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outa boredem i decied to try apps 2 sd and i did the partion stuff (with ext2 to 3) and then went to dconfig(damge control) and did the apps2sd save and all now i wont to use my apps but i dont know how and dont have android sd installed because i keep getting errors and dont know how to get my apps back or cant download from market and nadroid wont let me nadroid soooooo what do i do??
Yeah the DCconfig is kinda buggy right now. What I would suggest is set the DCconfig back to the no A2SD and then get anything off of your SD that you need then wipe the SD and then reformat it to FAT. Hope that helps
Thomas1218 said:
Yeah the DCconfig is kinda buggy right now. What I would suggest is set the DCconfig back to the no A2SD and then get anything off of your SD that you need then wipe the SD and then reformat it to FAT. Hope that helps
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how...lol(oblivious expanding my knowledge AND NOT WORKING lol)
try to do UID fix in Recovery under Other
1.Plug your phone into your computer and copy all of your essential files to your desktop.
2.Set the DCconfig back to the default with no A2SD enabled
3.Go to Menu-settings-sd card & phone storage-press then press unmount sdcard then "Format SD card"
Jus10o said:
try to do UID fix in Recovery under Other
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didnt work now i have market as THIS APP IS NO LONGER INSTALLED ON YOUR PHONE...
rulyskull said:
didnt work now i have market as THIS APP IS NO LONGER INSTALLED ON YOUR PHONE...
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This happened to me i ended up just formating my sd and reflashing my rom(i was using fresh)
rulyskull said:
didnt work now i have market as THIS APP IS NO LONGER INSTALLED ON YOUR PHONE...
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cuz market moves to sdcard when using a2sd, I dont know why..
Something definitely went wrong when moving the files to your sd card.
Type this on the computer
adb shell
cd /system/sd/app
ls
If you see a list of apps, then your apps are on your sdcard.
If your Apps are there, then in Recovery you can move apps to fat32 sdcard.
You can then format your sdcard, just repartition it using Recovery, just repeat the process, it erases everything of the card. So do Usb toggle in Recovery, move all your stuff and apps you just backed up to your computer and then after you format it, move all of it back and then do the Restore apps back to ext partition or whatever it says.
If your apps are not there or you dont have the directory /system/sd/app then create the folder yourself. Reboot your phone and see if anything works
adb shell
mkdir /system/sd/app
Jus10o said:
cuz market moves to sdcard when using a2sd, I dont know why..
Something definitely went wrong when moving the files to your sd card.
Type this on the computer
adb shell
cd /system/sd/app
ls
If you see a list of apps, then your apps are on your sdcard.
If your Apps are there, then in Recovery you can move apps to fat32 sdcard.
You can then format your sdcard, just repartition it using Recovery, just repeat the process, it erases everything of the card. So do Usb toggle in Recovery, move all your stuff and apps you just backed up to your computer and then after you format it, move all of it back and then do the Restore apps back to ext partition or whatever it says.
If your apps are not there or you dont have the directory /system/sd/app then create the folder yourself. Reboot your phone and see if anything works
adb shell
mkdir /system/sd/app
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my computer wont let me install sdk (it wont show packages availe for download)
rulyskull said:
my computer wont let me install sdk (it wont show packages availe for download)
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You have to go to setting and click on force download.. Or whatever the check box says.. Ill double check
Edit: Its "force htt://blah blah" it should then show up in downloads.
Jus10o said:
You have to go to setting and click on force download.. Or whatever the check box says.. Ill double check
Edit: Its "force htt://blah blah" it should then show up in downloads.
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now what? were do i type the commands?
rulyskull said:
now what? were do i type the commands?
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In to command prompt (assuming you run windows)
go to start at the bottom left (i hope you know start on windows)
run "cmd"
when that comes up type
cd\
cd /android-sdk/tools (Or the folder you installed everything to and names)
adb remount
blah blah and everything else i said to type, i dont remember
One question? how did you root your phone without having android/tools? Im guessing using the flash app on the phone??
