I came across this link and tried it my self with a 200gb sdcard. My oh my im glad someone found this. Not my work nor do I take credit for it.
Modaco and paulobrien thank you
http://www.modaco.com/news/android/...e-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632/
Will this process effect ability to receive otas etc?
Not sure but it doesnt touch any of the software. It just expand the sdcard to the internal storage
Important comment by VoxLuna:
"This is a great find, except people need to be aware of the downsides to SD cards, at least*as a place for apps to reside.
If I'm understanding your writeup correctly,*this will probably*install all future apps to SD by default**And as you state, it*will always be slower than the internal memory -- on my G4, it's*something like 20MB/s on SD vs 50MB/s*on internal, so a LOT slower.**It's also going to stress your card*if you have a lot of caching or other intense activity going on (load balancing or not). *I have a rigorous backup system, but I don't need to tempt fate....
That being said, I DO want to have internal and external memory appear as a single*drive, while keeping apps in*/data/data instead of going*to any /storage. This*way, you can always find stuff, no matter where an app decides to store its files (camera apps, for example), as well as only having one filesystem you need to back up."
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I tried this with a 32gb card, but maps still told me I only had 18gb of available space when I tried to download some maps. I formatted the card and went back to the stock way.
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I think I read somewhere of partitioning the micro SD card and being able to have one partition as internal adoptable storage, and keep the other partition as normal SD card. So in theory if you did this on a 200gb card you'd have 100gb internal and 100gb external storage.
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I tried this with a 32gb card, but maps still told me I only had 18gb of available space when I tried to download some maps. I formatted the card and went back to the stock way.
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Had the exact same thing happen with my 64 gig card.
Adoptable storage has its pros and cons.
SD cards are incredibly slower than the UFS 2.0 speeds that Samsung uses internally.
Having both mix would actually hinder the performance rather than help.
I usually just move the apps that can be moved to the external SD card. Any app with widgets can't be used as widgets if they're on the ext SD card. However, using Android 6.0, it's a little more time consuming moving apps to the SD card. I prefer the way it was setup originally, go to settings, applications, scroll over to SD card and just click the button. If an app couldn't be moved, it wouldn't be listed.
I've only had my phone for a couple of days, and I haven't even had enough time to go through all the additional features. I have tested the waterproofing by filming a video while going down a waterslide. However, when filming a video, it shuts down the second it's under water. You can feel the phone vibrate for a second as soon as it touches the water. Somehow, the phone can detect when it comes in contact with water, which sucks because I wanted to try filming under water.
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before i used this hack, i only able to put 8 adult movies on private on phone storage. after this hack, i able to put 10 (so far) adult movies on private.
netnerd said:
before i used this hack, i only able to put 8 adult movies on private on phone storage. after this hack, i able to put 10 (so far) adult movies on private.
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Cool....
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i cant get this to work i've done exactly as it says get to the partition line in the steps and it goes to the $ pronpt but my sd is still portable storage instead of private, i did the new 599mb update tho . do ya think that may have affected it?
I tried this method, and nothing happens... when I type "sm partition disk:179,0 private", I immediately get a new line to start typing. It just doesn't work... When I check my phone it still shows up as a regular external sd card with no changes...
The same thing happens to me. The command line pops up again like it didn't take. Though it worked on my old s7. What can I do to correct it?
Go to settings about and check are you on PG1 firmware. if you are use odin to downgrade to the firmware version below PG1. After you downgrade then the commands to enable adoptable storage. After its enabled then start the update to update to PG1. This will allow you to have the adoptable storage on PG1 and future updates just dont wipe data or you'll have to downgrade enable adoptable storage then update again.. @Peanuttree @HOrobOD
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Go to settings about and check are you on PG1 firmware. if you are use odin to downgrade to the firmware version below PG1. After you downgrade then the commands to enable adoptable storage. After its enabled then start the update to update to PG1. This will allow you to have the adoptable storage on PG1 and future updates just dont wipe data or you'll have to downgrade enable adoptable storage then update again.. @Peanuttree @HOrobOD
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Thank you very much! I will try that now. Is the second to last update G935ACUS2APF2 ?
