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  Android 6 and SD cards Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-12-22 20:58 +0000
    Re: Android 6 and SD cards Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 21:34 +0000
    Re: Android 6 and SD cards Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-12-22 21:39 +0000
      Re: Android 6 and SD cards The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 21:45 -0800
        Re: Android 6 and SD cards tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-12-23 12:09 -0500
          Re: Android 6 and SD cards tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-12-24 11:51 -0500
            Re: Android 6 and SD cards The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-12-24 10:06 -0800
              Re: Android 6 and SD cards tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-12-24 13:21 -0500
                Re: Android 6 and SD cards The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-12-24 11:54 -0800
                  Re: Android 6 and SD cards tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-12-25 00:01 -0500
                    Re: Android 6 and SD cards The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-12-24 21:44 -0800
                      Re: Android 6 and SD cards tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-12-25 14:18 -0500
                      Re: Android 6 and SD cards ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-12-26 06:45 -0600
                        Re: Android 6 and SD cards The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-12-26 08:22 -0800
                          Re: Android 6 and SD cards ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-12-27 03:58 -0600
                    Re: Android 6 and SD cards Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-12-26 18:50 +0000
        Re: Android 6 and SD cards Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-12-27 15:31 +0000
          Re: Android 6 and SD cards The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-12-27 09:04 -0800
            Re: Android 6 and SD cards "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-12-28 20:52 +0100
          Re: Android 6 and SD cards tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-12-27 23:46 -0500
            Re: Android 6 and SD cards Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-12-28 10:51 +0000
    Re: Android 6 and SD cards tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-12-22 20:14 -0500
    Re: Android 6 and SD cards The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 21:43 -0800
      Re: Android 6 and SD cards Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-12-27 15:31 +0000
        Re: Android 6 and SD cards The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-12-27 08:59 -0800
          Re: Android 6 and SD cards Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-12-28 10:51 +0000
            Re: Android 6 and SD cards AL <l452236747@invalid.com> - 2016-12-28 09:10 -0700
            Re: Android 6 and SD cards AL <l452236747@invalid.com> - 2016-12-29 07:47 -0700
              Re: Android 6 and SD cards nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-29 16:19 -0500
              Re: Android 6 and SD cards tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-12-29 15:13 -0500
            Re: Android 6 and SD cards The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-12-28 11:20 -0800
              Re: Android 6 and SD cards The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-12-28 15:25 -0800
            Re: Android 6 and SD cards tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-12-29 04:04 -0500
              Re: Android 6 and SD cards nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-29 12:02 -0500
              Re: Android 6 and SD cards tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-12-29 15:06 -0500
            Re: Android 6 and SD cards "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-12-28 21:15 +0100
        Re: Android 6 and SD cards Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-12-27 18:55 +0100
          Re: Android 6 and SD cards Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-12-28 10:51 +0000
        Re: Android 6 and SD cards "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-12-28 21:06 +0100

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#36871 — Android 6 and SD cards

Having got my hands on a phone that runs Android 6 "Marshmallow" (a Moto G4 
Play) I thought I'd play around and try to answer a question I've asked 
several times that nobody has been able to answer.

Background

Android 6 can view an SD in either of two ways. It can be "portable storage" 
or "internal storage".

If a card is used as portable storage Android uses it in pretty-much the 
same way as it has in earlier versions: it's used to store data in an 
ordinary filesystem in such a way that the card can be removed from the 
phone and used in another device (such as a PC).

If a card is used as internal storage it becomes an extension of the phone's 
internal flash storage, and data that are stored on it can only be accessed 
in the Android device that formatted the card. Formatting the card this way 
enables it to be used to store apps (which in Android 6 you can't store in 
portable storage) and configuration data. etc.

The thing that I hadn't been able to find out is: Can you partition the card 
so that it has one partition that can be used as internal storage and 
another partition that is portable and can be read on another device.

Findings

My initial findings are this isn't easy to do, if indeed you can do it at 
all. 

An SD card formatted as "portable storage" has a normal BIOS-style partition 
table, with a single Windows-style FAT32 or exFAT partition for the data.

What I've discovered about an SD card that is formatted as "internal 
storage" is that it has a GPT partition table and two partitions as follows:

One named android_meta with type:
19A710A2-B3CA-11E4-B026-10604B889DCF9BECF4E3-44ED-48AC-A831-50D3C0FD0539 

and one named android_expand with type:
193D1EA4-B3CA-11E4-B075-10604B889DCF 359AB3A6-F7B7-B687-0FC8-DB399A9BC232

I didn't try to find out what sort of filesystem these partitions hold, and 
I believe that in any case at least one of them is encrypted. 

