Thank you so much for this!! It worked!! I was starting to lose hope and I was so bummed that the Oppo A94 5G I got didn't have the option for formatting an SD card as internal storage, nor the option to transfer apps to the SD card (the manufacturer disabled those features for "stability reasons"). And my internal storage was full and it was all games I wanted to keep, and I needed more space for games and their updates. I bought one of the best and fastest of SD cards for apps on purpose, one with the "A2" grade. So I was really scared when I couldn't make it work and thought I was screwed. But then I found your video and... I tried these steps and... oh my gosh, it actually worked!! A few notes in case it helps people going through the steps: For me, the phone didn't show as "Other devices" nor "Android devices" in the Windows Device Manager. I had already connected the phone to the PC before, so it was only showing as "Oppo A94" as usual. I thought I missed something in the steps, and didn't know what to do. But I went ahead with the next step anyway, and ran the "Minimal ADB Fastboot" program, and that worked! So you don't need to install a driver in some cases, apparently. It will already work with what you have, as long as you did the previous steps. Also another note, when I tried to do the next step and do that in Activity Launcher, it didn't work. When I clicked on the one activity to launch in the list, it said an error message like "permission denied: JavaException [...]" and it couldn't launch the activity and launch the Google Files app like it did for you (there was a padlock icon next to the activity, too, so it seems like it was locked and I couldn't start it for some reason). That's when I freaked out because I thought it was an ultimate lock from the manufacturer, blocking me from doing the thing. But then I closed Activity Launcher and simply opened Google Files from the apps list, and I went in the SD card, selected "Storage settings" in the menu, and... OMG the "Format as internal storage" option was there!!! It appeared like magic thanks to these steps! So that command line "sm set-force-adoptable true" in the shell WORKED!! I can't believe it, so it's still possible to bypass the manufacturer's limitation, this is amazing. A big big thank you for this, you saved me! And I got to transfer a great deal of the games' data to the SD card, and now the SD card is being used as primary internal storage I believe, which is perfect (everything is in a "storage/emulated" folder, so it's like the internal storage is emulated on the SD card, and when I connect the phone to the PC, it is the SD card that appears in the Windows Explorer, and everything is on it). I tested the games after that, and they're all VERY stable, and they run just as fast as before! So all those "stability" and "performances" reasons stated by the manufacturers are bs! It actually works very well and is very smooth! Well, I guess time will tell if it ends up being durable as well! But for now my problem is solved!

Nice one Lods... effective sa mga lumang phone, especially Vivo Y71.. tested with 32g.. next try ko ang 64 o higher storage...

(the folder you specified doesnt contain a compatible driver software for your device. if the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with windows x-64 based systems. )eto po yung lumabas, ano po gagawin?

Hello, tanong lang po. So kapag successful na po, ung mga apps po at ida-download na apps ay mapupunta na sa sd card din?

I’ve downloaded the RAR file but when I go to device manger I can’t find what was shown in the video, am I missing a step or something????

i don't find files in activity launcher any solutions ?

Hi po sir mag memerge po ba yung storage nyan? Kase po after kopo nagawa yung ginawa nyo naformat ko napo na fufull parin parang walang sd card po

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! Gumana na sakin (ViVo Y11 1906), Sinunod ko lahat ang instructions mo. Makakapagdownload na ako ng mga apps. 🎉

Hello boss so realme c2 po phone ko, if ginawa ko to, mawawala po ba ang internal storage ko na 16gb? And ang sd card po (32gb) ang papalit?

Anong sd card ang bibilhin ko, pwede na po ba yung sandisk high endurance

2022 na now ask ko lang po kung may naka encounter po na minsan grey lang ung apps di nag oopen need pa irestart pano kaya maiwasan un hassle po kse minsn

may future ka badii. sana dumami subs mo!!

Sir pag nag system update po ba un phone (C3 din po gamit ko) hindi po ba mawawala un settings na set up un sd card as internal? baka po kasi mabalik sa original set up sir?

sir bakit wala pong nakasulat na "format as internal storage", nakalagay lang po don is format.

