are we able to install apps to the SD card on the Coby Kyros?

[hdectablet]

are we able to install apps to the SD card on the Coby Kyros?

Thanks HDECTABLET

 

[l_n]

Android 2.1 doesn't have app2sd, but there is a hack for another tablet that was worked out in a thread here..

 

[BKenney]

Honestly, I've been looking for a way to install apps to my sdcard. So far haven't found anything while exploring, but maybe I've been looking in the wrong places. L_n where's the thread here?

 

[hdectablet]

Thank you l_n is this the thread?

http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/huawei-ideos-s7-development/5362-prj-apps2sd-discussion.html

Thanks HDECTABLET

 

[l_n]

Yep. I would recommend doing a nandroid backup in clockwork recovery before attempting it, though.

 

[BKenney]

I saw that, but theres got to be an easier solution. I don't really want to mess around with formatting and reinstalling everything.

 

[hdectablet]

ok thanks guys ill let you know if i atempt it

 

[hdectablet]

This might be a dumb question.
I was wondering if this would work to install apps on the SDCard.
Could we just make a Symbolic link from /data/app to /data/app -->sdcard?
i am messing around with it now, but i just wanted to throw it out there.


ln -s locationX/app1 locationY/app1

Performing an 'ln -s [source] [dest]' is creating something called a symbolic link. This is similar to Windows' "shortcut". For example, if we wanted to create a "shortcut" to /system/bin/mycoolprogram on our sdcard, we can do something like this:

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ln -s /system/bin/mycoolprogram /sdcard/mycoolprogram
Thanks HDECTABLET

 

[l_n]

That won't work because /data is mounted well before the sd card or /nand during the boot process.

 

[GotNet]

All said, the down side to apps on SD is that they don't run when SD is mounted to a PC. Seems there is plenty of room on /nand all things relative. I have a DroidX running 2.2 where this is an issue.

 

[l_n]

you actually move your apps to sd on your X? wow.. the thing has 8GiB of internal storage that *is* mounted to /data... what are you doing that you need to reclaim space on that partition on your X?

btw, /data on the kyros is tiny. i posted to values here in another thread about changing sizes of some of the NAND partitions.

 

[emmerick]

Somebody already got to work on Coby MID7015, try this other application seems to be more practical LINK2SD
[App] Link2SD - xda-developers