Good 128GB micro sd for Z ultra

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I've been playing with my new ZU (love it) and am still running stock (non-root) because of airwatch.
I have found out that many apps can be run from SD even if you don't root (can be moved there - same as on my Note 3).
As far as GPS apps, it turns out that Navigon can completely run from SD, and also it's maps can be stored on SD. The trick is to not move already installed Navigon app to SD - if you do that it will only move the app itself to SD but leave the maps in internal memory. Instead I had to do the following: 1. uninstall navigon 2. make sure SD card is inserted 3. install navigon again - then when you start the app the first time it will recognize the SD card and ask you where you want the maps installed. That worked perfectly for me and was able to reclaim 3GB of internal memory.
Unfortunately Sygic which is my prefered GPS app does not seem to have this option to install data on SD (never asked me about this during installation, and I don't see anything in the settings either).
Still, this is a good result - shows that when apps are designed properly the data can reside on SD without need for root.
Next task is to find a good car driving game which will want to completely live on SD (at least it's data since I assume if good graphics the game must be huge).

Yes, apps that generates large quotas of data are able to write to sdcard to save space.
Then also its up to the devs to enable it. Some apps don't.

I discovered yesterday that in order to write data to sdcard1 I had to go to the documents app and manually permit RootExplorer to have access to the file I was going to write to. This was just a simple .txt file with some notes I wanted to remember so...eh I found this quite annoying.
So there are some new policies that I haven't done research on.
 

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    That its good news

    Sent from my C6833 using XDA Free mobile app

    I saw it here , but I don't know if the other brand works too
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    Thanks. Would formatting the sdcard mean I will have to root to run apps installed on it? My concern is that this phone needs to be for work as well so I need to run Airwatch on it for company emails etc.
    Unfortunately I think it's likely if I root the device Airwatch will have a problem with that because of some type of security restriction.
    Does anyone know if at least music files and maps for gps apps like Sygic and Navigon can be stored on the SD card (while the music and gps apps themselves are installed in the 16GB internal memory)? Can this be done with stock rom (like I'm able to do with my Note 3)?


    Yes you will need to root your device in the first place to begin with.
    You need root to be able to:
    * Move or link apps/data to sdcard1
    * Hide your root status
    * Use an alternative file system on sdcard1

    All the apps I found from a quick search, who handles these tasks require a rooted device.
    Also If you want to increase performance by using ext4 or f2fs formatted card.
    Formatting the sdcard can be done from either twrp recovery or via software on the computer if you have an sdcard reader.

    Apps that can handle apps on external storage
    http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/apps2sd-partition-sd-card-link-apps-to-t3122919
    http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/android4-1-phones-rom-shortage-app-t3132914
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=919326

    Hiding root status.
    There is a way to hide root status from specific apps
    You can install Xposed framework and install the module

    RootCloak
    http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.devadvance.rootcloak

    or

    Good for Enterprise Disable Root Check
    http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.phantasm.xposed.gfesecuritypatcher

    I have never used an app like this so I have no idea if its working or not. And or if its working on lollipop if you have latest update installed on your mobile device.
    RootCloat was updated 2014-01-14 and Good for Enterprise Disable Root Check was updated 2014-11-07 so both was updated a long time ago.
    But I have seen many users around here on XDA who said it works good.


    And sygic.
    Sygic ask you to move system files to internal sd0 at first start if you placed them on sd1.
    After this prompt it will do this for you. So it won't run from sdcard.


    Edit: Music/multimedia files are fine to store on sd1. No problems there. I can't guarantee that stock walkman app can browse sd1. I have never used the app.
    I have the app PlayerPro and DSPpack for codecs and it has worked fine for me since 2010. I've used the app on all my android devices over the years.
    http://www.aplayerpro.com/