How To Move Apps To Sd Card On Lg Stylo 2

Chatman Thavir · Wednesday, December 1, 2021

I recently obtained a lg stylo 2, it has a internal memory of 16gbs and i put a 32gb samsung micro sd card into it, it shows the card under storage and i can move images/audio/video to it, but it wont allow me to move apps to it.

06-23-2016 08:50 AM
I'm having the same issue. Mine is a Cricket phone....very frustrating

06-26-2016 11:37 PM
Same with mine. People told me its because the apps I have, but that doesn't make any sense because it's every single app. There's not even a faded "change" option, and apps don't ask you where to store their files.

06-27-2016 02:30 AM
Had anyone figured this out yet?

07-06-2016 08:26 PM
Same problem here. I bought the lg 2 plus and cannot move anything to my sd card.

07-13-2016 12:43 AM
Same issue. This is some bs. I've also noticed with this phone I couldn't get rid of some of the icons on the home screens that were there when I bought the phone. Had to install a launcher to do that.

07-19-2016 12:40 PM
Same issue here. Following 😢

07-19-2016 10:35 PM
I started a petition on Change.org ... https://www.change.org/p/google-inc-...fb_ref=Default

I started a petition on Change.org... My Virgin Mobile LG Stylo 2 is a great phone for the money, but from all I've researched it's Google/Android that disabled the apps to sd card functionality. It is the same for most phones with Android Marshmallow 6.0.1. (I've been researching this since June 2016. The phone is great, Virgin is great, but android needs to fix this. Hope this helps.

08-02-2016 02:51 PM
Hello to all posting,

If still needed, there is a way to enable adoptable storage on the Stylo 2. It does require some knowledge of adb and simple adb commands. Here's the link that provides step by step instructions:

6.0 LG G Stylo Boost/Sprint/Virgin Adoptable… | LG G Stylo

Although it originally was posted for the original Stylo, I can confirm it works on the Boost Mobile variant of the Stylo 2, and presumably the Metro PCS Stylo 2 Plus (I have not tested that phone, however).

Hope it helps!

08-04-2016 01:48 AM
Having the same problem....had my phone since June and found out today I can't transfer apps to sd card....had I known this I would not had purchased this phone

08-05-2016 08:10 PM
The above procedure should help with that problem. I know it sucks it was disabled by LG, but the good news is once the files are downloaded, it's not too hard to enable the storage

08-05-2016 11:08 PM
Has anyone tried the sd card thing for T mobile?

08-06-2016 02:45 PM
Terrible downturn. No way to migrate any app to the SD card (it accepts up to 2 t) and only 16 g of internal memory. Confirmed by LG technical services.
Good reason not to buy.

08-16-2016 09:07 AM
Originally Posted by Richard Kershenbaum

I can now confirm that this procedure works perfectly for the Stylo 2.

08-22-2016 04:35 PM
Will this work for Cricket? I'm assuming yes since it's the phone that has the issue & not the provider.
Thanks!

Originally Posted by Damien B

Hello to all posting,

If still needed, there is a way to enable adoptable storage on the Stylo 2. It does require some knowledge of adb and simple adb commands. Here's the link that provides step by step instructions:

6.0 LG G Stylo Boost/Sprint/Virgin Adoptable… | LG G Stylo

Although it originally was posted for the original Stylo, I can confirm it works on the Boost Mobile variant of the Stylo 2, and presumably the Metro PCS Stylo 2 Plus (I have not tested that phone, however).

Hope it helps!

08-28-2016 07:19 PM
In order to move apps to the SD card, you will need to do the procedure referenced in the posts above. After that some, but not all apps will move, and new apps that you install will automatically go to the SD card if they can.

09-22-2016 07:41 AM
Originally Posted by 599Polar

I'm having the same issue. Mine is a Cricket phone....very frustrating

I came across same problem i actually upgrade from the stylo

I upgradeed frmom the stylo 1 were you was able to do that so when i couldn't right away called Lg where i was imformed that this stylo was does not come with that option.. Thats y it has 16 gb instead of 8 gb which isn't really that much more room.. I think that if comes like that the preloaded apps should not take up any part of the 16 g pre apps should be stored separately... I've been trying to come up with a solution other then rooting my device.. But still exploring?????

09-26-2016 11:13 PM
Yes....same issue for me as well.... every other phone I have ever had I've been able to move apps to the SD car and now im finding out that I cant move them pn my new phone! What is the point in having a 32 gig sd card when you cant move apps to it.....and of course im very limited with what i can put on the phones internal storage!!! Hoping they will provide a system update and change it soon!!

10-21-2016 01:37 AM
I am hg saving the same issue with the new v20

11-10-2016 07:32 AM
It's not google, it's LG. I have had almost every brand of phone and LG is the only one that does it and it's not just the style 2. I only stumbled upon this because I was doing research to see if this was changed with the style 2 since I like the screen size / price. Evendors their older and cheaper models are the same. I only know this because I purchased some LG phones for my very small kids to use while their tablet screens were being replaced. Nice little phones, great deals, but you cannot use the SD cards properly.

DO NOT BUY LG IF YOU NEED STORAGE!

11-10-2016 10:24 AM
I have figured out how to do some... If u go into the app on your screen that says file manager.. Then the top left corner, push... It'll say internal n SD.. Press internal.. Press on files u want. It's hard to tell WTF the files r but I said screw it but anyways click on the file, it'll open. At the right top corner, push it n press move. Chloe the files then it'll ask move to SD n u say OK... This is the most I've been able to do if I figure out more I'll let y'all know but if u see data files just erase those cuz u don't need the data cliche. I wanna know how others have change right on their apps n we don't. Maybe cuz we r not phones that r rooted, IDK but just my guess.

11-10-2016 09:17 PM
I don't think it's the brand of the phone. It's google disable the fuction. If your phone is android 6.0, the downloaded apps from google play no longer support to move to SD cad. For the virgin mobile users or other CDMA phone users, you cannot even root the phone and do it.

11-12-2016 02:04 AM
Really?? LG took away the function to move apps to SD card. What let down I loved the original LG Stylo so much I couldn't wait to obtain the Stylo 2. I finally got it about a week ago only to find this out. Such a disappointment

11-22-2016 11:20 PM
Originally Posted by snookerphil

same issue. This is some bs. I've also noticed with this phone i couldn't get rid of some of the icons on the home screens that were there when i bought the phone. Had to install a launcher to do that.

lg smart world has an app drawer also ok

11-30-2016 07:19 PM