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hello everyone
i bought a moto defy 2 days ago and i have a question
how to access and save on internal sd(i mean save on the 2gb internal memory)because ever since i inserted my 4gb memory card everything automatically get saved on the external sd/memory card even applications automatically install in memory card although i have android 2.1 not 2.2!
and when i try to save on internal memory i get an error msg!
any idea why??
anyone?????????
No idea, sorry! Just curious where apps are installed in the sd, which folder?
The internal memory is not normally accessible, to access it on the phone you have to root the device and use terminal or RootExplorer.
Or you can use adb via desktop.
Finally, the official app2sd method use encryption to prevent the apks easily readable. You may use the mount command to find out more (if you've rooted).
ABC_Universal said:
No idea, sorry! Just curious where apps are installed in the sd, which folder?
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in /sdcard
there's a folder for go lanucher and for musical pro and sketchmobile and SPC as well as other apps
but i tried to remove the memory card and run the apps and they ran which means they are in phone memory but maybe have additional files in SDcard
999phonebug said:
The internal memory is not normally accessible, to access it on the phone you have to root the device and use terminal or RootExplorer.
Or you can use adb via desktop.
Finally, the official app2sd method use encryption to prevent the apks easily readable. You may use the mount command to find out more (if you've rooted).
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ok is this for all non-rooted android phones or just defy?
Hello,
Yesterday I've upgraded software on my LG Spirit to Marshmallow (PL/PLAY). Unfortunately it's not possible to root it yet, so after few hours I started to miss Link2SD functionallity. :crying:
I found that Marshmallow shall offer formating SD Card as Internal storage. Unfortunately, it seems that LG disabled this feature. But... it's still possible to enable it via ADB SHELL! :victory:
Here is how you can do that:
Backup your data - for sure, you don't want to lose all your data stored on SD. If you want to lose it, feel free to skip this step
Enable USB debugging mode in developer settings - to enable developer settings you have to tap 5 Times on the build numer.
Open ADB Shell - just open command prompt (Win+R => Type "cmd" => Click "OK") and navigate to your ADB directory (ex.: "cd c:\adb\"), then use "adb shell" command to start shell.
List avaliable disks to get disk ID. It can be done with following command:
Code:
sm list-disks
You will get your SD Card ID (ex.: disk:179,64, which will be used in next step.
Format your SD card by typing below command. Remember to put correct Disk ID obtained in previous step.
Code:
sm partition disk:179,64 private
This command will cause that whole card will be formated as Internal Storage. If you want to use only part of SD as Internal Storage and rest as standard Removable Disk, for example 50:50, you can use command:
Code:
sm partition disk:179,64 mixed 50
Check your storage settings and enjoy additional internal storage!
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Cool! Gonna try it soon!
Thanks for sharing,it works
I've been doing this since I installed marshmallow but I'm not sure if it works properly. Every app or app data remains in the internal storage unless I manually move the app to sd. Is that normal?
SteSko said:
Hello,
Yesterday I've upgraded software on my LG Spirit to Marshmallow (PL/PLAY). Unfortunately it's not possible to root it yet, so after few hours I started to miss Link2SD functionallity. :crying:
I found that Marshmallow shall offer formating SD Card as Internal storage. Unfortunately, it seems that LG disabled this feature. But... it's still possible to enable it via ADB SHELL! :victory:
Here is how you can do that:
Backup your data - for sure, you don't want to lose all your data stored on SD. If you want to lose it, feel free to skip this step
Enable USB debugging mode in developer settings - to enable developer settings you have to tap 5 Times on the build numer.
Open ADB Shell - just open command prompt (Win+R => Type "cmd" => Click "OK") and navigate to your ADB directory (ex.: "cd c:\adb\"), then use "adb shell" command to start shell.
List avaliable disks to get disk ID. It can be done with following command:
Code:
sm list-disks
You will get your SD Card ID (ex.: disk:179,64, which will be used in next step.
Format your SD card by typing below command. Remember to put correct Disk ID obtained in previous step.
Code:
sm partition disk:179,64 private
This command will cause that whole card will be formated as Internal Storage. If you want to use only part of SD as Internal Storage and rest as standard Removable Disk, for example 50:50, you can use command:
Code:
sm partition disk:179,64 mixed 50
Check your storage settings and enjoy additional internal storage!
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Can this work with any Android device having the marshmallow SW version.
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Applications will move to sd card with all their files?
