Most of the Android phone users usually suffer from the same problem of low internal memory. The low and medium budget devices mostly comes with low internal or simply phone’s memory, in which a good amount is already grabbed by the Android OS, and rest is available for users. Not only low memory resist the further installation of apps and games, but also have some negative effects over the performance of the phone. So, basically more the internal memory of your phone, more apps you can install and greater will be the performance of the device.
If you’re looking to increase internal memory of your Android phone, then this post will definitely help you. For that, we will use a very powerful yet small application named “App2sd”, the application required root acces in order to run. So before we get started, you need to root your device first. Now back to Link2SD application, what is this app? what it can do? and how it can be helpful? If you’re asking these kind of question then your must consider to read below.
Using app2sd you can make SD card as default installation directory to save internal memory to sustain device performance. Apart from using SD card as installation destination, this powerful app gives option to convert the a partition for SD card or SD card into internal memory for Android phone. So, in all aspects this app is very useful, and somewhat necessary for all Android phone users.
Pre requirements:-
- Download the App2sd application from Google Play from here. The application support ads, so it’s completely free to download, install and use.
- The second tool which will use is MiniTool Partition Wizard tool, download it from here. Install this program on your Windows based PC or Laptop, we will use to make a suitable partition of SD card.
- A Windows based PC and a SD card reader is needed to perform this tutorial. I hope you will manage to get them both.
- Most important, your phone should be rooted. The application Link2SD only work on rooted device.
How to Use App2SD to Increase Internal Memory of Android Phone
- Firstly download the Mini Partition Wizard tool and install it on your PC. Make sure that PC is not Mac or Linux-based, the software only works with on Windows-based PC.
- Save all important data from SD card to safe place. Now connect your SD card using card reader to your PC.
- Now launch the Mini Partition Wizard tool, and follows the below pictures:
- First locate your SD card, just like I did below:
- Now click on “Move/Resize” option listed on top of screen.
- Now set the amount of Internal Memory you want, from my 2 GB memory card I selected 1 GB as my External memory and reset of it as Internal Memory(831 MB). 831 MB is good enough to install lots of apps and some good games. Then press ok, after it you will see two partition, one is of 1 GB and another is 831 MB.
- Now right click on “empty” or “Unallocated” space and then click on “Create”, you will receive a windows warning, just ignore it and select “OK”. This Unallocated memory will be treated as Internal Memory for your phone. Then you’ll reach to below screen:
- Under Create As: set it to primary and under file system choose the Fat32 and then press ok just below:
- After it, click on Apply button placed on top left site of program, then you’ll encounter a “Apply changes” windows, just press “Yes” to proceed.
- After it, a prorgess screen will appears just like below and it takes few minutes to complete the work.
- When it completes, you will get a two partitions of your SD card and you are ready to go further.
- First locate your SD card, just like I did below:
- Now remove memory card from PC and put it to your phone.
- Run the App2SD app and open lik apps to sd
- you’ll be asked to “Select the file system of your SD card’s second partition”, select the Fat32/Fat16 option and then tap on ok.
- After it, you may be asked for restart, then just restart the device and again run the App2SD apps. Now under App2sd go to settings
- Under Settings check all the box that says “Auto Link” and all done.
