Adpotive Storage Query ?

[drenco]

So after using and installing many app and games now to the External SD Card within Adoptive Storage and checking the spaces available through the settings/Storage menu i cant figure out i seem to be missing around 4gb of Internal storage space thats after the base OS has been taken into account and yet i haven't installed anything to the internal and its gone up by 4gb ERRR ? whats going on basically ?

 

[anon(632115)]

Your apps will have loaded to internal memory. Adaptive storage is not what you think it is(or many others)

 

[drenco]

can you elaborate as i dont understand surely if ive downloaded an app from the Playstore lets say 200mb and upon it completing installation under app info it had automatically been located to the external SD Card and shows as such under Storage/external SD card then why is the internal allowance changed i dont get it ? and how do i fix this as the only thing i can think is somewhere on the system is the downloaded file/apps that need to be deleted manually as it would of had to be downloaded to the internal before it got installed etc.

 

[anon(632115)]

When apps are compiled, the developers specify where the app is to be installed, which is generally internal storage. Despite converting an SD card to internal storage, the apps will not reside there. You may find app data does but that is all. There isn't a fix as such.
Check Marshmallow Internal SD problem - apps still… | Moto X Play
Also https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/109134/p/1449,9582
Specifically on the last link "Downloaded applications, their data and media can be moved to the Adopted card, as long as the application developer allows for this feature with their application."
The "fix" lies in the hands of the app developers