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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pushwall:
DirectoryBind isn't intended to move the apps themselves to the external SD. I've never tried it, but supposedly Link2SD (free on GooglePlay) may accomplish what you want.

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Are your binding entries still showing green icons on the DirectoryBind screen or did the entries disappear? If the entries disappeared, try this: After your binding entries are created and show on the screen, go into the Menu, tap on More, and select Backup Database. After it is backed up, go back into the Menu, tap on More, and select Restore Database. Now your binding entries should stick and not get deleted on reboot.

Please forgive me if I've misinterpreted what you're asking. I think you're saying the game is installed but your internal memory is showing virtually nothing? That is because the game data is sitting on the external SD card. Once the binding entry works in DirectoryBind, your phone will think the game data is still sitting in the internal data directory even though it is on the external SD card.

Most definitely YES.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] vegetassj2345:
1)SO thank you so much for your answers!

2)I think that it works now :D i should do some more tests:D

3)BUT MY BIG PROBLEM MY REAL MY BIG ENORMOUS PROBLEM IS THAT I HAVE 1,8 GB OCCUPIED BY NOTHING! i don't have any games installed BUT my phone thinks that smth big occupies my internal memory! i tried and i can't copy in my phone more than 9 gb of stuff EVEN IF i have my internal memory free!All this happened when i did a mistake with directory bind! what should i do now? HELP! Probably i did a mistake with directory bind.....should......format or reinstall all?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] elzafir:
Does this app allows mount as USB storage to PC without problems?

What if I use Media Sync USB option instead ? (Which makes the PC sees my phone as a "media device" instead of "mass storage device").

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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] magnumheart:
Hello,

Thanks for this program.

It worked great, but after reboot I lost my entries and using alternate dbase mgmt doesn't help.

I'm on NeatROM Lite 1.2 (XWLPG) w/ JKay Framework 14.1 installed.

Follow-up Q: Does this affect some apps (specifically Titanium BackUp) where I can't open, it just FC.

And some games (not Gameloft) and app. I just bind some Gameloft sd data on my external_sd??

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pushwall:
See my prior posts on backing up and restoring the database after creating the entries as a possible solution to your lost entries.

You can set where Titanium Backup backs up its data within the program itself. Don't use DirectoryBind for that purpose. DirectoryBind works great when you want to read the data that's populated in the internal directory from the external directory (where the data actually resides). I have found however that problems occur when writing data to the internal directory when the binding entry is turned on. An example,...you'll find you can't update a game with its extra data file from GooglePlay (like Broken Sword) unless you turn off the binding entry,...turn off the binding entry, update the game, move the new data back to the external SD, and then turn the binding entry back on.

For Gameloft, the data for older games I found in my directory: /sdcard/gameloft/games. For the newer games: /sdcard/Android/data. You can either move the data first to your external SD card with a file manager and then create the binding entry in DirectoryBind, or create the external directory within DirectoryBind and have it move the data for you.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pushwall:
It does allow USB Mass Storage connection. Once connected the bindings are no longer active, and it shows both the internal and external SD areas as separate drives. Once disconnected, I did have to go into DirectoryBind and tap on "Unbind all" and then a tap on "Bind checked" to get the bindings going again. But all in all, it works great. I tried the Media Sync USB option but couldn't get that to work. Can't say I have ever gotten it to work either. I really don't think DirectoryBind iis causing the problem since I tested turning off the binding entries before connecting to the USB. I'll look into that option some more if I have time and report back.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] vegetassj2345:
Anyone can help me? i'm so worried for my galaxy siii! i don't know what to do (see my post at page 39)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pushwall:
I would first use a file browser (e.g. Root Explorer) and see if there is any data stored internally that hasn't been deleted. On my Droid Bionic, the directories I check are:

/mnt/sdcard/Android

and

/mnt/sdcard/gameloft/games

A better idea might be to try ASTRO File Manager. It has a utility called SD Card Usage that will scan through your internal SD area and show the data usage for each main directory. That should help you pinpoint where the extra data you're looking for might be located. Make sure you first unbind all entries in DirectoryBind before running the utility.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mottymu:
Damaged sd card

I use Galaxy SIII with stock Rom xxBLFB

I use directory bind to move my game data to microSD

It just work fine but when I reboot my SIII

It has "Damaged SD card" and I can't access my microSD

but when I remove microSD and put it to computer, it can read/write

why??? what is the problem? How to fix it??
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Aqrab:
which one is the latest version ?

and is there any other app do the same thing ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] paranoid2007:
Hi, two questions about DirectoryBind:

1. If the bind is active, the existing content of a folder on the internal SD is ignored and the content of the external SD shown instead?

