Friday, 18 September 2015

Install Android apps to your SD card by default

Things we need:
1.Make sure that you have successfully installed USB driver for your android phone (adb driver)
2.Enable USB Debugging on the phone
3.Install Google’s Android SDK
4.Oracles Java SDK
5.Plug-in the Android Mobile Phone

Step 1 -  First we need to turn on USB Debugging



Step 2 -  Download Android Studio (SDK tools) here  and Java Development Kit JDK here

Step 3 -  Then Install Both Applications

Step 4 -  Now Goto C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk and Run SDK Manager

Step 5 -  There are numerous packages in here but make sure that Android SDK Platform-tools is checked


Step 6 -  Click the Install packages -->  Click Accept License.


The packages should start to download and extract themselves accordingly.if you get message about Android Tools being updated click OK to close the window.

Step 7 -  now Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools
               Hold down the Shift key, then right click adb.exe and click Open command window here 


Step 8 -  Type adb devices in cmd to make sure the ADB can see your phone. 
adb devices





Step 9 -  To set the default installation location of your phone to your SD card type this

adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2


Location 0 will force the application to install in phone memory.If you want to revert these changes just change that 2 to a 0 (that’s a zero).

Step 10 -   To check 

adb shell pm getInstallLocation 2





Step 11 -  type Exit and then Press Enter. now disconnect your phone and enjoy installing your apps in SD Card.


Note:
       Move Your Apps in the Settings-Applications-Manageapplications-Downloads-Click on any App that you need to move your downloaded apps to your SD card -Click move to SD Card.(Now this button is enabled)


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