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A2SD+ and CM7/MIUI

So I've been searching online and I couldn't get any straight answer. Everyone else would rather talk about themes and status bar instead of functionality and performance.
So I just realized that my fascinate, running on MIUI FascinateMTD 1.7.15, doesn't support A2SD+ according to the SD card section on my ROM. I've formatted and partitioned my SDcard (EXT size 1024mb / swap size 256mb) and after rebooting the phone doesn't see or detect the EXT partition. So I ODIN'd my phone back to EB01. Then wipe data/cach/dalvik and re-flashed MIUI FascinateMTD 1.7.15. Then using the blue CWM, I reformatted and repartitioned the SDcard with the same EXT/swap size, then rebooted my phone. Same result. My phone doesn't recognize the EXT partition and it still said that it doesn't support A2SD+ . I tried using S2E and DarkTremor's a2sd but nothing worked.
What gives? Can ANYONE provide some guidance on this?

If I can find an old sdcard to use, I'll look I to it. When you said you formatted to ext, how did you format it? From Linux? Windows 3rd party partition program? Cwm recovery? Etc. Ext2, 3, 4?
You also mentioned functionality and performance, what performance increase you expecting to gain by going a2sd? I ask because there shouldn't be an increase by going a2sd. As for functionality, it should be the same unless you need over 1.5gb for apps which is your internal storage size.
But I don't mind trying to figure it out if I can find an old sdcard.

Uh you'd lose performance if you do A2SD because your internal flash speed is a lot faster.

Functionality being able to move some of the apps (that I don't use every day but will need in the future) over to the SD card freeing up more internal memory (performance).
I used the blue CWM recovery v4.0.0.9 that came with the MIUI Rom and the red CWM recover v2.5.1.x to format and partition the SDcard. I do plan on getting a class 4 SDcard this weekend as soon as I get my paycheck.

Been moving apparently to my class 10 d card with appadmin pro(in the market) for a while now. Is this what you guys are talking about?

Mine also states this, I had started another thread a few days ago.
I took all the steps you are, I finally gave up on what the settings say, I remember reading somewhere that the cm7 port doesn't currently support the sd ext partition, (maybe I dreamt this).
However I was able to move apps to my sd card.
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If you get the error about not having enough free space, uninstall and reinstall the app.
I'll also note I believe I first got this error after wiping data and installing miui, then restoring from a miui backup. prior to then I could move apps just fine, however the reason I wiped data was because I got stuck in a boot loop when flashing an update so it could of been the update as well.
Sent from my I500

At one point, when I was on MIUI 1.7.8, it was still letting me move some apps to the SDcard. However, when I went to Manage Application and onto the "On SD card" tab and selected an app that was supposedly on the SDcard, the MOVE to SD card button is still active (not grayed out) as if it had never been moved in the first place.
mwestendorf said:
Mine also states this, I had started another thread a few days ago.
I took all the steps you are, I finally gave up on what the settings say, I remember reading somewhere that the cm7 port doesn't currently support the sd ext partition, (maybe I dreamt this).
However I was able to move apps to my sd card.
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If you get the error about not having enough free space, uninstall and reinstall the app.
I'll also note I believe I first got this error after wiping data and installing miui, then restoring from a miui backup. prior to then I could move apps just fine, however the reason I wiped data was because I got stuck in a boot loop when flashing an update so it could of been the update as well.
Sent from my I500
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dricacho said:
At one point, when I was on MIUI 1.7.8, it was still letting me move some apps to the SDcard. However, when I went to Manage Application and onto the "On SD card" tab and selected an app that was supposedly on the SDcard, the MOVE to SD card button is still active (not grayed out) as if it had never been moved in the first place.
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I guess I look at that tab as a poor
choice of words, to me it implies these apps "can" be moved to the sd card, the check mark tells you whether it is actually there or not.
Sent from my I500

dricacho said:
Functionality being able to move some of the apps (that I don't use every day but will need in the future) over to the SD card freeing up more internal memory (performance).
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Moving your apps to the SD card will not help with performance. The 1.5GB that apps are stored on is used only for apps. If anything, your phone will be slower when using the apps on your SD card.
Sent from my CM7 Fascinate, bro.

