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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Shore13:
what do i have to do, if apk files and cache got this adress:

data/data/com.... - cache

data/app/com...apk - apk

so ofcourse i can cut files from this directory not using Directory bind and paste them on my SD card, but i have to find this adress in DB, but when i click on data/ - there are no folders data/,app/ etc. there are no folders at all. so what do i have to do
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
DB won't let you use secure folders. Use FolderMount instead.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] IRoN MaN9:
I tried folder mount to move data but it doesn't work
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Yeah, actually, it does. If it doesn't work for you, I suggest submitting a proper bug report to its dev.

P.S. FolderMount won't move data from secure folders, you'd have to move it yourself prior to pairing. It does, however, work flawlessly for what it was designed for -- moving and linking files/folders from internal SD card to external SD card.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Shore13:
i see

so foldermount works the same way as DB and its able to use secure folders like data/ ?

and another question: am i able to change place, where apk and cache place after installing apps?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] juzehh:
Hello, Slig

Wonderful app u are making, it's so much helpful for me, dispite of the problem with reboot.

I hope u can solve this to make it even better.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mclightning:
nice!!! thanks bro.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Widget21:
Anyone tried to bind hidden folders like .thumbnails using Directory bind? I couldn't.

Will try FolderMount and report back.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] radiikal:
Been using it to bind .face without issue. Haven't tried. .thumbnails though. ..

I have one issue to ask...my snapseed and perfectly clear folders r in DCIM folder. Directory Bind is able to bind perfectly clear but has issue binding with snapseed. ..any ideas?

Using Note 2 with Moon Rom.

Thx
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jamesDF:
Copying file... 0% 15/5702

First time user of this program here.

Galaxy SIII SGH-T999 with Red&Grey SanDisk Ultra 64GB externat SD Card. Mounts automatically as extSdCard.

Would be great, but:

I select "Transfer files from target to data", the pop up window "Copying file..." opens but stays at "0% 15/5702" until the process times out and quits trying any further.

Please Help?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ivaneris:
Just move it manually with any file manager...it's faster...

Sent from my LG-P990
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] zmore:
Happy to report that "Folder Mount" works just fine with CM10.1 for REGULAR apps & games that store their huge obb data on the internal SD card.

However, it fails subtly for app dirs in /data/data, like Google Music (/data/data/com.android.google.music/files > externalsd/gmusiccache/files). I manually moved the files over, and mounted, and it works that instant, but, the problem remains that upon reboot, Google Music starts BEFORE FolderMount runs, it gets confused about the inconsistency, so when you start GMusic it deletes it all and proceeds to redownload everything again.

So, I'm still having to use SManager to manually run a script that force kills google music upon bootup, and then does the bind mount.

Oh the hoops we have to jump through just to move our Gigs of pinned music to the external SD for offline use.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] teapartymassacre:
DirectoryBind_0.2.0o.apk

i used that version and nothing appears on my screen? :confused:

im using galaxy tab 2 p3100 and im already rooted, i used cf-auto root by chainfire

so what is exactly the problem?

btw, im gonna try DirectoryBind_0.2.0n and see if something happens :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] teddy0209:
I used o version on my nephew's galaxy tab 2 p3100 and it works fine...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] 911-Future_Maker:
Make sure Alternate Database is checked. ;) Btw I'm now on JB 4.2.2 and still using DB, because I don't like FolderMount and it just works! :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
No, it doesn't. It can't possibly.

Sent from my SGS4.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] BaCKo85:
Тhanks. I will try it
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] AmrAllam7:
Thanks bro this is the best app i have ever used in this section:good:

But it has one bug with android 4.2.2

When i open it always appears ---Directory Bind granted superuser permission--- it always appear until i open a game or rotate the screen?

Is there any i have did wrong?:confused:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
This app does not work with 4.2.2.

As for why SuperSU or Superuser is stuck, I don't know.

Sent from my SGS4.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] AmrAllam7:
No bro every thing works perfect.

