Lollipop Tablet SD card

[JJPJ]

Despite getting into developer options in my tablet and downloading Android Studio on my Desktop, I still am unable to:

4. Go to the folder where you have unzipped Android SDK and navigate to to ‘sdk’ folder
5a. Windows users: Go to ‘platform-tools folder. Hold down SHIFT key and right-click anywhere in the folder. From the pop-up menu, select ‘Open command window here’. This will open up a command prompt screen.
6. Now, in the command prompt window, Windows users type: adb devices
8. Then windows users type: adb shell
9. Next, type: pm setInstallLocation 2 and press enter. (If this command fails, use this: pm set-install-location 2)
10. Done!
11. To verify, type: pm getInstallLocation and press enter. If you see an output ” 2 [external] ” means that the process is successful.
Now, in your device, go to settings->Applications->Manage Applications->On SD card (in some devices it may be USB Storage), and check the apps that you would like to move to your SD card

I cannot find the SDK folder in the unzipped icon, but I DO get the window command to open when I hold shift and right click the icon. After I type adb devices it tells me "adb is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"

I really just want to be able to use my 32GB SD card on my P1000 Polaroid Android 5.1 Lollipop since Android filled most of my 8GB internal storage with factory JUNK.

 

[Davdi]

really all you need is to insert the SD card in the device's sd slot, and go to Settings --> storage&USB and select the SD card as the default write disk.

Just out of curiosity, what were you going to use adb for?

 

[JJPJ]

really all you need is to insert the SD card in the device's sd slot, and go to Settings --> storage&USB and select the SD card as the default write disk.

Just out of curiosity, what were you going to use adb for?

The adb I was told was to get into developer code to CONTROL where data was to be stored on my tablet. See directions 6, 8, and 9 above in original post.

I WANT to put Apps on the SD card, but it is my understanding that I can only save pictures, videos and movies on the SD card. Is that correct?

 

[Hadron]

So you need to find the adb command on your computer. So look through the stuff you got when you unzipped the sdk or try to find a standalone adb for your OS (I don't use Windows so that was my first resort).

 

[Davdi]

Apps on SD card, you really need the tablet to be rooted (i.e. have admin rights), then it's just a matter of installing Apps2SD or similar app and let it move apps to the SD card for you.