Using doubletwist with galaxy s5 install#

In other words, if you’ve installed a game to your SD card, it will likely not work properly until the developer issues a fix. It’s a fairly easy thing to change, but the folks who make your phone aren’t allowed to “fix” it or they can’t retain their Google certification for Google Play and the rest of Google’s apps.”

Using doubletwist with galaxy s5 install#

Or you can install a custom ROM that “fixes” the issue. I think that’s a bit crazy, but it is an option and it will keep things working like they always have - both the good and the bad - in regards to your external storage. You could also never update to KitKat, which I see a lot of people claiming they have planned. The good news is that other apps have been updated - PocketCasts, for example - so you get to try all new apps.

Any apps installed to the SD card will lose their data when you update and need re-installed, and some of the apps you use probably will stop working because they have not been updated. “First off, you stop and think before you take any update to KitKat. Android Central’s Jerry Hildenbrand has a good primer on the issue, and ends his article with this pithy warning: While other devices like the Nexus 4/5, Moto X and HTC One have already been updated to Android 4.4, the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Note 3 are the first big-name carrier-sold devices with a microSD card to receive the update. The only caveat is that if you uninstall BeyondPod, everything that is stored in the “application specific” folder (feeds, settings and downloaded episodes) WILL BE DELETED.” (my emphasis)

Using this ‘application specific’ folder, it is possible to still use the external SD card for downloading and storing episodes. “While 3rd party applications are generally not allowed to write to the External SD card on KitKat, they are still allowed to write to a special, ‘application specific’, folder on the External SD card.