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Holy shit fuck! I’ll try this one later.
I bought a Xiaomi Redmi Note 4x a year ago and I accidentally purchased a 16gb Rom variant. This will be a life saver!
it works on miui 9 and 10. i recommend v30 micro sd card instead of cheaper class 10 for a pleasant experience.
Noice! I rooted my phone and made really complex symbolic links between big games obb files from internal storage to my sd card! If I knew this earlier I would have saved hours. Thanks OP! Btw why tf is it hidden by default?
I want to try this on my dads phone but how hard it is to change things back? His phone got the class 10 SD only.
Backup important data into your computer
then Just restart the phone without the memory card and follow the popup that appears. you will need to redownload apps that was in the microsd card.
It has its pros and cons. You will know once you try. Personally i have transformed my 32GB note 5 into a 128GB phone
im not sure if android go works, but if it has miui 9 or 10 itll work
Yeah I read that on other sites as well. Guess I have to shell out after all. I have a current 128gb SD card but it’s just a Class 10 type.
What are the cons? Was thinking about doing it
Isn’t that the process that will make the SD card unusable on other phones? I heard that it is irreversible, but I might be mistaking it with something else.
not bugged. i think it adds to your internal storage so u see a higher value
yes it encrypts the micro sd card so you cant use it anywhere else.
I think its worth mentioning for some people 🙂
I had no idea that this was even a limitation on MIUI. How annoying. I guess I’ll stick to AOSP ROMs wherever possible because this is standard on LineageOS
You can reformat it, it’s just not hot swappable.
Thanks for this info! I was pretty ticked off when I bought my Mi Max and found out this feature wasn’t made available back in MIUI 8. I probably won’t do it on my phone now, but I know my sister and niece will be good candidates for doing this on their RN3P phones, assuming their MIUI is the right version.
Oh ok, thx for clearing that up for me
It’s encrypted to your phone.
What’s even more hilariously annoying is stock can’t format sdcards anything other than fat32. Xiaomi basically says fuck you if you need to put a file bigger than 4 gb
Is there any way to take care of the WhatsApp data ? My father literally downloads every image and video on WhatsApp and the phone is 16GB ROM variant .
There is no “files” option in my redmi 3s on marshmallow bit on my redmi 4 nougat there is
I have tried this..Now how to set back things to normal again? sd-card is not being detected?
Holy shit I sold my 16GB Redmi Note 5A and bought a 64GB Mix 2S. I could’ve done your method and transform it into 80GB phone
This would help
with this internal storage method, the 4GB limit is no longer an issue. Some xiaomi phones also support exfat like my note 5 pro, but not on mi max
Android 6 and above supports this. The Files menu can also come up when you set certain programs [like mx player] to enable read write on micro sd card. Maybe its not called Files in your 3s?
Ohh yeah
is there any other way to launch fiiles menu?
Curious how you did it?
Wait really? What about the phone’s internal storage?
You can on internal of course. But Xiaomi cheaped out and didn’t get licensing for exfat since it’s not open source… I was baffled coming from Samsung lol
You reed a rooted device. Install an app called link 2 sd (I don’t exactly remember the name, Google it. There r many apps like it). With that app you can make something called a symbolic link. The app thinks it’s saving it’s files to the internal storage but in reality it’s actually in the SD card.
Didn’t work for Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X. I didn’t have “Files” in activities but managed to get access to “Storage settings” through “Documents” section and “Downloads” activity in it. After formatting as internal storage sd card is just unusable and I still have the same amount of internal storage space as before, the only difference is in Settings -> Storage I noticed having huge “System storage”. So after this formatting phone treats sd card as system storage or something and still won’t let you use it.
I’ve tried several times over and over, result is always the same.
ok in my case after setting as internal, only the microsd card appears in the xiaomi file manager. under storage the syatem storage is the size of microsd card. I can copy more than 4gb via usb
can it create problems with system updates?
it only replaces internal partition, not system partition
ok because today I received the update to MIUI 10.3.5.0 global the Update stops when it reaches 100%.
What happens if I didn’t use a v30 sd card?
