Can't format sd card as adoptive storage

[deltabravo88]

I am trying to set up my sd card as adoptive storage as I now have android marshmallow 6.0 however when I insert the sd card there is no option to set it up as internal storage. I am using the Vodafone smart ultra 6. See attachments

Many thanks

 

[Unforgiven]

I am trying to set up my sd card as adoptive storage as I now have android marshmallow 6.0 however when I insert the sd card there is no option to set it up as internal storage. I am using the Vodafone smart ultra 6. See attachments

Many thanks

A whole bunch of ODMs have disabled adoptable storage because they think we are morons and don't know how that we can't remove the card after setting it up. I have 3 phones with Nougat and none of them allow it.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

I think poor HTC was the only one to adopt it on their unlocked phones.

Damn shame.

 

[deltabravo88]

OK, what about getting android studio? What about rooting? There must be a way

 

[Hadron]

Rooting is device-specific and I'm afraid I don't know that device. If you can unlock the bootloader and someone has built a custom recovery for that model (has to be for the particular model, do NOT try to install a recovery built for a different device) then rooting should be possible.

But that won't give you adoptable storage - you'd need to replace the OS with a version which supported that. However there are other options if you can get root.

 

[deltabravo88]

What about using the android SDK and running Some ADB commands

 

[Hadron]

What do you want to achieve that way?

It's easy to look up the full list of adb commands and hence see whether there is one that does what you want. Note though that if the command refers to a feature that isn't supported by your OS version, or requires privileges that you don't have, then it won't work.

 

[girolez]

I think poor HTC was the only one to adopt it on their unlocked phones.Damn shame.

And Samsung

 

[Hadron]

Ah, So Samsung do now. They didn't originally though.

 

[deltabravo88]

What do you want to achieve that way?

It's easy to look up the full list of adb commands and hence see whether there is one that does what you want. Note though that if the command refers to a feature that isn't supported by your OS version, or requires privileges that you don't have, then it won't work.

adb shell
sm list-disks
sm partition <DISK> private
reboot

Would that work?

 

[Hadron]

I don't know, because I don't know what device you have. Paul O'Brien has posted that as a method for some Samsungs, but it doesn't automatically mean it will work on other devices. It would depend on what your manufacturer removed, i.e. whether they just removed it from the menu but left everything else in place, or whether they expunged it more thoroughly from the system.

 

[andMego]

https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/vodafone-smart-ultra-6-t3143952
It's really long but basically if you have lollipop there is TWRP and custom Roms etc. But for marshmallow there is not even root. They say it's really easy to downgrade to lollipop, you just flash it in the stock recovery.

 

[deltabravo88]

I don't know, because I don't know what device you have. Paul O'Brien has posted that as a method for some Samsungs, but it doesn't automatically mean it will work on other devices. It would depend on what your manufacturer removed, i.e. whether they just removed it from the menu but left everything else in place, or whether they expunged it more thoroughly from the system.

OK I have the Vodafone smart ultra 6.

Is there a way to find out what the manufacturer had removed? Or would I just have to try it out and hope it works?

 

[tube517]

adb shell
sm list-disks
sm partition <DISK> private
reboot

Would that work?

That might but I have never seen anyone do it for your phone so I cannot confirm.

I did that ADB command sequence for my LG G Stylo and LG G3 successfully because LG also disabled adoptable storage.

 

[Hadron]

OK I have the Vodafone smart ultra 6.

Is there a way to find out what the manufacturer had removed? Or would I just have to try it out and hope it works?

Unless you can find someone who has already done so, probably try it and see.