I installed an app called Link2SD last night. It was able to detect the 2nd partition, mount it, and make the OS mount it at boot time. It can be formatted as ext2, 3, 4, or even fat32. What it does is it creates a link for apk, dex, and lib files of apps and moves it to the SDcard. So far its serving the purpose. I noticed that the latency isn't bad at all when opening apps from the SDcard. Takes a few seconds longer at most. It will get better when I get a class 4 micro SDcard this weekend. I want to allocate more internal space for frequently used apps, I'm an apps hog so my phone isn't going to perform as I expected it to if it isn't able to hold more apps that I want.

Ok so you want more space for the apps you use frequently so they load faster off of internal memory. That makes sense. I really don't believe that you have over 1.5GB of apps but I suppose its possible.
Sent from my OMFGB Fascinate, bro.

Not yet.
sneakysolidbake said:
Ok so you want more space for the apps you use frequently so they load faster off of internal memory. That makes sense. I really don't believe that you have over 1.5GB of apps but I suppose its possible.
Sent from my OMFGB Fascinate, bro.
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dricacho said:
Not yet.
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Lol I may be underestimating you but having more than 1.5GB of apps isn't exactly something most people worry about but hey whatever works for you.
Sent from my OMFGB Fascinate, bro.

Sd card and Marshmallow

Hello,
I've got a Galaxy S5 G900F.
Is there a fix to Read/Write on Ext Sd card on Marshmallow 6 (like Sdfix on Lollipop) ?
Thanks,
Regards
Fred

Tried this one?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jrummy.sdfix

Hi,
Thanks for your reply
no good.. Error (the same thing than Sdfix : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix)
Fred

Hi,
nobody would have an idea ?

Had exactly the same problem myself with BlissPop MM ROM, even connecting it to the PC via USB wouldn't give me access to the MicroSD
Some permissions problem with MM I think
I posted about it in the ROMs thread, and no-one had a clue there either
Back on 5.1.1 and everything works as it should

Thanks,
if you have an answer with a solution , I'm interested

Yep, I`ll post here if I find one, annoying, I use MicroSD card PC access a lot

updated to MM and can no longer find Ext SD, it seems to have been renamed and nothing can find it..

bubblehead1 said:
updated to MM and can no longer find Ext SD, it seems to have been renamed and nothing can find it..
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Yea, it's named a load of random characters now, like 9C8B-74A9

HI
I have the same problem.
On SM G900F with MM 6.0.1 stock (XEF) (Rooted + TWRP)
The SD Card is locked to "read only" whith some apps (Titanium backup, Locus pro), I can't enable read/white.
Difficult to SD write acces with ES File explorer (root)
Have you 1 idea?
Thanks

I found this (somewhat risky) procedure for the S7, I didn't try it yet : http://bgr.com/2016/03/11/galaxy-s7-edge-tips-microsd-adoptable-storage/
All this snafu seems to come from the new way MM uses the SD card, which is really not a good idea in my humble opinion. Internal storage is a good idea idea on the paper, but not being able to use your SD card as you please is just a disservice. An on top of that, Samsung decides to disable the only thing that would have been helpful (Internal storage) and only allow portable storage, which the large majority of apps don't know how to use yet :/
You can read more on the internal storage feature here : https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/109134/p/1449,9582

Tried it on my S6 with a 64 Sandisk U3 :
Code:
D:\Utils\Android\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb shell
id: unknown ID 2000
[email protected]:/ $ sm list-disks
disk:179,64
[email protected]:/ $ sm partition disk:179,64 mixed 50
[email protected]:/ $ exit
D:\Utils\Android\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>
By the way : of course this manipulation wipes your SD card content ... backup backup backup.
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Marshmallow now shows 2 partitions (one internal, one portable. I rebooted and I'm now going to fill internal storage to see if I can exceed the internal memory limit.

After partitioning. You need "migrate" your data from internal memory to SD card partition. On SD card, click on menu and there chose migrate data.
After this android shows external sd card as internal memory. And all your apps use your SD card instead of phone memory.

