[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] easy28easy:
Which method of moving those unmovable apps to SD is better, safer and more stable?

Hi!

I need help, please.

My internal storage is very low (getting a message). I have gone through all the apps and moved everything that can to SD Card.

I don't know which method is better to move those unmovable apps to the SD card.

I have a Sony Xperia Play

My Phone details:

Model - R800i

Android Version - 2.3.4

Kernel Version - 2.6.32.9-perf SEMCUser@SEMCHost #1

Build - 4.0.2.A.0.42

I have heard about Titanium Backup root, DroidSail Super App2SD, adb, Link2SD and so on.

The methods above can let me move those unmovable apps to the SD card.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of them? How do they compare? Which method is safer, more reliable or more stable? Which method can move more apps?

If you know, please let me know, thanks.

I look forward to this, thanks.

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I got this information from the official Link2SD website, this is comparing Native apps2SD to Link2SD. But I don't know how Link2SD compared with Titanium Backup root, DroidSail Super App2SD, adb and so on. If you know which method is safer or more reliable and which method can move more apps, please let me know, thanks.

Comparision of Native apps2sd and Link2SD:

(Native apps2sd

Starting with Android 2.2 (Froyo) Google introduced native apps2SD.

This method moves

* apk file on Android 2.2

* apk + lib files on Android 2.3+

into a secure folder on your SD card in the main FAT partition.

It is the easiest method because it doesn't require you to partition your sdcard and root privilige.

It has some disadvantages though.

First disadvantage is that application files are just stored on the sdcard's main FAT partition.

When you enable USB mass storage to share files with your computer (or otherwise unmounts or removes the external storage), any application installed on the external storage and currently running is killed.

The system effectively becomes unaware of the application until mass storage is disabled and the external storage is remounted on the device.

Besides killing the application and making it unavailable to the user, this can break some types of applications in a more serious way.

So second disadvantage is that not all apps can be moved with native apps2sd method because of above reason.

In order for the application to consistently behave as expected, developer should not allow the application to be installed on the external storage if it uses any of the following features, due to the cited consequences when the external storage is unmounted:

Widgets, Services, Alarm Services, Live Wallpapers, Live Folders, Account Managers, Sync Adapters, Broadcast Receivers listening for "boot completed".

Force move (requires root);

You can force the apps move to SD card with native apps2SD even the application does not support moving as described above.

Link2SD and some other apps can force move apps if you have root priviliges. But, note that this can break some applications, as described above.

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