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Hi All
I have a Samsung i9505 and just moved to Resurrection Remix 5.6.2 ROM using marshmallow and am having issues with writing to the SD card with 3rd party apps.
I have used the ES Explorer fix and mount R/W and enabled root explorer however my 3rd party app still shows as read only. The app is doggcatcher. Whats odd I found an article to sort this problem out for Titanium backup and that worked fine. Also my camera picture and whatsapp all get saved to the SD card without issue.
In the end I have told doggcatcher to use my internal memory but that is quickly filling up.
I am tempted as the phone as 16GB internal memory, whether I should backup my files and choose the options where I can turn my 64gb external SD card as part of my internal memory as I never take out my SD card so that option might work for me but the reviews I am hearing are more negative than positive. I did try it out and went back to the traditional approach but thinking that maybe I didnt give it enough time.
I used FolderMount which was great on LL and recently purchase Link2SD to move files to the SD card but my internal memory still fills up. Currently foldermount isnt compatible with MM, link2SD is but I am having a few issues with it crashing and dont find it as easily to use as foldermount.
Any advice would be appreciated on what others have done.
Thanks
I don't know about anything else, but from what I heard is:
If you format as internal, you will have to do the whole "setup your sd card" step every time you flash a rom. Which is garbage, unless you stay on the same rom for like ever.
Dirty flashing a rom might skip that setup, as you don't lose the data/settingd etc. Problem is, you can't always dirty flash. Especially when changing roms altogether. PC's might not be able to read it either even if it is in your phone.
This is just what I gathered over the time, nothing from personal experience.
Umm interesting well I normally backup my phone nightly using both TB and nandroid backup so restoring to a new ROM as long as it doesn't format the whole CSR I should be OK or does it when you install the new ROM in which case my backups are no good unless I save them to the cloud like Dropbox or google drive?
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ranjb said:
Hi All
I have a Samsung i9505 and just moved to Resurrection Remix 5.6.2 ROM using marshmallow and am having issues with writing to the SD card with 3rd party apps.
I have used the ES Explorer fix and mount R/W and enabled root explorer however my 3rd party app still shows as read only. The app is doggcatcher. Whats odd I found an article to sort this problem out for Titanium backup and that worked fine. Also my camera picture and whatsapp all get saved to the SD card without issue.
In the end I have told doggcatcher to use my internal memory but that is quickly filling up.
I am tempted as the phone as 16GB internal memory, whether I should backup my files and choose the options where I can turn my 64gb external SD card as part of my internal memory as I never take out my SD card so that option might work for me but the reviews I am hearing are more negative than positive. I did try it out and went back to the traditional approach but thinking that maybe I didnt give it enough time.
I used FolderMount which was great on LL and recently purchase Link2SD to move files to the SD card but my internal memory still fills up. Currently foldermount isnt compatible with MM, link2SD is but I am having a few issues with it crashing and dont find it as easily to use as foldermount.
Any advice would be appreciated on what others have done.
Thanks
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I've the Same problem!
I loved Stock Android around when KitKat was out, but I came to hate it when Lollipop came out. I decided to get the Moto X and try out Marshmallow, but I'm already running into problems with/hating Google's (and Motorola's) oversimplified features.
Usually when I get a phone a put in an SD card so I can store some apps and data on there, as well as music, pictures, files, etc. that has been on the card for years. I pop in the SD card to the 16 gig phone ready to move Spotify and some other apps to the card, but then I run into that whole "format as internal storage. It says that formatting it will wipe the card (obviously), but it also says once I do I will only be able to use the SD card with this device, and when I asked a friend for help, she said I wouldn't be able to transfer data from the card anymore either.
I started searching everywhere on the internet for a workaround, but I can't find anything. Is there any workaround with this? I'm already rooted and on a ROM so I'm open to any suggestions. If not I'm just going to sell the phone or downgrade to lollipop.
Which version of twrp are you using ?
