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Originally Posted by HumbleDumbbell
Thank you for the explanation. Indeed, I can't see it in windows explorer when it's formatted as internal. I want to put books in the default library (books folder), but what's the point if the folder is on the main internal drive that still shows the same size. Am I doing something wrong?
Can I use it as a portable/external drive and just move my library to that drive?  |
That is exactly what I am doing - using as portable/external and just copy my library from PC to the (512 GB) card. Either through Alita, if the card is already inserted, or just separately directly to the card.
I don't see the card from PC either (via MTP) when the card is formatted as internal.
And the free space of the internal storage remains the same, it is not increased.
Not by 512 GB, not even by 128 GB, not by 1 GB.
ADB probably can be used to access the internal card (/sdcard), though.
If you don't want to be pushing and pulling like a horse, perhaps FAR FARDroid plugin might be helpful (I use FAR all the time). Similar or better ADB plugin is probably available for Total Commander as well.
Still, for my needs the "as external" option seems to be better:
• 4x more storage.
• accessible from PC via MTP. Also accessible from Alita.
• the card can be moved to another LikeBook device (I have several).
• a library (or a dictionary set) can be changed simply by swapping cards, if you have a multi-card library.