One of the features in Android 6.0 Marshmallow that hasn't gained many headlines is called flex storage or adoptable storage.
This will allow you to use external storage on your device as internal storage. - So you can buy a more affordable device with low internal storage and boost it cheaply by adding a microSD card.
Since MIUI7 totally block moving apps to SD card, will MIUI8 have this new feature?
Hi, I have LG K8 running MM 6.0 and free memory is geting low.
I wanted to setup adoptable storage (I have 16 GB SD card) but I found out that LG didn't implement that option. So, I have two questions:
Can I setup adoptable storage through the ADB even if system doesn't have that option implemented?
If I setup adoptable storage wll I have more space for installing apps or I could use it just for media?
Hi people. I have aquestion about Adoptable Storage in MM.
Pre:
My girlfriend's phone's recentlly receive MM firmware and now I can't move apps to SD unless it's in Internal storage mode but I don't like this mode because it reduces portability of the card and difficults to copy media files like videos and pictures.
I was wondering about downgrade to LP, but then I read a tuto about using Link2SD to divide the microSD and link apps to internal partition, but I don't like the concept of "link" apps data using a third party app.
So looking for more info I came across this article Android 6 Semi-adopted storage about using ADB to divide the SD in both internal and external storage. I find this method more apropiated for my case but I have some questions.
Q:
Any of you uses this method for microSD? What about performance?
If I divide my card this way, can I use it in my computer to copy files in external partition? And what if I change my Android device? Could it detect and use external partition? How do I use internal partition in this device?
The most important question for me is about portability. Sorry for my english.
Greetings.
I am new to Android One and up until now used microSD cards exclusively to save the images and videos shot by the phone cam and for offline navigation software maps (Sony, Huawei, and so on)
Now Android 9 on the Mi A3 gives me two options:
--> use as "portable memory"
--> use as "internal memory"
When I use it as internal memory, many apps store files on it although I actually only want the photos to be kept save on it in case of phone failure... I also read, that in case the phone fails I can't copy files from the sd card as it is encrypted to be only read by phone itself? Is that true?
Thank you for your help.
Pretty sure you should use it as portable
storage. I have all my music on there and any backup file, photos, etc, I can save on there too. You also avoid encryption this way, too, but I'm not sure about that.
paul1508 said:
I actually only want the photos to be kept save on it in case of phone failure...
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Then you should definately use it as portable. Elsy you will have problems reading it in any other device.
paul1508 said:
I also read, that in case the phone fails I can't copy files from the sd card as it is encrypted to be only read by phone itself? Is that true?
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Yes.
To format it as internal should use the SD storage as an extension to the internal storage. So, if you got a 64 G internal storage and add a 64 G card as internal, you should see a continuous block "internal" memory wit size 128G. Since I do currently not need the space on my SD, I gave it a try. But strangely afterwards "memory" showed internal 128G (I have the 128G model with an 128G card...) and the card as 256G.
I reverted to prtable anyway for the same reson; to use it as backup storage device.
i have a redmi Note 7 with an miui 12.5.1 and i want to change some apps saving destination like Whatsapp etc. to save there media files to sd card not internal storage so is that possible?
i tried going to dev options and enabled force allow apps to install on external storage and still can't find an option to do so.
Thanks in advance!