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The amount of built-in memory is something that many smartphone manufacturers save on. This is especially true for budget devices based on the Android operating system. Such budget models can be 8, 4 or 2 gigabytes of memory. You also need to take into account that part of this memory will be occupied by files of the operating system itself. As a result, users receive a device with very little free space to install applications.

But, there is a solution to this problem. If you have an operating room Android system version 2.2 or higher, you can use the application transfer function. This will free up some space and allow you to install new applications. If you are interested, then you have come to the right place. In this article we will talk about how to transfer applications to a memory card on Android.

Step #1: Open Settings and go to the Applications section.

First of all, you need to open Android settings and go to the “Application Manager” section. In some firmware, this settings section may simply be called “Applications”.

Step #2: Open the desired application.

After going to the “Application Manager” section, you will see a list of all installed applications. Here you need to find the application that you want to transfer to the memory card and open it.

Step #3: Transfer the application to your memory card.

After selecting an application from the list, you should see a page with information about this application. Here you can see how much memory it takes up this application and also obtain other information.

In order to transfer the application to a memory card, you need to click on the “To SD memory card” button. In other firmware, this button may be called “Move to SD card” or something else. But the meaning is the same – transfer of the application.

Note! In some cases, the app transfer button is missing. This means that this application cannot be transferred. Select another application from the list.

Step #4: Wait until the application transfer is completed.

After clicking on the application transfer button, the operating system will begin to copy data from the device’s built-in memory to the memory card. During this time, the transfer button will be unavailable.

After a while, the “Move to device memory” message will appear on the transfer button. This means that the application transfer is complete and you can use it.

Mass transfer of applications on Android.

This application sorts all adopted applications into three categories:

  • Movable (applications that can be moved to a memory card and back);
  • On the SD card (applications that were previously transferred to the memory card);
  • In the phone (applications that are located in the phone’s built-in memory);

This sorting of installed applications allows you to quickly figure out which applications can be transferred and which cannot. You can also quickly go from the program to the application page in the “Application Manager” and actually transfer the application, as described above.

Dear readers, I want to tell everyone how to work with Android external cards memory. After all, if your device writes that there is not enough space and you insert a flash drive, this does not mean that this message will immediately disappear. Because you need to distinguish between the space on the device and on the flash drive. These are sometimes different storages and you need to be able to work with them so that there are no inconveniences, so the first step is to learn how to copy files from Android to a memory card.

Initial steps for copying

To do this, you will need to have any conductor, but if there is no built-in one, I advise you to use ES Explorer or Total Commander. They are available for free and have wide functionality. I'll use ES Explorer.

With all of these devices, you can easily copy or move files.

I suggest you see how on Android with internal memory move to a flash card. In fact, the whole procedure is similar to how it is done on a PC.

Execution steps

If you are interested in transferring data to an Android memory card, and not copying (so that the file is deleted from the device’s memory and appears on the flash drive), you need to do everything in the same way as in the previous steps, only select “Cut” in step 2.

For those who like to play (working with cache)

As you know, all downloaded applications are installed by default on the internal memory of the device itself. And it happens that one toy can take up the entire memory of the device, after which the ability to install other applications disappears. Such games necessarily have a cache (folder with files) and usually take up a lot of space. So, you can transfer the cache to the card Android memory, the game will work, and space on the device will be freed up for other needs.

Instructions

  • Go to the SD Card and select the Android folder.
  • Now I want to explain that the cache is located in the Data and Obb folders. To make it easier to understand, for example, the game has a cache called “Racing2”.
  • You need to cut the “Racing2” folder from SD Card / Android / Data and paste it into External SD / Android / Data.
  • Also cut with the same name from SD Card / Android / Obb and paste into External SD / Android / Obb.

How can you find out which folder exactly is needed? This is another plus of ES Explorer, because it shows program icons in each folder that is responsible for the work. By the icon you can determine the one you need.

Saving photos

I’ll also tell you how to automatically save photos to a memory card in Android.

This is done through a setting in the camera itself.

Working with contacts

Working with the browser

And finally, I’ll show you how to save something downloaded from a browser to an Android memory card, using UC Browser as an example.

How to copy files from Android to a memory card: Video

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    Team V-ANDROIDE 06/15/2015 12:31

    Where exactly is the “Insert” button blocked? In the stock Explorer app? In Settings or even in third party application type ES Conductor or Clean Master? And how was the USB device connected? Via OTG (On The Go) cable or some other “interesting” way?

