Apps taking up half the space when moved to SD.

[JoeyJoeJo]

Love apps so was pleased to get 2.2 and start moving stuff over to create space but noticed than when an app moves, it typically takes up a lot less space.

As an example, install alchemy today:
Space according to market = 2.08MB
Without running, app manager space reported = 2.35MB
Move to SD
Space reported = 276KB

I haven't done any kind of detailed research so I'm not sure why this is but would make a guess at the install/temp files being disposed of when they move...??
Makes sense to me, all apps still work fine but take up much less space.

Anyone confirm or give the real story?

 

[Podivin]

My guess (emphasis on 'guess') is that not everything got moved to the SD card. If you have a way to look, I suspect you'll find straggler data/files still in internal memory.

 

[JoeyJoeJo]

Yeah, it's weird tho, space does *seem* to get freed up. Will need to investigate further and write down what's what as I go.