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Internal and external memory

hello
I can not use my phone's external memory. that it uses only internal sd, I do not know what to do to choose external (micro sd card) ??
It's really a big problem, please give me a solution because is for all O2X users.
App and download too, both is not possible on external sd. Because all new folders are create on "internal sd" limited at 6Gb.
Sorry for my English

I had to format my card in another phone to make my X2 see it. Try doing that and then reinsert it into the X2

No the phone see the external memory and his capacity but impossible to use that.
I see _ExternalSD in internalSD but no link between two memories, only for camera pics and videos saved direct in external.

You need a file manager like Astro File Manager to have access to it, at least as far as I have seen in videos. There u have a seperate folder for ur internal card too.

One year on Android i know Astro and other ^^
huuu there are two gps, one with europe and an other with belgium maps, when i move all this in external don't work
All vidéo and pics from cam are in external because easy to set in camera mode ....
My 32Gb is for what ? nothing? just for picture and video ?? Maybe yes pffffff System is not good ... i send an email to lg belgium to give me a solution because nothing in manual.

Well I dont have the phone yet, only telling about what I have seen in vids, and it actually looked really simple and all made sense.

It's normal. All Android phones with internal storage are the same. Navigators will work only in internal SD like backups and apps, but you can save photos and videos directly on the extsd. BTW the external memory can stores music photo and video, or any .apk ready to be installed .
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It's not possible i can use only 5Gb for maps, big roms, applications an other ??
I want to use microSD card by default to download big files, like movies, roms.
How to cut this s*** of internal memory ?

If you go to ConfigurationScreen > Micro SD and telephonememory,
what does it say under MicroSD ?
Total space ? ... GB
Available space ? ... GB
Possibility to decouple MicroSD ?
Or does it say:
Total space : Not available
Available space : Not available
Possibility to couple MicroSD ?

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only 83mb in internal, if i need to download a big file 300 ... 700Mb i can't because the internal is full.
When i unmount internal, the external is automatically unmount too
I never see that, i want only rom memory and micro sd card

Well, I suppose you will download this megafile with your webbrowser.
You can select in your webbrowser the button "More" and then "Conguration"
Then you can select "Space for storage" , and you can choose between "Internal memory" (is default) or "MicroSD" (is external SDcard).

Yes i do that before and for applications rom files for playstation it's is very big too, what can i do ? (rom buddy, romfinder ...)
And applications need download data (there are a lot of games)

You mean that your Playstation - emulator doesn't find the rom files on your external SD-card ?

Absolutly correct.
The best smartphone in this moment... but memory system sucks

well this should be something that can easily be sorted out by the emulator dev

And apps needs more data ? Like gameloft ?

mimstyle said:
Absolutly correct.
The best smartphone in this moment... but memory system sucks
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All Android phones with "internal SD" work the same, it is the only way.
App developers need to change their apps to support _ExternalSD because this is part of the Android specification.
Until app vendors update their apps you must use the 5GB for storage except:
You can change:
Music - _ExternalSD
Camera - _ExternalSD
Video - _ExternalSD
Browser downloads - _ExternalSD
And I think the 5GB that remains will be enough for everything else!

djmcnz said:
All Android phones with "internal SD" work the same, it is the only way.
App developers need to change their apps to support _ExternalSD because this is part of the Android specification.
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That is great news. I thought the O2X was the only one and that the solution was proprietary for LG.
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And I think the 5GB that remains will be enough for everything else!
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I'm having a hard time with my preferred podcast app. It does not support _ExternalSD yet. This is by far the most storage consuming app on my phone.
I have sent a request to the developer for an update.

djmcnz said:
All Android phones with "internal SD" work the same, it is the only way.
App developers need to change their apps to support _ExternalSD because this is part of the Android specification.
Until app vendors update their apps you must use the 5GB for storage except:
You can change:
Music - _ExternalSD
Camera - _ExternalSD
Video - _ExternalSD
Browser downloads - _ExternalSD
And I think the 5GB that remains will be enough for everything else!
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Ok thank you.
Rom emulator - _ExternalSD i find for this too.
For me it's ok now, thank you for all answer

is is possible to link folders from external to internal storage?
so the real data is in external storage, but accessible \ usable from internal

[Solved] Internal - External SD Swap, in recovery?

