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I've installed HTC sync and Android/Java and have my EVO4gLTE rooted. I'm running Decks CM10 and love the interface. The problem is that when I turn on USB storage, only the internal SD card shows on my PC. When I would run stock Sense, it would show the external card.
I would much prefer to see the external card without having to physically remove it or copy to it using a file manager. TWRP has the option to mount internal or external SD's, and Sense gives several options when the device is connected to the PC.
I've searched multiple times and have yet to find an answer to this.
Big thanks in advance for any assistance.
-Mike
Download multi mount sd
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Download multi mount sd
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Thanks for the suggestion, but that didn't work. It only shows the internal SD card and not the external one.
Doesnt cm10 see sd as external instead of sd2? I know there was a mod to switch it around to flip it around so it sees the sd2 as sd(1).
Look in development section.
I thought the mount point swap was already included in the newer builds
michaelm_seattle said:
I've installed HTC sync and Android/Java and have my EVO4gLTE rooted. I'm running Decks CM10 and love the interface. The problem is that when I turn on USB storage, only the internal SD card shows on my PC. When I would run stock Sense, it would show the external card.
I would much prefer to see the external card without having to physically remove it or copy to it using a file manager. TWRP has the option to mount internal or external SD's, and Sense gives several options when the device is connected to the PC.
I've searched multiple times and have yet to find an answer to this.
Big thanks in advance for any assistance.
-Mike
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as of right now nope. you can only reverse them. or from recovery you can mount both as well. but i reversed mine using my 64gb class10 as my internal now. if interested i upped the zip. i didnt make it just hosting . here.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/37ujgyee15cz2w0/cm10-SwapStorageLinks-v3.zip
flash from recovery.
kaos420 said:
as of right now nope. you can only reverse them. or from recovery you can mount both as well. but i reversed mine using my 64gb class10 as my internal now. if interested i upped the zip. i didnt make it just hosting . here.
flash from recovery.
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Thanks very much for responding! I was wondering about two things, though:
1) will this script reverse the cards as seen only by the PC during USB mounting, or will they be reversed to the internal apps as well? In other words, will everything that was looking for something on SD0 not find it because it's now seen on SD1?
2) will this affect my external SD card such that I should back it up and/or format it beforehand? I know I should back it up anyway, but I was just wanting to know what to expect.
I really appreciate your help and input.
-Mike
michaelm_seattle said:
Thanks very much for responding! I was wondering about two things, though:
1) will this script reverse the cards as seen only by the PC during USB mounting, or will they be reversed to the internal apps as well? In other words, will everything that was looking for something on SD0 not find it because it's now seen on SD1?
2) will this affect my external SD card such that I should back it up and/or format it beforehand? I know I should back it up anyway, but I was just wanting to know what to expect.
I really appreciate your help and input.
-Mike
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It will use your service card. As internal. I switched back and forth all the time from Cm10 to sense. There are swap point mode for sense too. Since I always use my 64gb for internal sd
Sent from my Cm10 powered Evo Lte!!
kaos420 said:
It will use your service card. As internal. I switched back and forth all the time from Cm10 to sense. There are swap point mode for sense too. Since I always use my 64gb for internal sd
Sent from my Cm10 powered Evo Lte!!
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I tried it and it does indeed swap the drives. That was excellent work! I will probably run the script again the next time I do a full reset, since several of my apps will need to have their settings changed to recognize that drive as their location drive. By the way, do you have a script to swap the drives back?
I'm a little surprised, though, that considering how configurable CM10 is, that the ability to choose which drive is mounted to show as USB storage is not also configurable. With my Xoom, both drives show up when the device is connected to the PC.
Thanks again
-M
michaelm_seattle said:
I tried it and it does indeed swap the drives. That was excellent work! I will probably run the script again the next time I do a full reset, since several of my apps will need to have their settings changed to recognize that drive as their location drive. By the way, do you have a script to swap the drives back?
