Hello,
I recently came into posession of a huge Android tablet with an Octa-core CPU. Makes my old Galaxy S4 mini look like a toy. Unfortunately the internal memory of the Tab A 10.1 is only 16 GB.
Naturally I tried to use the external SD as internal storage in order to install more memory hungry apps.
It was a bit confusing, to say the least.
This information is not new at all, it's just following guides already posted here, in many different places. This thread is a confirmation of a tested case scenario for rooting and using the external SD as internal storage on a Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016).
If you own a Samsung Galaxy Tab A (SM-T580) or most likely also the LTE version (SM-T585) and don't care so much about android 7, but rather use your SD-Card as internal storage in android 6 - YOU CAN !
It's pretty straight forward.
WARNING Flashing a custom recovery to your device will trip the Knox warranty bit on your phone. Check with your mobile provider to see if they will still cover warranty on Knox bit triggered devices. If you understand this risk, continue on. You generally don't have to worry, as it's incredibly hard to brick a Samsung device, and physical damage warranties should be exempt from Knox triggering. [credit: jcadduono]
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First:
Follow this GUIDE (Newbie-friendly: TWRP and Root for Tab A tablets (2016, 10.1")) to get a working Team Win Recovery (TWRP) on your Tab.
Second:
Flash ULTRA LEAN MM V6 (T580).zip from this Thread
Third:
Stay in TWRP and flash adoptable_storage_enabler_ashyx.zip from this thread: [PATCH]**Adoptable storage enabler** MARSHMALLOW
Reboot, and format as adoptable storage.
It works here, should work for you too.
Hope I helped someone.
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I have several problems. I am still on the stock ROM. I updated with Kies to Android 5.0. I then rooted the phone. I have not flashed a custom ROM yet. I have tried to remove system apps with my old favorite root app removers and they simply don't work. They say successful but the apps come right back. I have backed up my phone with the standard recovery apps, TWRP, Philz touch and ROM Manager. I carefully chose backup to the SD card but all of them also save the backup to the phone memory also. Those backups eat the phone memory and I cannot remove them. Removal fails. Files are write protected. I was able to remove the backups by using the factory reset. That is a real pain. I'm now afraid to use any recovery now. With only 16 GB of memory, I choose to use the SD card. Is Android 5.0 causing these problems? Am I stuck with the stock Android 5.0? Kies warned me that I can't go backwards. I had none of these problems with the Samsung S3 and S4 with custom ROMs. I might add that I used a no bloat program with the S5 and Android 5.0. It bricked my phone. It was quite difficult to get it working again with the stock Android ROM. I wish I not bought the S5 or updated to Android 5.0.
My phone is a G900F with Lollypop 5.0
3545alg said:
I have several problems. I am still on the stock ROM. I updated with Kies to Android 5.0. I then rooted the phone. I have not flashed a custom ROM yet. I have tried to remove system apps with my old favorite root app removers and they simply don't work. They say successful but the apps come right back. I have backed up my phone with the standard recovery apps, TWRP, Philz touch and ROM Manager. I carefully chose backup to the SD card but all of them also save the backup to the phone memory also. Those backups eat the phone memory and I cannot remove them. Removal fails. Files are write protected. I was able to remove the backups by using the factory reset. That is a real pain. I'm now afraid to use any recovery now. With only 16 GB of memory, I choose to use the SD card. Is Android 5.0 causing these problems? Am I stuck with the stock Android 5.0? Kies warned me that I can't go backwards. I had none of these problems with the Samsung S3 and S4 with custom ROMs. I might add that I used a no bloat program with the S5 and Android 5.0. It bricked my phone. It was quite difficult to get it working again with the stock Android ROM. I wish I not bought the S5 or updated to Android 5.0.
My phone is a G900F with Lollypop 5.0
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You stated you have a G900F so you need to post in the international threads this is for G900A devices
OPOfreak said:
You stated you have a G900F so you need to post in the international threads this is for G900A devices
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The thread title is; "AT&T Galaxy S5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting". I have an S5. I don't see an International thread.
3545alg said:
The thread title is; "AT&T Galaxy S5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting". I have an S5. I don't see an International thread.
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That's right it's for the G900A
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700073
OPOfreak said:
That's right it's for the G900A
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700073
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Moved.
I've got a Sprint Galaxy Note 2 (SPH-L900) with storage issues. For a few months now, the internal storage will occasionally become corrupted to the point where it won't boot. I have to wipe, reformat, and reinstall to get it running again using TWRP. When it died today, I decided it was time to trade up to a newer model. However, when I try to reformat the internal storage as usual, TWRP claims that it can't access the internal storage at all. The regular partitions are all in the list of things on which I could operate, but they're all listed as being not present in the phone. Is there any way around this?
I'd like to sell the Note 2 for whatever I can get for it (with appropriate disclosure, of course), but I'm not about to let it go without convincing myself that my personal data has been completely overwritten. If TWRP can't see the internal storage, how can I reformat it? Might adb or some other computer-based solution have better luck? I've never run that before, except when flashing TWRP with Odin. The phone won't currently boot past the initial black & white "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen, unless I'm booting into recovery.
