topic Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure in XA Series

Apps to SD Storage Failure

Mirjamb — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 19:50:31 GMT

I have a experia xa2. I want my app storage on sd card. BUT THE BUTTON ISN'T THERE TO MOVE THE APPS TO SD.

is it possible to place apps on extern storage or not?

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Uliwooly — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 20:14:31 GMT

@Mirjamb

Not all apps can be moved to the SD card.

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Jonathan2396 — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 23:51:45 GMT

its a problem with the app, the app its not designet to be installed, moved to the SD or its blocket... not a problem of the phone or SD card

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Danip — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 11:18:51 GMT

Hi I have this problem too. in my old mobile I moved the same app to the same SD without problem. So it's not a problem of the app.

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Jonathan2396 — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:29:55 GMT

that could be because ur old phone have another version of android, not android oreo, could be that... but after all why u want to transfer apps to the SD? the apps on SD make the app more slow and could get more buggy and the XA2 have lot of free memory for apps

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

TheHofland — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:16:52 GMT

I have the same problem, hope they can fix it soon.

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Mirjamb — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:13:42 GMT

the same app I replaced to SD on my old phone (samsung s3 neo). It seems to be a problem of adroid Oreo.

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Mirjamb — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:15:06 GMT

I hav not so much apps, but the memory of my phone is already at 20 gb full. So I want to to place them on the SD card.

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Hitech_redneck — Mon, 07 May 2018 06:25:40 GMT

I have this problem on my brand new XA2. I am using the same SD Card I used on my XA1 that had Oreo as well. I went into developer settings and chose the setting to force allow external storage; didn't help. Formatted SD card again; didn't help. Anyone have a fix for this so far? I am going to have to do a factory reset, apparently. (And yes I know some apps cannot be moved to external storage; these are apps that were moved to SD card on the XA1).

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

pauldb — Mon, 07 May 2018 10:55:25 GMT

i too am getting this,had a moto g4 and apps that could be moved to sd can be, the sony xa2 has no such feature on any apps maybe its a oreo thing, but a bad move

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Hitech_redneck — Mon, 07 May 2018 11:03:15 GMT

It's definitely not an Oreo thing. My XA1 had Oreo and I could move many apps to the SD card. I think it's a glitch of some sort. (For example, my Smart Lock feature was not working when I first got this phone; had to reset it and now that works fine)

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Hitech_redneck — Mon, 07 May 2018 11:34:04 GMT

Just tried installing All In One Toolbox to move apps to SD card. Got this message. Sony, please tell us that moving apps to SD card is supported by the XA2... it was supported in XA1. Can anyone reading this with a XA2 that is able to move apps to SD card let us know as well?

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Hitech_redneck — Wed, 09 May 2018 21:41:04 GMT

Confirmed from Sony support that XA2 does NOT support moving apps to SD card. It is not a glitch, it is by design.

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Rob36 — Fri, 25 May 2018 05:22:49 GMT

I have a Z3 Compact and ready for a new phone. Does Sony plan to add move App to SD card (for apps that support this) for the XA2 model? It's surprising that App to SD appears to be available on the XA1 from what I understand and deffinately available on the older Z3, but not on the new XA2.

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

perseepj — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 12:49:04 GMT

Hello,

Same here, with XA1 I can move the apps to SDwithout issue (I used a SD card previously formatted from another telephone).

It is impossible to do with XA2.

I even do not see the "format" option. Do you know where it is?

Thank you in advance

Pascal

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Glenni — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:57:14 GMT

This is stupid. I bought an Xperia XA2 yesterday, and like on my previous phones from plenty other brands (Huawei, Lenovo, HTC, etc) I put a 64 GB SD card in it, so that I could have plenty of paid games on my phone. ( Like I have done with literally ever other phone I bought in the past). And now I can't even do that. Sony, tempted to go back to the store for a refund, and buy something else.

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Daniel1 — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:20:53 GMT

Hi everyone,

In regards to your questions about why this is no longer available, please have a look at the text below.

Google stopped providing the possibility to move apps to an SD card to secure the security and the privacy in Android 6. This feature was removed from Android, but we continued to support it further for some time. However, we decided not to keep our solution to move apps to an SD card for users security and privacy.

I hope that answers your questions!

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Jimmy_Ephidrene — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 06:43:59 GMT

I don't think anyone read ur reply ...just saying lol

Re: Apps to SD Storage Failure

Sennokazeni9 — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:41:59 GMT

I was considering buying an XA2, I am glad I found out this problem! I definitely need this feature so won't be getting this phone.

I don't understand why you would get rid of this feature - "user security and privacy" makes no sense - there's no point throwing out terms like this without proper justification! How does this affect security by using an SD card? Is there some law/bureaucracy govering this? Why do other phones support this and new sony phones do not?

Hopefully either somebody finds a workaround for this, or Sony reinstates support for this feature. Until then, I will continue using my (now incredibly glitchy) sony XA, which does support using external storage. (honestly, what's the point in having an external SD card if you can't use it!!!?)