Originally Posted by leguyanais

I'm using App 2 Sd to move my application to the SD card, It's working good.

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It will be, this thread is for the i9300 (S3) not the i9100 (S2)

Originally Posted by BeLGaRaTh67

It will be, this thread is for the i9300 (S3) not the i9100 (S2)

Good spot

Ok, dont shoot me down in flames here, but after reading chainfires article about writing to the external memory http://www.chainfire.eu/articles/113..._to_SD_cards_/ it seems that what we need to do is change

if (primaryStorage) {
// Special case the primary SD card.
// For this we grant write access to the SDCARD_RW group.
gid = AID_SDCARD_RW;
} else {
// For secondary external storage we keep things locked up.
gid = AID_MEDIA_RW;
}

to

if (primaryStorage) {
// Special case the primary SD card.
// For this we grant write access to the SDCARD_RW group.
gid = AID_SDCARD_RW;
} else {
// For secondary external storage we keep things locked up.
gid = AID_SDCARD_RW;
}
in system/vold/Volume.cpp

I am assuming this is a file from the sources and it would need recompiling but would it work ??

Give it a try?

Because although I know what you are on about in very simple terms...I have no idea how or where to do it.

Is it still 1.97gb for system storage like GS2?

Problem not only related to Samsung.

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Hi there people.

For all the folks who are saying that this problem is only related to Samsung, I can tell u are wrong.

I own a Rockchip 2918 based Ricatech tablet wich I recently updated to Android 4.0 ICS (official update downloaded from Ricatech website) With this tablet I experience the same problem as you guys with the SGS 3!

And with only 500Mb of app storage, I am in quit a pain!

For me it is also not possible to move apps to the SD card. There is just no option for doing this when i go to Settings>Apps.

Also App2SD gives the error:
The device does not have a real primary external storage, or the external storage is emulated. Moving app to sd function may not be supportedby this device

I think the problem is somewhat related to the fact how ICS sets its mountpoints for storage, since this different compared to Android 2.3 because I also had a problem with a other app wich could not find my external SD-Card wich runned fine on Android 2.3. For this app i had to change the folder the app was monitoring.

I do want to mention I also own a SGS2 wich also runs ICS, the strange thing is that I do not have the problem of moving apps to external SD-Card with this device.

Originally Posted by H2TB

Hi there people.

For all the folks who are saying that this problem is only related to Samsung, I can tell u are wrong.

I own a Rockchip 2918 based Ricatech tablet wich I recently updated to Android 4.0 ICS (official update downloaded from Ricatech website) With this tablet I experience the same problem as you guys with the SGS 3!

And with only 500Mb of app storage, I am in quit a pain!

For me it is also not possible to move apps to the SD card. There is just no option for doing this when i go to Settings>Apps.

Also App2SD gives the error:
The device does not have a real primary external storage, or the external storage is emulated. Moving app to sd function may not be supportedby this device

I think the problem is somewhat related to the fact how ICS sets its mountpoints for storage, since this different compared to Android 2.3 because I also had a problem with a other app wich could not find my external SD-Card wich runned fine on Android 2.3. For this app i had to change the folder the app was monitoring.

I do want to mention I also own a SGS2 wich also runs ICS, the strange thing is that I do not have the problem of moving apps to external SD-Card with this device.

So hang on...How can they/we be wrong when you are saying one device running the same OS does it and one doesn't? I am not saying you are wrong just that your argument doesn't quite add up.

Starting to get really irritated by this. I have a not unreasonable amount of apps installed, and have data binded (or bound!) the largest, GTA3, to the the external sd, yet I still get told to free up some space to install an app I just paid a lot of money for.

To make it more annoying, when I go to Manage Apps, it says I have loads of space free.

Grrrr....

You can also use the Directory bind app if you're rooted and prefer some handiwork to not having the option at all.

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Originally Posted by Greedyfly

So hang on...How can they/we be wrong when you are saying one device running the same OS does it and one doesn't? I am not saying you are wrong just that your argument doesn't quite add up.

Dude, I just wanted to make clear that the problem is not only related to the SGS3.