Hi,
is there a possibility to put navigation maps on the sd card?
I tried navigon and copilot. And both search the maps under /sdcard
But that is the internal sd card.
I want to have the maps on the external sd card.
But the apps don't search under /sdacard/sd/
I think that is a major design flaw from samsung, to mount the external sd card under /sdcard/sd
Dont think you can do that for now, this option is comming on Froyo. So its not samsung fault its androids
Oh, aha.
I thought, installing apps on SD is comming in Froyo. But putting maps on SD card? (or outsourcing/Swapping the maps on sd)
Yes but if you can install app in SD card in Froyo you can put the map there too, because they must be in the same place (memory)..map and navi app. Lets see when Froyo comes
Edit: Or it can be like in windows phones: You installed the app in internal memory and could have the map in external SD-card
I would prefer app in internal an map in external.
With navigon that didn't work.
But now I installed copilot again. Installed the maps internal.
Then moved the maps from internal to external. And edited the user.cfg of copilot to change the paths.
That works somehow.
I had the opposite problem to you.
Got the phone without an external SD card, and installed Sygic GPS navigation. Turns out the maps for this only work if you put them on an external SD card, so had to buy one, then shifted the maps over, and now it works now worries.
Cheers!
Polarfuchs said:
I would prefer app in internal an map in external.
With navigon that didn't work.
But now I installed copilot again. Installed the maps internal.
Then moved the maps from internal to external. And edited the user.cfg of copilot to change the paths.
That works somehow.
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Navigon Select (3.5.0) installs everything on external sd but I dont think it would work with froyo external_sd path
Polarfuchs said:
I would prefer app in internal an map in external.
With navigon that didn't work.
But now I installed copilot again. Installed the maps internal.
Then moved the maps from internal to external. And edited the user.cfg of copilot to change the paths.
That works somehow.
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How did you address the external sd card? for example changing app paths from
"AddonDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/NA/North America/addon/"
to "AddonDir"="/mnt/sdcard/sd/copilot/NA/North America/addon/"
did not work. Copilot does not find the maps stored in directory copilot/NA/ on the external card. Thanks for any help.
My path was /sdcard/sd/copilot/EU/DACH/{cities;data;places;polygons;save}
Here is my config ini excerpt:
Code:
"AddonDir"="/sdcard/sd/copilot/EU/DACH/addon/"
"AudioDir"="/sdcard/copilot/audio/"
"CitiesDir"="/sdcard/sd/copilot/EU/DACH/cities/"
"GlobalAddonDir"="/sdcard/copilot/addon"
"GPSDemoDir"="/sdcard/copilot/gpstracks/demo"
"LRGeoDir"="/sdcard/sd/copilot/EU/DACH/places/"
"LRGlobalSaveDir"="/sdcard/sd/copilot/EU/DACH/save"
"LRGPSSaveDir"="/sdcard/copilot/gpstracks"
"LRGridDir"="/sdcard/sd/copilot/EU/DACH/data/"
"LRInfoDir"="/sdcard/copilot/info"
"LRSaveDir"="/sdcard/sd/copilot/EU/DACH/save/"
"PolyDir"="/sdcard/sd/copilot/EU/DACH/polygons/"
"RazorCacheDir"="/sdcard/sd/copilot/EU/DACH/save/razor_cache"
"RegionDir"="EU"
"RootDir"="/sdcard/copilot/"
"SkinDir"="/sdcard/copilot/skin/"
"SpeechDir"="/sdcard/copilot/speech"
"UIConfigDir"="/sdcard/copilot/uiconfig/"
Hi Polarfuchs, many thanks. Tried it again - no success. My "user.cfg" file in the "copilot" directory on "sdcard" has "mnt/" in front of all paths. I removed them so it looked like yours and added the "sdcard/sd/" to all map paths. Moved the maps to external SD into the copilot folder there. Did a proper reboot (just in case) but the application insists that there are no maps installed. It also changes all paths back to the original "mnt/sdcard/..." Not sure what the significane of the "mnt" is.
