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Reformatting the SD card

Ok, so i did search before i posted this and i even looked through all 5 of the similar threads that popped up when i wrote the title for this one but none of them answers my question so i'm posting...
Background:
I'm pretty new to Android, got a Dell Streak back in Oct '10, and loved it. Rooted, put DJ_Steve's StreakDroid on yada yada... Broke my streaks screen and got an Inspire from my Best Buy warranty.
Now, to root this Inspire it seems its a LOT more involved... Making a gold card etc.
My question:
When you reformat the SD card, what happens to all the folders that are on it? Do they get recreated or are they gone for good? Are they even that important? I noticed some Adobe, Yahoo folders, which i assume can be re-created easily once the apps are reinstalled/opened back up but others on there like dcim, Android, Data, etc etc that look to be more important. Do i need to do anything special or just hit reformat? I'm looking at making my included SD card the gold card and taking my Streaks old 16GB card and using it for day-to-day use. So i guess i'm just looking for any "gotchas".
Thanks in advance to anyone who offers their help.
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MN_Evolution said:
Ok, so i did search before i posted this and i even looked through all 5 of the similar threads that popped up when i wrote the title for this one but none of them answers my question so i'm posting...
Background:
I'm pretty new to Android, got a Dell Streak back in Oct '10, and loved it. Rooted, put DJ_Steve's StreakDroid on yada yada... Broke my streaks screen and got an Inspire from my Best Buy warranty.
Now, to root this Inspire it seems its a LOT more involved... Making a gold card etc.
My question:
When you reformat the SD card, what happens to all the folders that are on it? Do they get recreated or are they gone for good? Are they even that important? I noticed some Adobe, Yahoo folders, which i assume can be re-created easily once the apps are reinstalled/opened back up but others on there like dcim, Android, Data, etc etc that look to be more important. Do i need to do anything special or just hit reformat? I'm looking at making my included SD card the gold card and taking my Streaks old 16GB card and using it for day-to-day use. So i guess i'm just looking for any "gotchas".
Thanks in advance to anyone who offers their help.
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If any important data is in those folders, you should save them on your computer. For example, pictures in DCIM folder, music, videos.... or documents that you created..
While creating the gold card, the sd card will be formatted and you will lose all data.
After the phone is rooted, you can then format the card using the phone's "Format SD card" tool, and then use the card as normal.
All those folders will be recreated once those apps are installed.
Edit: Also, if you look in the Dev's section, there are tools that will help you with the whole process of rooting your phone.

Thanks Kirk! Yeah i've been reading up on the SuperOne Click and the Hacker Kit. Just trying to read and reread the stuff so i know what to expect. I'd like to watch the tutorial video for Super One Click but i'm at work and Youtube is blocked so i'll watch it at home tonight.
Just looking to see what one is easier and would give me the best chance of not royally screwing up my phone. I kinda get the gold card thing and what it does but seems so silly at the same time that i have to use an SD card and then put it away to use it for later if i decide i wanna go back to stock...
I guess the ease of hacking the Streak kinda spoiled me. Especially for my first Android phone

MN_Evolution said:
Thanks Kirk! Yeah i've been reading up on the SuperOne Click and the Hacker Kit. Just trying to read and reread the stuff so i know what to expect. I'd like to watch the tutorial video for Super One Click but i'm at work and Youtube is blocked so i'll watch it at home tonight.
Just looking to see what one is easier and would give me the best chance of not royally screwing up my phone. I kinda get the gold card thing and what it does but seems so silly at the same time that i have to use an SD card and then put it away to use it for later if i decide i wanna go back to stock...
I guess the ease of hacking the Streak kinda spoiled me. Especially for my first Android phone
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Use a proxy site to be able to watch the video at your work place. Something like this --> http://www.proxeasy.com/webclient.aspx EDIT: Scratch that... This proxy site doesn't allow flash content unless you subscribe. Sorry. You can try other proxy sites
The inspire is my second android phone. I had the captivate and it was very easy to root. Prior to the captivate, I had the eyephone. So glad I went with an android phone. Sick and tired of the same UI with iphones.
Although the entire rooting process for the inspire seems overwhelming, it's actually pretty straight forward when you follow the instructions.
I haven't heard anyone "bricking" their inspire yet and if you get stuck in the rooting process, search the forums and you will most likely find your solution.