But the only bug was this. other than it works perfect
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
I have my doubts, but if it does work, awesome.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] 911-Future_Maker:
Come and see, I'm playing Asphalt 7 with obb data stored on my 32gb micro sd card. And that's just a one simple example from many as I'm a hard gamer!:D

And screenshot just for you:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Yeah, that's never been the problem - DB always looked/looks as though it succeeded. Go to a file manager, like ES Explorer or Root Explorer, and see if both locations are the same. If they appear to contain the same files, make a file or folder in one location and see if it appears in the other.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] 911-Future_Maker:
Well may be there are some glitches, but the only important thing for me is that my games are simply working. Have you tried the ReVolt 4.4?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
That's for the SGS2 which doesn't require emulated storage since the SD card partition is separate from the data partition and JB 4.2.2 was not written for the SGS2. It uses the 4.1.2 kernel which is a linux 3.0 kernel. Why it works for you and nobody else, I don't know.

Edit: This thread may be in the an SGS2 forum, but it's not exclusive to the SGS2.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] 911-Future_Maker:
Yup, you mean S4 has s bit different storage partition management by default? That's not a good news for me, I was thinking about upgrading to S4 within a few months.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Data and SD card are on the same partition which is EXT4 formatted. Android... or probably the kernel... then emulates a FAT32 storage space in order for it to play with Windows via MTP or USB Mass Storage. With the 16GB model, you get 10GB usable internal storage to use for both apps and miscellaneous and 2GB for system (which is fantastic - the S2 only has 800MB and is split between two partitions). It's also twice as fact as the S2 - that quad-core snapdragon really ... uh, snaps. :) It's well worth it and FolderMount works fine as long as you use the right paths (/storage/emulated/0 *is* the internal SD card in the eyes of FolderMount. The emulated storage, however is quite buggy. You can't even see, let alone access, /storage/emulated/0 - you can only access the internal storage with a shell prompt via /storage/emulated/legacy or /mnt/shell/emulated/0 which do not work with FM).

All of my gripes regarding this phone are with Google's emulated storage. With Root Explorer, there are five ways to access the internal SD card:

/data/media/0 - EXT4 - can set permissions and owner and can make symlinks.

/sdcard - symlinked to /storage/emulated/legacy

/storage/emulated/legacy - emuFAT (as I call it - Google calls it sdcardfs) - cannot set permissions or owner and symlinks are not shown.

/storage/emulated/0 - emuFAT - cannot set permissions or owner and symlinks are not shown.

/mnt/shell/emulated/0 - emuFAT - cannot set permissions or owner and symlinks are not shown.

Number 4, which is the only one that does not work from the shell prompt, works with FM and number 1 is the only one that can be used in manual mount scripts (debuggerd hack + ROM Toolbox or Script Manager) and also works with FM.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] 911-Future_Maker:
^Oh well, the things get little complicated, thx for your nice post dude. I'll guess I should move on and start using FM when I finally buy the S4.:D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] IRoN MaN9:
Hi guys i don't know how this app work i mean when transfer data of mc4 there's still a copy in internel card and when delete the data from internel sd card the game didn't work again so is there any wrong
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bumslayer:
You shouldn't have deleted the copy in the internal sdcard. Those are symbolic links to the ones on the external sdcard. By deleting the links you have effectively also deleted the originals on your external sdcard. That's why your game didn't work.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] IRoN MaN9:
Thanx bro for replaying but i see the storage in internel sd card still the same storage when use directory bind is that normal or the size symbolic too
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] cnmsales:
Will this work to move installed apps to the external SD?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ivaneris:
Nope

Sent from my LG-P990
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
This does not move apps. It only moves data from one arbitrary location* to another arbitrary location* both chosen my the user.

* Despite this app requiring root, the locations must exist somewhere that is accessible to non-root apps (e.g. /storage/sdcard, and /storage/extSdCard). In other words, this app doesn't work to move internal app storage.

