Force Android apps to SD

Very simple steps to force your android apps to SD card to save space on internal memory

Here we go.......

  1. Install android sdk on your system: http://dl.google.com/android/installer_r16-windows.exe

 2. Start SDK Manager from program files

 3. select all Android 3.O packages for installation and wait until installation completes

 Now here is the real work

 1. @phone - Application Settings - Development - Check Mark Allow mock Locations

 2. connect your phone to PC using usb cable

 3. @PC open command prompt ( run as administrator if vista, win 7 or above)

 4. Switch to new AVD directory using command > cd [directory name

       For 32 bit systems : C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>

       For 64 bit system  : C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>

 5. Copy and paste this command to your command prompt at above path adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2

       which in the end should look like below

       C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2

 6. Restart your phone and its done.

 7. @Phone Settings > manage applications > ON SD CARD .. here all check marks will be visible for movement

After this you should be able to move your existing apps to SD as well as all new installation will directly be pointed to your SD card memory. At this point you save all your memory on phone for cache and performance requirement

Note : IF you want to use apps with widgets or widgets itself you need to install them on internal memory