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[Android Apps and Games] AbhishekS:
New to this app and new to the world of memory cards.

I have a rooted Moto G4 Plus running Android 7.1.1 Nougat.

I don't want to format my Memory Card to internal storage. How can I make the sdcard the default location for WhatsApp media in such a way that media opens from the WhatsApp app too?
[Android Apps and Games] Pat424rick69:
I tried remove, reboot, then reinsert, reboot, then adoptable partition the SD card the default goes too exFat & that reads under Storage Info as SD Card FS: fuse storage/1211-8167 & adoptable goes to Adoptable mnt/expand/& some number & letters as FS: ext4 & the SD card will not mount with No SD Card found for camera, & browsers. Any Help is still needed.
[Android Apps and Games] nooby1411:
Did you encounter any issues with the sdcard with only using the foldermount option?

I have read some posts saying that their card got corrupted.

I'm currently using foldermount (the app) on my samsung, but I want to update to nougat where that app doesn't, so I want to use app2sd but I'm a bit scared for sd card faillure.
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
I have zero problems with Apps2sd and my sdcard. This app is virtually flawless.
[Android Apps and Games] E_Ben:
Hi nooby,

I don't see how the card can become corrupted due to symlinks to it (besides an increased number of accesses) and I did never encounter such problems with app2sd pro.

However, Vicky recommends f2fs for the second external partition for linking apps, presumably due to it's superior performance. Some time ago I repeatedly made some bad experiences with f2fs file system corruption after system crashes, however not when using it with app2sd. There are also other people who report f2fs being more unreliable when compared to ext4, because f2fs does not immediately write all data to the sd card, which can potentially (and in my case did several times) lead to corruption if the system crashes or is hard-rebooted unexpectedly. Please correct me if this isn't true and my bad experience with f2fs was due to a bug which meanwhile has been fixed.

For a recent comparison between ext4 and f2fs see https://thecyberfibre.com/explained-f2fs-ext4/
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Version 12.0 released in play store and attached in OP

Changelog:

Added App analyzer to create Folder mount pairs [Pro]

Added option to create hibernate shortcut [Pro]

Added app selection in restore apps [Pro]

Added option to link apps above a certain size [Pro]

Fixed SDFix for Marshmallow and Nougat

Performance improvement upto 10 times in creating backup and restore

Fixed many partition tool issues

Fixed bug in Hide apps

Fixed app crash in LineageOS

Added confirmation before moving files in Folder mount

Added support for Magisk interface

Improved mount script

Added wake lock option

Fixed bug in broken app cleaner

Made sdcard path dynamic in Folder mount

Many other bug fixes and erformance improvements
[Android Apps and Games] nooby1411:
I don't plan on using partition on my sdcard. I just want to use the foldermount option that i'm using now on the foldermount app from madmack
[Android Apps and Games] justjr:
Yey! Nice. I can use the translation now. U forgot [*]PT-BR translation updated. LOL.

Also, I just tweaked the translation a little more.

edit: I didn't found some words to translate, like default, portable, adopted (inside the Adoptable Partition Tool), app analyzer, maybe you have to update the translation center?
[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
As of yet 6:56 PM EDT, the new update is not showing up in the play store. Does it take a day, or so to show up in the United States?

This is one of my first few post on xda, but I wanted to say thanks for a great app.
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Thanks for letting me know. Play store introduced some weird rollout stuff, it was stuck at 5% now it should be available
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Yes i'll update it today
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
updated
[Android Apps and Games] ShinraTensei04:
Is it bad to link apps which are used for streaming videos? Like, does it damage the SD card because of the amount of data being temporarily placed into it.

Same question for games, as well as social apps.
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Anyone having issue with folder mount in latest version (12.0)?
[Android Apps and Games] ahac85:
Im noticing everything gets unmounted after sometime then i need to reboot phone
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
So far, so good! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] zputnyq:
Hi [MENTION=6726362]vickybonick[/MENTION],

Apps2sd is a great app, it's better than any other similar app, it can also link dex file well & I appreciate your work.