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In to command prompt (assuming you run windows)
go to start at the bottom left (i hope you know start on windows)
run "cmd"
when that comes up type
cd\
cd /android-sdk/tools (Or the folder you installed everything to and names)
adb remount
blah blah and everything else i said to type, i dont remember
One question? how did you root your phone without having android/tools? Im guessing using the flash app on the phone??
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used very first kitchen (pre-kitchen) and did auto root from there on been flashing and playing with EVERYTHING but thanks for this this really helped if theres anything eles ill pm you one of my ims and sorry for the headack i probally gave you!
No headache.. I used to not know what everything meant also.
But im the type to never ask for help and try to figure it out on my own. Yet im always willing to help the best i can. Im no expert though so I cant answer everyones questions.
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No headache.. I used to not know what everything meant also.
But im the type to never ask for help and try to figure it out on my own. Yet im always willing to help the best i can. Im no expert though so I cant answer everyones questions.
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ok well thank you and i don't like to ask either but this one got me and this is giving me a headache it keeps saying the path can not be found i tried many different ways (folder paths) but it keeps saying that and im on vista and i seen what it said when i clicked on all including tools and typed thaT and still no
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ok well thank you and i don't like to ask either but this one got me and this is giving me a headache it keeps saying the path can not be found i tried many different ways (folder paths) but it keeps saying that and im on vista and i seen what it said when i clicked on all including tools and typed thaT and still no
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Well go to start > computer> c:/ drive
Find the android folder you created.. You can rename it to "android".
When typing in cmd when it first opens type
cd/
then type
cd /android/tools/
If you renamed your folder to android.
wait so if i go to dconfig and turn off a2sd do the apps auto go back to the phone, or what happs there cause i feel like when i use a2sd i feel like my phone is kinda laggy
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Well go to start > computer> c:/ drive
Find the android folder you created.. You can rename it to "android".
When typing in cmd when it first opens type
cd/
then type
cd /android/tools/
If you renamed your folder to android.
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ok so i had a retard move and didnt place it in the c drive lol sorry my bad but now when i do it it says phone not found so do i do htc sync(because i cant mine got infected by a virus so if i luge my phone it idk what will happen) but if i do ll need to do it on a freinds computer BUT I FIGURED IT OUT!!....sorta
Has anyone found any apps that this works with or do we need to wait for all the devs to come out with new versions? All i checked wouldn't allow me to move them.
Unrooted by the way.
M9x3mos said:
Has anyone found any apps that this works with or do we need to wait for all the devs to come out with new versions? All i checked wouldn't allow me to move them.
Unrooted by the way.
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Every app has to be updated by the author. No way around it.
If your rooted you can just switch the toggle to 2 and all the apps can be moved over to sd and new apps install there by defaut. I'm not a real app whore having maybe 50 more or less but still, they are every last one on the sd.
No problem thankyou. Just making sure I was not doing anything wrong with it lol.
krabman said:
If your rooted you can just switch the toggle to 2 and all the apps can be moved over to sd and new apps install there by defaut. I'm not a real app whore having maybe 50 more or less but still, they are every last one on the sd.
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what do u mean switch the "toggle to 2" ?
adb command...
adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2
lhurtado said:
adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2
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im not so familiar with this...is there a simpler way?? or is there a tutorial on how to do this?
gamefan231 said:
im not so familiar with this...is there a simpler way?? or is there a tutorial on how to do this?
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Try searching im almost positive that there is a tut on it but, You need to install the Android SDK and create a connection to your device with the sdk.
You can then run the ADB command from terminal(mac OSX) or CMD(windows)
krabman said:
If your rooted you can just switch the toggle to 2 and all the apps can be moved over to sd and new apps install there by defaut. I'm not a real app whore having maybe 50 more or less but still, they are every last one on the sd.
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i switched setInstallLocation to 2 but if i try to move an app to the sd card or install anything from the market my phone just restarts.
anyone else having this problem?
i installed the ota from .zip directly over cyanogen 5.0.6 no wipe
sdcard is formatted fat32/ext3/swap
any help appreciated.
Is there an easy way to find out which of the currently installed apps have been updated to support FroYo's apps2sd?
