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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Stunherald:
Yea .. sorry i was not able to edit my prev. post because of the forum policy.

Yes i tried alternate database management

- does "alternate dbase mgmt" help ?

// No, same situation

- are you using any taskkiller

// No

- what ROM are you using

// 98.10.5.XT897.Sprint.en.US (as per THIS guide)

I'll make a logcat ...

EDIT: I've checked again settings to ensure that the alternate db management is ticket and it was not. I enabled that and re-ralunched the app and it was again unticked O_o. So i removed root permission in SuperSU, removed app data and reinstalled DirectoryBind after device reboot. Now it looks that its working. Alternate DB management is enabled for good and auto mount on device start is also working properly.

Thank you for your replies and sorry for the mess :]
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sammath:
I always used this app on my note2 and it's working fine on that device.

However, I have the galaxy s4 now and it just refuses to work no matter what path I use.

My device is rooted, and the fun part is that it shows green so it should be Ok.

When I start my apps/games however, it just doesn't work.

They don't start of they ask me to download te files again.

Anybody have a fix for this? Is it becouse of jb 4.2.2?

Thanks for helping in advance :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] lovekeiiy:
I don't know a fix because I don't have access to an S4. It's possible that it may be on Andriod 4.2 and there was a change in the OS that does play nice with DB. You may want to check out FolderMount. Very similar to DB, but as an earlier said, the developer is quite active on the app. When I was checking it out yesterday or the day before, the last update was the week before. I believe it's a free app as well.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
It doesn't work on 4.2 due to the way Google have changed how mounting permissions work.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sammath:
Foldermount works, nice and thanks for the help :)

/edit

Okay so that also didn't work. It works fine when you start doing the moving of the folders. But when you reboot your phone it doesn't work anymore :/

I don't know why :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
You can try my script in my signature if you like. It's a bit more involved than using an app and it's recommended you take a full nandroid backup before trying, but have a go.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sammath:
I will try this when there actually is a working cwm for the gt9505. there isn't one out yet :P

The creator of foldermount is also crunching the problem of this becouse his app actually works on cm 4.2.2

yet it doesnt on tw based fw after you reboot your phone :/
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
So far, I have it working fully on touchwiz. Bit more difficult on cm/aokp/aospa but working
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
You don't need CWM to run rootSU's script, it's not a flash script. You just need root.

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I don't think it makes a difference considering you are only touching the Linux file system not Android itself.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Sammath:
You are correct sir, however, if I want to make a nandroid I need cwm and that ain't available yet for the s4 ;) well not for the gt9505 yet.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
I have a warning to take a nandroid in my thread, because the AOSP one is more complicated. You need to change permissions to SD card, which is in /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml

Reverting that is easy enough but a guy changed the permissions as was supposed to then did a fix permissions in recovery and something during that process messed stuff up. Only a wipe of /data fixed it. So definitely people using the AOSP option which changes the mounting permissions of the external SD card should take a nandroid backup first. Touchwiz roms, not necessary.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Ah, yes, the good old nandroid backup. I have other backup solutions myself.

Sent from my E4GT.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
What are you Using?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Titanium Backup is good enough for just losing data. It will even restore your Android ID. It's easy enough to get the boot, recovery, and kernel back.

Sent from my E4GT.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Ah yes, it would be, but in this guy's case, his Sd cards had been mounted with odd permissions after the fix permissions and reboot, so Titanium was unable to read his backup folder :(

Nandroid was his only option. Its odd though, because a wipe of data fixed his mounting permissions, but he did a /data only restore from a nandroid backup he took in the broken state and it restored the fault. I really have no idea how he broke it like that :/
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Tutungzone:
Question...

Dude... love the app, just have a question. I am using the latest version (o) I believe, and though everything works fine, the Binds no longer show after a reboot... though I know they are still in place. Is this common, and is there anyway to always have the current binds populate that first screen.

[EDIT] Sorry, just saw at the bottom of the OP... I will try the Alternative DB.

[EDIT] Alternative DB does not help to see existing Binds... do I need to restore the structure and try again? Thoughts?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Reddax95:
Running latest version of Directory Bind (K) on Samsung note 10.1" with latest android rooted. I've been using directory bind and they've appeared on the main screen showing what's been binded etc. However, they've suddenly disappeared and when i try to add more links, they don't appear on the main screen of Directory Bind, how do i fix this? I've tried re installing Directory Bind.

Thanks.

