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is a program that helps the user to move applications from internal memory device to an external memory card. This is what many users liked and they decided what handy application they will be very useful. After all, internal memory is often limited in volume, so it is worth saving it and storing games or music is much more convenient on external map. The application turned out to be convenient and extremely useful.
Also, the program has been translated into Russian, so that it will be convenient for you and, most importantly, it is clear how to use it. Never before have users been able to work with applications with such convenience. If you always run out of internal memory in mobile device, then such an application will definitely be useful for you. Feel free to start downloading it right now.
Due to the fact that the program performs incredible options, or rather helps the user to reallocate memory. It has become very popular, because you will always need a program that will help you free tens of megabytes from RAM.
As a result, it's a fairly high-quality application that will provide the ability to move an application from internal memory to an external card.
The “Not enough memory space” warning when you try to install a new app on your smartphone means that all those games, photos, and 4K videos have finally done the trick. Using a microSD card is good way free up space in the phone's memory by moving some of the content to it.
It is always worth remembering that memory cards are slower than internal storage, so you need it fast and large. You will need the fastest microSD, at least class 10 or UHS-I, and preferably UHS-3. If the system determines that the microSD is too slow, a performance degradation warning will appear.
Use internal storage
Beginning with Android Marshmallow Changes have been made to how phones handle memory cards. Now they can be used as internal storage - Android will treat the card as an extension of the internal memory. But this method has a big drawback: the flash drive will be encrypted, so it cannot be placed in another device (unless formatted again).
Let's get started! First do backup important data, and then insert the flash drive into your phone. When the new SD card notification appears, select "Install". Next, you need to choose how the phone should use the card: phone storage(on Android 9) or Use as Internal Storage(in older versions). If this menu does not appear, go to Settings> storage.
In the next step choose Format SD Card or Erase & Format- the system will offer to transfer all files, including applications, to the card. The Android OS will also show you how much space you save. Click the button Move content to start the transfer. This function is called Adoptable Storage and it requires you to keep the microSD in the phone at all times. Any data present on the card will be erased when it is formatted as internal storage.
Unfortunately, not all devices with a microSD slot support this feature: Motorola, Huawei and Nvidia have included Adoptable Storage, while Samsung and LG have removed it.
Android 9.0 Pie
If your phone does not support flexible storage, you can manually move apps to microSD.
Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > App info. Find the app you want to transfer and select Storage > Change > Virtual SD card in the dialog box Change storage. On the confirmation screen, press move.
To move it back to internal storage, repeat the steps, but on last step select Internal shared storage. You should always do this if you want to change or remove a USB flash drive!
Android 7.0 Nougat
Navigate Settings > Apps. Scroll down to find the app you want to move to the map and click on it. Select "Storage". If it supports transferring to a card, you'll see a "Storage used" section. Click the button that says "Change", select the location you want to move the app to, and click the "Move" button.
Android 5.0 Lollipop
Lollipop has less reliable microSD support than later ones android versions. Also, not all apps can be migrated in this version.
Go to Settings > Apps and select desired application, then click the button Move to SD Card. The button will be disabled while the transfer is in progress, so do nothing until the process is complete.
As soon as the transfer is completed, the information will be updated and it will show how much the application takes up space on the card and in the internal memory.
Transfer via Link2SD
This is needed when the phone does not support moving to an SD card. Apps2SD is a popular app for this, as is FolderMount , but both require .
What applications can be transferred?
AppMgr III from Sam Lu Tools will help you find out. With it, you can "freeze" applications using Freeze apps, hide with hide apps and move to SD card option move app.
AppMgr III at the first start will show on the tab Movable, which applications can be moved to a USB flash drive, and which cannot.
The internal memory on your device may not be sufficient for all the applications you need. Modern programs and especially games are very voluminous. This problem can be solved by moving them to an SD card.
But there are also pitfalls. Cards are slower than internal memory. Therefore, games and other resource-intensive applications may slow down after the transfer. To reduce performance loss, preferably with a minimum speed of 10 MB/s. The higher the better.
In addition, relocated applications will stop working as soon as you remove the memory card. And when you insert it back, it is possible that some of them will start to fail and give errors.
Thus, applications are worth moving if you are willing to sacrifice their speed and stability for the sake of free space.
Can you transfer applications to a memory card
It is important to understand that not all devices provide such an opportunity. There is no list of models that support porting. To find out if your device is one of them, you just need to try moving the apps to the map. This process is reversible and uncomplicated.
In addition, even if yours allows you to transfer, you will not be able to do this with all applications. Some games and programs allow only part of their data to be moved to the card, and many do not support transfer at all.
How to move apps to SD card
Although the process of moving games and programs on different firmware is slightly different, the procedure is similar everywhere. This generic instruction should suit everyone.
Manually
First, make sure that the memory card is inserted into the device. Then open android settings and select the Applications section. In the list of games and programs, click on the one you want to transfer to the card.
When the menu of the selected application appears on the screen, find the navigation button and use it. After the transfer, in the same menu, you can return the application back to the internal memory.
If the button is missing or not clickable, the program may not support navigation. Repeat these steps for other games and applications. If nothing transfers, it's likely that this feature isn't available on your device.
Automatically
Some devices with Android 6 or higher fresh versions The OS allows you to use the card as part of the internal memory. This option allows you to transfer all applications at once.
To make the card work as part of the internal storage, go to the settings and open the section dedicated to memory management. Find the SD card menu in it. Use the "Format" command, select the "As internal storage" option and follow the system prompts. If this option is not available, this feature is not available on your device.
