3

I know how to move photos and videos to the SD card, but I want to have it save photos and videos to the SD card in the first place, instead of the internal memory. I need that because I have very little internal storage space, only 1.72 GB, and 1.3 GB is already taken up by apps. (Mysteriously, it says apps are consuming 1.9 GB, but I know that at least 600 MB of apps is on the SD card, which has far more space), and when recording a long video, I have to do it in sequences because otherwise, it runs out of space rather quickly while recording, and stops the recording. Then I have to go into the settings app, tell it to move garbage, go back into the camera, and record the next sequence. No time for that? Too bad...

Bottom line, can I set the camera app, or basically anything that wants to save photos, to save the pictures or videos to the SD card in the first place?

bummi
  • 168
  • 2
  • 5
  • 12
foxite
  • 153
  • 1
  • 1
  • 11
  • Yes. There is a setting somewhere inside the Camera app ... – rjt.rockx Apr 24 '15 at 15:27
  • @rjt.rockx Strange. The setting was already, well, set. I am sure when I recorded a video yesterday, it pretty much gave me what I described here. – foxite Apr 24 '15 at 15:31
  • btw, Internal Memory is partitioned into Phone Storage and Internal Storage. Might help with that mysterious issue of yours. – rjt.rockx Apr 24 '15 at 16:29
  • Choose External Storage as default storage in Settings -> Storage. Now, make the video or capture pics. They should be in Sd Card. I too happen to share the same issue when Camera app is supposed to store in SD card but it doesn't. – Firelord Apr 25 '15 at 01:34

2 Answers2

3

There's a setting for that in the Camera App, which lets you toggle the default save location. You need to scroll down for it, though, and that's not very obvious. But, there is a setting for that.

Izzy
  • 91,166
  • 73
  • 343
  • 943
rjt.rockx
  • 818
  • 5
  • 19
0

Open Camera app. 3 square dots at top> Settings> (May need Settings again to get 2nd page)> Data Storage>SD card

Job done !

shnfoobar
  • 1