Update coming soon will allow Galaxy S4 owners to move apps to the SD card.
I think we all know the single biggest complaint for the Galaxy S4 is the amount of internal storage we get out of the box. Your 16 gig Galaxy S4 is advertised as having 16 gigs of internal storage, but we all know you really got a 9 gig Galaxy S4 with the other 7 gigs being hogged up by all the bells and whistles that Samsung threw in there. The bells and whistles are fine, but throw a couple Gameloft games on your shiny new toy and you’ll be running on E for storage.
Well, Samsung has begun rolling out an update to address this issue as we speak. The update will allow you to move those big apps, or even the small ones to your SD card. There are mods out there for rooted users that allows you to swap your internal and external storage with a few tweak’s. I’ve found too many bugs with this option on my Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy Note 8, so this update is welcomed with open arms by me, many of you and even developers.
According to SamMobile, the update also brings some bug fixes, a semi transparent notification bar and an easy on and off toggle for Smart Pause. In my opinion, apps to SD is the king pin of this update.
The update is rolling out to German Snapdragon-powered Galaxy S4′s today, and will be coming to Exynos versions in the near future. US versions will likely have to wait for the update to be approved by the carriers, which could take god knows how long (I’m looking at you Verizon), but at least we know it’s coming.
Now Samsung! Let’s start looking at your other Note gadgets for the same type of update. I have a Galaxy Note 8.0 sitting in front of me with less than a gig of internal storage left after installing some of my favorite apps and some apps I forget why I even downloaded in the first place, but it would be nice to have an option in my application settings to move some, if not all to that beefy 64 gig class 10 SD card I have in it.
What do you all think? Are you OK with having 9 gigs of storage for your apps? Or, are you as excited as me to be able to move those hefty apps to your SD?
Let us know in the comments!