However, I'm a little bit uncomfortable with its service that always runs.

I have a question

What is apps2sd tasker for?
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
It's for hibernation, task scheduler, cpu throttling, widgets etc
[Android Apps and Games] E_Ben:
Hi Vicky,

foldermount works without flaws for me in V12.
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
I'm thinking of adding an option to disable the service
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Most probably yes
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
That doesn't seem like an Apps2SD issue
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
That's what was happening to me when I was using the Foldermount app. I do not have that problem with Apps2SD, thankfully!
[Android Apps and Games] furbee86:
out of curiosity i decided to make apps2sd pro a system file. bad move. now everything is glitchy. even my keyboard is slow to respond. had no problems b4 doing this. it ran great b4 making it system. how the heck do i change it back? is there a way to not lose all my prev linked apps?
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
There is an option in Titanium Backup to make it either a system or an user app.
[Android Apps and Games] furbee86:
its not showing up in titanium. made sure all apps are checked too. after i made it system app it dissapeared from the app drawer. still showed on system apps but i had no icon to open it. so went to play store and redownloaded and installed.
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
[MENTION=6726362]vickybonick[/MENTION], although the Multi-select option can be found in 3 dot menu in "Link apps to SD card", it would be helpful if multi-select could also be found by long-pressing an application. Any chance of adding it?
[Android Apps and Games] E_Ben:
Problems with apps2sd and Magisk again

Hi Vicky,

as I reported in my PMs from last week, my Lineage OS 14.1 issues were solved in the betas 5 to 7 and in the recent V12 published on Playstore. Many thanks again for that.

I now ran into a new issue, which I suppose is due to the new Magisk 11.6 version. I had tested your bug fixes with Magisk 11.5 using su.d method for the mount script. A bit later, Magisk was updated to 11.6, but everything still worked well until I tried to dirty-flash a Lineage OS update. From my understanding, I should for that purpose just flash the LOS zip and the Magisk 11.6 zip in TWRP (I use 3.1-1 if it matters), but that results in bootloops. To sort out if these bootloops are due to apps2sd or something else, I clean flashed the old LOS zip and Magisk 11.6, first without installing apps2sd -> no bootloop. So I conclude that the bootloops observed before are due to apps2sd in this configuration, although this is definitely not a strict proof. As next step, I installed apps2sd and restored the apps from sdext2 partition. This worked until the next reboot, when I experienced pretty much the same symptoms as described here with older versions, apps2sd V11.6 and Magisk 11.1. With my previously working configuration, the folders /magisk/.core/su.d/ and /magisk/.core/post-fs-data.d/ contained two files with apps2sd in their name, now /magisk/.core/post-fs-data.d/ is empty just as /magisk/.core/service.d/ ; /magisk/.core/su.d/ does not exist. Something has obviously changed there on the magisk side. I have already sent the device info and emailed a logcat after reboot.

Sorry for the long post, but I think it is better to provide more details to facilitate debugging.
[Android Apps and Games] chwiejak:
Hi,

Can you guys help me? I bough link2sd some time ago and then it works. Now after couple of months of not using this app i have message that "some external data and obb folders have not been bound during boot time". Rebind all external folders function do not working.

I have link2sd folder on first partition

Cyanogen 13

Onyx

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
Do have Link2SD or Apps2SD? This thread is for Apps2SD which is a completely different app.
[Android Apps and Games] chwiejak:
Sorry :)
[Android Apps and Games] ShinraTensei04:
So I must ask you

Is it possible to create a symlink for temporary data, like streamed videos, loaded pages(Facebook, Instagram) which primarily links this temporary data to internal storage(it will link to SD card if no free space). Or maybe just always link temporary data to internal storage.
[Android Apps and Games] btb55:
I seem to be, I'll try to explain more fully.

