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How to move apps from external sd to internal sd

So I have four partitions in my galaxy mini :
System rom 216mb (21.4mb free)
Internal 479mb(447mb free)
Sd card 15.3gb(13.5gb free)
Sd card(a2sd) 187mb(8.54mb free)
When I try to move my apps to sd card using the default move it moves to sd card(a2sd) and not to sd card .
So how do I do that ? + Is their a way I can move stuff from my system rom to other partitions ?

im abcd said:
So I have four partitions in my galaxy mini :
System rom 216mb (21.4mb free)
Internal 479mb(447mb free)
Sd card 15.3gb(13.5gb free)
Sd card(a2sd) 187mb(8.54mb free)
When I try to move my apps to sd card using the default move it moves to sd card(a2sd) and not to sd card .
So how do I do that ? + Is their a way I can move stuff from my system rom to other partitions ?
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pratyush369 said:
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Sorry to not meet upto your expectations but nowhere in google did I find the desired result and In no way do I feel that I have spamed xda forums .
Maybe you can help me to recognize in what way I have spammed ?

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sdcard, external_sd
a2sd is moving apps to your other partitions. the 16 gig card you got has to be the one where you got to move apps. all apps are stored in your internal memory. the system rom is read only, so you wont be able to move or erase it. its permanent, programmed at the factory. so forget rom. if you formatted your sdcards correctly, then you must be able to delete partitions, or reformat them. i recommend deleting the partition after uninstalling all apps on that partition. remember, you are rooted, so if you have root access apps on that partition, then you first have to undo everything the apps did. eg: if you have chainfire, then you got to remove all plugins(qualcomm, nvidia, powervr if installed) the cf3d plugin with egl if installed, then uninstall cf. connect your mobile via usb cord, or get your sdcard in a memory card reader, connect to pc. use "device manager" in your pc to see all partitions of your hard drives. look for your sdcard drive, and you will see all types of data divided in it, that is, formatted data, raw data, etc. if you see raw data, then you have to format it, and its likely that you will be done there. but i f you see formatted data, then just delete the 8 mb partition, and then its possible that you may succeed. this is dangerous, and your data can sort of "vanish", but it will only be the 8mb data according to me. its also possible that you may not be able to delete the partition after all, as this usually works for hard drives. if so, you may use hp format tool to format your device to NTFS and try again. this also can make your data vanish by what you say. the simplest would be to try and delete the partition from your mini itself. the app which you used to partition must allow you to remove partitions also, so look for it. and if this particular app is in the sdcard(a2sd), then you would better move tit to phone memory first. remember, uninstall ALL apps on the partition, and undo ALL the changes they made to your device before trying this out. this may horribly go wrong, so beware! (i havent tried it yet, so. and someone gifted me an ipod 5g, which i tried to partition, but was unsuccessful.) just hit thanks if you find this helpful!
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Link2SD is an application that makes it easy for Android 1.6+ users with root privileges on their phone to move applications to the SD card.
The idea behind is same with apps2sd scripts, linking applications to SD card's second partition but differs in two ways.
One, instead of linking /data/app folder (that means moving all applications), you can select applications that you want to move.
Two, it's an application which means has a user interface. You can manage your applications with few clicks.
It also provides native apps2sd features on Android 2.2 and higher. It can move any non-protected user apps to SD card (force move), with batch moving capability.
That feature uses Android's standard SD-card installation feature and does not require a second partition. It can break some apps if they are not meant to be moved to the SD card (Such as Widgets).
Features:
- Create and remove link for apk, dex and lib files of the applications you select
- Automatically link newly installed apps (optional)
- Move any user apps to SD even though the app does not support moving to SD (a.k.a. "force move", for Android 2.2 and higher)
- Shows the apps that support moving to SD with native apps2sd (for Android 2.2 and higher)
- Set the default install location of the apps; auto, internal, or external (for Android 2.2 and higher)
- Batch link, unlink, reinstall, uninstall, "move to SD", "move to phone" functions (multi-select mode)
- Uninstall system applications (bloatware removal)
- Freeze and un-freeze system and users applications
- Convert system apps into user apps
- Convert user apps into system apps
- Integrate "Updated" system apps into system (ROM)
- Clear data and cache of the application
- Clear all apps cache at once (1-tap cache cleaner without being root)
- List applications, show detailed size information and link status
- Sort and filter applications
- Search applications by name
- Display available space information of internal storage, SD card and SD card 2nd partition
What you need:
- root permission.
- a second partition on your SD card.
You should have two partitions on SD card and both should be primary.
The first FAT partition is your standard SD card storage. The second partition is used for application files and can be ext2, ext3, ext4 or FAT32.
Some phones lack the ext2, ext3 or ext4 file system support and you may get mount errors like "no such device", "invalid argument". These phones need ext2.ko or ext3.ko modules and even some additional modules to be able to mount. Using FAT32 on the second partition will eleminate such problems, because FAT32 is supported on all phones.
Link2SD does not create the second partition, you need to create it yourself. You can use any partition manager such as Minitool, Paragon, Easeus etc. for this.
How it works:
Link2SD mounts the second partition of your SD card and makes OS mounts it at boot time.
When you press "Create Link" button Link2SD moves apk file, dalvik-cache (.dex) file and lib files (.so) to SD card's 2nd partition and creates symbolic links in original directories.
Note: On Android 1.6 and 2.1, shortcut and the widget of the app should be re-added to homescreen if you move the apk file.
You can remove the links and put application files back to phone. Just click on "Remove Link" button.
Some points
- System applications should not be linked to SD card. Link2SD does not allow these applications to be linked.
- When you connect your phone to PC as mass storage, Android unmounts the first FAT partition but the second partition remains mounted. Therefore linked applications are not affected and can be run without problems.
- Link2SD does not move application's private data files; it moves apk, dex (dalvik-cache) and lib files.
DISCLAIMER: It is made available for use at your own risk with no warranty of any kind.
you may try this before everything else!

