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[Q] Unified storage

I bought the phone with high expectations but was horribly let down, when I found out you can only use three gigabytes of internal storage to install apps onto. I was wondering if there was a way to reparation the internal drive to utilize the full thirty two gigabytes? I have the latest TWRP and CM11 installed on the device right now.
Thanks.

JakeFrodsham said:
I bought the phone with high expectations but was horribly let down, when I found out you can only use three gigabytes of internal storage to install apps onto. I was wondering if there was a way to reparation the internal drive to utilize the full thirty two gigabytes? I have the latest TWRP and CM11 installed on the device right now.
Thanks.
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There is, but it is very tedious and If you're not careful, it can ruin your phone.
Here: http://www.oppoforums.com/threads/tutorial-unified-storage-layout-for-oppo-find-7a.17952/unread

JakeFrodsham said:
I bought the phone with high expectations but was horribly let down, when I found out you can only use three gigabytes of internal storage to install apps onto. I was wondering if there was a way to reparation the internal drive to utilize the full thirty two gigabytes? I have the latest TWRP and CM11 installed on the device right now.
Thanks.
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this 3gb limit is only on oppo find 7 or also on find 7a?

pavapizza said:
this 3gb limit is only on oppo find 7 or also on find 7a?
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it is on all oppo devices..don't ask why only oppo knows..here is a link to the unified storage method which has been updated by @coldbird
into flashable zips it works better with a ex sdcard as you can get a 128GB card and whammo you are laughing,he also has custom roms and nightlies regularly updated on the thread but the rom he has worked on mainly is namelessrom
http://www.oppoforums.com/threads/tutorial-unified-storage-layout-for-oppo-find-7a.17952/

azeem40 said:
There is, but it is very tedious and If you're not careful, it can ruin your phone.
Here: http://www.oppoforums.com/threads/tutorial-unified-storage-layout-for-oppo-find-7a.17952/unread
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Unless I did something wrong, this method didn't work for me.
The instructions seemed simple enough, just boot into fastboot mode, run the attached .bat file and wait.
After running the .bat, the phone wiped all app data, like running a factory reset, but upon rebooting, Settings> Storage will show the internal storage as a solid 29gb of unified storage space.
I happily used it thinking I had the full internal storage capacity for nearly three days until I started getting storage warnings.
My phone was saying I had used 2.96gb of my available 29gb internal storage and it was STILL behaving like it had the 3gb storage cap.
I couldn't install any more apps and any file I attempted to download from the browser failed.
I had made a backup before testing this, so I just ran the .bat again, un-unified the internal storage, and restored the backup.
My phone is back to normal, but the 3gb storage cap is still there.
If anyone could point out what I did wrong, I would be more than appreciative.
Edit: re-reading the instructions, I think I know what went wrong. nevermind this.

You need a unify compatible ROM to work this setup.
You probably kept using ColorOS or something.

LG G4 Format SD Card as Internal Storage

Hey guys, just a quick question.... any one of you guys are able to format your SD card as the internal Storage. My G4 is running Marshmallow H81520c but I just can't seem to find the option. Any help guys?

The feature seems to be disabled by LG.
I used the following guide @Reddit to enable it via adb:
/r/lgg4/comments/3z1bfi/enable_adoptable_storage_on_your_lg_g4_stock_no/

jayphizzle said:
The feature seems to be disabled by LG.
I used the following guide @Reddit to enable it via adb:
/r/lgg4/comments/3z1bfi/enable_adoptable_storage_on_your_lg_g4_stock_no/
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Thanks a lot!?

Do we know for sure that it was disabled by LG? Very frustrating if that's the case. It's one of the better changes in Marshmallow. I cannot use adb to make any changes as I'm using a chromebook.

Enabling adoptable storage
jayphizzle said:
The feature seems to be disabled by LG.
I used the following guide @Reddit to enable it via adb:
/r/lgg4/comments/3z1bfi/enable_adoptable_storage_on_your_lg_g4_stock_no/
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Hi. Thanks for that link. I'm keen on the S7, but with only 32GB of storage, I may have to try something like the above to have more app memory available. However, I've never done this sort of thing before. Is there a video or something that could step me though how to do this sort of thing? Maybe another article for complete beginners? I think a lot of people could be interested in doing this if Samsung doesn't make the 64GB version readily available.

Yes, please
davidatscpc said:
Hi. Thanks for that link. I'm keen on the S7, but with only 32GB of storage, I may have to try something like the above to have more app memory available. However, I've never done this sort of thing before. Is there a video or something that could step me though how to do this sort of thing? Maybe another article for complete beginners? I think a lot of people could be interested in doing this if Samsung doesn't make the 64GB version readily available.
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Can someone please provide a walkthrough for beginners? Just bought the LG G4 for my wife who burns through storage like there's no tomorrow. I've downloaded Android Studio and don't even know how to make it function in order to follow the guide on Reddit. Please help.
Thank you.

