[Q] wasting space sdcard & externalSDcard

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Hello.

I just bought a MicroSD, and saw on ESExplorer that the phone mounts the externalSD inside the sdcard folder /sdcard/external_sd

That way, it thinks I only have 11.5Gb available and everything I put inside my external_sd actually fills the internal memory.

I should have 11.5+8=19.5 but I don't.

Any way to fix this?

Thanks a lot!

I can't believe no one has a Galaxy S2 with an external Sd card!

Originally Posted by SirDVV

I can't believe no one has a Galaxy S2 with an external Sd card!

Settings menu/storage and did you format it there first? Or do you use Kies and what is it using for sending stuff to your memory (Internal or External First?)

In settings/storage do you see both cards? In mine I can see SD card 29.81gb & USB storage 11.5gb.

Yes it shows the external card folder in the internal file explorer. It doesn't mean files are saved on the internal card. It was also like that on the S1 as well.

When you connect to PC in USB mode the PC will show both cards separately.

Sent from my GT-I9100

external_sd is just the mount point. You will only have ~12gb available on your internal memory because the phone uses some memory for the OS. I only have 7.4gb usable on my 8gb external sd. The available memory is always smaller than advertised

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