Forcing Apps to install to the SD card without root

[lunatic59]

hey...after this i m able to successfully transfer apps to sd card but my android market app is not working any more

Did you try to move the market (play store) to the sd card? That is not recommended. You may be able to move it back and have it work again.

 

[thebaser87]

Freed up more than 30mb of memory without deleting any apps. Very helpfull, cheers!

 

[mikaelmoon]

i followed the steps but it just didnt work... tried movinf facebook to SD card on HTC Explorer, didnt work.
Whatsapp is there on internal memory too.
and there is just 21 mb free space on internal memory.
what to do? just three apps appearing in internal memory on app2sd

 

[El Presidente]

Facebook is a system app iirc and you can't move system (preinstalled) apps to the SD Card.

 

[Vishnup]

when i typed adb devices it displayed "adb is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

now what do i do

 

[El Presidente]

when i typed adb devices it displayed "adb is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

now what do i do

Are you in the correct directory in command prompt?

 

[sruarcjhinta]

i did all the work but when i type command adb shell it says ur adb server is not updated so what can i do

 

[deepak27s]

One of the biggest complaints levelled at the HTC Explorer 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:\Android\ 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\Android" (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 also install to the SD Card by default.

It's worth mentioning that apps with active widgets cannot be moved. Also, 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:

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Credit: A big thanks to El Presidents for permission to copy his original guide for the Wildfire S.

i succesfully did that...thanks a lot..now i m able to move the apps to sd but still using phone memory.so i rooted my phone.i am trying to make partition in sd card but its not happening.have done it many times previously.is it coz of this m not able to partition?should i revert it back?

 

[lemoo]

Does exactly what it says on the tin - thanks a mill !

 

[Kaarthik]

My serial no is getting listed even when i have selected "debuggin" in settings

 

[El Presidente]

Kaarthik, is htc sync running in the background? If it is, disable it whilst you run this.

 

[avinash123]

I can't connect my phone to pc ..my USB dibuging is enabled ......in change only mode curd sync ia installed ...bt cms says can't recognize ....please help how to connect my phone

 

[avinash123]

hay dude it works awesome ........thank you very much...............I'll give you *****(5star)....

 

[shashwatiyer]

I am facing a problem after step 4. After I type "adb devices", it says
"List of devices attached", but I cannot see any serial number of my phone on the screen. Even after then I type "adb shell", it says "error:device not found"

I just uninstalled HTC Sync from my PC(not the drivers it installed). I ran the process. After typing adb devices, it shows "daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037"
"daemon started successfully"
"List of devices attached"


Please help.

 

[Hadron]

Have you got USB debugging enabled on the phone? If so, try a different USB port or cable (never use a USB hub for this).

 

[shashwatiyer]

Have you got USB debugging enabled on the phone? If so, try a different USB port or cable (never use a USB hub for this).

Thanks man. I later checked if there is any issue in my USB driver(due to which my PC wasnt able to read my phone). I updated it and ran the command prompt again. It showed the serial number. I put 'adb shell'. But then it showed this sign '$'. I however put the last and final command and exit.

Now i am able to move apps like whatsapp and games to my sd card. But my question is that was the dollar sign part of the process?

 

[Hadron]

That dollar sign sounds like a command line prompt, which would be normal after "adb shell".

 

[shashwatiyer]

That dollar sign sounds like a command line prompt, which would be normal after "adb shell".

So I am good to go?
And one more thing. I had to type exit, 2 times because the first time it did not exit the command prompt. In the first exit that i typed, it exited from the whole command thread but did not exit the application. I typed it again and then the command prompt closed

 

[lunatic59]

So I am good to go?
And one more thing. I had to type exit, 2 times because the first time it did not exit the command prompt. In the first exit that i typed, it exited from the whole command thread but did not exit the application. I typed it again and then the command prompt closed

Yep, completely normal. The first exit command dropped you out of the adb shell and the second closed the command prompt.

 

[shashwatiyer]

Yep, completely normal. The first exit command dropped you out of the adb shell and the second closed the command prompt.

Oh okay. Thanks a lot man. Cheers

 

[aditya3344]

Not working for me help please
Device not recognised tough debugging etc r on

 

[aditya3344]

Gosh this is not working please help i hav uninstalled htc sync without drivers,i hav adb,but still it does not work debugging is turned on and phone is in charge only mode

 

[aditya3344]

can anybody help me (posting again)
my phone is not detected even when htc uninstalled(drivers still there),phone is on charging mode and debugging is turned on.

 

[El Presidente]

Try using a different cable or USB port.

Is the phone being detected by device manager on your PC?

 

[aditya3344]

Try using a different cable or USB port.

Is the being being detected by device manager on your PC?

Yes its being detected on the device manager and i tried using another cable also still no result