This is the firmware I used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/stock-firmware-935a-att-t3410887
IT WORKED!
Thanks again BaconSeeds!
is root needed for this?
c-prodigo said:
is root needed for this?
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BaconSeeds said:
Go to settings about and check are you on PG1 firmware. if you are use odin to downgrade to the firmware version below PG1. After you downgrade then the commands to enable adoptable storage. After its enabled then start the update to update to PG1. This will allow you to have the adoptable storage on PG1 and future updates just dont wipe data or you'll have to downgrade enable adoptable storage then update again.. @Peanuttree @HOrobOD
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Does the downgrade wipe the phone or is the user data retained?
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I know the TFP doesn't come with an external SD card, but in the internal storage theres an SD card partition set to 27GB - however, I don't seem to be able to move any of my apps to the SD card, is there any way to do this?
It's incredibly frustrating when I'm trying to download my Spotify playlists to get the 'not enough memory left to download more songs' message when I've got 25GB free in the SD card partition.
I'm running ICS.
I thought the SD Card partition was just what the directory name for the internal drive? Are the apps not already downloaded to the internal storage to begin with?
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I thought the SD Card partition was just what the directory name for the internal drive? Are the apps not already downloaded to the internal storage to begin with?
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That is what I believe too.
so I see the micro sd card in the file manager so how would you put apps on the micro sd card
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PRIME, w/out a memory card, has all of its memory merged basically. The internal/external is merged for complete use for whatever you want. Inserting a memory card would show up as removable memory or ext2 or something. No need to put to apps to a memory card really unless you running out of memory already.
Weird, I'm not sure why I was getting that message then, since I had 25+ GB free.
jackofaiitrades said:
Weird, I'm not sure why I was getting that message then, since I had 25+ GB free.
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Maybe that app needs updating for HC/ICS support. As to why its not recognizing the memory. You could always get a memory card n see if it acts any differently.
Way back on older Android versions and especially phones that had no iinternal memory, android use to have app memory n such separated. ALOT of people became mad because they would run out of memory for apps so fast. SO once phones n tablets came out with built in internal memory, they merged it so that you could use all the memory if you wanted for apps or whatever. PRIME DOES this. Some other devices/phones may be a lil different. ANOTHER reason why Prime doesn't show up as a USB Mass Storage device when hooked up to a computer. Now it uses MTP, I believe.
Install "ZDBox" from XDA Developers.... free from the android market
the tool let you moves apps at will to any location.
I
PuroKaibil said:
Install "ZDBox" from XDA Developers.... free from the android market
the tool let you moves apps at will to any location.
I
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It says only for Android 2.2 or 2.3. Plus it hasn't been updated in the longest time. Read some comments of how it eats up battery and somehow messing up the memory partitions or something. Not sure. I went to the thread for it n read those comments. It says its available in market place but doesn't showbup when I go there.
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It says only for Android 2.2 or 2.3. Plus it hasn't been updated in the longest time. Read some comments of how it eats up battery and somehow messing up the memory partitions or something. Not sure. I went to the thread for it n read those comments. It says its available in market place but doesn't showbup when I go there.
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Maybe they're working on a ICS version **cross my fingers**
But if you want the current version download it from the market using the browser from your PC or android device.. it shows up there, I just tried.
Weird it doesn't show from the market app.
gl to sd
If you are rooted
use it
love it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328053
Just install apk
launch data download stop download
open gl to sd make sure /sdcard/Andriod and /sdcar/data are checked marked
click recovery game list
click move data and select game to move it will launch and start the download to sd.
Only downside i have seen is when some one pick up my tablet and click on app and start download on internal due to the fact they dont use the gl to sd link.
