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Forcing Apps to install to the SD Card without root

Still not working for me, reboot laptop or phone??
Where does HTC sync come into it all? I downloaded it but do I then need to do anything else, sorry very bad at all this.....
 
I followed the instructions and all seemed to work, was able to move another couple of apps to SD card. Just tried to download a new app to try out and got an error message that there was not enough memory (before I started had over 21MB). Checked on Disk Usage app and System file have gone from about 76MB to 101MB.
Very strange, as I have been typing this I went to my phone to check something and free memory has gone back up to 19.5MB and System file is now 83MB!!!!
Anyway, there is another thread http://androidforums.com/htc-wildfire-s/544387-wildfire-s-low-memory-excessive-system-data.html regarding systems files which I think would help me but tried it and got permission denied. Wondered if you are able to help with getting round this or where I am going wrong.
 
casper18 said:
Still not working for me, reboot laptop or phone??
Where does HTC sync come into it all? I downloaded it but do I then need to do anything else, sorry very bad at all this.....
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I see a lot of users are having issues, I will create a video tomorrow explaining how to do the process and what is needed, this is fairly simple but I guess it is best to do a "monkey see monkey do approach" I will work on it tomorrow and have it done ASAP. Hope it will help a lot of users.

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Chris
 
Thank you very much for this post! Worked wonderfully after I restarted my pc. I have a few apps that have widgets, however I don't use those widgets. But can I still move them to the sd card? Thanks
 
El Presidente said:
Navigate to the adb folder again, then just type adb shell and see what happens there. The adb devices bit is just to make sure the PC is talking correctly to the phone.
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My questions may sound dumb but I'm really struggling here!!!:o
Please could you explain exactly what you mean by navigating to the adb folder again? and where should I type in 'adb shell', is it on the command prompt screen??
I will be grateful for any help you can offer.:)
 
moopiia said:
My questions may sound dumb but I'm really struggling here!!!:o
Please could you explain exactly what you mean by navigating to the adb folder again? and where should I type in 'adb shell', is it on the command prompt screen??
I will be grateful for any help you can offer.:)
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Just follow the first post and you'll be fine :)

Or, are you having issues? Did it give any error messages?
 
Why am I getting this error?

C:\sdk-tools>adb devices
' adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
 
when i type adb devices i get a reply which says 'adb' is not recognised as an internal or external command operable program or batch file.

what should i do?
 
adil121191 said:
when i type adb devices i get a reply which says 'adb' is not recognised as an internal or external command operable program or batch file.

what should i do?
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Make sure you run the adb.exe(double click on it) file before using DOS for "adb devices" command.

Also make sure you running the DOS from lets say C:\Android ( this folder should contain fastboot.exe, adb.exe and AdbWinApi.dll files).

If it still doesn't work, look at the tutorial on how to setup/integrate android-sdk commands into windows system.


Adb Guide

Note: This will vary from OS to OS. This guide is for Windows 7.

1. After you have installed SDK, make a note of where it is installed (I have mine directly on the root of the C\: drive, for simplicity). Then click your start button, and right click 'computer'.

2. Click properties

3. On the left pane, click "advanced system settings"

4. Click "environment variables" on the pop up that comes up

5. Next, look on the second pane in the second pop up that shows up (system variables) and scroll down to path.

6. Highlight it, and click on "edit"

7. Move the cursor to the end of the text, making sure you don't delete anything, and add a semi-colon. Next, without any spaces type the following, modified to your computer.

C:\android\android-windows-sdk\platform-tools

Now, since I have mine set directly on my C\: drive, there is no other folder in there. But, if you have yours set up in your Program Files folder, it would look something like this

C:\program files\android\android-windows-sdk\platform-tools

As I said, you need to modify the PATH you enter to fit your computer.

The next step is to do the same with Java.

So, add the semi-colon, then the path. In my case it's

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0\bin\java.exe

Unless you've changed the directory, it will probably be similar for you. But, make sure of the version you are running.

Once you have set the new paths, click ok, then OK on the enviornment variables window, and apply on the system properties window.

At this point, you no longer have to cd to platform-tools to use adb or java. This also allows you to use 3rd party script tools such as apk manager.
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I followed the instructions and it all seemed to be fine, I am able to move apps to the SD-card but new apps still won't install directly to my SD-card. They all install to my phone's internal memory first.

Did I do something wrong?

Edit; oh some apps move to the external memory. How is this possible?
 
And out of the blue, there's more internal space! I don't know what happened and how it happened, but it all seems to work now!
Thanks for this tutorial!
 
Thanks bundles for the info. I belive its worked but when i now look at my "SD & phone storage" it says for the SD Card
Total Space Unavailable
Available space : Unavailable
amd
Mount Sd Card & Erase SD Card are greyed out.

Does that mean ive lost control of my SD card? I was trying to instal an android app from the card, tried navigating to it via Astro file manager and can get acess or the folder shows its empty.

Is this a result of the first post?
Is the SD card now sacrificed to an extension of internal memory?
In order to install non market apps do i avoid using the SD Card now?

If i decide to revers the process by resoring factory settings , dont i loos all my other apps , settings etc?
 
ERROR Fixed LOL.

if anyone else has this then simply unplug your phone from the computer and the SD card will become accessible again. Silly me. Thanks again
 
hey all

President
i m new to this forum and also on Android system. just purchased my HTC Explorer 3 days back and i tried that tutorial of yours " forcing apps to install in SD card" link is http://androidforums.com/htc-wildfire-s/469775-forcing-apps-install-sd-card-without-root.html

all went ok but i downloaded some apps and installed then checked my phone memory it was before 60MB and after installation it came down to 46 MB checked with apps manager and some apps were installed in phone and some in SD card any help for that i guess your tutorial was for HTC WILDFIRE but i tried it on HTC EXPLORER need help
 
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