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Help Can't find app folder on mounted sd card

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I've installed some game apps on my tabled and then moved them to my sd card via settings/app manager/move to sd card. The available device storage increased and the availe sd card storage decreased plus the apps run fine. So the moving has worked. However when checking the folders on mounted sd card i don't see the app data in any of the folders. Nothing of the apps shows anywhere in any of the folders. Also tried ES file manager. Same thing. I know it's moved but it doesn't show. Any idea anyone?
 
That's because they will have been moved to a hidden secure folder. You could look in ".android_secure", but I doubt you'll be able to see anything in it.

It's an anti-piracy measure, to stop people simply moving the apk from /data/app (where an unrooted user can't see it) to SD and then copying it.

If the app works, does it matter?
 
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