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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michael_P:
Wouldn't be so bad except I just installed Nova 3 and Modern Combat 3 and can't even find a way to move game data, and I did try GL to SD, so just those games have eaten up almost 3gb internal memory, I mean I feel like I'm using a freaking IPhone here with constantly having to delete stuff to make room.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
This issue was already discussed and I provided a manual solution (requiring root)

You could automate it with GScript however someone might eventually create an app for it if need be.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27258281&postcount=7

I've tried it with a single app so far and looks good however so far noone else reported success or failure.

Linux is the kernel only, everything around is GNU and/or distribution-specific.

The Android-kernel and Linux are being merged again so as to concentrate development on new issues and solutions instead of re-inventing the wheel over and over again.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arnik1928:
d4fseeker,

How do you run this script at every start up automatically?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daprosy:
Edit: sorry I thought I was on the GS3 forums and recommended a custom ROM haha :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arnik1928:
I have Omega v4.2 on my SGS3. It is Deodexed + Rooted + Zipaligned. Is there a way to run the script on this rom at startup?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrumBrum74:
Any updates here? Anyone found a solution that it a bit easier?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotlurve:
i sent an email to samsung regarding this and this is the first reply

Dear Ian,

Thank you for contacting Samsung.

You can manage application storage by going to Settings > Applications > Application management and selecting the desired app. If the app can be transferred to the memory card, it will give you the option to do so in this menu. Please note that not all apps support being moved to the memory card.

There may be third party apps available that can increase the number of transferable apps to the external memory card, however we cannot recommend any in particular. Alternatively, you may want to consider using a memory card with a higher capacity.

Any issue regarding lack of the ability to transfer to memory card may be addressed in a future firmware update. We have no specific fix for the issues you have described.

If you require any further assistance, please contact Samsung again and we will be more than happy to help.

Kind regards,

Richard

Online Support Team

SAMSUNG Customer Support Centre

i sent this back !

Moving apps to sd card Samsung s3

Perhaps I didn''''t make myself clear enough, I have a Samsung s3 and at present there appears to be no way to move apps to sd card . The usual apps that I''''ve used in the past like apps2sd don''''t work on the s3 it''''s a well known issue mentioned in forums such as xda etc, apps cannot be moved to sd card they are blocked from doing so and I mean any app not just some apps. There seams to be very little point in having an sd card if you can''''t move anything to it which was the main reason why I chose the s3 over the htc one x . So, are you aware of this problem? And will this be addressed in the next firmware upgrade? Please let me know ASAP

Regards Ian.

and then got this

Customer reference number: 2114791251

Email response ID: 2109520838

Please quote your customer reference number when contacting Samsung

Dear Ian,

Thank you for contacting Samsung again.

Please note that we are aware of the issues you have described. At this time we cannot advise on a workaround as this is an Android/Play Store specific issue and is currently ongoing. Rest assured we will advise on a fix as soon as we have one. In the meantime you may wish to contact Google support for more information.

If you require any further assistance, please contact Samsung again and we will be more than happy to help.

Kind regards,

Richard

Online Support Team

SAMSUNG Customer Support Centre

so there you have it !!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nadram:
Oh the bs they sell us... contact Google? I didn't know this was an ics issue.

That's professional stalling that's all. Disappointed.

Thanks for sharing though. I''ve been too to contact them myself

Sent from my SGS3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gadgetz:
Are other ICS devices able to move apps to sdcard?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chuan201:
It seems those devices (such as S2 and note) that upgraded to ICS do not face this problem =P
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
It might really be an issue with Play Store since Samsung uses an uncommon, rather new method for partitioning the internal drive.

It that's in fact true, all we can do is wait for Samsung to thow it's way around to get Google to modify the Market.

Other than that, you can still use an app to bindmount the folder so that app believes it's still on the internal one while in reality being on the external one.

(Sorry I don't know any apps, I do it manually with GScript when and where needed)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeLGaRaTh67:
This is purely a samung issue, I have an HTC One X and a Motorola Xoom both on ICS 4.03 and 4.0.4 respectively and this does not occur on them devices. Yes you are supposed to get 16GB memory (which is 11GB after the crap that is installed by default) but that is quickly eaten up by modern games and apps which can take up to 3GB each to install.

Samdung say its not there fault its down to Google/Android. Android/Google say its due to samdung, and I believe them as its fine on other ICS 4.x devices. Sadly I cannot change the device or take another contract as it is over 7 days so I am left with a piece of crap that I cannot transfer apps to my external 32GB card due to an issue that samdung refuse to admit. Way to go samdung!! You are now fast approaching apple territory with "your using it wrong" why should loyal people follow you now?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michael_P:
Very true.