Będzie przenosić całe aplikację? I czym się to różni od przenoszenia na nie sformatowaną kartę?
What is the difference between formatting the SD card as internal storage and transfering the app from internal to SD?
@SteSko: What class card did you use? I've read people over the internet complaining that the write and read are much slower than internal even with Class 10 cards, and that you need a UHS-I card for storage adoption to make sense.
I would appreciate some info on your performance so far. Cheers!
Alanon said:
@SteSko: What class card did you use? I've read people over the internet complaining that the write and read are much slower than internal even with Class 10 cards, and that you need a UHS-I card for storage adoption to make sense.
I would appreciate some info on your performance so far. Cheers!
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To be fair, class 10 means nothing these days. To qualify as class 10, the card has to have a minimum of 10mb/s transfer speed, while internal memory is uncomparably faster.
jonixas said:
To be fair, class 10 means nothing these days. To qualify as class 10, the card has to have a minimum of 10mb/s transfer speed, while internal memory is uncomparably faster.
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As far as I know, UHS-I guarantees the same measly 10mb/s, just like Class 10. So even if the technology is better overall - which it is - it's not an actual promise, since it only maximizes the speed potential. People have been experiencing wildly differing transfer speeds on various devices even on those cards, because things just didn't stack up properly. That's why I'm so curious how folks are faring with our device.
To return back to normal use this
sm partition disk:179,64 public 100
Just a heads up - my card died as I was trying this. Probably because it was old, and not because of this, but I just wanted to let you guys know. ( The card died right after the command, but I can still see the single partition on my computer , but I can't manipulate the files in any way, and it's really intermittent. )
Hi guys, i have a problem. I adopted my sd card as mixed storage, used 20gb for internal and 10gb for external...today i factory reset the phone and now i cant see the adopted storage only this 10gb external. the problem is that i cannot format the card to be 32gb of external. i basically have 32gb sd card with only 10gb usable because the other part was encrypted by phone and now i cant see it anymore cuz probably the encryption key was lost after reset. i tried using adb shell to list volumes but it says 'private disk mounted null' and 'public disk 179,65'. Also, when i list disks in adb shell it shows me 179,64 and i cant partition it to private with 'sm partition disk:179,64 private'...anyone has a solution to formatting the card to be just normal card used as external memory? Also, i tried using minitool to manually partition the card, there i can see there are 2 partitions, this 10gb partition that is formatted as FAT32 and the 20gb that says 'other format', i believe it is Ext4 but i tried to manually format that partition to Ext4 hoping my phone would recognize it but no use...any thoughts?
i tried sm partition disk:179,64 public but it didnt help...it seems like the phone sees that 179.64 disk as potential adopting disk but on the other hand disk is alredy protected by that lost encryption key and since i factory reset the phone i cant go and dig it up
Hmm, guys, I did this in the past and if I recall correctly you should click on the SD card in the storage menu, go to the options and select "Migrate data". I may be wrong, though.
SteSko said:
Hello,
Yesterday I've upgraded software on my LG Spirit to Marshmallow (PL/PLAY). Unfortunately it's not possible to root it yet, so after few hours I started to miss Link2SD functionallity. :crying:
I found that Marshmallow shall offer formating SD Card as Internal storage. Unfortunately, it seems that LG disabled this feature. But... it's still possible to enable it via ADB SHELL! :victory:
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Hello, I followed the directions, and partitioned the sd.
Now how does the thing? I have the memory almost full, the bar is red and there is the danger signal, once the internal filled automatically fills the sd partition?
Thanks
carraretto33 said:
Hello, I followed the directions, and partitioned the sd.
Now how does the thing? I have the memory almost full, the bar is red and there is the danger signal, once the internal filled automatically fills the sd partition?