Anyway it only works if I have the maps in sdcard but I am running out of space b/c I also have NDrive 10 installed with "Western Europe" maps and my internal SD is full! NDrive also has no function to install it to external SD - company has not responded to my inquiry (neither did alk/copilot).
For other's who may also troubleshoot this: I run "Copilot Live 8" with North America Maps (they have a nice sale on them in the market right now) on Doc's XXJPO 7.6.2 with NO-RFS advanced EXT4 lagfix.
Any ideas much appreciated! Thanks!
Ha,
you didn't mention that you run on Froyo!
The solution I provided above was from the time I used Eclair.
Since yesterday I have DocFroyo, like you. But I didn't try copilot on Froyo till now.
On Froyo the external SD card path is different.
Please try /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/NA....
Polarfuchs said:
Ha,
you didn't mention that you run on Froyo!
The solution I provided above was from the time I used Eclair.
Since yesterday I have DocFroyo, like you. But I didn't try copilot on Froyo till now.
On Froyo the external SD card path is different.
Please try /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/NA....
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works perfect!! dankeschön!
After Polarfuchs solved the problem with Copilot (btw one can even run the app from the external card w/o any problems so far) my next challenge is to fix the problem with NDrive. I wrote them that I am running out of space on my internal SD card and that I have a 16gb external card. I requested support with moving the large maps for Western Europe to the external SD card. Here is their reply:
"Good Morning,
Please be advised that the equipment has an internal flash memory where you should install the NDrive, this memory ranges from 8 Gb and 16 Gb
The AutoRun NDrive is installed in user memory, the maps should be in flash memory that has a space between 8 Gb and 16 Gb.
Cumprimentos / Best Regards
NDrive Support"
Not very helpful. Anyone has any ideas? Makes no sense to have large maps on the internal SD.
Many thanks!
Hi, for a few days ago I have updated my Galaxy S to FROYO.XXJPO, and have change the user.cfg from Copilot to:
"AddonDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/addon/"
"AudioDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/audio/"
"CitiesDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/cities/"
"GlobalAddonDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/addon"
"GPSDemoDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/gpstracks/demo"
"LRGeoDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/places/"
"LRGlobalSaveDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/save"
"LRGPSSaveDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/gpstracks"
"LRGridDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/data/"
"LRInfoDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/info"
"LRSaveDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/save/"
"PolyDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/polygons/"
"RazorCacheDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/save/razor_cache"
"RegionDir"="EU"
"RootDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/"
"SkinDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/skin/"
"SpeechDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/speech"
"UIConfigDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/uiconfig/"
Now my Maps are stored on the external-SD card.
Here is a solution for Sygic GPS Mobile maps on external sd card:
http://x2think.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/sygic-navigation-android-externa-sd/
Here are the steps:
1. Install Sygic GPS Navigation on your Android phone.
2. Start the Sygic Download application and download your favorites maps.
3. After download is completed close the Sygic Download application and connect your phone in USB storage mode to a pc.
4. On the pc side, move all content except database.xml and base-is-ok.txt from Aura folder on the internal phone memory to external_sd card.
So after this process on the internal phone memory should be a folder called Aura with 2 files in it: database.xml and base-is-ok.txt and on the external sd card should be all the files needed by Sygic.
5. Make a back-up copy of database.xml then open it with Notepad editor. You will see that the file is pretty consistent. While in Notepad press CRTL+H and the find and replace option appears.
In the Find what field write:Aura/
In the Replace with write:external_sd/Aura/
Now press Replace All then Save the file (CTRL+S).
6. Disconnect storage from PC and start Sygic GPS Navigation. The program should start with no problem.
Make sure not to start Sygic Download application. If you want new maps you have to start the process all over again.
