Questions tagged [adoptable-storage]
using your external SD card as internal storage with Android 6+
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Cloning encrypted ext4 partition
I have a micro SD card adopted by an Android 8 Oreo phone as internal storage extension, so it has two encrypted ext4 partitions: android_meta and android_expand. I've cloned those partitions into the ...
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sd card ejects after formating as internal via google files app
I am trying to increase the internal storage of my realme narzo 30a phone. but it doesnt support format as internal. so i enabled usb debugging and used sm set-force-adoptabe true via adb. Then i ...
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How can I free up internal memory space taken up by unmovable (to SD) and uninstallable apps?
I have a Samsung Galaxy Luna phone, running Android 6.0.1. It only has 8 GB of total internal storage space, with about 3 of those GB taken by the Android OS itself, and about 2 more taken up with ...
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How to decrypt Adopted Storage?
Using the SD card as Adopted Storage encrypts it. How can it be decrypted?
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How to create filesystem in TWRP? Getting error: Unable to recreate /data/media folder. E: Cannot decrypt adopted storage because /data will not mount
I tried to flash custom ROM on my Xiaomi Poco M2 Pro (gram) without putting too much thought and then something happened and now it's saying these on every recovery.
Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid ...
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Final steps to repair corrupted F2FS SD Card - How to fix "can't read superblock"
[I modified the question to reflect the progress]
The TLDR version is, the card is adopted storage that says corrupted f2fs.
I used the process detailed Here but when I tried to mount the decrypted SD ...
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Finding Decryption Key and how to use it to decrypt
Nokia 6.1+ device using pixel experience ROM based on Android 12.
Adopted SD card as internal storage and removed it without 'Eject'.
Afterwards couldn't read the data even on the device itself.
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How to use the Decryption key for Adopted internal storage to unlock/read the encrypted data? [duplicate]
I have the backed up encypted data stored on my computer.
And I have Root access to the Android device & am able to find the Vold folder in the Android system internal storage containing the ...
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SD card Adopted as Internal storage [duplicate]
Using Pixel experience Rom based on Android 12 on Nokia 6.1+.
Mistakenly adopted SD card as internal storage
and while the files/data was being transferred from phone to Sd card/ shared internal ...
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Reformat SD Card from internal to portable
Device: Redmi Note 11
I formatted a SanDisk SD card as internal, using the Android's native file app (com.google.android.documentsui) but now I can't see the card anywhere.
However when inserted, the ...
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Using LADB: "sm partition" does not show any differnce in internal storage
Using LADB (Local ADB Shell App) i tried turning my SD card into expandable internal storage (or adoptable storage, which isnt availabe on my samsung).
I am unfortunatly not able to connect my phone ...
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Storage manager (SM) Partitioned Micro sd card but how to mount the extended partition and use it as internal storage.?
Question:- Storage manager (SM) Partitioned Micro sd card but how to mount the extended partition and use it as internal storage.?
I purchased 6 months before, Samsung Galaxy s20 Fe with android 12 ...
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Moving apps to SD Card on Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Android 12
I purchased 6 months before, Samsung Galaxy s20 Fe with android 12 with 128 GB internal memory and a 256 GB external Micro SD card. I am an IT freelancer professional, so I have a job is for testing ...
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How to secure files in SD card by using adoptable storage?
I asked this question before, and this is a follow-up.
I am trying to encrypt my SD card for data security (I don't want some random guy to be able to access my photos/documents/downloads by just ...
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How exactly does Android deal with adoptable storage (SD card as internal storage)?
I have a couple of confusions about this:
Does Android just randomly write data to its internal storage and the adopted SD card? Or does it only write to the adopted storage only when the internal ...
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Use adb to remove adoptable storage
I followed these steps (in brief, enable debugging and use adb to enable storage and format sd card) to enable adoptable storage on a Samsung A01 to make the phone more usable (device is not rooted). ...
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Is adoptable storage in any new android version (9,10,11) original?
Question Is adoptable storage in any new android version (9,10,11) original ?
I am planning to purchase new smart phone mobile for video editing graphic editing game apps. I want to install aprrox ...