Conclusion

My hope was that it would be possible to create an SD card with two 
partitions, one of which was an unencrypted FAT32 or exFAT partition for use 
as portable storage, and one of which was whatever was needed for internal 
storage, but what I've discovered is that Android doesn't even use the same 
partitioning system for these two types of card, so it seems pretty unlikely 
that we can have the best of both worlds.

There are good security reasons for preventing the reading and writing of 
data from/to the internal storage of the Android device when the card is 
inserted into another device, but it's a pity that Google haven't made it 
possible to use just part of the SD card for internal storage and the rest 
for portable storage. It's particularly lamentable on the G4 Play (I don't 
know about other Marshmallow devices) because the rather simple camera app 
doesn't provide any means to select the destination for photographs, so they 
all go into internal memory rather than onto the SD card if it is set up as 
portable storage. JUST what you probably don't want!

I hope this is of interest to someone.

-- 
Cheers,
 Daniel.
 

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#36872

On 22/12/2016 20:58, Daniel James wrote:
> Having got my hands on a phone that runs Android 6 "Marshmallow" (a Moto G4
> Play) I thought I'd play around and try to answer a question I've asked
> several times that nobody has been able to answer.
>
> Background
>
> Android 6 can view an SD in either of two ways. It can be "portable storage"
> or "internal storage".
>
> If a card is used as portable storage Android uses it in pretty-much the
> same way as it has in earlier versions: it's used to store data in an
> ordinary filesystem in such a way that the card can be removed from the
> phone and used in another device (such as a PC).
>
> If a card is used as internal storage it becomes an extension of the phone's
> internal flash storage, and data that are stored on it can only be accessed
> in the Android device that formatted the card. Formatting the card this way
> enables it to be used to store apps (which in Android 6 you can't store in
> portable storage) and configuration data. etc.
>
> The thing that I hadn't been able to find out is: Can you partition the card
> so that it has one partition that can be used as internal storage and
> another partition that is portable and can be read on another device.
>
> Findings
>
> My initial findings are this isn't easy to do, if indeed you can do it at
> all.
>
> An SD card formatted as "portable storage" has a normal BIOS-style partition
> table, with a single Windows-style FAT32 or exFAT partition for the data.
>
> What I've discovered about an SD card that is formatted as "internal
> storage" is that it has a GPT partition table and two partitions as follows:
>
> One named android_meta with type:
> 19A710A2-B3CA-11E4-B026-10604B889DCF9BECF4E3-44ED-48AC-A831-50D3C0FD0539
>
> and one named android_expand with type:
> 193D1EA4-B3CA-11E4-B075-10604B889DCF 359AB3A6-F7B7-B687-0FC8-DB399A9BC232
>
> I didn't try to find out what sort of filesystem these partitions hold, and
> I believe that in any case at least one of them is encrypted.
>
> Conclusion
>
> My hope was that it would be possible to create an SD card with two
> partitions, one of which was an unencrypted FAT32 or exFAT partition for use
> as portable storage, and one of which was whatever was needed for internal
> storage, but what I've discovered is that Android doesn't even use the same
> partitioning system for these two types of card, so it seems pretty unlikely
> that we can have the best of both worlds.
>
> There are good security reasons for preventing the reading and writing of
> data from/to the internal storage of the Android device when the card is
> inserted into another device, but it's a pity that Google haven't made it
> possible to use just part of the SD card for internal storage and the rest
> for portable storage. It's particularly lamentable on the G4 Play (I don't
> know about other Marshmallow devices) because the rather simple camera app
> doesn't provide any means to select the destination for photographs, so they
> all go into internal memory rather than onto the SD card if it is set up as
> portable storage. JUST what you probably don't want!
>
> I hope this is of interest to someone.
>

Interesting!

I imagine that when you tell it to use the card as an extension of 
internal storage, it grabs the whole card and re-formats it with its 
proprietary format - so even if you did manage to create two partitions, 
they would be over-written.

