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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Have you tried? The app is downloaded to the SD card first, if I'm not mistaken, then installed and, depending on how it's packaged, the installer may separate its data into the appropriate folders (e.g. a 300MB download from the Play Store => 290MB goes in "/sdcard/Android/data/app.package.name" while the remaining 10MB is the app itself which goes in "/data/app" - this is how Theme Park is installed).
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ivaneris:
If you're so unsure...just link sdcard/data to some folder in external...then you can install whatever app you want...it'll link to external..except some game like gameloft that have different folder...

Sent from my LG-P990
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
How will i do that ...i dont get it mate
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
create a folder on external sd such as.... /mnt/extSdCard/MyGames. You will use this to bind to...

In Directory bind, create a new bind. In the top box, long press and browse to the folder you created (Above). In the bottom box, long press and select /mnt/sdcard/Android/data....

Thats it. It will bind your entire /mnt/sdcard/Android/data to /mnt/extSdCard/MyGames

Its not really hard.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
Thanks mate it works...:) now what will i do if suppose i want to remove binding and delete the data from my ext. Sdcard?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
remove the bind then use a file manager to move all the data back. Deleting it will lose loads of stuff for loads of apps.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
Rootsu@K thanks and i want to install nfs mw but i hve only 1.5 gb space..what should i do?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] zzztidurvirus:
I think there is possibility to install .apk first, then bind them, then run the game to download it via the game.

Sent from My Awesome Paradox ST21i
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
The data that comes with the game is downloaded after the apk is installed. You bound the directory already so not further action to take..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
You mean that now i just need to install the apk and download the cache files ...is it?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Yes
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] wajidaq:
Update for S4

Dear Please update for Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-i9500

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
the bind data just dissappear itself now from my ext. Sd card and do i have to bind them each and everytime i wanted to use ..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Try alt dbase management as per post 1

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It's not happening. Try "FolderMount"
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
I just need to enable that ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
That's what it says in post 1.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
Thanks it work :)

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Hey is it safe to conect my device to my pc ?will my binded data be affected?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
It depends on the device. If your device uses MTP or PTP to connect to a PC, then it is not unmounting it within Android. If your device uses UMS (USB Mass Storage) to connect, I cannot be sure.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
I use to connect in mtp mode....so nothing will happen i gues...isnt it?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
Hey now i have the nfs mw offline data that i downloaded.. how will i bind it when my phone memory is just 1.5 gb? Any possibilities???
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
If its in /sdcard/Android/data its already bound. If not, just go through the bind process with the location of the data and where you want to bind it.. Its not that difficult to understand. You shouldn't need to ask us how to bind every single app.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
But the think is i wont bd able to put nfs game data which is around 1.8gb in my 1.5 gb phone memory...thats the problem coz for binding i need to put my data in internal memory and bind it to ext sd card and i dont have enough memory in my internal memory thats why i dont know how to sort things out.

Btw i downloaded the data of the game from from file hosting sites not from the apk(nfs apk )
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Perhaps you don't understand binding fully. If you have /sdcard/folder_x bound to /external_sd/folder_y, anything you download into /sdcard/folder_x is actually on exernal_sd anyway, so it is irrelevant how much space you have on /sdcard because its not really there. It just LOOKS like its there.

You need to know where the app data goes. Most larger apps data goes to /sdcard/Android/data/*, so if this is the case, you're fine because you already bound that to somewhere on your external_sd.

If it goes to another folder of its own in /sdcard, you will need to find out what it is, create it manually first, then bind it BEFORE downloading the data
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] wanerza77:
I got it bro

Thanks :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
Thanks mate i got what you just said but the thing is i already have the data file of nfs mw in which a friend of mine gave it to me so i wanted to use with that data file and my connection is too slow to download the files again from the game..do you get it mate?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
I get it but its not relevant. The App looks for the data in a specific place that is hard coded into the app, so you must know where this location is before you move forward. if a friend gave you it, ask him where it was located on his device because you need to know. You cant just put it anywhere
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
/facepalm

Why would you need to redownload it?

