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Help Setting memory to save to SDCARD as Primary not the Internal Mem

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Is there away you can set the Esteem to save app files, cache, downloads, etc to the SD card by default, not the internal memory?

Please help if anyone knows how to change this.

Thanks in advance!
 
If you download an app from the market you can force it to move to the SD card if it doesn't let you from menu>manage apps>downloaded>app name>move to sd card. Titanium Backup, both free and pro, will force move the app to the SD card. Under Backup/Restore pick the app you want to move. Hold your finger on the app and a menu comes up. Move the app from it. This isn't allowed with every app. I haven't had a problem with any move yet.
 
Aplus said:
Someone please figure this out!



Every app that I move goes to the internal sd and not my 16gb sd card. It did format my card with a .android_secure folder but they all go to the internal one. I only have about 2gb left and still have 15gb just sitting on my external card. I don't think I can just move everything to my card without some way to tell everything to look there. I've moved what I could but there is still a lot that doesn't give me the option to choose a path.
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i kno some apps can not be move to the sd card
 
geetech84 said:
i kno some apps can not be move to the sd card
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I know, but, I'm not just talking about apps. The apps that can be moved to sd go to the internal sd and not my sd card. I also want to find a way to move the data and cache to the external card like the op asked.
 
fylpee said:
I use app2sd to automatically have apps moved over
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From reading about the app2sd it seems it only moves a portion to the SD card. From the market page,

"This app is not used to backup apps to SD card. It only helps you to move a portion of apps used space to SD card."
 
Did a quick test with the game called Diversion.

On the phone it shows:
Total: 17.40MB
Application: 17.37MB
Data: 32.00KB
Cache: 96.00KB

Went to manage apps and selected "move to SD card", and now

On (internal) SD:
Total: 228KB
Application: 192KB
Data: 36.00KB
Cache: 96.00KB

Went to ES File Explorer to go find it on /sdcard/ but couldnt locate it. I finally found it in /mnt/asec/ along with all my other apps I had moved.
 
app2SD Doesn't work. well the problem with this phone is that the primary SD card listed is the internal, That is Why it always will going to move everything to the internal SD.

I will let you know if I find the solution
 
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