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[jayjaypops]

hello there forum, my first post here, but have been a memeber for a while.

anyways, i had a quick question.

would it be possible to make the Razr save everything (screenshots, downloads, apps like picsart, instagram camera, etc...) to the external SD card?

when i use the camera, in settings, it gives me the choice of where i want to save the photos i take. my problem is, everytime i edit a picture in picsart, or snapseed, or take a picture with the instagram camera, it saves directly to internal storage. which i dislike!

i am rooted and have experience with commands through adb sdk and im willing to figure out, even though these apps dont give you the option of where you want it to automatically save, would it be possible to make it redirect to external storage instead?

please help me!
thank you all in advance!
wonderful forum here and wonderful generous people and devs!

[jayjaypops]

bump? anyone?

[tucstwo]

I know there is a way to swap which "card" is mounted as internal or external. But I don't recall the exact process. My recollection is you need to make some edits to volf.fstab but what those edits are, I do not recall. I'm sure someone does though. Or search for vold.fstab on here

[jayjaypops]

I know there is a way to swap which "card" is mounted as internal or external. But I don't recall the exact process. My recollection is you need to make some edits to volf.fstab but what those edits are, I do not recall. I'm sure someone does though. Or search for vold.fstab on here

 

i just recently got my internet back up and installed. had a life situation i had to go through. i didnt get the chance to thank you for your quick response! thanks ill try my best to search and if i continue to have this problem. either im gonna renew my rom and build or just live with it. thanks again

and for all the do know how to do this. please feel free to come and help out in this post!

thanks all in advance!

[ibolski]

There is a hack somewhere but I must forewarn you that external SD cards have a limited lifespan when written to. I used to swap out and make my external the primary and it would fail after less than a year due to all the writing to it.

I can't remember where the fix is but it might be better to instead mount a directory on your external to the place on your internal.

I use an initd script that mounts various directories for me upon boot up. This way, I limit the writes and can extend the life of the card.

I've attached a screen shot of my script as an example.

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UPDATE: I don't really want to post this, but for those that like to live on the edge, here is the post explaining how to swap your internal and external SD cards. Remember, this is NOT a good idea as it WILL reduce the life-span of your external SD card as you write to it excessively. I'm speaking from experience as I lost two, yes, two 32gb SD cards because of this. I didn't know at the time that they had a limited lifespan when written to, but I do now.

 

Here's the link on swapping, but I REALLY suggest you do as I stated earlier. Just mount the directories you want from your external to your internal. I ensure that what I'm putting there is not getting written to a lot of times (other than when I take pictures). For example, I store game content there (downloaded content that is), my maps for CoPilot GPS app, camera pictures, music from Amazon, etc. Yes, they write to the SD card, but usually only once or sparingly, but not continuous writing.

 

Read post #3 for instructions. The link below should take you straight to that post:

 

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[tucstwo]

That's a good idea

[livinginkaos]

Agreed. The point about the lifespan of the mSD is becoming more of an issue lately too it seems. I'm not sure if it is because they have become more than just a storage place but at times serve as cache, or if the manufacturers are using lower quality stuff, but the lifespans have decreased in recent times. Thanks for sharing your script. Very good stuff! From My S4 Dev Edition