I love this app 9mm, lets golf 3, and Back stab and original DH take up over 4 GB of space and i rather have them on sd then internal
This flashable zip will allow to choose how to mount your internal and external storage.
Your two options are:
Internal storage as /mnt/sdcard and external storage as /mnt/sdcard/ext_sd
Internal storage as /mnt/sdcard/ext_sd and external storage as /mnt/sdcard
I have not been able to successfully mount the internal anywhere else unfortunately but will continue looking into it.
SIDE EFFECTS/ISSUES WITH THIS METHOD
You can not mount the external sdcard to a computer
In storage settings, External storage shows under "Phone storage" and the internal storage shows under "Storage card"
Selecting "Unmount storage card" will unmount the internal storage ("Mount storage card" will remount it though)
If you remove or boot with out the external sdcard neither storage space will be available for use
Possibly others...
Changelog
v1.0.1
Updated touch calibration
Changed update-binary-installer
Bug fix
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350 views from 2 different threads and not a single PM.
I'm definitely interested, however I am curious about what the reason/benefit of this mod would be.
mike.r.olson said:
I'm definitely interested, however I am curious about what the reason/benefit of this mod would be.
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The benefit would be all the big games will store the game data on the bigger external card. Along with other settings certain apps store. Also, if you have to exchange your phone, you keep all of your data.
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mike.r.olson said:
I'm definitely interested, however I am curious about what the reason/benefit of this mod would be.
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It would make your sd your storage... 16gb built into phone or my 64gb card hmmmm lol
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maxdamage2122 said:
I need a couple people with TWRP/CWM recovery to test out a couple flashable zips for me since I have not unlocked my bootloader yet. If you are interested please PM me and let me know which recovery you are running. PLEASE DO NOT post anything in this thread till I am done testing and have posted the zip. I should have it up late tonight (sadly I have work today) if everything goes as planned.
I have figured out how to mount the external storage as /sdcard and the internal storage as /sdcard/ext_sd. I have not been able to successfully mount the internal anywhere else unfortunately but will continue looking into it.
SIDE EFFECTS/ISSUES WITH THIS METHOD
You can not mount the external sdcard to a computer
In storage settings, External storage shows under "Phone storage" and the internal storage shows under "Storage card"
Selecting "Unmount storage card" will unmount the internal storage ("Mount storage card" will remount it though)
If you remove or boot with out the external sdcard neither storage space will be available for use
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I'll test it for you, but I would also like a few things changed. Maybe increase app storage? Or could we dedicated some of it to phone ram?
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Updated OP with flashable zip.
Hey, can we PM, we may be on to something, we have the same dilemma lol.
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350 views from 2 different threads and not a single PM.
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I bet not too many people have filled up their internal storage...once they do they will be posting here in drones.
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This is a big benefit thanks cause when flashing roms twrp doesnt see the external sd card
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What I'd really like to see is the ability to have swap.
pbedard said:
This is a big benefit thanks cause when flashing roms twrp doesnt see the external sd card
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TWRP does allow you to view the external sdcard you have to go into mounts and change it. Be sure to change it back though or your back up's wind up on your external card.
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There should be a couple extra steps put in the OP.
And remember original storage is:
Internal storage = the app itself
Phone storage = the apps data
sd card= everything else
1. any apps that (the apk file itself) are installed in the phone storage, should be moved to internal storage.
2. Any of the game data that is on phone storage, should be moved to the actual sd card (sdcard2). This data is in the Android folder on phone storage (sdcard). So it should be moved from /mnt/sdcard/android/data to /mnt sdcard/ext_sdcard/android/data. Really just move the whole folder to the sd card. I moved the whole folder to phone storage from the sd card when I got the phone so I didn't have to sit there and download all the game data for the bigger games and such again.
3. Follow the steps in the OP of this hack.
4. If you want to get some of your 2 GB app storage space back, move the apps as you wish to phone storage. This will be the app apk file not the huge game data. But this time phone storage will be the actual sd card. So it won't take away from your 10 GB it will take away from the sd card.
