After many months of suffering, Canadian Samsung Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3 owners received an update to Android 4.4.2, bringing a number of new features and performance improvements. But the update is not entirely good news, especially for those people who rely on external storage via microSD.
While this guide mainly applies to the new Samsung update, some aspects apply to all devices running Android 4.4 KitKat. Let’s dive right in.
1. MicroSD cards are persona non grata
While Android 4.4 still supports the use of microSD cards, Google made an important and potentially alarming change to the way apps can use the extra storage.
In previous versions of Android, apps could create their own directories anywhere on the available microSD storage, splitting files into multiple destinations. In KitKat, Google has, for logistical and security reasons, cordoned off app files to a single directory of the SD card. BeyondPod, a popular free podcast app for Android, describes it thusly:
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