Replace Marshmallow with CM 12.1??? - Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

OK...I hate Marshmallow. I never should have upgraded. The SD management and inability to move apps to the SD card (even with Titanium Backup) is killing me. I'm thinking of going to CM 12.1. So, a few questions:
1) Is there any way to move apps to the SD card with Titanium Backup (or another method) as in versions prior to 6.0?
2) If not, has anyone gone from Marshmallow (Motorola OTA from 5.1) to CM 12.1? Any problems?
Thanks!

You can use ES File Explorer to "backup" (copy the apk files without their data) to your internal SD Card and just flash CM 12.1 or any CM 12.1 based ROM. If you haven't unlocked your bootloader yet, move the backup APKs to your external SD card or else they'll get wiped (internal SD card gets wiped entirely).

ajinkya.nazare said:
You can use ES File Explorer to "backup" (copy the apk files without their data) to your internal SD Card and just flash CM 12.1 or any CM 12.1 based ROM. If you haven't unlocked your bootloader yet, move the backup APKs to your external SD card or else they'll get wiped (internal SD card gets wiped entirely).
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So it would be safe to go from OTA Marshmallow to CM 12.1 (based on 5.01)? I've read horror stories of people trying to go back. I've already been able to make backups using TWRP and TiBu, so that isn't an issue.
Thanks!

Yup, just make sure you clean flash everything. Should work fine. I moved from OTA Marshmallow to Resurrection Remix 5.1.1. Worked just fine

ajinkya.nazare said:
Yup, just make sure you clean flash everything. Should work fine. I moved from OTA Marshmallow to Resurrection Remix 5.1.1. Worked just fine
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Alrighty...I'll give it a shot.

fleapower said:
OK...I hate Marshmallow. I never should have upgraded. The SD management and inability to move apps to the SD card (even with Titanium Backup) is killing me. I'm thinking of going to CM 12.1. So, a few questions:
1) Is there any way to move apps to the SD card with Titanium Backup (or another method) as in versions prior to 6.0?
2) If not, has anyone gone from Marshmallow (Motorola OTA from 5.1) to CM 12.1? Any problems?
Thanks!
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Watch this https://youtu.be/92aS5Nh7cFw

ajinkya.nazare said:
Yup, just make sure you clean flash everything. Should work fine. I moved from OTA Marshmallow to Resurrection Remix 5.1.1. Worked just fine
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Worked perfectly.
ExHamza said:
Watch this https://youtu.be/92aS5Nh7cFw
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Thanks. Looks like it is no longer available from their site.

fleapower said:
Worked perfectly.
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I spoke too soon. CM12 has started showing some issues (will start slowing down significantly and will require a reboot). I've tried uninstalling apps and going bare min for what I need, but doesn't help.
So, does anyone know how to go back to the stock 5.1 after a 6.0 update? I've found the posts about restoring Moto G 2015 to stock, but from what I've read (and experienced), this doesn't work for a downgrade (I get the "Preflash validation failed" error).
Thanks!

What about CM 13 ? At that point, try CM 13, then you'll try to go back to stock 5.1.1.

Nojevah said:
What about CM 13 ? At that point, try CM 13, then you'll try to go back to stock 5.1.1.
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I'd like to try it, but there is no official CM13 build for the Moto G 2015.

Tbh, I planned to use Optimized rom from Lost101, but it does not work yet, so I've tried CM13 (last 05/03 build), and I don't have encountered issues. But I'm not a heavy user so I can't tell for sure. And I don't have SD card to test behavior...

Nojevah said:
Tbh, I planned to use Optimized rom from Lost101, but it does not work yet, so I've tried CM13 (last 05/03 build), and I don't have encountered issues. But I'm not a heavy user so I can't tell for sure. And I don't have SD card to test behavior...
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Where did you get the CM13 build?

xda-developers > Moto G 2015 > Moto G 2015 Original Android Development > Unofficial CM 13 by Alberto97.
My answer is too simple. I guess you meant something else. Maybe you meant "official" ? In case, it is not official, but it will become at some point.