Adoptable storage is a bad idea for a flagship, its more for low end devices.
- once you make the sd card adoptable, you no longer have an sd card. Its encrypted and becomes a part of the system. if you remove it at any time the system won't like it.
If the card goes bad, you have to factory reset unless there is an easier fix. If your device goes bad then you can't just remove the sd card and stick it in somewhere else. So you better be using the cloud on a regular basis.
write speeds on the fastest cards are half as fast as internal and a sixth as fast for read. so there will be a mixed experience when reading/writing to one medium over another.
A compromise may be to partition the sd card so a portion of it is adoptable and the remainder works just as a normal sd card.

Yes I know it's not ideal from a performance perspective, but like I said, my wife downloads apps like there's no tomorrow, most of which cannot be transferred to the SD card. Because her Huawei Ascend Mate 7 is constantly running out of storage space, I just bought the LG G4 because I read that adoptable storage could be enabled through Android Studio, I just don't know how to do so.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Help with Custom Rom for LG G4 Beat (H735)

Hi Everybody,
My LG G4 BEAT is now a little bit slow.... i have already did what i can do on the current Rom (cleaning, removing apps, clearing cache) - and nothing seems to improve to situation.
i have on it 32 GB micro SDcard, and i save on it everything that can be saved instead on the memory phone, but it is not enough, i have always the same message "not enough space...." when i try to download new Apps or when i'm trying to make Updates.
i figured maybe i'll install a new Rom, and the most important thing is that it will make the phone work faster.
can you recommend me on suitable ROM ? is the first time that i try to do that, so i need some good explanations.
thanks! =)

no bootloader unlock = no recovery = no custom rom

In my experience, custom roms are nearly always faster than stock. And they don't slow down as much as the stock rom. Perosnally I like vanilla android roms with a few tweaks. I find they are the most stable and least prone to slowdown over time. I've used Cyanogenmod in the past and loved it, but there isn't a stable release for the G4. I recommend looking into AOSP-based roms in the Android Development section of this forum. Or you could just do a factory reset, which will make your phone faster. It will still slow down over time, however.
I don't think installing a custom rom will really help your problem with not having enough space. However, installing a rom clears your data partition (this means all apps and the saved data with those apps will be removed. Your personal data like pictures and music will be left untouched.) And that means you'll have plenty of free space!
Have you thought about mounting your SD card as an internal partition instead of a media SD card? This allows the system to use the sd card as if it were an internal sd card, meaning you can install apps to it and stuff. But you will only be able to use your SD card for that phone.

OmnipotentPilot said:
Have you thought about mounting your SD card as an internal partition instead of a media SD card? This allows the system to use the sd card as if it were an internal sd card, meaning you can install apps to it and stuff. But you will only be able to use your SD card for that phone.
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this options is disabled by LG in there firmwares

skdubg said:
this options is disabled by LG in there firmwares
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No it isn't, it's just hidden.
You can partition your SD Card through ADB.
On reddit (Enable adoptable storage on your LG G4 (stock, no root needed)) there is a nice tutorial for the LG G4, but it works exactly the same way for the G4s.
But read the comments, there you get usefull hints, like only use a part of the external SD as adoptable storage.
Since I use this I have more than enough space with my G4s and it's even faster, if your SD Card is fast enough.
If you need any further details don't hesitate to contact me.

if i install twrp no-troot h735 then flash magisk to phone it will be rooted?

Custom Rom ? (LG G4 Beat)

Nope, as long as I saw....and it won't be

Problems with Storage.

Hi, my name is Julian, I am a newbie and I've got two big problems with the Galaxy J5(I think 2016) with 8GB internal and a 32GB SD Card, Stock Gapps and Lineage Os:
Internal Storage Issue
The Phone constantly says “Not enough Storage”, although there are NO extra Apps installed, except Whatsapp, and he has no personal Data(Images, movies, etc....)
BUT when I look in the Storage option in the Settings, the Calculation is not correct. It says : 3Gb for Android, 1,5GB for Apps and maybe 0,5Gb for Data, but the rest is not showing up.
SD Card to Internal Issue
So because of the 1. Issue, we decided to format the SD Card as an internal Storage. We searched up where this Option is to find and then we tried it. During the process it told us that we would free up about 2Gb of the Internal when moving stuff to the new formatted SD, so we did it, but after all There is no Extra Storage, and we are still not able to install apps from Google Play to the SD Card.(And it also says that 16GB of the SD Card are for the Android System, even if there are only 2 small Files or so).
I would be really thankful if you could try to fix our problems, because we can't go back to Stock because the Backup was broken and the copy from the PC doesn't even show up in TWRP(nor with the Backup function, neither with the File explorer function).