Yep, same for me on Redmi7 MIUI 10. I bought this phone only a few weeks ago and I’m starting to hate it.
Others have had problems with the phone recognizing the newly formatted SD card after the battery was fully depleted [https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/bbfjh3/redmi\_6a\_adoptable\_storage\_issue/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/bbfjh3/redmi_6a_adoptable_storage_issue/)
sometimes happen when phone reboots, not due to battery depleted. The solution is to clear cache in recovery and reboot
Hey. Could I ask you if you figured out if it was due to this tweak or not?
Edit: I’ll answer my own question to whoever is going to google his way here — yes, this tweak makes updates impossible to install.
your 32gb sdcard is now your internal
ok something is wrong. in my case it doesnt show 32gb on pc, just the microsd as internal
step is similar, it is just to open the hidden menu that gives microsd write permission to apps on android 6 and above.
alternatively you can use custom firmware
My Redmi A6 still notifies insufficient storage size and blocks me from installing new applications. Settings > Storage still shows the same available storage size before applying the procedure in the post. Anything else I can do to remedy this issue?
get a bigger phone. I just bought mi max 3 128GB for usd 150
Storage crashes when I try to enter to “storage settings” (redmi 4a miui 9)
Does it work for MIUI 11?
excuse me, I have a question.
I have changed my SD card to internal, but how do I check the storage?
phone has 25 GB, SD card 8 GB.
check from file manager, 23.21GB used/ 25.75GB
if check from storage in setting, 2.53GB available / 8GB total
23.21 + 2.53 = 25.74
this available remain in the setting is only the internal storage?why the memory didn’t increase?
the purpose of this is to use a big memory card to be internal storage without upgrading phone. example, turning your 32GB phone into a 256GB with a 256GB card. why would you use 8GB card on your 32GB phone? smh
~~my highest card is 8GB. till my 500GB card arrives, I’m stuck with this card.~~
~~a temporary but now situation~~
now have my 512GB card
>turning your 32GB phone into a 256GB with a 256GB card
I thought it was 32GB + 256GB = 288GB
~~excuse me, can help alternatives if fail?~~
~~before this method worked, but not anymore.~~
~~in the 3rd step, I didn’t receive any notification~~
nvm, I manage to format it with AFTISS (twice use)
Is it possible to access the data from a PC just like we can access the internal storage?
Thank you in advance
If you setup something as a SAMBA or shared folder, sure. But by default the system will not send anything to external devices.
Is there a way to undo this?
I have the same problem
Hi bro, I have a redmi 9 pro with Miui 12.5 and I don’t know if I am doing something wrong. I’m trying to do this, but in the step 6 when I am going to Storage Settings just causes the app to restart… anyone know how to solve it?
the same happen to me, have been trying to find a way but it seems it is builded like this for the SD and Phone safety. i just keep going back on step 5
So I did this on Redmi 5A and now it shows system storage 53.49GB but the free space didn’t increase at all and shows 846MB! Seems like all that space somehow became system instead of internal. Any ideas? It is MIUI 11
interestingly Files by Google seems to show it properly – internal storage 60GB free…
so it seems that gallery cannot see Photos which are in \\\\DCIM\\Camera
after some connecting/disconnecting of phone to PC they suddenly reappeared in the gallery app.
Good afternoon, I have a Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro, and I can’t get past the 5th step, back to the Activity Launcher home screen, can anyone help me?
Help me out please
Despite this post being 3 years old I hope you can anwser this question for me which is unlikely…
How do you even do the 2nd step?
there shd be a button. anw im not sure if this method works anyway with newer miui but u can try.
I just did it in MIUI 12, I didn’t have to do the 2nd step (seems that button was removed from the or something).
I did it going to Files and tapping in one that doesn’t have a lock in it (specifically the ones that say ViewDownloadsActivity and FilesActivity, the rest didn’t really work) opened the Files Manager and I was able to get into the menu where you can format it as internal (didn’t really format it still, I will acquire a microSD card later).
I have a Redmin Note 8 T, and after i do the 5th step, it just crash and bring me to the home screen. There is something i can do?
