Can I install and run storage heavy games directly from SD card?

[namana]

I'm currently researching Android phones that are below $250. So, I found the Samsung Galaxy S Duos which is affordable and matches the specs of some other low range phones. It has around 4GB internal memory and about 1.7GB is user available.

The interesting part of it is, I want to run some storage hungry apps (Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour - 1.9GB; N.O.V.A 3; Asphalt 7: Heat). As some of these apps require more than the available space on the Galaxy S Duos.

Now,

1) Can we install the apps directly on the SD card and run from there?

2) Or understood it all wrong? If I am, then somebody can please explain with utmost ease?

-Bhavesh

 

[funkylogik]

Im not sure about the Duos mate. On a lot of modern phones now, you cant run any apps from external memory without a bit of hacking. Id ask in a Galaxy S Duos forum before buying :thumbup:

 

[DragonSlayer95]

If the duos is on android 4.0 or above unfortunately no.

Reason being, since the ics update, Google has restricted us from being able to move apps over to the sd card (external)

We can't move the obb/data files over to the external sd card either as they are only readable from the internal sd card. If you move them over to the external, those games won't see them and will prompt you to download the obb files again.

This is why I'd never buy a device with less than 16gb of storage, heavy gamer here

 

[funkylogik]

Lol and even if you buy a 16gb s4, only half of that is usable

 

[DragonSlayer95]

Lol and even if you buy a 16gb s4, only half of that is usable

Shame lol huge upgrade over the s3 eh? :rofl:

 

[funkylogik]

Lol

 

[bubkusjones]

Seems like rooting your phone, using Link2SD and a big SD card (partitioned) is the best solution for that. It's what I did with my Huawei that also has a 4 gig combined internal drive.

 

[DragonSlayer95]

*sometimes* not all the time though, depends on the device if they actually get moved to the sd or not.