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Help Installing Apps only on SD Card as if there phone memory didn't exist.

Hi,
My phone is Samsung Galaxy Y S5360. Its internal memory is only 190 MB. So, installing new apps (especially a little heavy ones) is very difficult. Also, installing new apps slows down performance (RAM = 290MB).
Is there a way to install new apps only on the sd card & nothing on phone memory?
I have already made SD Card as default storage but some part of new apps gets installed in phone memory too (Package = code + data), can't this be changed & only SD card memory used?
Is there a way to improve RAM performance?


Or do I have to go for a new phone?

Regards,
Chaitanya
 
I have done the following:

1. Rooted the phone with update.zip.

2. Have downloaded Link2SD app & given it superuser permissions.

I tried moving default Maps app but it showed the following error:

"pkg: /data/app/com.google.android.apps.maps-1.apk Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_INSTALL_LOCATION]"

I want to move this, as well as other heavy system apps like Play Store to my Samsung 8GB SD Card.

Please , help .
 
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hi,
mine also s5360 n same error of not showing sd card as it diasappeard or not read
not only this an error 497 is also not allowing me to download apps like i WATSAPP.
i need watsapp
plus up UPDATES n NOTIFICATIONS from google or facebook had also stopped the more apps i had installed
especially wen i installed GO LAUNCHER.
plz SUGGEST what i can do.
 
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