To move apps to sdcard, use link2sd and long press the desired app & select "Move to sdcard"(if u have root).
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Solved! How to swap the internal sd storage with the external one

Hello everybody.
I'm searching for a way to swap between the internal sd storage and the external one on my Galaxy S3 Mini because the internal storage is not enough big to install games and other big apps. I've seen there is a way for the S3, but I don't know if it's possible for the Mini too...
So, please, if anyone can help me...
EDIT: I've found a way to do that, and it only needs to have a Galaxy S3 Mini i8190 rooted.
Okay let's go.
I took the method from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886091
But it's not exactly the same on the Mini.
The following quote is the instructions taken from the thread with the improvements ( in red ) for the i8190.
NB: I can't answer to questions since I'm not expert at all, I got it working so I give you the solution, that's all I can do.
1. First, I'd recommend making a Nandroid backup of your phone.
2. Next, just to be extra safe, I would backup your internal SD card to your PC. While you are doing that, if you have data on the external SD card, back that up too.
3. Next, I would format your external SD card to fat 32. (You could probably use Ext format too, but I didn’t test that.)If you already have it in that format, and have content on it, this won't affect the content, but back it up just to be safe. It’s probably better to have the Ext SD blank to begin with, you can always copy back its content from your pc.
4. Next copy the contents of the internal SD to the External SD card. This is to avoid confusion about apps and such.
5. Next install script manager free from the play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...anager&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
It will show up on your phone as S manager ads.
You MUST install BusyBox too!! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox
6. Download the mod from here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD Card Hack SG3/11extsd2internalsd
( save as ) And put it into the /data directory of your phone
7. You must edit this script for it to work on Mini. Change /mnt/sdcard to /storage/sdcard0 and /mnt/extSdCard to /storage/extSdCard
(This vary depending of your phone, so check where is located internal storage, it was /storage/sdcard0 for me, and the external SD, it was /storage/extSdCard for me.)
8. Open the script manager app, and select Browse as Root in the config screen. Tell it to remember this setting.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD Card Hack SG3/Script manager browse as root and save.png
9. Using Script Manager, navigate to that file in the /data directory. Press and hold the file name until the menu pops up, and click on properties.
(Unix geeks set them to 777, and everyone else copy the picture below. Click OK.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD Card Hack SG3/Permission settings 777.png
10. Click on the scipt now.. Click on the “Is script” button.
11. Now tap on the buttons that say Su, Boot, and Save. The file name will come up in yellow after the save.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD Card Hack SG3/Script manager setting after save.png
12. Reboot your phone and you should see the swap working and be able to access both internal and external SD cards. The external card will show up as sdcard, and the internal card will show up as extSDCard. Your apps should now install to the external card, since your phone will think it's the internal card. Is that confusing? It was to me too!
Good luck and please share your experiences specifying which ROM you used, so that others can avoid frustration.
Thank you’s always appreciated.
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Try this it might solve you're solution. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
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No, sorry, I've already seen that but it's not a way to swap the internal with the external sd storage..