There has to be a better way than to open Manage applications, sort by size and then click on on each app..
acidonyx said:
i switched setInstallLocation to 2 but if i try to move an app to the sd card or install anything from the market my phone just restarts.
anyone else having this problem?
i installed the ota from .zip directly over cyanogen 5.0.6 no wipe
sdcard is formatted fat32/ext3/swap
any help appreciated.
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Had this problem a while back. A wipe was required before it worked correctly.
There is also my modded spare parts that let's you choose where to force install app, without having to go through adb
sergey.povzner said:
Is there an easy way to find out which of the currently installed apps have been updated to support FroYo's apps2sd?
There has to be a better way than to open Manage applications, sort by size and then click on on each app..
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There's a free app on the market called "App 2 SD", it shows all apps that can be moved and moves them for you (that should be all of them
Visit this link from your phone or use Chrome-to-phone if you used the shell command above) if you're cool like that:
App2SD
[EDIT] Having the App 2 SD app running after using the command above will crash the apps!
yeah if you want to spend ages compiling
Froyo sux....with apps i get all types of complications...ive done everything re-format and used all methods...no A2SD method works including Google's. I want the Old Method on the Ext.....but not even Rodriguez' works...anyone solutions or people suffering? cuz its either i cant put all my apps or they dont install....i even had a 'Contact Storage' problem where it bloated so big...my phone said i had low memory
+1
Anyone has a working solution for FRF50?
how bout you wait till froyo source is out then when can have all kinds of goodies
teflon252 said:
Froyo sux....with apps i get all types of complications...ive done everything re-format and used all methods...no A2SD method works including Google's. I want the Old Method on the Ext.....but not even Rodriguez' works...anyone solutions or people suffering? cuz its either i cant put all my apps or they dont install....i even had a 'Contact Storage' problem where it bloated so big...my phone said i had low memory
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Try this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=644438
I'm not sure but I heard that Froyo doesn't like EXT partitions ...
Perhaps the kernel on the upper link should work. Give a try =)
i'm trying it now....let u kno how it works..and thanks for the suggestions
NO LUCK....DOESNT EVEN READ EXT PARTITION...I DUNNO what the hell KING is talking about
I have stock rooted froyo, and the apps that can be pushed to the sd card go to the fat32 part.
I have not tried using a2sd yet.
I will try pushing an app thru adb tonight to sd and see if it installs.
Update: I installed a couple of apps to the sdcard with ADB. One I don't use anymore, and one that I had installed from the market. I had to uninstall Google Earth, but I now have it installed on the sdcard and it is working just as well as if it were on the phone. Also tried Tower Raiders Free, and it also installed to the sdcard and plays with no problems. So I don't know if froyo needs the ext partition or not, but the newest ADB release does not in order for apps to work.
the benefit of EXT is space and i already have so many apps installed already from previous....the new method allows me only half and i would have to re-install all and for some reason...regular froyo doesnt sit well with my phone....like in 'manage application' it just says calculating...and i can never install certain apps
paul's (MoDaCo) r16 + have apps2sd on ext partition as an option.. i've been using it on ext4 since r16 dropped have about 75 apps including google earth and flash and have 135mb left on internal .. advanced task manager says 223mb with 20 apps running
did u have to activate the option? and how?
no .. its automatic... there are 2 ways... google (froyo) crappy apps2sd and our way of doing things.. just have your sd card fat32 /ext2/3/4 and thats it .. disregard the google froyo a2sd
You can try Darktremor A2SD and see if that works.
The rom you are on would need to have some form of a2sd launch command in the init.rc. In the old stuff, it would be a matter of putting the following lines in the init.rc:
1. Look for a line called class_start default. Add the next two lines above the class_start line:
start a2sd
on property:cm.filesystem.ready=1
2. Go to the end of the file and type the following:
service a2sd /system/bin/logwrapper /system/bin/sh /system/bin/a2sd
disabled
oneshot
Now, I'm not sure about Froyo and its Apps2SD...I'm not sure if you need to find the lines in init.rc (assuming they are actually in that file) and comment them out.
But try the program and see if it works.
http://www.darktremor.info/files/a2sd/a2sd-2.7-2-signed.zip
teflon252 said:
Froyo sux....with apps i get all types of complications...ive done everything re-format and used all methods...no A2SD method works including Google's. I want the Old Method on the Ext.....but not even Rodriguez' works...anyone solutions or people suffering? cuz its either i cant put all my apps or they dont install....i even had a 'Contact Storage' problem where it bloated so big...my phone said i had low memory
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Anyone tried the above post on froyo?
