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What are the drawbacks of moving an app to SD card?
Since I upgraded to Android 2.2, I noted some minor disadvantages of moving an app to SD card, like having to wait the SD card to be mounted after a reboot to be able launch the app.
What other ...
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How can I get my Android Phone to use its SD card by default?
I've installed an Android ROM on my HTC HD2, and it's working smoothly and responsively. I've gotten calling, SMS, MMS and internet to work flawlessly. I do however have one small problem. With only ...
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How to install APK files on SDCARD?
I have samsung galaxy 3 (I5801). I have downloaded many APK files from internet. I have no problem in installing APK files. By default when APK file is selected it installs itself to phone memory. I ...
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How do I secure/encrypt SD card data transparent to apps?
Are there any off-the-shelf options for securing the contents of an SD card so that files written by apps writing to SD are encrypted? If so, what is the best option?
I'm looking for something for ...
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Why do apps get smaller when they are moved to the SD card?
For example, the Barcode Scanner app takes up:
Total: 0.96MB
Application: 0.92MB
Data: 40KB
on the phone. When I move it to the SD Card, it changes to:
Total: 524KB
Application: 484KB
Data: 40KB
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How can I can open local files in the default Android browser?
I want to open local files that are on my sdcard in the Android browser. How can I accomplish this?
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Does ClockworkMod Recovery's “Wipe Data” command also wipe the SD card?
I've been playing with rooting and custom ROMs for a while now. I'm fairly comfortable and knowledgable about it all. However there is one thing I haven't really found the answer for nor have I gotten ...
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Why did /sdcard/ turn into /sdcard/0/ with 4.2?
I've never seen this before so I'm assuming that it happened when I upgraded to 4.2: I'm fairly certain that /sdcard/ used to take me straight to my sdcard, but now when I go to that path (in CWM ...
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List of special Android SD card folders?
I've seen mention of special folders on the SD card such as "ringtones" and "notifications" .
What is the full list of special folders recognized by Android's (Froyo preferred) configuration and its ...
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Force Google Maps to save cached maps on SD card
I am downloading a large number of map areas in Google Map for offline use. It appears that, by default, Google Map writes its cache to my phone's relatively scarce internal memory. Is there a way to ...
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“Update unsuccessful” on all apps running on SD card
I know this problem has been reported before, but man, I am really, really getting tired of it. I have not been able to update any app running from the SD card on my HTC Evo since I got it nearly 6 ...
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Is it possible to use an Android phone in “disk mode”?
If I connect an iPhone to a PC it is not possible to copy files between the PC and the iPhone. I would like to be able to do this because it would be useful.
What happens if I connect an Android ...
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Move to SD Card doesn't move everything
I have noticed that when I move apps to the SD card, it doesn't move everything. Is this a bug or a known behaviour or something weird going on with my phone?
Here's an example:
Start point: Phone ...
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Can I store contacts on my SD card? How?
I have 400mb of internal storage on my HTC, 100 of which is consumed by my (extensive) contacts. I am constantly low on storage--is there any way to store my contacts on my SD card?
I looked in the ...
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Should apps take up any internal storage when installed to SD?
I'm running very low on interal phone memory storage - I'm down to 5 MB of the 180 MB available. I understand that not all apps can be installed into SD card, and those will instead use up my internal ...
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Limited internal storage, how to shift stuff to sd card
Total Available Internal storage on my Sony Ericsson is ~412MB. This is really low but many apps apparently need to be installed there and others still need a footprint even after being shifted to SD ...
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What's the difference between “sd card” and “usb storage”?
Under Settings -> Storage, I see entries for both "SD card" and "USB storage". What's the difference? What should I be using each of those for?
In addition, how can I control what data goes where? ...
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How do I stop apps from installing themselves to my SD-card?
It seems that some apps default to saving to SD-card when they're first installed on Froyo rather than defaulting to internal memory, this is annoying because whenever I mount the SD Card as storage ...
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How to find only SD card movable applications on the market?
As I do not have more free space on my HTC Desire, I am interested only in applications which can be moved to the SD card. How to find them on the market (via web interface, or on the device, does not ...
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How can I store Android apps on my SD card?
I just got my 3rd Android phone, the problem is that I must reinstall all my applications every time I get a new phone. Is there any way to store the apps on the SD card so that I can insert the new ...
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Why can apps access the whole SD card?
Is there a technical reason for why apps that only need their own data are not limited to one folder? I do realise that some apps use other apps' data, but I'd be much more likely to install an app ...
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Does Android's Full Filesystem Encryption also Encrypt the SDcard?
In Android's filesystem encryption do they also encrypt the SDcard? If so Is encrypting the SDcard optional or is it encrypted by default when you choose to encrypt your device?
Here's some info ...
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Which files/folders on my SDCard are unsafe to delete manually?
I've had my Droid for nearly a year now, and in the process of installing and uninstalling apps, moving data to and from my SDCard, and all the various things one does with a phone the SDCard has ...
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Android - how to install apk from SD card
Is it possible to install an app to an Android phone from an SD card? To install it without a data connection, the marketplace, or using ADB?
I've tried searching for this but no luck so far.
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Android 2.2: Avoid disappearing of home shortcuts to apps into SD card. Restore app list items
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy i5510. The space in internal memory was just about to finish so I decided to move some apps to the SD card. After I did it a lot of the apps moved (not all of them) ...