Jalubyc said:
Hello everybody.
I'm searching for a way to swap between the internal sd storage and the external one on my Galaxy S3 Mini because the internal storage is not enough big to install games and other big apps. I've seen there is a way for the S3, but I don't know if it's possible for the Mini too...
So, please, if anyone can help me...
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for big apps or games you need to put a additional "external" sdcard in your galaxy s3 mini..... for example i have installed the game "Need for Speed - Most Wanted" 1,8GB of the game is on my additinal "external" sdcard and the rest (40mb) are installed on device.....

enox.co said:
for big apps or games you need to put a additional "external" sdcard in your galaxy s3 mini..... for example i have installed the game "Need for Speed - Most Wanted" 1,8GB of the game is on my additinal "external" sdcard and the rest (40mb) are installed on device.....
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I've an external sdcard, I bought one of 32GB, but I can't use it as I wanted to because there is no way to install apps into the sd card. So I'm searching for a way to let know the phone that the external sd is the internal storage and that the internal storage is the external sd card.

I've found a way!

Well what is it then.
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kicker63 said:
Well what is it then.
Sent from my GT-I8190 using xda premium
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Please take a look at my first post. I edited it with the solution.

Hi Jalubyc
I've just tried your solution above and my phone is showing under storage
Device memory Total space 4.54GB
Available 378Mb
SD Card Total Space 29.71GB
Available 27.12GB
So it looks like my first attempt didn't work
Problems I found were firstly at step 6, I couldn't download the mod on phone. I was using chrome and there is no (save as) option. I can only save the link. On PC I saved the page as a text doc and edited the sdcard and extsdcard bits before saving the script. Where is the /data directory? Am I supposed to create a "data" folder in the root of my internal sdcard or copy to the data folder in the android folder? I put it in the android/data/ folder and it didn't work.
Once this is working is it safe to delete the contents of sdcard0 to get my 4.54gb back. I also take it any ROM updates would revert everything back

jazzzy786 said:
Problems I found were firstly at step 6, I couldn't download the mod on phone. I was using chrome and there is no (save as) option. I can only save the link. On PC I saved the page as a text doc and edited the sdcard and extsdcard bits before saving the script. Where is the /data directory? Am I supposed to create a "data" folder in the root of my internal sdcard or copy to the data folder in the android folder? I put it in the android/data/ folder and it didn't work.
Once this is working is it safe to delete the contents of sdcard0 to get my 4.54gb back. I also take it any ROM updates would revert everything back
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Oh no you're totally out of the solution. The /data directory is at root of the phone, so not in a sdcard. Use chrome from your PC to save as and put in into your sdcard before putting it into the /data directory with ES Explorer or another file explorer that's supporting root.
For the ROM updates I don't know because I've never tried.

I still cannot save the script using 'save as' as I don't have the option. I have 'save link as' which saves it as a text document. Edited it as stated.
I've found the data folder but ES explorer wouldn't allow me to copy my script to it and is showing the folder as blank.I got root browser lite from the play store which worked okay in allowing me to copy to the data folder. I used s manager lite to do its stuff and rebooted. No success - .
I'm using Android version 4.1.2/ Build number JZO54K.I8190DXALL3 .
Are you positive about the /storage/ change to the script as I remember when using directory bind it was /mnt/extSdCard/ and /sdcard/.
There is a /mnt/sdcard/ too which contains the same files as other location so possibly script can run unchanged. Getting a bit frustrated now as I have an old HTC Desire with over 300 apps (70+ games) with internal memory of 137Mb out of 148Mb and 10Gb free on sdcard out of 32gb
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Ok working now. Your script changes were correct. Device memory total space 29.71GB with 27.12GB free. Sd card total space 4.64gb with 800Mb free.
Now to get my full 4.64Gb back which folder contents do I delete? I think deleting the contents of extsdcard in my files. Thanks you've changed my phone from a very limited phone to something much better.

