SM-J320F Setting External SD card as Internal - Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) Questions & Answers

Hi all,
I'm new to smartphones and this is my first phone . I'm trying to sent external SD card as internal storage. Issue is that phone has only 8GB of ROM and by default 3.2 is System and 3.5 is Used space. So there is just a tiny space left on the internal memory. Android version is 5.1.1. I have rooted it with TWRP 3.0.2-0 and SuperSU. SD card is Kingstone SDca3/32GBn0557-004A00LF.
I have been reading a lot of tuturials to make external memory internal with no luck. I have tried adb tools, formating it with Mini Tool Partition Wizard-DroidThunder, a2sd, Link2SD, etc... I'm also OK with installing custom ROMs that will enable me to make internal memory of my SD card.
Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks xD.

1Igrach said:
Hi all,
I'm new to smartphones and this is my first phone . I'm trying to sent external SD card as internal storage. Issue is that phone has only 8GB of ROM and by default 3.2 is System and 3.5 is Used space. So there is just a tiny space left on the internal memory. Android version is 5.1.1. I have rooted it with TWRP 3.0.2-0 and SuperSU. SD card is Kingstone SDca3/32GBn0557-004A00LF.
I have been reading a lot of tuturials to make external memory internal with no luck. I have tried adb tools, formating it with Mini Tool Partition Wizard-DroidThunder, a2sd, Link2SD, etc... I'm also OK with installing custom ROMs that will enable me to make internal memory of my SD card.
Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks xD.
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Try Lineage os 14.1 UNOFFICIAL-J3xnlte rom first
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-lineageos-13-samsung-galaxy-j3-2016-t3621950
and try this ....
need :
faster sd card (class 10)
Mini Tool Partition Wizard
1 gb fat32
.... gb ext4
emulator for android from googleplay
open and type
su
pm set-install-location 2
exit
close emulator
install diskusage from googleplay
reboot
install an app
open diskusage and check app instalation directory
excuse my English

You could update to marshmallow and use adoptable storage.

ashyx said:
You could update to marshmallow and use adoptable storage.
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Not all phone sm 320f gets uptade to marshmallow

Costel28 said:
Not all phone sm 320f gets uptade to marshmallow
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On this phone I'm able to install only Android 5.1.1. If I just custom ROM as suggested would I be able set up extrenal SD card as internal storage.

Costel28 said:
Not all phone sm 320f gets uptade to marshmallow
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Ah yes, forgot this device uses a Spreadtrum chipset so will likely never get an update.

Install lineage 14.1 and format sd card into intern memory
Read xda forum for installing lineage on sm j320f

Screenshot storage

Sorry for the late response, I finally manage to get a day off. Thank you all for helping me xD. I wil install Lineage 14.1 and I have some questions. I was able to find this one LOS 13 and this is Android 6.0. I have also find this on youtube How To Install Android 7.1.2 Nougat on Samsung Galaxy J3 Nougat Custom Rom Lineage OS 14.1 but I'm unable to download ROM, the link is not working. I'm OK with any version of Android that will allow me to get SD as internal.

1Igrach said:
Sorry for the late response, I finally manage to get a day off. Thank you all for helping me xD. I wil install Lineage 14.1 and I have some questions. I was able to find this one LOS 13 and this is Android 6.0. I have also find this on youtube How To Install Android 7.1.2 Nougat on Samsung Galaxy J3 Nougat Custom Rom Lineage OS 14.1 but I'm unable to download ROM, the link is not working. I'm OK with any version of Android that will allow me to get SD as internal.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...rom-lineageos-14-1-samsung-galaxy-j3-t3667015

1Igrach said:
Sorry for the late response, I finally manage to get a day off. Thank you all for helping me xD. I wil install Lineage 14.1 and I have some questions. I was able to find this one LOS 13 and this is Android 6.0. I have also find this on youtube How To Install Android 7.1.2 Nougat on Samsung Galaxy J3 Nougat Custom Rom Lineage OS 14.1 but I'm unable to download ROM, the link is not working. I'm OK with any version of Android that will allow me to get SD as internal.
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My

Thanks @Costel28. I will try this ROM. My Baseband version is J320FXXU0AQE2, does this matter.
Also I have TWRP 3.0.2-0, I'm assuming I have to update to 3.1.1. Also what variant of GApps should I use; stock, full? And me beeing a noob is this ROM rooted or I need to root it again xD?

1Igrach said:
Thanks @Costel28. I will try this ROM. My Baseband version is J320FXXU0AQE2, does this matter.
Also I have TWRP 3.0.2-0, I'm assuming I have to update to 3.1.1. Also what variant of GApps should I use; stock, full? And me beeing a noob is this ROM rooted or I need to root it again xD?
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Stock , after I installed Aroma whit Opengaps app.
Read instructions .

