Determine android:installLocation in Play Store BEFORE install
I’m familiar with moving apps from internal to external memory. In fact I have to with the limited internal memory I have. Some … Read more
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Why are third party apps entirely excluded from USB OTG since Android 7?
Android KitKat rendered SD cards next to useless for writing, but did not affect USB-OTG at all. Android 6.0 put USB OTG into … Read more
How to Get Back the External SD Card Notification
I used to have a notification whenever the external SD card was in the tablet. Recently that notification has disappeared. How can I … Read more
ST21i Removed boot flag
I was trying to boot from the sdcard, as I thought it was a boot order issue, I disabled the boot flag on … Read more
Why preinstalled apps have more privileges than third party apps?
This question is based on an observation of Android’s powerful security features, In my old Android Lollipop third party apps had read access … Read more
Read data on SD card which was formated as Internal storage of Android OS
I have a Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus with Android 8.1.0. I plugged in a new SD card (Kingston MicroSDHC 32 GB) and this … Read more
Can files from android internal be recovered after using adoptable storage?
I have lenovo k50a40 which is pretty old. I was using my SD card as internal(adoptable storage). By mistake I took out my … Read more
How to avoid reformatting external sd card when “Issue with SD card” pops up again?
The comments in Does “How will you use this SD card?” wipe data? indicate that the second option in the dialog “Issue with … Read more
How can we avoid folders auto-creation?
There’s a way to manage these system folders? I am struggling with some folders that are automatically created at boot, by system on … Read more
Side-effects (unexpected/unwanted) of changing the “default” SD card
In have a Huawei phone that came with 32GB. If I add a new bigger SD card what are the implications? I mean … Read more
