Ok, so I'm not very knowledgeable with newer Android tech. I recently purchased a Poco X3 and figured I would help keep it from becoming bogged down by formatting an SD card as internal. Right aware after the formatting was done, my phones stock internal memory has merged with this SD card and many of the apps either installed on internal or SD storage now crash upon opening. I'd like to revert this formatting and get my normal stock phone storage back but I have looked all over the phone, along with several file managers and I am at a loss. Can anyone help point me in the right direction here. It does not matter if I have to lose everything on the card, I can format it in my computer so I am only worried about getting phone storage back to stock without a complete reset and wipe.
I'm not sure why you want to do that to begin with as the data bandwidth to the SD card is a lot slower than to internal memory. Use the SD card as a data drive and keep the OS and programs on the internal drive.
If your critical data is backed up, a reload is the easiest way. Nuke it and start over.
If you can't do that you have at the best a lot of data to rearrange...
Yeah I had no clue what I was getting into. So now I am trying to reverse it, apps are crashing terribly. Even when I remove the SD card everything is all messed up. It's a 128gb device with a 256gb card... With card its saying there is 512gb?! I'm just hoping if anyone knows what could fix this, the SD card I can reformat...what about the device storage though...
Also forgot to mention....the device is acting as if it's full... Cannot even save a screenshot
check this thread, maybe you'll find some usefull info there
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Can anyone point me to a solid tutorial on cleaning/formatting memory for new rom installation in cwmr? Been looking around at some posts but they are not as specific as I would like. The probelm I have had, as one post mentioned was that in cwmr internal and external sd are sometimes switched. I tried cleaning memory up before, but accidentally wiped my external and lost Everything! Just want a totally clean install w/out losing my data of course. One post mentioned removed the micro sd before formatting... Good idea, never thought about that, but doesn't the micro sd have junk on it too? How do I format both internal memory and external sd without losing data and getting the 2 confused?
Ive read a few forum thread but im still not sure so i need a conformation from anyone who really know about this stuff.
1. I set my sd card as internal storage . Unfortunately i cant use it as external storage. Maybe we can set two partition, one for internal ext4, and another fat32 as i use before for link2sd. But i think this wont work too. Is this correct?
2. Assuming setting it as two partition wont happen, i want to make use the foldermount apps to store data and obb in sd card. I tried, but it wont work. Write permission or something else. Do i have to patch it like kitkat before to enable it foldermount still not supported.
Im now back on lollipop rom until those issues solve.
Device - redmi 2, 8gb 1gb ram.
Sd card for external storage reasons, titanium backup, nandroid backup, media stuff.
Reason not using otg- more hassle, need to carry the cable. I reflash rom every day, sometime twice a day.
I have searched for this but not really found any good answers. Most answers relate to marshmallow...
I bought a used phone and installed a memory card that came with it. Seems like it was formatted as internal. Shared internal storage shows up in settings but I'm not sure if that is the sd card or the actual internal storage.
Also in many apps and file managers either the internal storage doesn't show up or I'm not even sure which is which. In SD bench the SD card gets much faster result than internal memory which indicates that is the internal memory.
All of this doesn't really matter perhaps but it's still annoying since I used to be able to know what was stored where. If someone could tell me more about this I would be grateful. Here are some questions...
It says in some guide about formatting as internal storage that the sd card then replaces the actual internal storage. Is that the same in nougat and what happens to the internal storage and is it even used? Apps can't be moved but they still seem to take up space in both storages.
It said in guides relating to marshmallow that the SD card becomes encrypted when formatted as internal storage. Does that happen after migrate data is chosen or before? I have not done that yet.
When flashing ROMs can files be read on the encrypted SD card from recovery? What happens after flashing and restoring to factory settings? If the SD card is encrypted and can't be read from recovery that would be a serious problem. So where should backup be stored and what SD card used when flashing?
I'm sorry if these are stupid questions but I'm new to formatting as internal storage. The card also was formatted that way when I got it and since then I've installed apps.
I found this info on a page.
If you try to remove it, things go haywire. Your phone will throw errors until you are forced to factory reset it and you can't read the data on the SD card with any other device or the original phone once it's been factory reset.
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https://www.google.com/search?q=and...le+manager&client=ms-opera-mobile&channel=new
What happens if the phone is flashed with a new ROM if the SD card is acting as internal storage? Then if the phone is factory reset the sd card wouldn't be able to be accessed?
How can I convert the card back to normal storage and is that possible without losing apps or factory reset?
Many questions and again I'm sorry if they're stupid. Is this posted in the wrong section I also kindly ask any moderator to move the thread to an appropriate section.
I would still like to have answers to these questions.
I tried to format sd card as portable storage instead. After that I noticed it wasn't possible at all to use the sd card to install apps.
Moving apps to SD card isn't possible. So now there are only two options. Either format as internal storage or not being able to use the sd card to install apps.
