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parkher · 11-29-2019, 06:12 AM

ottischwenk,

So, just to make sure, did you have to file off that protruding edge from Samsung 512 Evo Plus to fit it into Alita? Some cards fit without any modifications to them, but not sure about 512 GB cards. I mean, I would lose the warranty on it for filing off the edge.

As to the internal usage - yes, your arguments are sound. I guess I will try again. The short time I tried it on Mimas - I was confused not to find that additional storage anywhere. Mimas itself did not show it, and I did not see it on PC through the usb cable.
Older android versions allowed to map the card or the internal memory to a drive letter on pc, by mass storage class (MSC) protocol. But newer do not. So the media transfer protocol has to be used, through portable devices api I can see both the internal and external android memory on pc. In explorer or even in FAR. I can see the total storage size and the free storage size that way.
So, when the card was formatted as internal, it did not show up on the pc as separate external storage, but the internal storage was shown only the original one, without the storage on the card added. The card simply as if disappeared.
That is why I switched back to the external mode.

11-29-2019, 06:12 AM	#153
parkher Evangelist Posts: 467 Karma: 369018 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: BL Alita/Mimas/Ares, OB Note2/Note, KA One/H2O/HD, S PRS T2/T1, PB 902	ottischwenk, So, just to make sure, did you have to file off that protruding edge from Samsung 512 Evo Plus to fit it into Alita? Some cards fit without any modifications to them, but not sure about 512 GB cards. I mean, I would lose the warranty on it for filing off the edge. As to the internal usage - yes, your arguments are sound. I guess I will try again. The short time I tried it on Mimas - I was confused not to find that additional storage anywhere. Mimas itself did not show it, and I did not see it on PC through the usb cable. Older android versions allowed to map the card or the internal memory to a drive letter on pc, by mass storage class (MSC) protocol. But newer do not. So the media transfer protocol has to be used, through portable devices api I can see both the internal and external android memory on pc. In explorer or even in FAR. I can see the total storage size and the free storage size that way. So, when the card was formatted as internal, it did not show up on the pc as separate external storage, but the internal storage was shown only the original one, without the storage on the card added. The card simply as if disappeared. That is why I switched back to the external mode. Last edited by parkher; 11-29-2019 at 06:32 AM.