New phone. Again

[Whoey]

Well, since my mom passed my head hasn't really been in the game so to speak...

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[Mr. Whippy]

Well, since my mom passed my head hasn't really been in the game so to speak...

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Sorry Whoey 

I was thinking of another typical 9 month event.  I wasn't thinking.

[Whoey]

No worries... I'm doing better now I think

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[Steinar]

I don't see the issue... Save your apps in the built in storage, and keep media on the SD card... I'm pretty sure I set my wife's phone to store her photos on SD...

The definition of media is very narrow. I like OsmAnd, and with KitKat I was suddenly prohibited from storing maps on the SD card. I had a few gigs of maps on the phone...  I got so annoyed I bought a Jolla to support a healthier platform. Will still probably buy the Note4 when it's available, though... 

You can have stuff like photos and MP3s and similar there still.

[Steinar]

Google decided to prevent you from writing onto the SD card.  I don't think you can save photos to SD.  It's almost like ROM now.

Not quite that bad, but close. I don't know the exact limitations, but I seem to remember storing photos to the SD card after the upgrade.

[Grant Lamontagne]

For the record my phone is my primary camera for work and I take hundreds of photos each week. They are stored on the SD card.

Def

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[jzmtl]

The new S5's are very hard to root.  Not sure it's worth trying anymore.  Biggest bummer is, if you load a program onto a microSD card it may not function correctly, since kitkat doesn't allow you to copy, paste, move items to and from microSD anymore.

If you don't care about tripping KNOX counter, chainfire root kernel can be done in less than a minute. But you face the problem of voiding warranty and can't do OTA update.

As for microSD, if you are rooted it only takes editing one line of text to revert the permission back to the way it was. There's an app to do it for you, called SD fix I think. I was running with less than 500 MB of free space before I did it, now it's all good.

Google decided to prevent you from writing onto the SD card.  I don't think you can save photos to SD.  It's almost like ROM now.

Not quite that bad, but close. I don't know the exact limitations, but I seem to remember storing photos to the SD card after the upgrade.

Only system app can get permission to do it, so your stock camera can, but aftermarket one can't.

[powernoodle]

I've been without a cell phone for almost 2 weeks and its kind of nice.

That explains why you haven't returned my calls. 

I've rocked an S2 Skyrocket for a few years now, and its awesome.  There is really nothing not to like about it except maybe the cheapy feel of the plastic body.  I was so hoping the S5 would be a metal body.  But nooooo.  And then it has that heart rate monitor, which for me is totally pointless as I am heartless.  Oh well.  But I love the S series, and plan to own them for the foreseeable future.  Mine rides in a Maxpedition belt sheath at 8 o'clock, in case you guys were wondering.

[jzmtl]

There is a galaxy model that has a metal body but I think it has a lower spec than the s5,  not sure how that fits.

[Whoey]

There is a galaxy model that has a metal body but I think it has a lower spec than the s5,  not sure how that fits.

I believe that would be the Active series (S4 Active and S5 Active)

[Mr. Whippy]

The new S5's are very hard to root.  Not sure it's worth trying anymore.  Biggest bummer is, if you load a program onto a microSD card it may not function correctly, since kitkat doesn't allow you to copy, paste, move items to and from microSD anymore.

If you don't care about tripping KNOX counter, chainfire root kernel can be done in less than a minute. But you face the problem of voiding warranty and can't do OTA update.

As for microSD, if you are rooted it only takes editing one line of text to revert the permission back to the way it was. There's an app to do it for you, called SD fix I think. I was running with less than 500 MB of free space before I did it, now it's all good.

Google decided to prevent you from writing onto the SD card.  I don't think you can save photos to SD.  It's almost like ROM now.

Not quite that bad, but close. I don't know the exact limitations, but I seem to remember storing photos to the SD card after the upgrade.

Only system app can get permission to do it, so your stock camera can, but aftermarket one can't.

Yes.  That seems to be right.  Downloaded apps ONLY are affected by the change.

[jzmtl]

There is a galaxy model that has a metal body but I think it has a lower spec than the s5,  not sure how that fits.

I believe that would be the Active series (S4 Active and S5 Active)

Found it, it's galaxy F. Not sure if it's out yet, only seen it online.