A link to step by step instructions will be appreciated.
Some steps here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Apps2SD but dont know what else is needed for froyo.
I want this because my /data partition is completely out of space, and no more apps can be moved using the froyo method.
Forcing all apps to install by default on the sd card is buggy at best.
update: works, see the below post, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6952103&postcount=16
Is SWAP partition still necessary ?
I've read that swap is not needed. Works without one for me
@britoso - i see you talk of this file - a2sd-2.7-update3-signed.zip - is that a rom?
milomak said:
@britoso - i see you talk of this file - a2sd-2.7-update3-signed.zip - is that a rom?
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its a flashable update that installs the a2sd components to your system.
Here is the thread, first message has instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670087
britoso said:
+1 (topic)
Anyone tried the above post on froyo?
A link to step by step instructions will be appreciated.
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just wanted to note that this works fine on Froyo FRF83 too.
I used Paul Obrien's FRF83 rooted, deodexed rom.
1)nandroid+ext
2)flash frf83
3)flash apps2sd
4)reboot
5)bootloop!
to fix it:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell mkdir /system/sd
adb shell
/system/bin/a2sd install
a2sd repair
a2sd check
6)success!
edit: it does not start automatically on reboot, flash leofroyo's boot.img in bootloader mode to fix it
fastboot flash boot leofroyoboot.img
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Hi.
I have issues here.
I would install market and Astro filemanager.
But I got info that they already was installed.
I cannot see them in the Application->Manage applications
It tells me, that " you don't have any third party apps installed".
I had the idea, that the GT540 is rooted, but obvciously not, as I cannot install apk's using the adb command.
Beside this, I also have this:
process com.android.vending issue.
What can I do?
aalested said:
Hi.
I have issues here.
I would install market and Astro filemanager.
But I got info that they already was installed.
I cannot see them in the Application->Manage applications
It tells me, that " you don't have any third party apps installed".
I had the idea, that the GT540 is rooted, but obvciously not, as I cannot install apk's using the adb command.
Beside this, I also have this:
process com.android.vending issue.
What can I do?
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You've missed the forum, this should be in General or Themes and Apps forum.
You haven't stated what ROM are you using.
Are you trying to install Astro via Play Store or from apk on sd card?
com.android.vending is a Google Play Store app, has it updated itself or is still Market?
darko94 said:
You've missed the forum, this should be in General or Themes and Apps forum.
You haven't stated what ROM are you using.
Are you trying to install Astro via Play Store or from apk on sd card?
com.android.vending is a Google Play Store app, has it updated itself or is still Market?
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Sorry for posting a wrong place :-(
I'm not sure what ROM I'm using. It's the dafault one, as it has not been modified, but Don't know. How to see it?.
It's an LG GT540 I use.
Iwould install it from apk on SD card, but due to a reason I don't know, I cannot get adb to work.
It tells me, that device not found.
I have formatted the SD card with FAT32, and now I cannot see the system path.
Bot worth to mention, I'm a newcomer here on Android :crying:
aalested said:
Sorry for posting a wrong place :-(
I'm not sure what ROM I'm using. It's the dafault one, as it has not been modified, but Don't know. How to see it?.
It's an LG GT540 I use.
Iwould install it from apk on SD card, but due to a reason I don't know, I cannot get adb to work.
It tells me, that device not found.
I have formatted the SD card with FAT32, and now I cannot see the system path.
Bot worth to mention, I'm a newcomer here on Android :crying:
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On android 2.1 adb work only on recovery mode just make a hardreset and everything will be just fine
Don't worry about the wrong forum thing we all learn!
hardspace said:
On android 2.1 adb work only on recovery mode just make a hardreset and everything will be just fine
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How to set the phone in recovery mode ?.
I have made a hard reset many times.
Code:
VOLUME UP + HOME + SEARCH
It was after such a stunt, that the following occured :angel:
And what is the next to be done now ?.
