[Q] Swap Internal and External sd card?

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Our phone is stupid. The file system has /sdcard as the main directory, and so everything on the phone thinks it's working off of an external sd card. Therefore my 32 GB external card goes mostly unused. Very sad. There's this though:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1088474

People are able to swap the internal and external sd cards. Can this work on our phone? Thanks.

Originally Posted by JoeBruin32

Our phone is stupid. The file system has /sdcard as the main directory, and so everything on the phone thinks it's working off of an external sd card. Therefore my 32 GB external card goes mostly unused. Very sad. There's this though:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1088474

People are able to swap the internal and external sd cards. Can this work on our phone? Thanks.

this would be awesome if it would work.

I found overall with 16GB I am happy with it as is. I can store my music on my true external SD card and I doubt I will run out of room /w 16GB for apps etc... However, I do see the point and it is one design flaw I have noticed.

If that method works hell yes. I guess I may try it.

Originally Posted by Dulanic

I found overall with 16GB I am happy with it as is. I can store my music on my true external SD card and I doubt I will run out of room /w 16GB for apps etc... However, I do see the point and it is one design flaw I have noticed.

I agree, I just stuff all my music and movies on my micro sd and not worry about using that internal for it.

going to go buy this phone today. ran into the same problem on the photon but i was able to edit some lines in the void file and switched the "cards" around so my actual 32gb sd card was read as the sd card and not external sd card. will let you know what i find

Originally Posted by jbuggydroid

going to go buy this phone today. ran into the same problem on the photon but i was able to edit some lines in the void file and switched the "cards" around so my actual 32gb sd card was read as the sd card and not external sd card. will let you know what i find

It does this for a reason ....ROM is much faster than a Sd if you switch it may screw up the video cam being able to record 720 & 1080....

Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

well i was able to swap them but then i was unable to move any of my apps to the sd card so i reverted back to factory. sorry guys

Originally Posted by JoeBruin32

Our phone is stupid. The file system has /sdcard as the main directory, and so everything on the phone thinks it's working off of an external sd card. Therefore my 32 GB external card goes mostly unused. Very sad. There's this though:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1088474

People are able to swap the internal and external sd cards. Can this work on our phone? Thanks.

Wow. After reading that entire thread, I gotta say that the OP over there, trip007n, must have the patience of a saint.

He's continuously, repeatedly, answered the same questions OVER and OVER again...(like "How do I use Root Explorer?" (seriously?), or "how should the card be formatted?", or "Why won't it work with MAH phone?"). Seriously, those people need read the dang OP first, then read the thread, then learn how to properly reformat an SD card before wasting anymore of that guy's valuable time. Sheesh.

(Anyone that's tried this, did you make sure that the SD was COMPLETELY formatted to FAT32, down to the first zerobit of data? I've found in the past, if you miss that crucial part, NO device in the world is gonna recognize it: best done with Linux, but there are ways to do it properly thru windows as well.)