Hmm...I may try the CM13 unofficial build. Worst thing that happens is I go back to stock.

my personal opinion and what I have is
MM stock - rooted - customized with squid kernel - xposed
CM 12.1 I don't like it prefer stock MM

bobby0724 said:
my personal opinion and what I have is
MM stock - rooted - customized with squid kernel - xposed
CM 12.1 I don't like it prefer stock MM
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Given the setup you have, are you able to move apps to the SD card? That is my biggest complaint w/ MM - the inability to move apps to the SD card.

fleapower said:
Given the setup you have, are you able to move apps to the SD card? That is my biggest complaint w/ MM - the inability to move apps to the SD card.
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My phone is 16gb of internal memory right now I have no need to move apps to SD
but
give me 1 day I will make some tests
seems that Link2SD is the solution but requires the SD to have 2 primary partitions
I will test this today at night

fleapower said:
Given the setup you have, are you able to move apps to the SD card? That is my biggest complaint w/ MM - the inability to move apps to the SD card.
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Nop Link2SD is not a good option, is hard to setup and have lot of ads
I will keep searching for other options

bobby0724 said:
Nop Link2SD is not a good option, is hard to setup and have lot of ads
I will keep searching for other options
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Have you tried Apps2SD?

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[Nook HD+] CM10.2/SGT7 SD Install (ROM updated 12/2)

