Adoptable Storage?

[RobDogOne]

Is anyone doing this on their 10 and if so, what are the advantages/disadvantages?

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[B0WIE]

I'm not. I just have music on my SD and like it to be portable, just in case. There seems to be a lot of people who prefer adoptable (aka adorable) storage though.

 

[thejesse]

I'm using adoptable storage just so I can help if anyone has questions.
The only real advantage is in moving apps to SD.
The disadvantage is that you can't use the card in another phone unless you reformat it. That means any media saved to the card must backed up to computer via USB if you don't want to lose it.

 

[anon(604250)]

I opted for adoptable adorable storage because I'm too lazy to keep track of what is stored on which media.

 

[RobDogOne]

I'll keep it separate. I don't like the idea of having to reformat my sd card. Thanks guys.

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[Phil Nickinson]

Fun fact: You can format to adoptable, and then switch back to "normal" (or whatever you wanna call it) on the fly, on device, if you change your mind. Which is what I did.

 

[usguyver]

Fun fact: You can format to adoptable, and then switch back to "normal" (or whatever you wanna call it) on the fly, on device, if you change your mind. Which is what I did.

wait how do you switch on he fly?

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[JimBen73]

Which SD cards do you guys recommend, I'm looking for a good card in case I want to make it adoptable.

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[B0WIE]

Which SD cards do you guys recommend, I'm looking for a good card in case I want to make it adoptable.

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I've read nothing but good things about the SanDisk 200giggers. Mine has been excellent thus far. It's stuffed to the gills and plays my music just fine.
Might be more than you need but seeing as how they're down to $85, it's not a big investment over a 128gb. The SanDisk is reported to handle 4k video just fine and is fast enough for adopting too.

 

[RobDogOne]

Fun fact: You can format to adoptable, and then switch back to "normal" (or whatever you wanna call it) on the fly, on device, if you change your mind. Which is what I did.

That's good to know. I just might give it a try...im curious to know, will switching to adoptable storage make my phone faster? I appreciate the feedback Phil, thanks!

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[anon(604250)]

Go with this one. Highly rated and I have them in two phones.
http://www.amazon.com/PNY-Performance-MicroSDXC-Memory-P-SDUX64U360G-GE/dp/B00W77CJ8A?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00

 

[thejesse]

That's good to know. I just might give it a try...im curious to know, will switching to adoptable storage make my phone faster? I appreciate the feedback Phil, thanks!

htc 10

You shouldn't see any performance difference either way. However, I'd you move apps to SD it may affect how those apps run as even the fastest memory cards will still be slower than internal memory.

 

[anon(1733)]

I use adoptable storage. For me I like having one large amount of storage to download movies and what not. If and when I need to move items I can always plug my phone into my computer.

 

[isdaako]

For media generated on the phone like photos and videos; since there is no stock gallery app are those files retrievable using the adoptable storage? This would be in order to have the original files saved to another drive.

 

[thejesse]

For media generated on the phone like photos and videos; since there is no stock gallery app are those files retrievable using the adoptable storage? This would be in order to have the original files saved to another drive.

Yes, you can transfer them using a USB cable.