how do i get my sd card to my internal storage or make it so i can atleast move apps to sd card. 64gb just doesnt cut it for storage, need atleast 128gb internal. i cant believe that they made this new model with low storage! you cant even format it to internal or external. i have been reading and trying all can find with no luck considering i dont have access to a windows os, only chromebook with mfg date 2014 and know nothing of linux or any coding. can anyone PLEASE lay it out in terms i can follow and understand....i just got the phone a week or so ago and already wanna smash it!!!!!!Thank you......
You can create a new partition and choose how much of your SD card you want to use as internal storage and all it takes is an adb command. You'll have to do a search for the tutorial but it shouldn't be too hard to find. The main issue is that you need to get the best quality SD card you can afford, or you'll have issues with speed. I did this with my Stylo 5 when I first purchased it.
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So I managed to get a ROM going on my tab that came today, and all is pretty good so far. One question tho; I went to my settings --> SD card usage or whatever its called and my internal memory is showing 1.79GB total space.
My SD card is 16GB and that's showing up fine as 14 or whatever FREE, since I partitioned at 2048/0.
I don't get why the internal storage is 1.79. Shoudn't it be 16GB or whatever since that's how much this tablet has? I'm confused.
Thanks!
I may be wrong on this (Developers, please correct me if I am wrong) but I think the 2GB is reserved for the Android system and the remaining space is what you can use for apps, etc.
stuaross said:
I may be wrong on this (Developers, please correct me if I am wrong) but I think the 2GB is reserved for the Android system and the remaining space is what you can use for apps, etc.
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if thats the case, why won't it show the remaining 14G or whatever hmmm
The 16gig is divided as 2gig for apps and 14gig for storage (/sdcard). After format and overhead you get what you see.
Sent from my Viewsonic 10" GTab...CM7 style...
So how do i mount my internal? Im only able to mount my microsd card..
Actually I take that back. I can only mount my internal storage to my computer but not my microsd card. I have no idea how to do that...
That's normal behavior for the gtablet. There is no built in method for mounting the external SD to your computer.
Hi All,
I've seen questions similar to mine here but no answers so, at the risk of being repetitive, here's the problem that I would very much appreciate help with.
I have a new SGT 7.7 running ICS which can't be rooted so what seems to be the standard response to getting the Tab to recognize the micro SD card (in this case a 32GB Samsung Class 10 SDHC) doesn't apply. The card has been reformatted to FAT32 but I still the message, "The device does not have a real primary external storage, or the primary external storage is emulated. Moving app to SD function may not be supported by this device." The only thing that does show up on the SD card is a wallpaper butterfly I downloaded, but no apps, even those purported to be able to be moved. The move to SD card option never appears.
Kies for Mac is on my iMac and I've moved a few songs from iTunes onto it and it appears they are now on the card. However, the music does not appear anywhere on the Tab so the card is still not being recognized.
I'm totally frustrated and at wit's end. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong or need to do to fix this so that I can move suitable apps, music, and photos onto the card?
Thank you so VERY much!
somebody please help me,,after upgrading from 3.2 to 4.0 ics my korean version tab cannot connect internet,,,the apn setting didn't work ,,,i guess i need to change back to honeycomb,,it works well on 3.2
EBryant said:
Hi All,
I've seen questions similar to mine here but no answers so, at the risk of being repetitive, here's the problem that I would very much appreciate help with.
I have a new SGT 7.7 running ICS which can't be rooted so what seems to be the standard response to getting the Tab to recognize the micro SD card (in this case a 32GB Samsung Class 10 SDHC) doesn't apply. The card has been reformatted to FAT32 but I still the message, "The device does not have a real primary external storage, or the primary external storage is emulated. Moving app to SD function may not be supported by this device." The only thing that does show up on the SD card is a wallpaper butterfly I downloaded, but no apps, even those purported to be able to be moved. The move to SD card option never appears.
Kies for Mac is on my iMac and I've moved a few songs from iTunes onto it and it appears they are now on the card. However, the music does not appear anywhere on the Tab so the card is still not being recognized.
I'm totally frustrated and at wit's end. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong or need to do to fix this so that I can move suitable apps, music, and photos onto the card?
Thank you so VERY much!
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Hi...
First thing first... Ofcourse u can root yr P6800 w ICS. Read the universal root thread
Then hopefully Yr dilemma is solved. FYI, moving apps to SD not supported on p6800.
EBryant said:
Hi All,
I've seen questions similar to mine here but no answers so, at the risk of being repetitive, here's the problem that I would very much appreciate help with.
I have a new SGT 7.7 running ICS which can't be rooted so what seems to be the standard response to getting the Tab to recognize the micro SD card (in this case a 32GB Samsung Class 10 SDHC) doesn't apply. The card has been reformatted to FAT32 but I still the message, "The device does not have a real primary external storage, or the primary external storage is emulated. Moving app to SD function may not be supported by this device." The only thing that does show up on the SD card is a wallpaper butterfly I downloaded, but no apps, even those purported to be able to be moved. The move to SD card option never appears.
Kies for Mac is on my iMac and I've moved a few songs from iTunes onto it and it appears they are now on the card. However, the music does not appear anywhere on the Tab so the card is still not being recognized.
I'm totally frustrated and at wit's end. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong or need to do to fix this so that I can move suitable apps, music, and photos onto the card?
Thank you so VERY much!
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if you want to use app2sd software... it wont work on 6800...