Thanks
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once you partitioned sd it became your primary storage. this is not expanding but replacing storage..if you have 8gb internal and use 32gb external you wont have 40gb, you will have 32 because once you adopt the external sd as storage it will replace the internal..what you can do is go to settings->storage->internal storage->migrate data to transfer your apps from phone memory to sd card and all future apps will be installed directly to sd
ikova617 said:
once you partitioned sd it became your primary storage. this is not expanding but replacing storage..if you have 8gb internal and use 32gb external you wont have 40gb, you will have 32 because once you adopt the external sd as storage it will replace the internal..what you can do is go to settings->storage->internal storage->migrate data to transfer your apps from phone memory to sd card and all future apps will be installed directly to sd
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Great! Now work perfectly, I have 1,6 gb free in internal and all app (exclude g-app) on sd :good:
ikova617 said:
once you partitioned sd it became your primary storage. this is not expanding but replacing storage..if you have 8gb internal and use 32gb external you wont have 40gb, you will have 32 because once you adopt the external sd as storage it will replace the internal..what you can do is go to settings->storage->internal storage->migrate data to transfer your apps from phone memory to sd card and all future apps will be installed directly to sd
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Amazing, I was missing this. @SteSko it would be nice if you can add this to the first post for future references
@Korelev @carraretto33 guys hit thanks if i was of any help
Thanks @SteSko and @ikova617!
How to format SD Card 500gig - 2tb.
It appears the OS times out trying (suspect resource constraint)
I tried externally via USB ADB split partition half internal half storage
(this worked until a reboot after which the partitions could not be seen).
I get frustrated and give up for a few months but keep coming back.
I no longer recall the ADB commands to manually format to try setting it as a single partition.
There has to be a better way to do this... help plz
stevek4u said:
How to format SD Card 500gig - 2tb.
It appears the OS times out trying (suspect resource constraint)
I tried externally via USB ADB split partition half internal half storage
(this worked until a reboot after which the partitions could not be seen).
I get frustrated and give up for a few months but keep coming back.
I no longer recall the ADB commands to manually format to try setting it as a single partition.
There has to be a better way to do this... help plz
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Bro this forum is for Z2 play, go search somewhere else about your sd card
Yes I have the Moto Z2 Play
Yes I have the Moto Z2 Play
If you check the specs it can support up too a 2tb memory card... just trying to get a quarter of that to work.
stevek4u said:
Yes I have the Moto Z2 Play
If you check the specs it can support up too a 2tb memory card... just trying to get a quarter of that to work.
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The specs on the Motorola website have a footnote next to the 2TB designation which states:
"†† MicroSD card sold separately. Content with DRM restrictions may not be able to be moved to the card. 200 GB is the maximum capacity currently available."
I don't know why the spec says 2TB and the footnote says 200GB max capacity, but this could be the problem. Looks like Moto is saying that you can use up to a 2TB card but the device will only support 200GB of it. Confusing at best.
Sigh,...
At the time that web page and this device was released, the largest SD card on the market was 200gb. So only 200gb was available.
Android 7.1 supports up to 2TB, so theoretically that was/is the max.
I suspect the problems the OP, is having stems from the desire to have partitions and how, he/she is formatting these partitions.
Yes that is it.
Last time I tried I found the syntax to format and split the partition via USB dev mode(or similar), using ADB connection to format the card which worked fine, all 500gig was avail.
However, as suggested. I had chose to split the partition.
Half for internal use & half as private storage. I mounted the card via the ADB which works fine.
I enjoyed for more than a month. Until I rebooted. I had not and could not update the boot parameters so it did not see the partitions after the restart.
I had hoped to have found a way to use ADB Android install to remount after reboot. However I had not figured that out by the time I needed to restart.
Thus I am quite certain that 500gig can be used as I was able to do so before.
I lost my notes. I am hoping someone knows the command / syntax to format it again. I want try setting it up as a single partition (internal use). I think that will work.
For now I just want to use any way possible so can sync/load it up with media.
Thanks all
stevek4u said:
Yes that is it.
Last time I tried I found the syntax to format and split the partition via USB dev mode(or similar), using ADB connection to format the card which worked fine, all 500gig was avail.
However, as suggested. I had chose to split the partition.
Half for internal use & half as private storage. I mounted the card via the ADB which works fine.
I enjoyed for more than a month. Until I rebooted. I had not and could not update the boot parameters so it did not see the partitions after the restart.
I had hoped to have found a way to use ADB Android install to remount after reboot. However I had not figured that out by the time I needed to restart.
Thus I am quite certain that 500gig can be used as I was able to do so before.
I lost my notes. I am hoping someone knows the command / syntax to format it again. I want try setting it up as a single partition (internal use). I think that will work.
For now I just want to use any way possible so can sync/load it up with media.
Thanks all
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Still hoping someone knows the ABD function & parameters to format the 500gig for internal use.
Found this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381709
I originallly used xda adb shell -> SM list-disks
Resource I located that speak to how I had set it up prior and show a different variation which may be the key (when I have time to test).