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1answer
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SD Card as a Network drive in Wi-Fi Network?
Please help me to emulate my Phone's SD card as a network drive in my Wi-Fi network. I am able to mount it as a Media device which will only help us to play music with Windows Media Player. But I want ...
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How to mount disks from Samsung Galaxy S i9000 to Linux System over USB cable?
I have connected the Samsung Galaxy 9000 to a Linux machine over the USB cable.
How can I access the disks of the galaxy from the linux machine through this cable (and not through wireless or by ...
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What does the 'Failed to move application. Not enough memory' error mean when choosing 'Move to SD card'?
When I choose 'Settings - Applications - Manage applications' , and a 'Move to SD card' I get the 'Failed to move application. Not enough memory' error.
Anyone know why ?
I am running Froyo 2.2 on a ...
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How do I decrypt files on my SD card that I encrypted using the Settings?
I have files that I used to copy from my SD card to my PC using the USB Mass Storage option under the "USB connection" pop-up. I checked the flag under Settings->Location & Security->Data ...
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Fixing “Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card” issue
I recently had a problem that prevented updating any application installed on the SD card. When trying to update the application in the market, the update failed and the following message was given as ...
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Can I save a web page to my SD card with the stock android browser?
Can I save a web page to my SD card with the stock android browser? I'm using an HTC Droid Eris, if that matters.
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Huge “system data” file on SD card
I am running out of space in my SD card on Android ICS and I noticed that a huge file "System data" is taking up to 500MB. Is this normal? How can I reduce its size?
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If I pull the battery out, the sd card file system crashs, all file lost!
Is this normal? Did it happen in your phone?
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Why do I always lose this file?
I run a dual-booted HD2 from SDCard/HaRET with MIUI Android & stock WM6.5.
I keep a copy of this file in \Storage Card\My Documents for listening in CorePlayer and survive possible hard resets.
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SD Card fills up with GPS/*.txt files
My Galaxy ACE SD card fills up with .txt files in the GPS folder when the GPS is on. I often run out of space. This doesn't happen with my other Android phones.
How can I diagnose and fix this?
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Is it possible to reorganize the SD card? Because it is a mess in there
One of the things I hate about Android is the folder organization. Each app creates its own folder, usually in the root of the SD card. When I'm trying to find something, I have to search it through ...
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Is it safe to manually delete the contents of the .Trash-1000 folder on my SDCard?
Can anyone please provide an explanation (or a good resource) of how the folder /mnt/sdcard/.Trash-1000 functions and whether or not it was safe to manually delete its contents? Based on the name and ...
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How to use a logical disk partition as an SD card in Android-x86
Android-x86 4.0.4 (ICS) runs beautifully on my netbook and it can even mount USB sticks as SD cards, but now I would like to use an available hard disk space (logical partition, /dev/sda7) as a ...
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Moto Droid - Screen Going Crazy / SD Card Contents
So about an hour ago I was texting and noticed that when I would try to hit certain letters using the on-screen keyboard that it would think I pressed the keys to the left or right of a certain area. ...
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SD card unmounted when HTC Desire is being charged (even with a “wall charger”)
Whenever I plug in the charger into my HTC Desire (2.2) it unmounts the SD card. I can get around it when it's connected to a PC or other device via USB by selecting Charge Only again in the charge ...
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adb “Permission denied” to run a “./configure” file
I need to run a configure file into my android phone so I think the best way to do this is to use the adb shell command.
I'm running an Android emulator onto a Windows-7 platform, and there I'm ...
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Creating and handling an encrypted folder on sd-card for unrooted devices
I'm looking for a way to create an encrypted folder on the sd-card and provide password protected access to its contents. Ideally, this would provide a UI to encrypt new files by moving files to it ...
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1answer
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How can I save a thread from Go SMS Pro to my SD card?
I have tried several things, but haven't found one that works. How can I save a message thread from Go SMS Pro to my SD card?
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1answer
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Every time I plug in my phone via USB it automatically mounts the SD card (Xperia Arc version)
I have almost this question:
Every time I plug in my phone via USB it automatically mounts the SD card
I have a Motorla Droid running CM6 (essentially Android 2.2). I'm
connecting to Windows 7 ...
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1answer
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Should I let Windows “Fix” my SD card?
Windows is popping up a message that my card may have been improperly ejected and is offering to fix it. Should I let it?
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App searches in wrong directory
I just installed DroidID3Tagger, however it just searches for my music files in /mnt/sdcard, my music however is in /mnt/emmc.
Is there anything I can do instead of moving the files?
I'm using CM9 ...
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Is it possible to modify files on sd from PC without unmounting?
Motivation:
As I currently got started to put some media (music,ebook,etc..) I need to organize (add,modify,move,rename) files often but also see if the android apps are still recognizing my files ...
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Why do some Android apps need access to my SD card and fine location?
I understand why apps like Maps need to know my specific location, but is it safe to allow any application to access these things? Are there any clues as to which apps are safe and which aren't?
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Internal storage, phone storage and SD card
I am new to Android (v4.0.4) and trying to understand it.
By looking at the storage setting, I found the followings are listed:
Internal storage: total space 807MB
Phone storage: total space ...