Enable adoptable storage on your s7

Its easy as pie, no root needed.
Open your command window / terminal on your computer and type the 'adb shell' command (with your phone connected of course). You will need to enable USB debugging in developer settings (which in turn is displayed by tapping the build number of the device 5 times) in order to see the option.
Type 'sm list-disks' to list the disks available for adoption. It'll look something like below - take note of the disk ID (disk:179:160 in this example).
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Partition the disk. For this we use the 'sm partition DISK TYPE RATIO' command. For example, to partition the disk above as fully adopted storage (aka private) I'd use the command 'sm partition disk:179:160 private' If I wanted a 50/50 split between adopted and regular, I'd use the command 'sm partition disk:179:160 mixed 50'.
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http://www.modaco.com/news/android/...e-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632/

Has anyone done this?

Sounds like it works according to the Modaco thread

Buy why should you? It will only make you slower.

Worked great!

will an evo+ card work for this? will it slow the phone down that much? kinda annoyed raw files and VR stuff didn't seem to save on microsd...

I currently have a sandisk class 10 u1 64gb card rated at 48MB/s
Would this hamper me or should I spring for a u3 128g
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What would I see after this procedure when connecting the gs7 to my pc?

I don't think it works correctly. I followed the directions as say, shows everything like it does on the guide. But... when I went to fill up the phone internal memory, I hit about 300 mb left, and nothing else will install.

This is what im getting...
Error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: command '45 volume partition disk:179:0 private' failed with '500 45 Unknown disk'
my disk name comes up as "disk:179,0" and im only seeing the one (assuming that is the SD card?)
EDIT: "[email protected]:/ $ sm partition disk:179,0 private" Make sure you put the EXACT result of list-disks and not try to copy the tutorial too close. >.<

There's one more step
Go into storage then sd card and select migrate

One thing that bothers me about the process is that at the end, your total storage is wrong. As in the authors posting my total storage showed 90 something gb of 128gb free. i only have a 32gb card installed. so total storage capacity should say 64gb, not 128gb. although cool i think i am going to hold off using this until someone figures out how to make it show the true amount of total storage. at which point i will toss in a larger and faster card.

+1 Keeping an eye on this thread, waiting for someone to solve the 179,0 issue as well as the incorrect total storage problem.

madAdam6LOVE said:
+1 Keeping an eye on this thread, waiting for someone to solve the 179,0 issue as well as the incorrect total storage problem.
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What is the 179,0 issue? Think I missed that one.

Do people really need that much internal storage? There are several drawbacks with adoptable storage that I don't think are being considered. The S7 uses very fast UFS2 internal storage that's not just fast sequentially but also communicates on a full duplex bus (read and write at the same time). Even the fastest MicroSD cards today are not nearly as quick as the internal storage.

se1000 said:
Do people really need that much internal storage? There are several drawbacks with adoptable storage that I don't think are being considered. The S7 uses very fast UFS2 internal storage that's not just fast sequentially but also communicates on a full duplex bus (read and write at the same time). Even the fastest MicroSD cards today are not nearly as quick as the internal storage.
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Obviously yes

Hobson318 said:
What is the 179,0 issue? Think I missed that one.
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The guy who originally posted this method is using the European variant of the phone, which recognizes the SD card as volume 179:160. Using the U.S. variant, my phone, and others, shows the card as 179,0. When applying the fix to 179,0 the partition volume appears to change to 179,1 or 179,2, creating issues. See the comments in the Mocano thread:
http://www.modaco.com/news/android/...e-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632/

madAdam6LOVE said:
The guy who originally posted this method is using the European variant of the phone, which recognizes the SD card as volume 179:160. Using the U.S. variant, my phone, and others, shows the card as 179,0. When applying the fix to 179,0 the partition volume appears to change to 179,1 or 179,2, creating issues. See the comments in the Mocano thread:
http://www.modaco.com/news/android/...e-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632/
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I also get this issue and i'm in the UK.

Works well enough for me with 179,0. Storage shows the wrong total capacity, but that's fine.