The folder mount I have is bound from internal storage to second partition, the bind result showed 'success', but the files in the destination were not present in the source folder on internal. On investigation I discovered a reboot brought the files back, but then I need to do a soft reboot or my linked apps disappear. After the soft reboot the folder mount issue appears again, reports success, but the bound files are missing on internal.

Prior to v12 I didn't need to soft reboot for the linked apps, for me v117-beta4 worked well.

I've been using Magisk as it gives more usable apps when hiding root and have recreated the mount script using that option. Also before v12 my linked apps stayed on the home pages, with v12 they disappear from the home page and app tray, and after soft reboot come back to the app tray only.

If you would like me to do any testing with you just let me know what to do
[Android Apps and Games] btb55:
Thank you.

I didn't know at first how to enter my email, so have now sent device information twice, second time with email address iant******@gmail.com
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Looks like something is changed in MAGISKSU, i'll take a look
[Android Apps and Games] btb55:
Thank you for looking into it.

If it helps at all I've checked on another phone, (different Android version and different ROM and CPU), also rooted with Magisk 11.6 and I have similar symptoms as I reported above. That is, linked apps disappear and folder mount works properly after a reboot, and then after a soft reboot folder mount says success but files not bound, though in this test linked apps didn't appear again.

I've sent you another report from phone #2 with the same email address.
[Android Apps and Games] justjr:
So, I was getting some problems with odex keep turning back to internal, idk why, maybe is also related the updated magisk.

Until it crashed hole android while moving Facebook odex to internal (again because it keep moving it back to internal) and it happened again (I reported this happened around a week ago), second partition probably corrupted, I got into another bootloop, only way to boot is to take SD card out, and if I put the card before Apps2SD fail to mount it, it invariable instantly reboot. Waiting to insert the card after the app tell me it fails to mount gives me stable normal android, without 2nd partition. Trying to fix with the format tool don't do the trick for me as it doesn't last time. I don't know what else to do be unless format it again, install and move everything, and hope it to not happen again? 1st partition still ok, never had to format it.
[Android Apps and Games] Syllaslp:
Disabled app has data deleted

My playlists disappeared when I have disabled Rocket Player.

This is an unwanted behavior for me.
[Android Apps and Games] E_Ben:
If you expect to get help here, you should be more specific. Otherwise nobody will be able to understand how your post is related to apps2sd.
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
I don't think it is very useful. let me know if you feel otherwise
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
It'll complicate things but you can try if you want
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Looks like if 2nd partition is not mountable the mount script goes into a loop, i'll fix that. Try gparted on a pc to repair the partition if it's still not mountable then format it
[Android Apps and Games] 6elvis:
Hello,

First great app... for old phone with storage issues. Need help.

Reinstall my custom rom due to battery issues. "specs - GT-S7710 xcover, Vinar 4.4.4.102115)

Before running the same rom apps2sd worked ok. Link to Sd problem. After restart apps disappear when linking data folder. Tried a lot of none solutions and still problem not resolved.

What to do? Help please, running out of storage.

Best Regards,

Elvis Sket
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
What super user management app you're using?
[Android Apps and Games] justjr:
If you can take a look on the linked odex unlinking and going back to internal on itself would be awesome.
[Android Apps and Games] E_Ben:
Vicky,

Now definitely something changed in Magisk, V12 is out (seems the developer wants to keep pace with your version numbering ;) )