FWIW, I've really enjoyed using the MoKee 6.0.1 ROM on this phone recently. It's a pity the phone died out from under it. It has several nerd-friendly features that my wife's stock S5 lacks, and which I'm sure my new Note 4 will also lack.
Hi. Briefly, I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7, model SM-T810 *64Gb* running Android 6.0.1/MM and I rooted it using TWRP 3.0.2-1 (from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/development/recovery-twrp-2-8-7-x-lollipop-5-1-1-t3205686) and used TWRP to flash SuperSU v2.78-SR1.
It boots and works, and the apps and all are still there, and SuperSU gets installed, but it reports that 63.5Gb out of 64Gb is in use! So naturally I can’t install or update any apps.
Any ideas as to where I went wrong and how to get out of this? I tried deleting some things to make more room, but the available amount doesn’t change. I’m thinking that’s a baaad sign.
Is there a “fix?” Do I need to reload the stock firmware and start over? If I do, I guess I’ll need to try to root it some other way.
Any help appreciated!
I Am Dumb
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Ok, I'm a dumb*** (can we swear here? I forget). Problem solved, nevermind.
I thought I checked the obvious "did I just fill up storage myself?" question, but it turned out a very large sync of comic books didn't go to the external SD card like I thought, but to internal storage and filled it up. Le sigh.
FWIW I can confirm that flashing the TWRP above and using it to flash SuperSU does root the device nicely, as confirmed by Root Detector (now that I can install it!).
Sorry everybody, I'm off to donate to TWRP and I already bought SuperSU Pro... and will thank the TWRP modifier too...
I have a Galaxy Tab A (SM-T580) WI-FI only tablet that was recently upgraded to Android 8.1.0 by Samsung. I know that many people root their devices to gain complete control over the device and that rooting will allow you to remove the Samsung Bloatware on the device. That being said i wonder if there's a way to remove this bloatware short of rooting the device? If not, I'm concerned that the rooting methods might not be compatible after my tablet was recently updated. I'm also concerned about the complexity of the rooting process as I'm not technically savvy and the last thing I want to do is turn my tablet into a brick.
My main concern is that there is so much bloatware on this device that I never use that now I'm unable to install new apps that I do want without removing other apps I do use and want to keep. Note that I have already moved the apps I can to my SD card and I'm still short on application storage.
Can I please get some advance on what direction I can take? Thanks.
Play store has some stuff . . .
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=bloatware&c=apps&hl=en
One of them might work . . .
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Might.
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I have a Galaxy Tab A (SM-T580) WI-FI only tablet that was recently upgraded to Android 8.1.0 by Samsung. I know that many people root their devices to gain complete control over the device and that rooting will allow you to remove the Samsung Bloatware on the device. That being said i wonder if there's a way to remove this bloatware short of rooting the device? If not, I'm concerned that the rooting methods might not be compatible after my tablet was recently updated. I'm also concerned about the complexity of the rooting process as I'm not technically savvy and the last thing I want to do is turn my tablet into a brick.
My main concern is that there is so much bloatware on this device that I never use that now I'm unable to install new apps that I do want without removing other apps I do use and want to keep. Note that I have already moved the apps I can to my SD card and I'm still short on application storage.
Can I please get some advance on what direction I can take? Thanks.
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OK several points. Firstly there is no point in removing system apps, you will gain absolutely nothing.
It's better to simply disable them and you don't need root to do this.
Second you cannot install apps to the system partition unless you have root so in no way is this affecting you installing other apps.
Lastly it is highly unlikely that you will turn your device into a brick by rooting . It's not really possible as it's simply a software hack that is easily removed.
Your best tool is research before you root.
Hello all,
I'm currently trying to help a friend whose Samsung Galaxy A71 got softbricked (bootloop). Since the bootloader is already unlocked, I installed TWRP to backup the internal storage to a PC and then do a clean flash of the firmware via ODIN.
Unfortunately, the device is encrypted (ran on Stock ROM before/Android 10) and it is not possible to access the files.
Is there any way to decrypt and restore the data without wiping/formatting the storage? I already tried to flash no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.1 but it results in ERROR 1.
Any help is very appreciated!
Hello. I am also interested in this question, is there a result? On March 4, Samsung's stolen data was published, maybe there are already developments on this.
My rooted A71 decided to boot loop a week ago with no warning. It was working fine for 2 years. I was pretty pissed. Like an earlier member I wanted to salvage the data but couldn't read / decrypt the files even when I was in recovery.
After much research I confirmed that I had Google backup enabled and also my Samsung notes was synced to Samsung cloud. So most of everything I wanted was covered. Mainly txts and notes from girls lol.
I did a nand wipe, repartition, and flashed the latest Android with Odin and happy to say the phone's up now. I'm leary of Samsung hardware so I will ensure its backed up and synced to both Google and Samsung services.