plutoniandroid
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Is 2.3 expected to allow us to download apps to the sd card instead of internal memory? It is very annoying to have to constantly delete apps to put on new ones.
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Will Android 2.3 Allow Downloading Apps to SD?
- Thread starter plutoniandroid
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You can already do that with 2.2 as long as the developer allows it.
If you want to move more apps to the SD card, you'll need to have the Android SDK installed. How-To Install Android SDK On Windows, Mac and Linux
Then on your phone go to settings>applications>development and enable USB Debugging. Plug your phone into the PC using the USB cable.
open a command prompt on your PC (start>run type "cmd" press ENTER)
Change directory to the android-sdk-windows\tools folder
At the prompt type
and you should see your phone listed as a serial number.
type
Done.
Now the default location to install apps is the SD card. And, some apps that you couldn't move to the SD card will now be able to be moved. Keep in mind Widgets and services should always be installed to the phone and not the SD card, so if you follow the steps above and you install a widget afterwards, you will need to go to settings>applications>manage applications and manually move it to the phone. If you want to set the default install location back to the phone, you simply repeat the process but use
If you want to move more apps to the SD card, you'll need to have the Android SDK installed. How-To Install Android SDK On Windows, Mac and Linux
Then on your phone go to settings>applications>development and enable USB Debugging. Plug your phone into the PC using the USB cable.
open a command prompt on your PC (start>run type "cmd" press ENTER)
Change directory to the android-sdk-windows\tools folder
At the prompt type
Code:
adb devicestype
Code:
adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2Done.
Now the default location to install apps is the SD card. And, some apps that you couldn't move to the SD card will now be able to be moved. Keep in mind Widgets and services should always be installed to the phone and not the SD card, so if you follow the steps above and you install a widget afterwards, you will need to go to settings>applications>manage applications and manually move it to the phone. If you want to set the default install location back to the phone, you simply repeat the process but use
Code:
adb shell setInstallLocation 0Hi,
followed the instructions, but after I confirmed adb shell setInstallLocation 2, nothing happened - no message confirming anything. Then I tried downloading a really big app (20MB). I had only 15MB free space on my internal memory but SD card had plenty of free space. But, I got "Not enough space to install this app" message. (its Abbyy Business Card Reader Lite)
Any help please?
There would be no confirmation message from a shell command. Only an error message if it didn't work.
15MB free is not much at all. To install a 20MB app you should have I'd guess at least twice that for it to succeed. I believe the app must be downloaded to a temporary location on the phone's internal memory before being moved to the install location (sd card in this case.)
You should also know that the app may be set to install only to the phone's internal memory, even if the default is set to the sd card. Android has specific rules for where it installs apps. If the app has a specified location, that takes priority. If it is not specified in the app, then the default install location is used. Android has 3 identifiers for app storage location:
0 = Internal
1 = Auto
2 = External (sd card)
If 0 is set in the app, then it can only be installed on the internal storage regardless of the default install location. Widgets, services and apps that periodically poll need to be in the internal storage to run correctly.
Similarly the phone itself can have a default install location set so if the app is set to 1 (Auto) then it will direct the app where to be installed. The only thing you must remember is that 1 is not an option for a phones default location. If the app were set to Auto location and the phone was to, it wouldn't know what the default was.
You may find now that by setting the default install location to 2 you can now move more apps to the sd card that you couldn't before. If you go to menu>settings>applications>manage applications you can check which apps are able to be moved, paying close attention NOT to move widgets or polling apps.
yes, and it should improve the overal performance of your phone as well.
Shrey Rana
Lurker
i hav a galaaxy ace android 2.3.4
i hav 150 mb of free space in my phone memory.......but still when i download th app it appears not enough space......any suggestions
i hav 150 mb of free space in my phone memory.......but still when i download th app it appears not enough space......any suggestions
richphitzwell
Well-Known Member
Reset your phone. Had that issue once on the droid 1. Once you reset it back move everything to sd.
I just used another market to dwonload apps because I can't find my app after I download with Android Market.
Make sure adb.exe is located in your tools folder. I have heard of adb.exe not being included in the SDK. I also think they have changed the folder structure of the SDK. Look for adb.exe in platform-tools folder.
rdeyoungaia
Lurker
I downloaded and installed the Android SKD, as well as the Android 2.3.3 (API 10); my Nexus One is 2.3.6.
I can run adb, but adb devices doesn't show any phones. I didn set USB debugging to ON.
Any idea why I can't see the phone?
thanks,
...Rich
I can run adb, but adb devices doesn't show any phones. I didn set USB debugging to ON.
Any idea why I can't see the phone?
thanks,
...Rich
You may need to install the drivers for the phone.
Hi All,
In the new android kit version the adb path have been moved from tools to platform-tools as below
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools
go to the above mentioned path and run the command..
it works!!!
karandpr
Android Expert
It doesnt matter where the files are located .
On Windows you need
to run adb .
Just copy those files from C:/..../platform-tools
to C:/users/abc/(or whatever your username is ) or c:\system folder and you can use adb on cmd anytime
(
On side note if you add the path of adb to your system path in your environment variables in advanced settings ,it also works
On Windows you need
to run adb .
Just copy those files from C:/..../platform-tools
to C:/users/abc/(or whatever your username is ) or c:\system folder and you can use adb on cmd anytime
(On side note if you add the path of adb to your system path in your environment variables in advanced settings ,it also works