    Team V-ANDROIDE 12/30/2015 15:55

    Hello. Yes. In each device, the developer can name the storage differently; in principle, it does not matter. The names are needed only for ease of identification (that is, so that the user can see which drive is which).

    Angela 03/04/2016 00:48

    Good day! Through Total Com, it does not do anything to copy/move from the Android memory to the connected flash drive. Select with a tick the desired folder on Android, then the folder where I want to copy to the flash drive is not checked, but I fail, click copy and no action. Why is this and how to move the information? THX

    Team V-ANDROIDE 03/16/2016 11:02

    Hello. To easily move files, you can use standard tools (file explorer). Moreover, for such purposes it is best to use the standard file manager, since it is more convenient than commander for copying and transferring files. Commander is used for other purposes, as it has additional functions (for example, for FTP access or login system folders). There is a more convenient conductor ES-conductor. In general, the procedure is basically the same everywhere. Copy a folder or file, open the folder where you want to paste the copied object and paste. I don't see anything complicated. It's just that third-party programs are very confusing, and standard conductor It’s as simple as five cents, so it’s best to use it for copying and transferring data.

    Evgeniy 06/22/2016 15:34

    Hello. I have a problem with copying files from the memory of a smartphone (meizu mx4 pro 11 gb) to a flash drive connected via an otg cable. Root is available. The smart drive sees the flash drive, but when copying more or less weighty files to it (for example, movies of 5-7 gb in size), the copying process itself is reset at 60 to 70 percent. I tried to mount using stickmount and copy (and move too) to usbStorage through third-party file managers ( total commander, Xplore), after adding these applications to the “allowed” list in the system root management. This did not help - when copying to usbStorage, the total commander gives an “access denied” error. Please tell me what could be the problem? Maybe there is simply not enough smartphone memory for buffering?

    Team V-ANDROIDE 07/13/2016 20:28

    Hello. The flash drive is most likely formatted in the FAT32 file system, otherwise Android would hardly see it and be able to work with it. But there is back side medals. Although the FAt32 system is detected by Android, it does not allow copying files larger than 4 GB. This is due to the file system itself. NTFS works with large files, but such file system Android, most likely, simply will not see and will not be able to work with such a flash drive. So, there is no need to download files larger than 4 GB to your phone. I understand that these are films. But, believe my experience, there is no point in downloading such films on phones and tablets. The fact is that high quality on small screen won't feel as good as it does large monitor. Therefore, a movie with a resolution of 720p will be more than enough for you. For a phone this is the maximum. More high resolutions they will simply be meaningless, and you will not see the difference. Yes, even if you see it, it will be so insignificant. In general, download movies from lower quality, then the file sizes will be acceptable for downloading to a flash drive.

    Team V-ANDROIDE 08/25/2016 11:22

    Hello. The game cache cannot be transferred anywhere. It only works in the folder where it should be. Typically this is Android\Data or Android\Obb (depending on the game). You cannot transfer game caches from these folders, as the game will not work. The point is that these are system folders and when starting games, the system goes exactly here, and if you delete the necessary game files from here, the system simply will not find them. The article simply describes how to copy in general regular files(move from internal memory to card and vice versa), but this does not apply system files games or applications. This applies to photos, videos, music, and so on. Even when you move the game to the SD card (), the game cache still remains in its place. Only moved files are transferred, and the cache always remains in one place.

    Team V-ANDROIDE 09/08/2016 11:28

    Hello. The conductor is an individual issue. To each his own. Some people like the standard conductor. Another is the EU conductor, the third is a total commander, and so on. Personally, I prefer the standard conductor. For me it is the most convenient and understandable. But, I do not forbid you to use total commander. Yes, there is a lot in the commander additional functions(as on the PC version), but I personally don’t use these functions. For example, to transfer files via FTP, I prefer to use the FTP-server application. For cleaning garbage - Clean Master and so on. In short, it’s a matter of convenience and habit. As for me, total commander (Android version) is not worthwhile program. It's too confusing and inconvenient. It has everything and nothing really. There are a lot of functions and all of them are not really finalized.

    Andrey 09.30.2016 14:23

    Hello. There’s probably something wrong with my settings, I can’t copy files from the tablet’s memory to the memory card. I can't even create a folder. It sees the memory card and opens files from it, but it cannot be transferred or copied from the internal memory to a flash drive. Help me please.

