Monday 1 July 2013

The Real Working Way for Rooting & Transferring Apps to SD for Samsung Galaxy S Duos GT-S7562

Firstly, a disclaimer that i am not responsible for any of the consequences of the below procedure resulting to any kind of damages to your Handset. So proceed on your own discretion. This procedure has worked like a charm for me and i have successfully rooted & moved all my apps to my memory or SD card and run my Duos super fast than before.

Let's move to the point straight away, i.e. Rooting Your S Duos s7562 and making it possible to move your apps to the External sd card. So firstly, Back up all your important data and Charge your mobile phone with atleast 70% battery. Then get drivers installed for your S-Duos s7562, the easiest way is to install Kies as it already inhibits the drivers for S-Duos s7562.
  1. First of all, you need to root your Android Phone. Because it is a must for this procedure.
  2. Rooting process is as below:
  3. Now you need to get your rooting kit for S Duos. It can be downloaded from here: http://d-h.st/BtL
  4. Now extract the Downloaded file on desktop.
  5. From the extracted folder, again extract the file called odin.zip
  6. Now run Odin3 v1.85.exe
  7. Now on Odin Windows click on PDA Button and locate the recovery.tar. (Recovery.tar is in the Galaxy S Duos S7562 Droidiser Rooting Kit folder you extracted on the desktop or elsewhere.)
  8. Now, switch off your device and put it into Download mode.  To enter download mode, hold Volume Down + Home and press the Power button by the time you see the Samsung logo.  On the next screen, press the Volume Up button to continue to Download mode.
  9. Connect  your Duos to your computer using a compatibleUSB cable.  Your PC will now detect your device in Download mode.  Once that is done, the ID:COM field on Odin should light up yellow, confirming that Odin has detected your device properly.
  10. Now ensure that only Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are ticked under the Option section.
  11. Now next u have to remove the back case of your phone which will expose your battery to your eyesight, but don't remove the battery now. Remove only the back cover.
  12. Next step is to Click on Start button on the Odin window to flash the custom recovery to your device.
  13. Next the Odin window will say PASS & the device will reboot and vibrates.The moment you feel the vibration at the reboot stage, remove the battery. This will prohibit your device from overwriting the custom recovery with base stock recovery.  If you couldn't succeed in doing this, just repeat the above steps.
  14. Now put the phone's back cover & switch on your Duos.
  15. Next Connect your device to your PC via USB cable and copy the CWM-Superuser-3.1.3.zip to your Duos Memory card.( This would be available in the Galaxy S Duos S7562 Droidiser Rooting Kit Folder.
  16. Now disconnect the USB cable & switch off your Duos and boot into Clockwork mod recovery.  For this, hold the Volume Up + Volume Down + Home + Power and keep all these buttons pressed until you see the Samsung logo and your device boots into CWM.  Use the Volume Up and Down buttons to navigate and the Home button to select your preferred option.
  17. Then, select Install zip from SD card and then Choose zip from external SD and locate the CWM-Superuser-3.1.3.zip file you copied to your memory card.
  18. Then, select Yes on the next screen to start flashing the CWM-Superuser-3.1.3.zip file.
  19. After flashing process is completed, select the reboot option in main menu.
  20. That's it Your Duos s7562 is rooted now.
Now Part B

  1. After getting your Duos rooted, next step is to Install an application named "Link2Sd". It could be downloaded from here.
  2. After installing Link2Sd, you have to install an program named "Mini Tool Partition Wizard Manager". It can be downloaded from here.
  3. Next insert your Memory card or SD card to a card reader and plug the card reader to your PC.
  4. You can backup all your data before beginning the process, as all your data on the memory card will be erased.
  5. Now open Mini tool on your computer & locate your Memory card or SD card. (You can recognize your SD card by the size of your SD card displayed under the capacity column.)
  6. After selecting your SD card, right click onto it and select Delete.
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7) Now Right click on it again & select Create. Then a window will pop up on that under the 
A)"Create as" select "Primary" & under
B)"File System" select "FAT32".

Then coming down, to the "Partition size tab" here u can enter 80% of your Memory card size. For eg. If u are having 4 gb memory card then 80% of 4gb is 3277 Mb. So enter "3277" in the Partition size tab. and click OK. So now you will have the remaining 819mb (approx) for the next partition which we will create in the below steps.



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8) Now Right click on the unallocated space of 819mb(Approx) which has been created after the previous step.(U can find this drive just below your Memory card) & select Create.