Rooting P6800
Hi Whomever You Are,
No, I can't root the tablet. I'm a 67 yr. old Android novice and doing this on my old Mac is beyond my ability. I've seen nowhere that I can have it done. Also, the third direction says, "Put the created folder at your External Micro SDcard." As you noted, the SD card can't be used. Finally, the tablet is now back in Hong Kong for repair -- defective battery. Thanks anyway.
You can put the zip in internal SD. It still works.
Internal SD?!?
skycruzer said:
You can put the zip in internal SD. It still works.
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Hi Skycruzer,
That's interesting. I know what an external SD (card) is and what internal memory is but I've never heard of internal "SD."
What is it; where is it; and how do you put zips into it? I'm afraid there's more to this tablet than I'll ever master. Maybe
when it gets back from Hong Kong I should just send the Tab to you to root and do whatever with. How's that sound? LOL
Elena
the internal memory is call Internal SD on samsung device... same thing...
ok so i've got one of those chinese S3 clone phones (i9377, Haipai i think)
the only issue i'm having is when trying to install games, its saying i've not enough memory
there seems to be 3 lots of memory, Internal, Phone storage AND my SD
the games 'additional files' will only seem to save to Internal or Phone and NOT the SD (i know this because my SD has over 12gb free)
i've tried plugging into my laptop and just putting the files IN my sd folder, THEN installing but still having the same issue
can anyone guide me through how i would get the phone to install the additional files TO the SD please?
there IS an option of where to save things to, but again, the choices are Phone or Internal
i can get round most things myself, just this 3 lots of storage has thrown me well off
styly said:
ok so i've got one of those chinese S3 clone phones (i9377, Haipai i think)
the only issue i'm having is when trying to install games, its saying i've not enough memory
there seems to be 3 lots of memory, Internal, Phone storage AND my SD
the games 'additional files' will only seem to save to Internal or Phone and NOT the SD (i know this because my SD has over 12gb free)
i've tried plugging into my laptop and just putting the files IN my sd folder, THEN installing but still having the same issue
can anyone guide me through how i would get the phone to install the additional files TO the SD please?
there IS an option of where to save things to, but again, the choices are Phone or Internal
i can get round most things myself, just this 3 lots of storage has thrown me well off
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How much internal storage is there? Have you tried apps2sd
After some research, I'm starting to hate kikat lol.
Apparently third party apps can't write to external storage any more....so no more setting downloaded files to the micro sd card :/
I know it's for more security but it sucks. Wet need to get some custom roms going!!
dbroadus2007 said:
After some research, I'm starting to hate kikat lol.
Apparently third party apps can't write to external storage any more....so no more setting downloaded files to the micro sd card :/
I know it's for more security but it sucks. Wet need to get some custom roms going!!
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There's pros and cons, android central wrote up a good summery on this feature on Kit Kat. The Pro is more security in your device as when "apps" have full range they'll store all kinds of crap here, there, everywhere. Now they can only be stored locally on internal storage, nice feature imo and why it's standard we have a 32gb internal storage device. Now if this was a run of the mill 16gb internal storage device that would be a different story .
Idea is what is stored on SD card stays on SD card and what is stored on internal storage stays there so there is no mix/matching going on and confusion. Keeps things running more smoothly and secure.
Now if you download mp3 and videos all day long on your phone and have to wait til you get to a laptop to connect via usb and manually transfer it all to SD card and delete off internal memory, yes this can be a hassle. I personally like the idea of all this overall. Only feature i wish we had was being able to transfer internal files to external sd card with a file explorer app.
No worries, once S-Off is available none of this will be a concern anymore .
deeznuts said:
There's pros and cons, android central wrote up a good summery on this feature on Kit Kat. The Pro is more security in your device as when "apps" have full range they'll store all kinds of crap here, there, everywhere. Now they can only be stored locally on internal storage, nice feature imo and why it's standard we have a 32gb internal storage device. Now if this was a run of the mill 16gb internal storage device that would be a different story .
Idea is what is stored on SD card stays on SD card and what is stored on internal storage stays there so there is no mix/matching going on and confusion. Keeps things running more smoothly and secure.
Now if you download mp3 and videos all day long on your phone and have to wait til you get to a laptop to connect via usb and manually transfer it all to SD card and delete off internal memory, yes this can be a hassle. I personally like the idea of all this overall. Only feature i wish we had was being able to transfer internal files to external sd card with a file explorer app.
No worries, once S-Off is available none of this will be a concern anymore .
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Yes, the only feature I want it to transfer files from the internal memory to the external. All the other reasons for that not working are legitimate.
Once S-Off is here I will be happy
Hi all,
When I first got my moto g 3rd gen I found out the 8gb internal memory was way too little, so I added a 16gb SD card and adopted it as internal thanks to marshmallow.
Now I want to upgrade to a 32gb card but I'm worried about how the apps will be afterwards.
I was planning on moving all back to internal memory but of course I don't have enough space I only have 0.5gb there.
I'm not finding a smooth way of copying from the old 16gb to the new 32gb one and make it become the new adopted as internal
Any body has tried this? Any suggestions?
Thanks
Basically, there is no good way to this if you can't get enough space on your real internal storage... Google hasn't made a simple way to do it, if your rooted you can do a TiBu backup of everything, swap card and restore it, but I seems like a PIA. If your not rooted, probably best to backup what you want, factory reset, setup like normal, then adopt and migrate data to the card. Not a good way but not much choice. At Android Enthusiasts on Stack Exchange, we haven't found a good answer either http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...data-from-an-adopted-sd-card-to-a-new-sd-card