It is a bit strange way to solve free space problems.
I have 8GB version with 4.5GB free the box. When I installed all games and apps that I needed there was something about 800MB free.
My solution is simple:
1. install Directory Bind
2. Make link: mount="/sdcard/Android/", source="/storage/extSdCard/Android/" with "Transfer Files" option
3. Wait till the end of process (can take alot of time depends from your data)
4. Enjoy!
After this simple manipulations I got 3.6GB free in internal memory, installed 2 additional games (including Need for Speed Most Wanted with huge data) and it shows 3.4GB now.
You can make as much links as you want, of course. But moving "/sdcard/Android/" to external SD is enough

I tried directory bind and it just copied the contents of my internal sdcard to my external sdcard. It didn't move the contents as it was supposed to. I ended up with a copy of the files on both sdcards. If I tried to delete from my internal sdcard it also deleted the contents of my external sdcard. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what I had done wrong as I'd followed the instructions as far as I could tell. Now my phone is seeing a massive internal sd card and a 4Gb external sd card. I still can't get spiderman total mayhem to work though it throws up an error while downloading the game data

you should not bind root folders via directory bind. And it makes symlinks so it will looks like content does not deleted from internal SD but it shown from external SD already.

flashable zip
Hi!
Do you think that is possible to install the mod via a flashable zip?
Many thanks!

Yes it is possible. Take a look of the post for the galaxy s3, it is explained. But you must edit the script to make it working.

plvigo said:
Hi!
Do you think that is possible to install the mod via a flashable zip?
Many thanks!
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Not possible, we do not have a unlocked kernel, therefore we cannot load unsigned zips.

dolar4ik said:
you should not bind root folders via directory bind. And it makes symlinks so it will looks like content does not deleted from internal SD but it shown from external SD already.
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Sorry I don't understand what you've written. What do you mean do not use to bind root folders? What's a symlink?Are you saying the folders I'm seeing on sdcard0 are dummy folders and the contents have been moved to extsdcard? I've swapped my sdcards over using the script now so no longer using directory bind.

Jalubyc said:
You MUST install BusyBox too!! https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ricson.busybox
6. Download the mod from here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...tsd2internalsd
( save as ) And put it into the /data directory of your phone
7. You must edit this script for it to work on Mini. Change /mnt/sdcard to /storage/sdcard0 and /mnt/extSdCard to /storage/extSdCard
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i have two questions:
1: What do i have to do with this data:
#!/system/bin/sh
#extsd2internalsd is a modification that allows to switch internal sd to external sd and viceversa. With this you can use default internal sd only for app storage #and the external sd to store all apps resource and all others stuff. The resut is a very big increase of installable apps on gs3
#All credits to Mattiadj of xda forum for the idea and script and to mike1986 for the cmw zip.
#xda thread url at
#Script Modified for U.S. Galaxy S3s by Zedomax at GalaxyS3Root.com to be compatible when sdcard is not inserted.
busybox mount -o remount,rw /
busybox mount -t vfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/179:97 /mnt/sdcard
busybox mount -t exfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/179:97 /mnt/sdcard
if busybox mount | busybox grep vold/179:97; then
busybox mount -o bind /data/media /mnt/extSdCard
fi
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And 2: how do i edit what is on step 7?

jazzzy786 said:
Sorry I don't understand what you've written. What do you mean do not use to bind root folders? What's a symlink?Are you saying the folders I'm seeing on sdcard0 are dummy folders and the contents have been moved to extsdcard? I've swapped my sdcards over using the script now so no longer using directory bind.
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Symlink
symlink in human words is just a folder redirect.
For example, you have symlink that links folder "/storage/mydata/" to folder "/sdcard/mynewdata/"
When some application, system or user will try to get data from folder "/storage/mydata/", the data data from "/sdcard/mynewdata/" will be shown but folder path will be not changed.
You should not link root folders such as "/sdcard/", "/" ... coz it may prevent problems.