The apps that get moved will get moved from /data/app to /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure.
also at this step I would say move a couple big apps/games as oppose to many little apps/games. Better to have a couple big ones to load not that often, than to have many little apps to load more often and cause more slowdown. The more little apps you have on the sd card the more possibility the phone gets slowed down, cause no matter what sd card u have, it's gonna be just a little slower than what came on the phone. So moving just a couple 50 mb games should go a long ways.
Now the question is what to do with that 10 GB. If I do this hack, which I eventually will, I would probably fill this space with titanium backups, have the pictures and video saved here, roms and such I will flash I recovery, ringtones, wallpapers. You kinda don't have to many more choices with this space. if I'm gonna take space away from the memory card but don't want to delete any of my 40 GB of music, I would want to move whatever I could in that 10 GB of space so it doesn't get wasted. Remember moving apps or huge game data doesn't go into the 10GB anymore.
There are pluses to this hack and there are minuses. Until I get the exact figures on what I can put where I am going to wait on doing all this, but I hope I helped give a bit of an overview to what is going on with your storage space and how it is used.
I posted this in the other thread too so no one misses it cause moving stuff around is time consuming and annoying.
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What I was thinking is to redo partition sizes. The 2.3gb for internal app storage get increased a little more.
Could we use some space to increase our RAM as seen in task manager? Mount the rest as the /android or /data folder so our apps would load faster instead of ex_sdcard.
Mount the external SD as the sdcard as normal. Sounds crazy I know..
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How does this differ from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716166??
EarlyMon said:
How does this differ from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716166??
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It's the same. The OP of that thread didn't see my thread when he made his. Mine is a flashable zip and his is the manual method (good for people that don't have unlocked bootloaders).
The zip failed for me in TWRP
No real error, just says failed!
Weird..
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Spyderekz said:
The zip failed for me in TWRP
No real error, just says failed!
Weird..
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Updated OP with a new version. Try that one out.
Flashed the new zip last night, everything is sweet. In fact I was having a problem moving apps from the internal [2GB) to the phone storage [10GB) and having the moved apps survive a reboot before I did this hack. I would move them, and after next time I would reboot, it would have the storage space taken up but not be installed. This is what made me flash this cause I was only going to have the 2 GB for apps. So after doing this and reboot everything is where it's suppose to be. Fixed my tons of problems with Google music too. storage and ram are a pain in the ass with this phone.
Follow my instructions and everything will be great.
My question is when I do flash new ROM and the swap mounts gets undone, can I flash this after the ROM in the same session or after a fresh install and reboot?
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ryanalan82 said:
My question is when I do flash new ROM and the swap mounts gets undone, can I flash this after the ROM in the same session or after a fresh install and reboot?
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Yes you can.
Edit: Flash in the same session.
Flash after rom
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I thought LG wasn't going to allow portable storage ?
I put my card in and it didn't make me format and it shows as portable storage.
The G5 does allow portable storage (obviously with the SD card slot). However, it does not support Marshmallow's "Adoptable Storage" (i.e. formatting the card as if it were more permanent, internal storage). I found this perplexing too, but perhaps it will support this with later updates, or we'll be able to use it with custom ROMs if the root work comes through.
More information on the difference here.
You can enable adoptable storage now using adb. Several guides on xda now on how to do this.
btothec said:
You can enable adoptable storage now using adb. Several guides on xda now on how to do this.
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Can you link me to anything showing this working specifically for the G5? The only adb method I've seen is the one for the S7, and it results in storage being incorrectly displayed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=66345633
Follow one of those guys and you'll be set. I did it with a fast 64GB card and I've had no issues.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=66345633
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Those are instructions. In the context of my question, I'm referring to a screenshot or other such proof after the process showing storage displaying correctly on the device.
I have not done it yet. I did see some of those screenshots with incorrect sizes being displayed however. Maybe ask in that thread about it?
