apps 2 sd

[Guest psykodellic]

can some one post step by step how to make it work? ive tried everything and i cant get it to work, i go into app manager and theres a grayed out box saying ''move 2 sd card'' but then some apps let me move them to the sd card? whats going on?

[Guest Emperork]

official froyo a2sd, in essence, is a bit rubbish.

from what i've installed, only about 15% of my apps can be moved to the sd card.

please note that not all apps can be moved to SD card. The dev of each app must make this allowable first, and it seems that for some of the apps, it's not even working properly.

Perhaps in another month or 2, most devs will sort out their own apps, but even then, only part of the app gets moved.

Still, it is definitely helping for those like me who used to be limited to about 40 apps but can now fit about 70.

[Guest psykodellic]

official froyo a2sd, in essence, is a bit rubbish.

from what i've installed, only about 15% of my apps can be moved to the sd card.

please note that not all apps can be moved to SD card. The dev of each app must make this allowable first, and it seems that for some of the apps, it's not even working properly.

Perhaps in another month or 2, most devs will sort out their own apps, but even then, only part of the app gets moved.

Still, it is definitely helping for those like me who used to be limited to about 40 apps but can now fit about 70.

cheers pal, its been bafflin ma head for ages!!

[Guest simonp2]

here is a link that shows you how to force the move I read this on another forum props to HZ

http://thegreencodeblog.com/2010/06/12/how...-card-on-froyo/

How to force apps to move to the SD card on Froyo

June 12, 2010 by Lorin Bute

When Google presented Froyo they made it loud and clear that they will introduce the Apps2SD feature. While this is good news, it was up to the developers to update their apps and allow the movement to the SD card.

Many developers updated their apps for Froyo, but left out this option. It’s now possible to force all your apps to move to the SD card even if the developer doesn’t allow it.

The lordvikon user over at xda-developers.com has posted a working solution. It’s quite easy to do it, just follow these steps:

1. Download and install the Android SDK (unzip folder on desktop for easy access).

2. Create a folder named android on the c:\ partition (for easy access).

3. Go back to the SDK folder on the desktop, open it and copy the tools folder to c:\android.

4. Connect your phone to the PC in debug mode (Settings – Applications – Development – Check USB Debugging).

5. After doing that, Windows will install 3 drivers. One might fail so you will have to install it manually. To do so, right-click on My Computer, select Properties and go to Device Manager. You will see the missing driver with the exclamation mark near it. Right click on it, select Update Driver, and browse for the Android SDK folder on the desktop. In that folder select the usb drivers folder and it will install it (all this is done in Windows 7; Vista might be the same).

6. Open the Command Prompt on your PC by typing cmd.exe in the search box in the start menu. If you use an older Windows version just select Run from the Start Menu and type cmd and hit enter. Once you open Command Prompt you will need to change the current path to c:\android\tools. To do so type cd.. and hit enter until you reach c:\. Once there, type cd android and hit enter and then cd tools and hit enter and you have reached the right path.

7. Type adb shell and a $ sign will appear.

8. Type pm setInstallLocation 2 and a message saying pm setInstallLocation 2 will appear along with the $ sign again.

9. Disconnect the phone and reboot it.

That’s it!

Now you need to go to the Settings – Applications – Manage Applications – Select and app and press Move to SD card.

IMPORTANT:

Don’t move apps that require a background service running all the time. Things like twitter, widgets, streaming apps (internet radio) and IM apps (you need the notifications even if you use the SD card for something else) should stay on the internal storage because they will break when you’ll use your sd card as a mass storage on your PC.

All the apps you’re going to install from now on will default to the SD card. In case you know for sure that the app uses a background service we advise moving it to the phone’s internal storage.

[Guest ace3029]

here is a link that shows you how to force the move I read this on another forum props to HZ

http://thegreencodeblog.com/2010/06/12/how...-card-on-froyo/

How to force apps to move to the SD card on Froyo

June 12, 2010 by Lorin Bute

When Google presented Froyo they made it loud and clear that they will introduce the Apps2SD feature. While this is good news, it was up to the developers to update their apps and allow the movement to the SD card.