What route did you decide to use? The Hacker Kit or SuperOneClick?
Yeah i had a Captivate for about a month, it was just a loaner from AT&T until the Streak Come out. Previous to that i had the iPhone 3g as well. Hated playing in Steve's sandbox... and i abhor iTunes. I can't think of a bigger POS software.
I guess the Streak had its moments trying to root. I used the QDL tool which needed to be run through Fastboot with a couple commands. It was getting the damn Dell ABD driver running correctly on the PC which took the longest time.
Anyway, thanks for the info Kirk. I'll see if i can't get this thing cooked up tonight. I really wanna try CoreDroid, and get the battery life on this phone to a respectable level. If its just sitting in standby its ok, but as soon as you use it the percentages just tick away quite quickly.

MN_Evolution said:
What route did you decide to use? The Hacker Kit or SuperOneClick?
Yeah i had a Captivate for about a month, it was just a loaner from AT&T until the Streak Come out. Previous to that i had the iPhone 3g as well. Hated playing in Steve's sandbox... and i abhor iTunes. I can't think of a bigger POS software.
I guess the Streak had its moments trying to root. I used the QDL tool which needed to be run through Fastboot with a couple commands. It was getting the damn Dell ABD driver running correctly on the PC which took the longest time.
Anyway, thanks for the info Kirk. I'll see if i can't get this thing cooked up tonight. I really wanna try CoreDroid, and get the battery life on this phone to a respectable level. If its just sitting in standby its ok, but as soon as you use it the percentages just tick away quite quickly.
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I used the hack kit. Went ok. Had some slight issue when i tried to use a 1GB SD card that apparently is too small for a gold card. So, then I decided to just use the SD card that came with the phone and all went well!
I also have to agree with hating itunes... They keep cramming useless features and just makes the whole user experience a little less interesting.
Im glad that with android devices, you don't need any specific program to sync your stuff to the phone... Just plug in and done!

Music Playback Problem

Greetings everybody! Once again, i need your valuable help in resolving a problem which appeared to my girlfriend's device:
She has bought Sony Xperia L a couple of days ago and she is very satisfied with everything, except from a VERY ANNOYING bug:When she places music files to the internal storage, the phone plays them fine, without any problems. When she places the MP3 files to her external SD though, parts of different songs blend with the one that is already playing.
Let me give you an example:
We have track A, track B and Track C. Instead of the phone playing the whole track and then move to the next one, it will instead play the first few minutes of track A, then switch to the middle of Track C, then switch back to Track A, then switch to Track B and so forth. The strange think is, that the name of Track A is displayed, as if the playback progressed normaly.
I would really appreciate it if you could enlighten us, since both my girlfriend and me are very dissapointed
Thank you in advance

What music player is your girlfriend using?
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allenwalker1998 said:
What music player is your girlfriend using?
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Hello, I'm DarksonDAP's girlfriend, I am using sony walkman and rocket player. They both have the same problem...