1Igrach said:
Thanks @Costel28. I will try this ROM. My Baseband version is J320FXXU0AQE2, does this matter.
Also I have TWRP 3.0.2-0, I'm assuming I have to update to 3.1.1. Also what variant of GApps should I use; stock, full? And me beeing a noob is this ROM rooted or I need to root it again xD?
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My phone
Stock room ---J320FXXU0AQE2
LINEAGE 14.1 ---J320FXXU0APG2

I was able to install RR 8.5.8 with Android 7.1, SD card is formated as internal storage. It's OK for now, but still when I go to storage internal SD and external appear as to separate cards. I have migrated all the stuff to external. Some app. do not have option to move to external SD card. Both cards are appearing as separate units. I have seen this tutorial https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-format-microsd-cards-as-internal-storage. It appears that both cards are seen as one by the Android. This is exactly what I want. I have been trying this article with no joy. Can some one please explain me that exactly I need to do? Thanks XD!

hello there i am also interested in getting this done for a friend...would love to know your results so far as of what little i know about spreadtrum devices they are notoriously hard to work with and tend to brick quite often.. @1Igrach if you could post your results regarding this issue it would be much appreciated thank you

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[Q] Huawei U8800 Can't install Aurora from 2.3GB (B528)

Hi guys, I have the Huawei U8800 and it has the Official Gingerbread (2.3.5) B528 ROM and I read that I need to have 2.3.5 to upgrade to Aurora ROM, I did root the device and installed Clockwork Mod 5.5.0.4 which is compatible with that rom. I did wipe dalvik cache, wiped user data and all that. But when I flash the rom, it gets stuck on the Huawei Boot Screen and when I turned it off and on again it installed Android 2.3.5 on its own. On the screen it said upgrade firmware step 1 out of 2, do not turn off device. Any help would be appriecated as I have searched high and low for a solution, so I did try to find someone with a similar problem but I still can't solve it.
I'm sorry, but I think you are not following the steps properly. Make sure you go through all steps thoroughly.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED CUSTOM PARTITION BUT I RECOMMEND YOU CUSTOM PARTITION YOUR PHONE SO YOU CAN INSTALL BIGGER ROMS!!! (here)
Go to my Xperia Style GB ROM (in my signature) and follow the steps there install a ROM, but use Aurora instead of my ROM.
I think the 2.3 GB ROM installs again before you still have the 'dload' folder on your sd card. The phone detects it and starts installing it again.
Wow thanks for such a quick reply, I will try to follow your steps. Thanks a lot!
rqmok said:
I'm sorry, but I think you are not following the steps properly. Make sure you go through all steps thoroughly.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED CUSTOM PARTITION BUT I RECOMMEND YOU CUSTOM PARTITION YOUR PHONE SO YOU CAN INSTALL BIGGER ROMS!!! (here)
Go to my Xperia Style GB ROM (in my signature) and follow the steps there install a ROM, but use Aurora instead of my ROM.
I think the 2.3 GB ROM installs again before you still have the 'dload' folder on your sd card. The phone detects it and starts installing it again.
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Hey, I followed your steps but still stuck on the bootscreen. I followed your steps exactly as they are, I don't know what im doing wrong :/
rqmok said:
I'm sorry, but I think you are not following the steps properly. Make sure you go through all steps thoroughly.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED CUSTOM PARTITION BUT I RECOMMEND YOU CUSTOM PARTITION YOUR PHONE SO YOU CAN INSTALL BIGGER ROMS!!! (here)
Go to my Xperia Style GB ROM (in my signature) and follow the steps there install a ROM, but use Aurora instead of my ROM.
I think the 2.3 GB ROM installs again before you still have the 'dload' folder on your sd card. The phone detects it and starts installing it again.
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Elora ROM
UPDATE: I managed to installed the Elora ROM which is based on Aurora ROM and is working just fine! Thanks. Also I tried your ROM the Sony Ericsson Themed GB and it worked also . But somehow when I used your partition guide I messed up my phones internal memory (2GB) and I cannot access it from my computer.
se7entijz said:
UPDATE: I managed to installed the Elora ROM which is based on Aurora ROM and is working just fine! Thanks. Also I tried your ROM the Sony Ericsson Themed GB and it worked also . But somehow when I used your partition guide I messed up my phones internal memory (2GB) and I cannot access it from my computer.
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That doesn't mean it is messed up.