You need to make sure you have this version of twrp.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3200520
Prior to this version, twrp was broke in regards to the new adaptable storage that came in Android M, then finally a few weeks ago, 3.0.0 came out, fixed that, and also a few other things. I can not use the combined/adaptable storage feature in Marshmallow like it was intended. To be honest, it was the major reason I got this phone and bought the 16gb version. Its all good now tho.
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Sheetzie03 said:
Which version of twrp are you using ?
You need to make sure you have this version of twrp.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3200520
Prior to this version, twrp was broke in regards to the new adaptable storage that came in Android M, then finally a few weeks ago, 3.0.0 came out, fixed that, and also a few other things. I can not use the combined/adaptable storage feature in Marshmallow like it was intended. To be honest, it was the major reason I got this phone and bought the 16gb version. Its all good now tho.
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Yeah I have 3.0.0 installed on my phone, should I reinstall it or install 3.0.1?
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Yeah I have 3.0.0 installed on my phone, should I reinstall it or install 3.0.1?
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Can you explain what the problem is again? Starting with twrp 3.0 , adaptable storage should work as its suppose to.
And yeah I just seen 3.0.1 is out I'm thinking just flashing the .IMG will work, I used flashify
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Can you explain what the problem is again? Starting with twrp 3.0 , adaptable storage should work as its suppose to.
And yeah I just seen 3.0.1 is out I'm thinking just flashing the .IMG will work, I used flashify
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The problem is Marshmallow wants me to format my SD card as internal storage just to store apps on it, and I am trying to find a way to store apps on there without formating it, as I've been doing with all previous Android versions.
I don't get why you wouldn't want to use the adaptable storage option. What's wrong with backing ur sd up to pc, format as internal(adaptable storage? , and then copy back from pc. If I'm missing something, my bad.
Otherwise,
Pretty sure there isn't way to do what you want on 6.0... But again, I don't know what you are actually losing out on other than having to back the card 1st, format, and copy back. A small hassle
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I don't get why you wouldn't want to use the adaptable storage option. What's wrong with backing ur sd up to pc, format as internal(adaptable storage? , and then copy back from pc. If I'm missing something, my bad.
Otherwise,
Pretty sure there isn't way to do what you want on 6.0... But again, I don't know what you are actually losing out on other than having to back the card 1st, format, and copy back. A small hassle
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I don't want to use the adaptable storage because I will only be able to use the SD card with this phone and I won't be able to transfer data from it either.
This is a problem because I currently use the SD card between two phones, as a makeshift flash drive, and as storage for my DSLR so I can edit photos with my phone.
I went through this whole ordeal myself recently.
You can't have it both ways. I chose to format my card as portable storage so it will remain readable in any card reader. The draw back is apps can't be stored on it, nor most app data.
To work around this i'm making every app a system app. This will alleviate some of the burden of the internal storage. Some apps will just not work as system apps. I think swype is one example.
Some apps will require their .lib to be placed in the appropriate lib folder under system (lib or lib64 for 64bit binaries). Google maps and hangouts are two examples that come to mind. You'll know if you need this if the app crashes when starting.
The ideal solution is to have a phone with at least 32GB storage or more. This becomes a non issue then.
Yeah, Motorola removed the Move to SD card feature in favor of "the richer experience natively provided by Android."
I think you can use TWRP "Partition SD Card" to create 2 partitions on the SD, though... a FAT32 partition to share with your other devices and an EXT4 partition that you can use to store apps. You'll need an android app like Mounts2SD to copy apps to/from the external storage.
The other option is to downgrade to 5.1.1 or use a 6.0 ROM that still has the old Move to SD card feature. I'm not sure if there are any, though.
gpz1100 said:
I went through this whole ordeal myself recently.
You can't have it both ways. I chose to format my card as portable storage so it will remain readable in any card reader. The draw back is apps can't be stored on it, nor most app data.