For now I want to share a few of the links and steps that should allow you to format an SD Card up too 2TB(for now).
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Note:
These look like or look very similar to how I did it the first time. I have not yet retried nor have I tested the following:
Which is why I am only show snippets(steps/code) from the links from others XDA threads / posts on the topic.
If you have had a good or bad experience with any of the following methods:
Please leave a comment for others sharing your experience. Sharing with good intentions, best of luck!
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/enable-adoptable-storage-t3615882
Adoptable Storage in MM:
adb shell
sm list-disks
sm list-volumes all
sm set-force-adoptable true
sm partition disk:179,128 private (replace with mixed what number you want to be external, ie: mixed 80 will leave 80% of card as external, 20% internal)
sm set-force-adoptable false
sm list-volumes all
NOTE:
The fourth command partitions your SD card, and may take 2-3 minutes (or longer) to complete, depending on the size of your card. plus make sure you have a reliable and fast SD Card.
Disconnect your phone from the USB cable and reboot it.
The reboot is crucial.
Your phone may (or may not) take a bit longer to boot this time.
Once your phone is fully booted, tap Settings > Developer Options and disable USB Debugging, clicking “OK” to any messages that may appear.
Go to Settings > Storage & USB and tap your SD card.
Tap the three dots in the upper-right corner and choose “Migrate data”.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=20067#downloads
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/auto-formatting-sdcard-to-internal-t3583875
Auto-formatting SDCard to Internal and SDCard storage - this is the easiest way format your memory card, to use it as a internal memory and removable media at the same time!
What is required for this?
- Device with Android Marshmallow (6.0) and higher.
- USB Cable
- Enabled USB debug on your device
Just select the formatting mode and press any key!
Instruction:
1 - Connect your smartphone to the PC using your cable
2 - Enable USB debug on your smartphone
3 - Run "aftiss.cmd" (for Windows) or "aftiss.sh" (for Linux)
4 - Select the formatting mode
(1 - 25% Internal\75% SDCard, 2 - 50% Internal\50% SDCard, 3 - 75% Internal\25% SDCard, 4 - Custom)
5 - Press any key
6 - Be happy!
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/general/make-sd-card-semi-adopted-t3399510
Quote:
Originally Posted by Electriccars
EDIT: MARSHMALLOW ONLY
I hate the small amount of internal memory, but I don't want to make my ENTIRE SD of 128GB Adopted and unremovable. So I found this post describing how to make your SD only partially Adopted by splitting the partition in ADB. Thought I'd share!
"How to split your card
WARNING: Before you do this, be sure to eject the card from the Settings/Storage & USB menu.
I found how to partition my SD card to give 8G as internal storage to which all apps that can be moved will be moved and leave ~20GB as portable storage to hold music, etc.
First, you need adb working, and your SD card inserted and formatted as portable.
$ adb shell sm list-disks adoptable
is my SD card that can be made adoptable, I want 90% as external SD:
$ adb shell sm partition mixed 90
Note: Your card may be listed with an underscore _ instead of an underscore, e.g. in which case, that is what you type.
This erases the entire SD card, and then gives me 90% as portable storage and the rest as adopted internal storage.
The partition table looks like this:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 57.5GB 57.5GB fat32 shared msftdata
2 57.5GB 57.5GB 16.8MB android_meta
3 57.5GB 63.9GB 6369MB android_expand
The fat32 partition is not encrypted and can be mounted on a computer (provided it can handle the new GUID partition table format).
I advise a reboot after setting the new music storage location this as Google Music may get the wrong idea about much space is available.
Rename the adopted storage. If it had the same name as the portable storage partition then it may prevent one of the partitions from being available over USB MTP."
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>XDA<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/tutorial-how-to-emulate-partition-sd-t3554949
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/auto-formatting-sdcard-to-internal-t3583875
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/enable-adoptable-storage-t3615882
https://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/general/make-sd-card-semi-adopted-t3399510
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>GitHub<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
https://github.com/LegacyXperia/Wiki/wiki/Partitioning-the-SD-Card-using-ADB
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions...d-sd-card-part-adoptable-part-removable-on-an
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https://android.stackexchange.com/q...into-two-parts-part-adoptable-storage-and-par
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https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1.......6..35i39j0i131j0j0i10j0i22i30.PYGdp3_K9ss
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Thanks for the discussion.
Hi everyone?
