Where do Apps download to?

herbmmm · 04-03-2010, 05:55 PM

Got into this a little the other day. I haven't got my Nexus yet but am getting as much info as possible. I'm surprised to hear that the Apps are stored on the ROM. Is the any way of storing them on the SD card with out rooting? I have picked out a ton of Apps am sure they all won't fit on the Rom! Any suggestions?

Solipsist8 · 04-03-2010, 06:00 PM

You won't 'need' to store/hoard apps..they're always in the market, just a few clicks/seconds away at any point in time. Only 'load' and keep the ones you use most frequently. If you have an app you haven't used in a month, you don't need it loaded.

keyplyr · 04-03-2010, 06:11 PM

How Much Memory

herbmmm · 04-03-2010, 06:36 PM

I have a 16GB SD card! And I can't see myself downloading an App every time I want to use something that I don't use every day!

kc.rkitek · 04-09-2010, 03:08 PM

Root your phone, make a ext3 partition on that big ol' SD card in AmonRA recovery, install CyanogenMod, and enable Apps2Sd. Problem solved!

Backnblack · 04-09-2010, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kc.rkitek

Root your phone

Root is not always the answer....Why does everyone always suggest it?

kc.rkitek · 04-09-2010, 04:00 PM

You're right...I was partly saying that tongue-in-cheek. However, if you want loads of free internal memory and the ability to install your apps on the SD card (a 16 gig sd card at that) as the OP was asking, unlocking/rooting/sd partition/custom rom/apps2sd is the only answer i've ever heard of. If anyone has any other suggestions that may make this work, I'm all ears...

mah · 04-09-2010, 07:19 PM

They get stored in /data/app, but this directory is not accessible to you unless you've got a rooted device. If your device is rooted, you can install / uninstall simply by copying the apk files to/from that directory.

An unrooted device will let you store 190MB of apps. Most apps are smaller than 2MB, giving you quite a bot of room in the ROM.

04-03-2010, 05:55 PM	#1
herbmmm Member Member #4837 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Arizona/Pennsylvania Posts: 51 Phone: Not Listed Carrier: Not Listed	Where do Apps download to? Got into this a little the other day. I haven't got my Nexus yet but am getting as much info as possible. I'm surprised to hear that the Apps are stored on the ROM. Is the any way of storing them on the SD card with out rooting? I have picked out a ton of Apps am sure they all won't fit on the Rom! Any suggestions?

04-03-2010, 06:11 PM	#3
keyplyr Senior Member Member #2038 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 739 Phone: Nexus One Carrier: T-Mobile	How Much Memory __________________ ♫♪ Listen to Jazz ♪♫

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04-03-2010, 06:00 PM	#2
Solipsist8 Member Member #6189 Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 32 Phone: Nexus One Carrier: TMO	You won't 'need' to store/hoard apps..they're always in the market, just a few clicks/seconds away at any point in time. Only 'load' and keep the ones you use most frequently. If you have an app you haven't used in a month, you don't need it loaded.

04-03-2010, 06:36 PM	#4
herbmmm Member Member #4837 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Arizona/Pennsylvania Posts: 51 Phone: Not Listed Carrier: Not Listed	I have a 16GB SD card! And I can't see myself downloading an App every time I want to use something that I don't use every day!

04-09-2010, 03:08 PM	#5
kc.rkitek Senior Member Member #695 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kansas City Posts: 291 Phone: N1 Carrier: T-Mobile	Root your phone, make a ext3 partition on that big ol' SD card in AmonRA recovery, install CyanogenMod, and enable Apps2Sd. Problem solved!

04-09-2010, 04:00 PM	#7
kc.rkitek Senior Member Member #695 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kansas City Posts: 291 Phone: N1 Carrier: T-Mobile	You're right...I was partly saying that tongue-in-cheek. However, if you want loads of free internal memory and the ability to install your apps on the SD card (a 16 gig sd card at that) as the OP was asking, unlocking/rooting/sd partition/custom rom/apps2sd is the only answer i've ever heard of. If anyone has any other suggestions that may make this work, I'm all ears...

04-09-2010, 07:19 PM	#8
mah Senior Member Member #1160 Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 241 Phone: Nexus One Carrier: T-Mobile	They get stored in /data/app, but this directory is not accessible to you unless you've got a rooted device. If your device is rooted, you can install / uninstall simply by copying the apk files to/from that directory. An unrooted device will let you store 190MB of apps. Most apps are smaller than 2MB, giving you quite a bot of room in the ROM.

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