Asked 6 years, 4 months ago. Active 5 years, 3 months ago. Viewed k times. The most easy solution I found was this button which I don't have : Click the image to enlarge it After going through some forums, the most used solution I ran into is rooting your device and using some kind of app which makes the SD card writable.
Improve this question. Bas Bas 1 1 gold badge 1 1 silver badge 9 9 bronze badges. Izzy Alright, thank you. I haven't seen it in the app store. Apart from that, take a look into our app2sd tag-wiki.
And see my answer below. Time to cleanup comments now please delete the first 3, they're obsolete now. Good luck with your device and its storage! Thanks for this question. I actually do see that button for some apps on Android 4. I guess that, for security, each app has to decide what data to allow moving to the SD card where it will be less protected by password, encryption and so on , and if they don't whitelist any data then you can't move the app at all.
Izzy you better read his question first. FranMarzoa Ooops — my bad, and my apologies. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. No apps get full access to the external SD card, which rendered a lot of them unusable: file managers: you cannot use them to manage your external SD card. If you do not want to go the latter way rooting , and the former way fix by manufacturer is not available, you can only do minimal things on Kitkat: use app2sd which seems to be available on your device to swap-out parts of your apps.
This requires the corresponding apps to explicitly support App2SD , and only will "swap out" parts of the apps themselves; other parts of the app, including all its data, will remain in internal storage set your "default install location" to your SD card see: Installing to SDCard by default.
This will automate App2SD for all your new installations. Further readings: Other Questions with answers on "kitkat sd-card write" on our site, especially: Workaround for Android 4. Improve this answer. Community Bot 1. There are "App2SD helper apps" see my list of Other app helpers , but App2SD must be supported by the system or again will require root. As pointed out in my comment on your question: the button "Move to SD card" indicates it is supported by your device, and pushing that button will do what it says — using the built-in App2SD mechanism.
Again, please see our app2sd tag-wiki for details. Alright, so i have currently no use of that app if my device isn't rooted or doesnt have the button — Bas. If you have that button i. Additional things require root. NewsView NewsView 11 1 1 bronze badge. I would certaintly have done this, too bad the tablet wasn't mine How I understand it, this would be a case of warranty? The app-to-SD limitation was imposed by Google so it's not a warranty issue. The problem is that KitKat users have been left with few options: abandon unsupported devices, root them or delete apps to free up internal memory.
Complaints prompted Google to reverse their decision to nix app-to-SD support. Consumers, similarly, should reach out to device manufacturers to request a courtesy update as a means to obtain app-to-SD support — NewsView. Christina Santos Christina Santos 1. This app requires root; OP asked for a non-root solution. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Who is building clouds for the independent developer? Exploding turkeys and how not to thaw your frozen bird: Top turkey questions Asked 3 years, 1 month ago.
Active 3 years, 1 month ago. Viewed 4k times. Improve this question. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. I tried Link2sd but i get this: "App2SD is not supported by your device. Because your device has a primary external storage which is emulated from internal storage. Hello Android Enthusiasts! I've done some research: I found this info interesting Android OS allows you to move many apps over to external storage to help free up space on the main device.
List item System Tools: Important tools might not operate well or at all on external storage. Consider that to be your first and final warning! Samuel F. Campbell Samuel F. Campbell 1 1 1 bronze badge. Say user I'm new to this sit. I hope this info is helpful, there seems to be a lot of work to be done, I'm also looking into Using terminal to move applications!
It's aimed at reasonably competent Linux users who want more control over their Android device. He states in the Requirements: — Samuel F. He states in the Requirements: Root permissions are normally forbidden in Android, unless an enlightened vendor decides otherwise.
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