Didn't want to disturb the Android vs. Apple topic so thought I's start my own - I've got a Samsung Galaxy S5 with 16 GB of memory, and an additional 16 GB microSD card installed. Is there any way I can move some of my installed apps from the internal memory to the SD card? The internal memory is close to full, but the SD card is almost empty, and I can increase the size of the SD card at will if I start to fill it up.

I have a Samsung J7 and on mine I go to 'settings' - 'appliations' - then I select the 'application' I want to move to the SD card and then I select 'storage' and if it can be moved to the SD card it will give you the choice. Keep in mind that not all app's can be moved to the SD card.Hope this helps.

I have tried this and I gain minimal breathing space on storage. Start saving your money for a new phone.

One thing which can usually be moved easily are photos, Try moving them either to the sd card or the cloud and see if the phone then works better. If not,,,, as mentioned before, consider a newer phone with more storage.

If you need a phone you might want to look at the Samsung A51 or a Samsung 10. Our kids have the Samsung 10 and absolutely love it.I have not researched the difference between the 2 yet. A51 is a low priced(relatively) priced entry.Samsung seems to have made 128G standard on a majority of their phones.

After I logged off this had shown up in may mail:https://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-a51-review

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valhalla360
Navigator
May 04, 2020
Much easier to move storage (photos being the most common). Typically you can set the camera to save to SD card.

Some apps can be moved to SD card but a lot can't. If you are bumping up against the limits this is a temporary solution.

Really 32GB is really the new base standard as apps get bigger and more numerous.
Second_Chance
Explorer II
May 04, 2020
How to:

Moving Android apps to SD card

Rob
Alan_Hepburn
Explorer
May 04, 2020
Thanks, everyone - I think my best option is to update the phone. This old Galaxy S5 still works, I get a full day out of the battery and charge it every morning so I hate getting rid of it but I might just have to bite the bullet and upgrade.
mapguy
Explorer
May 09, 2020
Second Chance wrote:
How to:

Moving Android apps to SD card

Rob

Samsung way back at the S4 model timeline modified their
OS to limit what can be saved and run from external storage. Some of the other major phone manufactures/carriers followed suite, too.

Most Android flavors since the S4 era have these ext storage limitations-if the phone was acquired from a major phone carrier.
wa8yxm
Explorer III
May 09, 2020
Dutch_12078 wrote:
The "All-In-One" app has a tool that will locate all the apps that can be moved to the SD card with just a couple of taps. It's also handy for cleaning the cache and has a number of other useful tools.

I use the all-in-one tool box myself. What Dutch said.
cleo43
Explorer
May 10, 2020
Remove the apps you don't need. Some of the apps can't be removed, but can be desactivated, cache cleared.
Also when installing new app - and when the memory is full - you will be asked to install on the SD card (hope so). Problem with Android, every manufacturer has its own way of doing thing.
ericosmith
Explorer
May 11, 2020
cleo43 wrote:
Problem with Android, every manufacturer has its own way of doing thing.

That's why I love my Pixel
AsheGuy
Explorer
May 11, 2020
ericosmith wrote:
cleo43 wrote:
Problem with Android, every manufacturer has its own way of doing thing.

That's why I love my Pixel
My sentiments exactly, I have been a Google apps fan from their beginning. Pixels do not have all the unwanted apps on top of Android.

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