Hey guys, purchased the LG G5 (Singapore) and realised that the internal and sd storage seem to be having a strange issue, when i delete files, i dont immediately get my space back, if at all sometimes. it turns up as unusable space called system data when using DiskUsage. Restarting/ejecting works sometimes, but more often than not it doesnt work. I have tried factory resets and 3 different micro sd cards from samsung sandisk and toshiba. any ideas?
Hello, as can be seen for the numerous threads, marshmallow has been released for the M4 aqua. To many peoples disappointment the update did not contain adoptive storage. I have found a method on MoDaCo which details how to do this on the galaxy S7 and S7 edge (Source http://www.modaco.com/news/android/...e-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632/) and i have found out this works on some marshmallow phones. I have had success with this on my dad's LG K8 and my own M4 Aqua. Here I will go through the main steps but also look through the post on MoDaCo.
Requirement:
M4 Aqua with Marshmallow firmware (Tested on E2303 but have heard of success on others) with USB debugging enabled
SD Card (High speed recommended if going to be used for apps since if on slower SD's can be known to crash and run slowly)
I RECOMMEND USING A 16GB ON 50/50 LOOK IN ADVICE
ADB tools
DISCLAIMER - I take no responsibility for any problems with SD card not functioning properly or loss of data after doing this tutorial, I did not come up with this workaround and everyone should check the linked post to MoCaDo to see what the person thinks since I'm just going through the tutorial as well and thought I should let the community know
1. Back up any important files on your SD Card since they will be formatted and re-partitioned.
2. Enable developer settings and turn on Debug over USB
3. Set up your ADB tools on the PC side and open a command window in the adb file.
4. Type "adb devices" and confirm your phone is connected and is recognised in the program
5. Now type "adb shell" and then "sm list-disks" Now it will tell you the ID for your SD connected in your phone. This will look like "disk:179,130" This number could be bigger or smaller but will be two sets of numbers separated by either a comma or a colon
6. Now it's time to partition the disk. This can be configured in a number of ways.
Apply the comand you want replacing diskid with the number shown in the part above, including the comma or colon
-If you want your USB to be fully adopted type "sm partition disk:diskid private" ( I've heard some issues about this way) Have heard this doesn't work well so not recommended
-If you want partially adopted type "sm partition disk:diskid mixed 50" This splits the USB 50/50 If you want more adopted storage, decrease the number. ( Seems to work best as 50/50) The number is the percentage that is not Adoptive so for 30% adoptive you would put 70
-If you want to reformat the card to be non adopted type "sm partition disk:diskid public"
Do not just reformat the card on the phone software if you want to make it back into standard storage. I have had problems doing this since it said in the post it was fine but did not work for me.
If you go onto the phone, you'll now see your new adopted storage. As the method is not the proper way to do it, The total space and available space and space used may look a bit weird with outrageous numbers.
Advice:
- I was having some problems before after flashing the update myself. I ended up having to format my card on my PC and repairing the phone through companion and it seems to be working much better.
- Also I don't know if this really matters but i first installed all the updates for the sony stock stuff before partitioning the SD card.
After following these extra steps i've installed a ton of apps with no warning about low storage.
-Don't allocate more than 8GB to adoptive storage since it doesn't seem to really work well. This may be because there is a 16 GB version of the M4 so just thinks that is just normal storage. I tried this with a 32GB on 50/50 and this totally mucked up. So I recommend using 16 GB on 50/50
Edit: Now looking at my storage, the numbers for the storage don't seem outrageous and seem like they could be accurate.
Camera is not working anymore. It says "Memory not avaiable", and I can't change it.
porroni said:
Camera is not working anymore. It says "Memory not avaiable", and I can't change it.
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I've done 50/50 and it is still working for me. Have you done a full adoptive?
jonnyd100 said:
I've done 50/50 and it is still working for me. Have you done a full adoptive?
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Yes, i've done a full adoptive.
porroni said:
Yes, i've done a full adoptive.
