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© ANDROIDPITīy switching to faster internal storage capacities, Samsung not only alienated fans of expandable storage, it also had to push the price of the Galaxy S6 line higher to cover the cost. And so end the security concerns that have tainted microSD cards.Īt least you can use USB OTG with the Galaxy S6 Edge. If you choose the other option, then you can just put non-sensitive stuff like music and movies on the microSD. So if someone steals your phone they can't access the data you have stored on your microSD card unless they can unlock the device (they can't just take the card out and put it in another device). If you choose the format option, the card can only be used in the device in which it has been formatted.
#GALAXY S7 SD CARD SLOT NOT WORKING ANDROID#
The Galaxy S7 will launch with Android 6.0 Marshmallow which, as you might know, allows external storage to be formatted to a device as internal storage (you also have the option to treat it like external storage).Īndroid Marshmallow lets you format an SD card as internal storage. With Samsung's sales slump continuing despite the increased profit margin of higher flash storage models, the company might very well backtrack on its microSD position if it means increasing the audience for next year's Galaxy S7. The Galaxy Note 4 was the last flagship Samsung device to have a microSD card slot. Samsung's decision to remove the microSD card slot in its Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 5 lines was controversial to say the least and certainly lost the company a decent number of its die-hard fans (in a survey we conducted, 83 percent of Samsung owners used a microSD card).