Hey guys, so this is abit of a head scratcher, but I have and old galaxy s not being used, problem is that internal sd is "burnt out" and no longer "mounts", was told It needs a new motherboard. My question is can I use an external card to mount and instal a rom to, bypassing the internal card altogether, is there a way to mount the external card in recovery and flash it?

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Hey guys, so this is abit of a head scratcher, but I have and old galaxy s not being used, problem is that internal sd is "burnt out" and no longer "mounts", was told It needs a new motherboard. My question is can I use an external card to mount and instal a rom to, bypassing the internal card altogether, is there a way to mount the external card in recovery and flash it?
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yes read up on all this FIRST on MY Android Collections link below and try out the easiest later
SD Card Section
All about SD cards
How to Flash a Rom with a broken SD card
How to Flash without SD card
i9001 swap SD card
How to Swap SD cards
Internal SD card Solutions :- Here & Here & Here
How to use Gparted FAQ
How to partition SD card here and here
Increase RAM using Swap File and Swap Partition
Swap Internal and External SD card of ANY Android phone
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My internal sd F up'ed on me and I use this, Only thing that worked for my Galaxy so far,

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yes read up on all this FIRST on MY Android Collections link below and try out the easiest later
SD Card Section
All about SD cards
How to Flash a Rom with a broken SD card
How to Flash without SD card
i9001 swap SD card
How to Swap SD cards
Internal SD card Solutions :- Here & Here & Here
How to use Gparted FAQ
How to partition SD card here and here
Increase RAM using Swap File and Swap Partition
Swap Internal and External SD card of ANY Android phone
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Ive looked through all those, ive gotten somewhere but nothing close to a mounted sd. Ive formatted my external sd card with 2GB ext4 and 1.8 fat32 but the system doesn't use it as a replacement, and every time I flash it attempts to mount the internal sdcard and fails.
I think ill need some more detailed help, after I format the card, is the phone suppose to "automatically" use the external card, because every tut I saw just jumps to flashing and doesn't mention anything after formatting the card and inserting it.

Angelus89 said:
Ive looked through all those, ive gotten somewhere but nothing close to a mounted sd. Ive formatted my external sd card with 2GB ext4 and 1.8 fat32 but the system doesn't use it as a replacement, and every time I flash it attempts to mount the internal sdcard and fails.
I think ill need some more detailed help, after I format the card, is the phone suppose to "automatically" use the external card, because every tut I saw just jumps to flashing and doesn't mention anything after formatting the card and inserting it.
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With the link I gave you, I use the latest version of ROM 1.32 (only one that worked for me) and i partition the external card from the PC using SD adaptor and MiniTool Partition Wizard with 2GB EXT2 or EXT4 at the END of card and the rest of space at the beginning of card to FAT32. Make both partitions PRIMARY. put in phone flash modified ROM and fingers crossed.
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AND IT WORKED! Once it was the partitions were in the wrong place and wearnt primaries. Thanks Guys!!!!

Angelus89 said:
AND IT WORKED! Once it was the partitions were in the wrong place and wearnt primaries. Thanks Guys!!!!
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best you detail it here so that anyone reading it (this thread) in the future will know what and how you solved it. (meaning the steps you took)
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So Using both xsenman and RuffBuster suggestions I was able to get the card mounted.
Its quite simple once you get it.
1. Format an SD card (Post Suggests 16 gb, but I used a 4) using MiniTool Partition.
2.The First Partition is Primary 2gb ext4.
3. The Second is a Primary Fat32 with the rest of the space.
4. Download the Rom Provided here. http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=520348 but since its in spanish, all you really need is http://www.mediafire.com/?mb5m89qwy6ma46y <-- From what I understood its a special rom that enables the use of the ext4 and fat32??
5.In odin put the corresponding files in each field.
I left the pit out because it just bricked my phone.
6. After its flashed the files, the phone should reboot into recovery and if all went well it will write the roms onto the external SD and you should have a working phone

