Is it possible to use the sd card with fspe? Because when I try to load an iso I can't find it.
And if not what the hell am I supposed to do? Put my psx roms on my internal memory what a joke.
What's the point of a quad phone if it doesn't have enough storage to hold the big bad ass games it should be running.
I am now getting put off games because they require large downloads and that shouldn't be the case.
Is this something I could fix with a custom Rom?
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First off - that's an app-related issues. Many developers seem to think the location of the external SD is universally the same just because their phone(s) have it that way. Many phones use /mnt/<FOLDER> for external SD and not the old cumbersome format (/mnt)/sdcard/external_sd
If you're rooted, it's easy to solve, just use the free APK "Directory Bind".
For it to work, create a folder named 'external_sd' on your internal SDcard, then bind-mount the /mnt/extSdCard on /mnt/sdcard/external_sd.
Thanks for your quick reply.
If I understand what your saying, will that make my external sd show up as a folder on my internal sd?
If so can I then install games and apps on my external sd?
Sorry I'm pretty dense lol
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-josh- said:
Thanks for your quick reply.
If I understand what your saying, will that make my external sd show up as a folder on my internal sd?
If so can I then install games and apps on my external sd?
Sorry I'm pretty dense lol
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Just keep pressing up until you see a list of USB drives and select extSdCard and click on there to find your Roms.
will that make my external sd show up as a folder on my internal sd?
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Yes.
Just keep pressing up until you see a list of USB drives and select extSdCard and click on there to find your Roms.
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I assumed the app wouldn't let him go higher up than /mnt/sdcard. Some do that which is quite stupid.
Maybe if he's running an older version but the last few versions at least can find external and any USB drive.
Well I only bought it yesterday off Google play so I am assuming I got the newest version. And no it doesn't let me go any higher.
I'm gonna check out what version it is.
Edit: version 0.11.29 and when I search for bios or iso it does start at system but only shows the internal sd card not the external one
Edit 2: yeah it's in the mnt folders lol, I was tired at the time
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I just put on some tracks, ~250Mbs. My SD card is a 7GB. I added up the apps and it comes to 33.60Mbs , it is telling me that I have 668Mbs left on the SD card. How do I find what else is on my SD card, so that I can delete it and make more room.
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I just put on some tracks, ~250Mbs. My SD card is a 7GB. I added up the apps and it comes to 33.60Mbs , it is telling me that I have 668Mbs left on the SD card. How do I find what else is on my SD card, so that I can delete it and make more room.
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You can use a file explorer to check through the folders for things you have that are taking up space. Also do you have a partitioned sdcard?
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Evo-3D said:
I just put on some tracks, ~250Mbs. My SD card is a 7GB. I added up the apps and it comes to 33.60Mbs , it is telling me that I have 668Mbs left on the SD card. How do I find what else is on my SD card, so that I can delete it and make more room.
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Check your nandroid backups. They add up real quick. if you use twrp, look in the twrp folder on you're sd card, and check backups. Each one could be over a gb, depending on your ROM, and recovery settings.
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k2buckley said:
Check your nandroid backups. They add up real quick. if you use twrp, look in the twrp folder on you're sd card, and check backups. Each one could be over a gb, depending on your ROM, and recovery settings.
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The great thing is the compression feature in TWRP. I'm surprised the 3vo has not received amon ra style recovery yet
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Download Diskusage from the market
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage
And it will give you much detail of anything and everything that's going on space related on your phone.
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no no... much easier way to do this...
connect your phone to your computer, assuming you have windows, and navigate to your SD car (it will show as disk E or something)...
right click on the window (not on a file but in the directory of your /sd
so anyways, right click>sortby>size
it will organize all of your folders on your sd card according to size largest to smallest. you can then see what is taking up all that space.
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cobraboy85 said:
no no... much easier way to do this...
connect your phone to your computer, assuming you have windows, and navigate to your SD car (it will show as disk E or something)...
right click on the window (not on a file but in the directory of your /sd
so anyways, right click>sortby>size
it will organize all of your folders on your sd card according to size largest to smallest. you can then see what is taking up all that space.