Sorry but if your storage shows wrong capacity, that's NOT OK. You could end up with corrupt files.

MattBooth said:
Works well enough for me with 179,0. Storage shows the wrong total capacity, but that's fine.
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May be fine for you. That's one of the issues I am concerned about.
How do you find performance using adoptable storage? Do you notice any slowdown?

[Tool][Utility][Win|Linux] Auto-formatting SDCard to Internal and SDCard storage

Auto-formatting SDCard to Internal and SDCard storage - this is the easiest way format your memory card, to use it as a internal memory and removable media at the same time!
What is required for this?
- Device with Android Marshmallow (6.0) and higher.
- USB Cable
- Enabled USB debug on your device
Just select the formatting mode and press any key!
Instruction:
1 - Connect your smartphone to the PC using your cable
2 - Enable USB debug on your smartphone
3 - Run "aftiss.cmd" (for Windows) or "aftiss.sh" (for Linux)
4 - Select the formatting mode
(1 - 25% Internal\75% SDCard, 2 - 50% Internal\50% SDCard, 3 - 75% Internal\25% SDCard, 4 - Custom)
5 - Press any key
6 - Be happy!
>> Download <<
tip: what version should I download?
Attention! You will lose all data on the memory card!
Recommendation, to avoid errors, before re-partition, format the memory card as portable storage\removable media.
How to install games\programs obb\data files on adoptable storage?
[Requirements:]
Systems: Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 x86\x64 and Linux
Example for formatting mode 2 - 50% Internal\50% SDCard, SD Card 2GB.
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How to do it manually?
Go to ADB Shell
Code:
adb shell
Code:
sm list-disks
Example answer: disk:179,64
Code:
sm partition <DISK> mixed <PERCENT>
Example: sm partition disk:179,64 mixed 25
Where 25 this 25% for SD Card, remaining 75% for Internal storage
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Auto-formatting SDCard to Internal and SDCard storage, Tool/Utility for all devices (see above for details)
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Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 3.0
Stable Release Date: 2017-04-03
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Woaah first reply .
Amazing work dude .
I was searching for quite a time for a tool to partition sd card without voiding my warranty (without root).
It was so easy and so much useful . Thanks buddy .

add example screenshots for formatting mode 2 - 50% Internal\50% SDCard, SD Card 2GB.

Where can I get "aftiss.cmd" file?:laugh:

Does this support a 100% internal mode? I wanna use this to force adoptable storage on devices that hide the user menu for it.

I'm tempted to do this but I tend to change ROMs on a somewhat regular basis. My question is, what happens to the data stored in the formated as internal sd card partition?

Where can i download tool?

Awesome work. I will try this on my LG STYLO PLUS 2 as soon as I can.

networkdood said:
Awesome work. I will try this on my LG STYLO PLUS 2 as soon as I can.
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Trying it now, how long should the format itself take? Been at "Formatting Disk: 179,0 ..." for about 5 minutes so far...

debadri1995 said:
Where can I get "aftiss.cmd" file?:laugh:
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under the "Downloads" tab at the top of the thread...

Nintonito said:
Does this support a 100% internal mode? I wanna use this to force adoptable storage on devices that hide the user menu for it.
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in "Storage & USB" settings.

Sorry for the noob question, but what is the benefit of this? Is it better to have it stay as external so there will no app/file will be harmed/affected when I remove it?

tavocabe said:
I'm tempted to do this but I tend to change ROMs on a somewhat regular basis. My question is, what happens to the data stored in the formated as internal sd card partition?
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The internal partition will not be visible on the other device, a SD Card partition will work fine.

jaysonic88 said:
Trying it now, how long should the format itself take? Been at "Formatting Disk: 179,0 ..." for about 5 minutes so far...
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To avoid such problems, before re-partition, format the memory card as removable media.

geraldalcos said:
Sorry for the noob question, but what is the benefit of this? Is it better to have it stay as external so there will no app/file will be harmed/affected when I remove it?
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You can move applications to the memory card with the cache, this significantly saves the memory of your smartphone. Here only a problem in that, system is standard formats the memory card as internal storage OR portable storage, and this is not entirely convenient.
This script allows you to use the memory card as internal storage and portable storage, at the same time!