After i've done this, how to install ICS or JB for next step? Please give me tutorial dude..
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Hei Angelus89 help me
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[Q] New SDCard not working

I bought a 64gb sdcard for my new phone. I put my new sd in the reader and copy all my files to it from the phone plugged in to the usb. I see all the files on the computer but when i put it into the phone it doesn't read any of the files on the card. Can someone please help me getting my phone reading my new sony sd card...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51913144
Or the fast way root and install a custom Rom, then your SD card will work.
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I had the same issue too. Had to format it fat-32 on the computer first.
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Yea make sure it's fat 32

Thanx fat32 worked man!
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Fat32 is only good for 32gb. Check your capacity on the card, you've probably just cut it in half.
I couldn't get it to read my 128gb card, switched to a different rom and it popped right up.
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I got all my space
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I got all my space too
Sent From My HTC One (M8)

Formatting the card as FAT32 is a waste.
Put it in the device before you copy anything to it. That'll format it as exFAT and ensure the device can read it. Then it should be readable everywhere else.

Captain_Throwback said:
Formatting the card as FAT32 is a waste.
Put it in the device before you copy anything to it. That'll format it as exFAT and ensure the device can read it. Then it should be readable everywhere else.
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That didn't work on my one or my buddies one either. It'll format but won't read the card in exFAT.
Why is it a waste though?
Sent From My HTC One (M8)

Rydah805 said:
That didn't work on my one or my buddies one either. It'll format but won't read the card in exFAT.
Why is it a waste though?
Sent From My HTC One (M8)
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You're killing the read/write speeds on the card with FAT32 when compared to exFAT.
I have a 128GB card formatted exFAT and it works fine in my device.

Yea I tried again and it didn't read Sprint is sending me a hk m8 replacement maybe it'll work in that one.
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Captain_Throwback said:
You're killing the read/write speeds on the card with FAT32 when compared to exFAT.
I have a 128GB card formatted exFAT and it works fine in my device.
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Go stock and tell me if it works... Please.
mobilecj said:
Yea I tried again and it didn't read Sprint is sending me a hk m8 replacement maybe it'll work in that one.
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I'm thinking it won't work stock, and needs to be enabled in kernel? Thats what the Verizon guys have to do. (FAT32 or enable exFAT in the kernel...)

Rydah805 said:
Go stock and tell me if it works... Please.
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I've never used anything but stock kernel.
exFAT is enabled by default. When you format the card in Settings - Storage, it formats the card exFAT.
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I've never used anything but stock kernel.
exFAT is enabled by default. When you format the card in Settings - Storage, it formats the card exFAT.
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Hmmm...:/ wonder why it doesn't for me. It'd make sense for it to work. When i put it in the phone and format it, it does format in extFAT, but the phone doesn't mount it like that...

Rydah805 said:
Hmmm...:/ wonder why it doesn't for me. It'd make sense for it to work. When i put it in the phone and format it, it does format in extFAT, but the phone doesn't mount it like that...
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So the phone formats it, but then won't mount it? That doesn't make any sense. Sounds like something isn't working right.

Captain_Throwback said:
So the phone formats it, but then won't mount it? That doesn't make any sense. Sounds like something isn't working right.
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yeah, but it mounts and reads it fine with fat32

Rydah805 said:
yeah, but it mounts and reads it fine with fat32
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If the card is 32GB or below, that makes sense, but for XC cards, exFAT is the default format.

Captain_Throwback said:
If the card is 32GB or below, that makes sense, but for XC cards, exFAT is the default format.
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64gb
Edit: here's an SD Card Benchmark

I'm seeing very poor R/W speeds from my card. It supposed to be a class 10, 64GB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009SK57ZQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
In the Benchmark tool, it gets detected as the Internal SD card for some reason. But regardless, this card should be performing faster, IMHO.
5MB/s read and 4 MB/s write seems very slow. In fact, if I set my pictures to save to the SD card, it gives me a warning that my SD card is too slow.
I just tried formatting via the phone menu (Settings > Storage > Format SD Card), but still pretty slow.
Any thoughts on how to speed it up? Did I purchase a bum card?