Link2SD moves apps and their dalvik-cache and libs.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] radiikal:
I have 2 questions abt binding 2 particular apps, snapseed and whatsapp. I'm using Note 2.

Snapseed creates a folder within DCIM in the internal storage (sdcard0); while whatsapp creates a folder in sdcard0.

I DB them and it looks fine. When I use file explorer to check both internal and external cards, files r identical. However, when I use gallery to view the pics, the pics arent showing in gallery in the external card. It seems like DB not binding them.

2nd question. When I want to delete a file, ie a photo. Which file should I delete? The one in the original location or the one in the external sd card?

Thx for the help
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] teddy0209:
If you binded it, then the files would actually be on the external but it would appear on the internal... Datas from this two apps are not actually that big and you can easily transfer image files to external... This is useful for obb files and data files for big games and apps...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] radiikal:
Yeah I understand that. I'm also using DB as a backup tool, something like RAID 1...lol...

So what u mean is should delete the file in the external storage is I want to get rid of it?

Thx again
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] samapth:
How to do this in a tablet

I have auxus ax01 tablet,I have extsd in mnt directory,not in sdcard directory

When i try like in source/mnt/extsd/Android/data/com.touchtype.swiftkey.tablet.full

and in target /sdcard/Android/data/com.touchtype.swiftkey.tablet.full

It didnt work..

Please help me,I badly require this,will be lot thankful..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] teddy0209:
Verify your directories using file explorer...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] AmrAllam7:
It didn't work because the wrong directory of the sdcard it should be like this

/mnt/sdcard ---> That is the right place

NOT

/sdcard ---> That is the wrong place

Thats because he didn't work fix your directory and try. he well work:laugh:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madyak2013:
correct path for source/ext sd card?

hi.im a noob to using this app so i hope someone can clarify something for me. when i use a file manager to check my external sd card location it says its in /mnt/extsd3/. should i alter the source path in directory bind to this ? when i leave it as it is as sdcard/external sd all it does is create a folder in my internal sd card with the data. thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
extsd3? Is that a typo? Anyway, yes, you should use the correct path, but you don't need to type it out, you can long press the box to open a file explorer.

Sent from my SGS4.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] wiryawang:
Seems like Directory Bin not working on JB 4.2.2, I'm using Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos.

Any update to make this apps works?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Um... Duh. Please read the thread.

Sent from my SGS4.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] junyuan:
this is a really great and superb app, it resolved the problem of swapping internal sd and external sd in my galaxy w, rooted with stock rom.

i hope slig is still working on it and manage to market it soon, it sure will help many more ppl..

there is only 1 issue i encounter which alternate dbase mgmt mz be checked in order to keep the entries appear after reboot. however, it fails to auto bind the link although i have checked the auto bind box.

besides, for other users information, an app called storage analyzer is able to see which folder is mounted(virtual) and which folder is really exist in the storage.

to slig, there is other forum/ppl sharing this app (Directorybind) using their name which i think is not fair to u. u can google it and see.

lastly, a great thanks to u, keep up the good work.;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jago25_98:
There's a way to do some of this with fstab... but obviously you have to be careful you don't completely messup the phone

I'd like to have emmc mounted to /sdcard/external_sd for backwards compatibility in ICS...

I'll have to figure out how to do this and report back
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] EARNEST_EU:
Recently i started having lots of failures. is there a way to find out why?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] pigpigjason:
the games that already binded can't do a save game

ya~

it was a really great app..

recently, i had bind some of my gameloft games.

one of the problem is i can only play from the save game made before binded.

which means that all the files move into extenal_sd are not update-able.

can someone help me to solve my problem?

