[Xperia Play General] kenshindono:
Before starting i would like to thanks Stublake13 for the tutorial made on this forum http://androidforums.com/desire-tips-tricks/160560-force-apps-install-sd-without-root.html

That helped a lot :D

I don't trust apps that mess with those kind of thing

I don't want to pay for those kind of apps too

STEP 0: DON'T MESS WITH SYSTEM APPS

Step one: Check your OS/Windows version (OS version x86 or x64)

Step 2: Get Android SDK from there http://developer.android.com/sdk/

Step 3: Launch the install of the SDK

Step 4: Get JRE java if asked during the install and install it

Step 5: Select Usb Driver package on the "installed packages" menu on the left

Step 6: Begin the installation

Step 7: Wait until it complete and go to the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

Step 8: Open a command windows : press keyboard shift key and click right you should see 'run command here' in the menu or go to search (win7) or execute (winxp) and type cmd

another way is to use keyboard pressing Win key + R

A command window should appear

Step 9: on your Xperia play enable USB debugging

Easy on your Android device from Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging and check it

Step 10: make sure your phone is in media transfer mode (not mass storage mode)

Step 11: Install PC companion and make sure it works and launch update

Step 12: Connect your phone (if pc companion ask to update your phone do as you please you can shut down the program)

Step 13: check that the Xperia play is available on my computer menu and you can browse his content

Step 14: select your Dos windows / command windows that should be open now

and type cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools if you are not already in this folder

Step 15: Type adb devices and check the result it should say list of device attached and a number will follow with device at the end of the line

That means your phone is correctly attached and recognized by ADB

Step 16: Type adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2 you should see a new line and nothing else if you have an error message then you need to check again one of the step above "adb: permission denied" is the common error

Step 17: Reboot your phone (might take a little while)

Step 18: Now go to your application setting menu and move all your games to the SD or install the game that you wanna install then move them to the SD card

Step 19: Restart your phone again and go to your application browser. You should see some of the game you just installed and moved disapeared... don't mind it's because you moved them and android didn't notice their new location.

Reboot 3 to 5 times depending on the number of your games you should see them all back after some reboot

You can still go to the app manager to look for them there :D

Step 20: Now that you are done you can choose to go back to the normal mode or stay like that but be carefull if you install an app that is no compatible.

Being on SD you will have to remember that you need to test each app when you move. You will still be able to put it back to internal! But when you test that app this may lead to a crash on your phone during the process so remember to be carefull with some apps (specially those who have widget)

Step 21: To go back to your inital setting plug your phone again type adb devices to ensure that the phone is plugged correctly and recognized by ADB

then type adb shell pm setInstallLocation 0

Step 22: put your phone back to usb standard mode (disable debugging mode)

Step 23: Reboot

Step 24: Shut all the windows on your computer / uninstall if you want android SDK

Step 25: Enjoy your Xplay

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