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Moving apps to SD or USB storage from your Android phone
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Thursday October 6, 2011
Tutorials
Thursday October 6, 2011
As you browse the Market and install apps on your Android phone, you may find your phone running low on storage space.
Moving apps to your SD card
or USB storage frees up space. The downside is that apps might take longer to launch, especially on initial start-up, and apps on the SD card or USB storage won't be available if you have your phone mounted as a USB drive on the computer.Download this episode now
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- From the home screen, tap the Menu key and choose Settings.
- Tap Applications and then Manage applications. In the tabs across the top of this screen, you can sort by Downloaded, All, storage and Running.
- Focus on the Downloaded tab as these are apps you've installed and not native apps like Maps and Gmail, which you can't move to USB storage.
- Games are among the best candidates to move to USB or SD card storage as you likely don't need them often and they tend to have a large footprint.
- Tap the app you'd like to move. It might take a couple of seconds to populate this listing with the app's data. When it becomes available, tap the button to Move to USB Storage. If your phone has an SD card as opposed to internal storage space, this button will read Move to SD card.
- Depending on the size of the app, it might take a minute to move.
- Afterwards, the Total column under Storage will indicate how much space the app is taking up on our phone's internal storage. Not every element of the app is moved to the SD card or USB storage so apps might still require some space on your phone.
- Back in the Manage Applications screen, tap the USB or SD Card storage tab. Any app that's been moved to the SD card will now have a checkbox beside it. Tap an app and then tap Move to phone if you want to reverse the process.
- Tap Applications and then Manage applications. In the tabs across the top of this screen, you can sort by Downloaded, All, storage and Running.
- Focus on the Downloaded tab as these are apps you've installed and not native apps like Maps and Gmail, which you can't move to USB storage.
- Games are among the best candidates to move to USB or SD card storage as you likely don't need them often and they tend to have a large footprint.
- Tap the app you'd like to move. It might take a couple of seconds to populate this listing with the app's data. When it becomes available, tap the button to Move to USB Storage. If your phone has an SD card as opposed to internal storage space, this button will read Move to SD card.
- Depending on the size of the app, it might take a minute to move.
- Afterwards, the Total column under Storage will indicate how much space the app is taking up on our phone's internal storage. Not every element of the app is moved to the SD card or USB storage so apps might still require some space on your phone.
- Back in the Manage Applications screen, tap the USB or SD Card storage tab. Any app that's been moved to the SD card will now have a checkbox beside it. Tap an app and then tap Move to phone if you want to reverse the process.
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