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MIUI A2SD+

Hey everybody, I just switched to using MIUI as my daily driver, but the A2SD+ feature does not seem to be working with my sd card. How do I check to make sure that my partition is formatted correctly (i.e. ext3 not 2 or 4) and if it is formatted correctly, what do I do?
Thanks in advance,
Liam

pinke123 said:
Hey everybody, I just switched to using MIUI as my daily driver, but the A2SD+ feature does not seem to be working with my sd card. How do I check to make sure that my partition is formatted correctly (i.e. ext3 not 2 or 4) and if it is formatted correctly, what do I do?
Thanks in advance,
Liam
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Go to Settings > System tab > SD Card Settings
At the bottom it should say A2SD+ with Total space and Available space.
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If it's there, you could download a terminal and run the command "a2sd repair" to repair it.

tommert38 said:
If it's there, you could download a terminal and run the command "a2sd repair" to repair it.
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I ran this, without su command everything failed, with su command all non-system apps were made so the file was there on the phone but the app wasn't, and even though it said that I had over 100mb of free space for apps, whenever I tried to download an app, it said that it failed due to "insufficient storage". I just did a clean install of 1.5.27 (i heard 1.6 has an issue with theme manager) and it says I have 155mb of internal memory, and a2sd+ shows available space 1.88gb with available space at 1.84gb. Isn't the a2sd+ partition supposed to act like part of the internal memory, and as such be represented by a higher amount of free space for applications (in settings->programs->manage applications)? Should I just use a market app such as A2SDGUI - Darktremor?
Thanks,
Liam

Here's what I've done since the previous post.
I installed A2SDGUI from the market and moved my dalvik cache to the SD-EXT from internal memory. I also found out through A2SDGUI that my partition is ext3, which only further confuses me because ext3 partitions are meant to work seamlessness with MIUI a2sd+.
Now instead of having 180mb of storage space for apps, it shows (in settings->programs->manage applications) that I have about 200mb of storage. This is confirmed by going to settings->system->sd card settings and now the total space of a2sd+ is 1.79gb, with available space being 1.58gb (the 20mb difference). These findings are also corroborated by A2SDGUI.
My question now is how do I get the rest of my partition working with a2sd+? Do I rebuild dalvik cache, do I turn off JIT, do I change the dalvik VM heapsize?
Again thanks in advance,
Liam

I don't understand what the problem is: your apps are on the ext3 partition
pinke123 said:
Now instead of having 180mb of storage space for apps, it shows (in settings->programs->manage applications) that I have about 200mb of storage. This is confirmed by going to settings->system->sd card settings and now the total space of a2sd+ is 1.79gb, with available space being 1.58gb (the 20mb difference).
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only thing is that a2sd+ doesn't add the ext3 space to the internal space.
I believe data2ext (or some other version of that) does add it to the internal space, so it will say 2gb of internal space.
FYI, you shouldn't make your ext partition that big, it could be unstable then. 1GB is more than you'll need for a while, as you can see now (1.58GB free space).
1.79GB - 1.58GB = 215 MB

tommert38 said:
I don't understand what the problem is: your apps are on the ext3 partition
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I get low memory warnings.
tommert38 said:
1.79GB - 1.58GB = 215 MB
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Lol, my bad, thanks.

Ok, so I decided that my ext partition must be messed up because every time I did something with it, weird things happened. So I flashed amonra, reformated my ext3 partition to 1.5gb with 32mb swap, and moved the dalvik cache as well as app data to the partition. Everything is working great now.

[Q] how to increase ram by partitioning

Hi guys m running fusion cm9 beta and want to increase the size of ram with the help of swap size I want to know how to partition my sdcard and want to create 2nd partition as swap partition and which app to use to set the swapiness without moving apps to external

You are going to be dissapointed. Not possible...