DarksonDAP said:
Hello, I'm DarksonDAP's girlfriend, I am using sony walkman and rocket player. They both have the same problem...
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Have you tried killing the app process? If not, please do try. This problem is quite rare.
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allenwalker1998 said:
Have you tried killing the app process? If not, please do try. This problem is quite rare.
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You might wanna be a bit more detailed than that, when you're trying to give a solution to someone new. She may not know how to go about doing that.
Anyways back on topic now. If you're referring to force stopping the process( not sure if that's what you meant) , that can be done by going into, Settings > Apps > Walkman, from here you can force stop the process. You might also wanna clear app data and cache, hope that solves it.
If not I wonder if it's a problem with your girlfriend's SD card

Don't worry that's ok. Even if she doesn't know how to do it, i can do it for her, I am very familiar with android after all . I did all of the above yesterday, we formated the SD AGAIN and we transfered 10 random songs via usb for testing, everything is fine so far. I will keep you updated on future progress

DarksonDAP said:
Don't worry that's ok. Even if she doesn't know how to do it, i can do it for her, I am very familiar with android after all . I did all of the above yesterday, we formated the SD AGAIN and we transfered 10 random songs via usb for testing, everything is fine so far. I will keep you updated on future progress
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Good to hear
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Well, now it's me again, Darkson's girlfriend, yesterday, as said before, all went well. Today, I transferred my images and music from the internal memory of xperia to the sd, two songs ok the rest had the same problem.... my sd was at a nokia c5-03 and it was and is ok, also I used a sd 4giga the same problem.... I am extremely dissapointed...:crying:

DarksonDAP said:
Well, now it's me again, Darkson's girlfriend, yesterday, as said before, all went well. Today, I transferred my images and music from the internal memory of xperia to the sd, two songs ok the rest had the same problem.... my sd was at a nokia c5-03 and it was and is ok, also I used a sd 4giga the same problem.... I am extremely dissapointed...:crying:
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I really don't know why this is happening. Have you tried what I said ? clearing cache/data your boyfriend should know how to do that. Or the problem could be associated with your sd card, try getting a different one hopefully that might solve the problem.

Well I did all of the above for her and the problem is still there, that's the point Should I try factory resetting her handset today?
Could it be that android has developed a bug that will eventually be ironed out? I really am at loss... Even though I have had android for years, it is the first time i come across this kind of problem. If I am not able to do anything, the next stop is the Sony Service Center.
Such a shame, considering that the device is brand new and unmodified. No rooting, no custom roms, absolutely stock.

i think u should try reflashing the firmware dude

DarksonDAP said:
Well I did all of the above for her and the problem is still there, that's the point Should I try factory resetting her handset today?
Could it be that android has developed a bug that will eventually be ironed out? I really am at loss... Even though I have had android for years, it is the first time i come across this kind of problem. If I am not able to do anything, the next stop is the Sony Service Center.
Such a shame, considering that the device is brand new and unmodified. No rooting, no custom roms, absolutely stock.
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Yes go for it, that might actually help.
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Joel16 said:
Yes go for it, that might actually help.
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ok then, i will do it and post you the result tommorow, when i will be done fidling with the phone
jokerpappu said:
i think u should try reflashing the firmware dude
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Good thought, but since that is a whole other story on its own, i prefer to leave it as a last resort. Many thanks for the answer though!
Edit: As we found out, the phone has problem with the images as well. It seems that the phone won't write the image to the SD properly, as blank spaces appear horizontally throughout the whole image . The conclusion i can form is, that the phone has problems writing files to the SD card. Today i am going to find if the issue is software or harware related.

Hello it's Darkson's girlfriend again. Today I and Darkson were sent to a technician, because none of the solutions worked at all... The technician swapped SD's with one of his and put all folders I had in the pc (music,photos), in a folder called DCIM. Everything till now, is going well. Although, Darkson tells me that DCIM is the Camera Images folder, so the rest of the folders must be moved to the root directory of the card. Should I move them outside the DCIM folder and rename them according to the content (Image, Music etc.) or this will make the problem reappear?
PS: The SD that the phone was having problems with works fine with my tablet and other mobile phones