TQVM.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MoSeriouS:
Ok, I've read through this thread and I feel like an idiot but I need to figure out if this is working right or not. I have a Samsung Galaxy S II, Epic 4G Touch (SPH-D710), and my sole goal is for my External SD Card to be recognized by my device. I am presently running a 4.0.4 ICS Tablet Hybrid ROM (HyDrA Rom) and when I use Root Explorer to try and open my External SD Card it appears empty. I installed this apk, and the instructions I read in an AOKP thread said that I should name the Source /emmc and the Target as /sdcard/external_sd and when I do this I can see external_sd within the emmc folder in the root directory. With this being said, when I go to sdcard/external_sd the folder still appears empty, so my question relates to whether this apk is taking external_sd and moving it to emmc, or is the emmc folder somehow reflecting the contents of external_sd without actually moving the contents of sdcard/external_sd/? I hope that makes sense b/c it barely does to me, but I'd appreciate any help or advice on how I can make external_sd findable by Root Explorer/ES Explorer, etc.... Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jcasares:
The application just maps and existing directory or drive (/emmc) to another directory but won't magically show a drive you already don't see.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] BoneMo:
reboot problem

DELETE, Sorry set not enough big timeout time
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rheen:
thx man.. thiis great app...

works on my sgt ics nigtly rom

so no more change fstab just bind all....

thx.. :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] geekovary:
Using latest ICS custom com, from here - 97F1-D1-H2-H01-N413.20120314*

I have SU access, tired alt db as well.

Problem :

1. Not able to create directory in my SD card, says, could not make an empty directory.

2. What i am trying to do : Need to move Gmeloft MC3 from internal sd to extsd, and also, put in Fifa 12, 1.5GB files i have downloaded in to the ext sd from my laptop.

Have been trying out all sorts of permutations, have not been able to get the work done.

A reply will be appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] blueeagle69:
@geekovary

Try this.

Navigate to /system/etc/permissions.

Edit the file platform.xml

Under the section WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

add this below the line that is already there.

<group gid="media_rw" />

Then reboot.

Hope this works.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] geekovary:
Cheers !!! Its working now :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jago25_98:
Can this tool be used only to link /mnt/sdcard/external_sd to /mnt/emmc for backwards compatibility because I can't see a way to do it. Without this Sygic and big older apps run out of space with ICS.

This is another way I'm trying in a manual way:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26165870
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Galactus:
I have never used Sygic but I take it you want to move the Sygic files stored on your INTERNAL sd card to your EXTERNAL sd card? Just bind mnt/emmc to /mnt/sdcard/external_sd using this app. Sorry but I don't get what you want to do, other than move apps from internal sd to external sd
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jcasares:
You set a bind for /emmc to /sdcard/external_sd and you need to have the folder in /sdcard empty (no contents inside external_sd). If there is content it won't bind.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jago25_98:
Ah, thanks! I didn't think it could do it as it didn't seem to make the external_sd directory. After reading this though I had another go, hitting the green disk icon a few times and it's working now! :-) Nice
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] delca85:
I have followed these instructions, but I have to do it each time I boot!

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jcasares:
I don't use this anymore but I remember I had some issues with sticking after each reboot.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] handfish:
Battery drain

Thanks for this great app. It works well on my Samsung Galaxy Note running GB.

Sadly, I have just discovered that with the stock ICS firmware, DirectoryBind causes massive battery drain on my Note.

What I did:

- Installed version 0.2.0o

- Ran the app and got root permission from SuperSU

- Added one entry

- Mounted the entry and got a green icon

- Tick the alternative database box

A few hours later, found that the battery had gone down by around 50% in ~6 hours.

Reason for this: the phone does not go into deep sleep even though during this 6 hours I only had a few minutes of screen on time.

How to confirm the above battery drain issue:

- CPU Spy shows that deep sleep is not used

- The stock battery usage screen shows that the phone had lots of wake up (lots of blue tiny vertical bars)

- This one is significant: SuperSU's log shows that DirectoryBind asked for root permission every few minutes even though the phone wasn't in use! Not sure why...

Sadly, because of this issue, I have to uninstall DirectoryBind.