It is possible I have done it on my galaxy mini about 2 months ago and every Linux devices ram can be increased

Increasing your swap space on any operating system does not increase your RAM. The OS might be able to start more processes, etc., but your RAM size remains the same.
The RAM in the Captivate is just that--RAM. Its size is fixed. All of your other solid-state memory is not RAM--it is behaving as file system storage.

dhlalit11 said:
It is possible I have done it on my galaxy mini about 2 months ago and every Linux devices ram can be increased
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well how did you do it for the galaxy mini? I can't see there being a big difference in how something like that would be done from one phone to another.
Also, are you sure that there was an improvement in how the galaxy mini performs?
I ask because google specifically designed android to not have a swap partition nor to use one.

DaNaRkI said:
well how did you do it for the galaxy mini? I can't see there being a big difference in how something like that would be done from one phone to another.
Also, are you sure that there was an improvement in how the galaxy mini performs?
I ask because google specifically designed android to not have a swap partition nor to use one.
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after creating swap partition the system thinks swap partition as ram and uses it for some background and foreground tasks it works great on mini
but the problem is I don't know how to partition sdcard through windows. before that I can partition through cwm recovery but in this mobile there are 2 SD cards so am fearing of partitioning internal one

dhlalit11 said:
after creating swap partition the system thinks swap partition as ram and uses it for some background and foreground tasks it works great on mini
but the problem is I don't know how to partition sdcard through windows. before that I can partition through cwm recovery but in this mobile there are 2 SD cards so am fearing of partitioning internal one
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You can probably google it. To do it, I'm pretty sure you use command prompt in windows
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I don't see that actually improving your experience. Android manages the ram pretty efficiently since GB (even better on ICS). As Danarki said google design it without swap partition. The method used on your galaxy mini should work (mostly) for our i897. If it was a .zip file open it up and look at the code see what it did exactly. Just my 2 cents.

prbassplayer said:
I don't see that actually improving your experience. Android manages the ram pretty efficiently since GB (even better on ICS). As Danarki said google design it without swap partition. The method used on your galaxy mini should work (mostly) for our i897. If it was a .zip file open it up and look at the code see what it did exactly. Just my 2 cents.
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its not a zip file its a second partition of our sdcard and I want to know how to partition my external sdcard

I used Swapper from the Market when I tried your approach. The way I used my Cappy on stock GB the benefits seemed to fade over time.
I switched to SD Boost & SD Tools both before and after flashing Doc's Master ICS. Conclusion: speeding up disk i/o had a much more noticeable effect (especially on ICS) than RAM tweaking.
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If the kernel supports it...
Open android terminal emulator and cd to /etc... run
$ cat fstab
(it might be a variation of fstab... its vold.fstab on my transformer)
This will give you you sd card device name... i think it is referred to as 'emmc' rather than sdcard... sdcard is the internal memory... idk why they insist on this.. it's just confusing.. in short locate emmc not sdcard!
Run
$ fdisk
Delete the partitions and create 2 new ones... you'll need to change the type of the first partition to swap and the 2nd to Linux..then write the changes to the disk.
Run
$ mkswap
Then run
$ swapon /dev/emmc0 (not literal... device is probably different but it needs to be the first partition..which is 0)
Then for the rest of the card run
$mkfs.ext4 /dev/emmc1 (again not literal)
(or mkfs.vfat)
The kernel must support swap before swapon will work. I'd make absolutely sure that the external sd card is emmc... it is on mine but this might be different between roms... also, a higher class SD would make swap faster.
I don't see how trying swap could hurt anything....other than potentially deleting the wrong partitions. That's part of the beauty of Linux... messing with it to see what you can do. It's one of the reasons i love android.. i wish more of these android newbs would realize this and encourage poking around with the coolest part of android and give the information that was requested rather than reasons why its dumb or impossible. Nothing is impossible or dumb except the ones discouraging you.
If you want to hack around on your devices... do it!
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pierut said:
If the kernel supports it...
Open android terminal emulator and cd to /etc... run
$ cat fstab
(it might be a variation of fstab... its vold.fstab on my transformer)
This will give you you sd card device name... i think it is referred to as 'emmc' rather than sdcard... sdcard is the internal memory... idk why they insist on this.. it's just confusing.. in short locate emmc not sdcard!
Run
$ fdisk
Delete the partitions and create 2 new ones... you'll need to change the type of the first partition to swap and the 2nd to Linux..then write the changes to the disk.
Run
$ mkswap
Then run
$ swapon /dev/emmc0 (not literal... device is probably different but it needs to be the first partition..which is 0)
Then for the rest of the card run
$mkfs.ext4 /dev/emmc1 (again not literal)
(or mkfs.vfat)
The kernel must support swap before swapon will work. I'd make absolutely sure that the external sd card is emmc... it is on mine but this might be different between roms... also, a higher class SD would make swap faster.
I don't see how trying swap could hurt anything....other than potentially deleting the wrong partitions. That's part of the beauty of Linux... messing with it to see what you can do. It's one of the reasons i love android.. i wish more of these android newbs would realize this and encourage poking around with the coolest part of android and give the information that was requested rather than reasons why its dumb or impossible. Nothing is impossible or dumb except the ones discouraging you.
If you want to hack around on your devices... do it!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium HD app
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thanks man will surely do it in future after backing up my data and you are right it's emmc but it's mount point is /mnt/emmc will it be a prob
please reply on this thread also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535360