Sent from my E4GT.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
It should be in sd card/android/data
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Great, so you're fine then. You bound that folder to your external sd card. So put the data into the folder where you bound that directory to. so if you bound /sdcard/Android/data to /external_sd/MyData then put the data directly in /external_sd/MyData

Simple.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
I think i have to call you sir ...thanks again :)

Ill report here if it works
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
Thanks for your help...its working :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] hamimi:
which one is latest?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] hi im jesus:
can't get it to work :(

This is how i have it and its not working for me. Im on galaxy note i717 stock kernel and it is rooted. Any ideas??
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] hollowaysxp:
I using Directory Bind 0.20o,

the mount it's successful.

but SuperSU always request root permission???
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Please apply your knowledge of the English Alphabet

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Define not working? You know the folder you create on external sd card doesn't have to have the same name? You could have just created /external_sd/games/shadowgun or something?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kitbor:
Hey why is this 'shell has been granted superuser permission ' keeps on poping up in my device while opening directory bind..?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Because you have super user set to notify you every time an app requests access to root.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nattysinister:
Emulated Storage!!!

I have a phone from an India Company XOLO Q700 which has a different storage then usual.

What i mean to say is the storage in it is EMULATED (don't know what it means), So for internal memory it shows two paths:---

1. /sdcard (the usual one)

2. /storage/sdcard0 (the latest headache).

So the problem is the target location must be /storage/sdcard0 but your software won't let me select that and i can only select target folder if it starts with /sdcard.

So any workaround or other solution or may be a way to swap internal-external storages ???

Info:

/storage/sdcard0 stands for internal storage

/storage/sdcard1 stands for external sd card.

There're yet another ways to access internal storage---- /storage/emulated/0/ and storage/emulated/legacy :confused: :confused: :confused:

Sorry if I spin ur head round and round.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Isn't it 4.2? App doesn't support 4.2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Doman:
I have binded the whole "/storage/extSdCard/Android" folder to "/sdcard/Android". I have about 300MB free on my internal memory and 14GB free on SD card. But I have problems downloading applications :(

NFS Most Wanted as example installs from Google Store (~30MB) and with its first startup it wants to download and install additional 1.8GB. The game says there is not enough memory.

Any other application that takes more memory that available on internal does not want to download from Google Store. It looks like download has started, but there is no progress at all, only info "Downloading..."

Any solutions to skip this "memory check" as I assume? I have enough space on binded SD card, but applications checks internal memory space.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nattysinister:
Yes it is 4.2.1 . No support for it? Sorry to hear that! Will there never be any support or are you working on it?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] wajidaq:
support

dear,

does it support J.B 4.2.2

thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Unlikely, but FolderMount works.

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Seriously?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nattysinister:
Will give it a try but at present i am trying link2sd.

LOL thats funny
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
I also use Link2SD, but it doesn't do what this app or FolderMount do.

Sent from my E4GT.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] JFSG:
Does this still work on 4.2.2?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Get a grip, man!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bohokal:
regarding updates

Directory Bind does an excellent job in my galaxy s2 but the problem is when there is an update for a game it's refuses to update,is there any solution this ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] biotec74:
My problem persists ...

The "source (data) path" is / sdcard / Android / data and is accepted.

The mount (target) path is / storage/extSdCard/data1 / and is not accepted.

When I click on the input box while I am in the upper input structure of Android. There is the mnt, sdcard, storage. But where I get to the MicroSD card?

The apps are supposed to internal memory or from internal memory to the external USB MicroSD.

Since I really have a problem with!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Wrong way round. Source is where you want the data to be. Target is where the data originally is
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mohanparvatham:
Please add support to 4.2.2.....
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Read the thread, please. There's an app linked that does the same thing and works on JB 4.2.x.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mohanparvatham:
Thanks for the reply....I have already checked it......

There is no option to add the obb folder directly like in Directody bind.....
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
What phone have you got? My Script does Obb, but it is only really tested on S3
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mohanparvatham:
Using Xperia Z....
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Like I say, it's untested but please feel free to take a nandroid then test my script (if you feel up to it ;) )
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Really? Because I have my obb folder bound elsewhere using the app I vaguely alluded to with no ill effects; however, the option might only be available to "premium" users.

Also, I've never tried [MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION]'s script, but I'm sure it also works as well.

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I think as long as you use variables and not hard coded folder names, it should work cross-platform.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
I do indeed use variables so in that respect it is cross platform. It allows to set an internal sd card location of /data/media/* so it can be used multiple profile too.

