Both Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G5 ditch Android 6.0's adoptable storage feature
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- AnonD-442781
- 3xh
- 25 Feb 2016
Anonymous, 25 Feb 2016Sure it takes 4GB, but only if it is a KitKat or older. Now... moreMine says it takes 4.15gb.
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- RejZoR
- M}3
- 25 Feb 2016
I agree. I use microSD card for photos, so in an event of phone failure, I can just take out the card and copy the images easily and safely. I don't have enough of data plan to use a cloud to backup every photo right after it's captured.
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- Anonymous
- nEc
- 25 Feb 2016
jmtm, 25 Feb 2016wise move? are you kidding me?
you are paying $700+ on a ... moreYep its a wise move.
apple=32gb
s7=32gb plus up to 200gb sd card=potential of 232gb
bye bye.
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- Anonymous
- nEc
- 25 Feb 2016
AnonD-65736, 25 Feb 2016How about setting mass storage as the default and only visi... moreYes power users at that level, are about, but though they manifest online, you can walk all day and you'd never pass one.
Samsung have made the right and only choice here, the millions of users they have overwhelmingly consist of the average joe, just like every other manufacturer, and real power users can enable this without rooting, its there on xda developers.
Put your sd card in your new samsung phone and, ya know, it just works.
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- DeltraX
- KxL
- 25 Feb 2016
Is it necessary to use adoptive storage in Marshmallow? If not then it should be up to the user whether he/she wants to adopt external storage. They should put stringer, more informative pop-ups when the user tries to adopt a storage, so they know what it is if they didn't before. If it is necessary, Google should change this in a future update. Maybe 6.1.0
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- AnonD-493877
- mEA
- 25 Feb 2016
This time LG and Samsung are right.
Google is losing the ability to judge things as used in 99% of all deviced.
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- AnonD-65736
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- 25 Feb 2016
How about setting mass storage as the default and only visible option, but then allowing users to enable adoptable storage from the hidden developer settings?
Why not give power users the choice?
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- Anonymous
- IWQ
- 25 Feb 2016
Anonymous, 25 Feb 2016He's using TouchMyself from an S6 clone made from China, th... more*1gb out of the box
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- Anonymous
- IWQ
- 25 Feb 2016
mir, 25 Feb 2016You won't be able to fool many samsung flagship users man. ... moreHe's using TouchMyself from an S6 clone made from China, that's why it's 15gb space taken up lol. I just wonder how did the 16gb version of S6 survive with 2gb out of the box LOL
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- Arrange partitions
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- 25 Feb 2016
AnonD-487038, 25 Feb 2016How about split the micro sd into 2 partition just like co... moreVery good solution to arrange a partition on MicroSD (this is a way we apply for Linux PC's as well). But in Android eco system (and especially in Samsung world where every single and simple item is released slowly one by one like a torture) I don't think such a simple solution will be offered so early in 2016. Maybe in Android 8-9 or even 10. :)
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- Anonymous
- 3Xy
- 25 Feb 2016
Anonymous, 25 Feb 2016Stop spreading wrong facts. OEM software takes up only abou... moreSure it takes 4GB, but only if it is a KitKat or older. Now it's 5GB on Nexuses and definitely 8GB or more if it is a Samsung flagship devise (full with bloatware).
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- 25 Feb 2016
jmtm, 25 Feb 2016wise move? are you kidding me? you are paying $700+ on a ... moreYou won't be able to fool many samsung flagship users man. We have a lot more storage left as default than the 17GB you are proclaiming out of thin air.
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- AnonD-442781
- 3xh
- 25 Feb 2016
jmtm, 25 Feb 2016wise move? are you kidding me? you are paying $700+ on a ... moreTouchwiz is far from 15gb. Its leaner than it used to be and the s5 only had 16gb total.
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- Anonymous
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- 25 Feb 2016
jmtm, 25 Feb 2016wise move? are you kidding me? you are paying $700+ on a ... moreStop spreading wrong facts. OEM software takes up only about 4 GB. You still have 28 GB to play with.
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- AnonD-442781
- 3xh
- 25 Feb 2016
32gb is enough for installed apps. I use external for games and media.
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- Anonymous
- 0xQ
- 25 Feb 2016
Smart move, i keep most of my roms and all of my music on a sd card, makes it simple (ok as simple as a clean windows reinstall) everytime i flash a rom (2-5 times every quarter).
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- Anonymous
- 0xQ
- 25 Feb 2016
jmtm, 25 Feb 2016wise move? are you kidding me? you are paying $700+ on a ... moreCm and repartition? (Cm13 is up to 1gb with a shitload of bloat)
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- AnonD-487038
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- 25 Feb 2016
How about split the micro sd into 2 partition just like costum rom on xda do (forgot the name tho).
1st partition with ext4 format for android system private use (safer because it will be hidden/unaccesible on windows OS), 2nd with FAT32/NTFS for file storage/transfer.
with the amount of $$ samsung have, it'll be possible to do this much better than random programmer do
also, fastest UHS-II now reached 300MB/s read and 100MB/s write
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- jmtm
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- 25 Feb 2016
wise move? are you kidding me?
you are paying $700+ on a phone that comes with 32GB + external storage
Android OS + touchwiz is 15GB so you will only have 17GB to play with for your apps thats it
Apps are getting just bigger and bigger nowadays how is this OKAY for you?
Moto X / M8 and other phones are already using this feature and they are simply giving you an OPTION whether to use it or not
while Samsung / LG decided not to give you even an option after all...
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- Anonymous
- tue
- 25 Feb 2016
AnonD-435835, 25 Feb 2016I guess its a wise move. Using the adaptable storage feat... moreThat is the whole point of the article. Adoptable storage id meant for budget phone in developing country. These phone usually have only 4-8gb internal storage. It make more sense. Btw, for those arguing wanting this features, do you realized is is completely unrecommendable to remove the sd card after inserting it as adoptable storage. It automatically became a permanent storage. More or less an unremovable sd card. Taking it out physically may cause consequences. Your risk to take.