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"Format as Internal Storage" option no longer available
It seems like manufacturers are removing the "Format as Internal" feature on newer phones. Perhaps because it's in their interest to force us to upgrade our devices after running into memory ...
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If I reset my phone, will it also TRIM the fragmented eMMC?
Android supports fstrim but it only works if the phone is idle for a long time while charging
It's not so. On newer versions, Android runs fstrim with a daily schedule, provided that the conditions ...
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How do I find what type of file system is of an attached USB or SD card?
Related question: How to detect filesystem type of un-mounted partition?
Just to complete some missing pieces:
Usually we use mount command to see mounted filesystems, it works without root e.g. ...
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Backup all installed APK's from phone using ADB
If it's just the APK files, you could use the getapk script provided in the tools/ directory of my little helper Adebar, calling it e.g. with getapk user to retrieve all user-installed apps. You won't ...
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What file system does the format option in settings > storage use?
It will format the external micro SD card to FAT32.
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Filesystem format used for SD Card by Galaxy S3
The reason is, at least with Samsung devices and cards larger than 32GB, Samsung or Android formats the card with the exFAT file system, but incorrectly identifies the partition type as "FAT32 (LBA)", ...
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How do I find what type of file system is of an attached USB or SD card?
Apps like Disk Info also provide the format (enable "show file system" in settings).
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How do I move apps to Micro SD card in Nokia 6.1 (Android One) device?
The Nokia 6.1 has a reported issue with using SD card as internal storage,
detailed on the XDA Forum.
To summarise:
The ability to use an sdcard as internal storage is avaiable with build ...
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Unsupported SD format renders my micro SD card useless. Is there a way to fix it?
Plug it into PC and format it to FAT32. That should done the trick. Or maybe you can format it trought phone take a look for that option in storage settings.
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Does Android Jelly Bean supports NTFS SD card formatting?
Honestly speaking, It depends on the manufacturer. As far as I am aware, the company has to get some license from Microsoft to include NTFS support. Speaking from experience, most (high-end) Samsung ...
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What file system does the format option in settings > storage use?
TL;DR: Every Android uses FAT32. The Cluster size depends on the release. Existing partitions will be preserved. It will always use quick format.
Long Answer:
After some more research here is the ...
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Does /dev/block/mmcblk0 include an external sd card that has been formatted as internal?
No. Internally formatted external sd card is not included in mmcblk0. dd dumps files, in your case the block device file mmcblk0 which includes all partitions, GUID partition table (GPT) and any free ...
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How to create and use multiple partitions on external SD card with different filesystems (Ext4, exFAT, NTFS)?
A few points on four partitions:
Dedicated first partition exFAT or NTFS or FAT32 (whichever Android permits and gives optimum performance) to store apps, photos and media.
For apps consider ...
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format and install new OS to get rid of viruses
Firstly, some background
Anti Virus. Android devices are not susceptible to viruses as Windows machines are. To understand more see this Is an antivirus really needed for Android?. So, installing ...
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format and install new OS to get rid of viruses
Things you can do:
Downgrade to your stock ROM and install a good antivirus and run a complete device scan because some of them are powerful enough to remove viruses from system files in priveledged ...
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Does Android Jelly Bean supports NTFS SD card formatting?
I've already found an similar issue: SD card supported by Android 4.2.2
Here you would find this answer:
I have looked into this issue before, and as it stands at the moment,
native android does ...
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How can I delete data from phones that won't start up?
Physically breaking them is the only way to be relatively certain the data isn't compromised by someone else somehow.
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How format nexus 4 before flashing new ROM
CWM is long dead, let it stay that way.
You are advised to use the latest TWRP recovery, which has an interactive graphic interface, has a more powerful and thorough wipe function, and has an inbuilt ...
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Clean install of android
First, for reinstalling you'll need a ROM specifically matching your device (there's no such thing as a "generic installer" for Android, see e.g. Can I install a ROM made for a different device and ...
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Recovery chances for a formatted SD card which was used as Android's internal storage
Accessibility of the data on a storage volume that has been adopted by Android Marshmallow or higher as "internal storage" is well documented and has requirements of root at an absolute minimum... So ...
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Can user data be recovered after formatting and flashing stock ROM?
I have formatted the whole phone including bootloader
Bootloader can't be overwritten, your device will be bricked. I think you meant boot partition which contains kernel. But that doesn't contain ...
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External Hard Drive to Smartphone without additional power supply
A) Is my goal really achievable? How?
Unsure, see the answer to the second question of item E.
B) Is my assumption right, that my LaCie HDD won't spin because of power supply issues?
Yes. The HDD ...
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Replacing the gmail account on my Mi android phone
My phone is mi5 pro running MIUI 9.5 Android 7
In the settings menu go to Sync > scroll down > click add account > enter your Google account
Step 2 is to delete the existing mothers account. Sync > ...
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Clean install of android
Yes and no. I'll explain:
TL;DR Simple method at end of post
Using your example...
Formatting a hard drive on a desktop computer (depending on quick or full format) effectively writes 0s to all (or ...
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Formatting a "corrupt SD card" fails - is the card dead?
Most likely. If you had the card set to be read as internal storage, Android sets an encryption on it. After a factory reset, the keys change, and the card is permanently write-protected. I have had ...
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HTC Desire 616 hard-bricked (dead) after format all + download in sp falsh tool
The dead state of a smartphone is actually because of corrupted firmware files.
either the rom your are flashing is corrupted or the flashing process is interrupted whatever is the problem. try ...
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Android 6.0, backing up SD card before reformatting
As you state that
some content is visible, but I doubt that its all
I assume that by the means of tablet your card is visible and accessible. You doubts about incompleteness of displayed files ...
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How to remove everything from an Android device?
You can't do this from the OS or adb, you would have to do it from fastboot or recovery such as CWM or TWRP.
fastboot erase all - note this will erase EVERYTHING, including your IMEI or MEID and ...
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Unsupported SD format renders my micro SD card useless. Is there a way to fix it?
I tried all the suggestions I could find on the web, including third-party-software, but none of them worked! My SD card was neither accessible on the device itself (via file explorers) nor on a PC. (...
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