Solution: Unmount the SD Card from Settings >> SD card and Phone Storage . Install the apps you need from the Android store.After the successful installation re mount your SD card to move the app to SD card. For that go to Settings >> Applications >> Manage Applications and click (touch) on the application you want to be moved. The details of the selected app will be shown. Select Move to SD card option. Your app will be moved to SD card.
Note: If the app vendor did not enable app2SD while programming the app , you will not be able to move it to SD card or install to it in the first place.
As the download is completed everytime when you try to install something, and nothing gets installed, its a complete waste of time and bandwidth.
Update : Found a permanent solution for the installation error in samsung galaxy ace - do the update to Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread. After I updated my samsung galaxy ace there was no further occurrence of this installation error.
The following solution worked for me for some time but again came back and got increased to a point where none of the apps were getting installed without unmounting SD card first. Anyway its better to be able to install apps than not hence here is the solution.
Step 1 Unmount the SD Card from Settings >> SD card and Phone Storage .
Step 2 Install the app you need from the Android Market. As the SD card is unmounted, the installation will complete without errors.
Step 3 Now re-mount your SD card to move the app to SD card. See the tutorial to move an app to SD card.
The moving to SD card will work only if the developer of the app enabled moving to SD card while coding it.
Further installations can be done with the SD card mounted.
Samsung galaxy ace comes with a nice set of pre-installed apps but just the variety of apps in android market always lure you to it. So I straight away started downloading apps once I got my phone. Apps began downloading with out any hint of an approaching glitch.
Upon completion, an error popped up saying the installation is unsuccessful because the phone "Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card". I tried two or three times, but every time after the phone completed the download, same error showed up.
I searched internet for a possible solution, to my surprise, found several. Most of them were asking to delete a temp file smdl2temp1. I checked for the file with my file manager but couldn't locate it. So my search continued and somewhere in internet I found a suggestion to unmount the SD card and then to try an installation. I followed it and the app installed successfully.
After installation I moved the app to SD card and the process was completed successfully. Now after two successful installations I re mounted my SD card and tried another install. This time installation completed successfully and the app installed to SD card without showing any errors.
This method worked for some weeks at first and then the "Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card error" started to come back in a seemingly random fashion. It gradually increased in frequency to a point where none of the apps were getting installed with the SD card mounted, until I got the ultimate solution, an upgrade to gingerbread.
Note: The installation might be unsuccessful also if the memory available in the phone is too low.
Update : Found a permanent solution for the installation error in samsung galaxy ace - do the update to Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread. After I updated my samsung galaxy ace there was no further occurrence of this installation error.
The following solution worked for me for some time but again came back and got increased to a point where none of the apps were getting installed without unmounting SD card first. Anyway its better to be able to install apps than not hence here is the solution.
Step 1 Unmount the SD Card from Settings >> SD card and Phone Storage .
Step 2 Install the app you need from the Android Market. As the SD card is unmounted, the installation will complete without errors.
Step 3 Now re-mount your SD card to move the app to SD card. See the tutorial to move an app to SD card.
The moving to SD card will work only if the developer of the app enabled moving to SD card while coding it.
Further installations can be done with the SD card mounted.
Story of my samsung galaxy ace
Samsung galaxy ace comes with a nice set of pre-installed apps but just the variety of apps in android market always lure you to it. So I straight away started downloading apps once I got my phone. Apps began downloading with out any hint of an approaching glitch.
Upon completion, an error popped up saying the installation is unsuccessful because the phone "Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card". I tried two or three times, but every time after the phone completed the download, same error showed up.
I searched internet for a possible solution, to my surprise, found several. Most of them were asking to delete a temp file smdl2temp1. I checked for the file with my file manager but couldn't locate it. So my search continued and somewhere in internet I found a suggestion to unmount the SD card and then to try an installation. I followed it and the app installed successfully.
After installation I moved the app to SD card and the process was completed successfully. Now after two successful installations I re mounted my SD card and tried another install. This time installation completed successfully and the app installed to SD card without showing any errors.
This method worked for some weeks at first and then the "Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card error" started to come back in a seemingly random fashion. It gradually increased in frequency to a point where none of the apps were getting installed with the SD card mounted, until I got the ultimate solution, an upgrade to gingerbread.
Note: The installation might be unsuccessful also if the memory available in the phone is too low.
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ReplyDeletei followed the above mentioned procedure.. but it still doesn't install some apps, while it installs others.. pl help! i have a galaxy pop
Live wallpapers and some system apps needs to be in phone memory to work correctly. Also those apps which doesn't have app2SD enabled won't be installed on memory card.
ReplyDeleteThird thing that prevent apps to be installed to phone memory is the lack of memory space in the phone.
Galaxy ace and pop are phones with very low available memory. This memory will get filled pretty quickly with the installed apps and user data.
I have dealt with the transfer of apps in detail in another post. Please use the updated link in the main post.
Hi, how to install an apk present in sdcard to phone memory??? I am using galaxy pop
ReplyDeleteyou can either use 'appInstaller' developed by 'FunTrigger'or 'Easy Installer'. Both are free to install from android market. These apps can detect and install .apk files from your Memory card.
ReplyDeleteIt Worked thanks
ReplyDeleteWorked for me. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI must say that on many sites I find answer like:”you have to install in the first place some root explorer etc”, and actually claim was about thing that I can’t install anything…. So thank you on this suggestion, which actually worked on my Galaxy Ace too.
ReplyDeletethank you its working ........
ReplyDeleteWorked for me (Droid X). Thanks.
ReplyDeleteit worked.... :) thank you
ReplyDeleteim using Galaxy Ace!!! :) finally! :)
I am using galaxy pop plus. Few days back, i got the same problem of installing my apps on SD card. I unmounted my sd card and then installed the app. It worked but now m not able to move it to the SD card. Everytime it shows, failed to move the app. Can you plz help me to move the app?
ReplyDeletethank you so much for this post... it helps me a lot now!! i can download themes for my samsung galaxy ace :) yipppeee!!!
ReplyDeleteI am also facing a same issue. I tried your way and its working. Great...
ReplyDeleteBut i got a another situation, I need to update my apps already on SD card. So, when i unmount my SD card, play store does not show up that updates in my account. It shows updates only for apps installed in phone memory. I know, it'll will work if i move apps to phone memory which i want to update. Do you have any other solution to make it work?
Its not Working... I've got the solution...
ReplyDeleteJust connect your phone to the PC, Go to Removable Media(SD Card) & then search for "smdl2tmp1" It will be of about 8.21MB(Size may vary according to the device). Delete that file(smdl2tmp1) from there...
You are all done...
Hope! that it works for you!!!
After moving the app off the SD card to the phone I didn't even have to take the SD card out, it updated fine!
ReplyDeleteThanks a ton!!!
The removal of Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons from the SD card to the main phone worked for those two updates but for Rio I needed to follow Saurav Rastogi's instructions and open up the files on my PC go to the "Andriod" folder and remove "smdl2tmp1" even though it's size was 0. Thanks again for everyone's input!
ReplyDeleteI have samsung ace and i have installed twitter for androids but i couldnt find where it got installed.Can ne1 plzzzz help me out??
ReplyDeletewhat does unmount means? will my photos or music lost? im confuse.
ReplyDeletethanks a lot! you're life saver!!
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