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What's the point of my SD Card? (ExtSD)

So, I got a 32gb Class 10 card for my phone assuming that as with my old phone I'd use it for apps as well as some music and things. But with this phone Samsung gave it an "internal" SD Card which gets used for all the things my external card did on my Dinc. And there seems to be no way to change this.
So aside from Videos and Mps3 and some pics, is there really any use for the SD card on this phone?
FYI - not rooted or anything as of yet. I was rooted & running custom roms on my Dinc, but haven't seen much of a need on this phone.

hollywoodfrodo said:
So, I got a 32gb Class 10 card for my phone assuming that as with my old phone I'd use it for apps as well as some music and things. But with this phone Samsung gave it an "internal" SD Card which gets used for all the things my external card did on my Dinc. And there seems to be no way to change this.
So aside from Videos and Mps3 and some pics, is there really any use for the SD card on this phone?
FYI - not rooted or anything as of yet. I was rooted & running custom roms on my Dinc, but haven't seen much of a need on this phone.
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Aside from being able to back up all your stuff and store ALL the media you could want, no..
Supposedly there is a way to force apps onto extsd but I don't know much about it.

Thanks!
Thank you!

hollywoodfrodo said:
So, I got a 32gb Class 10 card for my phone assuming that as with my old phone I'd use it for apps as well as some music and things. But with this phone Samsung gave it an "internal" SD Card which gets used for all the things my external card did on my Dinc. And there seems to be no way to change this.
So aside from Videos and Mps3 and some pics, is there really any use for the SD card on this phone?
FYI - not rooted or anything as of yet. I was rooted & running custom roms on my Dinc, but haven't seen much of a need on this phone.
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I recently upgraded from a "tricked out, custom ROM" Dinc as well. I didn't root the SIII for the first couple weeks, but them little things, like the sdcard vs extsdcard for apps, no google wallet, no titanium backup, etc got the best of me and I rooted. You can certainly ulock the potential of your extsdcard by rooting.

Is there a guide available for forcing apps onto extSD?
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Set Titanium Backup to backup to ext-sd. Make your NANDROIDs save to sd-ext as well. If your phone is ever damaged (fall in water, fall on ground, etc) then at least you still are able to salvage the sdcard with your precious information.

hollywoodfrodo said:
So aside from Videos and Mps3 and some pics, is there really any use for the SD card on this phone?
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32 gigs in the device native, 64 in the slot. 96 gigs of space ( - a bit ) I can't think of any reasons why almost 100 gigs of interactively accessable storage is bad.

What sucks is Instagram won't save to external, I've even contacted them about it and they still haven't done anything about it.
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I put everything on my SD card, (64gb), and really only use internal (16gb) for apps and stuff. So that its always backed up on a removable card

[Q] MicroSD card use locked S3 i535

*let me just start with a big thanks to the XDA community, you guys rock!*
I started my droid journey with the Droid2, the Droid2 Global.....now, just this weekend, I've updated the vaulted Galaxy S3 i535 16gb verision
Now, the situation I'm seeing is that the microSD care is not letting me interact with it as I expect
I'm unable to make folders
Clicking n dragging items to it are failing, getting access denied errors
My question is simple: is the phone 'forcing me' to use the internal memory prior to using the card memory
I prefer to keep all my audio and pics on the card, not really looking to ROM it. Superadmin access is set
I've seen the threads about unlocking it,but have also seen the issues with the current version from Verizon as well
droid v 4.0.4
carrier VZW
baseband version I535VRLG7
thanks in advance for any feedback

You need to format your card to fat32
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I had already did the formatting on it, that's why I'm puzzled about it not working
I've taken my 8gb card from my droid, removed all content but the lost.dir and am using that temporarily.

What size is your card that youre having issues with? And formatting thru the phone doesn't switch it to FAT32 if that's in fact why it's not working for you.

32GB card, and yes I know how the box it won't format. what's puzzled me is that the 8gb card, same maker, coming out of my droid2 works fine.

Have you tried formatting it using the tool that's floating around?

Moving app data to sd card?