CM10.2 ROM with additional SGT7 Framework and Launcher enhancements for Nook HD+. (Nook HD to follow)
Only SD install at the moment.
Follow similar instructions from CM10.1 SD thread.
Downloads:
SD Card cyanoboot/CWM zip - sdcard-ovation-cm10.2-sdv2.img.zip *** updated (increase system partition to 500M) ***
CM10.2 Rom
cm-10.2-20131201-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip updated
cm-10.2-20131108-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20131028-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20131021-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20131016-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20131006-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20130929-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20130924-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20130918-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20130915-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20130911-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20130903-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20130901-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20130829-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20130828-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20130827-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
- fstrim disabled
cm-10.2-20130827-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip
cm-10.2-20130818-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip​CM10.2 Gapps
gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip​Changelog
CM10.2 Nightlies Changelog​
Notes:
The SD card format generated on first boot will only contain 3 partitions (boot:fat, system:ext4, data:ext4), so it is no longer compatible with the previous CM10.1 SD card. Please use a new card for testing.
The primary SD card storage is now shared (bind/fuse mounted) with the data partition and no longer a separate partition.
Backup/Restore not yet fully working.
Reserved
Reserved again
Thanks for doing this.
Loaded fine on my 8GB test card. I'll finish setup and let you know if I notice any problem. If you decide to set this up for hybrid might you use a different folder name from 10.1 version so we can test both without having to rename?
Nuor60 said:
Thanks for doing this.
Loaded fine on my 8GB test card. I'll finish setup and let you know if I notice any problem. If you decide to set this up for hybrid might you use a different folder name from 10.1 version so we can test both without having to rename?
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thanks for testing. yes that is what i intend to do.
Slightly confused by the directions, can you update over an existing 10.1 ? Not sure if you mean a clean install needs a new card only?
I can't say what is best but as it uses a different gapps I chose not to attempt an overwrite 1. I backed up my apps to internal using titanium - 2. Re- imaged the sd card using Win32DiskImager and the img file linked above. 3. Reinstalled the ovation zip and gapps -4. Did initial card setup - 5. reloaded data to apps from titanium.
vimesxda said:
Slightly confused by the directions, can you update over an existing 10.1 ? Not sure if you mean a clean install needs a new card only?
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Since bokbokan's 10.2 and 10.1 use different partition structures (3 vs. 4 partitions), flashing 10.2 on top of existing 10.1 will not work. So you need to start from scratch: use sdcard-ovation-cm10.2-sdv2.img to create the new 3-partition structure then flash ROM and gapps. To do this you don't need to get a new card, unless you want to keep your current 10.1 card intact to fall back to without messing around with backup/restore of 10.1. If you choose to use the existing card, you can backup your current apps and their settings as @Nuor60 suggested above, or you can simply backup the card's whole image using win32diskimager read/save option.
Sounds good, thanks for the helpful response, I think i'll try using nuor's method if I have the space.Actually titanium requires root so maybe not. Can I transfer my apps over to 10.2 from 10.1 without titanium, surely a straight Copy and paste would cause some kind of error?
vimesxda said:
Sounds good, thanks for the helpful response, I think i'll try using nuor's method if I have the space.Actually titanium requires root so maybe not.
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Custom ROMs like CM come with root enabled.
I have a Nook HD+ with a hybrid install of CM10 (2013-05-12).
Can I do a clean install of this CM 10.2 version on my SD card and run it from there, or will there be a problem due to the CM10 hybrid install data remaining on the EEMC?
So I installed this today by just overwriting the existing image with win32diskimager and so far its running very nicely, smoother than previous version and faster. Thanks a lot for all the hard work on these updates, much appereciated.
Im wondering though was the old version, apps and all the data erased or is it still there somewhere? Mainly ask because I backed up using titanium before install but now when I go to restore there's nothibng to restore. Now the previous version sometimes read my SD card as internal and vice versa so I'm guessing it backed up to my SD card and now its gone? Not a massive deal as play store remembers the apps I had but would be nice to get the data back.
vimesxda said:
So I installed this today by just overwriting the existing image with win32diskimager and so far its running very nicely, smoother than previous version and faster. Thanks a lot for all the hard work on these updates, much appereciated.
Im wondering though was the old version, apps and all the data erased or is it still there somewhere? Mainly ask because I backed up using titanium before install but now when I go to restore there's nothibng to restore. Now the previous version sometimes read my SD card as internal and vice versa so I'm guessing it backed up to my SD card and now its gone? Not a massive deal as play store remembers the apps I had but would be nice to get the data back.
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When you overwrite the image on your sd card you're going to lose everything that was on it. If you made a backup with titanium but didn't specify that you wanted to save it to a folder on your internal memory, then you lost that as well. Next time go to preferences in titanium backup and specify a folder on your internal sd card so that when you redo your sd card next time you'll have your apps.
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kkt12 said:
I have a Nook HD+ with a hybrid install of CM10 (2013-05-12).
Can I do a clean install of this CM 10.2 version on my SD card and run it from there, or will there be a problem due to the CM10 hybrid install data remaining on the EEMC?
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I highly doubt this world work. In fact I tried it several times with another 10.2 Rom and couldn't even get it to flash the zip. I'd wait for a true hybrid version. That's what I'm doing.
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works fine until power off?
Nook HD+, installed fine using San Disk 32gig class 4. Works fine until power off the tablet. After power off, it boots to stock Nook rom, won't boot the sd card until I re-image it. Re-seated the sd card many times. Am I missing something?
@bokbokan:
Does your 10.2 builds have fstrim enabled?
kdavis11_1 said:
Nook HD+, installed fine using San Disk 32gig class 4. Works fine until power off the tablet. After power off, it boots to stock Nook rom, won't boot the sd card until I re-image it. Re-seated the sd card many times. Am I missing something?
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This is my first attempt on HD+, I switched over to 10.1 and can now boot both 10.1 and stock, no problems. This version of 10.2 only boots first time, then fails. Boots straight into stock as if the SD card is no longer bootable.
I tried out the new 10.2 and its performance is so much better than that of the 10.1 builds -- the boot time is shorter and apps' response-times are much snappier.
FWIW the process I used to create the 10.2 card with customized allocation of space amongst partitions is to delete partitions 2-4 on my 10.1 card (which was created using the process described at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42785708&postcount=118), create two new ext4 partitions /system and /data, then boot to CWM recovery and flash the 10.2 ROM and gapps-jb-20130813 zip files.
digixmax said:
@bokbokan:
Does your 10.2 builds have fstrim enabled?
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Not yet.
kdavis11_1 said:
Nook HD+, installed fine using San Disk 32gig class 4. Works fine until power off the tablet. After power off, it boots to stock Nook rom, won't boot the sd card until I re-image it. Re-seated the sd card many times. Am I missing something?
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I've notice on my HD+ the SD card gets written to after booting and somehow it destroys the boot image. I imagine the HD+ mounts the SD card, sets a FAT and that overwrites the boot. But what do I know? I'm guessing here.
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digixmax said:
I tried out the new 10.2 and its performance is so much better than that of the 10.1 builds -- the boot time is shorter and apps' response-times are much snappier.
FWIW the process I used to create the 10.2 card with customized allocation of space amongst partitions is to delete partitions 2-4 on my 10.1 card (which was created using the process described at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42785708&postcount=118), create two new ext4 partitions /system and /data, then boot to CWM recovery and flash the 10.2 ROM and gapps-jb-20130813 zip files.
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Compared to 10.1 my tablet has its tongue wagging in the breeze. It is not near as smooth as simplegreens last build for 10.1. Who'd ever think a X.2 could be so complicated? Obviously there are some major changes in the core. 4.3 Kind of reminds me of Windows, how running 98 was smooth but XP sux because it was based on the need for higher processor performance.
bokbokan said:
digixmax said:
@bokbokan:
Does your 10.2 builds have fstrim enabled?
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Not yet.
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Thanks, I am glad I can safely continue to use your builds on my HD+ (which has the buggy Samsung emmc part listed at http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/EMMC_Bugs).

