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TheUngeek

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#70245 20-Oct-2010 15:34
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Couldn't find this posted anywhere....

If you have a Desire and don't want to root (ok seriously, who called it that? I giggle every time....) and are running out of space try this:

http://androidforums.com/desire-tips-tricks/160560-force-apps-install-sd-without-root.html

I did it last night and it worked perfectly! Managed to move several apps that previously wouldn't.
Please note this works on 2.2 ONLY.

You will need the sdk to do it


Also another way to free up some mb is clear some caches. Found my Gmail for example was storing nearly 5mb in the cache! Dunno why or what it was, cleared it and can't notice anything in the way its running

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kiwitrc
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  #394026 20-Oct-2010 15:41
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I have used that although not all apps can be moved, also check out the Apps2sd on the market seems to do the same thing.



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  #394027 20-Oct-2010 15:43
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Yes there are a couple that can't be.
Eg maps, although brut can be.
Also widgets and anything needed on a home screen are apparantly don't work too well if swapped.

I also used apps2sd from the market place and couldn't move some apps. This mod allowed me to move another 18mb or so of apps that apps2sd wouldn't

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  #394032 20-Oct-2010 15:51
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Ok good to know, I couldnt remember which ones moved and which ones didnt. Will give it another crack. Thanks.



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  #396560 27-Oct-2010 22:01
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Just a bit more on this.

After I did the above, I decided to do a factory rest.
So I used Mybackup and APN backup and restore and reset.
I reinstalled all but 2-3 small apps
There must have been some huge old files in there.
Before I did the apps2sd I was down to 18mb. After doing that, and clearing some caches I went to 46ish. Then after the reset I'm at 67.8mb!
Pretty happy!


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