Formatting will erase all data from the card. After that, it cannot be used on other devices until you format it again.
After confirm the transfer of applications to the card. From that moment on, the device will begin to perceive it as part of the internal storage, transfer old applications and install new ones on the card.
To return the program back to the device's memory, you need to use the "Format" command again, selecting the "As portable storage" option. Before formatting, the system will offer to transfer applications to internal memory.
Using third party software
If your device does not support any of the listed methods, but is unlocked on it, you can try to transfer applications using third party programs. For these purposes, there are, for example, Link2SD and App2SD utilities. But even their creators do not guarantee the performance and stability of this method. So be careful.
Probably, each of us faced the problem of lack of memory or simply wanted to transfer applications to a USB flash drive, since the memory was already full, and games and applications cannot be transferred to MicroSD and the annoying notification "There is not enough memory on the device, some functions may be limited."
Even if you uninstalled a lot of applications and games, you still did not have enough memory. But how to increase the memory without losing everything? Later in this article, we will look at and learn how to solve this problem.
I want to warn you right away that neither I nor the site administration are responsible for your actions. You do everything at your own peril and risk.
P.S The article uses the most simplified words for better perception.
To continue you will need:
- MicroSD Card with a class of at least 6 (Class 10 is desirable) and a size of more than 4 GB
- (To create a second partition)
- (For transferring applications and games)
- (For transferring cached games)
To increase the memory, we will have to transfer your applications to the so-called second section of the MicroSD card (you need to transfer), and we will create it ourselves. If you already have a second section on your map, you can skip this step.
Creating a Second MicroSD Partition
1. Save all files on another medium (for example, on a computer)2. Disable the microSD card along the path "Settings / Memory / Disable memory card"
3. If there is ROOT rights, set if not -
4. After starting, double click on the "+" 
5. Select "Ext4" in Part 2. If you have an Android 2.2-2.3 device, select "Ext 3" 
6. In Part 2, select the size, how much you want to allocate memory in MB from the card for applications and games (The more the better) 
7. Look at the first white bar graph for the amount of memory left and enter those numbers in Part 1 
8. Check if you did everything right. If everything is correct, click on the menu button or on the so-called "three dots in the corner", and click on "Apply changes" 
Everything, the most difficult is already behind, you can reconnect the memory card (Settings / Memory / Connect memory card), transfer files back to the USB flash drive, but before that you may notice that the size of the memory card has decreased. It should be so, because we have created the second section.
Setting up the transfer to the second partition
We need to install the program (Google Play)
After installation, open the application. You should have a window like this. Select "Ext 4" or "Ext 3" for Android 2.2-2.3 and click on "OK".
After reboot, open the application. You should have a list of applications.
Now we will consider what can be transferred and what is better not to transfer.
So to speak, system applications do not transfer under any circumstances. Not much will happen. Therefore, it is better to transfer custom applications (Those that you installed yourself). I do not advise you to transfer those applications that you actively use (For example, Browser or WhatsApp and the like).
And in order to make it more convenient, the application has sorting. To do this, click on "Equal three stripes" and select "Custom".
You should see a list of your applications. Now you can select the applications that you want to move to the second section and send them there. Click on "Three Dots", then on "Multiple", select the applications to transfer and click on "Submit".
A few minutes of waiting and you're done! You have more memory, and you can still download games and applications and transfer them. If you dig into the Link2SD settings, you can enable auto-link. This is a feature that automatically transfers the application to the second section of the map, thereby making your life easier.
Also in the settings you can change themes, buy the Pro version and so on. But now is not about that. In general, we figured out the main problem. But, I want to tell you, Link2SD does not transfer game cache (Game cache is .obb format files along the path Android/obb/"game package name"). So what should we do? Let's talk further.
Transfer game cache and data to microSD card
Game cache can be transferred using great program entitled . I must say right away that the cache is transferred to the flash drive itself, and not to the second partition.
Open the app, and swipe from the left edge of the screen to the right edge (Swipe) and tap on "Application Analyzer"
On some Android phones, there is no way to transfer applications, various files, personal data, games on a memory card.
If your device is on this list, then I recommend downloading the program for transferring files to a memory card in an android phone.
There are many, but the best program to transfer applications and everything else to an android memory card, like AppMgr III (App 2 SD) for me.
It works great on both older android versions and the latest ones: android 6.0 android 7.0.
You can download the program for transferring files to the “AppMgr III” SD card on the play market or right here on this page (download link at the end of the post).
You can upgrade it to the PRO version, but personally I don’t see any reason for this. Tools free version quite enough.
How to use the program to transfer data to sd card
Immediately after you download and install, the process of scanning the contents of your phone will begin, for programs, files, data ....
Then click on the three bars on the top left.
The menu will open. Select move apps.
A section will open that will show which applications you can move to a memory card.
This is the ability to disable and hide applications that you do not use. To do this, go back to the menu, but now select the item: “Hide applications”.
The hiding procedure is very simple and there is no point in describing it, but AppMgr III (App 2 SD) can do something else.
This is to clear the cache in one click, delete applications even in a batch, sort files, adjust the sound, vibration and notification backlight.
Other programs for transferring applications or games to a sd card
If, for any reason, AppMgr III (App 2 SD) does not suit you, then there are other similar programs.
For example: Linr2SD, Files To SD Card, SD Maid, App2SD Tool, Install Apps On, App2SD &AppM and others. You can download it for free on the play store.
Developer:
http://android.a0soft.com
operating system:
android
Interface:
Russian