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This is by far the best option. Many thanks.
no problem man
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hi,
im trying to play gameloft games on my phone.
i downloaded and installed six guns and downloaded the additional files which is about 300mb. the problem is the additional files are downloaded to my sd card and i dont have too much space left. i was just wondering how i can move the addidtional files to the internal space (10gb).
alos is there anyway to set the phone to automatically save files like these to the internal space.
thanks
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Root explorer
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ive tried moving the files with a root explorer but when i load the game it just asks to download the files again because it cant find them on my sd card
You can't just move files/dirs like that. You have to set up symlinks too.
If you don't know how to do that, it might be best if you don't mess around anymore.
ravilov said:
You can't just move files/dirs like that. You have to set up symlinks too.
If you don't know how to do that, it might be best if you don't mess around anymore.
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isnt there a way i can get the data to automatically save on to my internal storage space?
which rom you use?
In CM (and CM based) roms you can change the storages so that you will be able to use the internal storage as the app storage. notice that it will change the storage settings for all the other apps (For example, the camera storage location will be in the internal instead of the SD card)
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Moonshield said:
which rom you use?
In CM (and CM based) roms you can change the storages so that you will be able to use the internal storage as the app storage. notice that it will change the storage settings for all the other apps (For example, the camera storage location will be in the internal instead of the SD card)
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yh im using neutrino rom, ive seen that setting but i dont want to move everything to phone storage, ive seen some apps that say they can transfer the data so i might try that
Ok, so I have a Incredible 4g. I also have a 32 GB sd card that I use in it. But when i download music from a third party app such as "Music Download Paradise PRO" it stores it on the internal phone storage. Now i am not exactly a N00b with android, and I know that ANDROZIP is a great app to have on your phone. The app tells me I have 4.5 GB of storage which is the size of the built in phone stoage. On the SD card i have about 9 GB free. Also when I plug my phone into the computer and choose disk drive, i get 2 to choose from the HTC built-in storage and the SD card. Is there anything i can do to fix this?
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Ok, so I have a Incredible 4g. I also have a 32 GB sd card that I use in it. But when i download music from a third party app such as "Music Download Paradise PRO" it stores it on the internal phone storage. Now i am not exactly a N00b with android, and I know that ANDROZIP is a great app to have on your phone. The app tells me I have 4.5 GB of storage which is the size of the built in phone stoage. On the SD card i have about 9 GB free. Also when I plug my phone into the computer and choose disk drive, i get 2 to choose from the HTC built-in storage and the SD card. Is there anything i can do to fix this?
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That's the reason I made my sdcard swap mod, basically will make that 32gb sdcard your internal storage try it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1985658
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jose51197 said:
That's the reason I made my sdcard swap mod, basically will make that 32gb sdcard your internal storage try it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1985658
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But i don't want to root my phone, is there another way around it?
This is an android change... The only way around it is to mod...
MCSlick10 said:
Ok, so I have a Incredible 4g. I also have a 32 GB sd card that I use in it. But when i download music from a third party app such as "Music Download Paradise PRO" it stores it on the internal phone storage. Now i am not exactly a N00b with android, and I know that ANDROZIP is a great app to have on your phone. The app tells me I have 4.5 GB of storage which is the size of the built in phone stoage. On the SD card i have about 9 GB free. Also when I plug my phone into the computer and choose disk drive, i get 2 to choose from the HTC built-in storage and the SD card. Is there anything i can do to fix this?
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If you move the app from internal storage to your SD card, does it still save music to internal storage?
Settings > Applications > (find Music Download Paradise PRO) > Move to SD card
mdmower said:
If you move the app from internal storage to your SD card, does it still save music to internal storage?
Settings > Applications > (find Music Download Paradise PRO) > Move to SD card
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No, HTC has put a block on this. You can go in the internal storage using Androzip, but when you try to move it to sd_ext then it says "Androzip has stopped working".
MCSlick10 said:
No, HTC has put a block on this. You can go in the internal storage using Androzip, but when you try to move it to sd_ext then it says "Androzip has stopped working".
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Have you tried using the option under settings that I describe above rather than Androzip?
mdmower said:
Have you tried using the option under settings that I describe above rather than Androzip?
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Yes, the only two places i can move it are between the phone storage and internal storage, both of which are not the 32 GB sd card.
MCSlick10 said:
Yes, the only two places i can move it are between the phone storage and internal storage, both of which are not the 32 GB sd card.
