Lloyd's want over 500MB of my storage just to update its app

nottsphil

Neil_Jones said:

You could just add an SD card, format as internal storage and you'll have all the space you need.

From 'How to Geek' :
However, when you use an SD card as internal storage, Android formats the SD card in such a way that no other device can read it. Android also expects the adopted SD card to always be present, and won’t work quite right if you remove it.

When the battery dies, I will lose the mobility of the phone because it's non-removable
I don't want to also lose the 64GB SD card that I installed! 

Neil_Jones

nottsphil said:

Neil_Jones said:

You could just add an SD card, format as internal storage and you'll have all the space you need.

From 'How to Geek' :
However, when you use an SD card as internal storage, Android formats the SD card in such a way that no other device can read it. Android also expects the adopted SD card to always be present, and won’t work quite right if you remove it.

When the battery dies, I will lose the mobility of the phone because it's non-removable
I don't want to also lose the 64GB SD card that I installed! 

What that means is your Android phone will expect to see that SD card every time you use it.  It doesn't mean the card is physically glued to the unit, you could reuse it in another phone later.  But Android on the new phone will want to format it again.

moral of the story is:  Never keep the only copy of something important on your phone.  Back it up.  There are tools, utilities and whatever else on the Play Store that back up your calls, message and any other data. Google probably already does your photos already.

nottsphil

Neil_Jones said:

nottsphil said:

Neil_Jones said:

You could just add an SD card, format as internal storage and you'll have all the space you need.

From 'How to Geek' :
However, when you use an SD card as internal storage, Android formats the SD card in such a way that no other device can read it. Android also expects the adopted SD card to always be present, and won’t work quite right if you remove it.

When the battery dies, I will lose the mobility of the phone because it's non-removable
I don't want to also lose the 64GB SD card that I installed! 

What that means is your Android phone will expect to see that SD card every time you use it.  It doesn't mean the card is physically glued to the unit, you could reuse it in another phone later.  But Android on the new phone will want to format it again.

Do you mean that the SD card can be overwritten on another device, then read by it? 

topchippyles

Delete any unwanted apps 

wongataa

nottsphil said:

Neil_Jones said:

nottsphil said:

Neil_Jones said:

You could just add an SD card, format as internal storage and you'll have all the space you need.

From 'How to Geek' :
However, when you use an SD card as internal storage, Android formats the SD card in such a way that no other device can read it. Android also expects the adopted SD card to always be present, and won’t work quite right if you remove it.

When the battery dies, I will lose the mobility of the phone because it's non-removable
I don't want to also lose the 64GB SD card that I installed! 

What that means is your Android phone will expect to see that SD card every time you use it.  It doesn't mean the card is physically glued to the unit, you could reuse it in another phone later.  But Android on the new phone will want to format it again.

Do you mean that the SD card can be overwritten on another device, then read by it? 

Yes.  Also, if you take a SD card out of an Android phone and plug it into a computer with a card reader you can read all the data on it and copy files on and off the card.

nottsphil

wongataa said:

nottsphil said:

Neil_Jones said:

nottsphil said:

Neil_Jones said:

You could just add an SD card, format as internal storage and you'll have all the space you need.

From 'How to Geek' :
However, when you use an SD card as internal storage, Android formats the SD card in such a way that no other device can read it. Android also expects the adopted SD card to always be present, and won’t work quite right if you remove it.

When the battery dies, I will lose the mobility of the phone because it's non-removable
I don't want to also lose the 64GB SD card that I installed! 

What that means is your Android phone will expect to see that SD card every time you use it.  It doesn't mean the card is physically glued to the unit, you could reuse it in another phone later.  But Android on the new phone will want to format it again.

Do you mean that the SD card can be overwritten on another device, then read by it? 

Also, if you take a SD card out of an Android phone and plug it into a computer with a card reader you can read all the data on it and copy files on and off the card.

So why does How to Geek say the opposite?
https://www-howtogeek-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.howtogeek.com/242937/how-to-set-up-a-new-sd-card-in-android-for-extra-storage/amp/?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA=#aoh=15839466005290&referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=https://www.howtogeek.com/242937/how-to-set-up-a-new-sd-card-in-android-for-extra-storage/

Neil_Jones

When Android formats an SD card as internal storage, it becomes unique to that device.  Shove it in another phone and it'll want to format it again for that device because it won't be able to use it.

There should be nothing to stop you using the SD card in a card reader in Windows, providing you don't introduce it to another Android device in the mean time.

DoaM

nottsphil said:

So why does How to Geek say the opposite?

It actually says device ... I appreciate that this is a little ambiguous but I believe it means another Android device, not a Windows PC.