I would greatly appreciate if you are able to investigate this issue. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] hemantkarandikar:
this worked for me. i am dhiru's cm9 alpha 5.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] wiryawang:
I read this entry (Bold Session) so I dare my self to ask about an update for this apps to works on 4.2.2

Please kind enough to show which posting on this thread that can advice me, thanks.

This apps is simply the best in my opinion, no need to create a bin setting for each folder data.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
In 4.2.2, specifically the kernel it would appear, Google changed the way mounts work which broke this app and is mentioned numerous times in this thread. It's why Folder Mount was developed (also mentioned in this thread). So unless you're using a 4.2.2 ROM with a 4.1.2 kernel as mentioned in the post you quoted, of course DB is not going to work.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] wiryawang:
Thanks for the explanation, last question : Which is better ? Folder Mount or GL 2 SD ? Are there any more alternative apps that works the same function ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
I have no opinion on whether one is better than the other; however, GL2SD is specifically for GameLoft games and is likely hardcoded with GameLoft specific folder names whereas Folder Mount is for moving and linking arbitrary folders which the user chooses both the source and the destination.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] 80000037:
I beg to differ, i have both folder mount and gl to sd.

Although gl to sd originally developed with gameloft games in mind, now the app has already supports other applications and custom folders too.

One thing I like about GL 2 SD is that this app can read all the folders used by particular app that you want to move to SD (eg. App A has data on root/data/data , mnt/sdcard/android/data , mnt/sdcard/android/obb , etc). And you can checklist which one you want to move to SD.

Sent from Samsung GT-I9082
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] teddy0209:
Among other apps with the same purpose as directory bind, this is still the best for me... It works with my phone even with 4.2.2 roms... I mean custom roms...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] emgluon:
Hi there

Please can you tell me why directory bind ask for root access about every hour or so.

I see from the logs that it does a bunch of "ls grep" and "mount" at regular intervals.

There should'nt be any need for the "ls grep" i assume to check if the folder is still there, and "mount" as i didnt unmount it, so often.

Is there a way to turn this off?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DrKannadasan:
Need a Help

Can i bind something on the phone's internal storage say a folder in androidsecure to the external/internal sd card(i have swapped the external and internal cards, my 32 gb external sd is my internal sd card)

I have fulled up my 500 mb internal storage, so cant install new apps, can i use your app to bind a folder from internal storage to my internal sd(32 gb card)? Please help....
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] teddy0209:
Big files are on Adroid data or obb folder... Android secure, don't know if it is safe.. Use other tools to move apps like link to sd... You don't need binding since you already have swapped your memory...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mickeyzkun:
hi after I successfully add 2 entries and make it work, when I open again the DB its empty.

how to fix it?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kretex:
Read #1 post...check alternate dbase
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mickeyzkun:
of course before I make a post, I read the TS post first. i already did that and nothing happens.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Then you have much more severe problems that are neither a problem with nor caused by this app. I suggest you try again. Hint: You are not going to magically get the lost directory pairs back after switching to Alternate Database.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mickeyzkun:
i already tried it 3x already but it still disappear after i re-open the DB but when i first test it, the entry that i add didn't disappear *weird*

should i check the Alternate Database before adding new entry?

btw my phone is Xperia SP and im using memory ram booster pro.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] pedrocarlosdos:
Slig I'm uploading a video right now that will explain everything to this new guys covering everything from: 1. I have marked the "Blind on Boot", but seems the mounting not work after reboot.

2. The entries seem disappear after reboot and need to map it every time

all this and plus more for example moving data from /sdcard/android/data/com.ea.games.nfs13_na/ TO /storage/extSdCard/DirectoryBind/com.ea.games.nfs13_na/

as you first intended when you first created this application.

just watch the video and tell me what you think but Warning!!! the video is 30 minutes long design for no technical minded be patient lol

the video is on YOUTUBE... LINK: How to really move data to extSdCard (GameLoft, Shadowgun etc.) ROOT req or this youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sfl59nO4zw