Moto Z Play Micro Sd Card

Using an SD carte du jour - moto z play

Whether its images, music, videos or applications we know that the virtually of import stuff on people's phones is stored in the user retentiveness.

The moto z play allows you lot to aggrandize your memory past using a micro SD bill of fare.

To insert the microSD carte du jour:

1. With the telephone facing downward, insert the tool that comes with your phone into the modest hole on the carte tray and pop out the tray.

two. Insert the microSD card with the gold contacts facing upwardly.

3. Advisedly insert the tray dorsum in the phone and make certain it closes securely.

When yous insert an SD menu for the start time, you tin choose to either use the card as Portable Storage or Internal Storage.

Portable Storage

Internal Storage

Select this mode if you ofttimes swap your SD carte between devices, utilise your SD card for media storage only.

Select this fashion if you lot desire to completely extend your device storage with the menu, and need the card to store large applications, games, and their information.

You lot take a Class two, 4, or six card.

You have a loftier-speed card (UHS-1)

If you lot frequently swap cards, use SD carte to transfer content between devices and practice not download many large app, nosotros recommend configuring your card as "portable".

If y'all want to shop large games on the card, if your device storage is always filling up, and y'all program to always go on this card in the device, nosotros recommend keeping your carte as internal.

Only pictures and media can be stored on the card.

Downloaded applications, their data, is e'er internal. they can not be moved to the card.

The card is readable by other devices. (another telephone, Mac, PC, digital photographic camera)

Content on the card is not encrypted past default.

The card will NOT be reformatted when Portable storage is selected.

The SD bill of fare tin become your device primary storage

Downloaded applications, their data and media can be moved to the card

The bill of fare is not readable by other devices. (another phone, Mac, PC, digital camera)

The card is ever encrypted, and tin can not be decrypted on any other device.

The card will be formatted when internal storage is selected.

Performance warning

We recommend utilise of a loftier speed card , such as a UHS-ane type. Grade iv and Class 2 micro SD cards are non recommended for adopted internal storage usage. The performance of these cards is typically 10x slower than internal storage performance.

High speed card are identified past these logos:

If your card it too slow, your device will warn your during the adoption process. If you encounter this dialog, nosotros advise to upgrade your card to a UHS-1 carte first.

Using your carte du jour as 'Portable Storage'

Insert the SD card on your device
Android will notify you a new SD Card has been detected, you lot can setup the card equally portable or internal storage
If y'all decide to defer this decision, the menu volition be used equally portable storage by default. you can change this selection through Settings -> Storage at a later stage

Using your bill of fare as 'Portable Storage'

Media, pictures, movies already on the carte will exist visible in the device photo gallery and media apps. New content side loaded to the card will besides be available and viewable in media apps on the device
Through the Motorola camera application settings, you lot can select the default storage for pictures and movies captured through the Motorola camera app. Third party camera might not offer this option.
Some third party applications will enable you to shop their content on the 'portable' SD card, equally in lollipop; but just if the application developer chose to do so (Google Play Music)
If you select a bill of fare as portable storage, yous will Non exist able to move applications to the carte du jour, nor will play shop automatically install applications to this carte du jour

Using your bill of fare as 'Internal Storage'

Insert the card in the device
You should see a "Set Upward SD card" Notification
Tap on 'setup SD card' in the insertion notification (or get to settings->storage->select card-> menu->format as internal)
Select the 'internal storage' option, later accept carefully read the alarm
If you currently accept applications installed on the bill of fare, your device will enquire you to move these applications back to internal storage earlier formatting your menu
Your card will exist formatted and encrypted, and usable equally device storage
In one case the carte has been formatted, you will be asked whether you want to migrate data currently on your device to the card. This footstep volition move all media, pictures, and documents to the SD menu.
By selecting where to drift content, you besides select the preferred storage location for all applications, databases and data.
- If yous decide to motility that data to the card, the SD card will as well go the preferred storage location for all applications content, data and database and media.
- If yous decide to skip this step, your device internal storage will remain the preferred storage for all content.
One time a card has been formatted as internal storage, both your device internal storage and the card will show upwardly equally "device storage" under storage settings, and yous will be able to move applications which were in internal storage to the card. Moving applications to the carte can be done from application settings (Settings > Apps > select application > Change storage location)
Once a carte has been formatted equally internal storage, Play Store will install applications on either storage volume automatically, based on a set of rules provided by the awarding programmer (you will be able to move applications from one volume to another)
Applications will always store their content in the preferred storage location by default. You volition not demand to indicate in each application setting where to shop content.