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It may be because it is looking for an Sd on standard mode but cannot. I think the best way to go while doing this is going mixed 50/50 or 75/50. For me, Spotify didn't see the adoptive partition so I could't save my music to it, i had to save it to my SD that wasn't adoptive
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It may be because it is looking for an Sd on standard mode but cannot. I think the best way to go while doing this is going mixed 50/50 or 75/50. For me, Spotify didn't see the adoptive partition so I could't save my music to it, i had to save it to my SD that wasn't adoptive
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Done the mixed one (20/80), now camera works fine. It's the best solution.
One problem
Hi, I used this method and all good. But just let me go applications that previously could partially move, only now fully. Other applications no. I have mixed 50/50. Any solution? Sorry for my english, thanks!
asierrg said:
Hi, I used this method and all good. But just let me go applications that previously could partially move, only now fully. Other applications no. I have mixed 50/50. Any solution? Sorry for my english, thanks!
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I think that only apps that can move to sd card can be moved to the adoptive partition
Hey there,
tried the method as well, but I got a weird problem. The device storage is negative and given in "B" i.e. "-15045169152,00 B". The cards and storage below are shown properly. I live in Germany and got the Update via PC Companion. I retried the procedure with a fomated sd card with equal results.
Can someone tell me how the phone should behave during typing the commands in adb (I use minimal adb 1.4). Does it restart on its own? (Should it have been done in fastboot?!)
Best,
Fabian
50/50 is working good for me! Good job
blubbington said:
Hey there,
tried the method as well, but I got a weird problem. The device storage is negative and given in "B" i.e. "-15045169152,00 B". The cards and storage below are shown properly. I live in Germany and got the Update via PC Companion. I retried the procedure with a fomated sd card with equal results.
Can someone tell me how the phone should behave during typing the commands in adb (I use minimal adb 1.4). Does it restart on its own? (Should it have been done in fastboot?!)
Best,
Fabian
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Hey! As i said at the end, since this isn't supported by sony it can give some weird numbers but it still does work.
jonnyd100 said:
Hey! As i said at the end, since this isn't supported by sony it can give some weird numbers but it still does work.
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Thanks for the quick reply! But that is more than a weird number right? Not even in GB. Should it restart automatically after the partitioning?
Edit: I got the 85% storage message also after installing a few apps...
blubbington said:
Thanks for the quick reply! But that is more than a weird number right? Not even in GB. Should it restart automatically after the partitioning?
Edit: I got the 85% storage message also after installing a few apps...
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It didn't restart for me. I find it weird why you are getting low storage... How did you partition the card?
Edit: I have 74 apps from the play store including the sony apps and I'm still fine for storage
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It didn't restart for me. I find it weird why you are getting low storage... How did you partition the card?
Edit: I have 74 apps from the play store including the sony apps and I'm still fine for storage
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I used the mixed 50 routine. Its a 64GB Samsung Pro. Which adb tool did you use? Perhaps there are differences?
Should i buy UHS-3 Class 10 card or what is the optimal card speed for this ?
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I used the mixed 50 routine. Its a 64GB Samsung Pro. Which adb tool did you use? Perhaps there are differences?
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I'm just using a standard ADB tool i found online. I think its the 15 second ADB tool
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Should i buy UHS-3 Class 10 card or what is the optimal card speed for this ?
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I would recommend a high speed SD Card. My dad is using a slower normal SD card and it doesn't seem to work very well, apps are slow and crash.
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I would recommend a high speed SD Card. My dad is using a slower normal SD card and it doesn't seem to work very well, apps are slow and crash.
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But, these high speed cards are for video recording in 4K etc.. can card reader in this phone use full potential of high speed cards or its not restricted ?
Asan7 said:
But, these high speed cards are for video recording in 4K etc.. can card reader in this phone use full potential of high speed cards or its not restricted ?
