How to Change MicroSD to Internal Storage

MicroSD is still one of the main accessories that complements current smartphone use. Currently there are still smartphones that offer quite small internal storage capacity, whether it's 8GB or 16GB. 

Not to mention the increasingly large size of applications and the use of social media data will make smartphone storage full very quickly. So from that the presence of microSD can solve the problem. Unfortunately microSD has several disadvantages, one of which is the ability to transfer data slower than internal storage, especially on cheap microSD. 

This can cause various conflicts such as application compatibility issues and performance degradation. Therefore some vendors have now removed the option to move applications that are attached to external storage so that users can only store personal data such as photos or videos to microSD. 

Even so, not a few users still want to use the microSD as the main storage because there is too much to store. Fortunately there is a trick that can be used to convert your microSD card into an internal in MIUI by utilizing the adoptable storage feature as explained by one of the XDA Developers forum users. 

There are a number of conditions that must be met to enable this feature, namely smartphones already running Android 6.0 and above, computers or laptops, and a minimum microSD class UHS 1. Also make sure you back up all data on your smartphone and microSD because there is a format process. If all of that is fulfilled, then you can follow the steps below to change the microSD to be internal to users of the Xiaomi MIUI device.

How to Change MicroSD to Internal Storage 

• Activate the Developer Option by pressing the OS version in Settings> About Phone 7 times. 
• Activate the USB Debugging and Stay Awake feature to keep the smartphone on. 
• Install ADB and Fastboot on your computer. 
• Connect the smartphone to the computer using a USB cable. 
• Run Command Prompt on Windows with "run as administrator". 
• Enter the adb shell command then sm set-force-adoptable true . 
• Next enter the disks and you will see a number like this disk: 179.64 . 
• Format the microSD via the sm partition disk command : xxx, xx private with the value xxx.xx according to the results of the numbers in step No.7. 
• Then type the sm list-volumes command and you will get results with a row of numbers like this private: 179.67 mounted fb705131-c6a0-4e3a-959b-605a65334c8c . 
• Finally enter the xxxxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx pm move-primary-storage command according to the previous row of numbers. 
• Wait until it's finished and reboot your smartphone. 
• If it doesn't work, repeat the steps 2-3 times. 
• I myself have to repeat it once to be able to succeed. 

This method has been successful I practiced on my Xiaomi Redmi 5A smartphone which now has 64GB of storage. Even so there are some shortcomings that must be understood after making microSD into internal storage. First, the total storage read in the settings will remain the same and not change at all so you have to see it using the File Manager application. 

Besides that, every icon on the Home screen will change again every time you reboot, so use the launcher to keep it neat. Finally, you have to manually update MIUI by downloading files from the Xiaomi website directly, which is certainly not necessarily all users want. 

But overall turning microSD into internal storage feels more important than having to run out of space to install new applications. Therefore the best is a large smartphone internal storage for application needs plus microSD for personal data needs such as photos and videos for more comfortable use.