2. Does anything speak against moving the whole android/data/ folder to the external SD?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Karmalot:
Which one is the latest?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bsoplinger:
Just in case the developer is still updating this program. Would it be possible for the file browser functionality (press the to or from white entry area) to be invoked with su privilege? I'd love to be able to move things from the /data area and can't now since /data looks empty to a user level process.

Sent from my Sprint Evo View 4G (PG41200) using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] gilsol:
SGS3

I have the same problem as the other sgs3 users, tried to bind a folder, the in app progress bar reached 100% but i have no item to show the bind was successful!. Using a root explorer (ES) i saw the folder was moved to the external card and was no longer on the internal but i did not gain any space on the internal.

It seems this app has yet to be ironed out for use on sgs3 and could potentially be dangerous by compromising the internal storage. I deleted the "binded" folder from the external card and using my file explorer analyzed the storage usage on the internal and luckily found that i had all my storage "accounted" for.

I apologize for not remembering you name - but the user who moved the 1.8 GB gameloft folder and is missing that space on the internal i would recommend to first delete the folder from the external and reboot. I hope that will be enough for you - otherwise the only solution would be to do a factory reset or full wipe which will format the internal storage.

To the developer of directory bind - i do not mean to accuse of anything - using such root apps is at our responsibility - if i can be of some help to you to resolve these issues for the good of all sgs3 users just let me know - i know my way around android pretty well, even though i'm not a developer per say.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VTR1000SP:
i believe u miss out some step, it is working fine on my s3 and tab 7.7! this is the best app that make me give up ip 4s. i spend many hrs to find out which step i did wrong, i think u just read from 1st page and keep trying u able to get it done and u will find it so easy. the dev is :good::good::good:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pushwall:
Don't know why, or what caused the problem. If this happened to me, I would copy all contents of the microSD to my computer, format the microSD by using the Format SD card option in the phone's Settings menus (on my phone it's in Settngs/Storage), and then copy the contents from the computer back to the microSD..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] gilsol:
That may very well be. The ap is not complicated to use, the only problem i can see that cased the issue i had (and maybe for others as well) is the "Target" path that we need to manually insert.

Can you tell me what path you entered for the target (which would be the internal storage)? I used a file explorer to see the full path and it would seem that this was indeed wrong. The wrong target path still allowed the items to be copied but the bind failed.

No matter what path i use i get an error on the target directory (but the files still transfer)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VTR1000SP:
target path is where ur current data is (internal sd) *data path is where ur sd internal files should go to & fake ur device to believe ur files is still there. which is y after u successfully mount when bind check u still find ur files in, if u unbind and check ur internal sd it only show the folder name and empty inside.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] gilsol:
Thanks, this i already know i actually wanted the exact path because i used /sdcard/ & /mnt/sdcard and got errors on both and the files ended up in the external sd, they were no longer in the internal and the bind failed.

BTW thanks for the assistance.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VTR1000SP:
/mnt/sdcard is wrong path, it is ur internal sd not sd card. the right data path should be /mnt/extSdCard/urwadeverdata/

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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] gilsol:
Right but i was asking about the target path... which is what i got errors on and caused the original problem.

Anyhow after a bit of "playing" i managed to successfully bind a folder.

Cheers.

Update - I spoke too soon, the game whose folder i binded didn't seem to like it and wants me to re-download the data :(

I guess i should only stick with gameloft games? or the ones mentioned by the developer. And i just saw that this folder disappeared from the app's list of binded items...

Yeah, i'm going back to my original conclusion - this app doesn't really work or is very limited.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pushwall:
Just curious,...what games don't work?.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] gilsol:
Sega Football Manager Handheld 2012
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pushwall:
Latest is version 0.2.0o. I haven't found another app to do the same thing. You can do like I used to do and manually move the data and set up system scripts with the mount bind -o command and then use a utility like SManager to run the scripts on bootup,...but DirectoryBind makes the binding and unbinding process so much easier.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pushwall:
Darn I don't have that one. :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] IamIrene:
weird the directory bind won't work at all stars:

the games called samurai vs zombie :

the source (data path) I enter like this

/mnt/extSdCard/Games/SvZ/

mount (target) path like this

/mnt/sdcard/Android/obb/com.glu.samuzombie/

then open that application, ask me download

anything wrong ???
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VTR1000SP:
the source (data path) I enter like this

try this (data path) /mnt/extSdCard/Android/obb/com.glu.samuzombie/
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] daviddema:
Great tool Sir! Works fine on my i9300 with Omega ROM 8.1. Thanks to you all my GPS software maps are now stored on external SD, and I am thinking of doing the same with the Google Maps cache.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pushwall:
Did you enter the source and mount paths by using DirectoryBind's browser? I always use that method to make sure the directories exist and I'm not entering anything wrong. Also, did you check the box to "Transfer files from target to data."? before you tapped on the Add button?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DirkStorck:
Hi. I added an entry but after the app has finished moving the files there wasn't an entry on first page of app....where do I find the entries please ?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] elzafir:
Try manually bind sdcard/fmh_data to external. Fixed it for me. Then again, I didn't bind the whole sdcard/, but only sdcard/Android/