DarksonDAP said:
Hello it's Darkson's girlfriend again. Today I and Darkson were sent to a technician, because none of the solutions worked at all... The technician swapped SD's with one of his and put all folders I had in the pc (music,photos), in a folder called DCIM. Everything till now, is going well. Although, Darkson tells me that DCIM is the Camera Images folder, so the rest of the folders must be moved to the root directory of the card. Should I move them outside the DCIM folder and rename them according to the content (Image, Music etc.) or this will make the problem reappear?
PS: The SD that the phone was having problems with works fine with my tablet and other mobile phones
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You should just move them to the root of the SD card. It should solve the problem. Or you could just backup the contents in the SD card and reformat the SD card. Then move the folders in the DCIM to the root of the SD card.
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I agree with you, but the strange thing is that the phone is working normally since the technician set up the above configuration. Is there any possibility, that moving the folders on the root directory will make the issue resurface?
When I asked the technician why he pasted all the folders into DCIM and not just on the root directory, he replied that he is doing it in order to stress the phone's proccesor and SD reader and therefore test its reading speed and stability. Basically i find this to be nonsense, but i would certainly like to have your opinion about it. (Darkson)
PS: My girlfriend forgot to mention that the repairman returned the phone to us with HIS SD inside, providing it as "a gift" for what we have been through.
PS#2: Formatting the card won't create all of the necessary folders, only Music, Playlist and the two capability files.

DarksonDAP said:
I agree with you, but the strange thing is that the phone is working normally since the technician set up the above configuration. Is there any possibility, that moving the folders on the root directory will make the issue resurface?
When I asked the technician why he pasted all the folders into DCIM and not just on the root directory, he replied that he is doing it in order to stress the phone's proccesor and SD reader and therefore test its reading speed and stability. Basically i find this to be nonsense, but i would certainly like to have your opinion about it. (Darkson)
PS: My girlfriend forgot to mention that the repairman returned the phone to us with HIS SD inside, providing it as "a gift" for what we have been through.
PS#2: Formatting the card won't create all of the necessary folders, only Music, Playlist and the two capability files.
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the technician is right, he is trying to see if there is anything wrong with reading/writing to SD card. DCIM gets read much more then rest of the card. Don't declare guy stupid just becouse you don't get what he is trying to do.

If you using an old firmware, that will be the culprit. I also experience that when I was on 1.36... But upon flashing 2.17 it is gone... Pictures have those crazy color lines on my pictures when it was saved in SD card... The same with the song mixup

Redzo said:
the technician is right, he is trying to see if there is anything wrong with reading/writing to SD card. DCIM gets read much more then rest of the card. Don't declare guy stupid just becouse you don't get what he is trying to do.
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That's why i asked your opinion about it, as you probably know more stuff than me when it comes to this. Learning new things is never bad after all
amnher said:
If you using an old firmware, that will be the culprit. I also experience that when I was on 1.36... But upon flashing 2.17 it is gone... Pictures have those crazy color lines on my pictures when it was saved in SD card... The same with the song mixup
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The firmware was updated to the latest version available, and still the issue occured. I think that the phone is very picky when it comes to SD cards and works only with certain brands and classes

Flashing a fresh firmware will fix your problem.. If not claim for device chanfe its sd bay problem( hardware)
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[Q] File Recovery On Device (No Root/ADB)

So I think I just got burned by the KitKat SD issue...And worst part is I knew about it, just totally spaced on it.
Got a T-Mobile Note 3, it's stock with no root...Mostly because I plan on trading it back in next month and don't want anything like a tripped Knox preventing that.
Anywho, got a new 32GB SD and stuck that in and fired up my file manager (Lidroid File) and went to move all my comics (15GB of CBR/CBZ) to it since it's filling up my main storage. And so I could just remove the card when I swap it out.
But after using the copy/paste functions the dir with all that is just gone...The operation completed in about a second so I knew something was up, and that's when the KitKat thing finally popped into my head.
Now I've done some research...I know about the way you can suck the internal SD over ADB to a VHD and then mount that and scan...But that requires Root, plus the right software. I'm traveling for business so don't really have that second part handled either (Locked down corp laptop only).
So my question is...Are there any reliable/respectable file recovery programs that work with my parameters? I was hoping there was an app that I could find that would just allow me to undelete the folder or something...I haven't done anything to the device since this happened, or at least nothing major (It's on and I've responded to a few emails, etc) so I hope there is still a chance?
Not looking to spend any major money, worst comes to worst I just re-download them all but makes my trip less entertaining Thanx in advance!!!