    Team V-ANDROIDE 06.10.2016 22:08

    Hello. Try setting your profile photo through the profile settings in WhatsApp itself. To do this, log into the application. On the right top corner there will be a button in the form of three dots (located vertically) - press it (or you can press the “Menu” button, if your phone has one - on Samsung it should be to the left of the “Home” button). Next drops out extra menu, in which you need to select “Settings”. In the settings at the very top there will be your profile name, and to the left of the name there will be a circle with old photo profile (or without a photo, if you haven’t added a photo before). Click on this circle. Next, next to this circle (it will become larger and will be placed in the center) another circle (smaller) will appear, on which a camera will be drawn. Click on this camera, select “Gallery” (if the photo is added from the gallery) or “Camera” (if you want to take a photo with the camera). Well, then you select a photo (or take one), choose the dimensions and click “OK”.

    Hello. It is possible that there is some kind of write protection. That is, files can be read, but writing is blocked. Perhaps you are trying to copy too big file. There are several nuances here. Android can work with memory cards that are formatted in the Fat32 file system. But, this file system allows you to copy only files whose size does not exceed 4 GB. If the file is larger than 4 GB, the message “Remove write protection” or another write error will appear. If you cannot copy small files to the card, then the problem is something else. In this case, you can try to format the flash drive at a low level. This is done through a computer (insert the memory card into the laptop card reader) and format it using Low programs level format. After formatting at a low level, the flash drive must be formatted again normal mode(as you usually do in WIndows) to the Fat32 file system. And only after that you insert it into the phone.

  1. Team V-ANDROIDE 10/19/2016 20:22

    Hello. It depends on what video player you are using. As a rule, the standard player automatically switches clips. That is, if a folder contains several clips or episodes of a TV series, then by opening the first clip in the list, the player will automatically switch clip by clip. You simply go to the desired folder (with clips), select the first clip, open it using the MX player and it will automatically flip through the videos sequentially, one after the other. Everything that is in the folder will be played by him.

When there is not much space left in a smartphone, many users think about transferring applications and games to a memory card, since almost every gadget has one Samsung Galaxy.

Here a wonderful one comes to our aid free program AppMgr Pro III. It can transfer your applications from the phone's memory to an SD card, clear the cache and much more.

To see what you can put on your memory card, go to the tab "Relocatable". All programs and games that can be kept in will be shown here. external memory devices.

AppMgr Pro III has support for bulk selection, which will help you achieve the desired result faster. In addition, after installing new applications, you will receive a notification that it may be moved to the map.

In the tab "in phone" All APKs that cannot be moved will be shown.

That's all. Also, when you launch it for the first time, the utility will prompt you to clear the cache, which is usually 100-200 MB of freed memory. AppMgr works great with Galaxy S3 and S4, as well as other gadgets. For some Samsung smartphones needed latest version Android firmware 4.2.2 for correct operation program (you will see a corresponding message on the screen).

Updated: Attention! Beginning with Android versions 4.3 Installing the application on a memory card is not supported by itself operating system! Therefore, it will be impossible to do this without ROOT rights and special mods.

Updated 2.0: As of 2015.03.15, it is known that versions of Android 5.0 and 5.1 Lollipop the situation is the same and there is still no support for recording to a memory card.

How to do this for specific device- material already for separate articles and universal method There is not. In the near future we plan to make such instructions for the most popular smartphones Samsung Galaxy. Stay tuned.

ATTENTION: starting with Android version 4.4 and higher, Google has disabled the built-in function to transfer data to a memory card, and only some manufacturers integrate it on their own and not all applications can be transferred - so if you don’t have a transfer button, you can go straight to the third section.

All applications that we install on our smartphone (Samsung Galaxy, Lenovo, Xiaomi, Alcatel, Meizu, Asus Zenfon, Nokia, Huawei, Sony Xperia, Prestige, Irbis tablet and so on) go to non-removable internal memory.

Unfortunately, with an increase in the number of installed applications, photos, music, videos, and programs, our device begins to suffer from a lack of free space for additional files– especially cheap models.

For this purpose, Android has very useful feature transfer data individual applications to external storage - micro card SD.

If your smartphone or tablet has a memory card slot, then you can easily transfer most of your applications, photos, music, videos to a memory card and in this way free up space in the phone’s memory.

To do this, you can use one of the three methods provided below: built-in tools, through a computer (laptop) or using third party program, not included in the built-in set.

The method using the program is the most effective, since the built-in function is increasingly being removed by equipment manufacturers xiaomi, redmi, lg, zte, redmi 4x, htc, asus, huawei, samsung, meizu, lenovo, lg, samsung, fly, alcatel, redmi, sony xperia, prestigio and you won’t find it on most of even the best modern smartphones.

