Android 4.1.2, apps to external SD-card

[smaulee]

Ehm, hi there! I have Android 4.1.2 and im having the same problem as almost everyone. I cannot install applications for my external sd-card by default (or at all!). All those stupid google music etc. apps takes all my free space (which is limited to 1gb), and after updates i cant really do nothing with my phone because my phone says "Memory too low". Only thing I can do is to remove all those updates so I could just look my photogallery. And then tommorow the same ******* thing all over again. Im frustrated.

Then I heard there is this SDK manager. But im having problem with that too, because my phone needs to be at "Only charge -mode" to work with this SDK manager. When I put my microusb to my phone, I can only choose between "MPS" (Media device) and "PTS" (camera). I understood that it _has to be_ in "Only charge -mode", otherwise the manager wont regonize my phone. And yes, I have switched "USB Debuggin" on, also.

So what now? How this can be so hard?

Oh, and I dont want to root my phone because if I do so, warranty will expire or something like that. Also im worried that i will **** things up with that.

 

[Hadron]

Hi smaulee, and welcome to AF

You could turn off automatic updates - that will stop the Play Store filling your space with updates to system apps (you can still update anything you want to update manually). Disabling pre-installed apps which you don't use will also prevent updates.

I don't know what this SDK Manager you mention is, I'm afraid. The only SDK Manager I know of is for app development on a computer, which isn't obviously going to help you.

Rooting is the only way you'll be able to move apps to SD in this case.

The removal of apps to SD works if manufacturers put a decent amount of storage in the devices - unfortunately that's where the plan falls down in many cases. Yours sounds very extreme though - is this an older device which has been updated to 4.1.2?