Author: Tom Westrick / Source: How-To Geek
Android introduced the ability to use external storage as internal storage a few years ago, but this ties the SD card and phone together. If something goes wrong, you won’t be able to get back whatever data was on the card.
Why Would You Format an SD Card or USB Drive as Internal Storage?
If you format the SD card or USB drive as internal storage, your phone’s original storage and the added storage merge into one giant pool. This means applications that don’t normally support saving data to external storage can take advantage of the extra space. It also means you don’t have to manually move apps back and forth between your phone’s storage and an SD card.
This also applies to Android TV boxes. The SHIELD TV ships with either 16GB or 500GB of storage, with the larger version being $100 more than the smaller one. I personally need a bit more than 16GB, but it’s cheaper for me to buy a USB drive and format that as internal storage. That gives me enough room for all my games but still saves me money compared to the larger tier.
When you format the drive or card as internal storage, it gets encrypted and treated as part of the phone’s storage. Anything that was on the drive is…
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