Tricks on how to make your SD card a default Storage on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

We android phones users know we have a lot we do with our android phones which occupies a lot of space on our phones. Even thou we use memory cards but still we find it difficult to make our SD card a default storage on our phones. Let me show you how to make your SD card
as your default storage memory on Android 6.0 devices. Meaning, every application you will download, games, music, file etc. will be stored directly on your SD card and not on your phone memory. 

For you to be running a phone with 6.0 android version and not able to do some certain things because of limited storage is heart breaking, below is how to make your SD card a default storage on your phone.

You are running out of space… Insufficient memory is a message you’ll always see on Android smartphones. Some Android 6.0 users are already complaining of insufficient memory despite the facts that you have enough space in your memory card.

Requirements before you set your SD card to default storage.

 1.Make sure you use original SD card or else it will not last long on the device because there are a lot for versatile SD cards which are not strong and can be infected be infected with virus

     2. If you are using old Micro SD card, back up all your files and document

Please note that this tutorial is not the same step with Android version lower than 6.0. It’s only for Android Version 6.0 and above.

How to Use SD Card as Default Internal Storage on Android 6.0

1. Turn OFF your phone => insert the SD card you wish to use as internal storage => Turn it ON again.

You should get a notification that a new SD card has been detected; double tap the notification.

       2.Tick Use as internal storage then click on Next

       3.Before you go to this step, make sure you backed up your entire file in a safe place or phone memory.

 4. Click Erase and Format (Wait while the SD card gets formatted)

 5.Tick Move now or Move later depending on when you wish to move media files from the internal storage to the SD card.

6.Click done and reboot your device.

Once the process is completed, any app you download from any source will be automatically installed into your SD card as default memory. And now enjoy downloading whatever you want to download without fear on our big the style is as long as your SD card still as available space.

Note that once you format your external SD card as internal storage on Marshmallow, it can only be used on the same device then. To use it on other devices, a format will be required, which ensures the safety of your data on the SD card.

Hope this post was helpful. Now that android world is advancing now a new 7.0 Nougat is about to be launched we are awaiting its arrival. There are some features which all this version comes with, like the 6.0, the interface is very user friendly and easy to adapt to.

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