To work around this i'm making every app a system app. This will alleviate some of the burden of the internal storage. Some apps will just not work as system apps. I think swype is one example.
Some apps will require their .lib to be placed in the appropriate lib folder under system (lib or lib64 for 64bit binaries). Google maps and hangouts are two examples that come to mind. You'll know if you need this if the app crashes when starting.
The ideal solution is to have a phone with at least 32GB storage or more. This becomes a non issue then.
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To the op Sorry man, I didn't really know all this. But this post seems to explain it pretty well. Looks like you may have to sell or downgrade. That sucks.
As far as this specific post is concerned, I'm trying to follow my best. As you said, best would be to buy at least at 32gb well some, including me have already bought a 16gb, unfortunately. Personally, iv chose to use adaptable now that twrp 3.0 is out. When i Install apps, wherever they go is where they go. After seeing this thread, I'm thinking maybe there is way to do things a different way to save some space. I went ahead and went into apps and tried moving Spotify from internal to SD card. but after I did this, I noticed every time I close the app it signs me out lol wth... that's a problem. I didn't know why it was doing that. Is this an example of an app not being able to run correctly on the SD rather than internal? Also, i tried moving maps from internal to sd, seemed to be running fine, but shortly after, i noticed on a reboot, it somehow uninstsalls. Its gone as if i uninstalled it manually but i obv did not. Like what? How is this even possible. I wanted to give you a few examples of what i tried and what was happening. But I asked myself why am I even doing this, is it to save space? If it is, that's fine.
But yeah man, it seems you know more than me about this , that's safe to say. But based on what iv written here, can you give me some advice on things to do if I'm using the adaptable storage option. Should I be moving apps? Why? Which ones? Or just leave things as is? Again i have a 16gb model with a 32gb card running adaptable storage. If there are ways to save space by moving apps certain places I'm fine with that. I'd just like to get your opinion on what exactly I should be doing based on the model I have, size card, and running adaptable storage. Hey sorry too bother you about this. I had noticed you replied to the op of this topic and you know what you are talking about.
And to the op, sorry if iv hijacked your post man.
Peace
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Yeah I should have gotten the 32gb version, although it's kind of my fault because I already had a negative opinion of post-kitkat stock Android yet I got the device anyways. Maybe I can resell the device on swappa and get a 32gb version instead of buying a new one, mainly because the only two phones of the 2015 generation I have interest in is the Moto X Pure and the One M9. Worst case scenario is settling for Samsung (as oneplus said, never settle)
To make matters worst, I temporarily moved all the data to my computer and formated the SD card as internal as a test, only to find out the two apps I put on there don't want to act properly because the SD card is too slow (which is why the feature shouldn't even be here in the first place).
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If I do do one of those options it would most likely be the second one because last time I messed with partitions on an SD card I, somehow, bricked the phone. I could look for a tutorial somewhere, but this phone's XDA forums is relatively quiet compared to other phones I've had (especially Android development).
@Sheetzie03, I can't help you with adoptable space as it's not something I have much experience with. It could be spotify relies on other components which are not accessible when on the sd.
Hi all, so to start with, as the title says im constantly running out of space on the FN model 2015, so ive dived into the forum looking for help. First thing i tried was the sd card hack to combine my 64gb sdcard with the 8gb internal. Harra! it worked, but then i still run outa space as it dosen't seam to to use the sdcard space as i had hoped. It's like it just copys some of the data from the apps to the SD card like normal but without having to go into the each app and selecting external sdcard. Kinda thought no probs I'll download a custom rom with no samsung apps and with a min gapp giving me as much storage space i could get. I can't see one, starting to think there isnt one. So my question is, is it hard for me to take my backup of my stock rom and strip what I can out bearing in mind I'm a bit of a noob and have to follow instructions from the clever ROM makers? not to bothered about increasing the speed and looks just the space. Would be able nice to update them without having to delete a few and re-install the ones I deleted. Any advice on what coarse to take would be great. Maybe theres a ROM I've mist I could use and give thanks for?