Any new about this? Repartition or use some internal memory for system memory?
I am starting to get not enough memory when updating apps but when I check the app storage there is 45 MB free on Running, and 9 GB free on internal SD

[Q] [URGENT]Link2SD or App2SD(APP Migr), SD card

Alright, so I've rooted and flashed CWM but when doing backups in
Nandroid and Titanium both stored in on my internal memory, while I want it on my SD card.
SD card: 32GB, FAT32(one partition), tried to make two FAT32 partitions but the second was not detected by both Windows pc and phone.
Phone sees my internal storage as "sdcard0" while it sees my sd card as "extSDCard"
1)Should I use App2SD(they changed it's name to App MIGR) or Link2SD to move apps to SD?
I've got most things covered for Link2SD but I still don't understand the init.d support; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2087497
2)While the Nandroid backup is pretty much organised, Titanium backup has like dozens of files, which am I supposed to choose if I wanted to restore my Titanium backup ?( I did the Backup new user+system apps & newer versions batch only.)(Nandroid didn't even detect my SD card while backing up.)

In cwm choose "backup and restore" / "backup to external sdcard" and your backups will be put in clockworkmod-folder on external sd.
For titanium backup you have to set location for backups to be on your external.
Have a look in titanium settings to change the default path.
I use derectorybind to bind the whole android folder to external.
Works great!
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Both faria and benzrom (including drom) have init.d support. Just follow the guide to setup ext4 partition and Linux swap partition and link2sd should run fine.
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iKlutz said:
Both faria and benzrom (including drom) have init.d support. Just follow the guide to setup ext4 partition and Linux swap partition and link2sd should run fine.
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Init.d support can be done on every rom.
Universal init.d

tys0n said:
In cwm choose "backup and restore" / "backup to external sdcard" and your backups will be put in clockworkmod-folder on external sd.
For titanium backup you have to set location for backups to be on your external.
Have a look in titanium settings to change the default path.
I use derectorybind to bind the whole android folder to external.
Works great!
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Got both external options to work for now.
Did u mean u bind the whole RAM or just the internal storage. Does it warn you when some apps i.e. widgets can't be moved(before it's broken) or doesn't it have that limit like Link2SD ? (Am still hestitating to use it;
-App2SD has this note:"Move apps function may not work on your devcie as manufacture removes the function of moving apps to SD from Android system" don't know whether we have that.
-Link2SD has sort of difficult requirements before install.
-DirectoryBind; Because many issues where posted by members.

Mystique03 said:
Got both external options to work for now.
Did u mean u bind the whole RAM or just the internal storage. Does it warn you when some apps i.e. widgets can't be moved(before it's broken) or doesn't it have that limit like Link2SD ? (Am still hestitating to use it;
-App2SD has this note:"Move apps function may not work on your devcie as manufacture removes the function of moving apps to SD from Android system" don't know whether we have that.
-Link2SD has sort of difficult requirements before install.
-DirectoryBind; Because many issues where posted by members.
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Directorybind has nothing to do with ram. You just symlink appdata from "/sdcard/android" to your external to get more internal space
Never had any problems with it and im using it on three different devices.

tys0n said:
Directorybind has nothing to do with ram. You just symlink appdata from "/sdcard/android" to your external to get more internal space
Never had any problems with it and im using it on three different devices.
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Got confused; I meant system ROM, since I just saw ~260MB left, but I suppose I made a mistake cause the system saves data to my internal storage too, am I right... o.0 ?
What are the differences between DirectoryBind, App MGR and Link2SD anyways?
iKlutz said:
Both faria and benzrom (including drom) have init.d support. Just follow the guide to setup ext4 partition and Linux swap partition and link2sd should run fine.
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How much space for;
FAT32 partition
Ext4 partition
Swap partition
and why on a 32GB SD card, the values.