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=71658118&postcount=19

In the changelog, he reports that there have been many issues especially with Samsung devices (mine is a G900f S5) concerning the post-fs-data. d and service.d stuff. [MENTION=5075048]btb55[/MENTION] are your devices from Samsung as well? I will test with Magisk12 and report here.
[Android Apps and Games] btb55:
Mine are not Samsung, one is Huawei and other Moto. Updated both to Magisk v12 and it seems same issues here still present.
[Android Apps and Games] E_Ben:
For me the symptoms remain basically the same with Magisk V12. The /magisk/.core/service.d and /magisk/.core/post-fs-data.d folders are still empty, even after repeatedly rebuilding the mount script. I have sent the device info again and will email you a logcat, Vicky.
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
What is your Android version?
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
I've all the info needed to fix the issue. I'll start working on it in couple of days
[Android Apps and Games] btb55:
Thank you :)
[Android Apps and Games] justjr:
Android 7.1.1, LinageOS 14.1. That was not happening before. Probably Magisk.
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Can you link an odex then send device info then after odex is moved to internal send device info so i'll have before and after data. Also set email, pm email
[Android Apps and Games] chandu492:
I think its nt work
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
For me, multi select is an extremely useful tool! After linked apps are updated from the Play Store, they usually become "partially" linked. All of the apps in the attached pic are supposed to be fully "linked". By using the multi select tool, I can select all of the partially linked apps and fully link them rather quickly (linked). Accessing multi select by long pressing an app just makes it even more convenient. Please add this additional option if possible. Thanks again for creating this fantastic app! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Ok i'll add it. It's hard to please everyone :D
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
Dude, I'm extremely pleased with this app! In fact, if I could only keep 2 of the 271 apps I have installed on my phone they would be Apps2SD and Titanium Backup. With these 2 apps, I could conquer the world! :laugh:

Btw, I do currently access multi select from the 3 dot menu. Getting to it by long pressing an app just makes it more convenient to access. Regardless, this app is truly a godsend for my aging yet capable device.
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Haha
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
[MENTION=6726362]vickybonick[/MENTION], could you add a filter option to show apps by "link type"? If possible, I would like to show all of the partially linked apps first followed by fully linked apps and the unlinked apps last.
[Android Apps and Games] Keiko87:
Huhuu

Hmw my games and apps running very slow after i moved them to SD Card, i made no changes at sd boost, just L Speed`s changes on SD behavior.
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
it's certainly possible but other users may want different order
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Use a class 10 UHS card
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
I don't care about the order as much as long as apps can be grouped by link type (partial, linked, unlinked).
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Do you mean filter or sort those filters are already available
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
SD Cards are slower than internal storage and may affect game quality for certain games. Candy Crush was super glitchy and laggy when I moved it to my class 10 UHS SD Card but it runs well on internal storage. Therefore, I am sure moving more graphically intense games to SD Card would negatively affect game play.

I was talking about sorting but I did not notice these were available as filters which is certainly helpful! :good:

Sorting by link type would still be extremely useful to me.
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
I am using Resurrection Remix 5.8.2 ROM and it was just updated to use the new Magisk v12. Unfortunately, now it seems no matter which options I try to recreate the remount script, it always fails on reboot. The advanced method used to work flawlessly. Anyone have any suggestions?

Edit: In re-reading the past few pages of this thread, I see others are experiencing the same problem(s) with Magisk V12. Glad I'm not alone! :victory:
[Android Apps and Games] justjr:
It is done, let me know if you got what you need, thank you man.
[Android Apps and Games] Keiko87:
Ohmw but i use phot app and video app and bpth have about 4gb data :( and my internal is splitted in 2x 4GB >.<

Or is it fine, to let just the Data folder of the App on the SD Card ?
[Android Apps and Games] umby75:
Hi, I congratulate with the dev for this useful app.

I tried to use Foldermount app by Madmack to link large directories to ext sd but in Whatsapp I lost some media especially when you booted the phone and you received media before the Foldermount loading.

I hope that for this app you can solve this issue because Whatsapp and its large media are very combersome.

A second question is...but I don't know if it is related this app..probably I'm OT... I copied data in my 128Gb ext sd that I use now for apps linking through App2sd and if I checked through my pc I saw 28Gb used in 102Gb available and I could see all files except those I see when I browse through a File Manager in Android. I find only 4 directories: App2sdfm, App2sd, Android and Lost.dir.

Do you know why?

Probably it is caused by file system I used...excuse for my inexperience..