Guide for those struggling with 'Adopt SD as Internal Storage' in Marshmallow

The first time you boot up your marshmallow device, you will receive a notification asking if you want to use your SD card as Internal or Storage. If you use storage its like any other external storage. But if you choose Internal, it will format your SD card to ext4 just like you would if you were to use Link2SD.
Now most of the apps will be stored on this SD card. However some won't and that's when you'll start running out of space. But that's not the case. Hidden inside is the option to move these apps to the SD card as well (along with the entire data and obb files). This is what you gotta do:
Go to Storage & USB
Go to Internal Storage
Go to Apps
Select the app
Select the option 'Change' and select your SD Card and then select Move from the 'Move Authenticator' and it's done!
Mind you, that the pre installed apps and the bloatware cannot be shifted this way. However it won't matter. you will still have around 900 MB free and even if the pre installed apps take up cache space there is plenty of space.
Enjoy!
Edit: Restart your phone after that otherwise the partition won't show up if you connect your phone to the PC.

psiknight99 said:
The first time you boot up your marshmallow device, you will receive a notification asking if you want to use your SD card as Internal or Storage. If you use storage its like any other external storage. But if you choose Internal, it will format your SD card to ext4 just like you would if you were to use Link2SD.
Now most of the apps will be stored on this SD card. However some won't and that's when you'll start running out of space. But that's not the case. Hidden inside is the option to move these apps to the SD card as well (along with the entire data and obb files). This is what you gotta do:
Go to Storage & USB
Go to Internal Storage
Go to Apps
Select the app
Select the option 'Change' and select your SD Card and then select Move from the 'Move Authenticator' and it's done!
Mind you, that the pre installed apps and the bloatware cannot be shifted this way. However it won't matter. you will still have around 900 MB free and even if the pre installed apps take up cache space there is plenty of space.
Enjoy!
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How to access SD card contents?

As in?

To access contents for backup and restoring files. Furthermore only internal storage is accessable not SD card(mounted as Internal storage).

You can access files from pc
sumchamp said:
How to access SD card contents?
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Set "Usa as internal storage" option (SD card will be formatted),
Connect to PC then select "USB for file transfer" in notification bar then select ---->MTP option,,,,,, Boom, its done....

sumchamp said:
To access contents for backup and restoring files. Furthermore only internal storage is accessable not SD card(mounted as Internal storage).
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So far as I understand, one can only move data to the internal memory and then migrate that to the ext4 partition using the migrate data option. So yes, one can't move large files in one go as the max amount of free internal memory is around 800 MB., and will have to do in batches..
Edit 1: I realize you don't have to do that in batches if you restart your phone after migrating your data to the SD Card. The phone shows the entire partition on the Computer after you restart. Clearly, there is some clarification that Google must come out on this or most users will be left confused and frustrated.

Migrate Data
What does the option 'migrate data' do? It says it will take 10 minutes and free up 5.8 gigs of sd space.

matrix2897 said:
What does the option 'migrate data' do? It says it will take 10 minutes and free up 5.8 gigs of sd space.
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Don't migrate from SD card to Internal else your storage will be full. Migrate from internal to SD. I think yours has already migrated to SD.

psiknight99 said:
Don't migrate from SD card to Internal else your storage will be full. Migrate from internal to SD. I think yours has already migrated to SD.
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Yep, I had to reset my phone after that.
Are you facing unnecessary restarts? It started after I moved some apps to SD card.

matrix2897 said:
Yep, I had to reset my phone after that.
Are you facing unnecessary restarts? It started after I moved some apps to SD card.
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Nope, haven't faced a restart yet. However I moved WhatsApp to SD and after it got an update it was automatically moved back to internal causing it to lose its chat history. Moving it back to SD let me restore my last backup though.