Cheers
Running 6.0.1
Drebbs
Hi,
Instead of using Adoptable Storage, make 2 partitions on your SD, 1 FAT32 for photos,music,documents and another EXT4 for apps data. Use this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.co.pricealert.apps2sd , i tested it.
You can make 2 partitions using PC or with TWRP Recovery.
drebbs said:
Hi all, so to start with, as the title says im constantly running out of space on the FN model 2015, so ive dived into the forum looking for help. First thing i tried was the sd card hack to combine my 64gb sdcard with the 8gb internal. Harra! it worked, but then i still run outa space as it dosen't seam to to use the sdcard space as i had hoped. It's like it just copys some of the data from the apps to the SD card like normal but without having to go into the each app and selecting external sdcard. Kinda thought no probs I'll download a custom rom with no samsung apps and with a min gapp giving me as much storage space i could get. I can't see one, starting to think there isnt one. So my question is, is it hard for me to take my backup of my stock rom and strip what I can out bearing in mind I'm a bit of a noob and have to follow instructions from the clever ROM makers? not to bothered about increasing the speed and looks just the space. Would be able nice to update them without having to delete a few and re-install the ones I deleted. Any advice on what coarse to take would be great. Maybe theres a ROM I've mist I could use and give thanks for?
Cheers
Running 6.0.1
Drebbs
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Hey i recommend rooting ur phone then download an app called move to sd card from playstore go to settings and choose download locations then select external sd card . Problem solved
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read post #415
here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...msung-j5-f-t3400101/post69989096#post69989096
Thanks for your reply! I went down the apps2SD route in the end. Kinda mest it up a bit but have free'd up nearly 1gb of space so thanks, that's more than enough! %) I ended up partitioning the SDcard and linking all the apps I'm not interested in, excel,Skype,Samsung etc. Anyway what i didn't realise was that i had mest the other part of the partition up. Ended up re-formatting the SDcard in recovery back to normal and those apps I didn't want 90% of the data of those have now been wiped %)
Hi guys! Non developer here!
I have J500H, 6.0.1 and I'm following this forum for a couple of weeks. The "not enough internal storage" bring me here to xda forum. After buying SD card and realizing that will not solve the internal memory problem, I googled everything. So the only solution was rooting the phone. I followed some YouTube video, used Odin, flashed Super SU, some recovery (TWRP_J500H_MM.tar) and now my phone is rooted. But since then it is slow as a turtle, major lagging and using the SD card as internal storage problem was not solved, so I was left with the same problem as not rooted phone. Because I'm a total n00b, I was reading and learning about flashing ROMs, kernels, and stuff like that, but since I'm not a developer it is very difficult for me. Sooo....
My question is:
Can someone please suggest some stable ROM, which will primarily solve using the SD card as internal memory, and be stable and not draining the battery. And because as I said I'm a noob, please link some step by step guide so I don't mess something up. I currently have TWRP 3.0.2-1 Recovery, so let's start from there!
Thank you in advance for your help!
The reason your phone is slow as a "turtle" is because you used your SD Card as internal memory. Remember, SD card memory will never be as fast as system memory, that is why your phone is running slow, and it is the reason samsung did not include this option. If you want, you can do like i did, move all the apps like instagram, whatsapp to SD Card, there might be few crashes (as those apps are not intented to be moved to SD card) and uninstall all the bloat ( trust me there is a lot of it )
This way, i managed to have a ton of apps on my phone, and still have 2 gb free internal memory. The phone is blazing fast.