Teh main issues I had to overcome were remounting the /extSdCard with correct permissions on AOSP roms.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Parth19:
Please do not negelct

Respected Sir,

I have a Karbonn A7 Plus Mobile Smartphone.I am good with it but for one thing,it has only 157 MB of internal memory.I also have a standard 4 32 GB MicroSD card fitted into it.The internal space of my device is fully filled up and now I can't install more apps even on my 32 GB MicroSD Card.I have to keep deleting apps which are less important and constantly keep cleaning cache.Now I have come to a condition that all my apps are important and I also can't also delete one app.I have heard of Memory swapping method but it requires root.So I am planning to root my phone and get super user's access.I got the method from droidiser.I fear that if after rooting my system will degrade from android 2.3 to any older version.So anyone please tell me if it is safe.And the next thing,I want to swap external SD card's memory and convert it into internal memory.:highfive:I know that we have to change the vold.fstab file.I have searched for the modified file for Karbonn A7 Plus but got no results.Please anyone send me the modification.My original vold.fstab file can be Downloaded from the following link-h t t p : / / w w w . m e d i a f i r e . c o m / d o w n l o a d / 1 o i o 0 u n l n 8 2 u 4 5 h / v o l d . f s t a b . Anyone Please help me. I really will be grateful to him whoever helps.:crying:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Root will not degrade your phone any more than normal use does.

Does that phone even have two SD cards or just internal storage and an external SD card slot (note that internal storage is not the same as internal SD card)?

If it doesn't have an internal SD card (I suspect it doesn't given that the phone's internal memory is only 512MB - my sweat has more memory than that, but I digress), then swapping is out of the question and will require more than just editing the vold.fstab file. One option is that you can make a second partition on your external SD card and use Link2SD. This is the easiest and doesn't require editing files. It does, however, require root - all the good apps require root.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Parth19:
No It doesn't.

Actually,My Phone Karbonn A7 Plus doesn't have an internal SD Card But it has internal memory of only 157 MB.But it has an external SD Card Slot in which I have installed a 32 GB MicroSd Card.I want to convert that 32 GB memory into internal storage and the internal 157 MB to external..I really need help.Please guide me.:crying:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
This isn't for you then. Look link2sd or apps2sd.

You'll need to partition your card
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] volkantipi:
Hello, \ data folder to show how? I want to go to an external card installed applications.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Sorry, what?

You cannot use this app. It does not link /data partition.

Look for link2sd or apps2sd. These require partitioned SD card. You cannot use this app.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] volkantipi:
I want to do it.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Like I've already told you, you cannot do it with this app.

Please stop posting about this here
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Yes, provide far greater detail so someone can actually help you.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ilegales:
hi

just found FolderMount after using directory bind for a long time on my galaxy note

now i also have a Nexus 7 running 4.2.2 and trying to get some games to the external SD card with the OTG cable

BUT i seem to be in the whole destination - seems a whole load of files to choose from on the Nexus

Source

/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.ea.games.nfs13_row

Destination

/mnt/shell/emulated/0/usbstorage/sda1/Android/data/com.ea.games.nfs13_row

i need to check please what is the correct file location to put on the nexus

thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MrDarkos95:
Good job! :3
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bohokal:
For some games we need the internet and without updating we cant do anything.Games that is using directory bind cant be updated and its giving an error message saying that it cannot be updated.Any solution for this ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Give examples. Show screenshots of your binds. Give detail.

Games update fine so there is no common solution. Only you have the problem so you need to be descriptive and give as much detail as possible.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
I have the same problem with navigon.. something in the update process breaks directory bind and update puts files back in the old SD card directory.. to get around it I gave to turn off directory bind for nsvigon..copy files back to standard location...do the update. .then re-ensble directory bind to copy files back to extsd.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] canis999:
Use FolderMount instead of Directory Bind. Games update without problem.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
These apps are functionally identical pre Android 4.2. If he has a problem with this, he'll have a problem with that.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] canis999:
I had problems with updating games when I used Directory Bind before, on stock 4.0.4. I had to unbind the folders, move data back do source folder, update the game and then bind and move the updated data again. No such problem with Folder Mount, so I'm thinking there might be some difference with these apps. Though I might be wrong, as I've only used Folder Mount on 4.2.2.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] aduacell:
my s4

is this applications work on galaxy s4?

need help pleasethanks:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
No. Try foldermount
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] gorqui129:
it's great, thanks! :good:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] aduacell:
reply

Thanks rooSU, appreciate it....:laugh:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] fndpena:
Hi everybody.

