Hi there!
I got the newest CM 13 nightly, but the problem is, that even with the new option to make room for apps on SD card, it doesn't work as advertised-the apps still install on internal space instead of the SD card, some even can't be moved to SD.
My question is, how do I move the whole partition where apps install to SD? I don't want half-baked solutions that break some apps because they're a application-layer-level hack. A how-to explaining how to move whole system to SD would also be appreciated, or how to expand the application partition to eat up some more internal space.
Before posting some questions, some regular answers:
-my SD is a very good 32GB pro+ samsung card, it's speed is comparable to internal mmc.
-you can tell me WTF straight and in depth, I'm a dev myself.
Thanks in advance for yar responses
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I had a whole bunch of questions but I answered a few myself.
One thing I'm still wondering about though is how to get apps/games like Caligo Chaser who download additional content to the /sd folder which is the INTERNAL SD to store that data in /sd/external_sd the EXTERNAL SD.
I wanted to do it by symlinking but then I found out both the internal and the external are fat32 formatted.. so that doesnt work.
I searched google and this forum but I couldnt find any good information on this.
This should affect many apps which download/store stuff on the "SD".
Can you set the "default" data storage directory or something? Or would you have to change the mounts so that the external is /sd and the internal gets a new name?
When I move apps to the SD via application settings they are really put on the external_sd.. so that works.. but why can't the additional (usually bigger too) data be moved to the external too?
Please please this bugs me so hard, someone try to answer this one please.
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I believe its a android design. Not everyone has a sd nor should they need to. I guess Google relized that 2gigs is not enough for apps and data so in froyo you can move apps to sd card if it supports it. You can't move data as it could lead to problems when you remove sd card. As far as i know the galaxy s is only phones with more then the stock standard 2gigs of internal ram.
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Also i think a few people have been trying to fix it but gave up as i havnt heard much
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i am using the cyanogen mod and have been installing apps to my sd card thru "managing applications". However, i found out that not all of the data is being transferred and some are still left on the internal phone storage. As u guys alr noe, the milestone has very little phone storage, so my phone storage are still quite full at times.
I've seen threads regarding partitioning the sd card so to install the apps to it. Does this really work? I mean is it better than the one mentioned above?
Can someone help with this? I'm new to partitioning so can anyone help by giving step by step instructions, or simply just justify whether this whole partitioning thing works.
Thx in advance
You may give Titanium Backup a try - it can force-move apps from internal memory to SD and vice versa. Long-tap onto the app-> move to sd (or similar, got a german one )
//EDIT: partitioning the sd card is called "app2sd" - there're scripts for this, but with memhack etc. I have enough memory for the moment, so I don't use it
samsung galaxy SL-GT-I9003, running froyo 2.2.1
Since froyo allows moving apps2sd I have got a sandisk 32gb class 4 micro sd card & wonder if there is any downside to run an app from the sd card?
Should I partition the sd card for my data & apps separately?
If we update to a new ROM or firmware, and the APPs are on the SD Card do we have need to back up APPs ever again?
all my apps are on my sd card, there isnt really a downside, you dont need to make a partition.
The only thing is. if you accidently format your sd card, your apps will go. it saves memory on the phones internal card, allowing for a quicker response.
Just be sure to make a backup with titanium backup.
I do a backup every week, because im a constant flasher, but you can just make a backup and store it on your pc, just to be safe.
Flashing a new rom wont delete your apps unless you do a WIPE version or do it thru Odin. but if you do flash a new rom just make a backup anyway it only takes 5 mins.
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it saves memory on the phones internal card, allowing for a quicker response.
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so you mean to say the apps are on the external card but each application save its cache on internal phone sd card.
There are some apps that although you can move them to SD do not work properly when you do. Among these are many home screen widgets and some live wallpapers.
Oh I didnt know that, good I will keep that in mind.
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There are some apps that although you can move them to SD do not work properly when you do. Among these are many home screen widgets and some live wallpapers.
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Yes i forgot to mention that, but the ones you want on your homescreen like live wallpapers, music player whatever just leave on internal.
And yes i think the cache (or something like that) is saved to the internal, because when i remove my sd card, my apps still show but just wont launch....
Read many other post & checked my external sd card it does not have any of the moved apps, instead apps2sd moves the files to internal sd only.
So wondering whats the real use of apps2sd when you have limited internal sd space in my case only 1.51gb, I thought it is moving the apps to external sd which is 32 gb card I bought for this purpose only.
My phone shows 181mb left only.
So everytime you flash, you most likely have to use titanium to restore all apps. And I have about 40apps movable to the sd card.
I use 'app to sd free' which makes me click move to sd so many times and it takes a lot of time. plus I flash a lot so it really makes me sort of mad...
Now my question is why do we need to move it to sd? Is it simply for more space?.
I have a lot of leftover storage so is it necessary for me to move my apps to sd? Does it do anything else?
Or is there an app that moves everything with one click?
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Moving to sd is just more space for apps, more than the 2gb or so where they are normally installed. That's it.
Idk about any other apps to move in one click, all of mine are still in the normal place.
moving to SD is impemented wrong on the cappy IMO, goes to external SD instead of internal SD, on boot it scans that SD last and will lag the whole system until its finished scanning on most launchers.
and moving to SD is better on devices that dont have 2 GB internal storage
just not worth it for us.
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moving to SD is impemented wrong on the cappy IMO, goes to external SD instead of internal SD, on boot it scans that SD last and will lag the whole system until its finished scanning on most launchers.
and moving to SD is better on devices that dont have 2 GB internal storage
just not worth it for us.
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Not worth for a device like Captivate that has a huge storage space
I have been messing about with my Exhibit 4G, updating it from the stock Gingerbread ROM to Cyanogen Unofficial 11 (KK 4.4). What can I say, it is like a new phone! So a big thanks to all those who write the mods and especially those who write clear and detailed instructions on how to do it!
My remaining frustration is SD storage. Do the apps that swap internal SD and external SD work with this configuration and, if so, which one should I install? Like a lot of people, I have a nearly empty external SD with LOTS of storage and a nearly full internal card and I have run out of apps that I can transfer to the external card.
On second thought
Disregard the previous message as I don't think SD card storage is the issue. I took a harder look into CM 11 and it seems my Phone storage is the one maxed out, not the internal SD. I suspect that pretty much ends the discussion as I don't think there is a way to expand that, correct? I have moved all apps that allow me to move them to the SD so unless there is a way to force the remainder to move, I think I am stuck.
The other option is to nuke CM 11 and replace it with SlimKat and a stripped down version of the Google KK apss. Does anybody know how much phone memory that saves?