Or you can downgrade to Lollipop and use Nick Verses cm 13, gl
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Not to forget, greenify, adaway and SD Maid
Ragazzza said:
The reason your phone is slow as a "turtle" is because you used your SD Card as internal memory. Remember, SD card memory will never be as fast as system memory, that is why your phone is running slow, and it is the reason samsung did not include this option. If you want, you can do like i did, move all the apps like instagram, whatsapp to SD Card, there might be few crashes (as those apps are not intented to be moved to SD card) and uninstall all the bloat ( trust me there is a lot of it )
This way, i managed to have a ton of apps on my phone, and still have 2 gb free internal memory. The phone is blazing fast.
Or you can downgrade to Lollipop and use Nick Verses cm 13, gl
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Not to forget, greenify, adaway and SD Maid
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Actually I didn't use the SD card as internal... But I want to. When I rooted the device I thought that I'll be able to to that by default, but I never did. I never got the "mount as internal" option on the SD card. I downloaded some app I think it was app2SD or something like that and I placed instagram and some other apps on SD, but it never solved the insufficient storage icon appearing. But since you are telling me it will slow down the device even more I will not use the SD as internal.
As for the bloat. I have no idea how to remove that. Is that a simple way to remove all the bloat apps? I only have 8GB internal on which System memory is taking 3.24 GB, and the apps taking 3,41 GB with only few apps installed by me... all the other as bloatware. I would taken a Screenshots, but as a new member I'm not allowed to post links on my replies.
So that's why I needed to use the SD as internal, or flash some custom ROM which is more optimized.
Thank you for reply and please suggest some solution for getting rid of the bloat.
With the J500H, most users are stuck on 6.0.1 bootloaders.
If im not mistaken there are 2 stable roms for 6.0.1 bootloaders.
1. Skiesrom
2. Cm 13 port by Zonik
With Skiesrom it is still in beta with many minor bugs but most are fixed by using different apps/settings.
Version 2 of Skiesrom will fix most of these bugs.
With the Cm 13 port from Zonik. The only bug ive really heard of was the mtp connection.
Check the thread to see if theres any more bugs
Martin-MkD said:
Actually I didn't use the SD card as internal... But I want to. When I rooted the device I thought that I'll be able to to that by default, but I never did. I never got the "mount as internal" option on the SD card. I downloaded some app I think it was app2SD or something like that and I placed instagram and some other apps on SD, but it never solved the insufficient storage icon appearing. But since you are telling me it will slow down the device even more I will not use the SD as internal.
As for the bloat. I have no idea how to remove that. Is that a simple way to remove all the bloat apps? I only have 8GB internal on which System memory is taking 3.24 GB, and the apps taking 3,41 GB with only few apps installed by me... all the other as bloatware. I would taken a Screenshots, but as a new member I'm not allowed to post links on my replies.
So that's why I needed to use the SD as internal, or flash some custom ROM which is more optimized.
Thank you for reply and please suggest some solution for getting rid of the bloat.
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You can use my script that is going to uninstall all the bloat, about 90 apps, it is in themes section
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j5/themes/debloat-tool-xtreme-purge-t3561592
Ragazzza said:
You can use my script that is going to uninstall all the bloat, about 90 apps, it is in themes section
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j5/themes/debloat-tool-xtreme-purge-t3561592
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I've done it! And I did uninstall all the bloat, and it freed some space but not too much... I still have 6,88 GB used out of 8. Even though I only have FB, Instagram, Messenger, Chrome and two other small apps. And FB started to crush every 4-5 minutes or so. That's why I wanted to try some stable custom ROM and use the SD as internal.
Martin-MkD said:
I've done it! And I did uninstall all the bloat, and it freed some space but not too much... I still have 6,88 GB used out of 8. Even though I only have FB, Instagram, Messenger, Chrome and two other small apps. And FB started to crush every 4-5 minutes or so. That's why I wanted to try some stable custom ROM and use the SD as internal.
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You use chrome right, than why not uninstall Samsungs stock Internet, that is another 200 mb and you say u have facebook and messanger, but you don't understand that every mid range phone will lag woth those two, combined those two apps take almost 1 GB of memory..
Martin-MkD said:
Hi guys! Non developer here!
