Has anyone experience the problem of not having direct access to the microSD memory with Android 5.1?
I am trying to be careful and staying with Android 5.0, because from a previous bad experience with an upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 on a generic tablet (made in China) that I lost all direct access to the SD card. Many apps with the need of lots of storage (e.g. native camera app, TubeMate Youtube downloader, and The great courses with off-line media archiving) were rendered useless because the saved files and data were soon filling up my internal device memory!
I can not remember someone having this problem. There is only a change on handling memory and storage. A new formation on the internal sd on 5.1 solves this. So save your data before the Process.
But even the people who did not do this had a partial access to the sd. It was smaller, but accessible. So system could run. This is what Huawei did to prevent the problem you described. But at all no change on the external sd and no problem with that.
My device: 701->703 Kang VIP B209
audioralf said:
I can not remember someone having this problem. There is only a change on handling memory and storage. A new formation on the internal sd on 5.1 solves this. So save your data before the Process.
But even the people who did not do this had a partial access to the sd. It was smaller, but accessible. So system could run. This is what Huawei did to prevent the problem you described. But at all no change on the external sd and no problem with that.
My device: 701->703 Kang VIP B209
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Can you please explain a bit more what you meant when you said "A new formation on the internal sd on 5.1 solves this." Do you mean to reformat the SD card with the existing Android OS?
Yes, use the option format internal sa within emui factory reset
Format sd in TWRP would not chance the format type, but just use the existing method.
My device: 701->703 Kang VIP B209
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I have recently got a Shield Tablet and I have attempted to add a 128GB to the internal storage but every time I go through the adoption process to bring it into internal, it formats it and results in it being corrupted? The sdcard is brand new.
Tablet is on Marshmallow.
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I have recently got a Shield Tablet and I have attempted to add a 128GB to the internal storage but every time I go through the adoption process to bring it into internal, it formats it and results in it being corrupted? The sdcard is brand new.
Tablet is on Marshmallow.
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I am having the same issue with the Shield tablet and a 128g sd card. I can use as portable, but trying to adopt as internal storage always returns the "damaged" partition after formatting and starting the moving process. I have tried formatting as ext4 in a PC first as recommended by others to no avail. If anyone is able to get this working please post your fix.
Found the below "Notes" on Nvidia's site. Looks like you'll have to format NTFS on your PC. Some PCs will not allow you that option out of the box, but you can easily change Windows' built-in formatter's options to allow it to format NTFS. The settings are somewhat hidden. To enable it, open up Device Manager and find your micro-SD card, go to the Properties -> Policies tab and then choose "Optimize for performance". Once you've done this, you'll see the NTFS option in the format dialog. Just make sure you "Eject" the card properly, as it seems it's more easily corrupted if not ejected properly.
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The ability to move data to SD card is variable for select*apps*and games. Onlyapps*that developers have opted in as moveable to external storage can be moved.
The SHIELD tablet K1 only supports writing to FAT32 and NTFS formatted cards.
64*GB*(or higher) microSD cards – Android does not support the exFAT file system out-of-the-box. Because the standard FAT32 file system does NOT support partitions greater than 32*GB*by default, 64*GB*cards come pre-formatted as exFAT. If you want to use a 64*GB*microSD with the SHIELD tablet K1, it has to be converted to a file system format that is supported by stock Android, which in this case is NTFS. This can be done using a PC.
Android KitKat significantly changes the way applications are allowed to use SD cards. If you use SD Card to store data, please read here for further details."
Hey, I have a similar problem but wanted some opinions.
Received my new K1 and updated to MM and everything is cool. Installed PNY 64GB (10 class) and chose the integrated storage option. The K1 sees the storage and I'm able to move apps to it. My problem is that new apps cannot download due to no storage. The message "whatever app cannot be downloaded. Install a SD CARD......something, something" (sorry, I'm at work).
Will formatting my sd card to FAT32 or NTFS fix this or is there something else wrong? I haven't seen any messages or errors regarding corruption and the sd card is working.
Thanks for any helpful suggestions!
When my 64Gb card was formatted exFat as it came stock, i had the same issue. I'm on LP. I had an almost empty card inserted, other than some mp3 files, and kept getting the message that my storage was full and that i need to delete some apps. I've since formatted it NTFS but i have not checked to see if items are being sent to the external SD. Don't have my tablet with me right now to check, but i wanted to reply to you that you were not alone in seeing the out of room message.
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I had my PNY 64GB formatted with exFAT and it worked ok. I've switched to adopted storage and that worked too. But I saw other glitches with internal storage, such as MTP not seeing all files/folders even after reboot. I think "adopted storage" is buggy in general currently. It's also quite slow. Not impressed.
I prefer the Move to SD of Lollipop and Kitkat.
Do we already have a fix/workaround for this? I have a K1 (with the latest OTA 1.2) and 64GV Samsung Evo, formatting the sd card as adoptive storage still says corrupted. I already tried formatting it as Fat32/NTFS but to no avail.