Anyone used this with Nougat?
Sent from my LG G6 using Tapatalk

Wow I never thought about this possibility.
Until now I only stayed with removable SD card mode, because portability is a high priority. Especially due to the backups that I keep on there. An all-adoptable SD card was therefore never a feasible option for me.
A partition for each is an amazing solution to get the best of both worlds.
I will definitely try this later on.
However, what are your experiences with readability on other platforms?
Windows usually can only read one partition on portable storage. Which partition does show up in the Windows file manager?

Can i use this on Lollipop 5.1?

beatLeo said:
Can i use this on Lollipop 5.1?
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No, adoptable storage was only in Marshmallow
Sent from my LG G6 using Tapatalk

Tutorial: How to enable adoptable storage on an MIUI phone with Android 6

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 is still a very good device and many of us use MIUI as it comes preinstalled and has many advantages. One major disadvantage for many of us is, that it does not support adoptable storage out-of-the-box. This means, that if you have a device with limited storage (e.g. 16GB), you have a problem once you run out of space. Fortunately there is a solution! With these few commands we can activate the adoptable storage feature so we can move apps to SD card and we are back in the game!
This should also work for other phones with Android 6 e.g. Samsung and Sony, that do no support this feature out-of-the-box.
NO ROOT NEEDED! NO FLASHING NEEDED!
Screenshots in the first comment!
What you need
a computer
a phone running Android 6 (or above)
a fast microSD card (at least UHS class 1 recommended)
a backup of all important files (especially from SD card - it’s going to be formatted during the process!)
Step-by-step guide
--- Warning: You are proceeding at your own risk! ---
Enable developer options on your phone (in settings -> about phone -> tap “MIUI Version” 7 times)
Enable „Stay awake“
Enable „USB debugging“
Disable „MIUI optimization“
Download and install „ADB and fastboot“ on your computer
e.g. from here, check back this XDA post for more
Connect your phone via USB
Run a command window (as administrator) and use the following commands
adb shell
sm set-force-adoptable true
sm list-disks
you are going to see a result like disk:179,64
sm partition disk:xxx,xx private/mixed xx
this is reformating your SD card, change xxx,xx according to prior result e.g. 179,64
use private if you want to use the whole SD card as adoptable storage
use mixed xx if you still want a specific percentage of the SD card formatted as “portable” storage e.g. mixed 60 (-> 40 percent adoptable storage)
check success on your phone (setting -> storage)
sm list-volumes
you are going to see a result like private:179,67 mounted fb705131-c6a0-4e3a-959b-605a65334c8c
pm move-primary-storage xxxxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx
migrate data to adoptable storage, change xxxxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx according to prior result e.g. fb705131-c6a0-4e3a-959b-605a65334c8c
check process on your phone („Moving data“ in the status bar)
Install „QuickShortcutMaker“ from the Play Store.
Find „com.android.settings“ in Activity-tab
Find „com.android.settings.Applications.ManageApplications“
Create a shortcut for it on your home screen
Reboot!
Use the shortcut to manage apps and move them to the adoptable storage (marked as “external storage”)
Enjoy!
Note:
Not all apps support to be moved!
The system settings won't show the correct storage sizes. Use “Mi File Manager” instead.
All icons of applications stored in the adoptable storage are going to be moved to your home screen after every reboot. You will have to move them back to their folders manually.
In order to install new updates you will have to move the downloaded update file (from downloadad_rom) to your SD card manually and choose it as a source file in the Updater app.
Sources:
http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=820440
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/auto-formatting-sdcard-to-internal-t3583875
Search: adoptable storage, shared storage, adaptable storage, app2sd, move app to sd card

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Computer:
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Migrating data:
Storage after procedure:
SD card (“external storage” / portable storage):
38,4 GB (60% of 64 GB SD card)​
Storage (adoptable storage):
25,1 GB (40% of 64 GB SD card)​
Internal (without system):
11 GB (of 16 GB internal memory)​
System:
5 GB (of 16 GB internal memory)​
Managing apps via shortcut:

