{"id":1221,"date":"2016-03-18T13:38:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T08:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2016-03-25T19:30:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T14:00:56","slug":"enable-adoptable-storage-on-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/enable-adoptable-storage-on-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Enable Adoptable Storage On Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge to Extend Internal Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today we discuss how to <em><strong>Enable Adoptable Storage On Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge<\/strong><\/em> to Extend Internal Storage. As we know Samsung recently launched two devices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/samsung-galaxy-s7-and-galaxy-s7-edge-launched-at-mwc-2016\/\">Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge<\/a> with latest Android Marshmallow which also support external sd card. Android Marshmallow has an Adoptable Storage feature which allows you to use your external memory (microSD card) as internal storage, but Samsung disables this feature on Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge. But today we guide you to\u00a0Enable Adoptable Storage On Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge to Extend Internal Storage without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-root-an-android-phone-with-one-click\/\">rooting<\/a> your device.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Enable-Adoptable-Storage-On-Galaxy-S7-and-S7-Edge.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1225\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1225 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Enable-Adoptable-Storage-On-Galaxy-S7-and-S7-Edge.jpg\" alt=\"Enable Adoptable Storage On Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Enable-Adoptable-Storage-On-Galaxy-S7-and-S7-Edge.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Enable-Adoptable-Storage-On-Galaxy-S7-and-S7-Edge-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The process to\u00a0Enable Adoptable Storage On Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge\u00a0is very simple all you need is ADB and Fastboot driver installed on your PC. After Enable Adoptable Storage On Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, you can install all your apps on SD card directly. you can also check how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/root-galaxy-s7-and-install-twrp-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\">install TWRP on Galaxy S7.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thanks to Modaco developer and modder\u00a0<em><a id=\"ips_uid_6105_3\" class=\"ext-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.modaco.com\/profile\/1-paulobrien\/\" rel=\"external nofollow\" data-ipshover=\"\" data-ipshover-target=\"http:\/\/www.modaco.com\/profile\/1-paulobrien\/?do=hovercard&amp;referrer=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.modaco.com%252Fnews%252Fandroid%252Fheres-how-to-configure-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632%252F\">PaulOBrien<\/a>\u00a0for<\/em> the simple workaround to Enable Adoptable Storage On Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge without rooting your phone. you can also check how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/install-twrp-recovery-and-root-galaxy-s7-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\">install TWRP on Galaxy S7 Edge<\/a>. Read the below note carefully before\u00a0Enable Adoptable Storage On Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Note:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>It will erase all your SD Card data, so we advise you first to take a complete<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-backup-your-android-phone-without-root\/\"> backup of your phone<\/a><\/strong><\/em> and then proceed.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you have ADB and Fastboot driver installed. (Check out\u00a0<a title=\"How to Install ADB and Fastboot on Windows\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-install-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to Install ADB and Fastboot on Windows<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"Setup ADB and Fastboot on Mac |Easy Step by Step Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/setup-adb-and-fastboot-on-mac-easy-step-by-step-guide\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Setup ADB and Fastboot on Mac<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Install <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/download-samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge-usb-drivers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung Galaxy S7 USB driver<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that your phone has at least 50-60% charged to prevent the accidental shutdown in-between the process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Steps to Enable Adoptable Storage On Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge &#8211;<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1) First enable USB debugging from setting&gt;developer option&gt;. To enable Developer Options, go to About phone and tap the Build Number 7 times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/debb.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-234\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-583 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/debb.jpg?zoom=1.5&amp;resize=586%2C400\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/debb.jpg?resize=300%2C205 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/debb.jpg?w=586 586w\" alt=\"USB debugging\" width=\"426\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2) Now connect your Device to PC and Open a command window.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3)Issue below command to check if disks available for adoption:<\/p>\n<pre>adb shell<\/pre>\n<pre>sm list-disks<\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4) The above command shows the disks that are available for Adoptable Storage. you should note it down. In our case disk ID is <em><strong>disk:179:160<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5)\u00a0Now\u00a0issue below command to\u00a0adopt your SD card as internal storage on the device:<\/p>\n<pre>sm partition disk:179:160 private<\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">6) You can change the above device id with your device id and wait for the process to complete.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">7) To check above process work or not, go to Settings \u00bb Additional settings \u00bb Storage and you can see that your SD card being adopted as Internal storage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That&#8217;s all, you can successfully\u00a0Enable Adoptable Storage On Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge with above steps. If you have any doubts comment below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modaco.com\/news\/android\/heres-how-to-configure-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoDaCo<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we discuss how to Enable Adoptable Storage On Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge to Extend Internal Storage. As we know Samsung recently launched two devices Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge with latest Android Marshmallow which also support external sd card. 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