I have J500H, 6.0.1 and I'm following this forum for a couple of weeks. The "not enough internal storage" bring me here to xda forum. After buying SD card and realizing that will not solve the internal memory problem, I googled everything. So the only solution was rooting the phone. I followed some YouTube video, used Odin, flashed Super SU, some recovery (TWRP_J500H_MM.tar) and now my phone is rooted. But since then it is slow as a turtle, major lagging and using the SD card as internal storage problem was not solved, so I was left with the same problem as not rooted phone. Because I'm a total n00b, I was reading and learning about flashing ROMs, kernels, and stuff like that, but since I'm not a developer it is very difficult for me. Sooo....
My question is:
Can someone please suggest some stable ROM, which will primarily solve using the SD card as internal memory, and be stable and not draining the battery. And because as I said I'm a noob, please link some step by step guide so I don't mess something up. I currently have TWRP 3.0.2-1 Recovery, so let's start from there!
Thank you in advance for your help!
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I'm using the CM13 port by Zonik, very stable hasn't crashed on me yet
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Martin-MkD said:
I've done it! And I did uninstall all the bloat, and it freed some space but not too much... I still have 6,88 GB used out of 8. Even though I only have FB, Instagram, Messenger, Chrome and two other small apps. And FB started to crush every 4-5 minutes or so. That's why I wanted to try some stable custom ROM and use the SD as internal.
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Use alternative apps for Facebook try Metal for Facebook, it's tiny and very light with no need of messenger to chat with your friends.
There're some stuff in root folder, for example in my j5 2015m there's a preload dir with games and more crap installed by local operator that can be "erased" too without really messing your phone functions.
Personally I don't use Facebook nor Messenger...these are "greeeaatt internal space eaters". Use Zonik CM13
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Hey, I am in EXACTLY the same position as the original poster, literally every detail is the same; I want to use sd as internal, I have a rooted samsung J5 (okay, J500M in my case), and want to know which custom rom is best for this. The replies above were helpful but no one directly answered the question: which custom rom allows you to put any/all apps on the sd card of a samsung j5?
Does Cwm 13 allow this?
Seriously, this phone is pretty much unusable with stock. The original poster is not exaggerating, about 4 apps that cant be moved to sd (most apps) and the phone is full. If I had known I wouldve gotten a different model... anyway, thanks for any/all help!
ok first of all, do not use your internal storage as main storage and buy an sdcard with 16gb or above (i use 16gb and im ok with it) and put all the files to the sdcard and set the download locations to sdcard (some apps would work and others wouldnt). second, limit your downloaded apps or put it all in sdcard(only move the movable apps, i recommend using link2sd on it). third, use obb on sd(requires xposed) if you want heavy games with obb files work even if its additional files are on sdcard. fourth, do a weekly cleaning of your phone. smart manager will do the trick but its recommended to use sd maid for more features. fifth, do not use any adaptable storage(sd card as internal) since it will give you very slow performance and it will be a pain in the butt if you flash another rom since you'll reformat the sdcard again. and sixth, flash a very light but very stable rom(flash zips that wont go above 900mb or more) and i suggest cm12.1 rom by zonik and J2UX rom by mitko7411. i'm currently using J2UX rom and i still got 1.4gb free on my internal storage and ive been using it for a month now and no slowdowns whatsoever in this rom
Martin-MkD said:
Hi guys! Non developer here!
I have J500H, 6.0.1 and I'm following this forum for a couple of weeks. The "not enough internal storage" bring me here to xda forum. After buying SD card and realizing that will not solve the internal memory problem, I googled everything. So the only solution was rooting the phone. I followed some YouTube video, used Odin, flashed Super SU, some recovery (TWRP_J500H_MM.tar) and now my phone is rooted. But since then it is slow as a turtle, major lagging and using the SD card as internal storage problem was not solved, so I was left with the same problem as not rooted phone. Because I'm a total n00b, I was reading and learning about flashing ROMs, kernels, and stuff like that, but since I'm not a developer it is very difficult for me. Sooo....
