topic Re: Support for Moving Apps to External Memory in XPERIA archive

Upgraded Sony Xperia ZR to Android Kitkat 4.4.4. However, Move to SD option is not available.

vids — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 06:56:23 GMT

Hi,

Yesterday I upgraded my Xperia ZR phone to latest Android Kitkat 4.4.4. The upgrade went smooth and completed without any problems. Futher exploring the phone, in Apps I'm unable to see Move to SD option.

Was this option part of latest Kitkat OS release ?

Thanks,

Viddhesh.

Re: Upgraded Sony Xperia ZR to Android Kitkat 4.4.4. However, Move to SD option is not available.

Rickard — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:28:22 GMT

Hi and welcome to the community! Since you're new please be sure that you have checked out our Discussion guidelines.

The update to Android 4.4.4 for ZR does not support moving apps to SD i'm afraid.

Re: Upgraded Sony Xperia ZR to Android Kitkat 4.4.4. However, Move to SD option is not available.

srids — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:39:39 GMT

does it applicable to ZL 4.4.4 update also?

Re: Upgraded Sony Xperia ZR to Android Kitkat 4.4.4. However, Move to SD option is not available.

Rickard — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:23:34 GMT

Yes, it's the same for Z/ZL/ZR.

Re: Upgraded Sony Xperia ZR to Android Kitkat 4.4.4. However, Move to SD option is not available.

vids — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:51:30 GMT

Thanks for the update.

A quick query, so that i can go ahead closing this post.

Are there any plans in future for making Move to SD availbale for Xperia ZR (water proof + dust proof) phone ?

And will that new OS or patch shall be made available to Xperia ZR phone ?

Regards,

Viddhesh

Re: Upgraded Sony Xperia ZR to Android Kitkat 4.4.4. However, Move to SD option is not available.

Rickard — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:37:03 GMT

I'm afraid i don't have any information about that. It's been forwarded as feedback internally but i can't say when/if it will be added.

Re: Upgraded Sony Xperia ZR to Android Kitkat 4.4.4. However, Move to SD option is not available.

johnlegend — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:12:34 GMT

hi appsd is a must have feature for all xperia phones i own zr too i want app2sd badly

No apps to sd feature for xperia zr after 4.4.4 update

Vinaynoel — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:04:57 GMT

After the 4.4.4 update, xperia zr not yet have an option to move apps to sd card. This is very bad. My expectations about the new update was very high. All xperia zr users need this feature so badly.

Those who need this feature, comment here........

Re: Upgraded Sony Xperia ZR to Android Kitkat 4.4.4. However, Move to SD option is not available.

BiswajitZ — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:17:19 GMT

I just want a decent camera and i heard that it can always be improved with software updates. My question to sony is that why you cant improve the camera software, why it loose so much details in 100% zoom. Xperia z's camera quality is far behind some cheap gionee and lenevo phones. So i request you to push a better camera update.

Re: No apps to sd feature for xperia zr after 4.4.4 update

Thommo — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 21:14:21 GMT

Why do you want it so badly when apps won't work when moved - Google have changed the API's in readiness for Android L and ART which will not support this

Re: No apps to sd feature for xperia zr after 4.4.4 update

_alexdon_ — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 10:38:01 GMT

The thing is no one said about 4.4.4 on the Z being able to move apps to SD.And yes,just take a look in T2 ultra forum,full of issues because of that option.

Re: Upgraded Sony Xperia ZR to Android Kitkat 4.4.4. However, Move to SD option is not available.

mike777 — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 16:19:20 GMT

Will xperia zr be able to receive the android L?

Re: Upgraded Sony Xperia ZR to Android Kitkat 4.4.4. However, Move to SD option is not available.

Tigadi — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 07:36:37 GMT

I own Xperia ZR , and i was so hopefull to receive option to Move App to SD card after upgrade to 4.4.4.

I am very disappointed for not having this feature in my Xperia.even after long wait of upgrade to 4.4.4.

I belive Xperia ZR has very good configuration and Xperia Team should enable us to use the phone to it's maximum extent rather than limiting us to unveil it's power.

I would love to move many of my apps installed in internal memory to SD card, I cannot run heavy weight applications and good games just becuase of this missing functionality.

Moving Apps to SD card feature was so very much helpful for me on my previous Samsung Note 2 phone.

I will loose interest in Xperia if this feature is not provided as i will not be able to use Xperia to it's complete extent.

My humble request to Sony Xperia team , please enable this feature to move APPS to SD card.

Re: Support for Moving Apps to External Memory

Thommo — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 08:54:36 GMT

There is no point as the new Google API's which are needed for apps to work don't support this feature due to Google moving towards Android L - It was given to some phones and they reported that apps no longer worked

Re: Support for Moving Apps to External Memory

Triplestep — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:40:10 GMT

"There is no point as the new Google API's which are needed for apps to work don't support this feature due to Google moving towards Android L - It was given to some phones and they reported that apps no longer worked."

So to be clear, what you're saying is I can't load enough apps on the internal storage to make this thing useful as a smart phone, and I can't move them to the SD card (either via upgrade or rooting) because they will stop working.

In other words, I have a very expensive paperweight.

Thanks Sony! Would love it if someone "official" would care to comment.

An update for moving apps to sd card

sherio118 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:42:58 GMT

we want an update that help us to move apps from internal storage to sd card so we could install more apps

Re: An update for moving apps to sd card

Vinaynoel — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:47:26 GMT

Ya.. It would be so much helpful

Re: An update for moving apps to sd card

navid636 — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:24:29 GMT

I did not see any new devices with android 4.X that have the move to SD feature (I personally checked sony and samsung brands).

if you install an app to do this for you remember that it could root yor android. so your guarantee will be viod.

moreover, I think this feature is available in some htc models.

after all, I recommend you not to use sd card for apps. there are reasons that improved androids prevent apps to install on SD cards.

Re: An update for moving apps to sd card

ValeRoma — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 20:24:47 GMT

My friend's Xperia M2 got ability to move apps to sd card while Xperia Z did not.

I contacted italian Sony support, they told me "we will contact our developers and you will be informed via email", i haven't received anything for weeks.

Meanwhile my Xperia Z works terribly after latest 4.4.4 update, Sony if issues won't be fixed i will never purchase a Sony device anymore! Such a shame, i'm very disappointed..

Re: Upgraded Sony Xperia ZR to Android Kitkat 4.4.4. However, Move to SD option is not available.

Sasanka — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 05:08:58 GMT

The new Android one phones from Google have the app to SD function. You can check pn you YouTube. My Zr has only 8gb of storage of which only 4gb is useable whereas z and zl has 16gb so zr definetly needs this.