suitifiable said:
So I think I just got burned by the KitKat SD issue...And worst part is I knew about it, just totally spaced on it.
Got a T-Mobile Note 3, it's stock with no root...Mostly because I plan on trading it back in next month and don't want anything like a tripped Knox preventing that.
Anywho, got a new 32GB SD and stuck that in and fired up my file manager (Lidroid File) and went to move all my comics (15GB of CBR/CBZ) to it since it's filling up my main storage. And so I could just remove the card when I swap it out.
But after using the copy/paste functions the dir with all that is just gone...The operation completed in about a second so I knew something was up, and that's when the KitKat thing finally popped into my head.
Now I've done some research...I know about the way you can suck the internal SD over ADB to a VHD and then mount that and scan...But that requires Root, plus the right software. I'm traveling for business so don't really have that second part handled either (Locked down corp laptop only).
So my question is...Are there any reliable/respectable file recovery programs that work with my parameters? I was hoping there was an app that I could find that would just allow me to undelete the folder or something...I haven't done anything to the device since this happened, or at least nothing major (It's on and I've responded to a few emails, etc) so I hope there is still a chance?
Not looking to spend any major money, worst comes to worst I just re-download them all but makes my trip less entertaining Thanx in advance!!!
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LS.xD said:
You can flash the stock firmware via Odin.
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Yeah...That has no bearing on my question. But thanx!

suitifiable said:
Yeah...That has no bearing on my question. But thanx!
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Sry for the dumb answer. I suppose you will need root // adb at least.

[Completed] [Q] internal storage unmounted?

Well first of all hi to all, and thanks for taking the time of reviewing this,
I cant seem to find an answer anywhere so literally any information on the subject would be apreciated.
I own a ntt docomo fujitsu arrow s, The phone has been working flawlessly for so long
so much that i just never consider even doing a backup, now im literally facing hell
Well ill try to explain my problem also keep in mind im not really good with android, but i fix pcs so i get some stuff.
Okay ill start, one day my phone was working as ussualy and i went to the gallery as always and i had the external storage not available message,
so then i went to storage and it reflected that my internal storage was 0.0g.
So the thing is, apparently my data is still there, my apps are there, my wallpaper didnt switched, just like my ringtones, also if i go to
clean master and in settings-apps my apps and the storage i had before the incident was exact, as in i had 18g of used memory and it still reflects me that,
but certain apps like file explorer dont show anything , i literally dont have anything in my storage, idk what to think of this.
Also ill post some extra information because if anyone have any info i guess you will need more info from my side.
If i connect the phone to usb storage , it reflects me my internal storage is at 0.0g and nothing is inside.
Ive never rooted and never even tried.
I didnt install anything lately that may cause a hardware change.
The phone didnt fall, didnt got wet.
i think the sd card was in the internal storage, as an emulation, i thik idk much about that. (but i never used one, just the internal storage)
If i try to mount an sd it just doesnt happens the only thing i can do sd wise is erase all data in the sd
So basically now idk what to do, i wish i could keep my stuff, idk its still there, i guess the term for this is my storage unmounted, so using adb to mount it back would work?
idk i also did the putting it in tmp and disconecting it and nothing im literally going insane and have slept like 2 hours per day, so thanks for taking your time to atleast review my problem
also sorry for the bad formatting, english isnt my native language.