The custom partition takes memory from your internal sdcard and dedicates it to your phone's internal memory. So, your internet sdcard's memory goes from 2GB to 1.46GB, and your phone's internal memory shoots to 1.2GB. This way, you can install bigger ROMs on your phone and install more apps on your phone.
I don't know about accessing the internal sdcard from your computer because I never even tried doing it.
Ok I managed to find a program on the PC that can read the internal sd card and it worked great! The weird thing is, I installed an Updated version of the same ROM (Elora 1.7.28) and it was much more unstable than the previous version, to be frank Im trying to understand if the developer is still updating the ROM or not since it is dated from 2012.
For example, downloading apps from the market were extremely slow and when I connected the phone to the PC, the PC didn't even detect I connected my phone and apart from that, usually in android it tells you to connect your device for usb storage, Android didn't even give me that.
So I restored to a backup I made of the previous version of the ROM (Elora v1.1.10 something like that) and connected to the PC works fine, android tells me for usb storage, and downloading apps from the market is extremely fast.
Although the phone is working quite well (Elora V1.1), some games like Real Racing 3, Frontline Commando and Frontline Commando D-Day didn't work. Apart from that its working quite well. Sorry for the long text.
rqmok said:
That doesn't mean it is messed up.
The custom partition takes memory from your internal sdcard and dedicates it to your phone's internal memory. So, your internet sdcard's memory goes from 2GB to 1.46GB, and your phone's internal memory shoots to 1.2GB. This way, you can install bigger ROMs on your phone and install more apps on your phone.
I don't know about accessing the internal sdcard from your computer because I never even tried doing it.
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se7entijz said:
Ok I managed to find a program on the PC that can read the internal sd card and it worked great! The weird thing is, I installed an Updated version of the same ROM (Elora 1.7.28) and it was much more unstable than the previous version, to be frank Im trying to understand if the developer is still updating the ROM or not since it is dated from 2012.
For example, downloading apps from the market were extremely slow and when I connected the phone to the PC, the PC didn't even detect I connected my phone and apart from that, usually in android it tells you to connect your device for usb storage, Android didn't even give me that.
So I restored to a backup I made of the previous version of the ROM (Elora v1.1.10 something like that) and connected to the PC works fine, android tells me for usb storage, and downloading apps from the market is extremely fast.
Although the phone is working quite well (Elora V1.1), some games like Real Racing 3, Frontline Commando and Frontline Commando D-Day didn't work. Apart from that its working quite well. Sorry for the long text.
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I don't know about all those errors because I never tried Elora. But, the developer is obviously not working on it anymore. (Don't know where the developer is )
I decided to jump ship and go back to 2.3.5 using your Xperia Style ROM, it's much much much more smooth.
rqmok said:
I don't know about all those errors because I never tried Elora. But, the developer is obviously not working on it anymore. (Don't know where the developer is )
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se7entijz said:
Hi guys, I have the Huawei U8800 and it has the Official Gingerbread (2.3.5) B528 ROM and I read that I need to have 2.3.5 to upgrade to Aurora ROM, I did root the device and installed Clockwork Mod 5.5.0.4 which is compatible with that rom. I did wipe dalvik cache, wiped user data and all that. But when I flash the rom, it gets stuck on the Huawei Boot Screen and when I turned it off and on again it installed Android 2.3.5 on its own. On the screen it said upgrade firmware step 1 out of 2, do not turn off device. Any help would be appriecated as I have searched high and low for a solution, so I did try to find someone with a similar problem but I still can't solve it.
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remove dload folder on your internal and external sd card before flashing new rom
Yeah, in fact that did cross my mind. Yesterday I managed to repartition my card now I have ~2GB to install applications (Internal SD Card) thx guys. But I do have a problem Real Racing 3 tells me insufficient space although I do have enough space and it is installed on the internal SD Card and not the SD Card.
Unicorn9x said:
remove dload folder on your internal and external sd card before flashing new rom
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[Rom]CM13 Stable Explay Fresh /its clones Updated [14.11.2016 Nightly added]

