Move apps to SD?

[fldude99]

So I've noticed that some apps can be moved to the SD from manage apps. Why would anyone want to do that? What are the pros & cons? Seems like the phone has plenty of GBs as it is

 

[snapper.fishes]

The Galaxy S series are some of the first phones to have a large internal memory. Many other phones at that time (e.g. HTC Desire) has limited storage space (about 500 MB I think).

 

[2manyPHONES]

Yeah my inspire only has 4gb internal (of which only 1gb is available) so I move what I can to my sd card. But some apps that have widgets wont work off the sd card, so if you want to use the widget you need it on the phone memory

 

[sremick]

So I've noticed that some apps can be moved to the SD from manage apps. Why would anyone want to do that? What are the pros & cons? Seems like the phone has plenty of GBs as it is

Whether the phone "has plenty of GBs" depends on the user. The feature is there for those for whom the phone does not have enough internal space for the user's personal needs.

Also note that not all internal storage on the Captivate is equal. Apps are installed in a fixed 2GB region of the 16GB of internal memory. It's not difficult to fill that 2GB with apps. I know I'm over halfway there.

Storage - CapFAQ

 

[Respen]

Typing on my phone so Ill make this brief, I dont recommend putting anything on the sd card at the moment. The reason for this, is that on a froyo upgraded captivate, an aplication shortcut on your desktop will dissapear after a restart every single time if it is moved to SD card. This is especially annoying for me with apps like angry birds that wants to move to sd card every update.

Edit.. I just use the sd for music movies and rom data.

 

[BigCat8]

Typing on my phone so Ill make this brief, I dont recommend putting anything on the sd card at the moment. The reason for this, is that on a froyo upgraded captivate, an aplication shortcut on your desktop will dissapear after a restart every single time if it is moved to SD card. This is especially annoying for me with apps like angry birds that wants to move to sd card every update.

Edit.. I just use the sd for music movies and rom data.

Whoa. THANKS! I was wondering why Angry Birds kept disappearing from my home screen.