Hi, I'm new here but I've looked everywhere, without no avail to finding a way to make huawei p8 lite sd card adoptable storage - making it so i can put my apps in my sdcard.
Since adb commands to making random **** to make it work, in any storage app it says I have sucessfuly made sdcard also internal storage but while the app says it is - well I still have storage problems while still not being able to move apps to sdcard.
Im just wanna know if its really impossible or is there any way to make it work :/ all help appreciated!
Thank you very much in advance for any help given !
PS: I will update this thread if anything comes up or im sucessful on this adventure. If you need any more information on me or what I've tried feel free to ask - I will not be posting here what I've tried already.
Specs: Rom -- Stock
TWRP -- Yes
Root -- Yes
Bootloader Unlocked -- Yes
FRP Unlocked -- Yes
Related
Hello all, and pardon the newbie question from me, as I've only really used nexus or AOSP ROMs on my devices.
I was searching the forums, and I found quite a few posts that were asking for help on fixing formatted internal storage resulting in a corrupted OS, but I was wondering how I would go about clearing my internal storage to make more room?
I'm currently using ARHD 12.1 (About to upgrade to 12.2) and I'm confused on why I only seem to have 16GB free with about 13+GB being used in the "Other" section.
I have a backup of my apps (1.5GB including data) and a backup of my ROM in TWRP (2.5GB) Even adding another 1GB just to make my point... would only render 5GB total used... so where is the other 8GB of data being stored?
Any help, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Liskrig said:
Hello all, and pardon the newbie question from me, as I've only really used nexus or AOSP ROMs on my devices.
I was searching the forums, and I found quite a few posts that were asking for help on fixing formatted internal storage resulting in a corrupted OS, but I was wondering how I would go about clearing my internal storage to make more room?
I'm currently using ARHD 12.1 (About to upgrade to 12.2) and I'm confused on why I only seem to have 16GB free with about 13+GB being used in the "Other" section.
I have a backup of my apps (1.5GB including data) and a backup of my ROM in TWRP (2.5GB) Even adding another 1GB just to make my point... would only render 5GB total used... so where is the other 8GB of data being stored?
Any help, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm having 19.86 GB used, 8.6 in the "other" category
a opened the internal storage on my PC and added all the folder's sized by a calculator and the sum was about 12.65 GB.
almost same as yours
there is a video on youtube (I didn't watch it yet) about a fix for the One's internal memory after the 4.2.2 update.
memory
Liskrig said:
Hello all, and pardon the newbie question from me, as I've only really used nexus or AOSP ROMs on my devices.
I was searching the forums, and I found quite a few posts that were asking for help on fixing formatted internal storage resulting in a corrupted OS, but I was wondering how I would go about clearing my internal storage to make more room?
I'm currently using ARHD 12.1 (About to upgrade to 12.2) and I'm confused on why I only seem to have 16GB free with about 13+GB being used in the "Other" section.
I have a backup of my apps (1.5GB including data) and a backup of my ROM in TWRP (2.5GB) Even adding another 1GB just to make my point... would only render 5GB total used... so where is the other 8GB of data being stored?
Any help, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hi,
since u have root, u should have a system backup in ur twrp folder too, dont tell me u install a new system without backup lol. look in the twrp folder, otherwise, u can check ur space in settings, just tap on the text there.
peace
Robert
as u r rooted, dont u use es file explorer? bcs there u can explore all ur files, everywhere.
Robert C. said:
hi,
since u have root, u should have a system backup in ur twrp folder too, dont tell me u install a new system without backup lol. look in the twrp folder, otherwise, u can check ur space in settings, just tap on the text there.
peace
Robert
as u r rooted, dont u use es file explorer? bcs there u can explore all ur files, everywhere.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I always make a backup every week, and after new ROMs. I know where the TWRP backup is, and I have moved it out, but there is still A LOT of space being used.
The settings in HTC Sense 5 aren't all that detailed, tapping the text in the storage settings works on pure AOSP ROMs but not in Sense.
The file explorer doesn't add up, and I feel that there are a lot of unused files there that were left over from previous ROM installs.
--
[POSSIBLE SOLUTION]
I was able to find this video that seems like it will do exactly what I want.
