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06-28-2017 01:07 PM
I have internal storage and I purchased a 16 gb card.
But when I try to install a new App, it tells me I don't have enough storage. I don't, internally but I do with the card.
How do I tell it to go to the card?
When I take a picture with my phone, it gave me the option.
It seems all my Apps are going directly to internal storage.
I have the LG 56VL, sold on QVC last year.
I vaguely recall a discussion about this here and the answer wasn't pretty.
Any suggestions?
06-28-2017 01:14 PM
I've never added a memory card to my phone but perhaps if you need this much memory and so many apps - a tracfone may not be the best choice for you. Tracfones are more appropriate for those who don't use their phone a ton.
06-28-2017 02:55 PM
@software wrote:I have internal storage and I purchased a 16 gb card.
But when I try to install a new App, it tells me I don't have enough storage. I don't, internally but I do with the card.
How do I tell it to go to the card?
When I take a picture with my phone, it gave me the option.
It seems all my Apps are going directly to internal storage.
I have the LG 56VL, sold on QVC last year.
I vaguely recall a discussion about this here and the answer wasn't pretty.
Any suggestions?
06-28-2017 03:26 PM
@151949 wrote:I've never added a memory card to my phone but perhaps if you need this much memory and so many apps - a tracfone may not be the best choice for you. Tracfones are more appropriate for those who don't use their phone a ton.
I'm trying to adapt.
I've already done without many Apps I used to have with my $80 per month phone.
Doubt if I will spend $80 a YEAR with the Tracfone.
I have the space, just want to know how to use it.
06-28-2017 03:30 PM
@Julius Seizure wrote:
@software wrote:I have internal storage and I purchased a 16 gb card.
But when I try to install a new App, it tells me I don't have enough storage. I don't, internally but I do with the card.
How do I tell it to go to the card?
When I take a picture with my phone, it gave me the option.
It seems all my Apps are going directly to internal storage.
I have the LG 56VL, sold on QVC last year.
I vaguely recall a discussion about this here and the answer wasn't pretty.
Any suggestions?
Bless you!
I had actually tried this before I posted this thread.
Some of the Apps, for some reason don't have the option to switch to SD card.
But I kept at it and found 1 that I was able to move, walking through these instructions.
Thanks so much for posting.
06-29-2017 06:55 AM
Managing storage on a Tracfone Smartphone is the only real problem with the Tracfones. Mine pretty consistently tells me I have over 300 MB's of free space, then tells me there's not enough room to add or update a 15 MB app. Seriously? I should be able to add/update twenty 15 MB apps with over 300 MB's of free storage, but it just won't let you.
You can delete a lot of the apps that come pre-installed if you don't use them and free up more space. (Some you can't delete.) If they ever fix the storage issue, Tracfones would be unbeatable.
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