How to set storage location for Galaxy Note 4 camera?

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• Hi,i wanted to set my SD card as my default storage not only for photos and videos but as well app installation from play store and every other files.I tried to figure out a way but none.so is there any way i can set it?????????

  • Galaxy Note 10 does not support adoptable storage (i.e. use the micro SD card as internal storage). So, you cannot install apps to the micro SD card automatically.

    But you can move most apps to micro SD card manually as explained here.

• Hello, I have an sd card in my note 4 a day have the photo and video destination set to go to there. However, my phone is running out of device memory so have been trying to free up space. It seems that 10+GB of the total device memory used is photos and videos as is shown in "my files". If I access and try to delete photos or videos via "my files" (I attempted this as thought the files might be duplicated from my sd card) it deletes the smell file from my sd card.
  Please could you tell me how to solve this??
  Kind regards,
  Charlotte

  • back up, back up and back up!!!

    if you delete files, you need go to SD card. In My Files, under local storage, you can find internal storage and SD card. Tap internal storage if you want to delete files from internal storage. Don't use categories, which include files in both internal storage and SD card.

• I am using galaxy note 4. Images and videos I download are getting stored in device but I unable to view demand in d gallery. . Please suggest me regarding this..

  • Can you verify that the files are in the phone? How did you download them?

    Gallery app relies on media scanner to provide files info. You can try to reboot the phone to force media scanner to re-scan the phone.

• Note 4: I have my camera set to save pictures on the SD card. However, all pictures are saved both on the SD card in the DIM folder and on the phone in the DIM folder. How do I set options to save in only on the SD card?

  • Are you sure the photos are saved twice? It is unlikely.

    Check the files with My Files app.

• I have a similar problem-I cannot find the location of images stored to internal storage of my Galaxy Note 4. Can you give me the exact location?

  • DCIM folder. All photos taken by your Note 4 camera should be always saved in DCIM folder. It's same for SD card.

• G'day.
  My SD card has stopped working (well it was 3 years old) and after its removal Camera has automatically switched to the Device storage. The problem is that it doesn't store taken pictures anywhere (or I can't find where). The Gallery app doesn't see the taken pictures either. Any suggestions?

  Thanks a lot!

  • Clear cache and clear data for camera app in Applications manager.

• Thank you. This helped allot. And another question: when I switched the storage place to the sd card, something changed on the camera- It didn't let me zoom any more, and other settings - editing etc, also disappeared. Any ideas? Thank you.

  • No, it should change them. Zoom is not available in certain modes.

    Edit is always available and is handled by Gallery app actually. If you cannot see the edit option tap the picture one.

• Hi,
  i set memory default to sd external, but when im in the gallery and i want to organise some pictures from camera ( saved in sd)by adding a new album, still save this new album in the memory device not in SD. How can i save this in sd card?
  Thanks a lot

  • Album should not change the location of the photos. It just change the view. I don't think the photos are moved to your internal storage.

• Hi, how do you change where photos are stored when taken via the cover camera (ie: taking shots using the S cover)?

  • It always follow your camera settings (under DCIM/covercamera folder). You cannot change it.

• So I transferred them to pc. They're corrupted. I formatted card again and now it works. As for card authenticity looks and operates like it is. I don't have the package with serial to check.

  • thank you for the update.

    anyway, it is better to format the card on the phone, not on the pc. For SD card, you'd better to get class 10, not class 4.

• I have a note 4 and added a 128 gb Samsung Evo micro sd card. I set camera storage to card and it saves a file to the card when I shoot. The problem is that none of the filed can be viewed. It's like they're corrupted. When I switch back the storage to device, it's fine.

  • Can you copy the file to pc to check?

    Is the SD card genuine?

• Hi, just inserted sd card into note 4. Begining i was able to see the sd card icon on the gallery photos and was able to tell which photos was on sd card. Then my son change something and now no more sd icon on the photos and i can't differentiate which is on sd card anymore! Help

  • Not sure. Normally, no icon means on internal storage.

    Anyway, you can reset gallery app on settings - application manager - all - gallery, tap clear cache then tap clear data. This operation doesn't affect your photos. Then try again.

• How do you move existing pictures on internal hard drive to the micro sd card?

  • Do you mean move pictures from photo internal storage to SD card? you can use My Files app in the phone to move files. You can also use any file managers to manage files on the phone, e.g., ES File explorer http://motoeguide.com/moto-e-guides/manage-files-moto-e-es-file-explorer-file-manager/

• All of my Note 4 camera options are available except storage location (grayed out). What's up?

  • Ya does anyone know the answer to this?? I am having the same issue

    • you can try to clear cache and clear data for camera app.

  • Did you add a SD card?

    • Hi. I have the same issue. My storage location under the camera settings is grayed out and I am unable to select it. I do have the SD card in and am able to moves files on to it, so it is working properly. Any idea what may be going on? Thank you.

      • I had this same issue. First mount and unmount your sd card, then make sure you are in landscape mode. That's what worked for me, hope it helps!

        • Thank you for sharing your solution.

      • Did you try to reboot the phone to see whether you can get the option?