128GB internal storage vs 32GB with SD Card?? - Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers

Hi I am trying to understand if there is any practical real life difference between getting the 128GB (black pearl) variant or a standard 32GB and then adding at large SD card.
- I know adoptable storage isn't a native option but seems it can easily be enabled using adb
- essentially it'd be Spotify offline files and media that would be on the SD card only at this stage
Am I missing something obvious? Why would one opt for a larger internal storage then??

Internal storage on Galaxy S7 is WAY faster than SD cards. But there's a potential risk of it being wiped away, either by your mistake, or when you want to decrypt your storage. But no need to worry about it if you love your Samsung Pay and don't want to trip knox warranty.

Ye, internal storages are faster, it also has dual sim with sd card slot. It's not worth paying more for couple of gigs IMHO.
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Because adoptable storage isn't utilized very good. For instance, OBB and app data will still be stored on the internal storage even though you set up adoptable storage and there shouldn't be such a thing. This results in apps reporting insufficient storage space, even if you have a 128gb adoptable storage setup. It's just a bad solution IMHO.
The reason why no one seems to have performance issues despite regular SD cards being slower than internal storage is because of the aforementioned reason. When you have adoptable storage set up, apps and the Android system will still prefer the "internal partition" of it.
This has been my experience with adoptable storage.

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Use NFC for storing Swipe Card data etc

Hi,
I was wondering if NFC on the Galaxy S4 can be used to copy and then transmit data from RFID cards.
I have a swipe card into my building and I was wondering if I could load the data onto my phone. That way I could "swipe" my phone against the reader rather than using the card
Does anyone know if there is an app for this or even if the phone is capable of doing such a thing?
Thanks
Its called NFC Emulation, currently, you cant. Unless the building can detect a visa/mastercard, in which case you could try a virtual wallet.
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Is anybody else having trouble encrypting their SD card in their MXPE?

When I encrypted the phone, it appears this encrypted the internal storage, but not the SD card that was in the phone at the time. The manual implies that SD card encryption is supposed to work, but there doesn't seem to be a specific option on any of the android menus? I'm working with Motorola, but so far it's not clear if this is a problem with just my phone, or if others out there have had the same issue. Any suggestions/solutions XDA?
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SD card corrupted unable to save data after format

Hello,
I recently got a Galaxy S7 Edge and was using Google Play Music to download songs onto a rather new 64gb microSD card (Samsung EVO brand). I was downloading several songs and didn't have any problems writing to the card at first. But then I had to leave my WiFi connection for sometime, which paused the downloads. When I returned the downloading attempted to resume, but I got an error saying it was unable to download due to lack of space on my card. I knew this wasn't possible since the card was empty and I hadn't download even close to 64gb of music, or anything else. So I checked my storage, and it said my card was corrupted and needed to be formatted. So I formatted it but still got the same problem, saying I didn't have enough space on the card. I then decided to try downloading music using Spotify to see if it was a bug with GPM. Unfortunately Spotify was giving me the same error, and now I'm stuck with a useless microSD card. Has anyone else had a problem like this? Note the card is recognized and shows me that I have about 60gb available, but I cannot write anything to it. Please help!
Check the microSD card using a PC. If needed, you can also try formatting the microSD on the PC.
If still unrecoverable, you can ask for a replacement under warranty.
Anyway, if you bought the microSD on eBay it's even possible that it's a fake.
themissionimpossible said:
Check the microSD card using a PC. If needed, you can also try formatting the microSD on the PC.
If still unrecoverable, you can ask for a replacement under warranty.
Anyway, if you bought the microSD on eBay it's even possible that it's a fake.
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Thanks for the tip, I purchased the card from Office Depot, highly doubt it's counterfeit.
Update
So I formatted the card on my PC and still have the same issue... Going to try another card to see if it's an issue with the phone itself or my card just went bad.
I'm having same issue on both sd cards which both worked on another s7 edge but since updating the new software update its not been working and I've read somewhere else it may be to do with this so don't know if Samsung are working on a fix
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One sd is recognized but the other which is full of music isn't even recognized at all nothing appears in storage or no notification or anything
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russellcausier said:
I'm having same issue on both sd cards which both worked on another s7 edge but since updating the new software update its not been working and I've read somewhere else it may be to do with this so don't know if Samsung are working on a fix
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I cannot speak for software updates as my Galaxy S7 edge is less than a month old and I haven't had to do any updates since I got it. The people at Best Buy were able to swap out a different working SD card for me just to test, and it seemed to work. They said once the card becomes corrupt it's a lost cause, although I'm skeptical about that. Anyway I went ahead and got a new card for the time being, and am going to try to get Samsung to replace the dud.

Best way to backup internal storage

Hello,
as the 6T has no microsd to just pull out and backup, I'd like to know ways to backup / synchronize my entire internal storage to a local network drive (Synology Diskstation NAS).
Is there an app that can reliable do this for me as soon as the following rules are met? A) Be connected to my home WiFi b) phone is being charged c) nas is running
Also I no battery drain when it's not in use.
I tried the synology cloud app for this purpose on another phone. While running all it did was to eat the battery like candy.
Thank you for your help
This won't backup my data on network drives or? Isn't there something like titanium backup but for my internal storage?
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