There are pros and cons for both ways of using the card. A lot depends 
on how much internal storage the phone has to start with. My Moto G2 has 
only 8GB - which limits the number of apps you can install unless you 
format the SD card as internal. The downside is that if the card goes 
bad - and that's happened to two of mine - you stand to lose more than a 
bit of easily backed-up data, 'cos a lot of apps will disappear too and 
will need to be re-installed on a new card.

If my phone had 16GB of internal storage I would probably use the card 
as 'portable'. Even if the camera insisted on putting photos in internal 
storage, it shouldn't be too difficult to move them onto the card.
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#36873

In article <VA.00000c19.29efe80e@me.invalid>, Daniel James wrote:
> It's particularly lamentable on the G4 Play (I don't know about
> other Marshmallow devices) because the rather simple camera app 
> doesn't provide any means to select the destination for photographs

Ah! I've just discovered the slide-out menu that gives access to the 
(few) camera options that are supported, and find that the storage area 
location *is* configurable. That's good.

-- 
Cheers, 
 Daniel.
 

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#36887

On 12/22/2016 01:39 PM, Daniel James wrote:
> In article <VA.00000c19.29efe80e@me.invalid>, Daniel James wrote:
>> It's particularly lamentable on the G4 Play (I don't know about
>> other Marshmallow devices) because the rather simple camera app
>> doesn't provide any means to select the destination for photographs
>
> Ah! I've just discovered the slide-out menu that gives access to the
> (few) camera options that are supported, and find that the storage area
> location *is* configurable. That's good.

Really?  Mine (G#2) doesn't seem to have that unless I'm missing 
something.  What icon chooses storage?

-- 
Cheers, Bev
    "History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
                                          -- Nigel Molesworth

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#36897

On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:45:30 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:

> Really?  Mine (G#2) doesn't seem to have that unless I'm missing 
> something.  What icon chooses storage?

No "icon" -- instead, open your Camera app, find whatever button(*) or
"..." or "|||" or hamburger icon it is that shows you the Options for the
Camera app, there select the Settings icon, and then scroll down to find
(if you're in luck) a Storage Location entry with possible values Internal
phone storage and SD Card.

(*) In the case of my Moto Droid X2 running Android v. 2.3.5 it's the LH
button amongst the four physical buttons *on* the case, the one with four
little cubes as its colophon (so not the Search or Back or Home button).

HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp
-- 
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#36918

On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:09:17 -0500, tlvp wrote:

> ... it's the LH
> button amongst the four physical buttons *on* the case, the one with four
> little cubes as its colophon

Terminology: the "Menu Key". (No, I didn't make that up; nor can I be
expected to keep track of terms like that (Menu, Options, Settings, More).)

Seasons' Choicest Greetings to all! Cheers, -- tlvp
-- 
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#36922

On 12/24/2016 08:51 AM, tlvp wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:09:17 -0500, tlvp wrote:
>
>> ... it's the LH
>> button amongst the four physical buttons *on* the case, the one with four
>> little cubes as its colophon

Sweet Jesus, yet ANOTHER word.  Apparently a colophon is more like a 
trademark than an icon.  Or not.

> Terminology: the "Menu Key". (No, I didn't make that up; nor can I be
> expected to keep track of terms like that (Menu, Options, Settings, More).)
>
> Seasons' Choicest Greetings to all! Cheers, -- tlvp

If I were going to wish greetings, I'd use 'Prime'.  'Choice' was 
downgraded a while back, as was 'Prime', so we do the best we can.

-- 
Cheers, Bev
                   SAVE GAS, FART IN A JAR

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#36924

On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 10:06:22 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:

> On 12/24/2016 08:51 AM, tlvp wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:09:17 -0500, tlvp wrote:
>>
>>> ... it's the LH
>>> button amongst the four physical buttons *on* the case, the one with four
>>> little cubes as its colophon
> 
> Sweet Jesus, yet ANOTHER word.  Apparently a colophon is more like a 
> trademark than an icon.  Or not.
> 
>> Terminology: the "Menu Key". (No, I didn't make that up; nor can I be
>> expected to keep track of terms like that (Menu, Options, Settings, More).)
>>
>> Seasons' Choicest Greetings to all! Cheers, -- tlvp
> 
> If I were going to wish greetings, I'd use 'Prime'.  'Choice' was 
> downgraded a while back, as was 'Prime', so we do the best we can.

Let's not lose focus, Bev: can you send photos to the external SD card now?

