this thread isn't actually rooting the phone... it only makes the apps to install on the sd card by default (doesn't work for some which have to be manually moved) and enables moving some apps which didn't have the moving ability before, which u hav installed, NOT the built in apps.What are the limitations possible when using a Mac? Are there Mac Apps that can help? Or do you really have to use a PC for rooting? (My primary goal is to force apps from auto-booting and to remove some built-in waste-of-space apps). Other goals maybe in the future.
The cmd prompt isn't working for me at all...I entered it just as you said to do, and my phone is set to debugging..but it just isn't working...i'm not frustrated...just wondering why it isn't working for me...????
Dont work for me can anyone help me
It's worked then (unless it gave an error).
There are some things that can't be moved to the SD Card but any apps you've installed since running the command should be on the SD Card.
When I install an app it says its on the card but it still takes up a lot of space on my internal memory. Why is this happening?
Thanks a lot for the post buddy. I will give it a try.
It would be helpful if you post any screen shots too as i'm a beginner when it comes to android and stuff
Check under all applications whether contacts storage and internet (the default browser) are using too much space... in my case the contacts had all my facebook friends profiles downloaded consuming around 10MB of space..i stopped syncing them, just the actual contacts that mean something to me and the number has dropped to 3mb,Thanks so much for this, worked perfectly.
A bit off topic, but about only being able to move downloaded apps over...
I've moved everything I can and still only have 26ishmb left. (out of 124) Aren't the preinstalled apps meant to be on a separate partition? Or are they hogging my internal space. I don't have any photos/music on the internal, I only have 100ish contacts, only have 50txts, no multimedia ones... What am I missing? I can't get any new apps and can't apply updates cos of this measly 20mb storage.
I know I can fix this further by rooting, but I'm worried about screwing up the phone/voiding warantee as I'm only novice at technical things like this.
one of the biggest complaints levelled at the htc wildfire s is the severe lack of internal memory. There are ways around this, one of which is forcing downloaded apps to install to the sd card. There are a couple of pre-requisites, but the process itself is relatively straight forward.
you'll need htc sync installed (or at least the drivers that come with htc sync) and adb (android debug bridge) or the android sdk. The sdk itself is a >100mb download and can be relatively difficult to install, however if you head here, look under the section entitled mini sdk, click show, you can download a zip file called sdk-tools.zip. Once downloaded, extract the contents of that folder to a folder of your choosing. I recommend somewhere easy, like c:\sdk-tools as you'll need to navigate to it via a command prompt later.
You'll also need to enable usb debugging on your phone, that's easily enough done by heading to settings -> applications -> development -> usb debugging. You'll get a warning message, but just ok that you'll be fine.
Once you've done all the above, the process is as follows:
1. Connect the phone to the pc in charge only mode
2. Open a command prompt (start -> run -> cmd, you'll need to run as administrator)
3. Navigate to the folder you extracted adb to. In my case, the command would be "cd\sdk-tools" (minus the quotes).
4. Type adb devices and press enter. You should then see the serial number of your phone displayed on screen. If you don't check, that usb debugging is enabled and you're connected in charge only mode.
5. Type adb shell, press enter.
6. Type pm setinstalllocation 2 press enter (it's important you enter this exactly as written as it's case sensitive)
7. Type exit, then disconnect your phone.
8. Profit!
you can now move apps that are already on the handset to the sd card. Head to settings -> applications -> manage applications -> all -> click an app -> move to sd card. All new apps will install to the sd card.
It's worth mentioning that apps with active widgets cannot be moved and a certain portion app will remain on the phones data partition, but this goes a long way to assist with the lack of internal memory!
Pics for the adb stuff below:
Check under all applications whether contacts storage and internet (the default browser) are using too much space... in my case the contacts had all my facebook friends profiles downloaded consuming around 10MB of space..i stopped syncing them, just the actual contacts that mean something to me and the number has dropped to 3mb,
furthermore i use dolphin browser but still the 'internet' app had around 5MB consumed which i again retrieved. you can also run the low storage wizard to clear up all caches.
one more thing have you updated to the latest 2.3.5? asking this because i must've gained around 30MB just after updating.
Yes i noticed the same decreasing memory when on the older version... now i am not seeing this behavior. I believe updating is worth it.. just clear off one or two apps and uninstall the updates to some apps like maps and facebook and you'll be good to go.I might try updating, if I can even manage to get enough space to do so. Think I read 20mb is needed? Somehow I've gone down to 15mb without downloading any new apps
Hi - nervous newbie here!!!
I'm trying to free up some memory on the phone - my sd card is almost empty. I've transferred all the apps that I can to the sd card - will photos/videos/text messages etc be using up memory - if so, can I transfer them to the sd card??
I've tried the next step on here, by downloading HTC Sync, but the problem I am getting now is that its not seeing the phone. I've got it plugged in to the pc (not that much of a newbie!!!) but HTC Sync cannot see the phone. I get the ding ding noise to say that the pc has seen there is new hardware - but although I have a new F: drive appear, when I click on it, it says to insert a disc. The phone is switched on and both ends of the usb cable are plugged in - so now I'm stumped!!
I've been on the HTC Sync website and clicked on the General problems button, but now all the options are in Korean or some such language!!!
Apart from throwing the phone away, can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong???
Thanks
BtP
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