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Old 12-11-2021, 11:46 AM   #1
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confused over terminology of internal storage and SD card storage - howto encrypt the 128GB of internal storage


Hello,

I am confused with the hardware terminology involved in storage on a Android phone. I am not sure I will be using the correct terminology in this post.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S10+ with 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM. I did not add any removable SD card to the smartphone.

I checked the smartphone and the hardware used to hold the 128GB of storage does not appear to be a SD card. The smartphone indicated there is no SD card;
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Settings->biometrics and security->Encrypt or decrypt SD card-> No SD card inserted
It appears I can easily encrypt a removable SD card. But, how do I encrypt the 128GB of internal storage?

What do I call the 128GB of storage? Is it a solid state drive? Is it simply referred to as internal storage? Is it an embedded SD card? I haven't even added a removable SD card.

I would like to encrypt the Android smartphone. But, the only option I can find is to encrypt a removable SD card.

How would I encrypt the hardware storing the 128GB of data?

What is the hardware used to hold the 128GB of storage?

Thank you.
 
Old 12-11-2021, 12:20 PM   #2
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Once it's storage is encrypted, how would your phone boot?
 
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smallpond, thank you for asking a question using my post.

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Old 12-27-2021, 01:27 AM   #4
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https://android.stackexchange.com/qu...ternal-storage

https://blog.compass-security.com/20...s-direct-boot/ (attempt to answer ?in#2)

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