May redmi note 10 pro sa group na biglang nag mix yung internal at external storage at di nya alam pano gawin ulit.

formatting sd card as internal storage will be converted as exfat, exfat hates android files including media files

Why the "format sd card as internal" option doesn't show at my phone? Its only say format sd card only, Whyy?? I has a realme c3 to Help bro

Does not work on Xiaomi Redmi 9. :(

Hello! Po magagamit pa po ba ang dati kong internal storage after iuse ang sd card as internal storage at mababalik pa po ba iyun if gusto ko ulit gamitin ang dati kong internal storage?

Finaly some not hindi tutorial. thank you bud

Boss bukod sa activity launcher may apps pa ba na pwede gamitin hindi kase nag format as internal storage

Thank you so much, confirmed on oppo a15. Colombia. Claro Brand

hello lods haha sorry kung medyo late yung comment. tanong ko lang kung pwede po ba gawin ito gamit yung SanDisk A1 128 gb sd card ko? nabili ko siya from a trusted seller kaya legit naman po yung sd card. ask ko na din po kung smooth na din po ba yung mga games na idodownload ko sa sd card na ito?

tagal kong pino-problema nito sir. ikaw lang ang malakas!!! nagustuhan ko yung q&a sa dulo saka yung may outline yung flow ng video. subscribed

Good day sir, just watched your video and currently facing the same delema. Tried following your instructions but when doing the "format to internal storage" on my device this error appears after stopping at 40% " Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.os.storage.VolumeInfi.getId()' on a null object reference". Is there a solution on this? Hoping that I can getba reply, thanks a lot!

because an app is obscuring a permission request settings can't verify your response ----- i don't know what app is it, 😔

boss dipo sya nag foformat,, ginawa ko na po lahat ng steps.. pero pag format nag eexit lng,, na format ko na device pero same prin.. pa help

I did the same as in the video, but after that my SD card is not shown in the devide and I can not see it anywhere, Realme 2 pro device

sa lahat ng ginaya ko sa yt ito lang yung gumana alabyuu my aydol!!!

Does this method work for Sony Xperia 5

Good day boss ngayon q lang napanood vedeo mo pwedi ba to sa vivo y20i bumili Kase aq 128GB na SD card kaso paikot ikot na ako sa setting kung paano maitransfer Ang ibang apps q sa SD card hinde q nagawa

Kuya di na po pwede mag store ng pictures at videos?

Ang galing nyo men well explained lahat maraming salamat sa mga info

nc content lods. pwede kaya yung samsung a10s? may c3 din ako bali may naririnig akong sabi sabi na babagal daw ang performance ng phone pag ganun daw ginawa. May Sd card pla ako 64 gb A1 tas class 10 pwede na yon? branded din sya

boss naging 16gb tuloy internal ko hahahah ginawa ko naman po lahat sa instructions pero ung sd card ko lang naging internal. di sya nag merge bale nawala internal storage ko... RMX2020 din po model ng phone ko

thank you so much, makakapag download akoa ng mga malalaking games. pero nung chineck ko yung storage ko, 20gb lang yung available. 32gb sdcard kasi yung external na ginagamit ko ngayon, pano po to ayusin??

pwede po ba gawing main parin ang phone storage if na removed na ang sd card. At pwede rin po ba kahit yung isang apps or games pati yung mga files ng games like data and obb sa sdcard kahit ang main storage nyo ay phone storage

Boss gagana ba toh sa realme c3? Matagal ko na pinagiisipan pano gawin yan eh.. reply pls.. slamat

Boss yung cp ko nag sstop kapag kiniclick ko yung atorage settings 🥲

Paki notice po: pag na corrupt Yong sd card ko , babalik ba ako sa umpisa sa adb installation oh bibili nalang ako ng bagong sd card ?? Paki sagot po Maganda ba gamitin ang 128g memory card a+ ?

will my Xperia 1 android 11 work with this step or no?