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Oh, yes, this is the case. I'm not sure why I got stuck thinking this would move apps to MicroSD. It moves them to /sdcard/.android_secure. Unless you can find something that works better than Androzip, I believe the earlier suggestion by jose51197 to use a swap-storage-mod is the only option. Sorry to hear you aren't interested in unlocking your phone.
mdmower said:
Oh, yes, this is the case. I'm not sure why I got stuck thinking this would move apps to MicroSD. It moves them to /sdcard/.android_secure. Unless you can find something that works better than Androzip, I believe the earlier suggestion by jose51197 to use a swap-storage-mod is the only option. Sorry to hear you aren't interested in unlocking your phone.
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I'm sorry, I haven't been on in a while.
I am planning on rooting my phone. Anyone got a simple root kit to do it?
I downloaded Hasoon's but it wont work right, any other way?
MCSlick10 said:
I'm sorry, I haven't been on in a while.
I am planning on rooting my phone. Anyone got a simple root kit to do it?
I downloaded Hasoon's but it wont work right, any other way?
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MdMowers automated script in the development forum. I don't think it could be made any easier.
biodiesel.ufo said:
MdMowers automated script in the development forum. I don't think it could be made any easier.
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yea i got it now
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yea i got it now
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i just need to get to 10 posts, please ignore all these
MCSlick10 said:
i just need to get to 10 posts, please ignore all these
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i dont like that i have to post 10 times to do this
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
oh im finally at 10 posts
I have the LG L70 running KitKat and. So I got 750mb free storage space, and while I can move an app to the SD card after install, incl. the main app of gangstar vegas, but when I run it and it tries to download the 3gb data package, it obviously says not enough space on the device internal storage. Which is true, but I have the SD card inside, how do I get the phone to download the data there? im rooted aswell if that helps is there an app that can make the phone think my external memory is my internal memory? thanks in advance
TheRealAlware said:
I have the LG L70 running KitKat and. So I got 750mb free storage space, and while I can move an app to the SD card after install, incl. the main app of gangstar vegas, but when I run it and it tries to download the 3gb data package, it obviously says not enough space on the device internal storage. Which is true, but I have the SD card inside, how do I get the phone to download the data there? im rooted aswell if that helps is there an app that can make the phone think my external memory is my internal memory? thanks in advance
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Link2sd plus will do that for you. It has an option of placing the application and/or its data on the sd. It's a paid app, but only $2 - well worth it imo.
thanks ill check it out and get back to you
its not working for me are sure it will allow me to download the additional 3gbs to the EXTERNAL sd card? instead of the internal storage wich has only 700mb's? thanks for your suggestion though this is really stomping me
TheRealAlware said:
its not working for me are sure it will allow me to download the additional 3gbs to the EXTERNAL sd card? instead of the internal storage wich has only 700mb's? thanks for your suggestion though this is really stomping me
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OK, I should have been clearer. This is more complex than what I first described. In order to use Link2SD plus optimally, you will need to perform a few steps. You can find the reasoning behind them in the Link2SD FAQ (although a bit outdated). Here are the steps you should perform:
1. Backup your SD. This is a means of precaution only.
2. Reformat your SD drive to add a second ext3/ext4 partition (no need to wipe the data or anything like that). Its size should be about 10% of the total SD size. You can do it with MiniTool Partition Wizard. Make sure that the new partition is primary and not logical.
3. Reinstall Link2SD plus in order for it to recognize the new SD layout. May need to reboot here.
4. From Link2SD plus, choose your game. Tick all Link options, especially the link data option.
This will fool the game to think that its data is located on the internal storage, but it's really on the SD. In this case, the 3GB data should now be downloaded to SD.
Digdis said:
OK, I should have been clearer. This is more complex than what I first described. In order to use Link2SD plus optimally, you will need to perform a few steps. You can find the reasoning behind them in the [Link2SD FAQ[/URL] (although a bit outdated). Here are the steps you should perform:
1. Backup your SD. This is a means of precaution only.
2. Reformat your SD drive to add a second ext3/ext4 partition (no need to wipe the data or anything like that). Its size should be about 10% of the total SD size. You can do it with. Make sure that the new partition is primary and not logical.
