Moving Apps to SD card

[Darksthour]

So I want to move Titanium Backup to my SD card so that when I flash a new rom I don't have to deal with redownloading all of my apps from the market. I can then just have all my data set up for me. Anyone know a way to do this? Can you run apps directly from the SD card? I was also thinking if I could just copy the apk onto it then copy it back using root explorer if that would work. I don't know about you guys but redownloading all my apps takes forever and is really annoying.

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[brock.overcash]

Most roms will format the sd-ext partition that is used to store apps but I'm not positive about that. I use Appbrain to speed up reinstalling apps because it will take you directly to each market page and now, some apps will automatically install.

Also, I don't recomend using Apps2SD unless you are completely out of space because it slows down the apps and reduces the life of your microSD card

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[Darksthour]

Well how do you use app brain? It's an application that you usually have to download. When I flash a new rom and open the market it instantly goes to my downloads and starts downloading all of them. I don't want it to do that. I have heard of people restoring apps from another app but I never figured out exactly how.

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[hookbill]

Most roms will format the sd-ext partition that is used to store apps but I'm not positive about that. I use Appbrain to speed up reinstalling apps because it will take you directly to each market page and now, some apps will automatically install.

Also, I don't recomend using Apps2SD unless you are completely out of space because it slows down the apps and reduces the life of your microSD card

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I'm not trying to pick on you but that's the first time I've heard that. Do you have any solid documentation to back up that statement, or is it simply your opinion?

Maybe you're on to something, I don't know. Let's see how you came up with this.

[Darksthour]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't format the sd-ext because then your sd card wouldn't have anything on it.

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[brock.overcash]

Lo

Most roms will format the sd-ext partition that is used to store apps but I'm not positive about that. I use Appbrain to speed up reinstalling apps because it will take you directly to each market page and now, some apps will automatically install.

Also, I don't recomend using Apps2SD unless you are completely out of space because it slows down the apps and reduces the life of your microSD card

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I'm not trying to pick on you but that's the first time I've heard that. Do you have any solid documentation to back up that statement, or is it simply your opinion?

Maybe you're on to something, I don't know. Let's see how you came up with this.

Which part of my statement, the part about sd-ext being reformatted or apps2sd being in general bad for ur phone


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[brock.overcash]

No sd-ext is a partition that is located on the sd card separate from the data you have on it

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[-iD]

having your apps on the SD card slows down the initial boot of your device and can cause problems with widgets (basically, if you're running a widget, the app should be internal, not on the SD, most if not all widgets will fail to load from SD). Once bootup is past, there's not much performance difference in where the app is loaded.

[Darksthour]

Ok so apps to sd really doesn't do anything you can't do with the settings. I think it's just there so you don't have to fish through the settings themselves. Without froyo they made the os work with the apps there. My point though is when I flash a rom it doesn't show up. You still have to go to the market and download it.

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