Many developers updated their apps for Froyo, but left out this option. It’s now possible to force all your apps to move to the SD card even if the developer doesn’t allow it.

The lordvikon user over at xda-developers.com has posted a working solution. It’s quite easy to do it, just follow these steps:

1. Download and install the Android SDK (unzip folder on desktop for easy access).

2. Create a folder named android on the c:\ partition (for easy access).

3. Go back to the SDK folder on the desktop, open it and copy the tools folder to c:\android.

4. Connect your phone to the PC in debug mode (Settings – Applications – Development – Check USB Debugging).

5. After doing that, Windows will install 3 drivers. One might fail so you will have to install it manually. To do so, right-click on My Computer, select Properties and go to Device Manager. You will see the missing driver with the exclamation mark near it. Right click on it, select Update Driver, and browse for the Android SDK folder on the desktop. In that folder select the usb drivers folder and it will install it (all this is done in Windows 7; Vista might be the same).

6. Open the Command Prompt on your PC by typing cmd.exe in the search box in the start menu. If you use an older Windows version just select Run from the Start Menu and type cmd and hit enter. Once you open Command Prompt you will need to change the current path to c:\android\tools. To do so type cd.. and hit enter until you reach c:\. Once there, type cd android and hit enter and then cd tools and hit enter and you have reached the right path.

7. Type adb shell and a $ sign will appear.

8. Type pm setInstallLocation 2 and a message saying pm setInstallLocation 2 will appear along with the $ sign again.

9. Disconnect the phone and reboot it.

That’s it!

Now you need to go to the Settings – Applications – Manage Applications – Select and app and press Move to SD card.

IMPORTANT:

Don’t move apps that require a background service running all the time. Things like twitter, widgets, streaming apps (internet radio) and IM apps (you need the notifications even if you use the SD card for something else) should stay on the internal storage because they will break when you’ll use your sd card as a mass storage on your PC.

All the apps you’re going to install from now on will default to the SD card. In case you know for sure that the app uses a background service we advise moving it to the phone’s internal storage.

Hi, question - does this move all data for the app to sd like app2sd all almost all? Thx

[Guest foxmeister]

Hi, question - does this move all data for the app to sd like app2sd all almost all? Thx

It is like regular A2SD, not A2SD+ which also moves the Dalvik cache.

Regards,

Dave

[Guest LUTRAM]

here is a link that shows you how to force the move I read this on another forum props to HZ

http://thegreencodeblog.com/2010/06/12/how...-card-on-froyo/

How to force apps to move to the SD card on Froyo

June 12, 2010 by Lorin Bute

When Google presented Froyo they made it loud and clear that they will introduce the Apps2SD feature. While this is good news, it was up to the developers to update their apps and allow the movement to the SD card.

Many developers updated their apps for Froyo, but left out this option. It’s now possible to force all your apps to move to the SD card even if the developer doesn’t allow it.

The lordvikon user over at xda-developers.com has posted a working solution. It’s quite easy to do it, just follow these steps:

1. Download and install the Android SDK (unzip folder on desktop for easy access).

2. Create a folder named android on the c:\ partition (for easy access).

3. Go back to the SDK folder on the desktop, open it and copy the tools folder to c:\android.

4. Connect your phone to the PC in debug mode (Settings – Applications – Development – Check USB Debugging).

5. After doing that, Windows will install 3 drivers. One might fail so you will have to install it manually. To do so, right-click on My Computer, select Properties and go to Device Manager. You will see the missing driver with the exclamation mark near it. Right click on it, select Update Driver, and browse for the Android SDK folder on the desktop. In that folder select the usb drivers folder and it will install it (all this is done in Windows 7; Vista might be the same).