Cheers, -- tlvp
-- 
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#36931

On 12/24/2016 10:21 AM, tlvp wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 10:06:22 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> On 12/24/2016 08:51 AM, tlvp wrote:
>>> On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:09:17 -0500, tlvp wrote:
>>>
>>>> ... it's the LH
>>>> button amongst the four physical buttons *on* the case, the one with four
>>>> little cubes as its colophon
>>
>> Sweet Jesus, yet ANOTHER word.  Apparently a colophon is more like a
>> trademark than an icon.  Or not.
>>
>>> Terminology: the "Menu Key". (No, I didn't make that up; nor can I be
>>> expected to keep track of terms like that (Menu, Options, Settings, More).)
>>>
>>> Seasons' Choicest Greetings to all! Cheers, -- tlvp
>>
>> If I were going to wish greetings, I'd use 'Prime'.  'Choice' was
>> downgraded a while back, as was 'Prime', so we do the best we can.
>
> Let's not lose focus, Bev: can you send photos to the external SD card now?

Direct from the camera?  No.  Easy to do it with the 'Gallery' app, 
though.  I have several 'albums' -- 'Camera' on the internal memory (no 
choice), and 'Photos' , 'Save', 'Garden', and 'Screenshots' on the 
external card.

-- 
Cheers, Bev
   "Incontinence hotline, can you hold?"

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#36936

On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 11:54:49 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:

>>
>> ... Bev: can you send photos to the external SD card now?
> 
> Direct from the camera?  No.  Easy to do it with the 'Gallery' app, 
> though.  I have several 'albums' -- 'Camera' on the internal memory (no 
> choice), and 'Photos' , 'Save', 'Garden', and 'Screenshots' on the 
> external card.

Sorry to hear it. Sending direct from the camera to your choice -- internal
storage or external SD card -- must be something Motorola got right in the
antique Android its Droid X2 used (v. 2.3.5), that later products using
newer Android versions got wrong -- your phone being a case in point,

All that's left is to find acceptable workarounds, I guess. Cheers, -- tlvp
-- 
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#36941

On 12/24/2016 09:01 PM, tlvp wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 11:54:49 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:
> >>>
>>> ... Bev: can you send photos to the external SD card now?
>>
>> Direct from the camera?  No.  Easy to do it with the 'Gallery' app,
>> though.  I have several 'albums' -- 'Camera' on the internal memory (no
>> choice), and 'Photos' , 'Save', 'Garden', and 'Screenshots' on the
>> external card.
>
> Sorry to hear it. Sending direct from the camera to your choice -- internal
> storage or external SD card -- must be something Motorola got right in the
> antique Android its Droid X2 used (v. 2.3.5), that later products using
> newer Android versions got wrong -- your phone being a case in point,

There are a lot of camera apps.  I tried a couple, but they didn't seem 
to offer anything better/easier than the one that came with the phone 
and I got tired of trying.

> All that's left is to find acceptable workarounds, I guess. Cheers, -- tlvp

We're human.  It's what we do :-)


-- 
Cheers, Bev
  His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity.

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#36952

On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 21:44:26 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:

>> ... find acceptable workarounds ...
> 
> We're human.  It's what we do :-)

Indeed :-) . Merry Christmas! Cheers, -- tlvp
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#36960

The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
> We're human.  It's what we do :-)

I am not a human. I am an ant! :-P
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#36961

On 12/26/2016 04:45 AM, Ant wrote:
> The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>> We're human.  It's what we do :-)
>
> I am not a human. I am an ant! :-P

If you want to complain, buy a congressman and get yourself listed as a 
protected species.  Until then, tough luck Snowflake!

-- 
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#36967

The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/26/2016 04:45 AM, Ant wrote:
> > The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> We're human.  It's what we do :-)
> >
> > I am not a human. I am an ant! :-P

> If you want to complain, buy a congressman and get yourself listed as a 
> protected species.  Until then, tough luck Snowflake!

Thank you for the tips. ;)
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#36962

tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 11:54:49 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:
> 
> >> ... Bev: can you send photos to the external SD card now?
> > 
> > Direct from the camera?  No.  Easy to do it with the 'Gallery' app, 
> > though.  I have several 'albums' -- 'Camera' on the internal memory (no 
> > choice), and 'Photos' , 'Save', 'Garden', and 'Screenshots' on the 
> > external card.
> 
> Sorry to hear it. Sending direct from the camera to your choice -- internal
> storage or external SD card -- must be something Motorola got right in the
> antique Android its Droid X2 used (v. 2.3.5), that later products using
> newer Android versions got wrong -- your phone being a case in point,

  The Camera app which comes with my Huawei Y5[60] (Android 5.1.1)
*does* have (in its Settings) 'Preferred save location' which can be set
to 'SD card'.

