A number of Marshmallow (Android 6) and above users have complained of insufficient / low storage space for installing applications despite having much unused space on their SD card. This brief guide will teach you how to easily convert those several free Gigabytes on your external SanDisk card to Internal Storage.
How can I convert / use my SD card as Internal Storage on my Android Marshmallow phone?
1. Switch off the phone, insert the SD card you wish to use as internal storage then boot up the phone. You should get a notification that a new SD card has been detected (Click here for what to do if you did not get a notification prompt); double tap the notification
2. Tick Use as internal storage then tap Next
3. Tap Erase & format (ensure to have backed up important stuff on it)
4. Wait while the SD card gets formatted
5. Tick Move now or Move later depending on when you wish to move media files from the internal storage to the newly prepared SD card then tap Next
6. Tap Done
I did not get a notification after inserting SD card, what do I do
1. Navigate to Settings > Storage and tap the SD card (portable storage)
2. Tap the Menu at the top right and select Storage settings
3. Tap Formal as internal
Hovatek….just a button away!
This cant work on Tecno C8 ooooooooo…..running Android 6.0….and i really wush i can use my sd card as my installation storage
tested and confirmed on an Infinix Hot 2 Marshmallow
How please cause I want to download a movie and. I want it to save and I have 7.4gb free but I don’t know how to use it
You want to know how to download this movie to your external SD card instead of phone storage. Is that right6?
Boss can the memory card be used on another phone because I heard that if you format as internal ..it cannot be used on another devices
You can use it on another device, you’ll just have to re-format it
How do u reformat it
NEED A CWM FOR MARSHMALLOW RUNNING GIONEE S PLUS PHONE
we’ve sent you an email
Pls how do I root & install twrp on my infinix hot S ?
whats the Android version?
Android 6.0 marshmallow
Do you have the firmware?
Android 6.0 marshmallow
Please is it working on Tecno W3 cod right now, it isn’t
Some have complained that it isn’t.
We’ll look into this
Please help out. it doesn’t work on my Tecno w3. what’s the solution?
thanks in anticipation.
With HIOS, you’ll need to use root + lucky patcher + Link2SD
Please after this, what’s next?
Thats all. Apps and their data will subsequently be saved to the SD card
With HIOS, pls do write d full steps on how to use root + lucky patcher + Link2SD in order to move apps to SD card so that we can gain access to it. Thank you.
Plz help me
My tecno w3 doesnt support that
Plz send the email to me
Mnabil201015@gmail.com
Sd card is not working as internal memory on my itel s11. I tried d step u put online pls he can I use SD card 4 internal memory
This might not work on non-stock Marshmallow. You would require root
I can’t save anything on my memory card
Could you explain what you mean in detail
bro @hovatek
my phone pro is dat d video on memory card will not display on my video player app and all file playing video until I go into xender app to play it
Try using VLC and let me know if it persists.
i doesn’t work.. i tried it but it doesn’t show the notification it just say sd card ready to use
What’s the phone model?
Tecno c7
It doesn’t work on HIOS.
sir plz I am using itel s11 Android 6.0 but it’s still not showing that sign. I have donated my phone more than two times still it’s not working pls sir what will I do to it
have you formatted the SD card?
I’ve formatted the sd card of the itel s11. it doesn’t show the option for format as internal, just format only.. I’ve formatted it but it still has the same issue. i can’t install/move apps to sd card
What’s your phone’s Android version?
Note that not all Marshmallow and above devices support Adoptable Storage
Plz will this work on Tecno w3 I’m fed up with D’s phone already can’t use my mcard agn nd phone memory filled
No, Tecno’s HIOS doesn’t support this feature
I can’t use my SD card as internal memory on Tecno Camon CX. I only have “use as portable storage” on the option.
Kindly help as my phone internal memory already full please
This feature doesn’t work on HIOS. Tecno only recently introduced it to the CX Air in the latest OTA update
What’s the way forward please?
You either wait and hope Tecno does the same for the CX or try using Link2SD
How will I go about using Link2SD as suggested
You’ll need to post at our Forum. have you registered there?
No
Sorry I’m Niyi Odeyemi not Niki Odeyemi
Kindly help please
I am using Techno W3, but the notification is not coming up,
How can you be of help pls?
It typically doesn’t work on HIOS
I have Techno W3, but is still not working,
Please help me out.
I am using Tecno wx3, internal memory is filled up.How can i switch to external SD card?
It doesn’t work on HIOS
Hi, please will it work on infinix note 4?
It should
My 16gb cant play videos on my phone camon cx and when i snap pictures it wont show it will be saying no thumbnail found whats the problem my sd card is new so why
Free up space on phone storage , not SD card
Sorry please this doesn’t work on Infinix hot s (x521)…
please help with this.
I wanted to change the SD card i use but the phone no longer give me the option to use SD card as internal storage. It only gives use as portable device.
Please what can i do?
You need to format the SD card in FAT32 format first
Hello
..thanks for the help but my infinix hot phone isn’t giving me options to change my SD card to default storage what can I do