16 GB internal plus 16 GB microSD equals ??

[powerjuice]

I"m thinking about buying a used infuse 4G in the next month, but have a question on how storage works on the phone.

If I add a 16 GB microSD flash card to the device, how does the device recognize and use the storage ? When I mount it in windows, do I get TWO drive mappings? One for the int 16 GB, and one for the 16 GB microSD? or is it consolidated?

 

[somanyapps]

When connected as a USB mass storage device I see two drives.

Also, using Astro File Manager on the phone I see a folder called "external_sd" or something like that amongst the other folders for the internal storage.

I don't know if there are cases (apps) where the space is seen as one large area, but for the most part I believe it is not. Someone may be better able to explain how Android uses storage.

 

[Ryanscool]

They are seperated, but the external one is found in the main memory under external sd or somtin. Cm7 is flipped lol.

 

[Lombardi]

Yes, they r seperate, I have 16gb, and 8gb

 

[powerjuice]

Cool, thanks all.

Still haven't found one yet. But i'll keep that in mind.

For the moment i'm using an ACER LIQUID with 2 GB of storage.

 

[tehwoodchuck]

This is the way the phone's media structure is handled:

Phone's internal Memory
|___ "SD Memory" (Actually the phone's internal, onboard 16GB)
|___ "external_sd" (the ACTUAL microSD card)

So the "SD Memory" directory has an "external_sd" subdirectory you can reach through file management software as a virtual folder.

Kinda wierd to get used to at first, but you'll get it.