But there are apparently downsides to using the sd card as internal storage. The phone uses the SD card more which puts more strain on it.
I'd also really like to know what happens after a new rom is flashed or after a reset from recovery? What apps are restored? Only what was in the internal storage? But what if the apps were on the shared internal memory?
I made a backup in TWRP. Then I formatted as internal storage again. Everything was working like it should...
Then I migrated data to SD card under storage in settings. Then I got problems. Apparently some files related to TWRP was moved from the internal storage to the sd card. At least the backup I made in recovery was.
When I entered recovery the language had first been changed to Chinese. Also the backup couldn't be found. When I tried to backup to the SD card it said "memory full" or something and couldn't be completed. It seems the sd card can't be accessed from recovery at all any longer.
Also when reboot the phone it first says shortly "sd card not found". So something has indeed changed. Seems like the SD card is only fully adopted after data is migrated. But how can I move it back to internal storage if I have to reformat the sd card again? Seems like the only accessible storage now is the card.
So what should I do? Couldn't anyone please help me to answer at least some of my latest questions?
How are flashing of roms and backups handled if adoptive storage is used? I guessed there could be problems and apparently there was. A thread offers solutions but that should only be necessary in marshmallow from what I've read.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e/general/trick-switching-roms-loosing-adopted-sd-t3314647
Come on! Doesn't anyone know anything about this? I would be highly grateful for any clarification regarding these matters.
Lots of people probably have questions about this but I've found few answers on the internet.
Having been through the same BS, all I can say is I have wasted time like yourself trying to understand why google have botched the handling of storage so bad in nougat.
From what I can make out all apps need to use a new api for permission to access external SD when used as portable storage, even though mines formatted as ext4, the native android FS.
Best work around I've found so far is the xposed module xinternalsd.
I still can't get it to properly use both as sperate drives.
There is a thread on here from the dev of the module
I'm going to wade through it to see if it's possible to not just redirect all data to the external SD but select different locations for different apps reliably.( when I've had both usable to apps, MTP can't access the files on external sd)
Update: this now works reliably with latest 4.8.
The packages.XML edits didn't seem to work either.
First non removable battery's, now they want to get rid of SD cards and headphone jacks so you buy the more expensive phone with less features.
Yeah, we need to slow down your phone because of the battery and stuff.
A post I found while searching about this issue on reddit is worth a laugh.(I'm glad it's not just me)
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/496sn3/lets_clear_up_the_confusion_regarding_storage_in/
External SD permissions lineage 14
From searching around this is a common problem that was driving me nuts.
Even with xinternalsd it was still crap.
Mtp couldn't do anything with them unless used from recovery.
What was odd is it would work for days then all of a sudden, you need to delete or copy something, access denied.
Hi, I've got a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Plus running Lineage OS 14.1, and it's desperately in need of space. I have purchased a 64 GB class 10 card to install and use with the "format as internal" option as a solution, but I'm concerned about losing the ability to backup my phone. If I go through with this, will TWRP still be able to backup and restore my phone from this external card? If not, is there something I can do along with formatting as internal that allows me to retain that functionality (like partitioning the SD card, perhaps)?
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Hi, I've got a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Plus running Lineage OS 14.1, and it's desperately in need of space. I have purchased a 64 GB class 10 card to install and use with the "format as internal" option as a solution, but I'm concerned about losing the ability to backup my phone. If I go through with this, will TWRP still be able to backup and restore my phone from this external card? If not, is there something I can do along with formatting as internal that allows me to retain that functionality (like partitioning the SD card, perhaps)?
Thanks!
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If you use internal memory, it will not be possible to back up via TWRP, well, you may even get it, but some error will surely occur, I already tried doing it on a G2 bike with MicroSD as internal memory, and it I have an internal memory backup error, however, the advice would be to back it up on another MicroSD for total security that will be safe and no chance of error, partitioning is a big risk of something wrong
I actually decided to just give it a try. I did a full backup on my old SD card, installed the new card, formatted it for internal, ran a full backup, then ran a test restore, and it worked just fine. It does seem like a few apps don't like being kept on the SD card so I moved them back, but so far so good.
Basically I have an SD Card that I formatted as internal memory. It has worked well for about a year now. Today though, the phone told me that the card had been removed and that I should re-insert it. At the same time, it tells me that the very same cards format is incompatible and I have to format it in order to use it. All this while I never removed the card. The phone is a Moto G5 running Pixel Experience.
What I've tried so far is rebooting the phone and taking the card out and inserting it again, in various orders. Inserting the card into various computers, none of which recognize it (as expected). GPartEd shows the space on the card as not allocated.
Is there anything I could do to make that card be recognized again? Or else, to get the data off of it?
If this is not the right forum for this question, please tell me, or, if you're an admin, please move the thread.
When you converted external SD-card to Adoptable Storage it got formatted as internal memory and also encrypted as internal memory is.
AFAIK there is no chance to recover the data stored on because they are AES-encrypted.