helloplayer1 said:
Hi, my name is Julian, I am a newbie and I've got two big problems with the Galaxy J5(I think 2016) with 8GB internal and a 32GB SD Card, Stock Gapps and LineageOS...
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I don't have this device but, since there's no Official LineageOS released and, your not sure which J5 you have, here's the only Unofficial LineageOS 14.1 that's currently active that's specific to the J5 (2015).
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3588627
Also, the following area of the forum is specific to your device where you should be able to obtain some member guidance somewhere within.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j5
Good Luck!
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helloplayer1 said:
Hi, my name is Julian, I am a newbie and I've got two big problems with the Galaxy J5(I think 2016) with 8GB internal and a 32GB SD Card, Stock Gapps and Lineage Os:
Internal Storage Issue
The Phone constantly says “Not enough Storage”, although there are NO extra Apps installed, except Whatsapp, and he has no personal Data(Images, movies, etc....)
BUT when I look in the Storage option in the Settings, the Calculation is not correct. It says : 3Gb for Android, 1,5GB for Apps and maybe 0,5Gb for Data, but the rest is not showing up.
SD Card to Internal Issue
So because of the 1. Issue, we decided to format the SD Card as an internal Storage. We searched up where this Option is to find and then we tried it. During the process it told us that we would free up about 2Gb of the Internal when moving stuff to the new formatted SD, so we did it, but after all There is no Extra Storage, and we are still not able to install apps from Google Play to the SD Card.(And it also says that 16GB of the SD Card are for the Android System, even if there are only 2 small Files or so).
I would be really thankful if you could try to fix our problems, because we can't go back to Stock because the Backup was broken and the copy from the PC doesn't even show up in TWRP(nor with the Backup function, neither with the File explorer function).
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Storage is a general problem. Not device specific.
It is no good idea to use stock GApps. A minimal gapps is enough. You can install Google apps from play store.
WhatsApp doesn't use adapted storage AFAIK. Especially videos use much memory. Delete them all.

kurtn said:
Storage is a general problem. Not device specific.
It is no good idea to use stock GApps. A minimal gapps is enough. You can install Google apps from play store.
WhatsApp doesn't use adapted storage AFAIK. Especially videos use much memory. Delete them all.
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Actually the Data is not using up the Space.

Ibuprophen said:
I don't have this device but, since there's no Official LineageOS released and, your not sure which J5 you have, here's the only Unofficial LineageOS 14.1 that's currently active that's specific to the J5 (2015).
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3588627
Also, the following area of the forum is specific to your device where you should be able to obtain some member guidance somewhere within.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j5
Good Luck!
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First, I want to thank you for replying, but I don't fell like this Problem is caused on this Phone only. Any other Ideas how I can fix this?

helloplayer1 said:
Hi, my name is Julian, I am a newbie and I've got two big problems with the Galaxy J5(I think 2016) with 8GB internal and a 32GB SD Card, Stock Gapps and Lineage Os:
Internal Storage Issue
The Phone constantly says “Not enough Storage”, although there are NO extra Apps installed, except Whatsapp, and he has no personal Data(Images, movies, etc....)
BUT when I look in the Storage option in the Settings, the Calculation is not correct. It says : 3Gb for Android, 1,5GB for Apps and maybe 0,5Gb for Data, but the rest is not showing up.
SD Card to Internal Issue
So because of the 1. Issue, we decided to format the SD Card as an internal Storage. We searched up where this Option is to find and then we tried it. During the process it told us that we would free up about 2Gb of the Internal when moving stuff to the new formatted SD, so we did it, but after all There is no Extra Storage, and we are still not able to install apps from Google Play to the SD Card.(And it also says that 16GB of the SD Card are for the Android System, even if there are only 2 small Files or so).
I would be really thankful if you could try to fix our problems, because we can't go back to Stock because the Backup was broken and the copy from the PC doesn't even show up in TWRP(nor with the Backup function, neither with the File explorer function).
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Your device is not supported by lineage os team.I would recommend you to use the stock rom.

aravind300bc said:
Your device is not supported by lineage os team.I would recommend you to use the stock rom.
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I woulf like to do that, but when I want to restore to my Backup of the Stock Os the Backup doesn't show up. (I moved it from the PC to the phone)

helloplayer1 said:
I woulf like to do that, but when I want to restore to my Backup of the Stock Os the Backup doesn't show up. (I moved it from the PC to the phone)
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I need more information about your device like model and version

SM-T800, fed up with out of space errors

I'm continually getting out of space errors with my SM-T800, unable to update apps etc. Its rooted, running nougat OFW, with a 64gb sdxc class 1 card. But I can't get it to link apps to card, either through the official android method or 3rd party such as app2sd. I still love it for its screen resolution, never mind its good looks, and can't think of anything else on the market I would consider replacing it with. So can anyone point me in the direction of either a decent looking custom rom with integrated app linking, or an easy to follow guide to app linking which actually works?

What about using adoptable storage? I assume that more or less all custom roms support that.

runekock said:
What about using adoptable storage? I assume that more or less all custom roms support that.
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Yeah Lineage OS 14.1 has an option to format / setup the microSD card for internal storage use or use as portable storage for music, photos etc.