It is very common that at the time of having a mobile device it begins to have storage problems , which will cause the equipment to start operating in a much slower way. This usually happens when many applications are installed, many photos or videos are added to the Smartphone , thus overfilling the capacity of the device or even the capacity of the SD card.
Every time an App is downloaded to the device, it is usually automatically saved in the mobile’s internal memory and not on the external card, which will cause you to have to Move it yourself manually to free up some space in the terminal. However, there are also some ways for these applications to be stored directly in external memory when downloaded .
That is why here we are going to teach you how to directly install all applications on the micro SD or how to move them to it , in a very easy and fast way simply by following the steps that we will explain then.
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Steps to directly install all your apps on your SD or microSD card Android phone
As we have already mentioned above there is the possibility of downloading applications directly to the micro SD , so that are not stored in the mobile memory, especially if it is full, which may cause it not to be installed due to lack of space or the device starts working much slower.
It is important to mention that there are at least two ways to install the App directly on the SD card of the Android phone , which we will explain below:
Simple or easy mode
The first method that we will introduce you is the simplest, as its name implies, this step consists of activating the developer mode and in that menu you will have to activate the option “ Forced download to the external card. ” This is really easy to use, just follow these steps:
- To start you will need to go to the “Settings” menu of your Android.
- Then select the option of “About the device” .
- Now you select “Software Information” or a similar message, it will depend on the version of Android you have installed on your device.
- The following will be to press at least seven times over “Build number”. There will appear on the screen a message indicating that the “Mode has been activated. developer. ”
- Now you can return to your “Settings” menu and there you have to see the “Developer menu”.
If this is the case, you will simply have to enter this new menu and activate the “Forced application download in the device’s external memory” option.
It is important to mention that not all Android devices have this type of function. In some cases they bring included is a function that allows you to move applications to the SD rather than to install them there Therefore, if your device does not have this included, try the following method.
Pro mode
This method is usually a bit more complicated than the previous one but it will also help you store these Apps directly in the external memory of the terminal. It is important to mention that to perform this method it will be necessary for you to meet two fundamental requirements .
- The first one will be to prepare the computer, on it you have to install the ADB and FastBoot software, as well as the terminal drivers . To make the job much easier for you, we recommend first to install FastBoot and Minimal ADB and finally the Universal ADB Driver.
- The second thing you will have to do is enlist the Smartphone , for this, you will have to activate the “USB debugging on your Android device”.
If you meet these two requirements you can start carrying out all this. To do this follow each of these steps that we will indicate .
- The first thing will be to connect the mobile phone to your computer through the cable terminal USB . Keep in mind that if it is the first time you connect both devices you will have to activate the “USB debugging” on the Smartphone screen and wait a few seconds while the mobile driver it is installed on the computer.
- When the driver has been installed, the following will be to open the Minimal ADB software and Fastboot on the computer.
- Once both softwares are open you will type the following “ adb devices” (without quotes).
- Now press the “Enter” key and on screen you the serial number of the terminal connected to the computer should appear.
- Then, if this appears you will have to write the following “adb Shell pm set-install-location 2 ” and press the “ Enter ”key.
- Once all this is done, your Smartphone should start installing any application downloaded from Google Play directly on the SD card . In order to make sure that this process has been carried out successfully and the installation of these App are being done on the external card, you can execute the following command: “pm get-install-loation” at the time of writing this on the screen has to appear the number “2” as a result, if this is so, it means that the process has been carried out in the correct way.
It is important to mention that applications usually are installed in the terminal memory and not on the external card because this guarantees that everything you install on the Smartphone works correctly , since if it is installed directly in the SD memory, errors may occur in the App , which will not work properly on the device.
How to move all applications downloaded and installed to Android card external memory microSD?
If you have already installed an application on your Android mobile device and want to move it to your SD card you can do it in a very simple way from the menu of your terminal . It is important to mention that not all applications can be moved to the microSD , since some of them are not suitable for operation on external devices.
Another important aspect to mention is that as long as you pass the App from the device memory to the external memory it will not work for you . Therefore, it will be necessary for you to wait a few seconds or minutes while it is being transferred to be able to use it, keep in mind that the transfer time will be according to how heavy or light the app is . p>
So, to do this you just have to follow the steps that we will explain below:
- To start with this you will need to go to the “Settings” of your device.
- When you are there you will have to choose the section ” Applications ”.
- The following will be to select the application you want to transfer to external memory.
- Now, at the top you will see a section of the storage used , always placing the intern.
- When entering “Storage” you will see the option of “Change” and we click on it.
- Clicking on the previous option will give you the option to transfer it to the SD .
Please note that if the application cannot be transferred, in this section of “Change” the SD card will not appear, therefore you will have to keep it in the internal storage of the mobile device.
For those devices that have storage larger than 16GB or 32GB it is recommended to use only the microSD to store multimedia files and only heavier Apps, so you can free up internal space and your Smartphone will work faster and much better.