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Android SD Card storage for LrM

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becksnyc

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I upgraded to a 1TB SD card for my tablet. I'd like to put the older/smaller card into another Android device (my phone) and use it for LrM.
If I just transfer the card, as is, will the LrM data be transferable to the new device, please?
I only just began to use LrM in BOTH devices. Both devices are set to sync (download) collections from LrC on my PC. Neither are auto-uploading photos or edits from the devices yet.
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I have not had success doing that. LrM or LrD both expect to download the files. I did not dig into what/why it failed. I have a fast enough connection, I just wipe the card and let the phone or PC download again.

Tim
 
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Have you tried to copy the database file, if it is accessible to users? I'm very familiar with LrC, but new to LrM.
I don't have an issue with re-downloading on the tablet, but the phone has some as yet unidentified problem---downloading at 50 smart previews in 8:30 mins. All the photos are already synced to the tablet, so I was hoping to take advantage of that.
It's going to take weeks at this rate...on the phone, anyway.
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I have tried to copy the "external storage" card between phones. Never worked. And like I said, I have a fast enough connection I never looked into it to see if I could get around it.
Check the internet speed on the phone. If your wifi is faster or you have a weak cell signal, switch to wifi and test there.

On my last phone, I also had issues with background processes from FB and others significantly slowing down the phone.

Last consideration, make sure you enable background service/process and also disable the energy saving/optimization for Lr. By default to save the battery life, most companies configure the battery management to be really aggressive on allowing things to continue to run.

Tim
 
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tspear said:
I have tried to copy the "external storage" card between phones. Never worked. And like I said, I have a fast enough connection I never looked into it to see if I could get around it.
Check the internet speed on the phone. If your wifi is faster or you have a weak cell signal, switch to wifi and test there.

On my last phone, I also had issues with background processes from FB and others significantly slowing down the phone.

Last consideration, make sure you enable background service/process and also disable the energy saving/optimization for Lr. By default to save the battery life, most companies configure the battery management to be really aggressive on allowing things to continue to run.

Tim
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I've been troubleshooting an issue with this phone, as discussed in the link below. I've been on Android forums as well, no solutions yet. I had already enabled background apps, as you suggested with no improvement.

If you want to weigh in on the unanswered questions, the discussion is here: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/comm...collection-to-lrm-android.47397/#post-1313874

Thanks for your help.
 
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@becksnyc

Sorry, in this aspect I would not be much help. I barely use LrM, I did some experiments with it and found that my phone is really too small for me to want to work on.

Tim
 
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