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[TUT] How to force install apps to SD card without ROOT!!!

Hi Praky,

Thanks a lot! Did everything successfully then I was having 30MB of free internal memory. Then I tried to install G+ and though it was installed on SD, my phone memory reduced to 26 MB. Is their any reason for this? Is it possible to move Maps, Market and G+ to SD? Or is there a way to remove these apps and install from the scratch? Whenever these apps are upgrading themselves they are growing in size successively. Like Maps now in my phone memory is about 11MB of size though the recent Maps app is about only 6MB in the android market. Also I tried to install Market 3.0 and now it's about size of 7 MB in my phone memory. :( I'm seeing no other apps are upgrading like this, eg FB. I wish if they can be removed and installed from the scratch. :cool:

Also it'd be more helpful if someone tells me how to stop the automatic upgrade of Maps. It's totally annoying while I'm in roaming.

I'm having Froyo and unrooted.
 
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Hi Praky,

Thanks a lot! Did everything successfully then I was having 30MB of free internal memory. Then I tried to install G+ and though it was installed on SD, my phone memory reduced to 26 MB. Is their any reason for this? Is it possible to move Maps, Market and G+ to SD? Or is there a way to remove these apps and install from the scratch? Whenever these apps are upgrading themselves they are growing in size successively. Like Maps now in my phone memory is about 11MB of size though the recent Maps app is about only 6MB in the android market. Also I tried to install Market 3.0 and now it's about size of 7 MB in my phone memory. :( I'm seeing no other apps are upgrading like this, eg FB. I wish if they can be removed and installed from the scratch. :cool:

Also it'd be more helpful if someone tells me how to stop the automatic upgrade of Maps. It's totally annoying while I'm in roaming.

I'm having Froyo and unrooted.

Googling before asking would help.
If you have read the entire thread, that would have also helped.
Not trying to be rude here.

To stop automatic updates, go to market and uncheck automatic updates for a particular app. The market app can't be stopped from updating.
 
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I followed the TUT exactly , but i'm getting an error at the second command.


response command "adb devices" the response is "List of devices is attached."
As response on the command "adb shell " it comes back with the error:
Error: adb shell not found

What is going wrong.


Thanks in advance.

I think USB drivers are not installed. Did you get a prompt?
Is kies installed on your system?

If you are still unsuccessful, this might help.
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/

You know what, try this before you try the above link-
I have a gut feeling about this- SAMSUNG USB drivers from samfirmware.com
Post the result.
 
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Googling before asking would help.
If you have read the entire thread, that would have also helped.
Not trying to be rude here.

To stop automatic updates, go to market and uncheck automatic updates for a particular app. The market app can't be stopped from updating.
Even a kid will know to turn off the automatic update if that option is available! There is no turn off auto upgrade option available for Maps though the other apps are having. I ended up asking here after a lot of googling and asking in other forums with no good results.

How do you turn off auto updating? - Google Mobile Help

How ever, Thanks for trying to help! :)
 
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Even a kid will know to turn off the automatic update if that option is available! There is no turn off auto upgrade option available for Maps though the other apps are having. I ended up asking here after a lot of googling and asking in other forums with no good results.

How do you turn off auto updating? - Google Mobile Help

How ever, Thanks for trying to help! :)

Dude, if even a kid will know... how can't you...?
I ahev never allowed maps to update in my phone.
Go to market.
Go to google maps.
There it is first option on the app page itself.. "allow automatic updating"

here is a screenshot
 
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Even a kid will know to turn off the automatic update if that option is available! There is no turn off auto upgrade option available for Maps though the other apps are having. I ended up asking here after a lot of googling and asking in other forums with no good results.

How do you turn off auto updating? - Google Mobile Help

How ever, Thanks for trying to help! :)

ok look, go to android market, find google maps, open the page, see under download theres a check box saying "enable auto-update" deselect that and it wont update,

please dont correct praki when he is obviously right and you are obviously wrong,

can you find it?!



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getting stuck at the begning
cannot find the usb option though i have uninstalled kies and samsung driver also there isnt revision 5 but revisiion 6 available
what do i do
guys help please


The android sdk might have changed. And no need to uninstall kies.
You can download the usb drivers from some post above. and install sdk and give it a try.
 
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Hey guys! I did everything the post says, I even got all the $ signs when I was supposed to but when I restarted my Ace and tried to see if I could move apps from the phone memory I was not able to. I even deleted one of the apps that was on the phone memory and tried reinstalling and it went to the phone memory again so m guessing it did not work. M kinda lost right now cuz I haven't been able to do it even tho I've tried like 5 times now.... Help :'(
 
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