If something goes wrong and your Sygic GPS Navigation application is not working or you just want to go to default program folders you can always delete the Aura folder from internal phone memory and externat sd card but be aware you’ll lose all the downloaded maps.
Also you can move the content of Aura folder on the external sd card back to Aura folder on the internal phone memory, delete database.xml file, restore the back-ul file and everything should be fine.
I will not be held responsible for any damage done to YOUR PHONE. Do this at your own risk.
This method was tested by me on my Samsung Galaxy S with Android 2.3.3 stock rom.
0nebukadnezar0 said:
Hi, for a few days ago I have updated my Galaxy S to FROYO.XXJPO, and have change the user.cfg from Copilot to:
"AddonDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/addon/"
"AudioDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/audio/"
"CitiesDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/cities/"
"GlobalAddonDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/addon"
"GPSDemoDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/gpstracks/demo"
"LRGeoDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/places/"
"LRGlobalSaveDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/save"
"LRGPSSaveDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/gpstracks"
"LRGridDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/data/"
"LRInfoDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/info"
"LRSaveDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/save/"
"PolyDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/polygons/"
"RazorCacheDir"="/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/EU/Europe/save/razor_cache"
"RegionDir"="EU"
"RootDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/"
"SkinDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/skin/"
"SpeechDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/speech"
"UIConfigDir"="/mnt/sdcard/copilot/uiconfig/"
Now my Maps are stored on the external-SD card.
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No need to do all that, all you need to change is one line.
Change "RootDir"="/sdcard/copilot/"
to "RootDir"="/sdcard/external_sd/copilot/"
Once the above line is changed, you can choose your maps from external SD from within the app itself
and it will work as normal.
Here is a solution that worked on Samsung Galaxy Note 2 running Android 4.1.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33939060&postcount=10
Here's a solution that works for any application - just move the larger parts from sd to external_sd with Directory Bind:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
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is it possible to insall tomtom 6 on SD and have it in a tomtom directory on the SD card so i can still use the SD card, and keep it organised, i have tried moving everything to a tomtom folder and also installing from it being in a sperate folder but it just says it cant find any maps etc,
Cheers
Nino
Loserboy0711 said:
is it possible to insall tomtom 6 on SD and have it in a tomtom directory on the SD card so i can still use the SD card, and keep it organised, i have tried moving everything to a tomtom folder and also installing from it being in a sperate folder but it just says it cant find any maps etc,
Cheers
Nino
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No, this is not possible, it has to be in the root of the SD card....
hellejoep said:
No, this is not possible, it has to be in the root of the SD card....
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Ok, thank you for the speedy reply
That's not the whole story though. The Map and all those hundreds of Tomtom files can be in a folder on the SD card. For example I have the map in a folder called:
GB_plus_major_roads_of_WE
ie you must name the folder after the map, it must be correct or it will not find it.
I have tons of organised folders on my 6 Gig SD card along with the Tomtom folder. Otherwise you'd have to keep swapping cards which would be crazy.
Mike
Thank you!! Needing clarity
mikechannon said:
That's not the whole story though. The Map and all those hundreds of Tomtom files can be in a folder on the SD card. For example I have the map in a folder called:
GB_plus_major_roads_of_WE
ie you must name the folder after the map, it must be correct or it will not find it.
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This is good news, indeed!!
So, you put ALL of your TomTom SD files into this map folder? Can you clarify? I've tried putting voices in root of main memory, and this doesn't work. I'd rather not have more than one folder in the root of my SD card devoted to TomTom...Any more comprehensive info? What can you put where? How much can this get consolidated? I was hoping there was a TomTom setting somewhere i could change to tell it where to look for things (i.e. replace the root of the storage card w/ another location)
Any info appreciated.
hey guys, i now have my htc dream running the latest cyanogen mod, it is on build drc83, it is a dream but it is seen as a g1 in the menus, it is an EBI1 phone regardless i believe.
