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How to Move Data to External SD Card in Galaxy Grand

Last Updated on March 27, 2020 by Amar Ilindra 11 Comments

This tutorial on how to move data to external SD card in Galaxy Grand helps you to move all applications, data, games etc to your microSD card. By movie large size apps and games to microSD card, you can improve devices performance and speed. Indirectly you’re making the Samsung Galaxy Grand lightning fast, you’re saving RAM as well. When we talk about performance, you can observe considerable fastness while opening applications and even in data transfers since more free space is available in phone memory. So, if you think to make your Smartphone faster, it time to move data to external SD card. Kindly note that this tutorial will works on almost all android devices.

Move Data to External SD Card

How to move Data to external SD card in Galaxy Grand ?

In order to safely move data to external SD card in Galaxy Grand  follow the below mentioned steps carefully. In brief, you have to root your Galaxy grand duos first and next you should install “directory bind” application. No worry, i will guide you to do those two things.

So lets continue to move data to external SD card

Transfer Data to External SD card

1. Rooting your device is a mandatory thing. What? Not rooted yet? here is a tutorial we published previously to root Samsung Galaxy Grand. Make sure your mobile is rooted before proceeding to step 2

2. Download bind directory from below link and install it.

Directory Bind

3. Create a new empty folder with name external_sd in the root folder of your microSD card.

4. Once installed, open that application; Press Menu and then Preferences and make sure to check Alternate dbase mgmt 

5. Click ON at the right bottom corner. You can see this button at Main screen of the application.

6. Hit Add new entry in the main menu and wait till you get a new screen.

7. This is the most important step. You may see a screen as shown in the below screenshot.

Move Data to External SD Card in Galaxy Grand

8. Fill the both fields as shown below;

  • Enter the mount (target) path – /sdcard/external_sd/
  • Enter the mount target path – /sdcard/

9. Check “transfer files from target to data” box and press ADD

10. That’s it, you have successfully transferred data to external microSD card.

You may see some improvement in your Smartphone’s performance and in data transfers.

Let us know if you face any difficulties while trying to move data to external SD card in Galaxy Grand. We’ll try to solve your problem as soon as possible.

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Amar Ilindra is a gadget freak, tech enthusiast and full stack developer. He loves to try everything with technology and blog about his tech experience. Apart from writing, he spends most of this time developing useful web apps and mobile applications for Android and iOS.

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Comments

  1. Avatar for royhanroyhan says

    May 19, 2016 at 6:18 PM

    im stuck on 45/350 -_-

    Reply
  2. Avatar for DREWDREW says

    January 25, 2016 at 12:29 PM

    HI AFTER FOLWIN D PROCESS IT STILL DIDNT WORK…IT ALWAYS END AT 85/85 BUT NOTHING HAPPENED.PLS HELP…

    Reply
  3. Avatar for P Raisa ParveenP Raisa Parveen says

    April 14, 2015 at 7:38 AM

    Hi,I am using Samsung Galaxy Grand.Now my phone memory is full.So currently i am using a memory card of 16GB and from now onwards i want to store my files on external memory. Can anyone help me on this that how to configure the settings in my mobile.

    Thanks In Advance

    Regards,
    Raisa Parveen.

    Reply
    • Avatar for Amar IlindraAmar Ilindra says

      April 14, 2015 at 1:31 PM

      you may find an option to do the same at Settings > Storage

      Reply
  4. Avatar for kurniakurnia says

    April 13, 2015 at 4:24 PM

    Hi Sir, after i press add ,there was data transfering process and always stuck at 95% 245/258. Then that transfer process gone. I have checked my memory use still same and external _sd folder still empty. I have tried pull battery,same. What did i miss? Pls reply. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Avatar for Amar IlindraAmar Ilindra says

      April 14, 2015 at 1:33 PM

      you can try again..and let us know what happened

      Reply
  5. Avatar for imran shaikhimran shaikh says

    September 26, 2014 at 8:29 PM

    Sir i’ve grand2 and i dnt want to root my phone as i bought it new last month i ve 16 gb memory card even i dnt want to use pc is there a way without using these two methods i can use my external storage on glaxy grand 2 if nt plzzz find a way its a request for you and help me i was able to move app on my experia z now i shifted to samsung tmdue to experia battery isssue so now i m facing problem unable to move app on external sd card….plz help with a goood suggetion and help……i m using now 4.3 jelly bean………..
    Thanks and regards
    Immy

    Reply
    • Avatar for Amar IlindraAmar Ilindra says

      September 27, 2014 at 4:12 PM

      It is not possible without rooting. You must root your device

      Reply
  6. Avatar for Aakash ChaudharyAakash Chaudhary says

    September 25, 2014 at 3:59 PM

    I did all the methods as it is as suggested or explained but when I start my high end game (modern combat 4) it first checks the needed data files and then gives message to start play after that the game restarts but ends with a black screen and doesnt run any forward…plss get me a solution of dis problem asap…

    Reply
  7. Avatar for rahulrahul says

    September 30, 2013 at 11:21 PM

    Hi, i ve been using my grand 4.1.2 for about 2 months…and frequently i experience a black screen for a sec..and then the display is back on again,still in the same task as before,but the colour resolution drops a bit and the colors seem somewhat pale… it takes a while for it to get back to the right colour scale….this happens even while playing a game ,searching a contact, and even when left idle for a while…..

    i would really appreciate any suggestions for this prob…
    thanks

    Reply
  8. Avatar for NileshNilesh says

    June 19, 2013 at 6:24 PM

    Directory bind is working properly. I have use it completely OK but after few ours all bind contain was disappear in directory bind apps. now I have to again download data.
    I not under stand why it disappear after few hours I try it three times every time same happens.
    What I have to do?

    Reply

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