Issue: SD card not added up as internal

[koir]

Hi community,

I am need help with my Marshmallow 6.0, whose internal storage I want to extend. When doing so Android still gives me the option to either safe everything to internal or external, but not both of them at the same time. Android also doesn't add up both capacities but only shows the original internal storage.

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Storage without SD card

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SD card inserted

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SD card formatted as internal

 

[webworkings]

Well it sounds like you didn't set it up correctly to get it to be considered "Internal" storage. I know there is an option on newer Android versions that says to set it up that way when you insert a card, however that isn't actually going to make the card register as "Internal" storage. The instructions below is how it is set up and get the phone then to consider the SD card as part of your "Internal" storage.

First, you need to be using a phone that is running at least Android "Marshmallow" (or newer) or be able to upgrade to it. Second, you will need the instructions I am including below. And third, you need a phone that has not been restricted by the manufacturer from making this change. Which does happen.


NOTE: If any of the steps are missing on your phone, or they don't work for you, then you have a phone that either has an older Android version or has been restricted by the manufacturer. If that is the case, you will not be able to use this information.


How to turn the "External" SD card into "Internal" storage - Option A

NOTE: Please be sure you start with a blank SD card. It needs to be blank because when the card is converted to "Internal" storage, it will be formatted (wiped) and encoded (making the cards data only readable by that device).

1. Go to device “Settings”, then select “Storage”.
2. Select your "SD Card", then tap the “three-dot menu“ (top-right), now select “Settings” from in there.
3. Now select “Format as internal”, and then “Erase & Format”.
4. Your SD Card will now be formatted as internal storage.
5. Reboot your phone.

NOTE: If you don't reboot the phone, many things may not work correctly, so make sure you do.


How to turn the "External" SD card into "Internal" storage - Option B

IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure you start with a blank SD card. When the card is converted to "Internal" storage, it will be formatted (wiped) and encoded (making the cards data only readable by that device), so anything on it prior would be gone.

1. Go to "Settings", and then select "Storage & USB".
2. At the bottom of the list you should see the SD card's details, including the option to format it and make it "Internal" storage.
3. Once this is done, reboot the device and you can start running things from the card.

If you don't reboot the phone, some things may not work correctly, so make sure you do the reboot.

 

[koir]

Option A is exactly how I proceeded.

 

[webworkings]

Oh really. How odd. But as long as it is allowing you to install things on the SD card (apps) then it is functioning correctly. It doesn't really change the settings in the phone to make it say it is all "Internal", but is should function as "Internal".

 

[koir]

Well the thing is, I saw screenshots of other phones and I am certain it's not how it's supposed to be. For one thing, there shouldn't be an option reading "default read disk". Secondly, it should read both capacities combined. Third of all, my file managers should should read a total of 70-something instead of 25GB.

 

[webworkings]

It should not actually read both combined. The software isn't set up that way on most devices. While you can make the SD card function as "Internal" storage and when you try to install something it will register that way as well, within the settings info, it will not change it over to say "Internal".

The same goes for the other things you are referring to. The changes you suggest may well be totally logical but, alas, we have no control over that. It is all up to the company that made it. You can contact them and ask why they did it this way, but I don't think they will give you an answer that will make a lot of sense.