I also couldn't get adopted storage to work.
The best fix for me is not using adopted storage
Instead I use an app called FolderMount which simply creates a symbolic link (is this the correcton term?) on the device's internal storage for whatever folder/file you like. It integrates moving data and managing it as well making the process as easy as it gets though you can of course do the same thing manually as it's using linux operations to do these things.
After you make the symbolic link when apps look for the data in the usual place on internal storage they "see" it but the data is actually whereever the symbolic link points to ie. on your external SD card.
Not found any real workaround for this it makes the tablet a bit of a dud
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I also couldn't get adopted storage to work.
The best fix for me is not using adopted storage
Instead I use an app called FolderMount which simply creates a symbolic link (is this the correcton term?) on the device's internal storage for whatever folder/file you like. It integrates moving data and managing it as well making the process as easy as it gets though you can of course do the same thing manually as it's using linux operations to do these things.
After you make the symbolic link when apps look for the data in the usual place on internal storage they "see" it but the data is actually whereever the symbolic link points to ie. on your external SD card.
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I've read about the FolderMount app before but I thought that it works only for lollipop. I'll give this a try. Thanks!
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I've read about the FolderMount app before but I thought that it works only for lollipop. I'll give this a try. Thanks!
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Caveats: I actually haven't tried it on Marshmallow since I went back to LP however I cannot see any reason that FolderMount will not work as it's using underlying Linux operations to do all the work. But YMMV.
I like this approach since you can move any folder from internal storage to microSD which makes it very flexible. For example you could move:
/Download
/Images/DCIM
/Android/obb
/Android/data
/where you store recorded videos/
and never worry about internal storage again (until you run out of microSD of course lel)
Or whatever you wanted.
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Caveats: I actually haven't tried it on Marshmallow since I went back to LP however I cannot see any reason that FolderMount will not work as it's using underlying Linux operations to do all the work. But YMMV.
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FolderMount from the Play Store is not working on MM due to security changes.
There is a beta version that fixes it for some devices. Best to read the official thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192122
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There's a problem with cards 64GB and up. I managed to format as internal storage a 32GB one, had no succes with 64 and 128 ones
I couldn't get portable storage to work on the stock MM RoW LTE rom. It works perfectly fine on all the custom roms I've tried (Bliss, Temasek, RR, etc) but none of those have LTE so for me it's either or if I want to use a MM rom. Otherwise, I'd have to use a LP rom for both to work...
I've hit this issue using the RR rom with my 128gb SD. But then if I keep the card in portable mode, I have those permission issues with my emulators. Has anyone got any suggestions or recommendations?
I've so far tried xInternalSD, SDFix and FolderMount with no success and I don't want to do that solution where I have to adjust the permission xml of all my apps. Its micromanagement I don't want.
I just have to use fat32 to get my 128gb card to work.
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I just have to use fat32 to get my 128gb card to work.
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To work as adopted storage or portable storage? Because mine is working in portable mode, just has write to SD permissions issues for any apps not updated to deal with MM's new OTT security requirements on External SD's (which is most apps to be honest).
Adopted storage, I only tried it once but didn't like it so using portable.
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Adopted storage, I only tried it once but didn't like it so using portable.
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Being Fat32 initially shouldn't have made a difference, because the card is reformatted to ext4 when its made into adopted storage and the tablet just seems incapable of reading an ext4 encrypted SD Card, so it comes up as corrupted.
What brand and model is your 128gb micro sd? And was it the stock rom you did it on? I'm using a Sandisk Ultra myself, and this definately does not work.
It's been awhile so I don't recall all the things I've tried nor the roms. All I know is I got it to it to work once. Think I have a SanDisk something. Just wasn't worth it in the end to me. If you're trying to get it to work, doesn't hurt to try. Stranger things have worked to fix issues in android.
I have nethunter room(Kali Linux for Android) installed in my Android 6.0
My internal storage is 4.7 GB. I have a SD card of 16 GB.
My problem is 4.7 GB is too low I cant install more packages.
Kali nethunter system is located in /data/local/nhsystem.
I am looking for a way to move nhsystem in my external SD card directly or by formatting it as internal storage (and of course use it).
Another thing I have noticed that my internal storage is also located somewhere inside nhsystem if I directly delete nhsystem with root browser, my internal storage is gone.
Request help for moving Kali Nethunter system (nhsystem) to SD card
Hi bro
I've got the same problem with my samsung glalxy a3 (2017) SM-a320fl. I search on the Net for fix this problem but i nothing found.
The problem is the way to change the links about the app, i think. The apk must be installed on SD card (2° partition, ext2/3/4) immediatly, and then move the data, i believe. Finally must move the remaining files, of course.
I still have to find a solution. ((
I kindly wanted to ask you if you were able to solve this problem, because I have not succeeded so far.
You did?
Thanks.
Hi All,
I have an Android One version phone, int'l version, S-ON.
I was trying to mount two different Class 10 SD cards to use as internal storage. None of them succeeded.