[Q] KK 4.4 SD Card "Insufficient Permissions"

First off, I'm running a VZW Droid Razr Maxx HD (XT926), CM11 JB/KK 4.4.2 nightly build updates by epinter, rooted with an unlocked bootloader.....
I was trying to save a picture from my browser (Dolphin) to my SD Card and received an "insufficient permissions" notification. I can't even change my default download folder in the browser settings. Gives me the same error. Developer options are enabled. I tried changing the R/W permissions of my SD Card, but that was not successful either.
Question: Anyone know how to fix this? I'm sure it's probably something I'm overlooking and it may have already been addressed on XDA, somewhere, but I can't find it in a search.
Thanks.
richardjrdeal said:
First off, I'm running a VZW Droid Razr Maxx HD (XT926), CM11 JB/KK 4.4 20131203 nightly build by epinter, rooted with an unlocked bootloader.....
I was trying to save a picture from my browser (Dolphin) to my SD Card and received an "insufficient permissions" notification. I can't even change my default download folder in the browser settings. Gives me the same error. Developer options are enabled. I tried changing the R/W permissions of my SD Card, but that was not successful either.
Question: Anyone know how to fix this? I'm sure it's probably something I'm overlooking and it may have already been addressed on XDA, somewhere, but I can't find it in a search.
Thanks.
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update to the latest version
Borderpatrol1987 said:
update to the latest version
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Just to elaborate, it's a good idea to track this thread for CM11 dev
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2518701&page=76
I believe the patch went in around the 6th of Dec and was definitely in by the 9th, so any build from 9th onwards should have SD write fixed.
I take the nightly updates. I'm on the current version. Still won't give me option to save to external SD Card, or set it as default download directory.
Wipe
richardjrdeal said:
I take the nightly updates. I'm on the current version. Still won't give me option to save to external SD Card, or set it as default download directory.
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Have you already try to wipe cache and dalvik? If this not solution your problem, try a full wipe... In my phone everything is working fine... So this problem maybe only with your mobile... MAYBE! Try first wipe cache and Dalvik, if no work, try a full wipe..
Best regards,
Cleiton
Seems that there are still SD write related changes being made, like this one that went into the 16th build.
It might actually be related:
https://github.com/cyanogenmod/andr...mmit/1e383b66424aec86dcd7f503d57f6fded3bf5624
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Yeah, I've tried wipes and fix permission and clean installs, best I can determine it's dolphin. I can change storage settings and write to external sdcard in other 3rd party apps. I've notified them.
XT926 CM11
It's a great ROM and most issues that have come up are fixed in a few builds.. For instance the camera.. And the fact that I can move items to and from my external sdcard with the built in file explorer that had root access makes me think again it's just dolphin. I noticed on its permissions it doesn't list read and write to sdcard.
XT926 CM11 4.4.2 nightly build updates

