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MyTouch 3G 1.2 Root (3.5mm)

I have spent the past 2 days trying to root my phone following the steps in the "theunlockr" guide for the MyTouch 3G 1.2.
I have had zero luck moving past the 2nd step. I keep getting the "Wrong model ID" error, and after refollowing the steps to create the goldcard numerous (10 at least, on 3 different computers, 2 running Windows 7, 1 XP, and also with 3 sepperate memory cards), I have gotten nowhere. If anybody has anything to add that I might be missing, I would be very thankful.

The unlocke guide bricked my device his sappimg is apparently outdated , I would recommend using the one on here. Also the goldcard that worked for me was a 2gb PNY. I got it at best buy.
Are you making sure to copy the number right? And have you watched his video? The video helps alot.

i watched the video, and made sure numerous times that the number was correct. i did read somewhere that the sappimg he was using was incorrect, but while trying to find the correct one, every link i found lead right back to the same one that he had posted.

also, where would i find the MyTouch 3G 1.2 sappimg file that you are talking about?

Here is the sappimg. You need, and remember if something does brick I'm not responsible, I'm just provided links hahaha.
Wait nevermind it says since I'm a new user I can't post links yet. Have somewhere I can send it to? Email?
Also don't download the recovery he has on his site (unlockr). Amon ra has posted a NEW version which is 1.7
yet the guide on this site says to use version '1.5.2G sapphire' just google search it. And remember make sure to download the one for 32a and that it says 'G' or else your screwed. And you can get the stock rom from this site too. Il see if I can find the link

Also Sorry for late replies. Typing on an iPod

Just sent it to you by email.
The one used to create your account on here.
Subject: "sappimg file download "

found that just a little before you sent it, and it also did not work. I'm going to look at work tomorrow and see if I can find a 2Gb Kingston card, since that seems to be the one that everyone has the best luck with (all 3 of the ones i tried are sandisk)

twiztidmn said:
found that just a little before you sent it, and it also did not work. I'm going to look at work tomorrow and see if I can find a 2Gb Kingston card, since that seems to be the one that everyone has the best luck with (all 3 of the ones i tried are sandisk)
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I think there lies the problem. I tried 2 different Sandisk cards and they didn't work, I switched to a 2GB Transcend card and it worked. Good look with rooting.

best buy used to carry kingstons, they dont anymore.
and when i tried a sandisk...same thing,,...didnt work.
what worked for me was a 2gig PNY from best buy.
BUT i did see a 2gig kingston at the tmobile store.

Walmart.com has 2GB Kingston for 7.88 (or 8.88, can't remember, plus I get 10% off for working there), but we do not carry them in my store. bought a PNY 2GB and going to try that first, hopefully it works.

well, the PNY 2GB card did not work, so now I get to attempt to find a Kingston 2GB card...

Sorry about the news. its weird certain cards work for some and not for others.
and yeah i remember checking walmart for a kingston. you have them online?
also when the guide says to copy 00000000-00000170.
you do copy the whole 00000170 line? and not just a small part of it?
just asking because i made that ^mistake^ when i first tried
AND-- when i thought my gold card wasnt working because it said "no sappimg.zip-not found, cannot load"
i decided to let it site after it finished THEN something else popped up saying "would you like to update?"
i guees it found it after it failed to.

and a Kingston card is a no go... I couldn't possibly follow the steps any closer. my device is recognized in cmd... i copy the code down, use the reverser, then use that code to get my goldcard sent to my e-mail. only possible thing that i can think of is that when I get the goldcard e-mail, it says "Here is your G1 goldcard". now, I do not have a G1, however, there are other people who have used the same website/method (learned by reading the comments) with their mytouch 1.2, and they didn't have any issues rooting their phones. Honestly, does anybody have any idea what I am doing wrong? as far as I can tell everything is working, but i keep getting the stupid "Model ID Incorrect!" error.

Branden10 said:
Sorry about the news. its weird certain cards work for some and not for others.
and yeah i remember checking walmart for a kingston. you have them online?
also when the guide says to copy 00000000-00000170.
you do copy the whole 00000170 line? and not just a small part of it?
just asking because i made that ^mistake^ when i first tried
AND-- when i thought my gold card wasnt working because it said "no sappimg.zip-not found, cannot load"
i decided to let it site after it finished THEN something else popped up saying "would you like to update?"
i guees it found it after it failed to.
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i was copying the whole 00000170 line, including the little section on the far right with the ".........."

im out of clue. except im guessing it also replaced the first two numbers zeros? or it didnt and you replaced them yourself?