  But as The Real Bev says, there are (too?) *many* camera apps, so YMMV
and probably YMWV.

  Also found that something as simple as the built-in 'Contacts' app
differs between vendors, models, releases, etc.. Sigh!

> All that's left is to find acceptable workarounds, I guess. Cheers, -- tlvp

  IOW, if 'your' and 'my' device happen to work the same for some
function, we can demand our money back!

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#36971

In article <o3idj3$d3j$2@dont-email.me>, The Real Bev wrote:
>> In article <VA.00000c19.29efe80e@me.invalid>, Daniel James wrote:
[snip]
>> Ah! I've just discovered the slide-out menu that gives access to
>> the (few) camera options that are supported, and find that the
>> storage area location *is* configurable. That's good.
> 
> Really?  Mine (G#2) doesn't seem to have that unless I'm missing 
> something.  What icon chooses storage?

There is no icon; as I said: it's a slide-out menu.

Open the camera app and swipe from left to right, and a menu appears 
from the left. The second item on the menu is "Storage", which can be 
set to "Phone" or "Memory card".

You probably have to have a memory card formatted as "portable storage" 
for that option to be available. I have.

I also discovered that swiping from right to left brings recent photos 
into view, which was another thing I couldn't see how to do with the 
camera app.

As I said: This is a Moto G4 Play (the slightly smaller version of the 
G4), the G2 may work differently.

-- 
Cheers,
 Daniel.
 

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#36974

On 12/27/2016 07:31 AM, Daniel James wrote:
> In article <o3idj3$d3j$2@dont-email.me>, The Real Bev wrote:
>>> In article <VA.00000c19.29efe80e@me.invalid>, Daniel James wrote:
> [snip]
>>> Ah! I've just discovered the slide-out menu that gives access to
>>> the (few) camera options that are supported, and find that the
>>> storage area location *is* configurable. That's good.
>>
>> Really?  Mine (G#2) doesn't seem to have that unless I'm missing
>> something.  What icon chooses storage?
>
> There is no icon; as I said: it's a slide-out menu.
>
> Open the camera app and swipe from left to right, and a menu appears
> from the left. The second item on the menu is "Storage", which can be
> set to "Phone" or "Memory card".

I get a sort of wheel that rotates.  HDR, flash, then other stuff.  No 
storage, though.

> You probably have to have a memory card formatted as "portable storage"
> for that option to be available. I have.

Oh.  Mine is an extension of internal memory.

> I also discovered that swiping from right to left brings recent photos
> into view, which was another thing I couldn't see how to do with the
> camera app.
>
> As I said: This is a Moto G4 Play (the slightly smaller version of the
> G4), the G2 may work differently.


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Cheers, Bev
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#37036

On 2016-12-27 18:04, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 12/27/2016 07:31 AM, Daniel James wrote:


> I get a sort of wheel that rotates.  HDR, flash, then other stuff.  No
> storage, though.
> 
>> You probably have to have a memory card formatted as "portable storage"
>> for that option to be available. I have.
> 
> Oh.  Mine is an extension of internal memory.

That's why you can not choose storage for the camera.

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Cheers,
       Carlos E.R.

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#36981

On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:31:24 -0000, Daniel James wrote, of a Moto G4 Play:

> Open the camera app and swipe from left to right, and a menu appears 
> from the left. The second item on the menu is "Storage", which can be 
> set to "Phone" or "Memory card".
> 
> ...
> 
> I also discovered that swiping from right to left brings recent photos 
> into view ...

Interestingly different from what my Moto Droid X2 does, which is this:

Whether from left to right, from right to left, from top down, or from
bottom up, swiping across the open Camera app screen brings up a menu,
sliding in from the right, offering Scenes, Effects, Flash, and Still/Video
toggle.

To bring recent photos into view, one needs to tap the lower LH corner of
the screen to unhide a "stills" icon nestled there, and then tap that too.

Nothing like consistency of UI among models of a given OEMs line :-) .

Cheers, -- tlvp
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