Move Applications to Memory Card
This is little write-up assumes two things:
- Your Android device has Busybox installed. (You have either Haykuro 5.01+ or JesusFreke ROM)
- You have the Android SDK installed on your computer and your environment includes the path to your Android SDK.
Now this was written for an HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1); however, I assume this can also be used for other Andoird based devices.
- Launch the Terminal or Command Prompt
- In the terminal or command prompt type:
- adb shell
- df -h (This will show you a list of partitions available to the device)
At this point you will see something like this:
# busybox df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 48.4M 0 48.4M 0% /dev
tmpfs 4.0M 8.0k 4.0M 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/mtdblock3 67.5M 64.0M 3.5M 95% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5 74.8M 34.1M 40.7M 46% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 67.5M 1.4M 66.1M 2% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 552.5M 432.0k 524.3M 0% /system/sd
/dev/block//vold/179:1
6.8G 42.5M 6.8G 1% /sdcard
- cp -a /data/app /system/sd (This will copy the applications from your applications directory to your memory card)
- cp -a /data/app-private /system/sd
- rm -r /data/app (This will remove the applications from the phone’s memory)
- rm -r /data/app-private
- ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app (This will create a “link” so that you can install applications on your memory card.)
- ln -s /system/sd/app-private /data/app-private
- reboot
That’s all. If you need additional help the wonderful folks at xda-developers can assist you. Additionally, a more in-depth version of this is available here.
HTC Sapphire ROM ported for HTC Dream
Written By: Adam Su
With all the talk of G2 and the ROM update known as “Cupcake” being circulated around the internet, one online user has decided to make it happen haykuro So how does one acquire this update?
If you’re already running a rooted Dream (T-Mobile G1) then proceed to download one of the updates located on the Sapphire Dream Port Google Code Site rename it to update.zip and copy to your memory card. Restart your phone holding the Power and Home buttons. When you see a Caution logo or a JF splash screen press Alt-W (this will wipe your phone) and the Alt-S (to apply the update). That’s all.
Now if you’re not running a rooted version of the Dream then you’ll need to do that. The instructions can be found somewhere here.
