Sasori323@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow to install apps in an SD Card (as internal storage)message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareHow to install apps in an SD Card (as internal storage)Sasori323@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
I have a 64GB SD Card formatted as internal storage. And I would like to install apps into it. How can I do this?
minus-squaretrollercoaster@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down4·edit-21 year ago for security reasons. AKA to boost sales of new devices by making old devices unusable faster by preventing the user from upgrading storage.
minus-squareka-chow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYeah in hindsight I should’ve put ‘security reasons’ in inverted commas
minus-squareWhirlybirdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoIt’s more for performance reasons I believe. SD cards, especially the cheaper ones lots of people buy, are slooooooooooow and crap. They’ll make not just the apps that you install on them run terribly, but your whole phone.
AKA to boost sales of new devices by making old devices unusable faster by preventing the user from upgrading storage.
Yeah in hindsight I should’ve put ‘security reasons’ in inverted commas
It’s more for performance reasons I believe. SD cards, especially the cheaper ones lots of people buy, are slooooooooooow and crap. They’ll make not just the apps that you install on them run terribly, but your whole phone.