My phone kept saying device out of space so I bought an SD card and inserted it into the phone but my phone is still saying the same thing. How do I start using SD card please, thank you.
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The storage is still calculated separately (internal VS. external), so internal is still low on space, hence the alert.
At this moment, use a file explorer to go through your internal storage and see what's hogging space (music? video? installation files you forgot to delete?), and move anything necessary to the SD card. For some phones you can also go to Settings-Apps to move some installed apps to the card.
If the problem persists, please post screenshots of your storage details both in Settings-Storage and under Settings-Apps.
Andy Yan
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Thanks Andy - I'm hopeless when it comes to this - so if I moved whatsapp to SD card would that help do you think? I sometimes get messages that it's taking up a lot of space but if I install it on the SD card will I lose my contacts and messages? Thank you – Amc50d Sep 26 '16 at 08:18
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@Amc50d Well I have no hands-on experience with moving apps (my devices usually have no SD card slot), but as a system feature it should not touch your data when moving. – Andy Yan Sep 26 '16 at 10:16