Not all devices have enough storage, so it is necessary to free this space and sometimes users complain about the lack of memory to install their applications. If this is your case, We suggest you read this post with which you will learn How to activate the button or option to move applications to my SD card.
SD card
SD is the acronym for Secure Digital and refers to a device whose card format makes it possible to store digital information. Generally, SD cards are used in mobile devices in order to increase internal storage capacity.
SD cards have several alternatives for storage. Often, we found devices from 16 GB. Some SD cards may even have a capacity of 128GB storage.
Characteristics of an SD card
Each SD card features brand-related information on the front (Samsung, Kingston, SanDisk, Sony, among other), the Storage capacity expressed in GB, memory classification (SDXC, SD y SDHC) and the speed classes associated with reading and writing (in general, class SD cards are observed 4 or class 10).
Enable the option to move apps to my SD card
You may not have enough space in the internal memory from your Android device. In this circumstance, you can move applications to an SD card and below we show you the procedure to achieve it.
How to download applications directly to the SD card
This is a viable alternative in case you need to install applications directly to the SD memory.. To do this, first insert the SD card and press “Setting” as soon as the external device is detected. Look for the option “Storage and USB” and select “Format as internal”.
Then, A new window will open where you can configure the SD card for internal storage or the portable storage. The system will show you a message stating that the SD card will work as internal storage only on your device.
Steps to move apps to SD without being root
Even though it is possible to move applications between the internal storage and the SD card it is not totally recommendedsince this action could affect the performance of certain applications.
Despite this, when you need to perform this procedure, can go to android settings and press “Storage and USB”. Later, choose the current storage of the application you want to move and click “Applications”. Select the application of your preference and “Change”.
Format and encode your SD card again
Choose option “Delete and format”. The system will send a warning indicating that all data on the SD card will be erased at that time. If you want to move apps before delete all content from the device press option “View applications”. Opposite case, choose “Delete anyway”.
Move apps to SD card
Android will ask you if you intend to move. all content from your device to SD card. Content includes photos, videos, text files, Applications, among others. Select option “Move now”.
Then, the SD card will become the device to save data and applications. A) Yes, you can increase the memory of your Android. In case you don't want to move the data, you can click “Move later”. Despite this, internal storage would be the default way to save applications and files.
How to move apps to my SD card with root
If the option to move applications to your SD Card is not enabled and you still have little storage space on Android, it is recommended that you have root access and that uses a program called Titanium Backup. Once you download and install this tool, you must have access to the tab “Copy / Restore”.
Wait a few seconds for a menu to appear. There, select option “Mover a SD”. It is essential to pay attention that the system applications, like YouTube or Gmail, must become user applications, but there is a high risk of instability or performance failures.
How to transfer apps to SD card if it doesn't give me the option
Transferring applications from the internal memory of the device to the micro SD card to have more capacity is one of the advantages of android, but in some versions of this software, Y on many devices this option is not enabledWith the use of applications like Link2SD, we can erase the compatibility issues that prevent us from transferring applications to the SD card.
There is also another way to store our applications in the SD memory, looking at our software version, since from 'Android Marshmallow’ (6.0) Google developed the 'adaptive storage option’, setting the SD card as an internal memory expansion, so we must pay attention to the data transfer speed in the micro SD, to avoid slowing down the Smartphone when running certain programs or games.
All we will do is insert the SD card into the phone and click configure in the notification, later choose in ‘Phone storage’ as' internal storage’ and we formatRemember to make a backup copy of the information you have elsewhere, since formatting will erase all data.
How to use Link2SD to move and transfer applications to the SD card
First, to get the most out of this app, we can opt for 'root’ our Smartphone, even when it is not recommended if it is not necessary, create partition on micro SD memory to use as internal storage, even though it can still be used without these processes.
To transfer applications, just go to the Link2SD app and choose the app to transfer, then click on move to SD card’ and we wait for the procedure to finish, to reverse it, we only do the same to save it in the 'internal memory'.
How can I move WhatsApp to SD card?
Sadly WhatsApp is one of the applications that can only be installed on the internal memory and not able to save data to SD card natively from the applications menu, but using a file manager you can free up a lot of space on your device, since most of the size that this application occupies is due to the amount of files you receive between videos, audios, documents, images, gif y chat.
You just have to do find WhatsApp folder in internal memory and move it up to memory card, only the data is transferred up to that point and everything that is sent to you later will be saved by default in a new folder with the same name in main memory.
Why can't I move apps to the SD card? Solutions
Moving an application to the SD card depends on many factors, but mainly it is due to incompatibility of the Android version of your deviceEven the make and model can be a reason, since each phone is built with a different internal memory software architecture; In addition, there are applications that, due to their requirement or due to their relevance to the stability of the operating system, cannot be transferred to the SD card..
Among the possible solutions we can use Link2SD, since it does not allow us to save data and install applications directly on the SD card that by default can only be saved in the internal memory.
Inform us before buying a Smartphone to know if the option of install apps on SD card is enabled It's a good way to avoid buying equipment that you can't, since they don't even differ by phone brand, depends on each model specifically.
