Free up memory on Samsung

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I got a Samsung galaxy x cover 2.
It seems all the sms and program data is kept on the phone memory. Not the card.

There is a way to move everything to the memory card.
The phone is not rooted.

Any advice please.
Just got the phone, so phone upgrade must wait for 22 months.

Apps which upgrade says it cannot due to lack of on board memory.
 
thank you. Will try tomorrow.
My SD card is only 2 gig. Was wondering not to make it bigger, 4 or 8 gigs.
 
will do it after upgrading my sd card.

In the meanwhile found this too.

http://www.droidevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=15048&


Download the Android SDK from [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].
1. Unzip the contents of this folder somewhere convenient.
2. Turn on usb debugging on your phone
1. Settings > applications > Development > Tick USB Debugging

3. Now plug in your phone to your PC.
4. Your PC may install the required drivers itself.
5. If your PC shows you the New Hardware Wizard window, then follow the instructions below:
1. Download the drivers [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]:
2. Unzip the drivers somewhere convenient.
3. For XP:
1. Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next
2. Select Search for the best driver in these locations
3. Un-check Search removable media
4. Check Include this location in the search
5. Click Browse… and locate the folder where you unzipped the drivers zip file
6. Click Next to install.

4. For Vista/Win7:
1. Select Locate and install driver software
2. Select Don’t search online
3. Select I don’t have the disk. Show me other options
4. Select Browse my computer for driver software
5. Click Browse… and locate the folder where you unzipped the drivers zip file
6. Click Next
7. Click Install to install

6. Open the folder where you unzipped the android sdk to (the first file you downloaded) and go inside tools folder.
7. Copy the address of this folder.
8. Open a new command prompt window:
1. Press the Windows key + r
2. Type cmd
3. Click OK

9. In this command window type cd
10. Now paste in the address of the tools folder you copied in step 7 together with a preceding space
1. It should look something like cd C:android-sdk-windowstools

11. Press enter.
12. Now type adb shell and press enter.
13. There should now be a $ or a # sign.
14. Type pm setInstallLocation 2
15. Unplug your phone and restart it.
16. From now on every app you install will be installed to the sd card by default.
 
Most Samsung smartphone users who have bought Galaxy Note like me or any other Android phones then what you will notice is that there are too many Samsung Apps pre-installed apps which are installed as system default apps and the worst thing is they can be uninstalled.

If your phone is rooted then you will have a different story to tell as these apps can be removed but if you are someone like me who will stick on to the firmware updates given by the company and don’t want to break warranty then you will have to or forced to have these apps. There are few who like these apps like SMemo, SVoice, Paper Artist, Mini Diary, Learning Hub, ChatON, Crayon Physics, Favorite App, SCalendar etc. and also non-Samsung apps like Talkback, but for others who don’t like this have an option to disable all of these apps. The reason why these apps cannot be removed is these are pre-installed, comes with the factory settings are installed in the root folder where as the apps which we install from Google Play store are not installed in the root folder and hence can be removed.

I’m speaking about Samsung Galaxy Note with Jelly Bean update and it should be the similar for any of the Android phones. This is how you can disable these many apps. In Android ‘Settings’ go to ‘Application Manager’. There are four columns – Downloaded, on SD Card, Running, ALL – Go to ALL and scroll through all the apps.

disable pre installed system android apps

For example say, I want to disable Talkback app from this list. First, uninstall all the updates, then clear cache and data, followed by Force Stop. Be careful when you select Force Stop, confirm that this app or other apps are not dependent on each other. Now, tap on disable. Do the same for all the pre-installed apps. Disable option will appear only for these pre-installed system default apps and not for the apps that you have installed. I tried this, there were many useless apps and now my system is much faster, cleared some space on my device and also keeps my device’s processor free. The apps which have been disabled will appear at the end of the list and can be enabled at any time.

http://howtotechguru.com/disable-apps-on-samsung-android-device/516
 
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