Hi,
I would like to know how I can move app data to my SD card.
I understand Samsung have purposely disabled the feature which sucks.
I'm on stock jb at the moment.
Noob instructions would be greatly appreciated

check out my topic i made earlier, the only way to bypass this is to root, i'm still waiting for for a reply to my topic on how to do it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2087934

There is no easy way of doing it you need to have int-d to do it and even then its not an easy solution
Unfortunately its not Samsung but google which has developed the new version in such a way that you cannot move apps one of the reason being their concept that there should be only one memory and hence there is no sd card slots in nexus devices

samir_a said:
There is no easy way of doing it you need to have int-d to do it and even then its not an easy solution
Unfortunately its not Samsung but google which has developed the new version in such a way that you cannot move apps one of the reason being their concept that there should be only one memory and hence there is no sd card slots in nexus devices
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I think I might just return my device then.
11GB is nowhere near enough!
Edit: Definitely returning for a refund.
What's the next best tab to go for?
I only went for the Note 10.1 because there was a great deal on where I saved around £90-£130 ($130-$200)

K1LLER HORNET said:
I think I might just return my device then.
11GB is nowhere near enough!
Edit: Definitely returning for a refund.
What's the next best tab to go for?
I only went for the Note 10.1 because there was a great deal on where I saved around £90-£130 ($130-$200)
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You could get a 32GB model.

ive done it the zedomax way i have 64gb iternal now downside of this is wen transfering movies from pc to tab takes ages

I wish I had got the 32 gig model now but I wasn't expecting this problem, I just have to manage my space a bit more proactively. As I want to use my 64 gig card with exfat (to store films over 4 gig) I have do clockwork backups to my internal SD and then copy them across to get the space back. This is far from ideal but I have got used to it now.
I found that using my SD card as internal SD slowed my device to much for my liking.

I had a 64 gig sd card in mine and I noticed that recovery mode would not see that 64 gig card which was a real pain when trying to use different roms. I put my 32 gig card back in and everything is good

kkretch said:
You could get a 32GB model.
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32gb version not available in the uk, same for the note 2 unfortunately.
OP hope it's not too late, you may want to check out this guide located here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027834
root is required but it's worth it, now the tablet is much useful now.

[Q] Moving apps and data from one device to another

I currently have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1. I plan on changing my iPhone 3gs to an Android phone. Possibly a Moto G or something like that.
I would like to move all my apps and data from the SGT3 to the new device. Is that possible? The SGT3 has TWRP and I back it up before doing anything. Can I take that backup and load it on the new device (data and apps only)? Is this even possible?
Thanks

Brian D said:
I currently have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1. I plan on changing my iPhone 3gs to an Android phone. Possibly a Moto G or something like that.
I would like to move all my apps and data from the SGT3 to the new device. Is that possible? The SGT3 has TWRP and I back it up before doing anything. Can I take that backup and load it on the new device (data and apps only)? Is this even possible?
Thanks
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do a backup on SGT and then insert thatmem card,to that phone or any other ways. and then restore to it

Thanks. The only problem is the phones I am looking at do not have external memory slots. But I was sure there wouldn't be too much of an issue as long as I keep it to the data and apps and nothing else.

Brian D said:
Thanks. The only problem is the phones I am looking at do not have external memory slots. But I was sure there wouldn't be too much of an issue as long as I keep it to the data and apps and nothing else.
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move file from one device to computer,and then from computer to another device

Yeah, that would be the plan. But the issue was not how to get the files on the device, but whether there would be a compatibility issue. I am sure there won't be because even though there are different processors, it is the same OS. Just a different version so there might be some minor issues.
OK, thanks guys.

What is wiping my external SD card ?

For the 2nd time in a week, I've got my SD card entirely reformatted by itself, and lost all my docs, photos, mp3... Not fatal, because I have backups...
But I'm extremely mad at my Android (Samsung Galaxy A6 plus 2018, not rooted), as I can't understand how a SD card can get wiped out by itself and, I think, while on screen off. What app could have done that?
I've read that the card could be hardware faulty , but It worked perfect in my previous Note 4 android for a year, and never gave me trouble.
I also need some advice on recovering docs from the card, as I've lost my most recent photos. Thanks.
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Hi. It was a faultly sdcard: today again, after re-installing my backup, all my files are gone !
Well, I'll have to buy a new one
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