Xperia Neo - Move application data to SD

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Hi,

I have an Xperia neo running stock firmware 4.0.2.A.0.62, the phone is already rooted and I have been using Link2SD to move the applications to the second partition of my SD card (ext3 partition) and so far it was working fine until I installed a couple of games that created about 100 MB of application cache, Link2SD does not move app cache.

How can I move app cache to SD?

FIXED

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Hi,

I just fixed my problem, I used Root Explorer to create new folder in the SD card second partition, them moved application data folder and finally created a link.

hi mate
can you explain a bit more detailed how you did that?
Did you just move the folder with root explorer?

cheers

Hi,

First at all, you need to have a rooted phone.

Then after installing the game and launching the game for the first time it will create the app cache folder. After that just close the game and use any root browser and look for the app cache folder. I)f you are not sure where it is you can use Link2SD and select your game and it will tell you all the application's directories. The app cache should be in a path like this: /data/data/<app name>.

Go to that location with your root browser and select that folder and move it to your SD card second partition (for example /data/sdext2/) the exact location of your SD card second partition will depend of the mount point for it. Be very careful with what folders do you move.

On the folder where you moved the app data folder look for it and select it and select "Link to this folder", go back to the folder /data/data and create the link.

That should do it.


Please note: All this process can be done from command line, but I really only use android command line if the phone is connected to my PC and sometimes I do not have a PC with me.

Go to that location with your root browser and select that folder and move it to your SD card second partition (for example /data/sdext2/) the exact location of your SD card second partition will depend of the mount point for it. Be very careful with what folders do you move.

How can I create second partition?
I don't understand what do you mean by (for example /data/sdext2/) !

I have 2 partitions on my SD card, the first partition is the normal partition and a second ext4 partition on the SD card, I used the partition manager application in Fedora Linux to create it. There are some other applications to create EXT partitions from Windows.

In the Link2SD app description are more details on how to create the 2nd partition on the SD card:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....Link2SD&hl=en

If you have a stock kernel then try using EXT3 or EXT2 for the additional partition.

I do not know if it is possible to create links on the SD first partition, never tried before.

homie, use TITANIUM BACKUP!

Originally Posted by xodARAP7

homie, use TITANIUM BACKUP!

I tried it but it will only work depending on the mount point used, titanium backup will not recognize the mount point created by Link2SD.

Sent from my MT15i using XDA

Originally Posted by sdato001

Hi,

First at all, you need to have a rooted phone.

Then after installing the game and launching the game for the first time it will create the app cache folder. After that just close the game and use any root browser and look for the app cache folder. I)f you are not sure where it is you can use Link2SD and select your game and it will tell you all the application's directories. The app cache should be in a path like this: /data/data/<app name>.

Go to that location with your root browser and select that folder and move it to your SD card second partition (for example /data/sdext2/) the exact location of your SD card second partition will depend of the mount point for it. Be very careful with what folders do you move.

On the folder where you moved the app data folder look for it and select it and select "Link to this folder", go back to the folder /data/data and create the link.

That should do it.


Please note: All this process can be done from command line, but I really only use android command line if the phone is connected to my PC and sometimes I do not have a PC with me.

brother, thank you so much for the idea, i was finally able to link google currents data to the sd card. it sucks space like hell. thanks a lot again

CWM can create Partition too but I do not know how too
can anyone tell me how?