Galaxy S7 and LG G5 does not install applications on the memory card – Antyradio

This is the result of the decision not to use smartphones manufacturers new function Android 6.0 named “adoptable storage”. It allows you to treat the internal memory of the phone and the outside, on the SD card as one space for applications and data. Operating system (and the programs it runs) are not able to distinguish which part of the memory they use.

As a result, virtually all the data used by Android can be stored on the micro-SD. this advantage comes at a price – the operating system must properly format the card, which also is encrypted. This means that stored on the information will be visible only on your smartphone, where the card was initialized.

The same solution has been introduced by the Microsoft in early versions of Windows Phone and caused so much controversy that the corporation withdrew from this idea.

the use of the system “adoptable storage” can be a huge disadvantage for users accustomed to the possibility of rapid transferring data from your smartphone to other devices by simply translating the SD card.

Samsung and LG agreed that prefer to use an older system support SD card on which will be able to save data (music, photos and videos) in a way to read on other devices.

Smartphones Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge can handle the micro-SD card with a capacity of 200 GB; LG G5 declares its readiness to use the card capable of fitting even 2 TB. Applications will be allowed, however, be installed in the primary memory of the standard 32 GB (Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge offered in the pre-offer the capacity), of which the user will be available a little more than 20 GB.

in theory this is not enough, however, users who want to maximize the potential of the fastest available on the market smartphones playing the latest and most demanding games can quickly fill up the available space – everyday become titles occupying more than 1 GB of memory.

the option to change settings using a memory card should be available to the operating system – but will have to be consciously selected by the owner of the phone. Users who opt for a slight modification (gain administrator rights – root) will be able to also use the software transfer application files to the memory card, not all programs will be able to be so transferred.

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