Help selecing sim card

[paulri]

I would like to find a sim card to insert into my phone, a Samsung SM-G360V Galaxy Core Prime. I'd like 8 gigs if possible, but have no idea what to search for. Amazon is just returning results of phones.

 

[psionandy]

I think you may be confusing Sim cards and SD cards

What do you want to do with it?

 

[paulri]

I want to use it to store stuff. I keep getting messages saying I can't update, b/c my storage is full. I installed one for another phone a few years back--took the cover off and inserted it, but I forgot the details.

 

[svim]

You're confusing a SIM card with a microSD card. A SIM is supplied by your carrier and its primary purpose is to enable your phone to use that carrier's cellular service. A microSD card is a storage medium. You need to search on Amazon for a 'microSD card'.
Your phone is apparently able to use up a 64GB card so while you 'might' be able to use a larger capacity card without any problems, just keep in mind that you're using an out-of-spec card.
Samsung specs:
https://www.samsung.com/uk/smartphones/galaxy-core-prime-g360f/SM-G360FHAABTU/
gsmarena specs:
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_core_prime-6716.php

 

[paulri]

OK, would this work, or do I need to go to some place like crucial.com and get one tailored just for my phone?

https://www.target.com/p/sandisk-ultra-plus-32gb-microsd-memory-card/-/A-14413251

 

[lunatic59]

That will work in your phone, provided it's formatted as FAT32 (Which it probably is). If you put it in your phone and it doesn't recognize it, try going to settings>storage and see if it will let you format it in the phone. Be careful, though, /sdcard is your internal storage. Do not format that.

BTW, adding an SD card isn't going to fix your storage issue unless you have a lot of media to move to the SD card. And, depending on the version of Android you've got, you may not be able to store apps on the SD card.

 

[svim]

Yes, that looks fine for your phone. But you could get a 64GB instead. You might want to read through this review, even if you don't buy their recommended model, there's a lot of good info on how they test/rate different microSD cards. Apply that to your own needs (we all use our phones differently).
https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-microsd-card/

 

[paulri]

"adding an SD card isn't going to fix your storage issue unless you have a lot of media to move to the SD card. And, depending on the version of Android you've got, you may not be able to store apps on the SD card."

This could be a problem for me. I only have 130 megs of actual videos & pics. The rest is apps.

I have 8 gigs. Miscellaneous files take up 4.58, and are a bunch of stuff I haven't heard of before. Could I just delete these?

My biggest files in that category are .sword with 29 megs, NPUSH with 22 megs, and .youversion with 16 megs.

 

[lunatic59]

I'm afraid there's not a whole lot you can do with an SD card, unless you're willing to root your phone. Even so, the Core Prime was a budget phone with budget spec's 4 years ago when it was released. It really can't handle many of the current apps.

I wouldn't start deleting files that you don't recognize. You can cause some serious problems if you delete the wrong thing. I'd first look at your app caches. You'd be surprised how much storage a cache can use over time. Google maps, for instance, especially if you use GPS directions frequently. You can clear those caches to free up space so you can update apps. Keep in mind that these caches will bloat up again over time so it's only a stop-gap measure.

To be honest, what you need is a better phone.

 

[Hadron]

Those "miscellaneous files" are probably mostly your operating system. It won't let you remove most of it, and your phone would be a brick if you could. Note that if your biggest files there are 16/22/29 MB tiddlers then it's not showing you most of the "miscellaneous" files (and I've never heard of the 3 you name).

 

[paulri]

OK, I just deleted my app cache, although that only cleared up about 13 megs.

I'll see if I can surf with Chrome. I liked Opera b/c it seemed to block a lot of ads, I'll see if I can get by with Chrome.

OK I'll leave the misc files alone.

Well thanks anyways folks.

 

[Hadron]

Did you clear your app caches or just the system cache? 13MB is tiny for all app caches: browsers can easily cache hundreds of MB, and don't even ask about social media apps.

But cache clearing is only ever a short-term fix, because by definition caches fill up again.

 

[paulri]

Yes, it was the "cached data" section of the Storage menu, which I believe is the app caches.

 

[Hadron]

Easy to check: Settings > Apps, pick a browser of social media app you've not used since doing that clearance and you can see whether its cache is empty.