P.S it also comes up with Enter Valid target directory after it does the copying, and when i go to the origional file location, it's moved it to the Data path and so it's copying the file, just not linking it and putting it in the main screen of Directory Bind
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] wuzdat:
Does anyone have a recommendation for a file manager app that can give me an accurate total of the space used/free on my internal sdcard while I'm using Directory Bind on several folders? I have Bern having issues with about 3 different file managers & a storage analyzer giving me different totals, so I don't know which is the accurate "free space" total. Any suggestions? Using Android 2.3.7

Sent from my LG-VM696 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Root Explorer. It's not free, but it's the best file explorer I've used. At the top, it shows used/free space and if you change folders, it updates. So, for example:

/sdcard/Android/data/com.gameloft.game -> Shows: 5.58GB used, 5.42GB free
/sdcard/Android/data/com.gameloft.game/files -> Linked to /sd-ext/Android/data/com.gameloft.game/files -> Shows: 15.53GB used, 16.47GB free

Note: The attached screenshots are my own setup, it cannot be done with DirectoryBind. It can, however, be done with FolderMount, but the files would have to be moved manually and requires a second partition on either SD card that is an EXT4 partition (file permissions are a ***** with files on the /data partition).
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] denzukvega:
Just 1 thing I wanna ask, although I can related it to Linux ways.... The space indicated by internal status says my internal still the same size as before I use DB to move. Is there any chances that for example, an app/game that use space more than it was reported free, will it break/crash? Or just keep running?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
No. My /data directory claims to have 8GB in it (using a different app from the above to get the size), but it's only a 2GB partition.

Sent from my E4GT.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] denzukvega:
Oh... OK. Noted. in root xplorer, it does shows real space consumption, after entering one of the folder after root. TQ.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] HyperCriSiS:
Thanks so much this is so ****ing awesome!! :laugh: :good: :cool:

Searched so long for something to solve this.

You should add some tags to the thread so this nice tool can be found more easily.

Maybe:

symbolic link, redirect, hard link, junction, mklink, point, shortcut, path, target, folder, directory, fsutil, reparse point, symlink
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] salvopetrucci:
This tool is amazing! Thank you! It works very good for me...

The lastest version is k or o?

Inviato dal mio GT-N7100 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Which one comes last in the alphabet?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nitroox:
Hi guys! I have a problem here, when I install a game on my phone, all the data goes to internal sd(/sdcard).. but I have just 2gb on internal sd... I want to put all the data files o my external sd of 8gb(/mnt/ext_card).. How can I do this?

I clered all files on my internal sd and put all data on my external sd but not work.. all games ask to download the data files and don't recognize the data on the external card.

Phone: Sony Xperia E Dual

Someone can help me?

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I don't need help now guysm I got it :D Thank you so much for this great app..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Read the thread. The answers you seek are contained within.

Edit: It's customary to prefix your edits with "edit". FYI: I thought the stuff under the dashes was a signature.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mbe1957:
DirectoryBind on Froyo 2.2.2 - Error parsing package

Any hope DirectoryBind can work on Froyo 2.2.2 ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ranya:
DirectoryBind

DirectoryBind not woking for Samsung Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] aneeqkhan:
+11111
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
No, it doesn't work on any 4.2 rom. Development stopped on this application over a year ago. Its dead.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] teddy0209:
Works fine with me, from ICS 4.0.4 to JB 4.2.2...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Google actually changed the way that 4.2 works. Some developers have had to add massive work arounds to get it to work on their 4.2.2 ROMs. However, Most CM, AOKP, AOSP and OEM ROMs are not supported, unless a developer has specifically managed to put in one of the complicated kernel or dalvik VM level changes

So in conclusion, you have been very lucky to somehow manage to pick one of those 4.2 ROMs, or you are mistaken and haven't tested properly. Probably the former, but I can't rule out the latter. But yeah, the application doesnt work on 4.2 roms.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Chuan201:
Dear Teddy,

May we know which rom that u found up directory bind still working? thank you

Regards,

Chuan
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] king_below_my_lord:
I say... why don't you guys swap the memory by editing vold.fstab and avoid all the hassle?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
1) Maybe they don't want to.

2) Maybe they actually want to be able to remove their physical card while the phone is on.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] king_below_my_lord:
1. I am Okay with that but still swapping doesn't have any side effects of binding.

2. That ain't possible in the Galaxy S2, you can unmount but that's it, you can't remove the physical card without pulling the battery out, since this thread in the Galaxy S2 forum what I suggested is the better option.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Uh, my phone is the Galaxy S2 and I can totally get the card out without removing the battery.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] king_below_my_lord:
Wow what is the full model number? Mine is the international version and mine can't be pulled out without removing the battery.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] king_below_my_lord:
See, I am using GT-I9100 international version unlocked
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
SPH-D710 according to "About device/phone".

SPH-D710ZKASPR according to Samsung's website.

Edit: I know that our phones could be physically different even though they are the same in name. My sister has a Galaxy S that doesn't have a slide out keyboard where the one I had did. Doesn't make much sense to me, but yeah.