Android Version 4.2.1 CM 10.1 Move All Data To SD-Ext Discussion:

How To Move All Data To SD-Ext For Android Version 4.2.1 CM 10.1..?
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How To Move All Data To SD-Ext For Android Version 4.2.1 CM 10.1..?
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U can use Link2SD Extreme..(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2123862)

Data to Sd-ext
Hi Scorpion85!!!
Greetings of the day from Sagar,
i would like to tell you that i have done all the modifications given below and my SGYD GT-S6102 with only 4 GB Samsung Class 4 SD Card is now running much better than ever, but before you follow my guidance, somethings must be cleared as below:-
Warning:-
Don’t claim if your device may be failed forever and you have to purchase new one cause it can be and if it does, none other than you will be responsible for it!!!
Definitely, your device will most probably become out of warrany!!!
I am and will not responsible for you and all the things happen in your life and you are agree with all of my terms and conditions!!!!
However, I am with some others, definitely responsible for all benefits you are going to get from my talk, blogs, write ups, articles, updates, suggestions, work and support!!!!
It is must to backup your whole android system using titanium back up and also CWM to apply the option of backup for NANDroid backup.
It is highly recommend that you first carefully read, understand and then follow all the instructions with patience.
You must gain patience while any operation is being performed.
Now, i would like to know that what actually do you mean by Data?? i meant that what kind of data you want to move to your sd ext?
if you meant to move application data to sd-ext, you will need to root your phone first of all and before root your phone and do any other system modification ever, it is highly recommend that first you take backup of your phone and SD Card using CWM/TWRP, Kies, super backup etc...and copy them to your pc.
Even after root your phone, you should take back up again through CWM/TWRP and Titanium Backup and copy them to your pc.
How to root your Phone?
First of all, in your android mobile, go to developer option and select the check box of usb debugging and also do checkmark in an option of installation from the unknown sources.
Download appropriate update.zip and unroot.zip in your SD Card to the root level instead of saving those in any folder. Files must from the same source and match your device.
Download embedded CWM in your SD Card to the root level from there or find appropriate. If your phone support, you can also download twrp from the mfg website. Go to twrp official site and check if your device supported.
Download appropriate stock rom.
For CWM Users: Go to boot recovery and select CWM.
Go to backup and recovery section.
Apply Backup option to backup boot image of your system data.
Back and reboot your device.
If you have downloaded twrp, then get the backup with twrp as same as mentioned above for CWM.
From the file manager, transfer the clockworkmod folder to your PC.
Again go to boot recovery and select “apply update from SD Card”.
Select CWM and select “install zip from SD” therein.
Go with “choose zip from SD Card”.
Select Udate.zip and wait with patience for successfully completion. (If you have selected right files for your device!!! Or ready for the annoying things going to be happen with you!!!).
After successfully completion, apply the option for reboot your device by going back.
When your device gets stability, you will see superuser icon as a modified and one eye banned android icon!!!
Download root checker to ensure that your device is rooted properly.
If root checker result says sorry to you for improper root installation, download appropriate and latest superuser and busybox.
Update both superuser and busybox if necessary / required.
Now run again the root checker and see if it says congrats for proper root installation or try until you get proper root installation.
Now, reboot and boot your device again. (You may have to do this several times until you are ready with eye candy configuration of your device with proper stability!!!).
Select CWM from “apply update from SD Card” and then select “install zip from SD” therein from CWM menu.
Go through the option “Choose zip from SD Card” and select latest custom Kernel you have downloaded and saved to the root of your phone.
Wait for the successfully installation and then reboot your device.
you can check again if your device still in proper and healthy root condition by root checker.
Next step is to install link2sd and root explorer pro/advance from play store.
To use link2sd and to move your application data to sd-ext, you have to make your phone to think that your sd-ext is actually internal memory of your phone, and to make this, you have to make partition of your sd-ext.
To make the partition of sd-ext, you have to download minitool or any other software in your pc that can do so.
Partitioning the SD-Card may wipe all your data and it can be formatted automatically through process.
However, minitool tries best to keep your SD-Card data as much as possible.