Other devices...
It would be interesting to know on which other devices this works! So please comment!
Can anyone confirm this method for Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, Redmi 4X, Redmi 4A or Redmi 5?
Any other phones you tried?
Confirmed:
Xiaomi
Redmi Note 3
Redmi 5A

Redmi 5a working
jonaskor said:
It would be interesting to know on which other devices this works! So please comment!
Can anyone confirm this method for Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, Redmi 4X, Redmi 4A, Redmi 5 or Redmi 5A?
Any other phones you tried?
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It works on my redmi 5a.

jonaskor said:
It would be interesting to know on which other devices this works! So please comment!
Can anyone confirm this method for Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, Redmi 4X, Redmi 4A or Redmi 5?
Any other phones you tried?
Confirmed:
Xiaomi
Redmi Note 3
Redmi 5A
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Hello
I have tried this method in redmi 4a and it works without problems.
Excellent

jonaskor said:
T
Install „QuickShortcutMaker“ from the Play Store.
Find „com.android.settings“ in Activity-tab
Find „com.android.settings.Applications.ManageApplications“
Create a shortcut for it on your home screen
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Thanks for the howto! I have a Redmi5a and things look a little different on my phones after the procedure. I'm not sure I've done everything right. In storage management I don't get "Unmount shared storage", but instead I see "Unmount SD card". More importantly, for the shortcuts, I'm not finding „com.android.settings“ in Activity-tab. Did I miss a step? Anyone else have this issue?
EDIT: It's in there, just doesn't show up when you search.
EDIT2: Can reconfirm the instructions work on Redmi 5a.

is it permanent or can it be changed back?

ibal97 said:
is it permanent or can it be changed back?
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Depends what you mean by your question... Once you've formatted an SD card as adoptable storage there's no automated way in Android to migrate all the data back to internal storage, so you tend to lose any app data that was stored on the SD card. Sometimes that means apps will need to be reinstalled after removing the SD card. However, you can always reformat your SD card and use it in another device.

alwayssummer said:
Depends what you mean by your question... Once you've formatted an SD card as adoptable storage there's no automated way in Android to migrate all the data back to internal storage, so you tend to lose any app data that was stored on the SD card. Sometimes that means apps will need to be reinstalled after removing the SD card. However, you can always reformat your SD card and use it in another device.
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thanks brother :good:

guys help.... it says
Failure [-6]
when i try this command
pm move-primary-storage 86fa15bc-76c7-4006-946a-7f002e3c91e3
edit: solve the problem...thanks bro

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Problem with internal storage
Hi man, 1st i wanna thank you for this tutorial.
I did everything just like u said but now the file manger seems to have ignored the original internal storage completely and thinks that the sd is the only storage. So i can't update and cant use my internal al at all screens attached

what if i want to go back to using all my SD card as an external storage? i have installed a new rom yet the storage is still the same, i want to go back as using 100% of my sd card as external storage, i have tried formatting it but it doesn't format

HEY i found your guide very helpful and sucessfully adopted and migrated data to sd card but now i want to go back as it is showing some kind of problems so plz reply me the method to migrate the data back to internel storage.

sohail_23 said:
HEY i found your guide very helpful and sucessfully adopted and migrated data to sd card but now i want to go back as it is showing some kind of problems so plz reply me the method to migrate the data back to internel storage.
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http://en.miui.com/thread-820440-1-1.html
try this one..i never try to revert to default yet..but i hope this help

got failure'-6' error at last step on cmd (on device stated 'unable to move data it will remain in origial place').....plz help
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ibal97 said:
guys help.... it says
Failure [-6]
when i try this command
pm move-primary-storage 86fa15bc-76c7-4006-946a-7f002e3c91e3
edit: solve the problem...thanks bro
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my sd card stopped being recodnised by the device after unsuccesful attempt, what can i do now?

Can we avoid repartition and use a virtual partition created with dd instead ?

Why after successful, my dnd function doesn't work?

how did the short numbers after the word "mounted" change into that really long hexadecimal number??? help!