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Help Why are applications all being installed to phone memory?
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JulyDerek
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I have apptoSD installed, but almost all apps want to go into phone memory. even dictionaries! is it because apptoSD is not good enough or those apps just simply like phone memory better? this phone has only barely under 200mb
It is the Apps problem. The App needs to be programmed so that you have an option to load it on to the SD card.
Prateek Gupta
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Hi,I have apptoSD installed, but almost all apps want to go into phone memory. even dictionaries! is it because apptoSD is not good enough or those apps just simply like phone memory better? this phone has only barely under 200mb
Some apps lack the capability to be able to be run from the sd card. Actually the applications were supposed to be updated and become 'froyo' oriented i.e. be able to be stored on the SD card. But since the updates haven't arrived and the optimus one internal memory was designed taking into consideration the following updates, everyone is facing the memory shortage problem. But the updates are surely destined to come and as more and more phones start running the android 2.2, the apps will eventually be able to be stored to the sd card. Download the app 'app2sd' which will help you to transfer the 'froyo' applications from phone memory to sd. You can do 2 things:
1)Take the backups of the apps which use the phone memory using some app like the 'astro file manager'. After taking the backups, you can delete the apps not imminently required and restore them using 'astro' when required.
2)(easier one!)Download those apps which can be stored to the sd card. Almost every app which gets stored on the phone memory has its alternative which can be stored on the sd card. You can visit the site 'appbrain' and can easily find the apps which are sd supported.