A) In the "Create as" select "Primary" & under
B) In the "File System" select "Ext2". In the below "Partition size tab" you can see the balance space in your memory card alloted automatically for the second partition.
C) Click OK now.
The second partition is the one where all your applications will be moved to i.e. balance 20%. The 80% space will be utilized by you for storing movies, pictures or whatever you desire. So as per your need you can adjust your proportion. I have a 16 gb card, so i 3gb for the application which is huge space for allocating for the apps.


link2sd 59) Lastly Click the “Apply” button on the top left corner and wait for the process to complete. That's it.

Now Put back your SD card back to your DUOS and restart it.

10)Now its performance time for Link2SD. 
Open Link2sd app on your phone. You will be prompted to choose between ext2, ext3, ext4 and FAT32. Select ext2. link2sd 6
  1. It will say mount script created. Reboot your phone now.
  2. Open link2sd and if the message doesn’t show up, you succeded.
  3. Go to Link2sd>Settings>check the autolink (to automatically move apps upon installation)
  4. If you already have some apps, select “Create Link” (be sure to check the three files: app, dalvic-cache and library files). Don't click on Move to SD card option as it will demotivate you by saying that you cannot move Apps on these device and blah blah blah. But ignore it, just click on "Create Link" and it will link all your apps installation to your external SD card.
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That's it, you are all done. Move on and feel the difference. You can track the changes, by noticing the space used by the applications before all these steps, by simply going to "Settings" then "Storage". Here you can check the space consumption of your internal memory under various heads.
By installing a app called "RootAppDelete" you can uninstall the unwanted system apps like "Handy", My Movies, My Music and others which you use rarely.                                                                                    

57 comments:

  1. Yer a boss ! Worked epicly for me. Thank you.

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  2. working fine on my galaxy s duos.. but still not perfect..
    unable to move games with data files.. is that anyway to move games with data files...

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    1. I guess, the app link 2 sd moves even the games data to your sd card. When a game successfully installs on your device, the Link2sd app immediately links it to your sd cards, n it also notifies you in the notifications that Your game "Temple Run or Whatever" has been successfully linked to sd card.

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  4. Thanks man for SD card partitions. It works fantastic...
    It gives new life to my s duos..

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    1. i can't able do the step num 16 in part A procedure,while doing the step one yellow color notification is coming pls help me.

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    2. After doing this partition, phone is working fine? Does have any problem with mobile? I want know about results after partition good or bad?

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  5. After create link to app, I am not able to see the apps in my phone. please suggest..

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    1. Open the link 2 sd app, Go to Settings>check the autolink (to automatically move apps upon installation to your sd card)
      If you already have some apps installed on your device which you wish to move to your sd card, select the option “Create Link” (be sure to check all the three files: app, dalvic-cache and library files).

      If you are using the latest version of Link2sd app then follow this steps:
      Open link2sd>settings>select Auto link. Then tap on Auto link settings>select all the 3 options in it. The 3 options will be 1.Link application file 2. link dalvik-cache file 3. Link library file. Check mark all the 3. Thats it, it will then link all your installed apps in your phone memory to your sd card.

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  6. sayooj Sreedharan3 January 2014 at 00:18

    ext2 is not working in mine it says mount script can't created. Plz help

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    1. That's not an issue. On your first attempt it will show the message "mount script can't created". But you dont have to get disappointed with that. You just select the ext2 and tap on OK. And reboot your phone. Now, after rebooting your device, open the Link2sd app. And i'm sure this time it won't come up with any error msg like"mount script can't created" Now you follow the subsequent steps n things will work perfect for you.

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  7. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568686

    and scroll down to the very last comment, hope this helps and it worked for me

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  8. how to upgrade jelly bean in s duos ..plz hlp

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    1. For jelly bean to work flawlessly, atleast a ram of 1gb is required, which doesn't meets with sDuos s7562 having a ram of only 768mb.

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  9. i can't able do the step num 16 in part A procedure,while doing the step one yellow color notification is coming pls help me.

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    1. I Didn't get the exact problem of yours. Will you please be kind to elaborate further.
      But still, in the step no 16. If you succeed in entering clockwork mode then, you need to select the option named "Install zip from SD card" and then Choose zip from external SD and locate the CWM-Superuser-3.1.3.zip file you copied to your memory card.

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    2. That Yellow color triangle at the Boot up is not any problem. It simply is an indication that your phone is rooted. Nothing to worry about.

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  10. Getting this error, please suggest what to do, thanks!

    App2SD is not supported by your device. Because your device has a primary external storage which emulated from the internal storage. You can link the app to move its files to your SD card.