Hi, Kuya! I am an Oppo A3S user at naka-adopt storage po ako for over a year na. Pero ngayon lang po ako naka-encounter ng problem. Hindi na po ma-read ng phone ko ang sd card - tinry ko rin sa ibang phone pero hindi parin nag-appear kuya. I inserted my sd card sa card reader pero hindi na-detect ng aking computer. Also, I connected my phone sa laptop pero walang storage or files na nakikita kuya. Patulong po please, Kuya. :(

Not recommend nasira memory card ko, sd card unavailable after reformatting

Lods paturo naman mag unmount 😭 hindi ko na alam paano mag unmount sa xiaomi after kong ginawang internal storage yung sd 😭 paano po yun i unmount pls

thank you po gumana sa realme 5i ko

lods pano yan d na ma read ng phone ko ang sd card? bili nlng ba bago? huhuhu

Mafo-format din bo pa ang internal storage ko sa process na to or ung external storage (memory card) lng. Ayoko kac iformat ung internal ko since nandun pa ung mga files at app ko sa school hassle pa mag reinstall. Ty sa sagot.😬

Hindi gumagana after 40% mag cracrash yung format process at magdidisplay ng error na Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String android.os.storage.VolumeInfo.getId()' on a null object reference.

Bat pag click ko sa format as internal storage bat nag baback tas balik sa sd card click naman ako sa storage settings at format as internal babalik din bakit po?

sir after po ba ng mga ginawa pwede na ba mag uninstall ng activity luncher? so far gumagana sya saakin moving content na po though medyo matagal pa kasi madami apps. sana nga tuluyang gumana saakin boss salmat sir!

Hi po! gumana po sya kaso po sa kalagitnaan ng pagmove ng content, bigla na lng pong nagrestart. Paulit-ulit po ung restart hanggang ngayon, naistop lng po ung pagrerestart nya kapag tinatanggal ko lng po ung sd card, patulong po ❤

Thx bro , I can do it After doing it for a month. Thx so much 🔴🔴

bakt po ganon sakin namatay po bigla phone ko nung habang nag format na pa internal po tapos ang ng yare bukas sara bukas sara po ung cp ko

pwede po ba ito sa redmi9? kaka order ko lng din ngayon ng SD card 128gb. 750 lang kc sa lazada sa sandisk official. need pb tlga ng computer para mgawa ito? salamat po

salamat idol working subscribe nako sayo. tanong kolang if magpapalit ako ng sd card, biibli ng mas mabilis na sinasabi mo. uulitin ko paba ulit yung step or plug and play nalang? i mean pag bumili ako bagong sd card yung internal ko and new sd card na binili ko magsasama parin kagaya ng sa video? thanks for answer :)

ginawa ko yung ganito pero wala lumabas format as internal

bro my device is not showing mt sd card after the pc abd coommand part idont know what to do pls help me bro im begging u

Sir ayos po ba namay laman un sd card at gawin nasa video? Ayus po ba sa window xp 2002 ang gamitin

when i saw computer in #4 requirements i left. who else did?

Lods pwede pa po ba makita format as internal kasi po akin hindi kopo makita Vivo y83 po gamit ko Wala pong nakalagay na format as internal Pano po?

Pag tingagal mo ang sd card ano ang mangyyaare?

Bakit po di ko ma open yung com.android.documentsui... sa Activity Launcher na app po? (Oppo A3s android 8)

Pwede siya sa Android 8 ng Samsung j7 2016?

Boss gagana ba sa android 7.1.1? OPPO A71K model ng phone, yung sd card ko is sandisk ultra microSDXC UHS-I 64GB

Hello, hindi po ba kaya yung 1 TB na memory card? Kapag tina-tap ko po kasi sa Format as internal memory, nag ba- black screen lang po then, balik sa SD card.

Okay lang po ba gawin to kong walang OEM ang setting ng phone ko po? Pero meron syang USB debugging

pag panay tanggal po ng sd card dahil sa pag papalit ng sim card mawawala po ba o masisira ang mga files ?????

sir pag pinindot ko po yung format as internal storage magbliblink lang tapos babalik sa file ng sd card sir

Ask ko lang kuya Kung pwede Po ba sya sa oppo a3s?

Baket po ganun biglang nag collapse and hindi ko na po ma open ng maaos yung file manager and activity launcher?

