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Originally Posted by DoctorOhh
I don't have Android 7, but on my android 5.1 device I open settings - storage - apps then select the app and often there is an option to move the app to the SD card. I also go to settings - storage to clear the cache by clicking on cache and saying yes to clearing the cache.
Additionally I use Calibre Companion (CC) to transfer books from calibre to my SD card. Choose location of books in CCs settings. In Moon+ Reader Pro I can set where to store the books in the app. Also in the podcast app I can choose to save podcasts to the SD card. But how this works on Android 7 I have no idea.
Personally I would buy a fast SD card (UAHS1) and follow the advice given previously.
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I don't think that there's a way that a person can change the storage settings in Nougat, as you described for 5.1. I actually had gone through settings, and even file manager, several times, spending a total of probably 3 hours or more, in the past couple of months, trying to find a way. I left alone anything that even hinted at being dangerous to mess with, however. Selecting "apps," and then selecting one of the apps, just basically gave me a choice of clearing the cache or uninstalling the whole app, as far as I could determine.
Maybe that was some nice feature of Android that someone in Cupertino decided that we didn't really need, and would improve things. Or, they decided to move it where no one could find it. That wouldn't be the first time that a high-tech company tried to improve things that were fine as they were. But enough about Windows 8 . . . .
And, something is going on that I mentioned in my last post, that I don't understand. That is how I can delete apps, but it seems like I still have the exact same amount of storage (which is precious little) left, at least according to the gauge/meter/whatever you call it.
I'm still going to install Moon. I already have Calibre installed, but I've been a holdout on trying to use it (I think that I dread yet another learning curve). I do have a life, and I've spent all of the time today, at least until tonight, that I can spend on the problem(s). In the meantime, I can still use the phone to make and receive phone calls--I think.
Sorry to be so grumpy. But it has been cathartic to verbalize some of my frustration. Thank you, guys, for staying with me.
ADDENDUM: Sorry. I started by responding to the last post first. Not smart. Some of you guys had already addressed some of the things that I brought up in this post.