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How to decrypt (FBE) file-based encryption Adoptable Storage Android 12 [duplicate]
I backed up encrypted data of adopted internal storage on my PC & then Formatted the SD card as portable storage.
But I have not factory reset my android system so the key
for decryption must be ...
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How do I recover from a botched adopted storage migration? I can't take pictures or screenshots
TL;DR: I messed up. Now my phone won't store pictures because it's probably trying to write to some directory that doesn't exist. How can I fix this? What directory structure is expected? I caused it ...
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Is it possible to limit read permissions for some folders on external SD card to certain apps on Android 10?
My device has 64 GB of internal storage and it's nearly full. I can expand storage with a 256 GB microSD card. However, I don't like that everything stored on the SD card is freely accessible to every ...
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Galaxy On5 not compatible with Adoptable Storage [closed]
Samsung Galaxy On5 (MetroPCS)
Android OS: 6.0.1 Marshmallow
Status: Rooted
Recovery: TWRP
Framework: Xposed v85.1 (Wanam build)
Model: SM-G550T1 (on5ltemtr)
I had installed Root ...
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Impossible to format corrupted SD card formatted as internal storage
I see lots of questions about recovering data from corrupted SD card formatted as internal storage, that's not my case.
I want to FORMAT this SD card to be able to use elsewhere.
For some reasons the ...
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Why can't I move anything to my adopted storage SD card?
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite WiFi (gta4xlwifi) running Lineage OS 19, rooted with Magisk. I have just inserted a brand new 256GB SD Card and formatted it as adoptable storage. The SD card is ...
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For Android devices, is internal storage memory typically faster, slower, or equal to microSD card storage?
For Android devices, is internal storage memory typically faster, slower, or equal to microSD card storage?
For example, let's take the Samsung Galaxy S10 Android phone. It comes in 128GB, 512GB, and ...
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how to stop Mobile shutting down on apps using as Battery dropping from 70% to 0% in Android 6.0.1
Question:- how to stop Mobile shutting down on apps using as Battery dropping from 70% to 0% in Android 6.0.1.
I have formatted my External micro sd card as internal and automatically while ...
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Format SD card to be internal storage, restart phone, missing SD card?
I am running on Android 8.0.0 on a Motorola E5 Cruise, I tried to use my Motorola to format my SD card as internal storage, then I restart my phone and it says the SD card is missing when I have not ...
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How to create Mount script or Link2sd symbolic link in adoptable storage (format microsdcard as internal memory) any help
Question : How to create Mount script or Link2sd symbolic link in adoptable storage (format microsdcard as internal memory) any help
I have an old mobile with upgrade of Android 6.0.1 marshemellow ...
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How to Read marshmallow encrypted memory card?
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I am using Marshmallow 6.0.1, in that i am using Memory card as internal storage. Unfortunately my mobile got stuck with booting.
Now, my most of the data are available in the ...
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Formatted SD card as internal storage on Tecno Pop 3 running Android 6.0 and migrated all data to the SD card, but they're both full
Migrated all data in my Tecno Pop 3 phone, but it happened like I copied them to the SD because internal storage wasn't freed.
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How to move Apps to the adoptable sd-card storage on LineageOS 17.1 (Samsung Galaxy S5 klte)?
Hi since I updated to LineageOs 17.1 I am having storage problems, because the management of the adoptable storage does not work as expected.
The problem:
LineageOs migrates constantly data from the ...
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How to transfer/clone data from one internal storage SD card to another?
So I've been using a micro SD card as internal storage. It's getting full, so I'd like to transfer the data to another micro SD card.
I tried cloning it, but for whatever reason (I think it's got to ...
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Mount sdcard partition as /data
I originally wanted to comment here to ask a clarification question. But as I haven't enough reputation and it seems there isn't any private messaging possible, I opened this new question.
The device ...
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How to use micro sd card as internal memory on samsung galaxy tab A
I was reading on google that you can make a tablet recognize micro sd card as internal memory? How can this be done on a Samsung Galaxy Tab (Model Number SM-t350) running Android version 6.0.1.
If it ...