The past few days my microsd card started to unexpected be removed (without I even touch it). I never dropped my phone.

I noticed the first time after I had moved the whole Android/data folder in directorybind. I don't know if the problem is related to it.

Anyone had a similar problem?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rregn:
where to put the mount -o bind

Hi

actually, you have just put some commands like mount -o bind

but where to put these commands when you have a system without init.d (ICS 4.0.4) ?

thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Download script manager from play
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ivaneris:
That's card fail or system mounting fail (mount sdcard)

Sent from my LG-P990
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] freecbc3:
i am getting root access denied
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] irfan4fun:
Pls do like this

Pls correct it

Target :

/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/com.ea.games.nfs13_row

Source :

/storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.ea.games.nfs13_row
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rregn:
where to put the mount -o bind

script manager cannot do what i want, because it has to run as app to perform the mount. I want to mount /data/app to internal sd-card, so no app can run before this mount is done.

I saw, the link2sd put a script with a mount in the file /etc/install-recovery.sh, but who runs this script?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Administr4tor:
always giving error 'target folder invalid' and ' target folder not empty' although both are right in phone
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
You can't mount /data/app to sdcard because they're different file systems. One is ext and the other is FAT. Plus internal sdcards are usually /data/media anyway.

You should probably look for device specific solutions in your device forum because everything you want is off topic for this thread.

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Maybe you put the folders into foldermount backwards? External sd location goes first
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rregn:
Yes, i can:

/data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home # mount |grep /data
/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 on /data type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home # mount |grep /sdcard2
/dev/block/vold/179:19 on /mnt/sdcard2 type vfat (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
/data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home # mount -o bind /mnt/sdcard2/app /data/test
/data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home # mount|tail -1
/dev/block/vold/179:19 on /data/test type vfat (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
/data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home #
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Administr4tor:
Not at all working in my GALAXY S4 I9500 after successfully binding directories. though working in my other mobile N7000

please reply
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ivaneris:
4.2 didn't supported...

Sent from my LG-P990
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Alright then, let me be explicit. You can actually mount it, but you can NOT use it. This is why a2sd+ has to have an ext partition on the SD.

Anyway, it's off topic. Please create your own thread in you device forum if you want help with this. I will report further OT to moderators.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] robert1030:
This mount script can work on Sony Xperia Z or not?

The newest firmware of XperiaZ is 4.2.2, Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Use FolderMount, or if you're feeling adventurous, try the script in my signature.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Administr4tor:
foldermount is not working in s4 :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Does my script? Please take nandroid before using
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
That's funny, it works fine on my S4.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Administr4tor:
1. how you using it, detailed step by step instructions ?

2. other webblogs say you have to enable developer options to run this foldermount and the author doesnt say this.

3. which model s4 you have ?

4. how you checking Memory storage after mounting and downloading data into mounted folders?

5. have you tried mounting whatsapp with foldermount ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
1) Same steps as in the OP.

2) I do have USB Debugging on. I can try with it off in a moment.

3) Sprint - not Mini, not Active, just the original.

4) With Partition Table.

5) Unless Whatsapp is unmounting, the specific app is irrelevant.

Bonus) I am mounting $sd/Android/obb, $sd/Android/data, and $sd/data.

Edit:

2) Works with debugging off.

4) I used Root Explorer to make a file at one path and it showed up at the other.

Sent from my SGS4.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Administr4tor:
thanks for prompt reply

""4) With Partition Table."" what you mean by it ? is it some software ?

""5) Unless Whatsapp is unmounting, the specific app is irrelevant."" YOu checked mounting whatsapp or not ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
4) It's an app on the Play Store.

5) Yes. Works as expected.

Sent from my SGS4.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
I think I may have inadvertently corrected the problem this app has with Jelly Bean 4.2 in this post: Make ADB work for all users - Jelly Bean 4.2.2.

Edit: Or not. There seems to be more problems than just mounting/binding.

Edit: Apparently, I imagined it because I can't reproduce my successful mounting results.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] fayez107:
Which is the latest version? :/

I suppose the 'O' one.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nobe0001:
correct ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] fayez107:
Okay this directory bind screwed my phone !!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
I doubt it, but if you could provide debug info, that'd be great.

Sent from my SGS4.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ian619420:
Directbind freezes while transfering files it freezes at usually 50 percent 25 percent. Why does this happen?