How to Transfer Apps and Games from Internal Storage to Micro SD Card on Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
To start, you'll need a micro SD card. I'm using a Kingston 64 GB UHS 1 class 10 card, but there are loads of others available. All you need to do is put the SD card on the SIM card tray and pop it back in the phone.
Moving Apps to Micro SD Card: A Comparison
Before we dive into transferring apps to the micro SD card, let's see if there's any difference in app launching times between opening them on internal storage versus external storage. I'll use Modern Combat 5 as an example, as it's quite a big game at just under a gigabyte. Before we transfer it to the micro SD card, I want to test how long it takes to open the app.
I've got a timer here, and I'm going to start Modern Combat 5 with nothing running in the background. It's following a fresh restart of the phone. Let's see how long it takes. Right now... just over 13 seconds, 13.32 seconds. We'll come back to this later when the app is on the micro SD card and see if there's any difference.
Now that we've tested the launching time, let's move the app to the SD card. To do this, you need to open the settings menu, scroll down a bit, and then click on "Applications" followed by "Application Manager." You'll see a list of all your apps, which you can scroll through.
I'm going to go down to Modern Combat 5 as I mentioned earlier, since that's the example I'll be using. As you can see, it's currently using internal storage. Tap on "Storage" and then... yeah, it shows up. So tap on "Change" and then we can select SD card. It takes a few moments to transfer the app, and obviously, depending on the size of the file, dictates how long that takes.
When you're ready, tap "Move," and it will start exporting once that's finished. Now we can see that it's using the external storage. That's successfully transferred, and Modern Combat 5 is now on the micro SD card. The big question is: is it any quicker? Is it any slower using the SD card storage as opposed to internal storage?
Let's bring back my trusty Galaxy S7 Edge and its timer to see if there's any difference. I'll launch Modern Combat 5 again, with nothing running in the background, following a fresh restart of the phone. Okay, so... 13.49 seconds. That's just 0.17 seconds longer than when I booted it on internal storage. I think that's within the margin of error considering I'm judging this by eye.
So, what can we conclude from this test? There isn't much difference in launching times between using the micro SD card and internal storage. You may as well transfer big apps and games to the SD card to save some room on your internal storage. It's also worth making sure that the camera stores photos and videos on the SD card, since they can take up a lot of space, especially when recording in 4K.
One of the benefits of the new S7 phones is that you can record unlimited 4K video; it's not restricted to just five minutes like it was before. So, it's definitely worth putting your camera settings on the SD card.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi guys welcome back to the tech chap in this video I'm going to show you how to transfer apps and games from the internal storage to your micro SD card on the Galaxy S7 and the S7 Edge so first of all obviously you'll need a Micro SD card I'm using a Kingston 64 GB UHS 1 class 10 card but there are loads of others available all you need to do is put the SD card on the SIM card tray and pop it back in the phone right so let's get started moving some apps I'm going to use Modern Combat 5 as an example as it's quite a big game at just under a gigabyte but before we do transfer it to the micro SD card I want to see if there's any difference in the app launching times between opening it on the internal storage and then on the micro SD to see if it's any slower so I've got a timer here I'm going to start Modern Combat 5 there's nothing running in the background it's following a fresh uh restart of the phone so let's see how long it takes right so just over 13 seconds 13.32 uh we'll come back to this later when it's on the micro SD card and we'll see if it's any different now let's move the app to the SD card if you open the settings menu scroll down a little bit and then click on applications followed by application manager you'll see a list of all your apps which you can scroll through now I'm going to go down to mod Combat 5 as I say cuz that's the example I'll be using so as you can see 0.93 GB quite a big file so tap on storage and then as you can see it's currently using internal storage so then tap change and then we can select SD card it takes a few moments to transfer the app and obviously depending on the size of the file uh dictates how long that takes but when you're ready tap move and it will start exporting once that's finished we can now see it's using the external storage so that's successfully transferred and Modern Combat 5 is now on the micro SD card so the big question is is it any quicker is it any slower using the SD card storage as opposed to the internal storage so let's bring back my trusty Galaxy S7 Edge and it's timer to see if there's any difference 13.49 seconds that's just 0.17 seconds longer than when I booted it on the internal storage but I think that's within the margin of error considering I'm just judging this by eye so as you can see there's not much difference between them so you may as well transfer big apps and games to the SD card to save some room on your internal storage it's also worth making sure the camera stores photos and videos to the SD card as well since they can take up a lot of room especially if you're recording in 4k so go to the camera and the camera settings scroll down to storage location and then tap on SD card one of the benefits of the new S7 phones is you can record unlimited 4K uh video it's not restricted just to 5 minutes like it was before uh so it's definitely worth putting that on the SD card so I hope you found this little Tech tip on how to transfer apps to the SD card useful if you enjoy my videos please do like and subscribe and I'll see you again right here on the tech chathi guys welcome back to the tech chap in this video I'm going to show you how to transfer apps and games from the internal storage to your micro SD card on the Galaxy S7 and the S7 Edge so first of all obviously you'll need a Micro SD card I'm using a Kingston 64 GB UHS 1 class 10 card but there are loads of others available all you need to do is put the SD card on the SIM card tray and pop it back in the phone right so let's get started moving some apps I'm going to use Modern Combat 5 as an example as it's quite a big game at just under a gigabyte but before we do transfer it to the micro SD card I want to see if there's any difference in the app launching times between opening it on the internal storage and then on the micro SD to see if it's any slower so I've got a timer here I'm going to start Modern Combat 5 there's nothing running in the background it's following a fresh uh restart of the phone so let's see how long it takes right so just over 13 seconds 13.32 uh we'll come back to this later when it's on the micro SD card and we'll see if it's any different now let's move the app to the SD card if you open the settings menu scroll down a little bit and then click on applications followed by application manager you'll see a list of all your apps which you can scroll through now I'm going to go down to mod Combat 5 as I say cuz that's the example I'll be using so as you can see 0.93 GB quite a big file so tap on storage and then as you can see it's currently using internal storage so then tap change and then we can select SD card it takes a few moments to transfer the app and obviously depending on the size of the file uh dictates how long that takes but when you're ready tap move and it will start exporting once that's finished we can now see it's using the external storage so that's successfully transferred and Modern Combat 5 is now on the micro SD card so the big question is is it any quicker is it any slower using the SD card storage as opposed to the internal storage so let's bring back my trusty Galaxy S7 Edge and it's timer to see if there's any difference 13.49 seconds that's just 0.17 seconds longer than when I booted it on the internal storage but I think that's within the margin of error considering I'm just judging this by eye so as you can see there's not much difference between them so you may as well transfer big apps and games to the SD card to save some room on your internal storage it's also worth making sure the camera stores photos and videos to the SD card as well since they can take up a lot of room especially if you're recording in 4k so go to the camera and the camera settings scroll down to storage location and then tap on SD card one of the benefits of the new S7 phones is you can record unlimited 4K uh video it's not restricted just to 5 minutes like it was before uh so it's definitely worth putting that on the SD card so I hope you found this little Tech tip on how to transfer apps to the SD card useful if you enjoy my videos please do like and subscribe and I'll see you again right here on the tech chat\n"