How can i undo this?
I have done this now the bulk of the data is showing as System Data is this supposed to happen.
Is the storage supposed to go to system.
Just insert micro-SD Card into PC using Card Reader. Press Windows + X and then open disk management. Right-click on the SD volume. click delete volume. After making card unallocated. Right click on it to make a new volume.
assign a name and letter
quick format and use exFAT format instead of NTFS.
YOHOO that worked for me .
Just insert micro-SD Card into PC using Card Reader. Press Windows + X and then open disk management. Right-click on the SD volume. click delete volume. After making card unallocated. Right click on it to make a new volume.
assign a name and letter
quick format and use exFAT format instead of NTFS.
YOHOO that worked for me .
kick me on try this
same
Redmi Note 8 Pro on MIUI Global 12.5.8 Stable. After selection the SD card from Hamburger menu and then selecting Storage Settings it puts me back at the beginning in Files. Still looking for a way to add to my internal storage of 128.
1. Where is All Activities?
Use a PC and reformat the SD card.. https://www.instructables.com/Repartition-SD-Card-Windows/
I’ve witness history, and you just helped me. Thanks I guess.
i love you random stranger
thanks, it worked for my xiomi redmi 9 <3
April 30, 2024
Still works! Just did this on a Xiaomi Redmi 9 and now I don’t have to worry about storage space for Genshin Impact
hey does this work? https://www.reddit.com/r/datarecovery/comments/1dh8zyw/comment/l8whcei/ i think ive been having the same issue and would really appreciate any help.
does this delete all the data on the sd card?
hey im having a similar issue ( [https://www.reddit.com/r/AskADataRecoveryPro/comments/1dhqkue/recover\_data\_from\_sd\_card/](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskADataRecoveryPro/comments/1dhqkue/recover_data_from_sd_card/) ) could you specify how did you get all the photos and data back?
could you recover the data from system data? im having a similar issue ( [https://www.reddit.com/r/AskADataRecoveryPro/comments/1dhqkue/recover\_data\_from\_sd\_card/](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskADataRecoveryPro/comments/1dhqkue/recover_data_from_sd_card/) )
does clear cache in recovery erase the data thats been shown in system storage? im really at a loss here for understanding the issue.
these images are with the sd card in
[https://imgur.com/jgjq95F](https://imgur.com/jgjq95F)
[https://imgur.com/Ors4ZSC](https://imgur.com/Ors4ZSC)
Man you can’t be serious not having backup of something so much important?! What about google photos – are you sure it’s not there? Apart from this technical problem you could have lost your phone, get it stolen, broken and so on. You are crazy if you don’t backup when there are so many choices!
Stupid reddit does not show the exact date of my previous post. Only that it’s been 2 years ago. I have notes in my Evernote but not sure which date was it. Anyway I think I saw the Photos in Google Photos app but not in gallery. Then I tried to take another photo with phone camera and see where the file gets stores and then somehow the rest reappeared
ive learnt my lesson and and i accept i was careless and crazy and irresponsible for not backing it up 😭😭😭. its the greatest regret of my life atp. im just so desperate to try and get it back now thats all.
well the camera shows the message insert sd card before using camera. which is also the same message that pops up when trying to open file explorer. did you not have this issue?
It was two years ago so I don’t know sorry
really any insight helps me at this point. what did you mean by connecting and disconnecting to computer? or is there anything else that you remember that could help? thank you so much
when i choose storage settings to format, the app auto restart and return to all activities,
How can i solve that? thanks for help
yeah it will.
wow‼️ that works for me !!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Yep, my phone is still alive and well and I haven’t noticed any drop in performance during gaming
updating that I tried it with my pocopad. the files option didn’t launch, it said something about it doesn’t have a default launcher or something. I downloaded files app from the store (which has a different background color for some reason), I did open it from the activity launcher and did as instructed. the existence of the sd card on the tablet disappeared and no increase in storage notices. :\\
as mentioned only works for miui. pocopad dont even use that
You can also use the Activity launcher app.