If it's too much to discuss here, it will be ok, if one will help me direct
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Don't worry about the wrong forum thing we all learn!
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Thank you for those nice words
I have learned it, yes!
aalested said:
How to set the phone in recovery mode ?.
I have made a hard reset many times.
Code:
VOLUME UP + HOME + SEARCH
It was after such a stunt, that the following occured :angel:
And what is the next to be done now ?.
If it's too much to discuss here, it will be ok, if one will help me direct
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For recovery and fastboot look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224747
I'm not sure what puzzled me, but now all is working.
I did an factory reset -one of an enormeus lot-, and after all worked again.
Now I can go to Market and do all what I want.
Thanks for the link to recovery and fastboot.
Will save the link for future use.
So for now, thanks for all your comments and great infos.
They are much appreciated
I know that SD Apps without root has been asked a lot of time so I won't ask about this.
But still I tried to use ADB Bridge to command pm set-install-location 2 to see how it would turn. At first I thought that it worked, but instead I found that it is not working. Plus I got the error "Not enough storage" so I had to switch back to 0 (auto storage location).
Isn't there any way to make use of ADB on our phones to get a working app like APP2SD enable the "Move App" button? Or just a way to do it via the computer?
I'm not really into rooting etc right now, I remember that jailbreak and tweaks were taking a LOT of my time when I was on iOS and I don't want to go back to the custom route with my Z1. I just don't need custom ROMs etc, the phone works like a charm with stock 4.3. Eventually Z2 Apps and Kitkat could make me jump all the way to root but this is off-topic.
So anyway : Is there any way to make use of ADB to enable installation or location change of apps on our SD cards?
Vanarian said:
I know that SD Apps without root has been asked a lot of time so I won't ask about this.
But still I tried to use ADB Bridge to command pm set-install-location 2 to see how it would turn. At first I thought that it worked, but instead I found that it is not working. Plus I got the error "Not enough storage" so I had to switch back to 0 (auto storage location).
Isn't there any way to make use of ADB on our phones to get a working app like APP2SD enable the "Move App" button? Or just a way to do it via the computer?
I'm not really into rooting etc right now, I remember that jailbreak and tweaks were taking a LOT of my time when I was on iOS and I don't want to go back to the custom route with my Z1. I just don't need custom ROMs etc, the phone works like a charm with stock 4.3. Eventually Z2 Apps and Kitkat could make me jump all the way to root but this is off-topic.
So anyway : Is there any way to make use of ADB to enable installation or location change of apps on our SD cards?
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Just use folder mount m8, does everything for you, simply pick the folder you want to mount on SD, mount it in the location that the app gives (should be a mirror of the apps path but on the ext SD card) then allow it to mount and you're done.
I've got about 12 huge games installed and i'm still on 9GB.
It works exactly as it should.
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Just use folder mount m8, does everything for you, simply pick the folder you want to mount on SD, mount it in the location that the app gives (should be a mirror of the apps path but on the ext SD card) then allow it to mount and you're done.
I've got about 12 huge games installed and i'm still on 9GB.
It works exactly as it should.
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But it needs root what OP doesnt want.
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gallardo5 said:
But it needs root what OP doesnt want.
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Appreciate that but in all fairness root is an app away and quite removable, without root i'm guessing no.
All of the scripts that i've seen over the years that enable this feature all require root or something from the OEM's side to enable it, I think the galaxy S4 had the ability to move apps to SD to combat the low memory that users were left with, but without Sony directly implementing this I think you'll have a hard time doing this.
If it were me i'd root, as i said it's quite removable.
Good luck all the same
Ok guys thank you for the the replies ! Well I wonder if I must root since there can be bootloader locking issues. I'll look for this
Vanarian said:
Ok guys thank you for the the replies ! Well I wonder if I must root since there can be bootloader locking issues. I'll look for this
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You wont have root without unlocked bootloader atm as there are problems with mounting system partition rw without kernel that fixes it, and cjanging kernel requires unlocked bootloader. But you can always downgrade to 4.2.2, root then without unlocking bootloader and either keep using 4.2.2 or backup TA, then update to 4.3 and when you will want to remove root just flash back stock kernel and then restore TA
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