Wait okay try this. might work! i hope it does. this helped me. last ditch effort.
okay Recreate the goldcard and put it into the phone when finished, plug phone into USB, make sure USB debugging is ON. next at the top where your notifications show up . pull it down the notification screen., now click on the thing saying your connected through USB, Should prompt you to "mount" your sd card. click "mount".
your device will now be recognized as a removabkle disk. find which removable disk it is, (for me it was disk G) now click on the removable disk (which is really your sd card) and copy/paste the sappimg. onto the Remov. disk. DO NOT place in any folders.

the first 2 digits were automatically replaced for me when it reversed.

ok, so im not really sure why exactly, but i guess waiting a few days allowed the sappimg to work, even when using the damn 512MB Sandisk card I had sitting around. i ran it through the process of running the sappimg update, and have stopped right there for now. not really sure where to go from there.
I'm looking to be able to run 2.1 on my phone, and the ROM I'm thinking to go with is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=673394. Now, me being a complete noob and not knowing all the lingo and whatnot, I am assuming that the ROM is basically, in the end, the version of Android, and the features that it has that I choose to run (correct me if im wrong). Now, since I am looking to be able to run Android 2.1, CyanogenMod 5.0.7-Stable Eclair 2.1 is the route I want to go (and constant updates are nice). According to the description, it is made for the 3.22 series radio. on my fastboot screen, my radio version is 3.22.20.17. Is it still necessary to flash the radio since it already says its a 3.22 series? My guess is yes, and that I have to make sure it is a 3.22 radio, otherwise the rom will not work, but I want to be 100% sure. not trying to brick my phone, don't think I can handle firing up the old 2008 Sidekick again.
P.S.
at this point, do I still need to use the 512MB Sandisk (Gold Card), or do I still need to use it until the radio/SPL are flashed and the new recovery is in place? How about when I install the ROM? does the ROM load off of the memory card when you start your phone (therefore needing to be on the memory card I choose to use as my normal, everyday use memory card), or does it save it into the system until you follow the steps to change the ROM you are running (if you choose to)

SUCCESS!!
I guess what I was doing wrong was it was not a Friday? not really sure to be honest. I gave up on following the process that I was using for the gold card and instead found a post in one of the comments for a ROM about a program that does basically everything for you, without having to open multiple webpages and stuff (GoldCardTool.cab). pretty straight forward (just read the readme in the .zip file).
I then was able to flash my radio, hboot, and recovery. loaded up the Amon_RA recovery tool, loaded in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=673503 ([ROM][MT3G 1.2/LE Fender] CR_Slide2G1_v1 [come get your daily driver]. After approx 10-15 mins of loading, I am now back at my home screen.
Now the fun begins... reinstalling/setting up some of the key apps i was using!

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.
-D

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.
-D
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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!

Anyone else running out of memory T-Mobile?

I'm running the stock OS on my sidekick and am running out of memory on the internal SD card. It can't run the updates. I have only a handful of apps downloaded. T-mobile won't let me delete a whole host of stupid apps I never use. I went through and moved everything to the external SD card that would move (very few apps are willing to move, grrrrr). I even deleted the updates to all the stupid apps that can't be moved on the assumption that they always get larger over time (is this a correct assumption?) and turned off the auto en masse updating.
Anyway, I'm out of ideas. I guess this is a rant because I don't have much hope. It annoys me no end that the idea of android and having control of the device gets destroyed by the carriers.
Still loving the keyboard. I'd marry it if it was legal to.
[I just want a phone that does a few things reliably and I don't want to spend the hours I did with my last android rooting and re-rooting it, I added it up and it was 16 hours, at least, at 125 an hour for my personal time it was the single most expensive thing I've ever owned.]

Rooting this phone will fix your problem and will take a novice 20min and a pro 3-5min, choice is yours though
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As demkantor said, rooting the SK4G is not very tough even for newcomers. Pretty straightforward and once you finish the process you can use those shiny new root permissions to delete things like the app-pack, qik-vidchat, and all that other bologna. Check the dev section and it's all there.

I agree, just root and install a lightweight ROM. It's not that difficult or time-consuming. Then you can tailor the phone to your liking. Or you can try Googling "android remove bloatware without root." Quite a few how-tos will come up, although I can't vouch for any of them.

Easy remove
rareasasparagus said:
I'm running the stock OS on my sidekick and am running out of memory on the internal SD card. It can't run the updates. I have only a handful of apps downloaded. T-mobile won't let me delete a whole host of stupid apps I never use. I went through and moved everything to the external SD card that would move (very few apps are willing to move, grrrrr). I even deleted the updates to all the stupid apps that can't be moved on the assumption that they always get larger over time (is this a correct assumption?) and turned off the auto en masse updating.
Anyway, I'm out of ideas. I guess this is a rant because I don't have much hope. It annoys me no end that the idea of android and having control of the device gets destroyed by the carriers.
Still loving the keyboard. I'd marry it if it was legal to.
[I just want a phone that does a few things reliably and I don't want to spend the hours I did with my last android rooting and re-rooting it, I added it up and it was 16 hours, at least, at 125 an hour for my personal time it was the single most expensive thing I've ever owned.]
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For the easy then, SuperOneClick works for root. it's super and one click for the sk4g. "Titanium backup" can then delete everything that has a neon pink icon (TMO bundled crap, there is lots) Most of the "neon pink" is safe to remove, please someone correct me if something doesn't fit the large generalization.
Should be less than an hour.

For your problem root the phone then update superuser an download /system/app an you can delte the useless apps from tmobile or stuff you don't use
Or you can install a rom which would fix a lot of problems
P.s. also after root download clean master an run it every few days go through an delete the bs stuff you don't use folders that were not deleted
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[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,
You have already made a post here on same topic. please do not make multiple posts/threads of same topic. wait for the experts to answer question.
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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]
Info About Phone:
T-Mobile
Samsung On5
Android 6.0
Marshmallow
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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]
Info About Phone:
Samsung On5
IMEI Information - removed
IMEISV - removed
Serial # - removed
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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.