Can the S7 Load Apps Onto the SD Card? (S7 Has Only 32 GB Internal Storage)

TomBrooklyn

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Can the S7 load apps onto the SD card?

I ran out of internal memory on an S5 16GB phone purchased 4 months ago. I don't wish to buy another phone that is going to have "Insufficient Memory" problems anytime soon. I would like a phone that could last several years. I was hoping the operating system on the S7 might allow placing apps on the SD card.
 

the tall guy

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Hi, it doesn’t use Android 6.0 Marshmallow adoptable storage feature where the phone thinks it’s internal storage. So on paper, no you can't move apps to the SD card.

however if you do a quick Google search you will find many work arounds to this process.
 

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definelogs: looks good but it says it's for Android 6 devices. I think I have 5.x.

i currently use the AppIISD app on my galaxy S5 which is running android 5.0 and it works. however, a couple of days ago, my external SD card got corrupted somehow. I am not sure if it is a coincidence or if it's related to my constant usage of AppIISD.

The annoying part is that even after you move an app to the SD card, it will re-install itself onto your phone's memory the next time you download an app update from the Play Store. This means that you will have to constantly be using AppIISD - definitely a few times per week.