[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Deadly:
How to use SDCARD instead of internal storage for apps[LINK2SD]

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Welcome to LINK2SD app friends!

Easiest app to install and use to extend your internal memory.

What it does?

It creates a symbolic link file(more like shortcut in windows) for apps in internal memory which will point to the real app which will be saved in your sdcard second partition! It mounts the second partition of your SD card as /data/sdext2 and makes OS mounts it at boot time.

It can also move user apps to SD card (force move), with batch moving (multiple apps moving at once) capability.

That feature uses Android's standard SD-card installation feature and does not require a second partition. It can break some apps if they are not meant to be moved to the SD card (Such as Widgets).​

Preparations:

* You need to have root permission/access[Rooted phone]

* A second partition on your SD card. You should have two partitions on SD card and both should be primary.

* The second partition is used for application files and can be ext2, ext3, ext4 or FAT32 (I prefer FAT32 and no issues i have seen, see note below to know why?).

Note:

1. The second partition will not be accessible through windows OS as it recognises only first partition on removable devices. In Linux you can access second partition too!

2. ext4 is the latest ext format but several ROMs/Kernels have issues with it while fewer have issues with ext3 and ext2. FAT works on all ROMs.

Steps to make 2nd Partition in SDCARD:

Connect phone to PC using USB Cable. Make sure your device driver is already installed otherwise install kies software which will install drivers too.. Get kies from This LINK

Now drag the notification bar from status bar in phone and select "USB Connected" messasge.

Then select "Connect USB storage" button.

Once it is connected, Make a backup of sdcard first to PC(Copy all files inside sdcard to any fodler in PC). Otherwise you will loose data in sdcard.

Now open "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition" download it from This LINK

This tool is compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista & Windows 7. Or Use "Gparted" tool for linux users Or "iPartiton" for Mac users.

Note: this partition manager QUEUES the operations. So nothing is deleted and changed UNTIL you click "APPLY" and then confirm by clicking "OK".

Make sure you are deleting partition on SD card! (not your hard disk for example). Dont be afraid, just read everything and think twice before selecting correct drive. Do you see three gray icons on the bottom? Under each of them the capacity of each drive is listed, and SD CARD has slightly different icon. Check the sdcard capacity given in the window to select the proper one.

select "Create As": PRIMARY on the sdcard partition. Choose whatever size(leave some space which we will use for apps partition) you want for sdcard( to have your music, personal files, etc.).

Select "File System:" FAT32

select the second partition below the one you just created which will have the space left when partitioning the first partition.

Select "File System:" FAT32 (YOU can use Ext2, Ext3, Ext4 also.) But my suggestion is please use FAT32. You wont have problems as all ROMS/KERNELS support fat32 by default!

Click "apply" button on top left corner. Partitions will be created and card will be formatted.

Now put your files back to sdcard and disconnect from PC.

NOTE: You can also use CWM partition option. If you want to use CWM partition method to partition your sdcard then see here. I have never tried this method. So i cannot help you with that.
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Steps to install and use link2sd[2.2.3 version]:

Let the media scanner finish the scanning process, then open link2sd app and you will see a pop up menu "Select the file system of your SD card's second partition"

Choose your partition type for "second partition" you created while partitioning, say you choose "FAT32/FAT16" then your sdcard second partition should be FAT32/FAT16 which is nothing but FAT or vFAT.

Now Press OK. After 2-10 seconds you will see another pop up menu "Restart your phone" Press "OK" (message goes like this "Mount script created, please restart your phone to mount the second partition of your SD card.")

Now do a reboot of your phone.

Link2SD successfully installed.

To make space inside internal memory-->

* Now open LINK2SD app and you will see three buttons on top bar. click on the first button from left side. you will see:

* All --> It will show you all the apk/app files in your phone (130+/- apps)

* System --> It will show you all the system apps in phone (100+/- apps)(stored in system memory)

* User --> It will show you all the User apps(i.e, installed by you) in your phone (30+/- apps)(stored in internal & sdcard & second partition memory)

* Linked --> It will show you all the linked apps in your phone (it wont show any now)(stored in your sdcard second partition memory)

* On SD card --> It will show you all the user apps (10+/- apps)(stored in your sdcard first partition. usual sdcard method)

* On internal --> It will show you all the user apps (10+/- apps)(stored in your sdcard first partition. usual sdcard method)

* Frozen --> It will show you all the apps that have been stopped. This is a method same as Titanium backup app "freeze" method. It makes your app invisible to phone. I.e, it will be installed and ready to use.. but you wont see it anywhere in launcher and if you click on a shortcut of such "frozen" app it will say "app not installed" or such message.​

* Now select options button in phone, then select "Multi-Select". Now press "select all" option.

* Now press "Actions" button. In new pop up window select "Create link"

* Now in new page which appears, select all 3 options to link application, dalvik-cache, library files. Then press "ok" button and wait till the process ends. It will take time depending upon how many apps you have. around say 5 minutes.

* Now go to linked option from top bar first button from left side. and see al the apps having linked->sdacrd tag on them which means they are now in sdcard second partition..

*Long press on any app to view more options.

NOTE: 1. you cannot move link2sd app from internal memory. It is better to keep it there.

2. System applications should not be linked to SD card. Link2SD does not allow these applications to be linked.

3. Link2SD does not move application's private data directory; it moves apk, dex (dalvik-cache) and lib files.

4. Do not move keyboard apps to system memory. they wont work.

Advantages:

1. When you connect your phone to PC as mass storage, Android unmounts FAT partition but the second partition remains mounted in phone. Therefore linked applications are not affected and can be run without problems even when you have access through pc to sdcard.

2. You can use this app to uninstall system apps, move user apps to system apps or system apps to user apps.

3. You can integrate new updates of system apps which will be stored in internal memory to system apps. But please note: You should free the app first and then move them to/from system always for safety of apps so that they wont give FC. If some apps did gave FC after moving please restart the phone.

4. You can use clear cache, dalvik-cache, 2nd partition options. They wont harm your apps, they will remove only unwanted files.

Troubleshooting / Error occurance chances:

Question : When I click on "Move to SD card", I see a progress bar for 2-3 seconds and then:

pkg:/data/app/com.mobisystems.editor.office_registrered-1.apk Failure

[INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE]

Answer : Your problem is a simple one.. your internal memory is low..

What link2sd actually does is.. first it moves the files to internal memory and then it sends to 2nd partition.. so you are having issues because.. say the apk file is 20 MB.. and your internal memory is around 20/less MB free.. So, it will give that error even if the second partition is totally empty..

For a work around to this.. you can make backup from titanium or just backup with any app.. then uninstall some apps.. then move that big app.. then reinstall these..

Hope your doubts are solved.. Enjoy the awesome app!

Apps Original thread link and the credit goes to RD bakpinar. So do thank him for this awesome app. You can also donate the dev by visiting his original thread.

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