Can't figure out how to save apps to sdcard

**funkylogik** · 09-16-2012, 09:47 PM

I've had the opposite experience. Was running the PREVIOUS version of android OS on this phone, then upgraded to ICS and lost the use of app2SD And, effectively, the use of my.SDCard.<br />
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on the s3?????

global s3, UK. Ask me anything and ill reply even if its just an intelligent (or crazy) guess

**sfrrr** · 09-17-2012, 12:23 AM

no, sorry. S2.

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**EdTheRabbit** · 09-26-2012, 06:01 AM

Been researching the current android phones, as I'm about to get a new one - probably be the S3, and so far the most promising answer to this issue seems to be Directory Bind - found a tutorial at: though it requires root access (haven't seen anything that claims to work without it yet)

**Madness87** · 09-26-2012, 06:40 AM

You can save updates, extra downloads to your external SD card, but the initial app is forced to be on the internal memory.

It's actually not much of an issue. I have well over 40+ apps that I regularly use, and even some games, and I still have about 9-10+ GB left. I also have a 32gb SD card. I save almost everything possible to the SD card.

I have yet to meet anyone, even those with an HTC One X say that they have more apps than the memory will allow. If anything you could probably download the top 200 apps and still have plenty of space. Most apps are 20 mb or lower...

**XChrisX** · 09-26-2012, 06:57 AM

On my iPhone I have 200 Apps installed, and it only takes up 10gigs of space. Unless Android apps are that much bigger, and you have more than 200, I don't see storing them to the HD as a problem.

**richhudsonsmith** · 10-02-2012, 06:52 AM

I have just run sd tools on my phone and I get a write speed of 7.2 mb/s and a read speed of 17.3 mb/s.

Is this fake or real?

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Originally Posted by richhudsonsmith

I have just run sd tools on my phone and I get a write speed of 7.2 mb/s and a read speed of 17.3 mb/s.

Is this fake or real?

Wrong thread sorry.

**mikegonzalez2k** · 10-07-2012, 03:19 PM

Actually you still can put apps on the SD Card you just have to use scripts to do it. The reason it doesn't work anymore is that the path has changed. However some phones with Android 4.0.4 still are able to move apps to the SD Card because the manufacturer's added layer corrected the path. Samsung has not, so the GS3 doesn't allow for it. However Motorola's Droid RAZR MAXX which is also 4.0.4 does allow for it. Regardless you can bypass this issue if you are familiar with scripts.

If you check the XDA forums there are many links on how to correct this issue...

**mikegonzalez2k** · 10-07-2012, 03:23 PM

The speed you can Read/Write on the SDCard is defined by its class type.
Class 4 = 4 MB/s
Class 10 = 10 MB/s

Class 10 is currently the highest transfer rate.

**terifroemming** · 10-12-2012, 11:53 AM

this is not an ICS issue. It is the phone.. there is a way to move your apps but u need to root your phone then move them that way. NOT AN ICS ISSUE!!!!!!!

**funkylogik** · 10-12-2012, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by terifroemming

this is not an ICS issue. It is the phone.. there is a way to move your apps but u need to root your phone then move them that way. NOT AN ICS ISSUE!!!!!!!

yup. its the new way of using memory, a big unpartitioned chunk of internal memory named Sd Card that can store everything.
my last device was ICS and had app2sd before i rooted it

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**Zeth Hinkle** · 01-21-2013, 12:38 AM

I recently got an S3 and can't seem to figure out how to move any of my media files onto it. From applications like beyond pod for instance

**WAWood8** · 01-21-2013, 10:45 AM

You have to go into the app, open it and see if it has a option to indicate where to store the media files. If it does, then select ExtSDCard. IF it does not have such an option, you're stuck. And BTW, this thread is not about storing media files, it's about moving APPS to the sd card -- very different problem.

**Felicia Manohar** · 03-21-2013, 11:56 AM

can someone advise me do you need to root the phone first before you start installing directory blind.
Or you can install directory blind and then start using the software

**Felicia Manohar** · 03-21-2013, 12:19 PM

Hey can u tell me how to root a s3 mini

**GSDer** · 03-21-2013, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by Felicia Manohar

can someone advise me do you need to root the phone first before you start installing directory blind.
Or you can install directory blind and then start using the software

I think Directory Bind requires root, but frankly I've never tried it without already being rooted. It certainly couldn't hurt to try it without being rooted - the worst that could happen is that it wouldn't work.
Please note that Directory Bind is less than intuitive to use - I'd like to think I'm fairly knowledgeable and it took me quite awhile to actually get it working. Here's a screenshot of a working mapping in case you have problems:

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