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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tumira:
Is it safe to bind directory whole sdata\Android folder to external sd\Android ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bsoplinger:
The binding takes some time to happen which is to say it doesn't happen as soon as the Android system mounts the SDHC card. So you could have a time when some app is writing real files to the SDHC card and then the bind occurs and those files get eclipsed by older ones in the "new" directory. I'd worry about this happening with any app that does something at boot, has a persistent notification, or widgets. To be safe you really want to bind data for apps that you explicitly run like games and never for any app that does anything automagically.

Sent from my HTC Evo V 4G (PG86100) using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tumira:
OMG.. When I restarted my phone..It shows that my SD card is damaged. But when I test it on my PC it able to read the SD card. Is it a bug or something ? Rooted but im using stock firmware.. Seems that i read somewhere in this thread it happen to other people also...

Now i cant mount my sd card on the phone.. Please assist me.. Thanks..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pushwall:
Read my previous post on a possible solution to fix your problem.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tumira:
I think the problem was i mount whole folder SDData\Android which causes problem when restart phone..

found the solution

1)Uninstall bind directory and restart phone

2)Put the external SD card in PC or laptop

3)Copy back from external SD card using PC to internal SD via USB cable (folder Android) and overwrite all.

4)Restart phone.

5)Do binding again this time choose manually each folder or games to bind...

:)

This is my first Android phone. Before this is nokia N8. This is fun.. :P
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bsoplinger:
After I took the time to write out exactly why you'd have trouble if you did that. Tsk, tsk :what:

Sent from my Sprint Evo View 4G (PG41200) using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tumira:
Geee... Thanks. Nice attitude BTW. :p
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bsoplinger:
I'm glad to see you could get out of the problem without too much trouble. It'd be a shame if you had to flash or some other convoluted fix.

It sure would be easier if you could just toss that entire directory onto the external SDHC card.

Perhaps a feature request is in order. Would it be possible to put up a list of all folders in a particular directory and provide checkboxes or somesuch to say "I want all these folders to get bound" as corresponding subfolders in the other directory?

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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tumira:
Turns out the issue SD Damaged appears again. Either my Sandisk is corrupted or it is a bug or I did something nasty again. Hehe.

I did bind a lot of data this time. Around 8++GB of games only.

In the end i just do a factory reset and try another solution.. This is only 1 week phone. Still a lot of experiment to be done. Yummy...

This is so much fun to experiment compare to my previous os (Symbian)...

For those of you that try bind directory method, maybe try to restart ur phone and see if the same bug happen to u guys. I think one of the games that i just bind causes this or something that I did, since before this everything is fine when I restarted the phone..

Thanks A lot to the developer for the wonderful app.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] IamIrene:
sorry for late reply, not active in xda developer forum

before that I type the path myself, then only notice hold it then will pop up a window to choose the path

and don't know what wrong, already successfully move and open the application, is working

*i move the sygic gps map to microsd, then open it can work

then restart phone, sygic ask me redownload map

so I ask at other forum, they said tick the alternate database management and backup the config

and is working for me

if still got problem will post here again
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jagr:
doesnt support folders with space in the name, possible to make it support?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] przemczan:
This app saved me ~2GB of data on internal card. Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] TeleNegocios:
Hi , sorry for the Bad English ,

I have the some exact problem , i think that is a limitation of number of files in directory bind or limit in the sdcard ,, because i found how resolve the "sd Card Damaged " after reboot ... If i bind 2 3 gameloft games everything is ok , 5 everything is ok , 6 is maximum i can bind before get the PROBLEM "sd card Damaged after reboot" , if i bind 7 gameloft games or anything else i get the sd card damaged after reboot , the only way to reverse the problem is taking de sd card out , put in pc and remove the last data folder binded and transfered to the sd card , next i put again sd card in s3 and everything is ok .. So afert many atemps , i realise that we have a limitation on the number of files or amount of files that we can bind :( .... Is it possible to resolve this ? I really apreciate if we can bind more then 6 gameloft games , or more then 8 10 gigas :(

Thanks for any help
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] wigginst:
This solved a huge memory problem for me on my toshiba thrive. Thanks! One question though :is there a way to keeping in the bind after a reboot? I keep having to redo it each time I restart.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bsoplinger:
Try saving and reloading the settings. If they still don't stick and get reapplied after a reboot try the alternate database option in the prefs.