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    1. @Oolalai: Don't click on Move to SD card option as it will demotivate you by saying that "App2SD is not supported by your device and blah blah blah. But ignore it, just click on "Create Link" and it will link all your apps installation to your external SD card.
      Hope this helps you

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  11. It's working perfectly thanks.....
    How to install Nfs and create link? Bcoz Nfs game is 2gb. I have the backup game data, can move manually to the data??

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  12. fantasstic.. brilliant post. thanks

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  13. How to unroot?? can u please any one help me?

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  14. would it affect the performace of ur phone? coz like the RAM expander, I notice it makes my phone run slow after a while. Perhaps I missed a step or I need to use a bigger memory card to make it run smoothly.

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    1. What Link2Sd does is, it moves all the data files of the installed app to your Memory card, which frees up space from your Internal memory allowing it to perform more smoothly.

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  15. Hey follwn error pops up... plz help " link2sd cud not obtain root access. If u hv root access make sure u respond allow or grant to the superuser request.

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    1. In that case, ensure that you have rooted your phone successfully. The chances of the following error is only in case of an Unrooted device. Make sure that you adhered to every step mentioned above in the Part A. Do keep me updated about your progress.

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  16. help i cant find the "select the file system of your sd card's second partition" it doesnt show up when i open my link2sd :(

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    1. Try Uninstalling & Reinstalling the Link2Sd app.

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  17. Its syng mount script nt created

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    1. Repeat the process again, You'll succeed on the second attempt for sure.

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  18. How to find 2nd partition path??

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  19. working fine bro! thanks
    my phone is rooted please give information about custom rom which is suitable for sduos s7562

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  20. You only need to follow part B . For Part A easiest way to root in 2 minutes or even less is. http://www.kingoapp.com/ . For usb drivers support just install kies for samsung and rest kingoapp will take care. After finishing it u have to reboot and take memory card put in card reader and follow PART B minitool partition.
    works perfectly great

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  21. great yr and thx........

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  22. I did like above ,,,,but after linking when i open my ExtSd Card,,,there is no files of any app,,,,,then what is the link ? In link2SD,,,,,linking an app is successful but when open ExtSD card then there is no such files of link ????please explain

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  23. SIR,EVERYTHING WAS SUCCESSFUL.THANK YOU VERY MUCH..BUT WHEN I INSTALL HUGE OBB GAME FILES IT IS NOT LINKING TO EXTERNAL SD,WHAT TO DO TO MOVE THESE ADDITIONAL FILES?

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  24. Can you please tell me which all apps can be linked to sd card. . ? User apps, system apps or all types of apps on the phone. ..??

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  25. thnks bro magr big games kaise direct external mai downoad kare

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  26. Hi,I.have done everything but I can't move apps with link2sd. After opening.link2sd, when I tap an app this is what happens:

    1. Create link option is inactive
    2. Symbolic link option says:.not mounted

    When I go link2sd settings:

    1. Relink all app files-failure
    2. Tried recreate mount scripts and reboot-not working

    Please help!!!

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  27. Hi, at step 17, its says
    E: Failed to verify Whole-file signature
    E: Signature verification failed
    Installation aborted.

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    1. for me also getting same problem but i solved it..
      steps are:
      dont do like this pressing up and down same instead of pressing up+down+home+power and then you got menu,select it and enjoy it...

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  28. I am also getting the error of "Signature verification failed."
    Can anyone help on this?

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  29. what is the best partition percentage if i have an 8g memory card

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  30. A 2gb Partition is sufficient and would be ideal.

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  31. The link http://d-h.st/BtL is not having the datafile to download, can you provide another link to download.

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    1. The link is working fine. You should try again downloading from that link.

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  32. thanks..its working in my s7562 mobile

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  33. but the internal data not move any solution?

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  34. in step 14 my phone is not switch on. what can i do? plz tell...

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  35. It works........:):):)

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  37. hey i'v got "linked->sd card" but i cant move my current apps to sd card and that theres no create link button though with another button all the above pts hv been met. the real problem still persists. plz hlp

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  38. Hi, everything is allright (setting links for installed apps etc) but when I reboot I get the message that the SD card is blank or has unsupported something.
    ??

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  39. Hi,
    I am getting error message in step no 16 of Part A
    saying that
    Signature verification failed
    please suggest the solution

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  40. i can not find recovery.tar in (Recovery.tar is in the Galaxy S Duos S7562 Droidiser Rooting Kit folder you extracted on the desktop or elsewhere.)

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