But there is a way to expand the storage of an Android device if it has an SD card slot. If you have an SD card, you can set it as the default install location for some apps—thus freeing up space for more apps than you would have otherwise been able to install. You can also move almost any currently installed app to the SD card. There are a few different ways to do this, and which you use depends on your version of Android and which apps you want to move. Android 6.
Some pre-Marshmallow devices may let you move apps manually, but only if the developer allows it. If you want more flexibility than either of these options offer, you can root your phone and use an app called Link2SD to make it happen.
Traditionally, SD cards in Android devices have been used as portable storage. That means you can store files like videos, music, and photos on it for use on your device, and plug the SD card into your computer to transfer files back and forth. When used as portable storage, an SD card can be removed without affecting the functionality of the device. However, Android 6. Adopting your SD card as internal storage will install new apps to your SD card by default if the app developer allows it.
You can move the app back to internal storage later if you want. Additionally, when you adopt your SD card as internal storage, you cannot remove the SD card from the device without affecting the functionality of your device and the SD card is not usable in any other device, including your PC.
Once you adopt an SD card on a Marshmallow device, it will only work with that device. You can read more about the difference between portable and internal storage on an Android device. Be sure to back up the data on your SD card to your computer before adopting your SD card as internal storage. The adoption process will erase all data on the SD card. You cannot remove the SD card from the device and plug it in directly to your PC to transfer files. If the SD card is a less expensive, slower SD card, it will slow down your apps and device.
Insert the SD card in your device. You should see a notification saying that a new SD card was detected. A screen displays allowing you to choose whether you want to set up the SD card as portable storage or internal storage. A message displays warning you that after the SD card is formatted as internal storage, it will only work in that device. You are also advised to back up the data on the card.
If there are still apps installed on the SD card that you forgot to move back to the internal storage, the device displays a warning that the apps will be erased. This step will move your photos, files, and some apps to the SD card.
This selects the SD card as the preferred storage location for all apps, databases, and data. The internal storage remains the preferred storage for all content. When the process is finished, a message displays telling you that your SD card is working.
There is a paid version of the app, but the free version will suffice for this procedure. That should reset the app. Once your device has rebooted, open Link2SD again. You should not see any dialog box display. Instead, you should see a list of apps and some options on the top of the app screen.
If you want to automatically install new apps to the SD card rather than the internal storage, we recommend doing that now. To do this, tap the menu button three vertical dots in the upper-right corner of the screen. Make sure the first three check boxes are all selected. So, data files for apps installed on the SD card will still be stored on the internal storage. Use the back arrows at the top of each screen in Link2SD to go back to the previous screen.
You can also use the back button on your device. Any files you transferred from your PC to the SD card are on that partition. Word is also taking up a total of MB of space on the internal storage. However, we can get beyond that limitation. We open Link2SD and scroll in the list of apps until we get to Word and tap on it. Notice the white box being called out on the image below. That indicates how much space is being used by the app on the internal storage.
The orange box below that shows the amount of space the app is using on the SD card. If the "Change" button is grayed out, it means does not support transferring apps to SD card. Getting a rating of 4. With no ads in it, the program widely support Android system from 2. You can install this program freely. With it, you can easily get which app can be transferred to SD card. Launch the program, click "Movable" on the interface and you can see all movable apps.
SD card provides additional storage for Android phone. You can free up the space of your phone by moving apps to it. If you plan to buy a SD card for your phone, you would better check the capacity at first. Using your SD card as an internal storage might sound good to your ears.
But everything comes at a price and so does the adaptable storage feature. Here are some pros and cons:. This is the painful reality of these tiny memory chips. It warns about the performance of the external storage and may even decline to adopt if the SD card is extremely slow.
With Adoptable Storage, Android encrypts the external SD card being used as an internal storage, thus, it gets tied to a specific Android device. So, it is not possible to mount an adopted storage to another device because of its encrypted nature. However, you can remove the storage from your device and put it back on. The device will remember the details about the apps installed on the adopted SD card to reverse the settings with the adopted storage is connected later on.
This way you can use another SD card also. Practically, Android allows you to install almost every app on the adopted storage. Then you can do the below: 1. In Application Manager, swipe to the left once to access a full list of apps that can be moved to the card. You can select the heaviest apps that are not checked with a green mark those who are marked are already on the SD card and once you have identified the most suitable options to forward, simply tap on the Move to SD card button.
This is the most convenient option for moving apps to the SD card and as you can see, it is pretty straightforward. However, it may not work in all cases and you may need to follow additional steps to get things done. Here is what you can try if the app you want to send to the SD card is not appearing in the Application Manager list:. In the More tab, scroll down and touch About phone.
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