Hi,
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Transfer To SD From Device

My fiance had to get a warranty exchange on her Sony Xperia Purple. The phone they gave her was a Samsung On5. Get old phone had 16 gb and her On5 only has 8 gb. I was trying to transfer her apps to her ST card so it would give her some more space so she can download her apps she had on get old phone. She uses the phone a lot to write, look things up and so on. She has terminal breast cancer and is bed most of the time so that's pretty much all she has to do that's not watching tv. Anyways I fought with T-Mobile for a month asking why they wanted to give her a phone with less space and that's not of equal value and shape. They said it's because after the past few years the phone lost its value and the On5 is what is around the same price now since they don't make get phone anymore. I think it's crap because she should have at least had the same 16 gb. Anyways, she doesn't so now I'm trying to figure out why it won't let me transfer the app to the sd card. So when I go into the application its highlighted and I'm able to click transfer to SD card. When I hit transfer it goes to around 80-90% then says unable to to transfer because there's not enough space. Which I just put a 32 gb SD card in there and formatted the card. It doesn't have not thing on the card. I'm able to transfer pictures on the card and music just. But I went ahead and erased those so I could have enough space. The apps that are aloud to be transferred ate highlighted and give you the option. Three other apps that you can't transfer don't even have an option for you to move to SD card. Can some one please let me know what I need and can do so I can free some space up for her and she can enjoy the phone. I can't just let go buy a different phone. Even though I wish I could. Thank you so very much!! [emoji16] [emoji20]
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trimmj1 said:
My fiance had to get a warranty exchange on her Sony Xperia Purple. The phone they gave her was a Samsung On5. Get old phone had 16 gb and her On5 only has 8 gb. I was trying to transfer her apps to her ST card so it would give her some more space so she can download her apps she had on get old phone. She uses the phone a lot to write, look things up and so on. She has terminal breast cancer and is bed most of the time so that's pretty much all she has to do that's not watching tv. Anyways I fought with T-Mobile for a month asking why they wanted to give her a phone with less space and that's not of equal value and shape. They said it's because after the past few years the phone lost its value and the On5 is what is around the same price now since they don't make get phone anymore. I think it's crap because she should have at least had the same 16 gb. Anyways, she doesn't so now I'm trying to figure out why it won't let me transfer the app to the sd card. So when I go into the application its highlighted and I'm able to click transfer to SD card. When I hit transfer it goes to around 80-90% then says unable to to transfer because there's not enough space. Which I just put a 32 gb SD card in there and formatted the card. It doesn't have not thing on the card. I'm able to transfer pictures on the card and music just. But I went ahead and erased those so I could have enough space. The apps that are aloud to be transferred ate highlighted and give you the option. Three other apps that you can't transfer don't even have an option for you to move to SD card. Can some one please let me know what I need and can do so I can free some space up for her and she can enjoy the phone. I can't just let go buy a different phone. Even though I wish I could. Thank you so very much!! [emoji16] [emoji20]
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Firstly, I'm sorry about your wife man.
Secondly, You should edit the post and remove your IMEI & Serial Number. Those aren't of any help and posting them here can be a huge security risk for you. Replace it instead with your android version and such.
And, thirdly.....you have T-Mobile's version of the On5, which means its running 6.0. Marshmallow has a feature called "adoptable storage" where you can basically "merge" your external SD card with the internal storage. If Samsung didnt move or mess with it, it should be somewhere in settings>storage. Try that out and let me know if it works.
Keep in mind that it'll format your SD card though. And it'll also become unusable outside your wife's device.

