Hey guys. To activate Adoptable Storage on the Asus Zenfone 2 Laser, I followed this guide:
https://www.asus.com/zentalk/in/thread-79993-1-1.html
After that, I was able to format the SanDisk SD Card. But only for APPS ???
What I mean is that there are 2 options.
First Option: "Use as an Internal Storage for apps only". This I am able to chose.
But the 2nd Option "Use as an internal storage for both apps and data" is greyed out...
So is this suppose to be like this?
Or is there something wrong?
Cause I can't add anymore media to my SD Card, the PC doesn't even see it.
tnx for help!
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First, sorry, SORRY, for this question, but after two days searching in xda and google I could'n find the aswer. I also searched on FAQs (note and s2 FAQs) but I could't find it.
/data is only 2gb, and usb storage +-11gb. I know "USB Storage" is /sdcard/ and /external_sd/ is the external microsdcard.
Searching, I found that some people said that "Settings -> Applications -> [app] -> Move to SD" were moving their apps to /sdcard/ (USB Storage), but others said that their apps were moving to EXTERNAL sd.
In my N7000, apps are moved to EXTERNAL sd, not usb storage. I don't like this because SD is slower, so I ask...
-Is there any way to move to USB Storage (internal 11gb partition)?.
-Is there any way to resize /data from 2gb to -+7-8gb? (even if root is needed)?
-Will ICS update change some of this?
-If "Move to SD" move to "USB Storage" in some devices, what firm version are they running?
Sorry again for askin, thank you for reading and thank you so much for answers.
P.S. sorry for my english.
no one can clarify this?
to resize the 2gb you would need to find a way to repartition the device
and most normally go to the sd card ratehr than internal storage as thats how the apps2sd is made, you might have to find a way to hack it to use the internal storage rather than sd card
Maybe try to remove the external sd card and then start moving your apps to sd card? I think this way it'll go to internal since it'll be the only sd card available..
Richy99 said:
to resize the 2gb you would need to find a way to repartition the device
and most normally go to the sd card ratehr than internal storage as thats how the apps2sd is made, you might have to find a way to hack it to use the internal storage rather than sd card
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humm... maybe a link in "/sdcard/external_sd/" to something like "/sdcard/fake_sd/"?... would require external memory... but all data would be on the internal, so it should be much faster... humm...
Maybe try to remove the external sd card and then start moving your apps to sd card? I think this way it'll go to internal since it'll be the only sd card available..
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I tryed it, but when I try "Move to SD" from Settings > Applications it says something like "No SD. Insert SD card.".
BTW, ICS will have the same partitions? I read something that it will be like Galaxy Nexus, without parition (and without USB Mass Storage, only MTP)... How is it on SGS2? I'm sure it will be the same...
Hi, everyone.
I have a question if somebody is able to copy or move applications to external sd card either with rooted stock or custom rom. What applications or mods did you do to enable such option?
tsokh said:
Hi, everyone.
I have a question if somebody is able to copy or move applications to external sd card either with rooted stock or custom rom. What applications or mods did you do to enable such option?
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Im having the same problem as well. my Internal storage is half way getting there and None of the apps that I installed does not have the option to be transferred to ext_SD
Ok, after 2 days of searching over the web and forums I found a workaround for moving apps on external SD (working only on rooted phones).
1) Download and install FolderMount program from Google Play store.
2) Open the program, tap on "+", enter name (any alias), source folder of the app, and destination (external sd with the same folder already created or choose automatic method), then tap on check mark.
3) Wait till the program copies the application to external sd and creates link. After you need to tap on pin icon and it'll turn to green.
If you get some notification, just click "Yes".
P.S.
Don't delete the folder with the moved app in your internal memory, as it'll also delete the app from external SD. If you want to check if the program moved, unpin the program and browse to the app folder in your internal memory and you won't see the files there. FolderMount creates the link to the application in internal memory to trick Android. Every time Android requests the application, it passes the request to its internal memory and after goes via the link to external SD. That is the only trick that worked for me.
I read on the butterfly 901s/e forum thread and it said something about fat32
I have Kingston 64gb formated in FAT32, don't know if Android works properly with exFAT or ext format. You can't format 64gb SD card in FAT32 with Windows, but you can install other partition wizards like Minitool Partition Wizard to format it.