Sent from my Sprint Evo View 4G (PG41200) using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Mr.RS4:
Would this work on SGS3 and Criskelo ROM?

Someone tested and have good experiences?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] berlin51:
Am I thinking alone here, or have others had thoughts: where is Slig, the owner of this excellent little app? No comments on this forum since February. I hope he is OK, somewhere on this planet.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Just to let you know, alternative dbase works for me. Fixes reboot issue.

I'm actually using an sgs3, villainrom (almost rooted stock) xxblfb.

No task killer, standard OOM values and handling
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] lgkahn:
Went back to the k version ..no issues. The o version is intermittently crashing on sgs III i747.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] aNYthing24:
Wonderful...love this app. Very clever.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Yat_Fung:
Help! My path disapperar every time after I turn off my SGS2, how to fix it?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Mario1968:
Hi, try to save your settings and restore it, then retry to boot.

Hope this help

Mario

Inviato dal mio Galaxy S2 con Tapatalk2®

XWLPF Stock

Siyah 3.4+

Jkay V14.1
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mariosraptor:
I used to use this on my S2 but cqn't seem to make it work on the S3. Although it checks that it has been transferred succesfully and binded with green disque

When.i open navigon it tells me download the maps again
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Chuan201:
red diskette

Currently i m transfering the data file for Amazing Spiderman game apps file and it succed to transfer but it seems to be cant be mounted wif red diskette indicator and i cant run the game i am not sure is DirectoryBind_0.2.0o version not compatible or what to my S3 XME ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] muktheo:
hello.. I wanna ask..

Why I can't access my internal storage on PC (via data cable) after Im install directory bind? directory bind is work great in otherside..but i've problem when I mount SD card..my internal SD card not detected on PC..

Really need help..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pushwall:
Did you "Unbind all" from Directory Bind's menu before hooking to your PC?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] muktheo:
no..Im using on preference USB setting and it work.. :)

but ive got new problem now sir.. :(

many application has stopped or force close when directory bind running or granted by SU..ex TB,google gapps and others..and when I tried to reboot,after reboot stil many app has force close..

ahh I really desperated..

is there are wrong with my step sir?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pushwall:
What directories are you binding using Directory Bind?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] byproxy:
this program is a lifesaver man. thanks so much!! i'm on a vzw SIII and a MOG subscriber. i thought i was going to have to ditch mog because they don't support saving offline files to the SD card. this program (using the alternate db option) is working perfectly and i'm able to store my offline music to the sd card now. thanks a ton!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] muktheo:
just sdcard/gameloft and some data game on sdcard/android/data..

before Im using directory bind,ive never got gapps crashes..but now after im using directory bind,when I updating app or download data game,gapps is always crashes sir.. :crying:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Phil3759:
Worked perfect on my i9100. People need to read also directions in page 4 as target and data directories is a bit confusing. Also, my config was always lost until i used the backup restore trick
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Pushwall:
Maybe others here can offer something better,....but I would suggest unbinding all of your entries in Directory Bind. And then when you want to run a game with data affected by a binding entry, go into Directory Bind and bind the entry. And then of course after playing the game go back into Directory Bind and unbind the entry. Hopefully this will stop any of the crashing that is occurring.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] perryd84:
Hi,

I've been using Directory Bind fine for ages on the Resurrection Remix Rom ICS and the music and everything plays and binds fine. But, yesterday I started getting play back issues in Google Play Music. I checked the binding in the file explorer and it was fine, but in Directory Bind the binding had gone?!

I re-mapped it and tried again but it still wouldn't work!

I have "Bind on Boot" on, and "Alternate dbase mgmt". After a reboot the binding disappears and it will not backup my database either.

I haven't updated anything either its just stopped working, I'm baffled?!

Any help would be great!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mr_tris:
Has anyone managed to bind Dead Trigger? :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] :
*** edit...i went to look at the pic on pg 1 again and noticed something. duh. i'm going to try that now. smh.

hmm, my binds are red. i'm reading for solution but haven't got that far yet. any help right now is appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] djase:
obb folder cant be bind
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Psyloid:
Livesaver app !!!

would pay for it

10000000000000x thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ansariiqbal:
after much of trial and error.. finally works for me on Galaxy S3. i have transfered sygic map, real racing 2, nova 3 and GT+ Free HD from internal memory to external 32Gb card. no problems even after re-boot or usb connection to pc. Thank you...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ansariiqbal:
You don't need to type in the path. Long press in the field and you can see the explorer. Click option "up", directory then mnt and then extsdcard for s3. Then you should be able to browse to where you want to move the files. Good idea to have blank folder already before you proceed.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Phil3759:
Sygic can be officially moved to ext sd
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Not on the S3. Nothing has "Move to SD" functionality.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Phil3759:
No, maps can be moved manually to sd card