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Nope, haven't faced a restart yet. However I moved WhatsApp to SD and after it got an update it was automatically moved back to internal causing it to lose its chat history. Moving it back to SD let me restore my last backup though.
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Just faced this problem after updating whatsapp, messenger, docs. Had to restart to move it back to sd card. This feature is still buggy.

matrix2897 said:
Just faced this problem after updating whatsapp, messenger, docs. Had to restart to move it back to sd card. This feature is still buggy.
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Yeah but I love how I don't have to wait for root to use Link2SD to install more Apps. It's more or less working quite well. Just a few annoyances like the migrate data issues. O too had to reset data after making that mistake.

Disregard my post. Found a solution.

need help guyz
Sorry for posting in this thread but I am in a big problem... suddenly my spice mi498 showing this error
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plz help....

Rauls007 said:
Sorry for posting in this thread but I am in a big problem... suddenly my spice mi498 showing this error
plz help....
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Have you tried wipe data/ factory resetting it again?

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Have you tried wipe data/ factory resetting it again?
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yes, still same error

Rauls007 said:
yes, still same error
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It might be due to filesystem corruption, reflash the rom.

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It might be due to filesystem corruption, reflash the rom.
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I cant flash any ROM.... same error appears....failed to mount and blah blah:crying:

Philz recovery not able to read sd card any solution??? :I

After I upgrade to Marshmallow, I'd like to format my sd card, but suddenly i hit the "FORGET" button. can i restore the setting without any root or any methods?

Huawei Honor 4x Che2-L11 / App2SD / Link2SD / Marshmallow

Due to the insufficient storage I've tried to partition my SD card to move apps there. I know that I can move them through system, but using APP2SD gives even more space. I've used Partition Magic and built-in APP2SD partitioning tool. Without success. 2nd partition is unrecognisable by any of those apps (i've tried to format it as ext2, ext4, ext3 and f2fs). Because of this app is unable to create mount script on 2nd partition. I was reading that EMUI 4.0 (with Marshmallow) is not working with adaptable storage (just like AOSP or CM when you can switch SD card as internal memory) and you can move only particular apps. Are there any solutions for the insufficient storage working on EMUI (Marshmallow)?

watchoutbehindyou said:
Due to the insufficient storage I've tried to partition my SD card to move apps there. I know that I can move them through system, but using APP2SD gives even more space. I've used Partition Magic and built-in APP2SD partitioning tool. Without success. 2nd partition is unrecognisable by any of those apps (i've tried to format it as ext2, ext4, ext3 and f2fs). Because of this app is unable to create mount script on 2nd partition. I was reading that EMUI 4.0 (with Marshmallow) is not working with adaptable storage (just like AOSP or CM when you can switch SD card as internal memory) and you can move only particular apps. Are there any solutions for the insufficient storage working on EMUI (Marshmallow)?
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Yes, there is a solution on MM B515. Link2SD didnt work, but Apps2SD does work. Just make sure root functions properly. You can check my post in Che-L11 q&a page for instructioslns on how to do it. This is mine now. 128gb microSDXC card, 8gb (8192mb) as Ext4, rest is ExFat. Ignore the Link2SD screenshot, I only use Link2SD for freezing stuffs.
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zzztidurvirus said:
Yes, there is a solution on MM B515. Link2SD didnt work, but Apps2SD does work. Just make sure root functions properly. You can check my post in Che-L11 q&a page for instructioslns on how to do it. This is mine now. 128gb microSDXC card, 8gb (8192mb) as Ext4, rest is ExFat. Ignore the Link2SD screenshot, I only use Link2SD for freezing stuffs.
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Looks kinda complicated because of Magisk "root" issues. I wonder if this will work on b506 because this is the one I'm using (European variant).