[HELP] CM11 > Sense 5.0 > CM11 : SD storage borked

I was running CM11 - All was fine
I changed to SourcE 2.1, full wipe fresh install. - This is a Sense 5.0 ROM
I changed back to CM11 - Restored my backup of CM11 and then updated to latest CM11 nightly
Something is wrong with SD storage. I can't backup in TWRP and th TWRP file manager is one folder up from SD card. I also get an error from the Play store when I try and install a new App: "Error: Couldn't install on USB storage or SD Card."
It seems that the directory isn't aligned or something.
Anyone have any clever ideas? I was advised to try a RUU, but I'm hoping on a simpler fix than that. (also because I'm not sure that it will fix the issue)
Will this do the trick? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086156
Phantom Pt. II said:
I was running CM11 - All was fine
I changed to SourcE 2.1, full wipe fresh install. - This is a Sense 5.0 ROM
I changed back to CM11 - Restored my backup of CM11 and then updated to latest CM11 nightly
Something is wrong with SD storage. I can't backup in TWRP and th TWRP file manager is one folder up from SD card. I also get an error from the Play store when I try and install a new App: "Error: Couldn't install on USB storage or SD Card."
It seems that the directory isn't aligned or something.
Anyone have any clever ideas? I was advised to try a RUU, but I'm hoping on a simpler fix than that. (also because I'm not sure that it will fix the issue)
Will this do the trick? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086156
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I would try putting the stock recovery back on. If I am remembering correctly, I had similar issues and the stock recovery corrected the SD card problem. I then went back to TWRP.
BullSpit said:
I would try putting the stock recovery back on. If I am remembering correctly, I had similar issues and the stock recovery corrected the SD card problem. I was then went back to TWRP.
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I believe this issue has now been resolved. Thank you for your reply.
I think a CM11 update fixed the issue. Also using CMW recovery now.
Mod, if you will, please close this topic.

Custom G900P TW 6.0 ROM not recognizing SD card, can someone help me by w/ afile

Can somebody who is on the Stock G900P 6.0 rom upload this file for me?
System>lib>libexfat_utils.so
The custom MM S5 rom im running recognizes all SD cards as corrupt, and developer Mrabz suggested replacing this with the stock as a possible fix.
Thanks
Never mind, I found the file and tried replacing it, the fix didn't work so this thread is pointless now
LaneKiffin said:
Never mind, I found the file and tried replacing it, the fix didn't work so this thread is pointless now
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well, maybe not pointless. Does the SD card work in other devices? if not might be a formatting issue or the data might have corrupted. Ive had an SD card or 2 just die on me over my years of android usage. Is it a fresh ROM install?
youdoofus said:
well, maybe not pointless. Does the SD card work in other devices? if not might be a formatting issue or the data might have corrupted. Ive had an SD card or 2 just die on me over my years of android usage. Is it a fresh ROM install?
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The SD card does work in other devices. But its not just this SD card, Ive tried 3 SDs, all which work in my computer and other phones but none of which work with this new ROM. And yeah it is a fresh install
LaneKiffin said:
The SD card does work in other devices. But its not just this SD card, Ive tried 3 SDs, all which work in my computer and other phones but none of which work with this new ROM. And yeah it is a fresh install
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have you tried other ROMs on your phone? even if a ROM download looks complete, a slight interruption in a DL can cause a ROM to not function properly or cause odd weirdness. Id try a fresh download of the same ROM or an Odin flash of a different ROM
thats not the problem, appreciate the suggestions though
if anyone has any suggestions though im open to try them

installing apps to sd card working?

so, I've noticed that on my j7 metal (j710mn) stock MM in the app manager there is an option to install apps to the external SD card, but it doesn't seem to work - at least not for every app. tried to move some games to the SD card, and the only one that worked was odd world - strangers wrath, and only after I moved it's obb folder to the SD card manually. is there any tip or thick to make it work on other apps or is this not working?
You have to format the SD as internal memory.
Then it should work.
Boulliebeest said:
You have to format the SD as internal memory.
Then it should work.
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there's no option to do that on the stock ROM, is there?
khaotik said:
there's no option to do that on the stock ROM, is there?
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Look here:
https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-format-microsd-cards-as-internal-storage
It is working for a bunch of people, but it all depends on how well Samsung altered the core Android OS.
I tried it on my SM-T800 (MM), didn't work.
Also the same on my SM-J730F (N).
Boulliebeest said:
Look here:
https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-format-microsd-cards-as-internal-storage
It is working for a bunch of people, but it all depends on how well Samsung altered the core Android OS.
I tried it on my SM-T800 (MM), didn't work.
Also the same on my SM-J730F (N).
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oh, this is great, thanks! I'll try that ASAP
Boulliebeest said:
Look here:
https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-format-microsd-cards-as-internal-storage
It is working for a bunch of people, but it all depends on how well Samsung altered the core Android OS.
I tried it on my SM-T800 (MM), didn't work.
Also the same on my SM-J730F (N).
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yeah, it was a no-go. thanks for the help anyways
Should work after rooting then.
However, I didn't manage to root my phone following the guide posted somewhere else on xda.
Phone for stuck in a boot loop

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