Does anyone know how to set an SD card as internal storage? I tried loot all over the settings and the developer settings and nothing. Would love to get some help here.
Hi, I found a way to do this a few months ago in a OnePlus X XDA thread.
Just run this ADB command:
Code:
adb shell sm set-force-adoptable true
After that, the option to format SD card as internal storage should be available in system settings.
Has anyone been able to confirm if this works for N100? This will help me decide if I should buy N100.
It worked on the EU version running Android 10. I haven't tested it on Android 11.
Works on Android 11
Yes, I know. Just flash the ZIP file which I attached here in Recovery and then you will be able to format SD card as Internal Storage.
*** If it is not working, you must need to FORMAT DATA to delete the encryption, so before of that - make a backup of all your files ***
I tested it on Android 13 and it is working perfectly.
Then you can use for example an app: APP2SD (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.co.pricealert.apps2sd) from Google Play to move apps to adopted storage (SD CARD)
This post documents a method of enabling Adoptable Storage with adb commands on sony phones where previously similar solutions seem hard to find. Please link similar methods if they exist somewhere else, I am curious to read.
Personal success on SO-02K (NTT DoCoMo XZ1c ) fw version 47.2.B.5.38 Android Pie, 128G A2 card.
The method results in a fraction of the microSD Card being recognised by the system to be able to transfer apps to, and another fraction where the sd card remains external storage.
The Stock Camera will only be able to save to the mentioned external storage partition after this process, and it will fail to save to internal storage.
Some apps may not work when transferred to the sd card and have to stay in onboard storage.
Premise
I carried out the process with a freshly flashed phone, with a minimal amount of apps present in the system. I cannot guarantee same success with an almost-full phone, although in principle it should be the same. If anyone has success on a more full system please let me and others know.
ADB Debugging should be turned on in developer options and authorization of PC given in advance; root or bl unlock not necessary.
SD Card will be WIPED in the process. For your data's safety do backup everything on your phone, both internal memory and external memory before proceeding! Don't yell at me if in the end it'll have to be restored.
Process
adb shell
sm list-disks this should return two integers such as 179,0
sm partition disk:179,0 mixed xx where the 179,0 should be your result in step 2 and xx be the amount of space reserved for /sdcard ; wait until command finishes. For the mixed xx see Miscellaneous#2 for explanation. Please also reply if you know the command to revert the changes made in this step, because I'd expect it be useful in the future and I don't know what it is.
Turn on force allow apps on external in bottom of developer settings if haven't done so.
Open camera app, click on OK until warnings go away, then set save directory in SD Card. Test if it saves successfully, if not, see Miscellaneous#1.
Reboot, then try moving some apps to your sd card! Some core function apps are not movable; that is to be expected.
Miscellaneous
If your camera won't allow you to open up settings (keeps saying cannot save), then you have run into a problem I have never seen before. If you can go into camera settings but the SD Card option is greyed out, that means either you have not reserved enough space in mixed xx or the command may have gone wrong. Or the card may not be in perfect condition for Adoptable Storage. You can unplug the sd card to see if the camera works fine after that, but I haven't tried that. If anyone knows the corresponding command to revert the changes made in Process#3, please let everyone know!
The mixed xx part allows a part of the sd card to remain.... an sd card. xx% of the space in your card will be recognised as external(portable) storage by your phone, and is readable by a PC. This portion will be the place where your future photos and videos are saved in, as the camera will fail saving to internal space. Thus you may want to use the fastest card you have and set xx based on your use patterns. The other part, the (100-xx) % of space is recognised by the phone as internal storage that it can put apps in, although some apps (especially some games) will still save assets in the phone's on board storage no matter where you move the main app.
This post is re-written from original post(chinese)
Thanks for sharing this but in my experience it does not work. I followed the guide and It looks like it worked, however now I don't understand how to move the apps away from the internal memory to exploit the new storage space provided by the SD "internal" memory... each time I try to move an app I get a "not enough memory" error message although there are about 64Gb free, no matter what app I try moving. I also noticed that deleting an app from the phone and then re-installing the app in the phone will finally install it in the SD but several apps I tried didn't work any more once re-installed in the SD storage.
indago said:
Thanks for sharing this but in my experience it does not work. I followed the guide and It looks like it worked, however now I don't understand how to move the apps away from the internal memory to exploit the new storage space provided by the SD "internal" memory... each time I try to move an app I get a "not enough memory" error message although there are about 64Gb free, no matter what app I try moving. I also noticed that deleting an app from the phone and then re-installing the app in the phone will finally install it in the SD but several apps I tried didn't work any more once re-installed in the SD storage.