HTC support advised me to format them on PC etc. but still not working. Before you may ask: I already tried reset to factory settings.
Symptom: in the Storage menu there's the "Format as portable storage" option only. HTC support's last idea was to get an RUU file which may be newer than mine. But as far as I know, there's none for the Android One available. Something I found, though, is a file on HTC Devs called "oceanlifeul-4.4.78-perf-gbf577fb.tar.gz" 427MB. This is for U11Life, but I don't know if for the Android One - if at all.
Any idea?
Thanks & regards,
Rob
That is no Bug, its standard since Android 8.0 on every device that use encryption. Google called it a security feature, but its not possible to mount the SD Card as internal anymore. There are some OEMs that integrate this feature but its rare. We have nearly all Full Firmware/Software Files for the Android One Version in my Collection root and Guide thread but that wont change anything for this problem because it is deliberately so.
Thanks saturday_night. That's bad news.... And IMHO insane from Google as the SD card could be encrypted, too...
Hi,! I have a galaxy note 8, this is the problem I have:
I encrypt my sd card from the mobile (sandisk extreme 32gb sd card) android system version 9,
I have a problem right now, it doesn't let me decrypt the sd card,
when I'm going to decrypt, I don't get that option, I get the option to encrypt... (as if I hadn't encrypted it before)
I do not understand what could have happened, I can enter without problems and see the files of the sd card, but when going to open a video or file of the sd card, it is not seen (because it is supposedly encrypted)
I hope someone can help me
Marchiu said:
Hi,! I have a galaxy note 8, this is the problem I have:
I encrypt my sd card from the mobile (sandisk extreme 32gb sd card) android system version 9,
I have a problem right now, it doesn't let me decrypt the sd card,
when I'm going to decrypt, I don't get that option, I get the option to encrypt... (as if I hadn't encrypted it before)
I do not understand what could have happened, I can enter without problems and see the files of the sd card, but when going to open a video or file of the sd card, it is not seen (because it is supposedly encrypted)
I hope someone can help me
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U should of never done that in the first place like who encrypts a SD card
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Hi, I have been checking all the files on the sd card thoroughly, it seems that it has not got to encrypt all the files, I can listen to some loose songs, and see some loose things, but in a percentage I can agree to see 15% of the sd card 85% is encrypted, is it possible that it has encrypted badly? And is it possible that security patches, having installed it had to do with this problem of decryption? (it just happened I installed after encrypting in android security patch), hopefully someone can help me
Hi,
Does anyone knows how to root Huawei Y5 2019?
I just want to root it because i want to be able to transfer the APPS to SD Card
And i can't find a way to do this from the phone itself, so if anyone knows how to do this.. Please help
How to move apps to external SD-card in detail is described here:
How to Move Your Android Apps to an External Sd Card: 7 Steps
This wikiHow teaches you how to move an Android app to an SD card. This option may not be available for all of your apps. Open your Android's Settings. It has a gear icon that's either gray or white. If you don't see it on the home screen,...
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jwoegerbauer said:
How to move apps to external SD-card in detail is described here:
How to Move Your Android Apps to an External Sd Card: 7 Steps
This wikiHow teaches you how to move an Android app to an SD card. This option may not be available for all of your apps. Open your Android's Settings. It has a gear icon that's either gray or white. If you don't see it on the home screen,...
www.wikihow.com
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Unfortunately, this is not possible on Huawei Y5 2019, if i manage to root it then with, for example Link2SD application i can transfer them.. Like this, i cannot do anything, but i said that if maybe anyone knows a way without root too
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thsiw said:
Unfortunately, this is not possible on Huawei Y5 2019, if i manage to root it then with, for example Link2SD application i can transfer them.. Like this, i cannot do anything, but i said that if maybe anyone knows a way without root too
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Maybe because your phone doesn't have a sd card u need a sd card for the phone
Not all phones have a sd card
If you're phone doesn't support for a sd card than it's just not possible
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Maybe because your phone doesn't have a sd card u need a sd card for the phone
Not all phones have a sd card
If you're phone doesn't support for a sd card than it's just not possible
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Phone has a microSD slot.
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Phone has a microSD slot.
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Yep that's true
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Yep that's true
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Bought a 32gb one few days ago, just cant find a way to transfer the apps to it, unlucky
thsiw said:
Bought a 32gb one few days ago, just cant find a way to transfer the apps to it, unlucky
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Well most apps really can't be moved to external SD-card. Only a few can.
BTW:
The mentioned Link2SD app - as it name implies - simply creates in Android OS's file tree links ( read: shortcut in Windows OS terminology ) to apps / their data what are located on external SD-card. This only will work if the external SD-card has two partitions (at least): one partition works as a regular external storage on SD-card, for pictures, music, etc.pp, the second partition ( must be ext4 formatted ) would work as the "extended real memory" or, the virtual memory, where "externally installed apps" are housed.
Since Android 6 this technique is part of Android OS: it's called Adoptable Storage.