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move applications on SD card

Delendik — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:01:47 GMT

Hi, I can't transfer installed application on SD card on Xperia V, before I had Xperia Ray and I didn't have such problem. How can I do this?

Re: move applications on SD card

Nabeel — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:14:41 GMT

You cannot move apps to SD card. You could only move them to internal memory.

SD card is for media content or storing other files. Songs, movies, pictures pdf, documents etc.

Re: move applications on SD card

Delendik — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:09:56 GMT

But before Xperia V I had Xperia Ray and I didn't have this problem. This is a feature of this phone? If I buy Xperia Z I come across this problem again?

Re: move applications on SD card

Nabeel — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:38:54 GMT

Xperia Ray doesn't have internal memory.

It uses only SD card.

This issue is with every phone having internal memory ( Not only Sony ). Xperia V has 8 gb internal, Xperia Z has 16 Gb internal.

May I know by saying

I can't transfer installed application on SD card

you mean the data of applications or the applications themselves ?

Are you running short of internal memory or something ?

Re: move applications on SD card

Delendik — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:39:27 GMT

At the beginning I treid transfer applications, but now I want transfer data of applications, but I don't know how I can do it. I install some application and data for this application and now i don't have memory in my phone. And in Xperia Ray internal memory 1Gb.

Re: move applications on SD card

Nabeel — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:27:08 GMT

Don't get confused between internal memory and phone memory.

Phone memory is the one in which apps are installed ( apk files. )

Internal memory behaves as a sd card, where SD data of apps gets stored.

So that memory present in Ray ( 1GB ) is phone memory and not internal memory. Ray has no internal memory. Your Xperia V has 2GB Phone memory and 8 GB internal memory.

Memory explained

Re: move applications on SD card

Delendik — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:38:42 GMT

What is it for?This limits the possibilities phone.

Re: move applications on SD card

Nabeel — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:21:30 GMT

I don't know what's the reason.

As i said it's with every phone of every brand, so probably a OS limit /

There are ways by which after rooting you could set to function SD card as internal memory

This process helps phones with low internal memory. People could use a large 32 Gb SD card as internal memory which I think is more than enough.

Re: move applications on SD card

Delendik — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:24:52 GMT

What is this way by which after rooting I could set to function SD card as internal memory?

Re: move applications on SD card

steven07dj — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:41:51 GMT

Please tell me a way to transfer my apps to sd card on my xperia sp... its irritating and i cant download many apps which i need cause of space issue.. i hope sony solves this prob with a new update .. if there is ane way pls comment or post

Re: move applications on SD card

Uliwooly — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:50:30 GMT

you will have to root your phone and use an app such as apps2sd

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2. May 7, 2013 12:02 AM (in response to ajayvv)

Re: Transfer of App from Phone Memory to SD Car

This has to do with your phone having a builtin memory which works as a internal storage/SD card. In this case you can't move apps to the external SD-card. You can read more about this here: http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/406527.

Re: move applications on SD card

cykuro767 — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:10:15 GMT

Rooting the phone invalidates the device warranty. Galaxy devices has just got their updates lately that can transfer app to sd, hope for sony mobile too.

Re: move applications on SD card

Uliwooly — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:26:58 GMT

rooting doesn't quite void the warranty, it "COULD" void the warranty

Re: move applications on SD card

ikekreham — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:33:26 GMT

Apps like Apps2SD won't always work, i tested a bunch of them with no luck.

Why the hell Sony decided to split internal memory in two parts and named the second one SDCard ? All the trouble to install apps into external SDCard seems to come from that. Every Android phones i saw which had only one internal memory can install apps on SDCards (for example Galaxy S2 works great for that)

I must admit that i love my Xperia V except for this major disappointment as i can't even install European maps for my GPS app due to lack of free space.

If problem is the same for all other Sony Phones then, unfortunatly, Xperia V will be my last phone from Sony.

Re: move applications on SD card

radu_500ron — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:36:36 GMT

Root your phone and swap the internal sd with external sd.

You can find how in xda forum!

Re: move applications on SD card

RodLyman — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 20:17:18 GMT

For some apps, e.g. CoPilot, where the maps (content/data) is what is clogging your internal storage there are options that do not need rooting. For CoPilot 9.4 I found a guide which tells you what files to move and how to alter one of the files in the app directory to direct to the actual SD-card.

Re: move applications on SD card

Delendik — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:52:49 GMT

Can you give a link to xda forum?

Re: move applications on SD card

RodLyman — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:37:25 GMT

http://forum.xda-developers.com/

Re: move applications on SD card

BenzFromPhilipp — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 23:50:13 GMT

hey.... i bought an xperia v with 8 gb ang now all i see is 3.7gb available in my internal.. how does this happen,? i want to fix and see my 8gb? any solutions for this..i feel like cheated