The fat32 can be any size, this is your normal sd card data that you can use on your pc (music, videos, pics etc).
Ext4 should be however many apps sizes you want. Like if you have a lot of play store downloaded then set this as big as you think you need but save some space for linux swap.
Linux swap should be minimum 300mb (according to the guide), this is like a bit of extra ram incase your system ram gets full. Mine works fine with 800mb.
If you're looking for an example of what you could set, here :
Fat32 : 15gb
Ext4 : 15gb
Linux swap : 1gb
They could work fine is not very complicated unless I'm wrong. Study the guide well and read other people's posts on there too.
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This is assuming you have 32gb sd card.
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Mystique03 said:
Got confused; I meant system ROM, since I just saw ~260MB left, but I suppose I made a mistake cause the system saves data to my internal storage too, am I right... o.0 ?
What are the differences between DirectoryBind, App MGR and Link2SD anyways?
How much space for;
FAT32 partition
Ext4 partition
Swap partition
and why on a 32GB SD card, the values.
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Yes 260mb is left on your system partition.
Installed apps goes to "/data" = internal storage.

Does our phone/kernel support Ext4 ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2030282

Mystique03 said:
Does our phone/kernel support Ext4 ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2030282
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sure it does....if u succeed in installing the Link2Sd the first option is to select ext 2,ext 3 or ext 4 to link it.....this might help on the init.d support...pretty easy actually...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1933849

Mystique03 said:
1)Should I use App2SD(they changed it's name to App MIGR) or Link2SD to move apps to SD?
I've got most things covered for Link2SD but I still don't understand the init.d support; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2087497)
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I paid for Link2SD Pro but I've had some problems with it. When I contact the developer, Bulant, he sometimes responds but other times I get no reply.
Have you tried using both? What do you think of AppMgr? What about Link2SD?

Xposed Framework not working on SD-Ext (Ext4) 2nd Partition

Hi all,
Wonder if anyone has had the same issues as myself.
Model: Samsung Note (N7000)
OS: Android 4.4.4 (Kitkat) / ROM: DirtyUnicorn 8.2
Software: Mounts2SD
I've ran out of space, and so tried to find an App that can move all Apps onto the second partition of an SD Card. Much like the days of Gingerbread 2.3.7 --> JellyBean 4.1.2.
However with KitKat, and its SD Card issues... I've been unable to find a decent App that supports it.
S2E = Does not support Android higher than 4.1.2
Link2SD = Too confusing, and doesn't find the sd-ext partition.
Mounts2SD = Mainly works ok, has issues. But does the job, other than Xposed....
- anyone know of alternatives to the above?
Anyway, under the above circumstances.... Xposed was installed and working fine, up until I moved all the data on 2nd partition. Now it says it's installed, but not active... No matter how many times I try reinstall over top, still doesn't come active...
Installed, but says not active
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Installed, but makes out its active... when its not!
Attempted to re-install over the top
Anyone know how to get this to work, or know of any other SD-Ext Apps that work better...???
Thanks, Lister

