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Not sure why they would cripple it with just 32GB of internal storage. Too much Android stuff refuses to run from, or store data on, the SDCard.

monocasa 11y ago
Newer android releases use the SD card in a much cleaner way that allow pretty much anything to run off of them.
- mattmcknight 11y ago
  Not 5.0, and it's the applications, not Android. Things like the Kindle app and most Google apps refuse to run from, or store data on, the SDcard. My Galaxy S5 is constantly full, so full that the OS can't upgrade, even after I clear 5GB of space. I have a an SDcard where 100GB of 1TB is used, but am always running out of space, even after all of the apps that allow being moved the SDcard are moved there. It's a real problem.
  - notatoad 11y ago
    In Android 6 (the version of Android that is installed on the device this thread is about) SD cards with high enough speeds can be adopted onto the system storage and the combined size appears as a single block of internal storage to apps, they don't know they're running off an SD Card.
    - deleted 11y ago
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    - digi_owl 11y ago
      I'm iffy about that adoption system, as it also makes the cards useless as removable/swappable storage. This because the adoption process formats and encrypts the card, thus anything stored on it can only be accessed from within the device that adopted it.
      - bitmapbrother 11y ago
        With SD cards so cheap nowadays I don't see why this should even be an issue.
- jsheard 11y ago
  Apparently LG and Samsung have both decided to disable Marshmallows unified storage feature. Baffling. http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-g5-keeps-sd-card-shuns-adoptable-storage http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-g5-keeps-sd-card-shuns-adop... http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-regains-microsd-card-shuns-adoptable-storage http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-regains-microsd-card...
  - asafira 11y ago
    What? Does anyone have any ideas for why they would do this?
    - therealidiot 11y ago
      Need more memory? Buy a new phone!
- mixedCase 11y ago
  Cleaner in some cases. MTP is horrible and slow and I often see myself using an SD card reader to transfer lots of things quickly. Adaptable storage would prevent me from doing this.

monocasa 11y ago

Newer android releases use the SD card in a much cleaner way that allow pretty much anything to run off of them.

mattmcknight 11y ago
Not 5.0, and it's the applications, not Android. Things like the Kindle app and most Google apps refuse to run from, or store data on, the SDcard. My Galaxy S5 is constantly full, so full that the OS can't upgrade, even after I clear 5GB of space. I have a an SDcard where 100GB of 1TB is used, but am always running out of space, even after all of the apps that allow being moved the SDcard are moved there. It's a real problem.
- notatoad 11y ago
  In Android 6 (the version of Android that is installed on the device this thread is about) SD cards with high enough speeds can be adopted onto the system storage and the combined size appears as a single block of internal storage to apps, they don't know they're running off an SD Card.
  - deleted 11y ago
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  - digi_owl 11y ago
    I'm iffy about that adoption system, as it also makes the cards useless as removable/swappable storage. This because the adoption process formats and encrypts the card, thus anything stored on it can only be accessed from within the device that adopted it.
    - bitmapbrother 11y ago
      With SD cards so cheap nowadays I don't see why this should even be an issue.
jsheard 11y ago
Apparently LG and Samsung have both decided to disable Marshmallows unified storage feature. Baffling. http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-g5-keeps-sd-card-shuns-adoptable-storage http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-g5-keeps-sd-card-shuns-adop... http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-regains-microsd-card-shuns-adoptable-storage http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-regains-microsd-card...
- asafira 11y ago
  What? Does anyone have any ideas for why they would do this?
  - therealidiot 11y ago
    Need more memory? Buy a new phone!
mixedCase 11y ago
Cleaner in some cases. MTP is horrible and slow and I often see myself using an SD card reader to transfer lots of things quickly. Adaptable storage would prevent me from doing this.