It's all starting to look like Samsung is deliberately removing features to sell more phones the same way Apple does, because when your 16gb is used you either have the choice to Root and transfer Apps or buy a 32 or 64gb S3, but they delayed them long enough so people can't just return their phone and have to buy a new one.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikea3000:
My HTC One S was able to move apps to the Sd 9which in the case of the one s is another partition). My son has a Sensation with ICS and you can move apps to the external SD. This is not an ICS limitation, it is samsung.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeLGaRaTh67:
Got a reply yesterday from the app2sd folks ....

So the devs there ARE confirming its a Samsung issue.

I had to edit my post before submitting as it contains a link to the FAQ 9 mentioned in the reply from the devs :(

the FAQ is as follows ...

You can find it by visiting the A0soft webpage and choosing the app2sd app from the android section.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EntityNo1:
That's all I use my sd card for :)

Think it works fine this way.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrobawz:
I'm sorry, but I'm a game head and I have already ran out of space for all my apps.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nadram:
Anyone got the link for the official Samsung s3 feedback or forum page?

Maybe we can nag them to fix this

Sent from my SGS3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrewVL:
same here, I'm kinda mad when I found out that I can't move app to my microSD card

It's not ICS fault I have S2 with ICS and it work fine! it's damn Samsung fault
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_Twist:
Hope they come up with a fix because had no problem with my S2. Samsung better deliver because there is a lot of people who got the S3 for the SD Storage :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sak500:
I"m already at 4gb on internal SD and 9gb on external. Want to move some big 1+gb games on external one. ON LG O3D someone made a patch to move games to External SD not sure where that link is but was also included in some ROMS where you had the option on installing Gameloft games or the 3D games bundled on external sd. Hope someone can do something for SIII as well.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vasp3690:
I might be on a completely different limp here, but why would someone play these games on a mobile phone when there are dedicated devices for games of this nature? Don't get me wrong, I know these phones can do a lot of things and myself have the occasional game to use on a trip or something, but if someone is putting games on the phone, I would have thought they already have a PlayStation or something similar portable to use.

sent with SGS3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeLGaRaTh67:
A Playstation is a bit bulky to carry around on the train/bus etc :). Games are far cheaper on mobile devices than say the 3DS or Vita for example, 69p compared to £30 sometimes for the exact same game (Dungeon Hunters on Vita for example is £30 but free on android, again cant post a link but look for free hd game on gameloft site.)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vasp3690:
Yes that's true. Oh well, for those who do play games maybe the 32-64gb phone would have been much better. Hopefully samsung will fix this

sent with SGS3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznmode:
I'm surprised GL to SD doesnt work as I used it on my Acer a100 since I only had 5gb of user space.

Question for those with 32gb as that's the one I'm planning to get. I understand its partitioned to 12/12. So when installing gameloft games does everything (app + game data) go to the internal 12. Or does it split it meaning the app goes to internal 12 and game data goes to the external 12?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sak500:
I've gamerscore of 64+k on xblive. Been playing on 360 since jan 06. So i also like to play games on a quadcore 4.8" mobile device.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznmode:
I play games on my phone/tablet because they are way cheaper than playing games on xbox or ps3 or even ps3 Vita. New games on phones or tablets brand new cost between $Free - $6.99 and I can play it whenever and wherever (even in the pooper). And some games are even almost console quality. I barely use my xbox 360 now cause I couldnt justify buying $60 games so I wait till they go on sale or buy open/used ones but even then I'm spending $30 at least for used games and thats just 1 game. Even ps3 vita games are about that much.

And also the convenience of just carrying or using 1 device.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vasp3690:
If you find it necessary to play games in the pooper then we are definitelly in a different league.

As far as I'm concerned those who needed this phone for games should have waited for the highest memory space, as even if the external drive was usuable for these games someone could assume that they would work better if saved in the main memory. For the rest who use the phone as a tool,phone,GPS navigation, office work, internet, 16gb seem enough in my opinion.

