"Android": install applications on the memory card. How to install the Android app on an SD memory card

Unfortunately, the lack of space on the internal storage of Android-devices has recently been felt quite strongly, because with the development of the capabilities of the "operating system", many programs and games have become much more demanding for free resources and the amount of gadget memory. That's why many people use removable SD cards. But Android applications on the memory card are not always installed.

General information about the installation

In any version of the OS "Android" installation of applications on the memory card is disabled by default. In principle, if the device itself and the OS version support this possibility, as they say, it will not be necessary to invent a bicycle. A little digging in the settings, you can set your own parameters.

This is a relatively short and simple process, which will be discussed a little later. You can install applications on the memory card in other ways. Let us dwell on these situations for the time being.

Downloading applications to a storage card

Before solving the installation problem, let's consider downloading content to a removable storage medium. The fact is that in "Android" application installation on a memory card in most cases should be in close connection with the process of downloading installation distributions, because they too can have quite large volumes.

Downloading content to an SD card is supported by almost all Android-devices regardless of the version of the OS itself or the installed firmware. To specify the location of saving files to a memory card, it is enough to enter, for example, into the Internet browser and in the advanced settings specify a removable storage as the storage location. Similarly, you can do in the case of creating photos, when you need to use the settings of the application to configure.

You can do even easier by downloading applications using a desktop computer or laptop, and then copying them to an SD card. In principle, the place of downloads can also be changed in any file manager.

Methods for installing and relocating applications to SD cards

Now about the most important thing. Implementing the use of installed or already installed applications from a memory card is not so difficult. First of all, you need to see if the device itself supports such features. It also happens that the transfer, and even more so the installation, of applications on removable media is simply blocked by the manufacturer of the gadget. What to do in this case?

For the "Android" OS, applications can be installed on the memory card in several ways. For example, you can first install the program or game using the standard method on the internal drive, and then transfer it to another location (in this case, the SD card).

For direct installation on the card, you can use third-party utilities. It is clear that the creation of applications for Android in most cases implies the possibility of installing or moving to another location.

Using system settings

If you really need to install the application for Android on a removable media, you first need to consider several aspects. The first step is to go to the settings, where you select the "Applications" item, and then go to the settings for the applications themselves. There is a special line "Transfer to SD-card". If the device supports this feature, the transfer will be performed within a couple of minutes, after which the active button "Move to phone" will appear for each transferred program or game.

As it is already clear, in Android OS the application will be launched from the memory card at the end of the transfer process.

But do not rush to rejoice. Sometimes both the mobile devices themselves and the creation of applications for Android, the use of such functions simply does not provide. In addition, you may need even root-rights or use super user mode.

The best programs

There are a lot of programs for transferring or directly installing programs or games on removable media today. As a rule, almost all programs of this type are freeware (free). True, here it is worth paying attention to the fact that some utilities are very easy to use, and with some professional programs will have to tinker to understand what's what.

Among the easiest means of transferring programs to removable media, you can note popular packages such as AppMgr Pro.

This application automatically analyzes the data of the installed applications, and then displays the result in the form of a sorted list, in which the Android applications are listed separately, which can be easily transferred to the memory card. After selecting the necessary applications and confirming the actions, the transfer will be performed automatically without any damage to the system.

No less interesting is the utility Link2SD. But the average user will have to deal with it for a long time, because it will be necessary to break the card into partitions from the computer, for example, using the MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition software package, one of which must have a FAT32 (Primary) file system , and the second an ext2 (depending on Device and version of the "operating system" it can be ext3 / ext4). It is in the second section that the portable or installed programs will be stored.

The most extreme case is the use of a mobile device with a connection to a computer or laptop via a USB interface. To install applications on a memory card, you will first need to install the program on both the smartphone and the computer. After connecting and synchronizing, you can install applications directly from the control program window from the computer terminal.

There are a lot of software products of this type. Separately it is necessary to allocate, say, Mobogenie or My Phone Explorer, and the second utility supports not only Android-devices. It's quite easy to work with such programs. You just need to select the installation file and specify the installation location of the program (again, if such support is available for both the device and the program).

Forced installation of programs on the memory card

In some cases, you can try to apply one more non-standard way. In "operating systems" "Android" application installation on a memory card by this method is called forced.

The essence of the process is installing ADB RUN on the PC. On a smartphone, when connecting via a USB port, debugging via USB must be enabled .

After running the application on your computer, you will need to enter the following commands:

Su - if there are root privileges (if not, the command is skipped).

Pm getInstallLocation ("0" by default).

Pm getInstallLocation 1 - setting in the device's own memory.

Pm getInstallLocation 2 - installation on the memory card.

Pm getInstallLocation 0 - return to the default settings.

In principle, there are few commands, but you can see for yourself that this is not the most convenient way. Although in some cases it can be used effectively enough when other methods do not help.

Problems with application health

It is believed that the OS "Android" installation of programs on a memory card - it's still not all. After installing or moving the application, you need to run it and test it. If the start does not occur, or the program does not work as it should, you will have to repeat the above steps first. You can try to move the application to the initial location and check its operability there. If everything is normal, then the case is either in the program, or in the memory card, or in incorrectly performed operations for transfer or installation.

Conclusion

Summing up some results, we can say that here we considered the simplest and most common ways to transfer and install applications on removable storage devices. Naturally, each utility has its own features, as well as portable or installed programs. Even different versions of mobile gadgets, not to mention the Android OS versions or firmware, can play a very significant role. But in most cases at least one way will be effective for many.