I'm going to try it later tonight and I will report back. Its basically just wiping the internal SD Card through TWRP (or choice recovery) and sideloading the Zipped ROM back to the phone. A bit riskier than I would like, but it seems like it will do the trick. Thanks for all the help though
Okay, so by following the video tutorial by TheSmokingAndroid found HERE I was able to clear out the space. Here is an "after" screenshot for comparison. This is a fresh install of ARHD 12.2 with only the Google apps installed.
I hope this helps some people regain the space lost in the 4.1 to 4.2.2 transition.
MODs - Please mark this thread as "solved" as it has fixed my original issue. Thanks
Liskrig said:
Hello all, and pardon the newbie question from me, as I've only really used nexus or AOSP ROMs on my devices.
I was searching the forums, and I found quite a few posts that were asking for help on fixing formatted internal storage resulting in a corrupted OS, but I was wondering how I would go about clearing my internal storage to make more room?
I'm currently using ARHD 12.1 (About to upgrade to 12.2) and I'm confused on why I only seem to have 16GB free with about 13+GB being used in the "Other" section.
I have a backup of my apps (1.5GB including data) and a backup of my ROM in TWRP (2.5GB) Even adding another 1GB just to make my point... would only render 5GB total used... so where is the other 8GB of data being stored?
Any help, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
so this is how you fix it
1- get EX Explorer (or any Root Explorers) you have to be Rooted
2- go to your Root folder wich means "/"
3- there is a folder called "Storage"
4- inside there is 3 folders
5- if you will flash ARHD 12.2 i suggest you to delete every thing in that folder (it will delete your files like music, documents,,,etc)
6- if this didnt work your can install RUU and it will fix it
Hi all,
I recently purchased an unlocked sprint HTC 510 Desire, and was surprised when I was notified that I didn't have enough storage to install a fraction of the apps I had on my old phone. I was aware of the lowly 4gb of internal storage, but I just assumed that if I had free space on my SD card, I would have no issues. Well, I soon discovered my error and went about looking for a fix. So I figured I would root my phone. (I was going to post the article I followed to root my phone, but apparently I'm not allowed to post urls yet. But it's the digital endpoint guide ~ How to Root the HTC Desire 510)
I then tried to install Link2SD and was shocked when it didn't work. I have partitioned and re-partitioned my sd card, tried all of the different options for formatting, and nothing has worked. The app recognizes the partition, but it is unable to mount at boot, so while I can link apps, they disappear upon reboot (very inconvenient). I've done a fair amount since then trying to get this app (or other apps with similar features to work, but haven't gotten anything to work. It looks like the error lies somewhere with the init.d scripts (or lack thereof), and I was wondering if somebody could help me with finding a way to install/enable those scripts so that I can install more than just the system apps on my phone.
I have very little experience with rooted devices, so please keep replies rather mundane. That said, I'm a teenager so I'm pretty good with technology and figuring things out and whatnot. At any rate, like I said, I followed the above procedure to root my phone, so I have whatever ROMs and Kernels that that yields. I have flashed a copy of BusyBox (because the app was unable to install it, again for some unknown reason) if that helps. I have looked around online for hours, but nothing I have found has worked.
Please please please help me to get Link2SD to work, or provide me with another working alternative to expand my internal storage with an SD card (my card is 32GB).
Thank you so much in advance!
Your device is write protected. Unlock the Bootloader, install TWRP, flash the write-protection removed Kernel
It's all right here in the forum. Probably would have taken less time to search for an answer than it took to write your discourse.
i have tried all the write-protection removed Kernels but all returned with mount error in link2sd. please help. thank you.
Hello I'm using a Huawei GR3 2017 (PRA-LX2 running emui 5.0.1) and I was wondering if this device has been restricted to move apps to sd card?
At first I thought that switching the default location in the Settings from Internal to SD card would make the move to SD card possible in apps, or at least put my apps I would download to the card.
However, I guess it just means that it would just put my shot photos, videos, screenshots etc. and downloaded files to the card, but not apps themselves. Factoey reset then downloading my applications again didn't work.
Is the only way to move them is to have my phone rooted then? What led me first to assume that I can move apps to sd is the option "force allow apps on external storage" in the developer options (which I can't seem to turn on no matter what)
Has Huawei restricted moving apps to sd card for this device?