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I wouldn't go that far. I'm using a sandisk ultra 16GB which is a cat 10. I think they should be sufficient. any card that says microsd HC or something like that should be fine
Edit: This motorola page is really good to look at https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/109134/p/1449,9582
so I want to share my experience with you guys, I partitioned my sd card like this: %60 SD card, %40 adoptive storage. I have a sd card with 95r/90w speeds and when I installed A1 SD bench in my internal storage, it shows these results: (accurate with reboot)
both SD and adoptive storage: read 40, write 45 MBs
internal: read 100, write 20-25 MBs
I would say app opening speeds are normal and apps don't crash. I can't move all apps to adoptive storage, so that's a bummer
I am currently waiting for someone to find a way to root so that I can keep using link2sd as usual
I recently purchased this beast of a budget phone, and I am pleasantly surprised! Seeing as how this is a rather capable budget phone (and a ZTE to boot), I am hoping someone can help find a root method!
I know ZTE phones (at least older ones) have a special boot mode, known as disemmcwp, which boots the device into a less secure mode which allows system writing through certain root programs.
I also noticed that this device supports adb side loading from recovery, which is usually locked down, and if I'm not mistaken, this can also be used to exploit system writing if used properly.
Thank you if you can help! This phone is wonderful, but its specs are sorely let down by its usage of Marshmallow instead of Nougat.
The z986dl is now on Nougat. I still would like to get into bootloader myself. I know how to get to recovery mode but that's it.
shado2us said:
The z986dl is now on Nougat.
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I find that hard to believe, as the ZTE Max Blue (aka Z986DL) is sold only at Wal-Mart stores under the Straight Talk name - which means that, unless you're mistaken, I should be getting said update as well. A software update query along with a quick google search shows no signs of this model ever receiving an actual nougat update.
Really, no one's rooted this yet? Come on people I miss lucky patcher!
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Help root!
Yes PLEASE some one root this.. i need to save apps on my SD card and cant until root, i am running out of space and cant make the sd card internal backup.. 16GB device and 32GB SD card. i am at 15 GB on device! cant get updates due to no space.. have to delete things.. This sucks
You can always format an SD card to an internal drive, then you should be able to move stuff to the SD card.
I've the same phone also on marshmallow, I just recently decided that I need more storage for it. I went on the hunt to find ways to moves apps to the sd card for android phones in general, I did as the tutorials said but got to the parts that said to tap move to sd card and didn't see that button on my phone, so I went on to see how to format the sd card as internal storage. The tutorials assumed that after you tap format that it would pull up a screen that says something like format as internal storage, but mine says format as external storage. Seeing as that is the case I went on to see how to root it and came to this thread to see that there is no method of rooting yet.
I saw that soozin81 said to format the sd card as internal...well like I said, "The tutorials assumed that after you tap format that it would pull up a screen that says something like format as internal storage, but mine says format as external storage."
Cubeholic said:
I've the same phone also on marshmallow, I just recently decided that I need more storage for it. I went on the hunt to find ways to moves apps to the sd card for android phones in general, I did as the tutorials said but got to the parts that said to tap move to sd card and didn't see that button on my phone, so I went on to see how to format the sd card as internal storage. The tutorials assumed that after you tap format that it would pull up a screen that says something like format as internal storage, but mine says format as external storage. Seeing as that is the case I went on to see how to root it and came to this thread to see that there is no method of rooting yet.
I saw that soozin81 said to format the sd card as internal...well like I said, "The tutorials assumed that after you tap format that it would pull up a screen that says something like format as internal storage, but mine says format as external storage."
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Yeah it totally sucks, we need a ROOT ASAP! no way to move the apps and there is no way to switch to Internal storage for SD card with out a root!!!
I know this is quite the necro bumo, but is there any update at all on rooting this phone at all??? also according to everything I have read, this phone runs on nougat now however Im still on android 6 and OTA says Im current, is there a way to manually download the ROM and put it on the hard way?
cant i get the firmware for this phone pls