Storage question

[Ubizmo]

I have a Samsung Galaxy Blaze and I'm fairly new to Android. I'm using a 16 GB micro sd card, on which I've put about a gig of music so far. I notice, however, that photos, podcasts, etc, don't get saved to the card but to the limited internal USB storage. Why is this and how can I change it?

 

[saywhatt]

you can copy and paste all your images and music (PC to Phone) by Settings>Wireless and Settings>USB Settings>Mass Storage
and then you can connect it to your PC via USB and then there'll be a pop up on your phone notifying to connect it to the pc.. press it.
you'll find your Phone and SD Card's memory on your My Computer eventually
ooor
How To Transfer Music To Your Android Phone - Add MP3 Files To Your Android Phone | TalkAndroid.com

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[Ubizmo]

you can copy and paste all your images and music (PC to Phone) by Settings>Wireless and Settings>USB Settings>Mass Storage
and then you can connect it to your PC via USB and then there'll be a pop up on your phone notifying to connect it to the pc.. press it.
you'll find your Phone and SD Card's memory on your My Computer eventually
ooor
How To Transfer Music To Your Android Phone - Add MP3 Files To Your Android Phone | TalkAndroid.com

-if this helped, hit thanks!

Thanks for the reply, but I think I didn't make my question clear. I don't have a problem transferring music to the SD card. My question is about how things get stored from the OS itself.

For example, if I take a photo, that file is stored in a directory called /mnt/sdcard/DCIM. That directory is not on the 16 GB SD card that I bought. It's part of some sort of internal drive that has a 1.4 GB capacity. When I download a podcast, it also goes to this 1.4 GB internal drive. Downloaded Kindle books also end up there.

So my question is, is there a way to get these apps/processes to save things to the "external" SD card, i.e., the 16 GB one that I bought.

On my BB 9900, for example (and other BBs I've owned), I get to choose whether things are stored in "device memory" or on the SD card. Is this not possible in Android? I don't see any setting for it. If so, does that mean that only files transferred from PC end up on the 16 GB SD card?