Sir paano po ung hnd matransfer ang mga apps sa sd card .lagi kasi not enough storage mataas naman gb ng sd card ko...wala kasi change na lumalabas sa application...kaya pag magdownload automatic sa imternal napasok...pahelp plz.. galaxy j2 prime po

Sir if naka external na po and nag reset po ng Cellphone kailangan ba na mag force external ulit

Boss question lang po, yung original storage po nung phone ano mangyayare don? Di na po ba ma aaccess/magagamit iyon? (same phone as yours gamit ko realme c3 rmx2020)

Pano po pag hindi lumabas yung other device na nakalagay po sa inyo sa laptop na ginamit?

hello po kuya! tanong ko lang po kung pwede po bang mai-unencrypt yung sd card ko sa phone ko para maging readable po siya ulit sa ibang devices. Kung pwede po, paano po? Kinakabahan po kasi ako magrisk baka hindi ko na po ulit magamit yung sd card pag kailangan kong alisin sa phone ko. Sayang kasi. Thank you po pala sa information sa vid niyo kuya.

sir pano po gagawin nakalagay po " windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting install it"

Thank you lodsss, gumana saakin After na lahat ng process pwede na ba idol idelete yung Activity Launcher?

sa vivo y12s naman kuya oh walng naka labas na format as internal storage sa akin eh

Hi lods, ask kolang kung bakit kapag nag dodownload ako ng apps or games sa play store ginagamit nya is yung internal ko? Laging sabi is not enough space even tho I set my sd card as internal naman and I have 30gb storage. Salamat lods sa sagot😁

Kapag inalis ko yung memory card ko after ma-adopt yung storage, babalik ba sa internal storage ng phone ko? Like 8 gb yung internal ng phone ko then 16 gb yung sd card then pag inalis ko ba yung sd card babalik sa 8 gb yung storage ko?

sir db 32 gb lng ung phone storage ko tpos ang inilagay ko 64gb yung nsa 32 ndi na maalis yung mga apps dun tsaka yung dagdag na 64 bale magiging 96gb na sila

I install ba Yung zip file sa phone or sa PC?

lods bkt kapag mag DL ako ng apps ito lumilitaw pa help please "app requires external storage"

Hindi na po b pde ilipat manually ung apps n downloaded papunta externally??

Idol pwede ko bang gamitrn Yung cable Ng charger as USB cable?

How to undo it How can I convert sd card back to portable storage

sir pano po makikita yung mga dating files ng internal phone storage? since di na po kasi siya nag aappear sa file manager.

Ganito lang po ang option nakita ko sa pag click ng 3 dots. Di pa ma click ang dalawa. Please help! Unmount > Format >

Pwede po ba to sa OPPO A3S? android 8.1 2gb ram 16gb rom

sir paano po yung sa adb? ginaya konaman po yung steps pero yung don sa android_winusb ayaw po sir

Sana'ol may computer

Hello po! Na follow ko po yung mga steps niyo pero pag Format as Internal ko na po yung sd card di ni siya na dedetect ng phone ko. Pero po tinry ko sa ibang phone na detect po siya, tinry ko pong i format at binalik sa phone ko gumana po siya. Tinry ko po ulit i Format as Internal pero ganun din po yung resulta.

If 64 ang internal storage tas gagamit ng 64GB na sdcard gagana sya?

1. Boss gumagana po ba yan sa Oppo A12? Android 9 po cp ko 2. At ayos lng po ba kung 256GB ng Sd Card ang gagamitin ko para gawin yang video nyo? Sana po mapansin plsss🥺😯need ko na po kasi sa Pag aaral ko😯😯😯

Sir may tanong po ako natural ba sir nag mag ka FPS drop sa adoptble storage kahit naka Class 10, U1, A1 SD card ko sir?

lods may problem sakin ayaw mag format as internal storage nag flash lang po sakin tapos babalik sa sdcard folder pahelp naman po🥺

Pag ibabalik sa dati sir need pa talaga iformat yung device?

Sir maynakikita akong A2 San Disk sd card sa shoppee at lazada, legit po ba ito kasi ang price rangee nsa 200-500 pesos po

sir is this also doable on android 11?,I am using the new Galaxy A03 device with 32gb device and planning on getting a Evo Plus 2021 64gb with UHS I ,A1 V30 and has read/write speeds upto 130mb/s(realworld speed is at 100mb/s(internal storage for the galaxy a03 i tested read and write speed is at 80mb/s and 15mb/s ) since most of the other videos that i have watched focused on having the force adoptable storage false and created partitions with the sd card(ex 50,40 30%). The video helped me a lot cuz of how simple the commands needed to literally "enable" force adoptable storage.

Pwede poba 1tb haha ano po sd card bilhin ko po corrupted po eh