Help downloads won't save to SD card

[evieao]

Phone is a ZTE N800. Phone recognizes the SD card and has some stuff stored on it. I have the storage set to use the SD card, and there's tons of room left.

However, whenever I go to download something from PlayStore, it says that there's no space left on the phone. There isn't on the phone's storage, but there is on the SD card, where it is supposed to be saving to. But it obviously isn't saving there. What am I doing wrong?

 

[JHell]

Phone is a ZTE N800. Phone recognizes the SD card and has some stuff stored on it. I have the storage set to use the SD card, and there's tons of room left.

However, whenever I go to download something from PlayStore, it says that there's no space left on the phone. There isn't on the phone's storage, but there is on the SD card, where it is supposed to be saving to. But it obviously isn't saving there. What am I doing wrong?

apps dont save to the sd card. u can move apps to the sd card after downloading them, but they wont automatically download to external storage

 

[evieao]

thanks for your reply. i have learned something new!

however, even after i download, some of the apps won't let me move them to the SD card (e.g., facebook, etc). is there a special trick here or is it just not do-able?

 

[JHell]

thanks for your reply. i have learned something new!

however, even after i download, some of the apps won't let me move them to the SD card (e.g., facebook, etc). is there a special trick here or is it just not do-able?

the only way i know how to do it without root is to go to settings/apps then swipe over to where it says on sd card then check the box of the app u wanna move then hit move to sd