Lister Of Smeg said:
Hi all,
Wonder if anyone has had the same issues as myself.
Model: Samsung Note (N7000)
OS: Android 4.4.4 (Kitkat) / ROM: DirtyUnicorn 8.2
Software: Mounts2SD
I've ran out of space, and so tried to find an App that can move all Apps onto the second partition of an SD Card. Much like the days of Gingerbread 2.3.7 --> JellyBean 4.1.2.
However with KitKat, and its SD Card issues... I've been unable to find a decent App that supports it.
S2E = Does not support Android higher than 4.1.2
Link2SD = Too confusing, and doesn't find the sd-ext partition.
Mounts2SD = Mainly works ok, has issues. But does the job, other than Xposed....
- anyone know of alternatives to the above?
Anyway, under the above circumstances.... Xposed was installed and working fine, up until I moved all the data on 2nd partition. Now it says it's installed, but not active... No matter how many times I try reinstall over top, still doesn't come active...
Installed, but says not active
Installed, but makes out its active... when its not!
Attempted to re-install over the top
Anyone know how to get this to work, or know of any other SD-Ext Apps that work better...???
Thanks, Lister
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AS it requires to be installed in the system partition It wont work no matter what you do. It simple cant work from an SD card.
Moving apps to the SD cards is asking for trouble to begin with. This is due to the way android mounts the sd card very late and why app developers tell you that widgets will not work when the app is installed on the sd card. My advise would be to clean up some of your apps. With the storage on devices this is seldom needed and with 5.0 will mostly not work at all.

Hi @zelendel,
With the SD-Ext partition, this normally doesn't affect the widgets or other Apps. As the way Android does it, is it makes it work/behave just like it's installed on the Android devices main memory, even though it is coming from SD card. Although depending on age of device, it could be a little slower and setting that up on Boot, but once loaded, it works a treat. However these methods don't seem possible now on new Android OS versions....
True though, if anything is moved over to SD card via Apps2SD, where the data files are moved to the SD and the App still stays on the phone. Then yes, that is asking for trouble, as it is slower method and never really works... Unless you don't use Widgets, I believe this method to be pointless. As you're not really moving the whole App, only parts of it...
In the end, I went with re-partitioning my internal memory on the phone... I have extended the phones internal /data partition... and now all is working fine... Just means my phone is no longer stock. And if I ever have to return it to stock, I have to re-partition it again... But at least I have more space for Apps now...
Thank you for your advice though, much appreciated... Thanks, Lister
zelendel said:
AS it requires to be installed in the system partition It wont work no matter what you do. It simple cant work from an SD card.
Moving apps to the SD cards is asking for trouble to begin with. This is due to the way android mounts the sd card very late and why app developers tell you that widgets will not work when the app is installed on the sd card. My advise would be to clean up some of your apps. With the storage on devices this is seldom needed and with 5.0 will mostly not work at all.
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Lister Of Smeg said:
Hi @zelendel,
With the SD-Ext partition, this normally doesn't affect the widgets or other Apps. As the way Android does it, is it makes it work/behave just like it's installed on the Android devices main memory, even though it is coming from SD card. Although depending on age of device, it could be a little slower and setting that up on Boot, but once loaded, it works a treat. However these methods don't seem possible now on new Android OS versions....
True though, if anything is moved over to SD card via Apps2SD, where the data files are moved to the SD and the App still stays on the phone. Then yes, that is asking for trouble, as it is slower method and never really works... Unless you don't use Widgets, I believe this method to be pointless. As you're not really moving the whole App, only parts of it...
In the end, I went with re-partitioning my internal memory on the phone... I have extended the phones internal /data partition... and now all is working fine... Just means my phone is no longer stock. And if I ever have to return it to stock, I have to re-partition it again... But at least I have more space for Apps now...
Thank you for your advice though, much appreciated... Thanks, Lister
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I can see why with Googles move to do away with sd cards all together. Mainly as there really is almost no need for them anymore. With the storage on most devices sd cards are slowly being removed. Even Google removed the stock sd card code all together from android back in ICS.

Internal Storage is Full - Please Help!

Hi All,
I currently am using a stock D415 LG L90 (Running Lollipop). I have no intention of rooting anytime soon, but my internal memory keeps getting full from multiple apps I have downloaded. I have a 32GB SD Card which is only using half of its capacity. I currently have it set to save all images and video captured to be stored onto the SD Card.
In my previous phones, I was easily able to dedicate my SD card as my primary source of storage, thus never having to run into the issue of having no memory and what not. Are there any solutions like these available?
I am open to rooting, I am kind of picky of not voiding the warranty as I have only had the phone for 10 months, but if rooting is my only option, I am willing to go ahead and do so.
Thanks All!