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See that doesn't make sense. Why didn't they put the SIM card where the SD card is and vice versa. Seems to me that you would have to shut off the phone anyway to take out the SIM card.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] king_below_my_lord:
Ah yes your's is the epic 4g version..lol..mine is the orginal i9100 international(this forum is actually is for this one) edition, yes what they did with mine makes no sense because if i pull out the sim and reinsert i still have to reboot...i think the idiots finally corrected that in your version...lucky you and by the way do you have NFC?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
My phone has no SIM card and most if not all of the stuff in this forum work fine on/with my phone. From a software perspective, there's little difference; however, I don't dare flash a kernel from the SGS2 (non-E4GT) forums. lol
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
This thread transcended being just an S2 thread about a year ago.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jasminthoria:
Good work mate. Thanks:)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] LuckyStrike88:
How would I do this? Can I do this on a Galaxy Note i717 running CM10.1? I have a 64gb ext sd card and have tried various measures with varying success.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] king_below_my_lord:
You have to edit vold.fstab file in /system/etc, just ask someone in your device's cm10.1 thread to edit it for you,and all you need to do is replace the original with the edited one, it's amazing even though I should actually have only about 12gb internal memory I now have 29.x gb in place of the internal, no hassle of moving and binding or compatibility issues.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] LuckyStrike88:
Is there any downside? Stability or anything?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] king_below_my_lord:
No downsides except if you are using a crappy low quality card, for example if you use a class 10 SanDisk 32Gb sd card you get performance boost and advantage with the shift, but if you're using a unknown brand with low write speeds your application loading time will increase ie. performance decrease.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] king_below_my_lord:
See, vold.fstab just changes places with the actual usb storage (internal card) and it functions normally like the internal card, internal will be mounted as external card. Lol.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] drkriley:
Samsung GT 3113 works if...

I rooted and got DB installed and was not getting any reduction in internal SD use until I noted that the External SD is in the "storage" partition...if you try the sad card/ext_sdcard noted on the opening thread screen, it only moves the data to a new directory on the Internal card...now I have several apps moved (apparently not all can move, since some did not work right when I tried) and got over half the available space free on my internal...this DB app is very good, but be sure to BACKUP the database, since it lost my bound directories once...:good::good::cyclops:

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It may be no longer being developed, but the newest version works fine on my Galaxy Tab 7.0 under Jellybean after rooting...:cool:

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I had the same problem, so I searched around the app and found "Backup the database" and have had no problems since...:cyclops:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
You're lucky then because it doesn't work on 4.2 roms. See previous post or just read this thread :p
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rightjb:
Droid Razr Maxx JB HD problem

I see a reference that DirBind doesn't work on ANY 4.2 xx versions. (which sucks cuz it is indispensable to me!)

Are there any plans to develop it for JB, or time frames for a BETA? (I'd be happy to BETA btw).

If not I'll ***** and moan to myself and move on... :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
If you continue reading this thread, you'll find a link to an app that does the exact same thing *and* works on 4.2.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
The dev hasn't been here for a year or so i think.

There are alternatives mentioned in this thread, which are:

1) Folder mount app (on play / xda)

2) vold.fstab swap internal / external memory (search this thread)

3) complicated script in my signature

But none of these methods work for everyone. Take a nandroid and try them
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rightjb:
Thanks egingell. I only see the Link2SD. From what I read you either have to create a partition (which I don't want to do) or a very long procedure that isn't simply handled by the app. As I'm replicating this for other employees that's a bit too cumbersome for me unless I'm missing something..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
He is talking about number 1 in my post :/
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] zzztidurvirus:
Link2sd? It will not move huge game data. Directory bind / folder mount? Cant bypass low memory nag, if youre low on internal mem. Vold.fstab is the way to go, if youre keeping lots of huge games and gps data.

Sony Xperia Tipo ST21i
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
There's no reason one can't use both. I use a combination of Link2SD, FolderMount, and a folder binding boot script. I have 8GB of apps and data the system thinks is in /data which is only 2GB and I don't get any low space nags.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] zzztidurvirus:
You can mix both. About your script, you can bypass just like that? I cant download nfs mw if my internal is 1.8gb (g play will not allow me) so I go vold.fstab way.

Sony Xperia Tipo ST21i
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] psi-jack:
This looks actually rather quite awesome, and by the looks of it, it allows you to do singular directories from /storage/sdcard to /storage/extSdCard, instead of everything? If that's the case, I will definitely be trying this out, giving feedback on what issues or suggestions I can come up with, but definitely looking like the right direction.

I do have one curious question though.

Why did you decide to go with mounts rather than symlinks for this type of setup? Are you doing bind mounts for the mounting methods?