I dont think apps2sd is working on the phone (i am not using any program to do it as i thought it is built into the Cyanogen rom). I just downloaded and installed weather channel app then rebooted the phone and there is nothing on the sd card about the weather channel. Is there a setting i need to check in the menus or something to do with my sd card to make it work?
Weather channel has 2 apks
Sure you didn't DL the widget?
You must have an extX partition for it to work. The applicaion will be installed to /system/sd/app
once, i make the partition, will it automaticaly switch any already downloaded apps into that folder and future ones or will i need to change a setting for future apps and manually move current apps?
ok so i created an extX3 partition of 500mb. After a few reboots there is no folder on sd cd card called /system/sd/app
the only two folders on the sd card are
1)tmp
2)LOST.DIR
both of these are empty i am fairly certain that my phoes internal memory is still going down when i download apps. I will do another test (download a bunch of games (keep a log of memory before and after downloading)) I will post
1)initial memory (before downloading anything else)
2)memory after downloading
3)memory after reboot
asb123 said:
ok so i created an extX3 partition of 500mb. After a few reboots there is no folder on sd cd card called /system/sd/app
the only two folders on the sd card are
1)tmp
2)LOST.DIR
both of these are empty i am fairly certain that my phoes internal memory is still going down when i download apps. I will do another test (download a bunch of games (keep a log of memory before and after downloading)) I will post
1)initial memory (before downloading anything else)
2)memory after downloading
3)memory after reboot
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You won't see the items on your sdcard, they are in a partition that is hidden from windows/mac os x/(linux?)- go to terminal and do
cd /system/sd
ls
if there is an app folder do
cd app
ls
and see if there are any apps there
***before downloading
sd card
Available space 1.30 GB
sd card secondary
Available space 389 MB
internal phone storage
Available space 77.65
***after downloading
sd card
Available space 1.30 GB
sd card secondary
379 MB
internal phone storage
Available space 77.51
***after reboot
sd card
Available space 1.30 GB
sd card secondary
379 MB
internal phone storage
Available space 77.50
Do these numbers make sense? Is my apps 2 sd working?
asb123 said:
***before downloading
sd card
Available space 1.30 GB
sd card secondary
Available space 389 MB
internal phone storage
Available space 77.65
***after downloading
sd card
Available space 1.30 GB
sd card secondary
379 MB
internal phone storage
Available space 77.51
***after reboot
sd card
Available space 1.30 GB
sd card secondary
379 MB
internal phone storage
Available space 77.50
Do these numbers make sense? Is my apps 2 sd working?
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Yes it is working, notice how your sdcard secondary space dropped 10mb after downloading some apps. The internal memory dropped .24mb, but that is because the market cache probably grew, so yes a2sd is working
alright cool, I was just confused because I thought it moved the Apps after a reboot but here it is pretty much going straight to the sd card.
I have another quick question which I don't think needs its own thread.
In the power control widget what is the middle icon (satillite looking thing)
asb123 said:
I have another quick question which I don't think needs its own thread.
In the power control widget what is the middle icon (satillite looking thing)
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Toggle gps
Is that the gps which uses 3g (data) or is that the gps which tries to locate you based on wifi connections and your network?
asb123 said:
Is that the gps which uses 3g (data) or is that the gps which tries to locate you based on wifi connections and your network?
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It's just gps in general- second option I think
Is that the gps which uses 3g (data) or is that the gps which tries to locate you based on wifi connections and your network?
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Neither, it's what makes google maps the best thing since sliced bread.
s15274n said:
Neither, it's what makes google maps the best thing since sliced bread.
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Could you please expand on that thought.
asb123 said:
Could you please expand on that thought.
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In settings under location there is two gps options, network and gps. The gps toggle turns off the gps, not the network gps. Do you understand?
Okay I understand
Hi,
Im having the same issue.... i dont think my apps are getting installed to my sdcard... what do i do?
whateveryouwant said:
Hi,
Im having the same issue.... i dont think my apps are getting installed to my sdcard... what do i do?
