How to check if Apps2SD has been installed correctly...

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The following information is for those who are still unsure of whether Apps2SD has been installed and if it is working correctly after root.

Open a Terminal Editor on your phone (I currently use ConnectBot, which is available for download via the Android Marketplace, comes with hotkeys, and it's free, link <here>).

When you have the client open, type "su" to gain super user access, and then hit enter. Now type "ls -l /data" and hit enter. You should see a few lines, a couple of which should read on the far right column:

dalvik-cache -> /system/sd/dalvik-cache
app-private -> /system/sd/app-private
app -> /system/sd/app


Notice the -> indicating symlinks and the 'sd'

You can also run: busybox df -h to check the /system/sd that the folder is being used

If this output is visible to you, then Apps2SD is working properly and you have installed it correctly. You will notice that by checking Menu > Settings > SD & phone storage, there is still some internal memory going down due to cache, other data, etc, but the main apps all go on the SD card given the above result. I currently have 29 apps installed (including Google Earth, which is 22.1 MB in size itself) and my internal memory currently shows 119MB of available space.

You can perform more extensive checks by executing the following command:

ls /system/sd/app (this will list all the apps which you have installed to the SD card)

If you prefer to run it from a PC with your phone connected, then this can also be checked via ADB by installing the relevant Android SDK for your OS. Downloads for SDK versions, link <here>.

Alternatively, you can use the script (written by theboxman from MoDaCo.com), which you can run via GScript Lite to test if Apps2SD is working correctly, link <here>.

how about unlock?

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thank you for the info. btw, i havent seen in the forum if there a way to unlock the Desire form a certain network. any idea? sorry i know its the wrong place to ask and post this.

Hi Mastoid,

Could you tell me how exactly to run this from PC?
I've got the whole SDK installed but no idea what i have to do...open a prompt or something? Please inform as i'd really like to check.

You need to download the Android SDK and also Java.

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/widget/jdk6.jsp

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Then open a command prompt in Windows, plug in your Desire (your phone does not need to be in hboot/fastboot to access adb shell).

1) Open a command prompt on your computer and cd to your adb tools directory (it will be wherever you extracted the sdk; ie, c:\android-sdk_r04-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools
2) In that window enter the following commands:

adb shell
su
ls -l /data

this should list the top 2 items as:

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-28 22:54 app-private -> /system/sd/app-private
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-28 22:54 app -> /system/sd/app


ls -l /system/sd/app (will list apps on installed to your SD Card)


Now, for final proof, type:

busybox df -h

Originally Posted by iom_jack

thank you for the info. btw, i havent seen in the forum if there a way to unlock the Desire form a certain network. any idea? sorry i know its the wrong place to ask and post this.

Do you mean to have it sim-unlocked?

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question...8154024AA1abkl

Great!
That worked, though the items you mention are not at the top but a couple of rows down. Busybox did show the apps installed on the SD.....ah, peace of mind

thx for the instructions!

Re: How to check if Apps2SD has been installed correctly...

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no problem bud, glad it worked out for you

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Question about APP2SD.....if anyone can answer

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can it stop working halfway? i mean at first it really looked like apps were on SD but now it takes the flash memory instead....

i have 38m left with APP2SD

Originally Posted by totorip

can it stop working halfway? i mean at first it really looked like apps were on SD but now it takes the flash memory instead....

i have 38m left with APP2SD

I posted a thread recently showing how to check if Apps2SD has been installed correctly and is working:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677073

How to setup App2SD?

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Anyone got a clear, easy guide on getting it working? Can you install it on the standard rooted ROM from MoDaCo? Do you need to have it cooked into a ROM?

A video or something would help but I'm interested in getting it setup incase I need to get a load of apps