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"Ghost" apps on Z1
Hi guys,
I was hoping you could help me on this. After updating to 5.0.2, there have appeared 2 "ghost" apps in the Z1 stock launcher app drawer. In Alphabetical order, these 2 are the 1st to be shown, however, in Own Order, they are separated and are shown like the pics attatched below.
I was thinking of a factory wipe+recovery, but any other suggestion would be appreciated
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Michael4407 said:
Hi guys,
I was hoping you could help me on this. After updating to 5.0.2, there have appeared 2 "ghost" apps in the Z1 stock launcher app drawer. In Alphabetical order, these 2 are the 1st to be shown, however, in Own Order, they are separated and are shown like the pics attatched below.
I was thinking of a factory wipe+recovery, but any other suggestion would be appreciated
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It's trying to tell you that there's 2 apps that are moved to SD Card but the card is removed, reinsert the card to be able to open these apps

Just2Cause said:
It's trying to tell you that there's 2 apps that are moved to SD Card but the card is removed, reinsert the card to be able to open these apps
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I did, but the problem still persists. I did move a few apps to the SD once, but then i moved them all back to the internal storage. Perhaps some residual data might still be on the SD, but even SD Maid couldn't find any.
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Problem for my N1 with CM 6

Don't why happen from last week, my N1 can't do update in market, it can download it but can't setup....
When i go to "Applications"-->"Manage Applications"--> all information are show "Computing"
I can't setup and uninstall all the apps.....Anyone help me
also when i plugin the usb cable, still not have notice on the status bar.....
Please HELP.....i'm so sad now
terrywai said:
Don't why happen from last week, my N1 can't do update in market, it can download it but can't setup....
When i go to "Applications"-->"Manage Applications"--> all information are show "Computing"
I can't setup and uninstall all the apps.....Anyone help me
also when i plugin the usb cable, still not have notice on the status bar.....
Please HELP.....i'm so sad now
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Me too. Please somebody help us.
LEF32 said:
Me too. Please somebody help us.
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Seems something crash but don't which part, somebody help us
I recently have experienced the same problem and I spent nearly 3 days to get my phone back to work.
The issue is probably caused by broken app file on SD card.
I'm sure there's one way to replay the issue: get more than 100 apps on SD card, then use Titanium Backup to move all apps from internal storage to SD card, before it finishes (near the end) force close Titanium Backup. On next boot, Android won't be able to load all apps on SD card anymore.
My solution was:
Connect the sd card onto a computer using a card reader. Go to .android_secure folder, then sort by modifying date. Delete few latest apps then put the SD back to your phone but you have to re-install the apps which you deleted.
Good luck!
If you use apps to ext, you can just restore your nandroid...
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Thanks! I did what you said only I deleted all the apps in the android secure folder to be sure. And so far is working well for a couple of days. Thank you again.
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[Q] The mysterious case of the disappearing icon

