Android - install app on SD card

[Anthony12]

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Hello,
I have an android mobile phone and there are many applications installed on it. The problem now is that i have low space on the phone memory. I wanted to install the applications directly to the sd card. It this possible? If you have any idea regarding this then please let me know. Thank you.

[SoftWore]

If are already root, you can go directly to the terminal of your phone.
You will need to download the SDK for Android, to have the program adb.exe (Tools directory). The command "adb shell" will allow you to run the commands below: In order not to lose yourself with lots of directories, first create these two directories (on the DS):

mkdir / sdcard / cache mkdir / sdcard / cache mkdir / sdcard / cache / files mkdir / sdcard / cache / files

The following commands, deleted the cache for each program and create a link to the new cache directory of the SD card:

Browser cache

 cd / data / data / com.android.browser / cache cd / data / data / ...

Google StreetView

cd / data / data / rm-R com.google.android.street cache mkdir / sdcard / cache / streetCache ln-s / sdcard / cache / cache streetCache

Maps

cd / data / data / com.google.android.apps.maps mkdir / sdcard / cache / files / maps busybox cp-a files / sdcard / cache / files / maps rm-R files ln-s / sdcard / cache / files / maps / files files

Market cache

cd / data / data / rm-R com.android.vending cache mkdir / sdcard / cache / marketCache ln-s / sdcard / cache / cache marketCache

Then it is applied by application it must be done. In short, this is a draft that I had when I had the G1, if you have any tips / tricks please post.

[KALINDA]

I wonder if it is possible to perform these tasks via the terminal emulator available on the market?
I've tested a:

# Su
# Ls data

I get a good result and proof that the device is root, so maybe it is not necessary via USB. If you have any more information regarding this then please post back.

[InterNetWorKed]

Sure, but the fact of not having a memory card on this does not preclude the possibility that when there are can have a choice of installation, otherwise the argument of yours there is no laptop with resistive screen multipoint, so the bones should not be shielded capacitive multiploint? and more to prevent piracy, it does not change the data problems, because it's not the location of the facility which poses a problem but the digital signature software, because otherwise our computer.

[Lauren Ambrose]

apps are installed in an area where you have to have root privileges to be reached, which prevents non-technical users can copy the apk, but not the others because everything is paid for most applications: twidroid, tasKiller, beautiful widget on the web for free and normally a SD card is slower than the memory of the device.

[Brunoz]

Yes, install an application on the internal memory allows the latter to be faster than on an SD Card suffers as it does for greedy App. Example in WinMo, each facility an app, you can choose between the internal memory or SD card. If I see that the application oar too when I installed on my SD card, I place in the internal memory.