watchoutbehindyou said:
Looks kinda complicated because of Magisk "root" issues. I wonder if this will work on b506 because this is the one I'm using (European variant).
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b506? is it latest stock? i only upgraded to b510 via update.app then b515 via OTA update.zip this week, also installed magisk this week, even though that toggle doesnt seem to work, root works properly. Looks complicated, but once you do it, theres nothing to worry about. just make sure you partition the microsd properly. tell me, are you using 128gb now? its harder to do it for 128gb (ExFat issues) than for 32gb one (Fat32 is easier)
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zzztidurvirus said:
b506? is it latest stock? i only upgraded to b510 via update.app then b515 via OTA update.zip this week, also installed magisk this week, even though that toggle doesnt seem to work, root works properly. Looks complicated, but once you do it, theres nothing to worry about. just make sure you partition the microsd properly. tell me, are you using 128gb now? its harder to do it for 128gb (ExFat issues) than for 32gb one (Fat32 is easier)
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I'm using 64GB but I can switch to 16GB becasuse I currently don't have 32GB. B506 is the latest stock valid for my region (Eastern Europe) and I've downloaded it from Huawei Support website because for my region Marshmallow update wasn't distributed via OTA, later I've installed it through "force update".
So I did everything as in APP2SD tutorial - Partitioned my 64GB SD card as FAT32 (primary) than later I've separated from it a 16GB EXT (set as primary as well) partition (ext2, ext3, ext4 - I've tried with all of them). I tried to do it with partition minitool on Windows PC and built-in APP2SD partitioning tool. Without result. APP2SD is not detecting the EXT partition (it calls it 2nd partition), thus it's unable to create mount scripts there. So, after partitioning my SD Card, phone restarts and when I'm entering APP2SD it gives me and error about not detecting it. Do you think i should try the same with 16GB card? Can lack of Magisk may be the issue?

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I'm using 64GB but I can switch to 16GB becasuse I currently don't have 32GB. B506 is the latest stock valid for my region (Eastern Europe) and I've downloaded it from Huawei Support website because for my region Marshmallow update wasn't distributed via OTA, later I've installed it through "force update".
So I did everything as in APP2SD tutorial - Partitioned my 64GB SD card as FAT32 (primary) than later I've separated from it a 16GB EXT (set as primary as well) partition (ext2, ext3, ext4 - I've tried with all of them). I tried to do it with partition minitool on Windows PC and built-in APP2SD partitioning tool. Without result. APP2SD is not detecting the EXT partition (it calls it 2nd partition), thus it's unable to create mount scripts there. So, after partitioning my SD Card, phone restarts and when I'm entering APP2SD it gives me and error about not detecting it. Do you think i should try the same with 16GB card? Can lack of Magisk may be the issue?
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i think your root is ok. 64gb is fine. i think you did it like this:
1 fat32 of 32gb
2 ext4/ext3/ext2/f2fs of 16gb (you tried all, right)
3 the unallocated space
correct?
you cannot leave unallocated space, even though youre using fat32. app2sd / link2sd will not work. if you really want to try with the 16gb, its ok, as practice. just remember, only windos diskmgmt.msc will be able to format properly to ExFat. Fat32 on the other hand, no problems.
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Almost. I've separated 16GB in ext filesystem from fat32 64GB card. I left no unallocated space. Only aaprox. 44GB of fat32 and 16GB of ext. Maybe Ill try exfat instead of fat32... Hmmm I'm running out of ideas. If not I'll try to split 16GB card in half

just by the way, if you are using minitool to partition, you need to make the fat32 partition first, then the ext4 partition with the unallocated space after you created the fat32 partition
and B506 is the first european MM, now they have B570

Ok, solved. Thank you. Trick with 2 partitions (ExFAT - 40 something gigs and Ext4 - 16 something) did the trick. Everything is working now.

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Almost. I've separated 16GB in ext filesystem from fat32 64GB card. I left no unallocated space. Only aaprox. 44GB of fat32 and 16GB of ext. Maybe Ill try exfat instead of fat32... Hmmm I'm running out of ideas. If not I'll try to split 16GB card in half
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how do you make a fat32 partition with 44gb size? i cant seem to do it, only ExFat works though. Fat32 cant be selected if the size is biggee than 32gb.
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Mostly yes.
This is how I did it:
First i've cleared out my sd card totally, leaving only unallocated space. Then i've created 44gb fat32 partition using dskmgmt. Rest, about 16gb remained still unallocated. In the next step I've converted that 44gb fat32 to exfat in dskmgmt. I don't know why I couldn't format it directly to exfat and I had to do it through fat32 first. The 16gb of unallocated space was formated as ext4 with use of mini partitioning tool on my PC. Voila. Mounting script installed. I have about 20 additional apps installed and still about 2,5gb free internal space. Now I can call it a decent phone. Next step - installing XPOSED. I need it for Youtube background playback module.
EDIT: Chrome Beta ver. 55 have an feature to play YT videos in background. So I don't need XPOSED for now.

