HTC Bolt - Storage Settings; SD Card Storage Settings; Types of Storage

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3. Taptheapplicationyouwanttodisable,andthentapDisable.
Storage Settings
TheStoragesettingsletyouviewandmanagethephoneandSDcardstorages.
Types of Storage
Yourphonehasthefollowingstoragetypesforyourapps,data,andfiles.
n Phone storage.ThisistheinternalstoragewhichcontainstheAndroidsystem,preinstalled
apps,email,textmessages,andcacheddatafromtheapps.Youcanalsoinstallappsthat
you'vedownloadedandcapturephotos,videos,andscreenshotstothisstorage.
n SD card (Storagecard).UseyourSDcard(purchasedseparately)asaremovablestorageto
storeandaccessyourmediaandotherfilesonHTCBoltoranyAndroidphone,orsetitupasan
extensionoftheinternalstorage.SeeSDCardStorageSettings.
n USB storage.WhenyoupluginanexternalUSBstoragedevice(suchasaUSBflashdriveor
anSDcardreader).YouneedaspecialcabletoconnectyourphoneandaUSBstoragedevice.
n Online storage.Ifyou’reusinganonlinestorageaccountthat’saccessiblefromyourphone,
youcanstoreyourfilestoyouronlinestorage.
SD Card Storage Settings
UseyourSDcardasremovablestoragewhenthere'salreadycontentsuchasyourmediaandother
filessothatyoudon'tlosethatcontent.IfyouhaveabrandnewSDcard,choosewhethertouseitas
removablestorageorsetitupasanextensionoftheinternalstorage.
Removable Storage
UseanewSDcardasremovablestoragetobeabletoinsertandusethecardonHTCBoltand
otherAndroidphones.
Internal Storage
SetupanewSDcardasinternalstorageformoreprivacyandsecureuse.Thisencryptsand
formatstheSDcardtoworkjustliketheinternalstorage.
Thisalsoexpandsthestoragespacesince:
n Capturedscreenshots,camerashots,media,andotherfileswillbestoredontheSDcard.
n Third-partyappsthatyouinstalledandtheirdatacanbemovedbetweentheon-devicestorage
andSDcard.
Important:AftersettinguptheSDcardasinternalstorage,theSDcardcanonlybeusedonHTC
Boltwhereithasbeenformatted.