i will guide you to make not only the partition for which your phone may think that it is internal memory and saves all data in it, but also to make Swap partition that will increase the RAM of your phone.
How to use minitool?
Insert full charged battery to your Laptop or Start UPS with minimum of 1 an hour backup for your desktop.
Close internet access and do not run any other application that may interrupt this process.
If this Process will be interrupted during the execution of operation, your SD Card may be damaged permanently.
Insert your SD card and open minitool.
Under file system, find Disk 2 and right click on the partition to apply the option delete and do the same for each partition if your SD-Card have already more than one.
Now, you will have only one partition under disk 2 having unallocated total size.
Right click on it to apply the option Create.
Create As: Primary
File System: FAT32
Do not change any size, but just click on ok.
You will have FAT32 file system under Disk 2 as Primary type having total capacity of your SD Card.
Now, right click on FAT32 to apply the option move/resize.
Set the “Unallocated space after” for your new Swap Partition that is to increase the RAM i.e., Unallocated space after is an option that will show the size of your new Partition and Partition size shows the size that you will have remain to use as SD Card!!!
You can set the size by your choice/comfort.
e.g.Partition Size: 3275 = 3.20 GB to use as SD Card
e.g.Unallocated Space after: = 512 MB to use as Swap
Hit on OK.
Now, right click on unallocated file system to apply the option Create.
Click on Yes from the Warning Prompt saying that new partition cannot be used by windows and blah blah….
Create As: Primary
File System: Linux Swap
Do not change any other option, i.e., do not change size options.
Just tap on OK.
Now, to create Ext2 partition (that will be used to trick the phone as internal memory and to store apps in that manner), right click on FAT32 file System under disk 2 category and apply the option move/resize.
Set size of your comfort.
e.g.Set “unallocated space after” around 1064 MB = 1.04 GB for Ext2 file system, so that you will have remain around 2211 MB = 2.16 GB to use as SD Card.
Click on OK.
Now, right click on unallocated file system to apply the option Create.
Click on Yes from the Warning Prompt saying that new partition cannot be used by windows and blah blah….
Create As: Primary
File System: Ext2
Do not change any other option, i.e., do not change size options.
Just tap on OK.
Now, from the upper left side, click on the big icon of “Apply” and start the Process by clicking on OK type confirmation. Wait for Successfully Completion and you have all done!!!
Ok, after successfully completion of Partitioning SD Card, safely remove it from your pc and insert it back to your android phone.
How to use link2sd?
Open link2sd first time and select ext2 (or whatever external fat/ntfs primary partition you have created earlier to use link2sd tool).
Reboot your device when you prompt with message that ext2 script has been successfully mounted and you need to reboot your device to get started!!!
After reboot your device, open swapper and select SD card FAT partition with the size around 512 MB to enter in box and tap on the button “Save”.
Open link2sd again and from the upper right corner action menu, select “storage space” to see system space / storage.
Now go back in link2sd and from that upper right corner menu, select the option “multiple select”.
Tap on first menu among three to select all the apps and then click on last dropdown action menu to select the option “Create link” and then Select all those check boxes like create link, create dalvik cache link and create library link etc… when you prompt by “Create link” menu and proceed to next.
Wait for successfully completion.
Happily check the storage info from link2sd dropdown action menu.
Additional purely risky step to release the memory from internal storage is as below without any tests:-
Go back to link2sd and select that icon looks like filter and from it, select an option “on internal”, so that you will see the apps in your internal memory.
Tap on last action menu, apply the option of multiple select, select all by tapping on first menu among those three, then select last menu to apply an option of “Create link”, wait for successfully completion if possible.
If internal applications fail to link with ext2, download root explorer pro.
Open root explorer pro, tap on R/W instead of R/O.
Go to android/data and select three folders to copy them: apps, dalvik cache and data
Paste them into data/sdext2
Select apps from sdext2 and hold it on to apply an option of link this folder.
Link that folder in data/ and where there must be prompt to overwrite or replace confirmation, click on OK or YES when prompt so.
Do the same for dalvik cache and data folder from sdext2 and link them to data/ to replace/link.
Now if all works great, to become happily surprised, tap on that action menu in link2sd and select “storage info”….See the system space / storage and say happily….WOHOOOO…..Yes….WOW….OMG….
Now just forget about “not enough storage space” notification while downloading some interesting apps…
Do not hesitate ever for asking anything, i will try my best.
If these help you, Please do not forget to hit on Thanks.