here is how i do it:
1. delete all partitions
2. split into 2 partitions, currently 109gb and 8gb (128gb microsdXC)
3. format 109gb into ExFat directly via diskmgmt.msc (diskmgmt.msc didnt allow me to pick Fat32)
4. let it finish, refresh disk list. confirm that 109gb is properly formatted into ExFat.
5. open minitool partition, format that 8gb into Ext4.
6. let it finish, refresh disk list using minitool, confirm that you only have 2 partitions and there are no unallocated space.
As usual, make sure that Ext4 as primary, bla3x all that partition stuff.
Why Ext4? Starting from ICS 4.0 /system/ is already in Ext4. Pick whatever format that you want. I just want to match it, make it the same is /system/ and /data/ and you know the rest.
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I have ICS 4.0.4 and is not ext4.
I will not update my device, to a new, untill all manufacturers stops and forbid these horrible filesystem named extended v2/3/or4 that serious damage and destroys any kind of ssd cards.
What about suggest you, NTFS?

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I have ICS 4.0.4 and is not ext4.
I will not update my device, to a new, untill all manufacturers stops and forbid these horrible filesystem named extended v2/3/or4 that serious damage and destroys any kind of ssd cards.
What about suggest you, NTFS?
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zzztidurvirus said:
here is how i do it:
1. delete all partitions
2. split into 2 partitions, currently 109gb and 8gb (128gb microsdXC)
3. format 109gb into ExFat directly via diskmgmt.msc (diskmgmt.msc didnt allow me to pick Fat32)
4. let it finish, refresh disk list. confirm that 109gb is properly formatted into ExFat.
5. open minitool partition, format that 8gb into Ext4.
6. let it finish, refresh disk list using minitool, confirm that you only have 2 partitions and there are no unallocated space.
As usual, make sure that Ext4 as primary, bla3x all that partition stuff.
Why Ext4? Starting from ICS 4.0 /system/ is already in Ext4. Pick whatever format that you want. I just want to match it, make it the same is /system/ and /data/ and you know the rest.
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Exactly. But I had to format it through Fat32 to have exFat option available. Weird.
Dosen't matter, it's working now.

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yeah, i dont get it though. why would you want to go to NTFS. You will need FUSE-3G kernel driver and stuff. NTFS is not open source. I have used Link2SD from old skool Xperia X8 stock (Ext2), X8 GingerDX (Ext3), Xperia Play (Ext3), then this honor 4x (Ext4). I havent tried F2fs yet. I dont think its supported in my stock b515. You only need to use a reliable microsd. Clearly NTFS destroys my microsd way faster than this ExFat Ext4 combo. i have tested my microsd using it as a win7 + xp + lubuntu multi installation boot card.
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I'm on ext4

I only wanted to show that androed is installable in various filesystems yaffs, and now i am experiencing crazyness and fast performance with ntfs and modded link2sd. Not only 4.0.4 how our friend said, that 4.0.4 is only ext4
Comments apparted, i need to cut the ext4's hands creator. You can lpass me information about this horrible and repugnant person (s) ?
Thanx>
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If ext4 or ext (any version), was a good filesystem, the Biggest company Samsung , had never invested Giant money to create a new substitute to tgis trash like f2fs or another fs.
Noh?

I don't understand much about this, but I am happy satisfied with what I have

NTFS is open source yes, according with this site:
www.tuxera.com
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Sorry, your informations are not corresponding to reality about ntfs on sd.
I modded link2sd to start ntfs sdext2 sdcard, with full app+data inside the sdext and today completed 20 days of usage, and i see a crazyness fast experience and performance that i never had on my 4 devices that i have someday, at least yaffs2 that is "the best filesystem" is comparable