I am using Varun's Cyanogenmod 12 ROM [link]. I have a bug that I believe no one else is having, which is having two internal storage partitions. The first is clearly meant to be the phone storage, as it is only a mere 1.57GB which is taken up completely by Gapps and one or two apps I have downloaded. The SECOND Internal Storage partition has a total space of 4GB and is almost empty except for a few files I moved to it, such as Music and Photos. It strangely has an "Erase SD card" option in the bottom, which is also present in the SD partition.
How do I fix the partitions such that the first is phone memory and the second is Internal and used for apps? I am constantly getting a low storage warning and it is very annoying.
Thanks in advance!
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I have a HTC Touch (Elf) with the 1GB memory card.
When I download or install something, even if I tell it to save to memory card, it still seems to go onto the internal memory. I don't quite understand what's going on, but it is of course limiting what I can do as the internal memory is very small.
When selecting install location as 'Storage Card' its as if the shortcut to that is pointing to some location on internal memory, as checking the memory usage shows my internal memory depleting and my storage card not changing.
Unless I move files by cutting and pasting afterwards.
Cheers in advance.
Jon
OK to narrow the problem down a bit... when I install something and it gives you the option where to install it i.e. on phone or storage card, whether I pick phone OR storage card it always ends up on the phone.
I cannot install programs to storage card! Which is not good as the phone memory is tiny!
Any ideas please?
A really annoying problem, then again, I get what I pay for...I'll keep that in mind next time but for now I am trying to solve this. I cannot update or install apps because I receive an error message that there is not enough storage. Extremely annoying because while my internal storage is low, I have a 16 gb SD in the phone. Under settings -> storage, default storage is the SD card so I don't understand this error. Available space on the SD 13.82 gb, plenty of room.
Searching this problem, I have found that the default storage location only applies to photos and videos? And to actually think this issue, the phone may need to be rooted. What gives?
I can't seem to find this exact problem anywhere, so forgive me if its been posted somewhere already.
I used MoDaCo's method to enable adoptable storage quite some time ago. I partitioned my
SD card into 2 volumes and kept one as an external SD card and one for the adoptable storage.
Initially, when I would plug my phone into my Windows pc, it would recognize both an internal and external card. Now, it does not. I *think* the change may have happened around the same time I upgraded to nougat.
Currently the phone seems to recognize both partitions - in fact the camera defaults to putting new photos on the external partition. When I go to Settings> Device Maintenance > Storage it lists :
53.5GB / 64 GB for the internal and an "SD Card" with 12.6GB / 23.4 GB.
ES File Explorer lists:
Internal Storage - 19/34 GB
External Storage - 12/23 GB
However, when I plug it into my PC, it shows my device, i double click on my device and it shows 2 hard drives, both with the same size. And if you click on either, you access the exact same files - which are internal files.
Anyone have any idea how to fix this? I would really appreciate the help.
Thanks!
I have attached a couple of screenshots from the PC and the phone in case it helps clear up my less than clear explanation. Thanks again.
Since it looks like this is some odd twist of fate that has bitten me in the ass - I have a followup question. If I turn off my phone, remove the flash drive, and put it into a PC machine will everything be ok or will I wind up crying myself to sleep at night? In other words, since there are 2 partitions (the encrypted, adoptable storage one and the normal external sd card one), windows should ignore the encrypted and just see the external SD one right? If I do this, windows isn't going to freak at the encryption and jack something up is it? I would rather not have to reinstall all the apps I have on the card.
Thanks again in advance.
I have an Mi A1 which is part of the Android One program. I recently got the "system storage is running low" warning and looked at my storage. I have 64gb internal storage and 128gb Samsung SD card. The storage screen was showing 128gb of "system" storage on the SD card. I tap it, it says, "system storage contains files for Android 8.1.0" or something like that. Obviously 128gb of system storage is way too high. I restarted my phone and it went down to 65gb on the SD card, which is still ridiculously high. I am also showing 9gb of system storage on the internal drive. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Any idea why, or how to fix it?
I really don't recommend that to anyone, (on every phone available)
it really slows down phone. (this phone has 300/100 read/write)
And if you don't have such sd card don't format it as internal memory,
just as SD card for multi-use.
I tried with 100/40 or something SD card,
and it felt like s...
Yes, I can confirm that! My old Phone had only 16GB of internal memory, so I thought that it would be nice if I format my Class10-SD-Card as internal memory.
But it was a mistake, because it slows down the phone so much...
Also if you have a very fast SD-Card - it will not work and slow down your phone...
I've always been using microSD on my smartphones as an internal memory and have no speed issues.
It is also advisable to move all apps to the internal memory and to use the "external" internal memory only when the internal memory is full.
When the microSD is formatted as internal memory, the transfer rate drops because the microSD is encrypted (AES-128).
However, this is hardly noticeable in practice.
let alone that: The advertised microSD speeds are rarely achieved in practice.
I have more problems with a portable formatted microSD.
There are e.g. Access problems with third-party apps or file managers.