Installing Apps on Android 6.0 and above.

Android OS, a major player in the Smartphone Market, is surely power packed with features.

The latest release ANDROID MARSHMALLOW (6.0 and above) does come with exciting features ,but one of the biggest let-downs being the head-ache it causes while installing Apps.

I’ll be considering the Lenovo K3 Note (K50a40, Indian edition) which received the Marshmallow update on 20^th March, 2016. 

But this Tutorial works for ANY ANDROID 6.0 and above DEVICES. If the below pictures depict your situation, you’re in the right place.

A few things to be done before we can proceed to actual process:

-> Check your SD Card Status. In Android 6.0, you’ve the ability to make the SD Card as a portable one OR you can merge it with EXISTING INTERNAL STORAGE.

-> Now, merging with internal storage causes the card to be encrypted and you CANNOT TRANSFER ANY FILES FROM PC TO MOBILE.

-> But, making it portable FORCES YOU TO INSTALL ALL APPS on INTERNAL STORAGE.

Make sure you create a backup of SD Card in PC Before Proceeding.

-> I’ll be considering this case (i.e. Merged SD Card as the internal storages in phones are quite low.)

If your phone has a merged SD Card then it’ll look something like below.

-> To open the below pic: Settings -> Storage&USB

-> Uninstall the apps which aren’t running. (in my case it was Clash of Clans , Adobe Reader, Camscanner, Telegram … and the list goes on)

-> Now, GO TO :  SETTINGS -> STORAGE & USB -> [CLICK YOUR SD CARD] -> [CLICK MORE, OR THE OPTIONS BUTTON BESIDE HOME BUTTON] -> PRESS EJECT.

-> Wait for some time until SD Card ejects .

 Now, Go to Playstore , download and install the app again.

-> Open the app and VIOLA! It works without a hassle!.

-> Now, go back to SETTINGS -> STORAGE & USB  and do the below to remount it.

-> You can now go to Internal Storage and move the apps and it’ll still work as before!.

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