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Hi Android Forums,

I am new on here, and posted this question weeks ago on XDA but never heard back. I have the 32GB model of the Samsung 10.1 2014 Note Model #SM-P6000ZKVXAR. I rooted the tablet about a week after I purchased it by flashing one of the ROMs provided by a senior member of the XDA Developers forum, which I have greatly enjoyed. I recently purchased a 64GB Team MicroSDXC card from Newegg because I ran out of room with the internal storage. I was reading on an android blog about changing the default location that apps are installed from the Google Play store from the device's internal storage to the MicroSDXC card. I followed the tutorial (which I can't link to since I am a new member) and the output I got on command prompt said: Error: unknown command 'setInstallLocation' . Below I will provide the command prompt script and output. Thanks in advance for any help with this. I would definitely appreciate being able to directly install to the MicroSDXC card. Here is the script:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\User>C:\Users\User\Downloads\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20131030\adt-bun
dle-windows-x86_64-20131030\sdk\platform-tools\adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2

Error: unknown command 'setInstallLocation'
usage: pm list packages [-f] [-d] [-e] [-s] [-3] [-i] [-u] [--user USER_ID] [FIL
TER]
pm list permission-groups
pm list permissions [-g] [-f] [-d] [-u] [GROUP]
pm list instrumentation [-f] [TARGET-PACKAGE]
pm list features
pm list libraries
pm list users
pm path PACKAGE
pm install [-l] [-r] [-t] [-i INSTALLER_PACKAGE_NAME] [-s] [-f]
[--algo <algorithm name> --key <key-in-hex> --iv <IV-in-hex>]
[--originating-uri <URI>] [--referrer <URI>] PATH
pm uninstall [-k] PACKAGE
pm clear [--user USER_ID] PACKAGE
pm enable [--user USER_ID] PACKAGE_OR_COMPONENT
pm disable [--user USER_ID] PACKAGE_OR_COMPONENT
pm disable-user [--user USER_ID] PACKAGE_OR_COMPONENT
pm disable-until-used [--user USER_ID] PACKAGE_OR_COMPONENT
pm grant PACKAGE PERMISSION
pm revoke PACKAGE PERMISSION
pm set-install-location [0/auto] [1/internal] [2/external]
pm get-install-location
pm set-permission-enforced PERMISSION [true|false]
pm trim-caches DESIRED_FREE_SPACE
pm create-user USER_NAME
pm remove-user USER_ID
pm get-max-users

pm list packages: prints all packages, optionally only
those whose package name contains the text in FILTER. Options:
-f: see their associated file.
-d: filter to only show disbled packages.
-e: filter to only show enabled packages.
-s: filter to only show system packages.
-3: filter to only show third party packages.
-i: see the installer for the packages.
-u: also include uninstalled packages.

pm list permission-groups: prints all known permission groups.

pm list permissions: prints all known permissions, optionally only
those in GROUP. Options:
-g: organize by group.
-f: print all information.
-s: short summary.
-d: only list dangerous permissions.
-u: list only the permissions users will see.

pm list instrumentation: use to list all test packages; optionally
supply <TARGET-PACKAGE> to list the test packages for a particular
application. Options:
-f: list the .apk file for the test package.

pm list features: prints all features of the system.

pm list users: prints all users on the system.

pm path: print the path to the .apk of the given PACKAGE.

pm install: installs a package to the system. Options:
-l: install the package with FORWARD_LOCK.
-r: reinstall an exisiting app, keeping its data.
-t: allow test .apks to be installed.
-i: specify the installer package name.
-s: install package on sdcard.
-f: install package on internal flash.
-d: allow version code downgrade.

pm uninstall: removes a package from the system. Options:
-k: keep the data and cache directories around after package removal.

pm clear: deletes all data associated with a package.

pm enable, disable, disable-user, disable-until-used: these commands
change the enabled state of a given package or component (written
as "package/class").

pm grant, revoke: these commands either grant or revoke permissions
to applications. Only optional permissions the application has
declared can be granted or revoked.

pm get-install-location: returns the current install location.
0 [auto]: Let system decide the best location
1 [internal]: Install on internal device storage
2 [external]: Install on external media

pm set-install-location: changes the default install location.
NOTE: this is only intended for debugging; using this can cause
applications to break and other undersireable behavior.
0 [auto]: Let system decide the best location
1 [internal]: Install on internal device storage
2 [external]: Install on external media

pm trim-caches: trim cache files to reach the given free space.

pm create-user: create a new user with the given USER_NAME,
printing the new user identifier of the user.

pm remove-user: remove the user with the given USER_IDENTIFIER,
deleting all data associated with that user

C:\Users\User>
 
Hi Rukbat,

I tried your suggestion and it still has not worked. I do not get the error message from the command prompt, but when I attempt to download apps with the location set as external storage (location 2), I now get a message saying that there is insufficient space in the external location. Please let me know if you have any ideas how I might resolve this, and thank you for your first suggestion.
 
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