Much appreciated!

Psi-Jack
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Can't symlink on sdcards that use windows based file systems
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
That and they're incredibly unreliable.

Sent from my E4GT.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rajdon82:
Good Job

It works like a charm on my galaxy N7100. However, the binds disappeared after reboot. Enabling "Alternate dbase mgmt" fixed that problem as well. Just wondering how much free space on internal sd card is required to ensure that this app works always; for example, will it work even if internal sd card is almost full?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] crz6662:
+1 on Slim-4.2.2 build.3.4-UNOFFICIAL
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] astuermer:
Doesn't work for me on Paranoid Android 3.50 RC1 on Galaxy S3.

I get no error messages, but folders aren't mounted.

Any idea or help?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
It doesn't work on 4.2 roms unless the developer has changed some stuff. This app is pretty much dead. Google changed how mounting works in 4.2, so unless you're lucky and have a rom with the changes in, you'll have to find an alternative solution
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Urizen1976:
IT WORKED!!!

Hey! I just stumbled in your post and disabling path verification did the job!!!:eek: I recently updated my Razr i to jelly bean and couldn´t get directory bind working, thanx for sharing your solution!!!:laugh:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] wiryawang:
Working great on my Samsung Grand, Thanks A Lot
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shaar2401:
Dead trigger

Yes i have binded dead trigger. But the data is there in internal sd but not using storage.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] riskisigamer:
didnt work

hi all..

i use this app on my stock rom, and well work.. then i try using rom CM10.1 but this app didnt work. what can i do? please help me.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ivaneris:
You should read it...it won't work on 4.2 see you can use either script or another app (it explained in detail few post before)

Sent from my LG-P990
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] malachow:
guys, would this app work with Cyanogenmod 10.1?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Read the post immediately above yours!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Paul Blake:
This app causes lag on my s2 and sometimes sleep of death
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Unlikely. It only runs on boot and when you're actively using it. It's more likely that you moved something you shouldn't have.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
agreed :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Paul Blake:
I disabled run on boot and moved only wild blood data to extSdCard when i enter in directory bind and mount them it lags and after 30 sec it shows app crashed then it go in sod
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
That "lag" is standard app crash. So really what you're reporting is directory bind crashes when you attempt to bind
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] riskisigamer:
hehe, sory . i didnt read the first post

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kapan y bisa di jb 4.2.2 hehe
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ivaneris:
Kyknya g bkl deh...dev nya ud g pernah otak atik ini lg...coba pke script nya dr [MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION] atau pke foldermount

Sent from my LG-P990
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Please could you guys also put English translations? It's part of forum rules.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ivaneris:
Oh yeah...sorry...forgot to translate it...i just said this app won't developed anymore because the dev has abandon it..so for 4.2 we just have option to use either your script ir foldermount ..

Sent from my LG-P990
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Paul Blake:
On pacman v22.2 android 4.2.2 works it mount and no lag no crash

Send from my SGS2 I9100 with PACMAN ROM v22.2 and DorimanX 9.20 kernel
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] riskisigamer:
ops, im so sory,.

i really dont know about it.

oke i'll read the thread from mister rootSu. thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Fonscky:
menu directory bind

Hi!

I can not access the menu directory bind with my motorola razr xt 916 d1.

How do I access the menu on razr xt 916?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] egingell:
Assuming you have no soft menu key (and even if you do), Virtual Button Bar will make an on-screen one for you.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] raymartymartyeah:
fusion bolt ainol novo 7 firmware issues with directory bind

Hi, I'm new to this thread. I'm only doing readings with this forum a while ago, but now I registered just to post this issue I'm experiencing with directory bind.

My device is Cherry mobile fusion bolt. But I did a firmware replacement from its stock firmware to ainol novo 7 Venus lite firmware. Using directory bind, everything works fine before o doing a firmware upgrade. But after the firmware upgrade, I'm not able to use directory bind just like before. My issue is here:

Every time I start directory bind, it keeps on prompting for the superuser permission, even if I already checked the "remember check box". It keeps on asking and asking and asking, so the result is I'm not able to add entries, also I'm not able to go to preferences to set some settings.

When I bought this device, its already pre-rooted, meaning I only need to install the super user app to make it rooted. Other apps that require roopt permission works fine with this firmware.

I hoping that someone could help me with this. Thanks in advance. :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
Clear data on superuser app.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] incodnita:
I don't know if you support other devices but I try this app with my Sony Xperia Z and works very well but I have that issue and "alternate dbase mgmt" didn't help me. I don't use a taskiller and I am using the stock ROM.

Thank you for your work :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] danarama:
He doesn't even support this device. Dev has been AWOL for over a year.