Dear All
Can anyone suggest why an icon would keep getting deleted from the Galaxy Note Home screen after every reboot?
I have GPS Speedometer from Linxmap installed. It works fine but whenever I copy the shortcut icon to my Home screen, it gets deleted after every re-boot. No other app behaves this way. I have asked the dev but have yet to hear from them.
Could this be a bug in the custom ROM I'm using? Hard to believe as only the one app is affected but you never know.
Galaxy Note GT-N7000 + Ultimate N7000 XXLS7 JellyBean 4.1.2v4
Thanks in advance
Trevor
Is the app moved to the sd by any chance ? Find it under settings, manage applications.
Whenever I move apps to sd I lost the icon too
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yes it has has to the icons moved to sd. The bug in the latest release of ics I guess has carried to jb now. Hopefully it will not be there in official release.
move to app to internal storage.
I can see the app info but not sure what info I should be looking for.
Total 6.39MB
Application 1.11MB
USB Storage app 5.12MB
Data 164KB
SD cad 0.00B
I have not attempted to change the default installation. I tried searching for the apk file but can't find where that is stored.
azzledazzle said:
Is the app moved to the sd by any chance ? Find it under settings, manage applications.
Whenever I move apps to sd I lost the icon too
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sacentre said:
I can see the app info but not sure what info I should be looking for.
Total 6.39MB
Application 1.11MB
USB Storage app 5.12MB
Data 164KB
SD cad 0.00B
I have not attempted to change the default installation. I tried searching for the apk file but can't find where that is stored.
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just below where it shows SD card , there is a Button.. it should say "Move to Device Storage".. does it ?.. if yes then press it,.and try the shortcut again.. else report back.
I've done that and it appears to work. The icon is still there after a re-boot. Many thanks indeed.
I've never messed with those settings as I haven't yet learned exactly what they are for.
If it's not too much to ask to ask, could you give a brief explanation of these two settings and when/why I would use them?
Ok, I can see that in the case of this one app, it was stored on the sdcard (which I thought meant the internal sd card of the phone) and for some reason this caused it to get deleted from Home screen on re-boot.
Having clicked on Move to Device Storage, I see that the app file has turned up in data/app and no longer gets deleted from Home screen on re-boot.
Sorry for asking dumb questions but many thanks for fixing my problem.
Trevor
nokiamodeln91 said:
just below where it shows SD card , there is a Button.. it should say "Move to Device Storage".. does it ?.. if yes then press it,.and try the shortcut again.. else report back.
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Some apps get directly installed to ext SD card. This causes the app to relocate itself after a reboot. Not only the homescreen shortcut but if the app is placed in a folder in the app drawer screen, it will come out and replace itself somewhere else. this has been found as a bug in the latest release of ICS 4.0.4 and seems its still there in the leaked JB version.
If used "Move to SD card" : all will store the data on external SD card. it wont be visible via the phone exolorer until you remove the sd and connect to a PC. You can use it for saving space on internal storage but the app icon will keep relocating itself.
That helps a lot. Thank you for your patience.
Trevor
nokiamodeln91 said:
Some apps get directly installed to ext SD card. This causes the app to relocate itself after a reboot. Not only the homescreen shortcut but if the app is placed in a folder in the app drawer screen, it will come out and replace itself somewhere else. this has been found as a bug in the latest release of ICS 4.0.4 and seems its still there in the leaked JB version.
If used "Move to SD card" : all will store the data on external SD card. it wont be visible via the phone exolorer until you remove the sd and connect to a PC. You can use it for saving space on internal storage but the app icon will keep relocating itself.
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nokiamodeln91 said:
Some apps get directly installed to ext SD card. This causes the app to relocate itself after a reboot. Not only the homescreen shortcut but if the app is placed in a folder in the app drawer screen, it will come out and replace itself somewhere else. this has been found as a bug in the latest release of ICS 4.0.4 and seems its still there in the leaked JB version.
If used "Move to SD card" : all will store the data on external SD card. it wont be visible via the phone exolorer until you remove the sd and connect to a PC. You can use it for saving space on internal storage but the app icon will keep relocating itself.
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Just to clarify: The app itself is not being "relocated" on a reboot, the app stays where it was installed (SD Card), and you can still launch it by finding the icon in the app drawer.
The problem is that the icon shortcut vanishes from the TW launcher.
I have a work-around using Tasker, but I sure wish Samsung would fix this.
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[Q] how do i install games and apps on external sd on 4.2.2?