Stable CM 13
Enjoy first ever stable rom with everything working (gps is working indeed but never open ygps app in bottom just freeze it dont open it ever
if you have opened then flash rom again)
Best rom for a120 and other clones
video HW decoding is better than the stock one
Antutu score 23427
Link To rom https://yadi.sk/d/9yVaXMlmuyH7N
TWRP 3
Flashing guide
Use SPFT to Firmware upgrade To Ariafan Beta 5
Go To Recovery And Wipe Everything Except External Storage
Flash rom zip and gapps arm 6 pico simultaneously reboot Enjoy
(For better performance
install kernel auditor root a�d go to virtual memory and enable it set at 510mb and apply at boot thats zram for you
For checking status use diskinfo
also disable logd
by adding init.d script
stop logd
or use terminal emulator
su
stop logd
or just rename log file in system/bin
to bak extension
wil be adding build.prop edits later
)
audio mod best ever working found somewhere
working completely with explay fresh and its clones(credit - )
just flash using twrp
14 Nov Nightly Build
Everything works but update wont work will have to fresh install
GPS working now
Link to 14.11.2016 nightly
flash rom And Gapps simultaneously
gapps arm 6.0 pico
[Nightly Rom is Nightly they always have bugs]
Source
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=599456&st=14040#entry50947160
those who want adoptable storage is working but every app will be installed to memory card
internal will work only for storaging, no app installing or data
Version Android - 6.0.1
Kernel 3.10.54
Is adoptable storage working?
Working...
from 4pda.ru (CM 13 Thread.)
As shown in above pic, Adoptable Storage is working in this ROM.
goludr said:
from 4pda.ru (CM 13 Thread.)
As shown in above pic, Adoptable Storage is working in this ROM.
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I'm sorry but can you share the thread link please?
GreyRainbow said:
I'm sorry but can you share the thread link please?
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Official Thread link : (Russian language)
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=599456&st=14100#entry50947160
Hi Guyz ,In this build,can we toggle 3G to 2G Network Connections?
Aljo Jose said:
Hi Guyz ,In this build,can we toggle 3G to 2G Network Connections?
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Only bug gps
Everything works fine
Gonna test it
GreyRainbow said:
I'm sorry but can you share the thread link please?
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Here you go.
SpEeDeX^
kcala said:
Only bug gps
Everything works fine
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GPS works.
Anyone having issue with internal storage? It is unable to detect internal storage . I'm getting this error in file manager
" File and folder was not found"
I would be great if anyone knows the solution.
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nikhil34a said:
Anyone having issue with internal storage? It is unable to detect internal storage . I'm getting this error in file manager
" File and folder was not found"
I would be great if anyone knows the solution.
Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Did you opt to use SD card as internal storage?
SpEeDeX^
sujoyspeedex said:
Did you opt to use SD card as internal storage?
SpEeDeX^
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No. First I inserted sd card but unfortunately it was corrupted so I had to remove it. Since phone wasn't accepting the SD card it never gave me option to set it as internal or portable storage. Internal was unavailable from the beginning itself however internal storage is accessible in Stock, beta 5 firmware . I also tried to re flash but no success.
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nikhil34a said:
No. First I inserted sd card but unfortunately it was corrupted so I had to remove it. Since phone wasn't accepting the SD card it never gave me option to set it as internal or portable storage. Internal was unavailable from the beginning itself however internal storage is accessible in Stock, beta 5 firmware . I also tried to re flash but no success.
Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Format SD Card from PC. then use it again.
I recommended use a faster (XC or HC) SD Card.(Class 10) for better performance.
While flashing it takes long time why so?
srikarthick said:
While flashing it takes long time why so?
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Bcoz.... Flashing a ROM means install a new OS on the system(device). It format partitions and install whole OS on it.
Also boot time takes longer than usually for first time.
I am in this same screen for more then 10min right now I m n blissrom 6.0
nikhil34a said:
No. First I inserted sd card but unfortunately it was corrupted so I had to remove it. Since phone wasn't accepting the SD card it never gave me option to set it as internal or portable storage. Internal was unavailable from the beginning itself however internal storage is accessible in Stock, beta 5 firmware . I also tried to re flash but no success.
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Hi,
I faced the same problem as you.
The solution that worked for me is...
You can set up the device's internal in settings-->Storage and USB
For the Card do this...
Go to the developers options and enable root access and local terminal.
Open the terminal app and type
su
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and hit enter. Allow root access.
Type
sm list-disks
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You should see the disk's name i.e. SD card. If you don't see it. Format your card as FAT32 from PC first and then try.
Now type
sm set-force-adoptable true
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Wait for it... Now there should be a card ready to be set up in the notification bar.
GreyRainbow said:
Hi,
I faced the same problem as you.
The solution that worked for me is...
You can set up the device's internal in settings-->Storage and USB
For the Card do this...
Go to the developers options and enable root access and local terminal.
Open the terminal app and type
and hit enter. Allow root access.
Type
You should see the disk's name i.e. SD card. If you don't see it. Format your card as FAT32 from PC first and then try.
Now type
Wait for it... Now there should be a card ready to be set up in the notification bar.
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It worked for me. Thanks a lot buddy [emoji2] [emoji106]
Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using XDA-Developers mobile app
srikarthick said:
I am in this same screen for more then 10min right now I m n blissrom 6.0
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Use twrp 3

noob question: can i wipe internal storage and install a rom from my sd?

