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How to save photos to SD card on Galaxy S5?

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Galaxy S5 supports up to 128GB  micro SD card

One of the advantages of Galaxy S5 is its expandable storage. You can use a micro SD card to expand the storage for your files.

Galaxy S5 supports up to 128GB micro SD card. So, you can save a lot of photos and videos without worrying about the storage.

By default, when Galaxy S5 detects a SD card, the new photos and videos will be saved to the SD card automatically instead of the phone internal storage (which is usually very limited) unless you change it.

How to  save photos to SD card on Galaxy S5?

As mentioned, after inserting the SD card, the camera app will automatically save photos and videos to the SD card. In other words, by default, you don’t need to set it up.

But sometimes, for whatever reasons, it may not work as expected.

So, you may have to manually set the photo and video storage location to save photos to SD card.

Step 1: Start Camera app.

Step 2: Tap Settings icon as shown below.

Step 3: Tap Storage location as shown below.

Current storage location for photos and videos is indicated in the icon as well. Device refers to phone internal storage. Memory card refers to micro SD card.

How_to_save_photos_to_SD_card on_Galaxy_S5

Step 4: Tap Memory card as shown above.

If you want to switch back to the internal storage, you can choose Device.

Step 5: Tap anywhere to return.

Step 6: Take photos or record videos as usual.

From now on, Galaxy S5 will save photos to the SD card unless you manually change the storage location.

Why are my photos saved to phone storage, not the SD card?

Sometimes, you may notice that Galaxy S5 saves photos to the internal storage, although you set the storage location as memory card (SD card).

When Galaxy S5 burst mode is used, the photos taken with burst mode will be always saved into the internal storage, not the SD card. This is not a bug. It is designed in this way so that burst mode works well in you Galaxy S5. You cannot change this.

Why my video quality is poor when saving to SD card?

Not all SD cards are created equal.

For micro SD  and SD cards, there is a speed rating for them.  For photos, most Class 6  is sufficient. Due to the small price difference, it is advised to get a class 10 micro SD card for your Galaxy S5.

But for full HD videos, you need a Class 10 micro SD card, preferably with a speed of 20MB/s or higher. For example, you may try this Samsung Micro SD card.

For UHD (4k) video, you need a Class 10 micro SD card with a speed of 45MB/s or higher. Otherwise, the video quality will be affected. To record UHD videos on Galaxy S5, you should get at least this SanDisk Extreme Micro SD card.

Here are some micro SD cards you may consider for your Galaxy S5.

Samsung 32GB PRO Class 10 Micro SDHC up to 90MB/s with Adapter (MB-MG32DA/AM)
Samsung 32GB PRO Class 10 Micro SDHC up to 90MB/s with Adapter (MB-MG32DA/AM)
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Can you save photos to SD card on Galaxy S5?

If you have any questions or encounter any problems to save photos to SD card on Galaxy S5 or set the storage location on Galaxy S5, please leave a comment in the comment box below.

The community will try to find a solution for you

More how-to guides, tips and tricks for using Samsung Galaxy S5 are available at Samsung Galaxy S5 how-to guides page.

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Comments

  1. Linh says

    January 15, 2015 at 3:49 am

    Recently, my pics will randomly show a gray box or band like going veritcally or horizontally across the pictures. Why is it doing this? Please help. I’ve had this phone only 2 months!

    Reply
    • simon says

      January 15, 2015 at 12:08 pm

      First, try to clean the lens cover.

      You can try to clear cache and clear data for camera app in Settings–Application Manager –All–Camera.

      You can also try other camera apps, e.g. Google camera or Camera360 to see whether you get similar problem.

      If it is a hardware issue, you have to visit local service center. It should be covered under warranty in most regions.


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  2. Joseph says

    May 3, 2017 at 5:58 pm

    When I want to save a picture like from Facebook, it didn’t store it on sd card automatically, why?

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    • simon says

      May 3, 2017 at 11:42 pm

      Because the app doesn’t support SD card. For such apps, you need to manually move the downloaded files to SD card.


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      • Janelle Leclair says

        January 21, 2018 at 5:12 pm

        How do you do this manually then?

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        • simon says

          January 22, 2018 at 12:19 am

          What exactly do you want to do?


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          • Janelle Leclair says

            January 26, 2018 at 9:31 pm

            I want to manually move my photo files (not just ones taken through the camera, and any files for that matter) from my internal storage to my SD card and I don’t see the options that were described above.

          • simon says

            January 27, 2018 at 3:08 am

            You can use My Files app to move any files.


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  3. KC says

    June 5, 2017 at 8:01 pm

    I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 & whenever I download images from MMS messages is saves it to the phone instead of my SD card. I’ve searched and searched and found no way to change this. Help?

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    • simon says

      June 6, 2017 at 1:00 am

      Media files in MMS are always saved to internal storage. This is universal for all Android phones. Got cannot change this behavior as it’s hard-coded.

      Anyway, you can always move them to SD card manually.


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  4. Jodi Glauber says

    January 12, 2018 at 3:42 pm

    My samsung microSD Card has been wiped out totally. The phone doesn’t even recognize there’s a card present. Same thing when i insert into laptop. Is there any way to recover. There are pix and videos of my dad before he passed away and of my pets before they died. Please advise.

    Reply
    • simon says

      January 13, 2018 at 2:29 pm

      It depends on how the data were wiped. Data recovery is always expensive and none can guarantee anything.

      You may check with local data recovery service providers. They can evaluate the case based on what you have.

      If you simply enabled backup in Photos app, you would never have encountered such an issue.


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  5. George Burnham says

    February 25, 2018 at 1:54 am

    My galaxy s5 doesn’t give me the option of where to store photos in the settings.It stores them in camera.I want them stored in sd card

    Reply
    • simon says

      February 25, 2018 at 2:48 am

      Can you access camera settings?


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  6. Krystal says

    February 27, 2018 at 9:41 pm

    My camera options/settings dont include a “storage” how else can i get the camera to auto store to SD?

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    • simon says

      February 28, 2018 at 10:20 am

      Is the SD card detected in My Files app? Can you share a screenshot in our Facebook page?


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  7. Jen says

    March 7, 2018 at 12:16 pm

    storage location is missing off my phone

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    • simon says

      March 7, 2018 at 11:34 pm

      Can My Files app find the attached card?


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      • susan says

        March 8, 2018 at 6:51 pm

        i have the same problem—i cannot find the storage location from the camera app, and i am able to locate and see what is on my sd card. when my sd card filled up, the phone defaulted to putting files on the internal storage and i cannot get it to go back to the sd card. cannot find anywhere that i can choose it, even if i force quit the app to “restore” it’s storage location.

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        • simon says

          March 8, 2018 at 11:39 pm

          You can power off the phone, remove the SD card. Power it on. Wait a few mins, then power it off. Now put the SD card back, and power on the phone.


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          • susan says

            March 9, 2018 at 12:41 am

            thanks simon. tried that, nothing changed. i did an online chat with VZW and they suggested changing the sim card based on some other problems. that did not fix it either. i’m at a loss as to how to get this work like it use to just a few weeks ago. if you have any other thoughts, i’m open to them.

            thanks! susan

          • simon says

            March 9, 2018 at 5:48 am

            When your insert micro SD card, do you get any notification?

            You can try to clear cache for the camera app. In settings – application manager, find camera app, then clear cache and clear data. This will reset the camera app.


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