My question is:
Can someone please suggest some stable ROM, which will primarily solve using the SD card as internal memory, and be stable and not draining the battery. And because as I said I'm a noob, please link some step by step guide so I don't mess something up. I currently have TWRP 3.0.2-1 Recovery, so let's start from there!
Thank you in advance for your help!
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Stock rom
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Stock rom
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Yup, and you can't have stock camera on any custom rom
Hello, i'm new to the forums so i apologize if i shouldn't be posting this here, but i need help.
I have a Samsung Galaxy On7 with Android Marshmallow 6.0.1. I was happy with the phone and liked everything it had to offer me, except for one critical flaw that is driving me nuts: IT'S STORAGE.
I started downloading my apps so i could transfer them to my 16Gb SD card, which i happily bought for the purpose of this new phone... But little did i know that simple storaging concept changed with Android Marshmallow (before this phone i've only used Lollipop and KitKat). Apps weren't automatically being placed in the SD card. Fine, i could move them myself anyway, right? But it only transferred about 10 or 15 Mbs... Useless. My phone was struggling after installing WhatsApp and Messenger just because i couldn't move them from the phone storage, and 5 out of 8 Gbs of phone storage were occupied by bloatware. I could just root it and delete those, but i use more than 8 Gbs anyway so i considered that option meaningless.
I naturally did research on what options i had to fix this. Tutorials listed an option which "merges" your SD card and use it as internal storage. Now God knows why Samsung decided to get rid of that option, i simply don't have it.
I figured i could install a Nougat ROM but i never installed a ROM before, and the fact that i have a Samsung might mean the problem still persists after that, so maybe i could just downgrade to Lollipop and problem solved. I just need to hear from someone it's going to work before trying it myself.
If there are more options i'd be more than happy to listen to them, i'm at the point where i can't update apps anymore, while i have 16 Gigs unused...
that's the sad thing about this device. it's internal storage is not much and it got some bloatware. I just stayed on minimal user installed apps. Also moving an app to sd card is reducing the apps performance.
Actually there's a solution for the merging SD storage with Internal storage problem. Although Samsung has disabled it there's a patch here in the Forum to bypass that.
Here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/patch-adoptable-storage-enabler-t3460478
I used it on mine and worked just fine.
One more thing. I actually opted for two solutions: (1) root and uninstall bloatware and (2) apply the patch through TWRP and merge the storages.
Good luck.
Kyrohn said:
Actually there's a solution for the merging SD storage with Internal storage problem. Although Samsung has disabled it there's a patch here in the Forum to bypass that.
Here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/patch-adoptable-storage-enabler-t3460478
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I highly recommend not doing it. I have rooted my Samsung on7 (G600FY) only to use this resource but it didn't work.
I could install the patch through TWRP but there were no options on Settings -> Storage -> Format SD as Internal. Only Portable Format was available. Then, after some searches I could do it with Root Essentials App, it did the trick but still all my apps were getting installed in the internal memory (even I did migration to SD), also it kept showing Full Storage messages like before (even tough there was more than 29gb free after the "merge").
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So is this topic is useless? It doesnt work?
If everyone tried and it still failed, why not closing this topic?
I was having same problem with this device. But now I have fixed it!
Before storage was 97% and I have only 2 apps: Mozilla FireFox and Samsung Max VPN.
And my all other apps and games were in SD card.
But now I have 88% storage (just reduced a good amount)
Its simple just open Settings > Applications > Applications Manager
Now pick those apps which you don't use them anymore. Like Chrome, Google Photos, Samsung Internet, GDrive, etc.
Select on those app and click on 3 dot > select "Uninstall Updates".
When you do this, the app will be uninstalled and replaced by factory version of app which is lower in size.
Just do these to apps like GDrive, GPhotos because you can access them on web too.