So I agree with everyone who plays games, but if it were me I would have bought the 32 or 64gb phone instead.

sent with SGS3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michael_P:
You missing the point of owning an android phone a bit here, because if I wanted restricted space i'd buy an iPhone, and games run just the same on external memory as it does on internal but I think Samsung have blocked moving Apps purely to sell more phones because a lot of people not knowing about Rooting will be thinking the same way as you and buying the next memory size up when to me this just goes against what Android has always been.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznmode:
I am getting a 32gb but from what I understand is it's partitioned 12gb(internal)/12gb(external) Which is the reason for my post in the previous page. I'm hoping game data is stored in the 12 external and not everything in the 12 internal. Otherwise this would be the same as getting a 16gb S3 which leaves you with 12gb internal. So essentially getting a 32gb might be pointless and I will still need to find a solution.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeLGaRaTh67:
Agreed, but the 16GB is the only one available in the UK unless you went direct with Vodafone and took out a horrendously expensive contract and paid for the phone too :( And even then it's only the 32GB one, I have not seen anywhere the 64GB model, and trust me I shopped around everywhere, even having to take 4 different contracts and cancelling them to find the best deal, hopefully that hasn't been in vain (with killing my credit score in the process due to the number of checks etc etc :()

I have used android for many years, and love the system, even more so when the move to SD was implemented as that was so much easier, sadly as I have proven with emails to relevant people etc it is primarily Samsungs fault :( Hopefully they will fix it sooner rather than later, as even the devs of App2SD cannot do anything until it is resolved on Samsungs end.

That said I had an OTA update to my phone today, but nothing changed as far as I can see? It's still 4.0.4 and all it seemed to do after rebooting the device was check the apps installed then booted back :(

OFF TOPIC, does anyone know what that was? I have the phone set to WiFi data connection only, so when I was home after a few days away, it could have been an update from Tuesday onwards ...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vasp3690:
I think you should be fine. Htc has similar partitions and you can still transfer the apps on the storage one.

sent with SGS3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidstech11:
Or maybe Samsung will stop BSing and fix what they said worked. The product is not working how it should.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gambler_3:
This is why I think samsung shouldnt have bothered making a 16GB version because now the market is mostly flooded by them and other versions are hard to get. It's a chore having to micro manage where to put what I'll rather have a 32GB version with no SD card than a 16GB with SD card.

Why would it be partitioned? The 16GB version has a single partition and so will the 32GB version. It's the perfect choice for storing very large applications like maps and games. The SD card is only for local music, videos and camera.

Any phone which has internal SD storage has not been able to use SD card for large app data without some modification. People who have used android before really should know that by know.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikea3000:
Had I know this was the case, I would have gotten the 32GB or even 64GB version. Part of the reason why I got rid of my One S is because of the lack of an SD card.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gambler_3:
But with the SD card your internal memory would be completely free from music, videos and pictures. For me 11.5GB app storage is more than enough however I would still prefer having a single large partition like in the 32GB version.

The 16GB version is only really a problem for those playing lots of HD games where a single game can take as much as 1-1.5GB.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yes it is an issue though. I downloaded 5 HD games and I was nearly full. I had to move things liek titanium backups and images to /extsdcard.

I would have prefered that rather than having /sdcard as an internal sd card, making the /extsdcard optional, we had all that space as /data meaning that /extsdcard became /sdcard and its presence was manditary.

If that makes sense.

Theres a repartition option in Odin. Anyone know if that can be used to reducs /system? I've got loads of wasted space there and that would help if I could re-allocate it as /data or something.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gambler_3:
But 11GB will never be utilized as an data only partition more than half would forever be wasted. It also means samsung will need to bundle SD cards as it wont be acceptable for a phone to not be able to load media out of the box.

This drives the cost and also the problem occurs of different users wanting a different sized card. If samsung bundles a 16GB card it would be complete waste for those who want 32GB card.

Simple solution is the 32GB galaxy S3, no reasonable user could possibly have storage issues with that one. Atleast a 16GB S3 is still much better off than a 16GB iphone which is also surprisingly the most popular version of the iphone. You get 13.5GB total space and bam everything needs to be cramped in there.

---------- Post added at 07:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:27 PM ----------

The single biggest advantage of SD cards is when factory resetting phone, your media stays there.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Good point. If only /extsdcard could be an extension of /sdcard then. So it was seen as a single storage unit.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznmode:
HTC yes but Samsung Im not so sure. This option is manufacturer specific.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznmode:
According to this. That's why I posted to ask here for someone with 32 gb international to confirm.

http://www.androidcentral.com/sprint-galaxy-s-iii-review

" As for storage, Sprint's offering 16- and 32-gigabyte versions. We've got the 32GB version here, and Samsung has split the storage at 12GB as internal "phone storage" (for installing apps and whatever else you want), and another 12GB that's recognized as an internal SD card. On top of that, you've got a microSD card slot that'll (unofficially) take up to a 64GB card. The Galaxy S III is not lacking for storage."
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gambler_3:
Thats just ridiculous who the hell needs 12GB data storage? Its hard to believe to be honest that samsung could do something so stupid.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickpraeger:
cant see what the fuss is about

hi guys maybe i'm missing something here but my s3 also has "only" 11.35GB of available internal storage. but surely this is enough.

