being stored in the internal storage (like darktremor a2sd) unless its also being moved by default on kang-o-rama which i doubt but you can also move it to sd card though with minimum of class4 sd card requirement so you wont have speed issues. look it up you can do it through terminal emulator

My guess is that before you had also run 'a2sd cachesd' at some point. This moves all your dalvik cache over to the ext partition and just leaves the app data on internal memory.
Running this will clear up a substantial amount of internal space.

[Q] Running low on space

So, I've ran into an issue with my i9000 which I can't fix on my own..
Currently I'm using Cyanogenmod 10.0 and the partitioning is as usual:
-1.46gb Internal Storage
-5.78gb "USB storage"
Now, I've reinstalled CM10 because of some recent force closes, (wiped data, wiped cache and dalvik cache), and installed a bunch of apps, most of which are games for my son, but now the phone says, it's frequently running out of space, which is kind of obvious, because both partitions are almost full.
The problem is thou, I cannon move any app to the external sd card, so I could free up some space on the internal memory..
I can move them from "phone" memory to "sd card" (which is also internal memory, just a different partition), but because of the stupid partitioning, I can't use my external sd card for apps.
But the thing is, before I moved on to CM10, I've used Darky's Rom, and apps could be installed on the external card just fine...
So, my question now is:
Is it possible to "merge" the internal storage and usb storage into one partition (so that basically I'd have 7,24gb of internal storage), and only have one sd card (not one "fictional" and one external)?
Another thing, not so important thou.. Where can you set the default storage for pictures being taken with the camera?

Hey,
Jelly Bean doesn't let you move apps into SD storage. That being said there should be some apps that allow you to do that.
Merging the internal and external storage I'm not quite sure of.
And in the camera, go into camera settings, it should be there.
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Why does my phone say there isn't enough space to install an app when there is?

After shenanigans yesterday I've pretty much got my Moto G 2014 LTE running on Marshmallow.
\the problem I have now is one I've experienced a number of times before, on various devices and Android versions:
Why is it that, despite the storage screen showing that I have plenty of available space, am I not unable to install some larger apps?
Settings > Storage shows internal storage 1.15GB used of 5.52GB (as well as SanDisk SD card 890MB used of 14.59GB)
But when I try to install Injustice: Gods Among Us (1.12GB) i get the error message App requires external storage: "Injustice: Gods Among Us" can't be downloaded. Insert an SD card or USB storage with sufficient storage, and try again.
This app was installed prior to upgrading the OS, and while quite large, should still fit on to my device.
Can anyone tell me what causes this, what I can do to get round it, and also, if there is a way to make the OS see the SD card as part of the internal memory so I can install apps directly to it

On Marshmallow, it is possible to use external SD card as internal but don't do it.
Why ? Because you have a too small SD card. This option doesn't merge internal and external, it just sets the external as internal. So you need a 8gb or more SD card (or you will get less storage than before)
Maybe the play store doesn't want to install because your SD Card doesn't have enough space to install the game. I know it is weird, but sometimes even if you want to install to internal, it checks the SD card's available memory.
You can try to wipe the play store cache and data, and if it doesn't work do a wipe cache from recovery.

Try getting the apk file by google'ing it. Install it. Open it then check if it is downloading files or not.
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Mavireck said:
On Marshmallow, it is possible to use external SD card as internal but don't do it.
Why ? Because you have a too small SD card. This option doesn't merge internal and external, it just sets the external as internal. So you need a 8gb or more SD card (or you will get less storage than before)
Maybe the play store doesn't want to install because your SD Card doesn't have enough space to install the game. I know it is weird, but sometimes even if you want to install to internal, it checks the SD card's available memory.
You can try to wipe the play store cache and data, and if it doesn't work do a wipe cache from recovery.
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Sorry that should have read 14.59Gb for the SD card, so loads of space

Mavireck said:
On Marshmallow, it is possible to use external SD card as internal but don't do it.
Why ? Because you have a too small SD card. This option doesn't merge internal and external, it just sets the external as internal. So you need a 8gb or more SD card (or you will get less storage than before)
Maybe the play store doesn't want to install because your SD Card doesn't have enough space to install the game. I know it is weird, but sometimes even if you want to install to internal, it checks the SD card's available memory.
You can try to wipe the play store cache and data, and if it doesn't work do a wipe cache from recovery.
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Tried to download the apk and it just days no SD card. I know its there, still shows up in settings and shows apps installed on it. Must be a dodgy card or something, but now i cant work out how to tell the phone to stop using it for apps and install internally unsteady (told it to use it as internal when I did set up, not sure how to go back)
EDIT: OK worked out how to get it to stop using the SD as internal and formatted it for data, and seems to be installing the game now. So I think that pretty much solves my immediate query, but still interested as to why android sometimes says insufficient space despite it reporting in settings that there is plenty

KeransHQ said:
Tried to download the apk and it just days no SD card. I know its there, still shows up in settings and shows apps installed on it. Must be a dodgy card or something, but now i cant work out how to tell the phone to stop using it for apps and install internally unsteady (told it to use it as internal when I did set up, not sure how to go back)
EDIT: OK worked out how to get it to stop using the SD as internal and formatted it for data, and seems to be installing the game now. So I think that pretty much solves my immediate query, but still interested as to why android sometimes says insufficient space despite it reporting in settings that there is plenty
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Yeah sorry for my mistake I have read 1.xxgb instead of 14.xxgb
Android reports the storage to be full as soon as XX% of the storage is filled (maybe 90%, I'm not sure). Then if you have a 100gb device, even if you have 10gb free it won't allow you to do anything.
That's weird, but that's how it works.
Have you tried wiping cache ? It sometimes solves the problem.
It is better not to use the format as internal storage except if you really know what you are doing.

Why is my internal storage full even with most on SD?

I have a second partition on my SD card and have used Link2SD to move most apps to it. Still I'm running very low on internal space. Some apps hang on updating, is it because the update must be installed to the internal storage first? Any idea how to find out what's taking up all the space? I ran CCleaner and it said my hidden cache is almost 2 GB. What's a hidden cache?

Best way would be to look through your files in a file manager, and checking under "Storage" in settings to see what's taking up space. Some apps may not be linking properly so it's worth checking that too

Did you try clearing your app cache? It's possible that even though your apps are installed on a different partition they are still storing cached files on your primary.