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Hi and Merry Christmas!
I do get system warnings saying the phone is full while it isn't; it seems that Android freaks out a little trying to gather disk usage info when the SD card is merged with internal space. However I can move most non-system-apps.
Did you move the app with the (Press&Hold App Icon)->App Info ->Storage->Change function? I found I didn't include this part in the original writing and might have been a source of confusion. Assuming it was done in App Info, could you tell me what apps don't work, and perhaps I can try on my phone. I also wonder how much storage did you allocate to each of the two partitions on the SD card.
Another potential source of error is the card itself, in some cases, the card may have bad blocks that Android doesn't correct for and cause read problems, as my SD card now begins to show. Sometimes I wake up to see my home screen devoid of apps, and I have to reinsert and restart the phone multiple times before the SD card gets recognized by the phone again.
Did you move the app with the (Press&Hold App Icon)->App Info ->Storage->Change function?
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yes.
Assuming it was done in App Info, could you tell me what apps don't work
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all. I was not able to move any app.
I also wonder how much storage did you allocate to each of the two partitions on the SD card
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50% of 128Gb, that is 64Gb each.
Another potential source of error is the card itself
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it doesn't seem the card, since the remaining 64Gb left for external storage, that is where the camera app is saving photos and videos and some other apps save data, still works fine.
Here it is the screenshot of how Android now sees the storage configuration (android settings > storage) after I performed the procedure described above for configuring adoptable storage (writings are in Italian but I think it should be easy to understand).
indago said:
Here it is the screenshot of how Android now sees the storage configuration (android settings > storage) after I performed the procedure described above for configuring adoptable storage (writings are in Italian but I think it should be easy to understand).
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mine looks the same. I don't know what to suggest. I'll look around on other forums to see if people have the same problem.
This post is re-written from original post in Chinese which in turn is adapted from a lost post on gfan.com.
It also turns out that googling sm partition would give a lot of information most dated back to android 6.
I've been looking around as well, but was able to find only people reporting failures in enabling odoptable storage on Sony devices. However, one difference between your phone and mine is fw version: mine has 47.2.A.11.228 (no brand) - don't know if this can make any real difference.
By the way, I'm wondering whether it could be possibile to install a rarely-used app in the internal memory, then "park" the app in the SD card's external memory by moving its files, then eventually move it back to internal memory only in the case you need opening that app. If it works, it could be a trick for keeping all the apps you want "freezed" in the phone, by taking the usually unused apps in the external memory, then moving one of them in the internal memory only in the rare circumstance you need using it. Then moving it back to the external memory if you think you won't use it any more for a long period. Obviously one could simply uninstall and reinstall those rarely-used apps on occurrence, but that would take more time, consume data traffic and lose the app existing data, so I think that >IF< this kind of trick could be feasible, I'd go for it.
indago said:
I've been looking around as well, but was able to find only people reporting failures in enabling odoptable storage on Sony devices. However, one difference between your phone and mine is fw version: mine has 47.2.A.11.228 (no brand) - don't know if this can make any real difference.
By the way, I'm wondering whether it could be possibile to install a rarely-used app in the internal memory, then "park" the app in the SD card's external memory by moving its files, then eventually move it back to internal memory only in the case you need opening that app. If it works, it could be a trick for keeping all the apps you want "freezed" in the phone, by taking the usually unused apps in the external memory, then moving one of them in the internal memory only in the rare circumstance you need using it. Then moving it back to the external memory if you think you won't use it any more for a long period. Obviously one could simply uninstall and reinstall those rarely-used apps on occurrence, but that would take more time, consume data traffic and lose the app existing data, so I think that >IF< this kind of trick could be feasible, I'd go for it.
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Striking news in the new year-- my sd doesn't work now. Yesterday I checked everything worked, but now no apps installed on my sd card open. using sm list-volumes shows both internal and portable partitions on the SD are mounted, but the apps still refuse to open.
The card looks like it's corrupted, now the two partitions can't even be recognized with my card reader, I guess I'm screwed.
at my asus max m2 .... working, camera, i can move app to sd card and they still works
butttt the only thing is at settings/storage/ information; it shows numbers that dont are correct and a option "to forget sd card " ?!?!?
well i don't know.....