Hello!
First, I want to thank you all for your time, knowledge and help. Your forums, moderators, contributors and members have kept me loyal to Android for going on 4 phones now... I'm grateful that you all know so much because I, most certainly, do not!
Coming from an LG Optimus F3 (which I loved more than anyone should probably ever love their phone- I miss it terribly
), I've rooted my Tribute (running Kitkat 4.4.2) using the same method. I have SU, installed Link2SD, partitioned my SD card and damned if, after all of that, I still am not able to store my apps on my SD card. Due to the storage modification Android devs made to the Kitkat OS (which I didn't learn about until after I rooted, partitioned, etc.), the card isn't recognized. The phone knows it's there, but it's basically just for S & G, if you know what I'm saying.
I've attempted to use NetApp SD Fix, among many others claiming to overwrite the system permissions so that apps can write to the external card, but nothing has worked. Even though every single one of them says they have successfully reconfigured the permissions file, my SD is empty and my phone is fast approaching it's maximum storage capacity.
I can't move the apps from the file manager either, as someone suggested because when I access it, none of my apps show up in there. What is already in the FM (music, photos, etc.) won't allow me to move it to the external card- there is simply no option for doing so.
Now, finally, my question: can anybody tell me (in very dumbed down layperson speak) how I can utilize my SD card through Link2SD -OR- do I need to do something different to be able to use it?
If not, is there a way to demote my OS to Jellybean, which is what my much-loved F3 was running? If that's possible, what features would I lose from this OS?
Please be gentle... I'm not as swift at this as all of you are and I don't know most of the language associated with it. I'm a visual learner and have rooted my last three phones with your help, so I'm not a lost cause. Just put it in simple terms and I'll get it.
Any information that anyone can provide would be very much appreciated by both my Tribute and me. My phone is tired of being threatened with meeting the heel of shoe every day!
First, I want to thank you all for your time, knowledge and help. Your forums, moderators, contributors and members have kept me loyal to Android for going on 4 phones now... I'm grateful that you all know so much because I, most certainly, do not!
Coming from an LG Optimus F3 (which I loved more than anyone should probably ever love their phone- I miss it terribly
), I've rooted my Tribute (running Kitkat 4.4.2) using the same method. I have SU, installed Link2SD, partitioned my SD card and damned if, after all of that, I still am not able to store my apps on my SD card. Due to the storage modification Android devs made to the Kitkat OS (which I didn't learn about until after I rooted, partitioned, etc.), the card isn't recognized. The phone knows it's there, but it's basically just for S & G, if you know what I'm saying.I've attempted to use NetApp SD Fix, among many others claiming to overwrite the system permissions so that apps can write to the external card, but nothing has worked. Even though every single one of them says they have successfully reconfigured the permissions file, my SD is empty and my phone is fast approaching it's maximum storage capacity.
I can't move the apps from the file manager either, as someone suggested because when I access it, none of my apps show up in there. What is already in the FM (music, photos, etc.) won't allow me to move it to the external card- there is simply no option for doing so.
Now, finally, my question: can anybody tell me (in very dumbed down layperson speak) how I can utilize my SD card through Link2SD -OR- do I need to do something different to be able to use it?
If not, is there a way to demote my OS to Jellybean, which is what my much-loved F3 was running? If that's possible, what features would I lose from this OS?
Please be gentle... I'm not as swift at this as all of you are and I don't know most of the language associated with it. I'm a visual learner and have rooted my last three phones with your help, so I'm not a lost cause. Just put it in simple terms and I'll get it.
Any information that anyone can provide would be very much appreciated by both my Tribute and me. My phone is tired of being threatened with meeting the heel of shoe every day!
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