Does the old setinstalllocation trick work here?
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Does the old setinstalllocation trick work here?
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If you mean "set pm install location" command, then no. I tried that trick, however programs didn't even install on internal memory after I used the command. I left it as default "0".
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If you mean "set pm install location" command, then no. I tried that trick, however programs didn't even install on internal memory after I used the command. I left it as default "0".
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Thanks a lot. I think I can do everything I need to do with foldermount so it should all work out.
Also got a 70mbps read SD card! Phone comes in later today!
Does the micro SDXC work in the butterfly s
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Yes, works with microSDXC up to 64gb in FAT32, couldn't manage to use external sd card in other formats like exFAT or NTFS.
I made my SD to internal
When I connect my phone to PC, I can only see the internal memory.
How could I see the SD or the sum of both storages
This happen to me in all ROMs with marshmallow.
Are you sure you are seeing the internal memory? When you format your SD Card as internal and you connect it to the PC you should see only the SD card. It works this way, you lose access to your internal memory. Try rebooting to see if it works, this happened to me some times.
I tried everything, but in which ROM are you?
Have the same problem. Upgraded to CM13, formatted SD as internal and now I only see the internal storage via USB/MTG. In settings/storage & USB I see both storages (8/3GB and 32/31 GB total/free), but neither on a Mac nor Windows I see the SD storage, only the smaller internal. Kinda bad, because there is not much space left on my internal and I can't copy music, pictures, files onto my phone.
Edit: Latest nightly ROM
sonrics1993 said:
I made my SD to internal
When I connect my phone to PC, I can only see the internal memory.
How could I see the SD or the sum of both storages
This happen to me in all ROMs with marshmallow.
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I tried that storage option earlier, I think, if I remember well, you have to move your files to the SD card, through the 3 dot menu at storage settings, then it will set the SD card as your main storage. Hope it helps
Sorry for my english
crisagler said:
I tried that storage option earlier, I think, if I remember well, you have to move your files to the SD card, through the 3 dot menu at storage settings, then it will set the SD card as your main storage. Hope it helps
Sorry for my english
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Yeah, this did the trick. Moving to SD and reboot now gives me the full space.
I hope this is the right place to ask this question.
For some reason, every time I restart Android 8 it changes the last 12 digits in the path to the SanDisk microSD card (UUID). As a result, any app that uses the external storage cannot find the files. The path format is /storage/YYYYYYYY-YYYY-YYYY-YYYY-XXXXXXXXXXXX and the X's keep changing after every restart. Is there a way to stop this?
The card is a Sandisk 64 GB microSD card using exFAT. I've reformatted the card multiple times but the Moto E5 still keeps changing the path.
Is this a microSD problem or an OS problem?
Yeah this was annoying but is how either motorola or stock android is supporting removable storage devices. If you want it to be treated as non-removable storage you will need to go into settings -> storage -> click on the SD card -> three dots -> format as internal. Or something like that as the last step. Mine is already marked as internal so I can't check for you. The card will be formatted.
Just google "adoptable storage guide" for articles on it and the process.
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Yeah this was annoying but is how either motorola or stock android is supporting removable storage devices. If you want it to be treated as non-removable storage you will need to go into settings -> storage -> click on the SD card -> three dots -> format as internal. Or something like that as the last step. Mine is already marked as internal so I can't check for you. The card will be formatted.
Just google "adoptable storage guide" for articles on it and the process.
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I can't format it as internal since I have to be able to use the microSD in another computer. But is there any way to get it to stop changing the path to the microSD on every restart? Is exFAT the problem? When I previously used a FAT32 microSD card it didn't have this problem.
I'd decided to format the microSD card to FAT32 see if that would fix the problem. I restarted the phone and now it finally has the same path to the microSD card! So it looks like Android 8 on a Moto E5 apparently does not like exFAT.
Is there a way to force move apps to the SD-card. In Debug Mode it isn't possible to tick the "Force allow apps on external storage", it remains greyed out.
Anyone has an idea on how to do it? The phone has only 16GB internal, which limits it a lot.