3. Reinstall Link2SD plus in order for it to recognize the new SD layout. May need to reboot here.
4. From Link2SD plus, choose your game. Tick all Link options, especially the link data option.
This will fool the game to think that its data is located on the internal storage, but it's really on the SD. In this case, the 3GB data should now be downloaded to SD.
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ok how do i back up my sd that may be a stupid question but im new to android and that software lets me partition my sd card? is this the only method? is there not an app i can download? i know that sounds lazy but wow thats alot of steps but either way i really appreciate your help bud
TheRealAlware said:
ok how do i back up my sd that may be a stupid question but im new to android and that software lets me partition my sd card? is this the only method? is there not an app i can download? i know that sounds lazy but wow thats alot of steps but either way i really appreciate your help bud
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Have you tried xposed framework, here's a couple modules that may help- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2884004
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789267
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TheRealAlware said:
ok how do i back up my sd that may be a stupid question but im new to android and that software lets me partition my sd card? is this the only method? is there not an app i can download? i know that sounds lazy but wow thats alot of steps but either way i really appreciate your help bud
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PiggyFlooper said:
Have you tried xposed framework, here's a couple modules that may help- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2884004
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789267
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@TheRealAlware - why don't you try PiggyFlooper's modules. I didn't know any of them, and it seems that the first one may suit your needs.
If they don't help you, I can give you a step by step guide on how to use Link2SD plus. Do you have an SD reader? If so, some of the steps can be easier.
Digdis said:
@TheRealAlware - why don't you try PiggyFlooper's modules. I didn't know any of them, and it seems that the first one may suit your needs.
If they don't help you, I can give you a step by step guide on how to use Link2SD plus. Do you have an SD reader? If so, some of the steps can be easier.
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no i dont have an sd reader unfortunately but ill try piggys suggestions and get back to you two i didnt think android would be so complicated when i switched from ios i thought i was done with jailbreaks and os tweaking lol
TheRealAlware said:
no i dont have an sd reader unfortunately but ill try piggys suggestions and get back to you two i didnt think android would be so complicated when i switched from ios i thought i was done with jailbreaks and os tweaking lol
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LOL yeah. Although I'm a big android fan, this specific issue (the whole dealing with external SD that is) is a weak spot which android keeps failing to address throughout its releases. I know where it's coming from (basef on linux) but it's still something that should have gotten a proper creative solution by now.
I have L7 II and I used FolderMount on obb of games like FIFA 14 and it worked fine,you should try it
Digdis said:
LOL yeah. Although I'm a big android fan, this specific issue (the whole dealing with external SD that is) is a weak spot which android keeps failing to address throughout its releases. I know where it's coming from (basef on linux) but it's still something that should have gotten a proper creative solution by now.
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im gonna try this out tomorrow ive been busy at work thanks for yalls help ill tell you how it goes and im sorry for my dely
TheRealAlware said:
im gonna try this out tomorrow ive been busy at work thanks for yalls help ill tell you how it goes and im sorry for my dely
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No problem mate. It's best for you to try all the methods posted here by other people before trying Link2SD plus. If they work, it'll save you much hassle. I've tried to think of a guide for you, and it figured to me that the only way for it to work is if you either get an SD card reader or alternatively another device that allows you to mount the SD in a USB MSC (mass storage class) mode, as AFAIK LG stock devices only allow MTP mode, something that won't allow you to format a partition using your PC.
Digdis said:
No problem mate. It's best for you to try all the methods posted here by other people before trying Link2SD plus. If they work, it'll save you much hassle. I've tried to think of a guide for you, and it figured to me that the only way for it to work is if you either get an SD card reader or alternatively another device that allows you to mount the SD in a USB MSC (mass storage class) mode, as AFAIK LG stock devices only allow MTP mode, something that won't allow you to format a partition using your PC.
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i dont think that's for me piggies module i mean it's not saying anything about downloading the additional app data onto the sd card its just gonna let me move the obbs to the sd card i've been thinking maybe its best if instead of looking for a way to download the additional data to the sd card perhaps i should just look into how to make my phone think the sd card is the internal and the internal is the external that would solve all my problems and way to do that? and again sorry for my tardiness work has kept me busy lol
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i dont think that's for me piggies module i mean it's not saying anything about downloading the additional app data onto the sd card its just gonna let me move the obbs to the sd card i've been thinking maybe its best if instead of looking for a way to download the additional data to the sd card perhaps i should just look into how to make my phone think the sd card is the internal and the internal is the external that would solve all my problems and way to do that? and again sorry for my tardiness work has kept me busy lol
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What you said is exactly what link2sd plus does. Alas, a part of the sd should be formatted to ext3 for this purpose.