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Start with some info. Your phone, your rom, if you have an EXT partition or not. If you have a MT3G then the ROM you are using may by default not use apps2sd since its only needed with the G1. If you do not have an EXT partition then you will also not be able to use app2sd.
The phone seems to have about 7gb inner memory but now its full howto get everything working on my 16gb sd memory card instead? i try app2sd but it only see the inbuilt memory?? Please any ideas?
The 16gb card you set in is accessible at /sdcard/_ExternalSD/
So if you want to stuff your apps onto the SD card, try to stuff it into that folder, if possible.
just copy?
I tryed to cut everything from internal memory to extern memory card but then nothing is working?
Must be an way to install everything to external memory? 6gb internal memory is to little 2 navigation apps with maps ,,
please someone must have an solution?
your navigation programs should give you the opportunity to specify where maps should be stored. Just set that to the path that LordGabriel posted and you should be fine.
They should have a setting like that, otherwise all SGS owners would already be complaining (the SGS has an internal SD card too)
Hello,
i just updated the Cyanogenmod 7 on my SGS.
After the installation, i wanted to play some music from my external sd card,
but the card was not available.
How can i mount the external sd card?
I tried to mount it via recovery mod, but it didnt work.
What else can i do, to see and use the things on the sd card?
Hopefully you noted that the external sd card is found under /emmc.
You have to configure your music app and point it to the correct path.
Good luck.
Ok i found it.
But when i want to update my navigon map data, the program show me a message, that the internal sd card is not available.
I avoid this situation, by copying the old map data to /external_sd instead of /emmc... But how can i handle it with new map data in future?
maybe you can use gscript for change route
Hi, everyone.
I have a question if somebody is able to copy or move applications to external sd card either with rooted stock or custom rom. What applications or mods did you do to enable such option?
tsokh said:
Hi, everyone.
I have a question if somebody is able to copy or move applications to external sd card either with rooted stock or custom rom. What applications or mods did you do to enable such option?
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Im having the same problem as well. my Internal storage is half way getting there and None of the apps that I installed does not have the option to be transferred to ext_SD
Ok, after 2 days of searching over the web and forums I found a workaround for moving apps on external SD (working only on rooted phones).
1) Download and install FolderMount program from Google Play store.
2) Open the program, tap on "+", enter name (any alias), source folder of the app, and destination (external sd with the same folder already created or choose automatic method), then tap on check mark.
3) Wait till the program copies the application to external sd and creates link. After you need to tap on pin icon and it'll turn to green.
If you get some notification, just click "Yes".
P.S.
Don't delete the folder with the moved app in your internal memory, as it'll also delete the app from external SD. If you want to check if the program moved, unpin the program and browse to the app folder in your internal memory and you won't see the files there. FolderMount creates the link to the application in internal memory to trick Android. Every time Android requests the application, it passes the request to its internal memory and after goes via the link to external SD. That is the only trick that worked for me.
I read on the butterfly 901s/e forum thread and it said something about fat32
I have Kingston 64gb formated in FAT32, don't know if Android works properly with exFAT or ext format. You can't format 64gb SD card in FAT32 with Windows, but you can install other partition wizards like Minitool Partition Wizard to format it.
Does the old setinstalllocation trick work here?
SquareBare said:
Does the old setinstalllocation trick work here?
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If you mean "set pm install location" command, then no. I tried that trick, however programs didn't even install on internal memory after I used the command. I left it as default "0".
tsokh said:
If you mean "set pm install location" command, then no. I tried that trick, however programs didn't even install on internal memory after I used the command. I left it as default "0".
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Thanks a lot. I think I can do everything I need to do with foldermount so it should all work out.
Also got a 70mbps read SD card! Phone comes in later today!
Does the micro SDXC work in the butterfly s
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Yes, works with microSDXC up to 64gb in FAT32, couldn't manage to use external sd card in other formats like exFAT or NTFS.