Sent from Note 4 device - Rome - Italy
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Install the attached apk and recreate the mount script with su.d option. It should fix the below issues

1) Magisk 11.6+ script path issue

2) Odex unlinking issue (Hopefully)

3) Bootloop issue if 2nd partition is not mountable
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
Nothing was attached.
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Attached now
[Android Apps and Games] btb55:
Thank you. When I try to recreate mount script I get the error about su.d path, see screenshot. I'm not sure what path to set, see second screenshot.
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
can you attach the output of below commands (run as root)
[Android Apps and Games] btb55:
Sure, here it is

/data/data/in.co.pricealert.apps2sd.pro/app_binary/apps2sd -version
Apps2SD v1.8(18)

/data/data/in.co.pricealert.apps2sd.pro/app_binary/apps2sd getsuinfo
/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/su 1 /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
looks like there are multiple su binaries in your device. i'll add some checks and build the apk again
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
unzip the attached binary in /data/data/in.co.pricealert.apps2sd.pro/app_binary folder and run the below command as root and attach output

/data/data/in.co.pricealert.apps2sd.pro/app_binary/apps2sd getsuinfo

also attach the output of below command as root and non root

echo $PATH
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
I also receive the same error when attempting to use the "I use Magisk Interface" option.
[Android Apps and Games] btb55:
Here it is, check screenshots too.

$ /data/data/in.co.pricealert.apps2sd.pro/app_binary/apps2sd getsuinfo
"/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/su 1 /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin
"$ echo $PATH
/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin:/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/applets
$

I don't know how to make the second command without root
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
did you unzip the binary file?
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
can you run the below command as root and attach the output

/data/data/in.co.pricealert.apps2sd.pro/app_binary/apps2sd getsuinfo
[Android Apps and Games] btb55:
Yes, I made a screenshot, apps2sd is the one from the zip
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
What is the exact issue.

1) Apps not visible in launcher

2) Apps are visible but not working/FC

3) Apps are visible in launcher but not visible in Apps2SD
[Android Apps and Games] keysikasuy:
Here what happened exactly sir. I updated instagram and checked in app2sd if it is relinked. But it's not so I relinked all. Then I rebooted. Then instagram is in the launcher but it does nothing if I click the icon so I rebooted my phone then all apps are gone. But they are still in app2sd 2nd partition. Please help me sir. I tried installing app like root browser to do the trick you said me before but insufficient memory. Please help. :(

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Apps not visible in launcher but I know it is still in app2sd sir
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Recreate mount script then reboot. If it's not working do a soft reboot. Also check if Mount namespace separation is disabled in SuperSU setting.
[Android Apps and Games] keysikasuy:
Mount namespace is already disabled. Tried recreating mount script just now and rebooted not working. Soft reboot not working also. :(

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The data are still there
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Data will be there as it's just storage. Possibly the apk links are deleted. Did you do some kind of clean up using any app/service or manually? Use ES explorer to check if the apk link is present in /data/app folder
[Android Apps and Games] keysikasuy:
Wait sir. I will check. I have clean master installed

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Can't install any file manager. :( insufficient storage

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Sir? Is there no any other solution?

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I used fileamanager in my custom recovery. The apk links are still there sir. What to do?
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
You can use adb to check the files.

Note: Using a cleaning utility might not be a good idea with Apps2SD. I'll give you a scenario.

You linked say twitter app including apk.

when you reboot sometimes the sd card might not be ready. At that time if a cleaning service runs it might delete twitter app files/folders because they are just symlinks with no source.
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Are you using Kitkat?

if yes then copy all the apk files from /data/sdext2 and paste in /data/app

Then open apps2sd and clear dalvik cahce and reboot
[Android Apps and Games] keysikasuy:
But this also happened even without clean master before. The only difference is my phone is in a bootloop when sdcard is inserted.

So no solution sir?
[Android Apps and Games] vickybonick:
Check my above post
[Android Apps and Games] keysikasuy:
I am using jellybean sir. My phone is nokia X2 :)

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I also checked the content of data/sdext2 but I only saw folders

Android

App-lib

Dalvik cache

No apk