Do you happen to have CWM installed?
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Digdis said:
What you said is exactly what link2sd plus does. Alas, a part of the sd should be formatted to ext3 for this purpose.
Do you happen to have CWM installed?
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im guessing cmw is clockwork mod? no i dont and what is it? i'm really pretty new to android and all it's tweaks and come to think of it yeah we did talk about this it musta slipped my mind the partitioning i mean lol
TheRealAlware said:
im guessing cmw is clockwork mod? no i dont and what is it? i'm really pretty new to android and all it's tweaks and come to think of it yeah we did talk about this it musta slipped my mind the partitioning i mean lol
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Yes, CWM is Clockwork Mod - Android's recovery program. Reason I asked is that it has a built-in ability to partition your SD, something that'll ease things up.
And don't feel bad about not partitioning theSD - this shouldn't be done in the vast majority of the cases, only in when you wanna use apps like Link2SD or others that need to push Android to the limit...
ok ill look into that today and get back at you also is it possible to sideload an app directly on to your external sd? could that work and let me side step alot of trouble thanks
TheRealAlware said:
ok ill look into that today and get back at you also is it possible to sideload an app directly on to your external sd? could that work and let me side step alot of trouble thanks
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I guess it's possible, but I don't know how to do it...
Regarding Link2SD plus guide, you'll need one of the following two:
1. CWM on your device
2. A card reader, or another phone that allows you to mount the SD as MSC (like Disk On Key - in windows it'll show as an additional drive)
Digdis said:
I guess it's possible, but I don't know how to do it...
Regarding Link2SD plus guide, you'll need one of the following two:
1. CWM on your device
2. A card reader, or another phone that allows you to mount the SD as MSC (like Disk On Key - in windows it'll show as an additional drive)
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yeah i dont have a card reader and i dont know anybody that has one neither i wish i would did more research before i made the leap from ios to android i thought android was more accessible open and easier to deal with i assumed that since you had an sd card slot having a ton of internal space wasn't critical like it is on ios because you could buy memory i had no clue how wrong i was and since i got this phone and ive noticed something odd gl to sd seems to be doing what i want but only for on app assassins creed black flags companion app runs fine when i use gl to sd the additional data downloaded on my external sd and when i try to run the app without gl to sd it tries to download the additional files on my internal sd are you familiar with that app and how to get it to work with other apps like gangstar vegas? thanks man for your and everybody eles help
Is it possible to install apps to your sd card?
At this point I'm unable to download larger apps (2gb+) due to the smallish internal memory of the phone. An example App is Icewind Dale, I'm able to get the apk and install it, but it will not download obb data to the sd card at all.
Thank you for any help!
Trasc said:
Is it possible to install apps to your sd card?
At this point I'm unable to download larger apps (2gb+) due to the smallish internal memory of the phone. An example App is Icewind Dale, I'm able to get the apk and install it, but it will not download obb data to the sd card at all.
Thank you for any help!
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If u r on ur stock ROM then go to apps, scroll sideways to find SD Card press the check box and then tap move to SD Card
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Try link2sd. I can change the default install location but mine's rooted. Move as many of your other apps to SD as you can.
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I don't think this is possible without a rooted phone. Oh well!
Trasc said:
I don't think this is possible without a rooted phone. Oh well!
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What I've observed is that some apps can be moved to SD and some can't. Being rooted and having link2sd helps, and link2sd will let you set the default install path to SD (with root). But some things like Chrome can't be moved. I think it has to do with hard-coded paths in some apps and not others. And then there's the Android 5+ nonsense about not using SD to promote the cloud. Might be worth looking into Ubuntu instead of Android. Sadly, Google is a company making decisions they think will maximize profit. Ubuntu doesn't have a vested interest.
2 gigs for one app, no way would I want such a thing unless I had a terabyte of internal memory. That's bloatware.