How to move phone storage to sd card for my galaxy amp 3

[Michelle_133]

I have a Samsung galaxy amp 2 and my phone storage is full... but i have a 64 g sd card but I can't figure out how to transfer the files.from phone to sd card.

 

[webworkings]

It depends on what kind of files you are trying to set to be on the SD card. If you are talking just music, videos (not including places like netflix), photos, etc., then you would use either the phones file manager to move the files over to the SD card, or to move a whole bunch at once, connect the phone to a computer via USB cord, move the files to an empty folder on the computer and then, while still connected via USB cord, copy the files over to the SD card. This will also leave backups on the computer.

However, if you are a talking apps being saved to the SD card, and run from it, well that is a whole other story.

First, you need to be using a phone that is running at least Android "Marshmallow" (or newer) or be able to upgrade to it. Second, you will need the instructions I am including below. And third, you need a phone that has not been restricted by the manufacturer from making this change. Which does happen.

NOTE: If any of the steps are missing on your phone, or they don't work for you, then you have a phone that either has an older Android version or has been restricted by the manufacturer.


How to turn the "External" SD card into "Internal" storage on "Marshmallow".

NOTE: Please be sure you start with a blank SD card. It needs to be blank because when the card is converted to "Internal" storage, it will be formatted (wiped) and encoded (making the cards data only readable by that device).

1. Go to device “Settings”, then select “Storage”.
2. Select your "SD Card", then tap the “three-dot menu“ (top-right), now select “Settings” from in there.
3. Now select “Format as internal”, and then “Erase & Format”.
4. Your SD Card will now be formatted as internal storage.
5. Reboot your phone.

NOTE: If you don't reboot the phone, many things may not work correctly, so make sure you do.


How to turn the "External" SD card into "Internal" storage on "Nougat".

IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure you start with a blank SD card. When the card is converted to "Internal" storage, it will be formatted (wiped) and encoded (making the cards data only readable by that device), so anything on it prior would be gone.

1. Go to "Settings", and then select "Storage & USB".
2. At the bottom of the list you should see the SD card's details, including the option to format it and make it "Internal" storage.
3. Once this is done, reboot the device and you can start running things from the card.

If you don't reboot the phone, some things may not work correctly, so make sure you do the reboot.