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LineageOS 18 -> USB storage is not being attached
I am using Raspberry Pi with installed LineageOS 18 and basically all works well. The only issue I do have is that when I put an USB stick (storage) it is not visible in the GUI. I tried several USB ...
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List apps on SD card
I'm running LineageOS 14 (Android 7) and my SD card was formatted as adoptable storage. I want to revert it to portable storage, without loosing apps, so I need to move those apps back to internal ...
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Split external SD card partially into adoptable storage and portable storage
I don't want all my external SD card as adopted/internal storage, so I was wondering how I can split it into 1 part adopted storage and 1 part normal file storage (what Android calls "portable ...
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Read data on SD card which was formated as Internal storage of Android OS
I have a Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus with Android 8.1.0. I plugged in a new SD card (Kingston MicroSDHC 32 GB) and this SD card was formatted as Internal storage, so data on this SD card was accessible by ...
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Does Storage manager (SM) package manager (PM) command works in android 10,11 [duplicate]
Question Does Storage manager (SM) Package manager (PM) command works in android 10,11?
I want to purchase new android mobile as new smart phone come.with android 9,10,11.
As I want adaptable ...
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Moto G3 (Android Marshmallow) not detecting SD card anymore (solution?) [duplicate]
About a month ago, the Moto G (3rd Gen) of my wife was not able to recognize the Transcend Premium 400x 32GB SD card (which was formatted as adoptable storage) anymore. On this card were very ...
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How to unlock view get app info "Move app to SD card" option locked missing in android 5.1.1
Question :-How to unlock view get app info "Move app to SD card" option locked missing in android 5.1.1?
I have two mobiles of same company with different model both having same os android 5....
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How which custom android OS stock rom version (7-12) virtually pre load/check/test have adoptable storage format sd card as internal storage option
question which custom android OS stock rom version (6,7.1,8.1,9.1.10,11,12.1) and how to virtually (VM) pre load pre check test have adoptable storage format sd card as internal storage option
the ...
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What happens to the encryption key on "Forget SD card" action?
Recently my SD card, formatted as internal storage, got inaccessible for the phone (Moto G5) for some reason.
If "Forget SD card" option was selected, does it wipe out the SD card encryption ...
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For Adoptable storage Fast random WRITE speed or fast random READ average good speed values?
For Adoptable storage Fast random WRITE speed or fast random READ average good speed values?
To move and use apps on its microSD Card (using microsd card as adaptable storage as internal memory) in ...
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After Enable adoptable storage in my Root Galaxy ... play Store Cant Update Any App
i root my Device (A320F)(Galaxy A3 2017)
and after that enable adoptable storage via TWRP zip installer package ...
every things is OK and with Titanium Backup Move All my app To adoptable storage ...
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How to decrypt android adopted storage without the key?
I would like to know if there is any possible workaround for decrypting the adapted storage. I don't care about recovering my data because I've got the backup already. I tried formatting the sd card ...
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Adoptable storage filesystem?
I have a sdcard split into two partition: portable and adoptable.
Not long time ago my /data is formatted as F2FS, really unstable on my device. So I recently format it again to EXT4. I'm noticing ...
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How to check that my Phone supports MicroSd Card SDXC UHS1 Bus Speed U30 card or not?
My device manufacturer technical specifications say that Expandable storage supported is of 128GB FAT32 hope its slots must be supporting SDXC form factor not SDHC form factor and UHS1 U3 BUS SPEED
I ...
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mount multiple ext4 partitions manually
I have rooted android phone running android 10. I have one ext4 partition created using :
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/sdcard/ext1.img bs=1M count=1024
# mkfs.ext4 -F /sdcard/ext1.img
which I mount ...
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How to get encryption keys for "adoptable storage" in MotoG3 without root - alternate methods, anyone?
So my sister in law handed me her MotoG3 where some apps had mysteriously disappeared and the videos of their little puppy were all gone (the videos of their kids were not as important apparently). ...
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Linux Deploy ext4 and Adoptable Storage
Edit:
I created an issue in the Linux Deploy project.
I have a smartphone with the following settings:
And the following SD:
Ok, it's not a good SD, but that's what I have for today...
I was ...
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