You can always make use of the Cronmod Script. It will increase your internal memory to the size of the sd-ext partition. Once you install this script, you can then install all the apps to the internal memory. As for the one that have already been installed, you can use the application settings to move the app to internal.
CronMod Script

Root help !!!!

Hi
I have the Samsung galaxy S Advance (DULP8) and I want to root it. I followed the steps to root but when i copy the root.zip into my external memory card and then go try to flash that via stock recovery(update via external storage ) i don't see it ? in fact there is stuff that dosent belong to me like some song folders and such
I even tried copying the file in internal and external still no luck . I had the device earlier and it was running gingerbread then it got messed up and i sent to Samsung to repair they repaired it and returned with jellybean 4.1.2 installed :highfive:
I don't know what to do i am so frustrated and cofused about where the hell does the folders come from which i have no clue about ?
Also in the storage in settings there is three tabs
1.Device memory
2.Internal Storage
3.Sdcard
When i select update from external storage in recovery it dosent even go to my external sd ?

From recovery choose "install zip from external sdcard" don't use update.
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There is option like that
R_a_z_v_a_n said:
From recovery choose "install zip from external sdcard" don't use update.
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There is no Option like that I am using stock recovery.

bhvingrover said:
There is no Option like that I am using stock recovery.
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Is there install? Or apply update from external storage?
Ok, I did not use stock recovery for a long time - I do not remember what is exacly. If you do not see anything from "update from external storage" you will need to REPARTITION your SD card. This is not formating, this is erasing partition and creating it again. Guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning
You will lose data from it, so I suggest you to backup it to a computer.

Sometimes you pasted your zip on a folder that is down below than those that stock recovery displays
So what you have to do is: go to your file explorer (personally I use ES file explorer) and enable display of hidden files, then some folders with . will appear so try pasting the zip on one of those folders
If stock recovery doesn't show anything when apply updates is pressed, then you'll have to do what shut_down said

Stock Recovery does show things in External storage
Shiningb said:
Sometimes you pasted your zip on a folder that is down below than those that stock recovery displays
So what you have to do is: go to your file explorer (personally I use ES file explorer) and enable display of hidden files, then some folders with . will appear so try pasting the zip on one of those folders
If stock recovery doesn't show anything when apply updates is pressed, then you'll have to do what shut_down said
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It does show stuff but its not stuff which is in my memory card (4gb).

bhvingrover said:
It does show stuff but its not stuff which is in my memory card (4gb).
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You need to put root.zip on EXTERNAL SD. It is not shown in INTERNAL.

This might work but first you need to backup all your data: from ext-sd and from usb storage.
Then factory reset you phone. After that format your ext-sd with sistem file "FAT32" . When done with that put only the "root.zip" on the sd.
After all above is done try to install the root file with stock recovery.
P.S If this doesn't work you might be stuck on the stock JB for a long time.
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Are you tried internal storage?

Wrong calculated space

Hi there,
i guess something is wrong with my internal storage.
So i did unlock my boot loader, installed SU and reinstalled the image due to the boot loader unlocking.
several issues i encountered now, along with not possible to connect to play store on wifi (had to delete hosts file).
The main issue i now have is that my android shows about 500MB free internal space, but im not able to install apps (installed about 30-40 apps and had to move them in several steps onto the sd card), cant save screenshots or export files from dropbox to sd card (maybe it cant be buffered in internal storage). But i can send pictures through whatsapp which get saved on internal, i have no issues.
also when i take pictures with camera, the files get saved to internal\DCIM but i cant view them with gallery as it requires a reboot of app due to missing temp space.
any ideas whats wrong with my phone?
edit: ok, guess i messed up completely. thought this was maybe a permission issue so i tried the "fix permission" option from twrp and now im stuck in bootloop (seems to be a common issue on lollipop).
as i saved my whatsapp data to my sd card via twrp file explorer, i would likely to do a fresh install of my os (stock rom). how do i get a clean install of that? because when the image reinstalled itself, the internal storage seems not to got wiped as there was a twrp folder on it and i had SU (or maybe i have no idea and this is normal), but i wonder where the issues with host, file permission, (also some whats app issues), aswell as a file i could not delete from internal root (which i copied myself onto it) with root explorer or connected via usb with windows explorer, had to go into twrp and delete it with its explorer.

You did do a factory recovery before flashing and wiped the cache/dalvik before and after flashing didn't you?