its not like the paltry 512MB (or whatever it was) i used to have in my HTC desire. yes you could install the apps' data to your sd card on the desire but you can fit a lot of apps into 11.35GB. (i dont think I even have that much storage used for programs on my PC).

obviously then you use the microsd for photos movies music etc.

i'm guessing that google are hoping that eventually they will be able to limit apps' access to the sd card so that you have somewhere safe to store personal data. there have been several stories in the press recently about this lack of security.

the only downside i can see is if some of the enormous games cannot store their enormous data file on the external sd card. i dont know if this is the case as i havent tried downloading any of them yet. but if that is the case i'm sure it will soon change as developers realise what google wants and they will only need to give you the option to choose the storage location when downloading the data then it will be sorted.

anyway just my opinion.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznmode:
I don't believe it either that's why I asked here. Can anyone with the 32gb comfirm?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caitho:
Well not just games..

I use Spotify alot on the road i have tons of playlist i wanna sync for offline listening, i have a godamn 64 GB!! memory card but i gotta limit myself to 6-7 gb with offline leisure (with apps, 1 game) and i am constantly full!!

People saying "11 gb should be plenty" are probably iPhone users . Stop saying that , it has no meaning in the discussion .

There are huge apps, games , emulators and plenty of reasons to move things arround to the sd-card .... if you think a program will screw with your phone (even on boot) install on sd, if it screws your phone, reboot without sd card .

I really hope the community is big enough for a quick fix . if this is not fixable with some code writing it will be my last android, i rooted and loved my s3 since day one but this is a big bad disappointing move of Samsung if they did this on purpose

we have R\W permission to the SD card right ? .. at some level it should be fixable!. It should not matter if the SD card is in a other path, emulated or on /dev/hdbb2/extern/hdda1

end /rant

.. Let us pray ...Chainfire =)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vasp3690:
Instead of labeling people just because of their remarks dip your fingers in your mind before typing a message and look at the bigger picture. As mentioned before not all owners use their phone for hd games and music player (even myself I tried thinking of using this large phone for music but its not the most convenient item to have in your pocket say while exersizing or jogging...). Even so music can be stored away.

So for those who don't use the phone to store large games, but use it for everything else its not a big issue as music and photos can be stored in the external sd card.

By the way, how may of you who complain about main memory size already have a couple of other game consoles already? I fully agree with the ones mentioned above when it comes to portability, but hey, keep a second 64GB in your pocket and have all your games in there. If you are on the run and need to play a lot of different games you can install them while uninstalling an old game which takes space.

Wouldn't that be a solution?

sent with WSGS3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZACQ8:
since there is no limited partition in the SGS3 for apps & Data like SGS22 (2gb), will data factory reset delete all the user data on the SD card, or only the apps and data???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caitho:
Oki i see i came out a bit harsh. The reason i said it was because it does not matter what the use is!. dip your own finger in your own mind. Its like going arround saying "I dont need this feature , why should you?" when there are lots of people wanting this.

just because you have mp3`s \ mov`s you can move around , does not mean everybody else is like you , if you dont want this feature, fine nobody is twisting your arm.

Installing \ uninstalling games from sd card is a bad idea at best, no save games stored , no updates and it wil not work for games that need to download via WiFi (like most of big games) the list goes on.

but as mentioned the reason for wanting this is not important, how we can do it is !

Nothing personal
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michael_P:
Talking about carrying a spare memory card and uninstalling/reinstalling is sounds more like the iPhone mentality because I know people with a iPhone that have to carry a spare MP3 player all the time because their phone isn't big enough and can't afford £600 just to get a new one months after they bought it, and moving Apps to external memory on Android is something we used to have and is part of the reason I got into Android but Samsung have removed it for what I believe is simply to sell more phones when people realise internal memory isn't enough, and I really don't like the fact that Samsung is quietly going backwards on features and ruining the experience of my £500 phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeLGaRaTh67:
Except games etc that are moved to the SD card still update fine, and work fine, even the saves. The idea that it does not is an idrone mentallity IMO. I have used the move to SD card functionality since 2.x on android and it still works perfectly fine on other ICS 4.x devices I own (Motorola Xoom etal) with no ill effects, it is only the SGS3 that this is occuring, and samsung dont want anything to do with it citing it as an android issue, yet android say its Samsung, and the devs of the app that detects if things can be moved to external card (app2sd) as per my posts earlier state that it is purely a samsung decision/problem.

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Sorry the quote didnt work, I was directing this to the Calitho post above but it wont attach as a quote for some reason, I tried it a few times :(

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