How to Put Apps on an SD Card on an LG Optimus
Free up space on your LG Optimus by moving apps to the SD card.
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An option very first introduced with the Android Two.Two Froyo update, users with Android smartphones like the LG Optimus can stir installed apps from their phone’s internal storage to the SD card. This frees up valuable memory that keeps your phone running at its optimal spectacle, which means you can email clients, call customers and access necessary apps without the bother of a laggy system. It also provides an expandable means of installing as many apps as your SD card can hold. For apps supporting SD card execution, you can select the "Save to SD Card" option from within the phone’s main "Settings" menu.
1. Install a microSD card into the slot on the left side of the phone. Your phone should have come preinstalled with a memory card, but you can expand the storage up to 32GB.
Two. Press the "Menu" button on the front of the phone and select "Settings," then "SD Card & Phone Storage."
Trio. Ensure the SD card is recognized and that there is space available. A decently installed SD card will reflect the amount of total and available space on the card and give you an "Unmount SD Card" option for safe removal. If it’s installed incorrectly, your total space and available space will reflect an "Unavailable" status.
Four. Press the "Back" button to go to the previous menu. Select "Applications," then tap "Manage Applications."
Five. Permit the device to compile a list of your applications. Press the "Menu" button to sort alphabetically or by size.
6. Tap an app to manage its storage options. If the option is available, you will see a "Budge to SD Card" button in the Storage pane; tap this and permit the phone to process the budge.
7. Press the "Back" button to go back to the list of applications and modify another.
- Sort your apps by size and embark moving the largest ones very first. The more space you free, the swifter and smoother your phone will budge.
Warnings
- Apps that are available during the boot process — live wallpaper apps, for example — should not be moved to the SD card.
- Support for the application to launch and operate from the SD card must be built in by the application developer, so you might encounter a few apps — especially the ones preloaded on your LG Optimus — that are not transferrable.
- When your phone — and therefore the SD card — is mounted to a computer, all applications on the SD card will become unavailable.
- When moved to the SD card, apps that control widgets might be laggy or fail to run at all.
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Based in Tampa, Fla., Danielle Fernandez been writing, editing and illustrating all things technology, lifestyle and education since 1999. Her work has appeared in the Tampa Tribune, Working Mother magazine, and a multiplicity of technical publications, including BICSI's "Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual." Fernandez holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of South Florida.