Thanks for your time! (and i hope i am in the right forum)
Since Android 6 Google disabled that option. So you need root or you can format SD card as internal storage
Enviado do meu PRA-LX1 através do Tapatalk
Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately there really is no option to format my sd card as internal; not sure if this is an emui thing or what, since I see people using stock android 6 and above with that option available in their devices.
So my only option is to root then? Or is there a chance that they would enable it again on emui 8.0? I've searched a bit and found out (in many sites) that gr3 2017 is on the list to receive the update.
CookieThief said:
Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately there really is no option to format my sd card as internal; not sure if this is an emui thing or what, since I see people using stock android 6 and above with that option available in their devices.
So my only option is to root then? Or is there a chance that they would enable it again on emui 8.0? I've searched a bit and found out (in many sites) that gr3 2017 is on the list to receive the update.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Search for a tutorial for change / resize the partitions of sdcard, no need root.
Enviado desde mi PRA-LX1 mediante Tapatalk
dannyzamora said:
Search for a tutorial for change / resize the partitions of sdcard, no need root.
Enviado desde mi PRA-LX1 mediante Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the tip!
Did some research and found a turorial for my device to make my sd card part of the internal (i guess?) using adb. With this method and no root in the process, i shouldn't be worried of having my warranty voided, issues on OTA updates, etc. then? Just making sure
CookieThief said:
Thanks for the tip!
Did some research and found a turorial for my device to make my sd card part of the internal (i guess?) using adb. With this method and no root in the process, i shouldn't be worried of having my warranty voided, issues on OTA updates, etc. then? Just making sure
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you achieve it? Would you share the description?
papzi57 said:
Did you achieve it? Would you share the description?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
UPDATE:
Yes, it was a success
By doing it via usb (debugging mode) and using adb to enable adoptable storage. A detailed procedure can be found here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...3-p8-lite2017-enable-adoptable-t3689850/page1 (credits to the op!)
At the part where I had to unmount and mount the sd card, I tried inputting the code to do it, but it seemed that adb couldn't recognize it so I just went to my settings in the phone, ejected the sd card and mounted it again. So far I didn't screw things up tho. The free space was 11+ gb after I was finished with the process. Before it was only 400 plus mb :cyclops:
After 3 days since, I've experienced nothing wrong; no bugs, glitches, slowdowns etc. All I haven't tested are the OTA updates, but I guess it's still working cuz I can still search for the updates (I already have emui 5.0.1)
But keep in mind that ONLY use fast micro sd's, I am using a Sandisk Ultra with an A1 rating, which I think is made for running applications (from the"A" bit) so I would recommend that at the very least (I bought the 16gb one)
Thanks all for the help! I included a screenshot of the settings' readings on my phone's storage, but I think this is only natural from force adopting storage (hope so) and a screenshot of my file manager readings on it.
yeah this messes up the storage settings.
It's also not a perfect solution - some apps will install to the "adopted" SD card, but many still insist on installing on the internal memory, so it doesn't buy you a lot of extra space. Fundamentally 16GB is not enough for a modern Android phone - I won't buy another with less than 32GB.
Hi there,
I tried the search function but didn't really find an answer to my question:
Ist there a reliable way to turn my SD-card into "adoptable storage" and/or move my apps to the SD-card? I found a thread but it says it would not work on the latest "firmware" whatever that exactly means. I'm on PRA-LX1 8.0.0.408(C432) (EMUI 8.0.0).
I'm so done with the restricted storage space on the internal storage, it makes the phone practically unusuble to me and I would be glad for any help. Phone is not rooted but I did unlock the bootloader.
Thx in advance!
Hi! I'm new here. I'd like to ask several questions.
1. I have a rooted phone with xposed installed and I want it to be able to move game's data to SD card particularly data files. I heard that Obb on SD could do the job but could they also detect Android/data not just obb? Because that's where all modern games kept their data.
2. I have a non-rooted phone MITO A35 (Android Pie) and I want it to be rooted but it seems twrp doesn't support my phone. I searched for rooting without twrp but finding my device boot.img is quite hard. Is there any way other than twrp or fastboot PC to root?
Thanks in advance.
For the first one if the phone is running a android version under 4.4.4 then you arent gonna be able to move apps to the SDCard if you are running anything more recent it already has it built in.
For the second you might aswell try those click to root apps, I know it isnt really the best option but it still works if you succeed you might aswell use one of those flash root apps to flash your twrp.