NOTE: depending on the version of Android, for example, Android 6.0, Android 7, Android 5.1, Android 4.4 and so on, there are also some nuances when moving files from the phone to the SD memory card.

The first way to transfer data from the internal memory of an Android phone to an SD card is the built-in tools

Android has a feature that allows you to move an application to a map. Just go to Settings > Application Manager.

Here it should immediately be noted that, for example, in my Samsung Galaxy with Android 6 there was an “Application Manager” function, but when it was updated to Android 7.0, it disappeared. Instead, a good optimization appeared.

If you have an application manager, you can see the games and programs installed on the SD memory card, as well as those that can be transferred.

Therefore, then tap the application that interests you, and then in the new window find the item “Move to SD card” - click on the button.

After some time the application will be moved.

The second way to transfer data from the internal memory of an Android phone to an SD card is through a computer

This method is good for moving multimedia files, such as photos, movies, songs, images (and more).

With the help of a computer you have the opportunity to fast transfer music, videos and other data to the SD card using a USB cable (install it as a USB drive).


When viewing the contents of your smartphone, you can see two separate media: internal memory and external memory card.

For convenience, you can use the Apowersoft Phone Manager program. If you don't have a computer, you can use File program Manager, which you must first install yourself on your Android phone.

The third way to transfer data from the internal memory of an Android phone to an SD card is using applications

If you want to transfer applications and games to a memory card, Google store Play you can find programs that will quickly complete this process. I recommend using AppMgr III(known as App 2 SD).

Download it. But not all applications installed in the smartphone’s memory can be transferred to a memory card. Those preinstalled in the system usually cannot be moved.

After launching AppMgr III you will see which can be transferred. With AppMgr III you can quickly transfer everything to a memory card at once, rather than one at a time.

To do this, press and hold your finger a little so that it appears in a red wrapper, and then select “Move All”. You can also check the list of installed applications and files that you want to transfer to the memory card.

Which applications can be transferred to a memory card and which cannot or are not recommended

Is it possible to transfer all applications to a memory card? No, everything is impossible. Why can't everything be transferred? Because this is not provided by the Android system, the phone manufacturer or the author of the application.

You cannot transfer whatsapp (whatsapp), facebook - if it was built-in initially, updates, play market, youtube, firmware and others that were originally built-in to an SD memory card.

Some smartphone owners want to transfer cache, especially from games - this is available using the program - “FolderMount”.


You can also easily transfer maps: from Yandex navigator, Navitel (from navitel is even recommended), garmin, cityguide, Google maps.

Sometimes people ask me how to transfer viber and the VK application to a flash SD card. It depends on the smartphone and the Android version. Sometimes the system allows it, sometimes it doesn't.

Much information that cannot be transferred through programs and built-in smartphone tools can be moved using a computer, for example, a folder, song, pictures, downloads, arch, various audio, SMS messages, gallery - or rather its contents, Viber photos and so on. Good luck.

In progress using Android When using a smartphone, files inevitably accumulate in its memory. Over time, there are so many of these files that they take up all the free space and the user is faced with a lack of free space when installing applications or downloading new files.

This problem can be partially solved by moving files to a memory card. Such user files how photos and videos can be painlessly transferred to a memory card and thereby free up some space in the internal memory of your smartphone.

In order to move files from internal memory to a memory card, you must first install a file manager. For this task Any will do file manager, but it is better to choose one that clearly identifies the device’s internal memory and memory card. For example, such a function is available in the application.

Install this file manager and launch it on your Android smartphone. Once launched, you will see two folders: “Device” and “SD Card”. The “Device” folder is the internal memory of your Android smartphone. Open this folder and find there the files that you would like to move to the SD memory card.

Let's say you find a file that you want to move to your memory card.

In order to perform the file transfer operation, you need to check the box next to the desired file and click on the “Move” button, which is located in the lower left corner of the screen.

After this, the “Cancel” and “Paste” buttons will appear at the bottom of the screen. The “Cancel” button cancels the transfer of files, and the “Insert” button transfers the previously selected files to the folder that is currently open.

Now you need to click on the “Home” button in the upper left corner of the program. So you will move to home screen file manager.

Then you need to go to the SD memory card. To do this, click on the “SD card” folder.

After this, on the memory card you need to open the folder into which you want to move the files and click on the “Insert” button.

After this, the selected files will be moved from the internal memory of the smartphone to the SD memory card.