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Forcing Apps to install to the SD Card without root

Navigate to the adb folder again, then just type adb shell and see what happens there. The adb devices bit is just to make sure the PC is talking correctly to the phone.
 
I did it- thanks very much for all your help everyone- I done what you said El Presidente and it gave me a long run down of all these adb compnents on the run screen which was weird but it worked,I put adb shell in again and its all done now.

Cant move everything but Some have been moved over to the sd card giving me more space- thats Great :):D
 
I can't get past step three. It says, "'sdk-tools' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." I have no idea why it's not working.... Help! Thanks so much.
 
Hi Aronn8, are you just typing sdk-tools or cd\sdk-tools? From the screen shots, it does look as though the cd\ bit is part of the directory so I can understand the confusion.
 
hello. need help. downloaded all the prerequisites, extracted everything. cmd as admin, but when i typed adb devices, it doesn't show my device. it showed "List of devices attached", but underneath it is a total blank. what did i do wrong? thanx
 
yup, debugging mode enabled. turned off the fastboot from the settings. btw, my phone is s-on, does it make any difference?
 
ok, got it working now. need to uninstall HTC sync and reinstall the ones in the sdcard. saved tons of MB on my internal memory. thanx a lot! :D
 
hello all,
i have 1 problem, i was going so well until it can to step 6.. it says

error: device not found

what do i do?

-
gary
 
can i get step-by-step instructions on how to download the adb or android sdk? cuz i cant figure it out for the life of me :O imma complete noob at this....
 
gazL said:
yes USB debugging is enabled and in charge mode only, and i have re-installed ..
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Have you tried another cable or USB Port too?

Morciv said:
can i get step-by-step instructions on how to download the adb or android sdk? cuz i cant figure it out for the life of me :O imma complete noob at this....
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http://androidforums.com/faqs/443072-adb-guide-updated-12-05-2011-a.html

Are the mini SDK instructions in there ok? That's all you need and it's much easier than the full SDK install. Let me know if not and I'll see what I can knock up.
 
El Presidente said:
Hi Aronn8, are you just typing sdk-tools or cd\sdk-tools? From the screen shots, it does look as though the cd\ bit is part of the directory so I can understand the confusion.
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No, I am typing just sdk-tools. I think I've got it figured out. I had to turn the debugging on, and I had to reinstall HTC sync. I'm still not sure if I got it all the way though. I mean I can install stuff to my SD card now, but in command prompt it just didn't seem right... Everything was fine until I had to type adb shell. I typed adb shell and got $. I proceeded to type pm setInstallLocation 2. That same thing came up underneath where I typed it, and then underneath that I got another $. I typed Exit, then Exit came up underneath that. Then it said Exit: permission denied and then another $.

o-o...
This is what it looks like:

c:\sdk-tools>adb shell
$ pm setInstallLocation 2
pm setInstallLocation 2
$ Exit
Exit
Exit: permission denied
$

Should I just not be worried because it worked? Lol, thanks so much. Sorry I'm not that smart when it comes to this stuff! (:

Edit: It seems to work fine when I have my phone connected to my computer through the USB cord. Otherwise, it doesn't download anything if it's not connected.
 
No need to apologise! That's all it should say, it should have worked.

When you disconnect, what error messages are you getting when you try to download?
 
sorry to be such a nuisance, but this is where i am at '

C:\sdk-tools\sdk-tools>adb devices
* daemon not running starting it now at port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
list of devices attached

and that is all, any help?
 
gazL said:
sorry to be such a nuisance, but this is where i am at '

C:\sdk-tools\sdk-tools>adb devices
* daemon not running starting it now at port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
list of devices attached

and that is all, any help?
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If it is not listing your device u will have to make sure u have all the proper drivers installed so the computer recognizes it. After u install the drivers, make sure u restart your pc
 
billbick said:
Hello,

New to the forum, thanks to all for providing a site to discuss (and tweak) the Wildfire S phone. I performed all steps as described in the thread, and it seems to have worked, but when I go into Manage Applications, and try to move something (like HTC Likes, for example), the move to SD card button is grayed out. What apps have others been able to move to the SD card? Or will apps installed after this tweak be installed the SD card?


Phone Info
HTC Wildfire S (Virgin Mobile)
Android 2.3.4
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Hi, this is a great post as I only want to free up memory, don't want to be bothered with s-off, rooting, etc, etc, but I'm having the same problem: everything seems to have worked fine but i cannot move any application to the SD card. It's a european T-Mobile WFS running Android 2.3.5, HTC Sense 2.1, sw ver. 2.14.118.1, Kernel 2.6.35.10

Here is a screenshot of the command line window, just remove the spaces:

https :// dl-web.dropbox.com/get/public/CropImage.jpg? w=f4b343cb

Cheers,
Alkis
 
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