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[Q] Can't save apps to ext. SD

I use a 32GB class 10 micor SD. I tried to transfer the isntalled apps from phone to the external SD using "App 2 SD". I note that the apps were actually moved to the internal SD card but not the external SD. The photos and the video can be saved to the exteranl SD though.
I am new user of Android phones. Did I do anything wrong or app just can't be saved in external SD?

the internal sd is your external sd for app2sd.
earlier phones didnt have an internal sd. so there it was written on the external.
maybe you could reroute the paths. but for an normal user this could be hard.

So I think all phone with intwrnal SD Card has the same poblem.
Can the problem be solved when upgraded to 2.3?
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Jup, all phones with an internal sd have this probs afaik.
but you can change the paths, so the external card becomes the internal.
i dont know how the paths are routed in gingerbread, but it should be tha same.
if you want to change this search in the dev section, there is a description.

Internal SD card is default?

So, it seems that apps see the the internal SD card as it's default storage... So when I moved my SD card from my old phone to the LG Revolution, app can't find their data because they are looking for it in the internal SD card instead of the one I inserted into the phone.
Is there any solution for this?

Do you have root? If so you can use root explorer to move them from external to internal
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Yeah, I was able to root.
Well see, my external SD card is 32GB and that's where I want all my podcasts and photos to go but apps want to put everything on the internal SD.

I'm not sure I'm getting what you want to do with root explorer you should be able to move whatever you want between the two
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I don't want to have to move stuff over. I have all my podcasts on my external SD card but my podcast player doesn't see them because the podcast player is looking for them in the internal SD card.
I was hoping there was a way to make the external SD card the default storage for the phone.
I am not sure what the point of using an external SD card if apps aren't programmed to use it.

[Q] Any way to make ext sd card the default one and not the internal sd card?

Hi,
I would like to know if there is any way to make ext sd card the default one and not the internal sd card? Cause right now, I can't restore certain backups from previous phones as the various apps wont detect. It can only search the internal storage, and is unable to search the storage in the external sd card.
Any app or setting that can do this?
Thank you!

An app like ROM Toolbox should let you browse to the ext sd card to choose a backup. Am I understanding your question correctly?
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The Kraken! said:
An app like ROM Toolbox should let you browse to the ext sd card to choose a backup. Am I understanding your question correctly?
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Hmm, not really actually. An example would be Whatsapp. It backs up to my sd card in my old phone. However, after switching to Droid 4, I can't restore the messages because now it backs up to the internal sd card and not the ext-sd card.

Language file on sd card

Hi all.
The sd card on my s3 lte failed. I managed to copy most of the contents onto my pc but lost all my photos and vids. When I copied the folders onto my new card I found it was 10gb full (16gb card). The main culprit is a file called languages which is 7.58gb.
What is this file?
I thought if it was languages for the phone then it would be on the phone, not the sd card.
Can I just delete it?
My phone seems to work fine without the sd card in...apart from the apps on the card.
Thanks
Matt
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Matt1245 said:
Hi all.
The sd card on my s3 lte failed. I managed to copy most of the contents onto my pc but lost all my photos and vids. When I copied the folders onto my new card I found it was 10gb full (16gb card). The main culprit is a file called languages which is 7.58gb.
What is this file?
I thought if it was languages for the phone then it would be on the phone, not the sd card.
Can I just delete it?
My phone seems to work fine without the sd card in...apart from the apps on the card.
Thanks
Matt
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by ''new card'' do you mean its never been used untill now? or already used with current device or some other device?
im not sure but, if you had used this ''new card'' already, it could be that these languages belong to an app you used or are still using, for example like maybe a keyboard app (storing languages/predictions/data history) or navigation app. anyway if you say that the phone seems to work fine without it and your apps also then there should be no issues deleting this languages file. probably left on the card from an app that you dont use anymore..

[Q] Move to Sd on rooted device not appears

Hi
I have an Xperia SP rooted device
I want to moving my apps to external SD card by using app info dialogue and storage section but there is no options such as move to sd card!
How I can create this option?

aminbcc said:
Hi
I have an Xperia SP rooted device
I want to moving my apps to external SD card by using app info dialogue and storage section but there is no options such as move to sd card!
How I can create this option?
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The feature you are mentioning is App2SD. However, as I know from somewhere, our device will not be having this feature. However, you can still make your SD Card as an app installation area by using Link2SD app. This require SD Card formatting and also some trials and errors.