Adoptable Storage by PaulOBrien

[blkghost22]

I came across this link and tried it my self with a 200gb sdcard. My oh my im glad someone found this. Not my work nor do I take credit for it.

Modaco and paulobrien thank you

http://www.modaco.com/news/android/...e-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632/

 

[dantonuci]

Will this process effect ability to receive otas etc?

 

[blkghost22]

Not sure but it doesnt touch any of the software. It just expand the sdcard to the internal storage

 

[edditnyc]

Important comment by VoxLuna:

"This is a great find, except people need to be aware of the downsides to SD cards, at least*as a place for apps to reside.

If I'm understanding your writeup correctly,*this will probably*install all future apps to SD by default**And as you state, it*will always be slower than the internal memory -- on my G4, it's*something like 20MB/s on SD vs 50MB/s*on internal, so a LOT slower.**It's also going to stress your card*if you have a lot of caching or other intense activity going on (load balancing or not). *I have a rigorous backup system, but I don't need to tempt fate....

That being said, I DO want to have internal and external memory appear as a single*drive, while keeping apps in*/data/data instead of going*to any /storage. This*way, you can always find stuff, no matter where an app decides to store its files (camera apps, for example), as well as only having one filesystem you need to back up."




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[harlenm]

I tried this with a 32gb card, but maps still told me I only had 18gb of available space when I tried to download some maps. I formatted the card and went back to the stock way.

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[highaltitude]

I think I read somewhere of partitioning the micro SD card and being able to have one partition as internal adoptable storage, and keep the other partition as normal SD card. So in theory if you did this on a 200gb card you'd have 100gb internal and 100gb external storage.

 

[mescalito83]

I tried this with a 32gb card, but maps still told me I only had 18gb of available space when I tried to download some maps. I formatted the card and went back to the stock way.

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Had the exact same thing happen with my 64 gig card.

 

[HNIC215]

Adoptable storage has its pros and cons.

SD cards are incredibly slower than the UFS 2.0 speeds that Samsung uses internally.

Having both mix would actually hinder the performance rather than help.

 

[Rolldog]

I usually just move the apps that can be moved to the external SD card. Any app with widgets can't be used as widgets if they're on the ext SD card. However, using Android 6.0, it's a little more time consuming moving apps to the SD card. I prefer the way it was setup originally, go to settings, applications, scroll over to SD card and just click the button. If an app couldn't be moved, it wouldn't be listed.

I've only had my phone for a couple of days, and I haven't even had enough time to go through all the additional features. I have tested the waterproofing by filming a video while going down a waterslide. However, when filming a video, it shuts down the second it's under water. You can feel the phone vibrate for a second as soon as it touches the water. Somehow, the phone can detect when it comes in contact with water, which sucks because I wanted to try filming under water.

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[netnerd]

before i used this hack, i only able to put 8 adult movies on private on phone storage. after this hack, i able to put 10 (so far) adult movies on private.

 

[Clienterror]

before i used this hack, i only able to put 8 adult movies on private on phone storage. after this hack, i able to put 10 (so far) adult movies on private.

Cool....

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[dbz123]

i cant get this to work i've done exactly as it says get to the partition line in the steps and it goes to the $ pronpt but my sd is still portable storage instead of private, i did the new 599mb update tho . do ya think that may have affected it?

 

[HOrobOD]

I tried this method, and nothing happens... when I type "sm partition disk:179,0 private", I immediately get a new line to start typing. It just doesn't work... When I check my phone it still shows up as a regular external sd card with no changes...

 

[Peanuttree]

The same thing happens to me. The command line pops up again like it didn't take. Though it worked on my old s7. What can I do to correct it?

 

[Xak]

Go to settings about and check are you on PG1 firmware. if you are use odin to downgrade to the firmware version below PG1. After you downgrade then the commands to enable adoptable storage. After its enabled then start the update to update to PG1. This will allow you to have the adoptable storage on PG1 and future updates just dont wipe data or you'll have to downgrade enable adoptable storage then update again.. @Peanuttree @HOrobOD

 

[Peanuttree]

Go to settings about and check are you on PG1 firmware. if you are use odin to downgrade to the firmware version below PG1. After you downgrade then the commands to enable adoptable storage. After its enabled then start the update to update to PG1. This will allow you to have the adoptable storage on PG1 and future updates just dont wipe data or you'll have to downgrade enable adoptable storage then update again.. @Peanuttree @HOrobOD

Thank you very much! I will try that now. Is the second to last update G935ACUS2APF2 ?

 

[Peanuttree]

This is the firmware I used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/stock-firmware-935a-att-t3410887

IT WORKED!

Thanks again BaconSeeds!

 

[c-prodigo]

is root needed for this?

 

[kendav911]

is root needed for this?

No

 

[rmilanov]

Go to settings about and check are you on PG1 firmware. if you are use odin to downgrade to the firmware version below PG1. After you downgrade then the commands to enable adoptable storage. After its enabled then start the update to update to PG1. This will allow you to have the adoptable storage on PG1 and future updates just dont wipe data or you'll have to downgrade enable adoptable storage then update again.. @Peanuttree @HOrobOD

Does the downgrade wipe the phone or is the user data retained?