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I have a dual SIM mt6589 based Android 4.2.1 phone, and I have no idea where the apps are getting installed.

My phone has an Internal SD card(built in), An External SD card and something called Phone Storage(/data ??)

Anyway the apps are supposed to be saved to my External SD but they get saved to Phone Storage.

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Also the option move to External SD card is greyed out(It was available before!!). My vold.fstab file 

dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard0 emmc@fat /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-msdc.0/mmc_host
dev_mount sdcard2 /storage/sdcard1 auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.1 /devices/platform/mtk-msdc.1/mmc_host
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  • @Izzy question rephrased
    – HackToHell
    Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 9:21
  • Did you take a look at the tag wiki I mentioned with my previous comment? It has all the answers you need.
    – Izzy
    Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 9:28
  • Ah @Izzy It answers my question, hmm looks like I can't move half the apps from my Internal Storage -_-. Also What do I do with the question ?
    – HackToHell
    Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 10:02
  • usually apps get installed to Internal SD(with android 4.1.2) but after updating to 4.2.1, I can install to only Phone Storage
    – HackToHell
    Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 10:05
  • As your question might provide a place-holder to already existing details, I composed a short answer you might want to accept/upvote, so other "searchers" can find their way and follow up. The issue from your previous comment you'll need to address to your manufacturer/ROM baker: They have disabled that functionality, Android itself still supports it (you're in good company with that, seems a few manufacturer decided to do the same).
    – Izzy
    Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 12:18

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The answer to your re-phrased question can be found in the tag-wiki. In short:

  • App2SD cannot move the entire app to SDCard, there are always things remaining in phone storage (e.g. data, Dalvik cache, and some more)
  • There are alternative methods moving more stuff, such as e.g. or Data2SD

For details, please see the linked tag-wiki.

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  • Also there seems to be a way to extend the Phone Storage forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2296230
    – HackToHell
    Commented Jul 26, 2013 at 4:24
  • Not really -- it can't take stuff from nothing. That tool simply changes partitioning, taking space away from the internal SDCard and adding it to "phone storage".
    – Izzy
    Commented Jul 26, 2013 at 6:28

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