Hey guys, my phone has literally only got 400MB of internal memory left and I wanted to do something about it.
Apparently in order for me to use my external memory (micro-sd) card, I'll need to root my Android device first.
How do I root my Xperia M4 Aqua - 8GB? I have checked and it does indeed have a unlocked bootloader (don't know what that is but apparently that's good) and how can I root it so it doesn't get bricked? I don't want to use any customized ROM or anything as I heard that you can get bricked via that. I just want to root it, nothing else.
And after rooting, how do I use my micro-sd card as internal memory on the phone? Thanks!
Hello!
Follow this guide to get ROOT; http://forum.xda-developers.com/m4-aqua/general/tut-blu-twrp-root-xperia-m4-aqua-t3238962
I use link2sd to link apps to SD card.
You have to make two partitions on The sd card.
Google link2sd and you will find plenty of guides
Good luck
Another thing worth mentioning is that Android Marshmallow has support for merging your SD card and internal memory into one, meaning that the SD card will literally become an extension of the internal memory. However, you'd have to wait for the Marshmallow update for your Xperia M4 aqua for that..which will most likely arrive early next year.
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Hello,
What is the easiest way to expand the usable memory for apps on an Android KitKat phone which is rooted? I have seen many apps and solutions to this. Link2SD looks to be the simplest. I want to enable the device to use the external SD card to store apps and data to. The phone I have, LG L70 D321 has 2GB of phone storage and 2GB of internal RAM (ridiculous). I have a 16GB external SD card which I want to load the apps onto since the other space is already exhausted.
The solution should be transparent to the end user, meaning that when they install a new app, it simply gets installed to the SD card without having to do anything extra like assigning paths or anything.
Thanks everyone.
There are a few apps that will install them on sd cards but be warned it will hurt performance and may cause issues. Also no widgets for anything on sd card.
Has anyone been able to successfully root the M4 Aqua please, and if so, how? I've had the phone for 3 days and I'm already fed up of seeing "not enough storage space" due to the ridiculously small amount if internal storage available. If I could root it, I could, in theory, use a third party app to repartition my sd card to convince it that part of it is internal storage, or, at the very least use Links2SD.
Alternatively, is there a way of partitioning the sd card using either a PC, or a rooted phone, such as my Xperia SP to expand the internal memory on the Aqua?
Thanks!
Hi,
My brother wants to increase his xperia z2 internal storage.
i've 64GB micro sd.
i have tried partitioning(mini tool partition) it but didn't work,when i open link2sd it says {mount script error} {Mount script cannot be created}.
I would really appreciate if someone help me to find the solution to this.
Thanks in advance,cheers!!
Cant do that without modifacation of both the hardware and software
You could probably repartition and create a link to the external storage but that would need to be initilized every boot
For now just use GL2SD for larger files or buy another phone e.g 32gb nexus 6
If your phone is rooted then you can use foldermount to store internal memory files to the external SD card (for things like games etc)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount&hl=en_GB
So I bought a used Moto E 1st Gen to use while my Nexus 5X is being repaired, but I've found it to be almost unusable, thanks to its limited internal storage. It can't even update all the built in apps without running out of room, and none of them are transferable to my 32GB micro SD card! Installing new apps is very difficult, and sometimes impossible.
I think that part of the trouble is that it's running Android 5.1, which I believe significantly impaired the ability to make use of the external memory (right?).
I was hoping to use this phone temporarily as a backup device, and as such, I really just wanted it pure and simple and easy. The phone seems fine and the battery life is great, but I can't put all my apps on it.
So what's the most pragmatic way of dealing with this problem? Can I flash an older, stock ROM without having to unlock the bootloader? If I unlock it and flash a custom ROM, won't the later ones suffer this problem too? Would I be best using an older ROM from the days before Lollipop when external memory was easier to take advantage of?
Thanks wise sages, George
@hendrald
See friend, if you don't want to unlock your bootloader then you must flash the stock KitKat ROM as you can use your memory card to move the apps. But you can only move the apps which can be moved to external and if you have apps which can't be moved to external, you may run out of storage.
If you unlock your bootloader and flash Custom ROM which is MM or higher then you can use your memory card as adoptable storage. Using Sd Card as adopted storage would not let you run out of storage and is future proof as heavy apps moves automatically into adopted storage
Ankit_29 said:
@hendrald
See friend, if you don't want to unlock your bootloader then you must flash the stock KitKat ROM as you can use your memory card to move the apps. But you can only move the apps which can be moved to external and if you have apps which can't be moved to external, you may run out of storage.
If you unlock your bootloader and flash Custom ROM which is MM or higher then you can use your memory card as adoptable storage. Using Sd Card as adopted storage would not let you run out of storage and is future proof as heavy apps moves automatically into adopted storage
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Thank you, I hadn't heard of the adopted storage thing, because there's no SD card slot in the Nexus. It's exactly what I needed. I've installed the latest Lineage nightly and its working wonderfully, so far.
Henrald said:
Thank you, I hadn't heard of the adopted storage thing, because there's no SD card slot in the Nexus. It's exactly what I needed. I've installed the latest Lineage nightly and its working wonderfully, so far.
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To make adoptable storage insert a card into your phone running MM or higher it will ask you if you want to use the SD card as a portable device or Internal. By selecting ‘Internal’ you are now moving to the new Adoptable Storage function and the SD card will be formatted. Make sure you backup your data on card and you must use a high speed(class 10) memory card.
Hi all!
I am using a ZTE Majesty Pro LTE Tracfone (Z798BL), and I am running stock android 6.0.1 un-rooted. (Can't update it. It just shows latest version.) ZTE blocks users from formatting SD cards as adoptable, but I was able to do so through ADB. The only problem is, only one app can be moved to the SD card. With the other apps, It just doesn't show the Move to SD Card button. Is there any way to move more apps to the SD card?
Thanks!:
How did you manage to enable Adoptive Storage on this phone? I really hate that they disabled it.
If you can help me enable Adoptive Storage, I'll check to see if I run into the same problem.
Some of the reasons why you can't move an app to external is because it might be a system app? I have Adoptive Storage on my old previous phone active, and I come to learn that I can't move every single app to external. It really sucks. At least back before Marshmallow came out with the feature Adoptive Storage, I used Link2SD. Now that, I vaguely remember being able to move literally every app but it was recommended to not move the system apps. However, Link2SD required root. Last I check years ago, they never updated it for Marshmallow.
Adoptive Storage I noticed only is useful because if it's a game your installing, it'll automatically be installed on the external MicroSD card, while everything else the smaller apps gets installed internally, and it's tedious to go to through each one to check if you can manually move it to external.
I honestly don't remember. I used some tutorial with adb commands. I hate that zte blocked this on this phone, and then send the phone with 8gb.
-tails618