Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge Android Marshmallow Update Rolled Out In UK

There are some good reasons to limit the microSD support, though. According to a report from SamMobile, the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update version will now be rolling out to Galaxy S6 (SM-G920F) and Galaxy S6 edge (SM-G925F) models in the United Kingdom through Vodafone. The Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow will gradually arrive for worldwide users of Galaxy Note 5. Android Marshmallow has already been released for the Samsung Galaxy Note5. That means you get to use your existing and future microSD card with Samsung’s best flagship smartphone yet. The whole process of moving apps was also very cumbersome and required manual clicks and hunts, and as such, this was not something the general public really knew about. If the encryption extends to the microSD card, then the card can not be used on other devices, which is restricting and defeats the goal of the card. I personally relied on this technique back in 2012 when my device shipped with a paltry ~150 MB of internal storage. Samsung told Phandroid that it didn’t want to confuse users who might pull the card out while the phone is in use and mess up data. It’s just one option but you can always define the SD card just like any ordinary removable storage. The Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, and G5 will come with 32GB of built-in internal storage, at least in the U.S. Samsung’s devices accept MicroSD cards up to 200GB, while the G5 accepts up to 2TB, that is if you can find one that big.

Samsung’s reasoning (and we presume LG’s) is that the newer system is confusing. There’s also the fact that once an external storage is “adopted”, it may no longer be used for file transfers.

This feature addition was basically targeted towards budget handsets, many of which continue to ship with paltry amounts of storages. Users in the latter case will also find it hard to store files on the true (and usually much faster) internal storage of the phone, though apps can still be installed there, as well as navigating to the location via file explorer.

Doze Mode is, to put it simply, a “sleep” state for phones, the phone turns off all network access and suspends it, delays scheduled tasks for the next maintenance window where all the apps are allowed to go through their tasks.

There are a few disadvantages to Adoptable Storage, though.