I'm a little surprised, though, that considering how configurable CM10 is, that the ability to choose which drive is mounted to show as USB storage is not also configurable. With my Xoom, both drives show up when the device is connected to the PC.
Thanks again
-M
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if you do a full wipe it will revert back. other wise it will stick through upgrades.
michaelm_seattle said:
I've installed HTC sync and Android/Java and have my EVO4gLTE rooted. I'm running Decks CM10 and love the interface. The problem is that when I turn on USB storage, only the internal SD card shows on my PC. When I would run stock Sense, it would show the external card.
I would much prefer to see the external card without having to physically remove it or copy to it using a file manager. TWRP has the option to mount internal or external SD's, and Sense gives several options when the device is connected to the PC.
I've searched multiple times and have yet to find an answer to this.
Big thanks in advance for any assistance.
-Mike
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Depending on what you need the access for external SD for, OTG may work for your purposes..a little tempremental at times but may work for your purposes..
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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?
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is root needed for this?
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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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Does the downgrade wipe the phone or is the user data retained?
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?
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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!
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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
jonnyd100 said:
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.
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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."
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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
Can't seem to find this information anywhere. If this has already been discussed elsewhere, please forgive me. I would love to be able to format the micro sd card in my LG V30 so it is recognized as additional internal storage. I understand that the read/write speeds won't be as efficient as the actual internal storage and that the performance/responsiveness of the device may suffer. Not a concern for me. Also, not interested in any alternative solutions. Please no comments to the tune of "just use the sd card as portable storage and move files as necessary". Only interested in formatting the card as internal storage. Thanks!
If you have the SD card already mounted:
Settings > Storage
Click the little icon next to your SD card which should open a file manager. Click on 3 dot menu at upper right and select "Storage Settings" and you should find what you need.
If the card isn't already mounted, you should get the "internal" option the first time you mount the card.
This is based on my H932 running custom Havoc Pie ROM so you're mileage may vary.
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If you have the SD card already mounted:
Settings > Storage
Click the little icon next to your SD card which should open a file manager. Click on 3 dot menu at upper right and select "Storage Settings" and you should find what you need.
If the card isn't already mounted, you should get the "internal" option the first time you mount the card.
This is based on my H932 running custom Havoc Pie ROM so you're mileage may vary.
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Sorry, should have mentioned this in the first post, I have tried this already. The option to format as internal storage is not there. Also should mention that I have tried the above both as a VS996 and US998. No luck either way.
If you preformat the card to something the phone should recognize, then the option should appear. Maybe exFat? Do you have another card you can test with to make sure this is good?
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If you preformat the card to something the phone should recognize, then the option should appear. Maybe exFat? Do you have another card you can test with to make sure this is good?
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This did not work, either.
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This did not work, either.
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test another card then! Your testing is a bit ambiguous unless we know what steps you took.
Something I'd try is "cleaning" the card in Windows (using diskpart), then exiting without any further preparation and inserting it into the phone.
Not sure if Android can initialize a completely empty disk, but I'd think that would get rid of anything that might predispose the phone to forcing it as external-only. Probably.
According to:
androidpit.com/how-to-format-microsd-cards-as-internal-storage (Sorry, this is my first post here so I don't have hyperlink functionality unlocked)
LG, and other manufacturers hide the functionality that others here suggest. I have not yet tested it, and the guide refers to Android 6.0, but it has some good detail on the subject. If I have success with this I'll follow up. I'm running Android 9.0 on an LG V30.
I got this working on my v30, running stock pie (root)
use of adb debugging, commands are;
adb shell
sm set-force-adoptable on
sm list-disks
sm partition disk:xx,xx mixed 0 (xx,xx is what disks number that shows from the previous command)
-wait til complete-
sm list-volumes (to verify it is now shown as private)
Doing the command "adb sm partition disks:xx,xx private" is suppose to work, but i've never had it work for me, but mixed 0 works just the same. I am getting an issue of it showing that i have 500gbs from the SD card, even tho i actually have 256gbs, but it still works.