6. Open the Command Prompt on your PC by typing cmd.exe in the search box in the start menu. If you use an older Windows version just select Run from the Start Menu and type cmd and hit enter. Once you open Command Prompt you will need to change the current path to c:\android\tools. To do so type cd.. and hit enter until you reach c:\. Once there, type cd android and hit enter and then cd tools and hit enter and you have reached the right path.

7. Type adb shell and a $ sign will appear.

8. Type pm setInstallLocation 2 and a message saying pm setInstallLocation 2 will appear along with the $ sign again.

9. Disconnect the phone and reboot it.

That’s it!

Now you need to go to the Settings – Applications – Manage Applications – Select and app and press Move to SD card.

IMPORTANT:

Don’t move apps that require a background service running all the time. Things like twitter, widgets, streaming apps (internet radio) and IM apps (you need the notifications even if you use the SD card for something else) should stay on the internal storage because they will break when you’ll use your sd card as a mass storage on your PC.

All the apps you’re going to install from now on will default to the SD card. In case you know for sure that the app uses a background service we advise moving it to the phone’s internal storage.

Thanks works a treat, cheers for the link :)

[Guest ace3029]

here is a link that shows you how to force the move I read this on another forum props to HZ

http://thegreencodeblog.com/2010/06/12/how...-card-on-froyo/

How to force apps to move to the SD card on Froyo

June 12, 2010 by Lorin Bute

When Google presented Froyo they made it loud and clear that they will introduce the Apps2SD feature. While this is good news, it was up to the developers to update their apps and allow the movement to the SD card.

Many developers updated their apps for Froyo, but left out this option. It’s now possible to force all your apps to move to the SD card even if the developer doesn’t allow it.

The lordvikon user over at xda-developers.com has posted a working solution. It’s quite easy to do it, just follow these steps:

1. Download and install the Android SDK (unzip folder on desktop for easy access).

2. Create a folder named android on the c:\ partition (for easy access).

3. Go back to the SDK folder on the desktop, open it and copy the tools folder to c:\android.

4. Connect your phone to the PC in debug mode (Settings – Applications – Development – Check USB Debugging).

5. After doing that, Windows will install 3 drivers. One might fail so you will have to install it manually. To do so, right-click on My Computer, select Properties and go to Device Manager. You will see the missing driver with the exclamation mark near it. Right click on it, select Update Driver, and browse for the Android SDK folder on the desktop. In that folder select the usb drivers folder and it will install it (all this is done in Windows 7; Vista might be the same).

6. Open the Command Prompt on your PC by typing cmd.exe in the search box in the start menu. If you use an older Windows version just select Run from the Start Menu and type cmd and hit enter. Once you open Command Prompt you will need to change the current path to c:\android\tools. To do so type cd.. and hit enter until you reach c:\. Once there, type cd android and hit enter and then cd tools and hit enter and you have reached the right path.

7. Type adb shell and a $ sign will appear.

8. Type pm setInstallLocation 2 and a message saying pm setInstallLocation 2 will appear along with the $ sign again.

9. Disconnect the phone and reboot it.

That’s it!

Now you need to go to the Settings – Applications – Manage Applications – Select and app and press Move to SD card.

IMPORTANT:

Don’t move apps that require a background service running all the time. Things like twitter, widgets, streaming apps (internet radio) and IM apps (you need the notifications even if you use the SD card for something else) should stay on the internal storage because they will break when you’ll use your sd card as a mass storage on your PC.

All the apps you’re going to install from now on will default to the SD card. In case you know for sure that the app uses a background service we advise moving it to the phone’s internal storage.

Hi theres this attached apk that does the same thing, it brings up a screen when you click on the app that allows you to toggle between auto/ext/or internal. Don't know who wrote it but cheers to him/her. Still nowhere near as good as app2sd!

Argh cannot upload apk..its an apk called setinstalllocation1.0.1.apk

Edited August 3, 2010 by ace3029