Uh, 94 views and no response? I am assuming I am the only person here with this issue?

Unfortunately the only way is to root and use Link2SD which is a paid application. You'll also have to partition your microSD card to have a second ext2/ext3 partition.
You probably have apps such as Whatsapp that refuses to store media files in external SD, I suggest you to backup the media folders to your external SD regularly.
I was facing the same problem with some apps, e.g. I have OALD and this app downloads a huge 450MB database file and stores in the internal SD that cannot be moved to external SD, I had to use Link2SD to move this kind of files to my ext3 partition in the external storage.
Since Android 4.3 we have this limitation, some apps cannot save data in the external storage. In v10 (kitkat) we had an option to switch the internal SD to external SD but it was a very intrusive modification with exposed framework and required unlock bootloader and root.

F. Gacrux said:
Unfortunately the only way is to root and use Link2SD which is a paid application. You'll also have to partition your microSD card to have a second ext2/ext3 partition.
You probably have apps such as Whatsapp that refuses to store media files in external SD, I suggest you to backup the media folders to your external SD regularly.
I was facing the same problem with some apps, e.g. I have OALD and this app downloads a huge 450MB database file and stores in the internal SD that cannot be moved to external SD, I had to use Link2SD to move this kind of files to my ext3 partition in the external storage.
Since Android 4.3 we have this limitation, some apps cannot save data in the external storage. In v10 (kitkat) we had an option to switch the internal SD to external SD but it was a very intrusive modification with exposed framework and required unlock bootloader and root.
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That is a real bummer, and big question mark as to why this kind of functionality is not open for the user to decide how to allocate memory... Are there specific ROM's that allow this instead?
I have downloaded Link2SD, are there proper tutorials on here on how to get root access on this phone?

It's for security reasons why android don't let some type of data to be saved on external microSD - fat32 doesn't support Unix file permissions, also, some apps such as Whatsapp was designed this way (they propably could save data in external SD, but somewhy they decided to not). In phones with 32 and 64GB this isn't really a problem, but even 16GB can be problematic for heavy users that likes to carry massive data in the phone.
To root, If Purpledrake (http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/root-root-lg-g3-easily-purpledrake-lite-t2821000) don't work, your only hope is KingRoot (http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461). If you use the latter one, I suggest to immediately switch KingUser to SuperSU.

F. Gacrux said:
It's for security reasons why android don't let some type of data to be saved on external microSD - fat32 doesn't support Unix file permissions, also, some apps such as Whatsapp was designed this way (they propably could save data in external SD, but somewhy they decided to not). In phones with 32 and 64GB this isn't really a problem, but even 16GB can be problematic for heavy users that likes to carry massive data in the phone.
To root, If Purpledrake (http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/root-root-lg-g3-easily-purpledrake-lite-t2821000) don't work, your only hope is KingRoot (http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461). If you use the latter one, I suggest to immediately switch KingUser to SuperSU.
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I had tried Purpledrake, but ran into this error:
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I went over and tried KingRoot, it ended up working. My question is - Which one is better? If I used KingRoot, what things should I be aware of dealing with this specific root method?
Otherwise, my phone is now rooted. I am going to try and partition my MicroSD card and see if I can see some success with the entire Link2SD method.

Use KingRoot, then replace with supersu: http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html
I unlocked my 410hn bootloader so I root directly from supersu flashable zip from twrp.
Today I noticed something interesting, do you use gmail app? I don't mean the google email account, I mean the app. If yes, take a look into your account settings configured in the app, it's set to sync all e-mails and attachments from the last 30 days, for this reason gmail was eating over 1GB of my internal memory, I configured to NOT sync anything (it's like saving stuff for offline read) and NOT download/load images automatically.
I went from 400MB of free space to almost 3GB. Had to clear app data first to make a clean start in the app and quick turn off those settings or it's going to download all over again, do you ever wonder why in the first run gmail takes a lot of time to sync? That's the reason, it's downloading your stuff from the last 30 days from every email account.

Yes I too have noticed that but when I try to open my gmail Google Play services force closes any idea on a solution to the problem
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