Monday, April 28, 2014

How to move almost any android app to SD card


One major problem many android users face is: running out of internal memory.
I was having the same problem and almost uninstalled every app. But there were some apps which were taking lot of memory but had no option to be moved to SD card.

After some googling, I found the solution.

Step 1. Download sdk tools from this link
            http://www.mediafire.com/download/2j8oai9z88fain9/sdk-tools.zip
            Unzip it to a folder, let's say C:\sdk

Step 2. Enable USB debugging on your phone from Settings -> Developer options ->USB debugging
            It gives a warning, just ignore that.

Step 3. Connect the phone to PC in charging mode.

Step 4. Open a command promt in administrator mode.Navigate to C:\sdk (or any other folder where you                 extracted the sdk).

Step 5. Type adb devices and press enter.
             Type adb shell and press enter.

Step 6. Type pm set-install-location 2

Step 7. Type exit.

Now all the stubborn apps which were not moving to SD card can be moved.

Enjoy your freed up memory.

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