hi all ,
I upgraded to 4.2.2 on latest firmware 1 day ago and am trying to find a way to install my apps and games on external sd card yet I found no mod except 1 that only works on 4.1.2 so any suggestions please?
help will be much appreciated
ahassouna said:
hi all ,
I upgraded to 4.2.2 on latest firmware 1 day ago and am trying to find a way to install my apps and games on external sd card yet I found no mod except 1 that only works on 4.1.2 so any suggestions please?
help will be much appreciated
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I use Foldermount, it doesn't install them om SD but once installed you can move the LARGE data to SD which comes with alot of the HD games, You have to be rooted though to use it. It's available on the Play Store.
Me too want to know how
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tonycrew said:
I use Foldermount, it doesn't install them om SD but once installed you can move the LARGE data to SD which comes with alot of the HD games, You have to be rooted though to use it. It's available on the Play Store.
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Thanks dude much appreciated
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tonycrew said:
I use Foldermount, it doesn't install them om SD but once installed you can move the LARGE data to SD which comes with alot of the HD games, You have to be rooted though to use it. It's available on the Play Store.
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But you cant play the game if you moved the data file that way. Kind of pointless?
tonycrew said:
I use Foldermount, it doesn't install them om SD but once installed you can move the LARGE data to SD which comes with alot of the HD games, You have to be rooted though to use it. It's available on the Play Store.
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I tried this application but phone shuts down and opens What should I do?
joejoe23 said:
But you cant play the game if you moved the data file that way. Kind of pointless?
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Yes, you can. That is the whole point of Foldermount. It links the files you moved to their original location, so the game works as normal.
TARSLAN said:
I tried this application but phone shuts down and opens What should I do?
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Apply this fix - [TOOL/UTILITY][LOCKED BOOTLOADER] The definitive root Remount-Reboot fix!
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Yes, you can. That is the whole point of Foldermount. It links the files you moved to their original location, so the game works as normal.
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I tried using it and when i start my game back ,it asked me to download the data back. I'll go watch some videos for that app.
joejoe23 said:
I tried using it and when i start my game back ,it asked me to download the data back. I'll go watch some videos for that app.
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Basically you have to install folder mount open it (of course), grant super user access, click list of pairs on top, click apps analyser (which is spelt - analyzer), here it will show you a list of apps with the biggest size first so click the one you want to link to the sd card, here it will show you maybe the data and obb and you have to click create pair on the right hand side, it will take a minute or so for it to do, it will show you in the notification bar anyway, once done go back once and click apps analyzer again at the top and then click list of pairs here you will see the list of linked apps with a drawing pin on the right hand side when they are in the sd card the pin is grey and if you click the pin it will turn green and it will link it back into the internal memory so you can play/open the app and use when finished using just go back into folder mount and unpin it or if you are going to go back into that particular later on you can just keep it linked, the idea is that when the apps are not in use all of the data stays on the sd card to preserve internal memory, its only really big apps you need to do this with like gta etc... also when the pin is green the app remains in both the sd card and internal storage, so basically the apps are sort of dormant until you want to use them but it saves memory on the internal storage anyway, so basically install folder mount link the game/app to sd and when you want to use it link it so the internal storage, if you get folder mount for free you can only have three pairs but if you purchase it like I did you can link as many apps as you like as long as you have enough memory on your card lol and to support the developer
hope this helps

[Q] Recommended app for moving apps to sd on stock kitkat?

Hi all,
I have just rooted my phone using the amazing Towelroot app as I want to move my games to my sd card as they take up so much room.
I have created a second partition on my 32gb card using the Aparted app but Titanium backup is still not giving me the option of moving to card.
I have also tried installing Link2sd but unfortunately that just causes a bootloop until I take the sd card out.
Anyone know of an app that will let me move all my games to my sd card as I only have 20% of internal memory left?
I have tried various methods from searching but nothing seems to work for me.
Thanks
Reyed this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/help/how-to-obb-to-external-sd-t2714075
gripfly said:
Reyed this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/help/how-to-obb-to-external-sd-t2714075
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Thanks gripfly.
Just ran a fix by NUT and now working perfectly, no more reboots!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...b-definitive-root-remount-reboot-fix-t2317432
i use total commander but any file manager should be able to do it
wonneil said:
Thanks gripfly.
Just ran a fix by NUT and now working perfectly, no more reboots!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...b-definitive-root-remount-reboot-fix-t2317432
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And then go to get FOLDER MOUNT and MOVE THEM!!! I HAVE 24 GIGAS GAMES AND APPS AND 7 GIGAS FREE SPACE LOL!!!!

[Q] Can we move apps to external SD on Lollipop?