Freewander10 said:
Firstly, I'm sorry about your wife man.
Secondly, You should edit the post and remove your IMEI & Serial Number. Those aren't of any help and posting them here can be a huge security risk for you. Replace it instead with your android version and such.
And, thirdly.....you have T-Mobile's version of the On5, which means its running 6.0. Marshmallow has a feature called "adoptable storage" where you can basically "merge" your external SD card with the internal storage. If Samsung didnt move or mess with it, it should be somewhere in settings>storage. Try that out and let me know if it works.
Keep in mind that it'll format your SD card though. And it'll also become unusable outside your wife's device.
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Thank you Freewander10 for your response. I believe I changed the the info on the original like you recommended. So I went into the settings them storage and it says internal storage 7.66 GB used of 8.00 GB. Then below that it says SD Card 128 KB used of 31.24 GB. I don't see anything that says adoptive storage. I am so sorry for the annoyance of all of this. I'm just trying to get it where she can free up some space. I am terrible at this lol. But I can learn. Anyways, I'm still trying to find somehow to do this. I was trying to post a video and a picture but it said both were too big. So I apologize about that. I just don't understand why it slows that its able to be transferred, I have the space but it still won't because not enough space. Lol please forgive my slowness. I really do appreciate your help. Sorry for any frustration.
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Thank you so much for your reply. This is the 4th time I have tried to reply lol. So it keeps getting shorter and shorter. I believe I took all the info off. Thank you for the heads up. It's still showing in your reply and I'm not sure how to change that. I went to settings then storage. There was no adoptive storage. I'm not sure what to do. Its so stressful. I really do appreciate your help. I hope I have not caused any frustration or even annoyance lol. I am really terrible at knowing the details about phones but I do learn. Thank you for your help again. If you think of anything please let me know. She has no space on the device but has a full empty but formatted SD card. I hope I have not made myself look too ignorant lol. Thank you so much!
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trimmj1 said:
Thank you so much for your reply. This is the 4th time I have tried to reply lol. So it keeps getting shorter and shorter. I believe I took all the info off. Thank you for the heads up. It's still showing in your reply and I'm not sure how to change that. I went to settings then storage. There was no adoptive storage. I'm not sure what to do. Its so stressful. I really do appreciate your help. I hope I have not caused any frustration or even annoyance lol. I am really terrible at knowing the details about phones but I do learn. Thank you for your help again. If you think of anything please let me know. She has no space on the device but has a full empty but formatted SD card. I hope I have not made myself look too ignorant lol. Thank you so much!
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Its no problem at all bro. I'm happy to help.
And thanks for pointing out your info was still in my response :silly:
I've made the necessary edits.
Now, I did a bit of googling and found out that Samsung deliberately disabled the adoptable storage feature on the On5. Why? I have no idea.
But all hope isn't lost. You can still enable it/something similar. But you'll have to get your hands a bit dirty.
Most threads/sites I've been to recommended an app called "root essentials".... And as the name suggests, it requires root. Seeing this is Samsung, I doubt any/most of the one click root apps will be of any use, but I found a thread for your wife's device that outlines another method to get root access. There's also information in there on how to enable adoptable storage (via root essentials). Check it out and let me know I you make any progress. And try not to blow up the device
Here you go:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/root-samsung-galaxy-on5-t3435457

Freewander10 said:
Its no problem at all bro. I'm happy to help.
And thanks for pointing out your info was still in my response :silly:
I've made the necessary edits.
Now, I did a bit of googling and found out that Samsung deliberately disabled the adoptable storage feature on the On5. Why? I have no idea.
But all hope isn't lost. You can still enable it/something similar. But you'll have to get your hands a bit dirty.
Most threads/sites I've been to recommended an app called "root essentials".... And as the name suggests, it requires root. Seeing this is Samsung, I doubt any/most of the one click root apps will be of any use, but I found a thread for your wife's device that outlines another method to get root access. There's also information in there on how to enable adoptable storage (via root essentials). Check it out and let me know I you make any progress. And try not to blow up the device[emoji14]Here you go:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/root-samsung-galaxy-on5-t3435457
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I really appreciate it so very much. Lol I will try my hardest. Thank you!
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trimmj1 said:
I really appreciate it so very much. Lol I will try my hardest. Thank you!
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No problem man
If you run into any difficulties let me know.