The SD card is a useful tool for storing data on Android phones. If you accidentally lose data, you don't need to worry because there are software like Memory Card Recovery to help recover data. Memory Card Recovery aids in quickly and efficiently recovering data on phone and camera SD cards.
Copying music, videos, and images to the SD card can be done by copying music to USB. However, installing apps to the SD card on Android phones is something few people know how to do.
How to Install Apps to SD Card on Android Phones
Step 1: Enable USB Debugging
First, go to
Next, click on USB debugging to enable this mode.
Step 2: Install Android SDK.
- Download and install Android SDK on your computer.
- After installation, go to Start, select SDK Manager.
- Choose ADB Utilities in the Android SDK Platform-tools package. Then, click download and install to use this tool.
Next, connect your Smartphone to the computer.
Step 3: Use ADB.
To use ADB, go to the ADB directory, which is typically C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools to find adb.exe
Press Shift, right-click on the directory, and select Open command window here.
Run the adb devices command to connect the Android device.
Continue running the following command to set the default installation location to the SD card: adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2
Step 4: Transfer apps to the SD card
Before installing ADB, apps do not display Move to USB storage to transfer software to the SD card. After installation, Move to USB storage will appear, click on it to transfer apps to the SD card.
After completing these steps, you can easily move apps from your phone to the SD card. With this method, you can also easily install the Gas app on your Android phone.
If your SD card gets infected with a virus during downloading, quickly format the SD card to prevent the virus from invading your phone's memory. Refer to how to use Format USB to reset the memory to default.