I'm sorry this can appear as another lame demonstration of lazyness, but I searched everywhere and I just can't understand what is happening with my cellphone.
So I grab my Moto G 2014 8GB yesterday. It asked for Lollipop upgrade right out of the box, which I followed instantly. So I can say I never experienced KK and it quierks with SDCards before - although I know them.
So I keep this handful numbers of apps installed; not just that, they create their amount of data on their own - Pocket, Evernote and some other examples. I was just happy to see the whole storage options appearing on Android 5 - external app, external data and so. But the bottom line was different; I had this feeling that altough I could move some apps 2 external SD, they were not actually being moved. And with OI File Manager (don't laugh, everyone has its preferred file manager) I could check it was really not moving anything at all:
So, what I am not understanding: Why the system shows that I can move apps and that they were moved if anything is going to the external storage?
I can take more pictures showing that my ANDROID folder is quite empty and that the example app is not listed there.
Just so no one calls me lazy, my crazy non-tech opinion is that the Lollipop update allows the moving but the new runtimes (ART) don't.
Can someone with the Android 5 update check where their moved apps went?
REMARK: Just so you have all the info, mine is the XT1068 hw model.
EDIT: Mine is a 32GB Kingston Class4. Hum... Does it pick wich card it could work with?
Am I really being that noob? No one answered me...
Enviado do meu dispositivo móvel.
Well, Lollipop does allow apps to be moved to your SD Card as usual, I don't see what's the issue here..
Everything has been working fine for me, and your apps appear to be moved as well.
Thanks for your reply. Yes, Motorola Lollipop allows apps to be moved to external memory - but it seems my system it's faking it.
I tried something else: I uninstalled the reference app. Nothing happened to external SD, but the internal memory got the whole amount of space that the system pointed out as internal and external ones. Again, the information is right, but the system is not doing what it's showing in the pictures.
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Yes you can move to sd card
Hey, you can also move move your to external sd card using app called "Link2SD"
If your solution involve root, I'm sorry but it's a no-go for me. I'm tray ng to stay as clean as can - and moto phones seemed my best option for this. But now I can't even download my Evernote data because it's too big and it keeps downloading to internal memory - although it says it's using the external one.
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I am a moto e user..and need my device's elder brother's help
It will be very great full of you guyz if u can confirm if any games are working with their data file placed in sd card ?
i am using moto e(lollipop) and when i place data in sd card it is detected but then the game just shuts down without any message or fc..
That's because data is usually saved on the internal storage. You can move the apps, but not their data.
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That's because data is usually saved on the internal storage. You can move the apps, but not their data.
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My research from the last two days shows exactly this. But it seems that Motorola has made some changes so we could use much more of the external SD card - which is the complaining I have against Moto G 2014.
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Ok i did my research and found that may be those new apps only can be moved which are using the new lollipop api to move the data..as i tested world of tanks(2.5gigs) and it installed fully in sd card..and another one is limbo which too got installed in the sd card..post some more info if u get
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-Adarsh- said:
Ok i did my research and found that may be those new apps only can be moved which are using the new lollipop api to move the data..as i tested world of tanks(2.5gigs) and it installed fully in sd card..and another one is limbo which too got installed in the sd card..post some more info if u get
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could help me with THAT?
IcedG said:
could help me with THAT?
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How can i help u
IcedG said:
could help me with THAT?
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Please check this link:
https://awanstuff.wordpress.com/201...ink2sd-in-any-android-phone-with-screenshots/
It describes the exact way to enable your phone to move all apps to SD. I also ran into the low memory problem and this was my solution.
I have a samsung galaxy S3 on android 5.1.1 by the way. The solution is the 2nd partition on the sd-card that has to be created as primary partition. This is the key. Then Link2SD
sees it and is able to put data on it. There's lots of tools in the play store that promise to handle this and create the partition for you, but none are able to do this correctly. So, you have to resort to a pc and usb-cable and follow the above instructions. Then you can move your apps. Even system apps, but i recommend against that, as i tried this with google play services, but that kept crashing after that, so i reverted the move quickly.
Good luck, it works for me! Can't imagine why it woudn't work for you. :good:

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