Rob22445566
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From what I've been reading about Android Marshmallow, it has a new feature that allows for the adaption of SD cards to extend internal storage.
The first time it sees a new SD card it's supposed to offer the option to format and make it an extension of internal storage. Something this phone really needs. At least on mine I could never get it to offer that. I tried doing a factory reset twice but it never appeared.
I've always been on the verge of maxing out my internal storage.
So, this weekend I did some digging and found that some manufacturers are DISABLING that feature!!
It sure seems to me like LG is doing that. Anyone else agree?
But... there's a hack to force the formatting and make it part of internal storage.
And it Works!!!
https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-format-microsd-cards-as-internal-storage?sac=true#comment2380548
Check out this screen grab of my Storage specs. Total storage 45.33Gigs
![Capture+_2017-10-15-22-15-52.png Capture+_2017-10-15-22-15-52.png](https://forum.earlybird.club/data/attachments/106/106971-32f37f6f58604a4d5f1b27eac4c727dc.jpg?hash=MvN_b1hgSk)
The hack uses the ADB command shell to force the partitioning.
https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
I ran into several stumbling blocks along the way, as this was my first time using ADB, but it finally worked.
The main command is: (sm partition disk: 179.64 private)
But I couldn't get to work for quite a while because the syntax is incorrect.
You must remove the space between : and 1.
The correct command is (sm partition disk:179.64 private)
After doing this hack, now the majority of my apps automatically install on the SD card and so does there data files. I use several music and podcast apps that would not allow me to specify the storage area and I was always maxing out the internal because of them... Now, the apps and the podcasts files are all going to SD storage without doing a thing.
Rob
The first time it sees a new SD card it's supposed to offer the option to format and make it an extension of internal storage. Something this phone really needs. At least on mine I could never get it to offer that. I tried doing a factory reset twice but it never appeared.
I've always been on the verge of maxing out my internal storage.
So, this weekend I did some digging and found that some manufacturers are DISABLING that feature!!
It sure seems to me like LG is doing that. Anyone else agree?
But... there's a hack to force the formatting and make it part of internal storage.
And it Works!!!
https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-format-microsd-cards-as-internal-storage?sac=true#comment2380548
Check out this screen grab of my Storage specs. Total storage 45.33Gigs
![Capture+_2017-10-15-22-15-52.png Capture+_2017-10-15-22-15-52.png](https://forum.earlybird.club/data/attachments/106/106971-32f37f6f58604a4d5f1b27eac4c727dc.jpg?hash=MvN_b1hgSk)
The hack uses the ADB command shell to force the partitioning.
https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
I ran into several stumbling blocks along the way, as this was my first time using ADB, but it finally worked.
The main command is: (sm partition disk: 179.64 private)
But I couldn't get to work for quite a while because the syntax is incorrect.
You must remove the space between : and 1.
The correct command is (sm partition disk:179.64 private)
After doing this hack, now the majority of my apps automatically install on the SD card and so does there data files. I use several music and podcast apps that would not allow me to specify the storage area and I was always maxing out the internal because of them... Now, the apps and the podcasts files are all going to SD storage without doing a thing.
Rob