how to get N0008HD8G to use SD card??????

[pabeader]

Every tool I use sends stuff to the internal Nand storage. Nothing will send stuff to the SD card that you plug into the side. Even things like app2sd won't go there. Am I doing something wrong?

Please help.

[shaunmt]

Every tool I use sends stuff to the internal Nand storage. Nothing will send stuff to the SD card that you plug into the side. Even things like app2sd won't go there. Am I doing something wrong?

Please help.

The problem isn't with the NX008HD8G...

This an Android problem... Android doesn't fully support multiple SD cards (internal + external).

ShaunMT

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Sd card

The problem isn't with the NX008HD8G...

This an Android problem... Android doesn't fully support multiple SD cards (internal + external).

ShaunMT

Try Xposed framework. there is a mod called D2SD that I'm usijg as we speak. All my downloaded data goes to a designated folder on the external sd.

[shaunmt]

Try Xposed framework. there is a mod called D2SD that I'm usijg as we speak. All my downloaded data goes to a designated folder on the external sd.

I'm pretty sure he wants apps to install to his external SD...

ShaunMT

[thebiggboss180]

u can use this post to install android apps that use data and obb to full install in external sd card...i gues in the same method u can use android secure folder instead of android folder...but u can do them both

[shaunmt]

u can use this post to install android apps that use data and obb to full install in external sd card...i gues in the same method u can use android secure folder instead of android folder...but u can do them both

Was there supposed to be a link in there somewhere?

[thebiggboss180]

yeah srry.... http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...d-folder-to-sd

[shaunmt]

yeah srry.... http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...d-folder-to-sd

That's an interesting idea. I wonder if it works in KK with the new permissions requirements?

Have you tried it, or do I need to add this to my list of things to test?

ShaunMT

[thebiggboss180]

That's an interesting idea. I wonder if it works in KK with the new permissions requirements?

Have you tried it, or do I need to add this to my list of things to test?

ShaunMT

i dont have kitkat device... u can try it..it s harmless to any device

[headsupsevenup]

Shaun, do you think it's possible or even advisable to repartition the NAND back into the internal storage? Or are they separate bits of the hardware?

Also, would putting something like this on the end of build.prop swap the storage?

persist.sys.vold.switchexternal=1
ro.vold.switchablepair=/storage/sdcard0,/storage/sdcard1

[shaunmt]

Shaun, do you think it's possible or even advisable to repartition the NAND back into the internal storage? Or are they separate bits of the hardware?

Pretty soon, I'm going to have to start refusing to answer variations of this question...

NAND refers to the internal memory chip. (It is the same type of chip that is inside a USB Flash Drive or Thumb Drive) Nand is partitioned and mounted as multiple directories.

Internal Storage might refer to the NAND memory chip as a whole, or it might refer to the /sdcard partition used for the internal SD Card and sometimes referred to in Android -> Settings -> Storage as Internal Storage.

I'm guessing you meant to ask one of these questions instead:

Q: Can I move apps to the internal SD card partion (a Nand partition).
A: Maybe... It depends on each App and how App developer programmed it.

Q: Can I move apps to an external SD card?
A: Android only supports apps on the Primary SD card. (In our case this is the internal one.) It might be possible to use an app or script to swap the internal and external SD card mount points, but I haven't tried to do so yet.

Q: Can I increase the size of the /Data partition (part of Nand) where most Apps reside?
A: No... The Partition Map, Partition sizes, and file systems formats are hard coded in the kernel.

Also, would putting something like this on the end of build.prop swap the storage?

persist.sys.vold.switchexternal=1
ro.vold.switchablepair=/storage/sdcard0,/storage/sdcard1

As I recall, this only works on custom ROMs that were compiled from source code that supports this feature.

ShaunMT

[headsupsevenup]

Got it! So nothing much without a custom rom. Thanks for working on it! I'll keep an eye out for test builds In the meantime I'll go try the suggestion in this thread and report back!

[shaunmt]

Got it! So nothing much without a custom rom. Thanks for working on it! I'll keep an eye out for test builds In the meantime I'll go try the suggestion in this thread and report back!

More bad news... I just edited my previous post... I previously thought you asked about a different model.

On this model, the partition map, partition sizes, and file system formats are hard coded in the kernel and I don't think we will ever see custom kernel for one of these.

ShaunMT