That says it all. I know I could with my note 5 but lg seems to be a little bit different. Thanks guys. Oh yeah I have ls997 with team devdigital 6.5 magisk ROM.
As long as you transfer the zip file to the sd card, then yes.

SD card as internal storage - adoptable storage on Samsung galaxy J530f ?

Hi, is there a specific ROM I can use, which enables me to use SD card as internal memory on my Samsung J530f on Android 9.0 preferably? I tried just one custom ROM and rooted the phone with Magix and and downloaded Root Essentials as well, but this is not working. I am looking for a working solution, not for a guess, how it might work... I tried the "maybe" options, now looking for a verified solution... Thanks!
Laxius777 said:
Hi, is there a specific ROM I can use, which enables me to use SD card as internal memory on my Samsung J530f on Android 9.0 preferably? I tried just one custom ROM and rooted the phone with Magix and and downloaded Root Essentials as well, but this is not working. I am looking for a working solution, not for a guess, how it might work... I tried the "maybe" options, now looking for a verified solution... Thanks!
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I don't prefer you to do that
Bc which speed your internal storage has is more than any sd card that you use!
This way works for older j5(such j5 2015 that have 15mb/s but i buy sd card with 35mb/s and set it as internal)you can measure your speed by specific apps
And about your problem
Most of aosp pie and oreo roms have this by default,just Google it
or if you use tw rom you can ask your dev to provide this for you(sorry l have different model so i don't have that)
Well
Speed is not an issue. Problem is, that currently i have to move every application manually to sd card, which after update moves back to internal memory. I leave for a week to mountains and am not on wifi and after my return 20apps needs to be updated. I update one, than jave to move it to sdcard as there is no space to upgrade the rest. Now imagine updating 20apps with manual intervention every fcking day. So of dourse i rather sacrifice speed and invest in a fast sd card than manually update very app every time. I was expecting someone to let me know a difect working rom, instead of googling, as on xda i was not able to find a suitable one.
Laxius777 said:
Speed is not an issue. Problem is, that currently i have to move every application manually to sd card, which after update moves back to internal memory. I leave for a week to mountains and am not on wifi and after my return 20apps needs to be updated. I update one, than jave to move it to sdcard as there is no space to upgrade the rest. Now imagine updating 20apps with manual intervention every fcking day. So of dourse i rather sacrifice speed and invest in a fast sd card than manually update very app every time. I was expecting someone to let me know a difect working rom, instead of googling, as on xda i was not able to find a suitable one.
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Every Oreo and pie rom has it. If you want a 7.1.1 stock rom port there is also an adoptable storage patch enabler zip.
So basically any rom from nougat upwards has it.

How do i fix /sdcard not working

hello i have a problem.Today i tried to make my sd card mobile beause after i made it internal storage i had problems.
After i formated it back to mobile i tried to update my phone to lineage os 17.1 it doesnt recognice my internal storage. apps install but Photo app doesnt work and if anything wants to acces files the app just crashes.
im on a klte
Thank you in advance and for your welcoming
fak4tr said:
hello i have a problem.Today i tried to make my sd card mobile beause after i made it internal storage i had problems.
After i formated it back to mobile i tried to update my phone to lineage os 17.1 it doesnt recognice my internal storage. apps install but Photo app doesnt work and if anything wants to acces files the app just crashes.
im on a klte
Thank you in advance and for your welcoming
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the rom u r using is unstable , unstable roms have issues and bugs .
use a stable rom like i do , btw i use resurrection remix pie ,sdcard does work
dont forget to leave a like
the problem is that i dont have an sd card in the phone
here's a pic of my data browser if it helps with understanding https:// imgur.com /a/6PW4SED
fak4tr said:
the problem is that i dont have an sd card in the phone
here's a pic of my data browser if it helps with understanding https:// imgur.com /a/6PW4SED
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That what I said , the ROM is unstable , causing it to have bugs ,like the bug of internal storage not appearing , please flash a stable ROM .
Don't forget to :good: my post!!
i had that problem before i flashed the new rom
haytamfrh said:
That what I said , the ROM is unstable , causing it to have bugs ,like the bug of internal storage not appearing , please flash a stable ROM .
Don't forget to :good: my post!!
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ok bro I installed remix os and it still has the problem
here's a video of remix os version,trying to save a file,trying to start the file viewerhttps://youtu.be/61RjuLz7Qns
i found help from another source
you need to eject the card in software
fak4tr said:
i found help from another source
you need to eject the card in software
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ok nice

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