@MomInCmbtBoots wrote:
I'd love to convert my sd card to internal storage....however I have no clue what/where any of the things mentioned in your post are.
Could you explain it to me as if I were maybe a 5 year old? (Not a genius level 5 yr old either...lol!!)
First of all, sorry for my English. I am German and trying to improve my language.
Sure of course. ADB, Android Debug Bridge, is a command-line utility included with Google's Android SDK. ADB can control your device over USB from a computer, copy files back and forth, install and uninstall apps, run shell commands, and more. Unfortunately and unlike other Android Phones , Samsung does not let you mount your external sd card as internal storage so you have to use this tool to kind of bypass that missing feature and use it anyway. I do not recommend mounting your external storage to internal storage if your sd card hasn't got high data transfer rates. As Android will automatically storage system relevant files also in your sd card after the process, there will be the risk of slowing down your phone and decreasing its maximum performance if your sd card is slow. You will need a PC , your Phone, and an USB data cable.
1. Connect your Phone to your PC. Make sure you have installed your drivers correctly and double check if your phone is connected to your PC via MTP (Media Transfer Protocol). Mostly, the drivers and the protocol will be installed and activated automatically, but to be safe just look what the status bar on your phone says and if your Windows Explorer (I can only explain how it works on Windows) is showing up your phone.
2. Download and install ADB, Setup your PC and your phone and connect your phone to the shell;
https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/ follow every step in this guide, it is really well explained.
If you have done everything right, you should look at a cmd console with the serial number of your phone on it.
3. now just type in the following command
"adb shell"
"sm list-disks" --> this should give you an output in form of a number or sth. Copy it.
"sm partition [paste] private"
This will mount your external sd card as internal storage. The uotput of how much gigs you have left might be laggy but don't worry, it does not affect the real storage capacity.
Ireally hope that I could help, if not, just search for this this problem in combination with adb on youtube or google. There arte many tutorials which visually explain you how to do it so you can watch and learn.
Hopefully you will solve your problem and goodnight.
