When I first got my vibrant there was a folder option, looks like it was something from THinkfreeoffice (not sure) that allowed me to select a folder on my SD card and it would automatically create links to those documents in a folder on the home screen. I loved this because I could keep powerpoints that I frequently use as notes in a, say "my documents/powerpoints" folder on my SD card. but ever since I rooted, that folder has disappeared and I can't seem to get it back. Anyone have any clues?
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I have a 128MB SD card, and I want to put some mp3s and videos on it, but I cannot see how to store it directly to the card. I dont have an external reader writer. So far I've been saving to the PocketPC's HD, then transferring to SD. But the files I wna tto put on it are to large to fit on my HD, even temporarily.
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glassnerd
well you can get a 8-1 flash reader which read all know flash types for about 40$ but apart from that then maybe if you brows the pda when it's connected to the activesync you can get hold of the sd dir
When you have the xda connected to your pc with activesync just go to the files you wish to transfer to sd card, choose the files then right click and choose copy, you then go to "explore" in activesync, click on pocket pc then on storage card, right click then "paste"
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Thanks crusin-thru- worked like a charm.
dumber question-how do i delte stuff? I put some things on that need to leave now, and when I hit delete, it tells me the files I'm trying to axe cant be deleted. I've made sure they weren't running in any programs, in fact I closed all progrms to be sure. Tried it on and off the cradle.
Feelin' Silly
Try removing the sd card, reinserting, soft reset, then try deleting.
I used the instructions from iJimaniac to swap my storage from internal to external (love the mass storage now!) however all my apps that I originally had moved to the SD card have suddenly disappeared and now i have to remember and re-install them. I made a copy of everything under /mnt/sdcard and moved it to my external SD card before making the switch so that everything would still be linked ok. Any ideas on what went wrong? Note: i took everything on my external SD card and put it in a separate folder on my external SD card so I wouldn't lose any of that.
Well, I used a PC to copy .android_secure folder from the real external_SD to the new "fake" external_SD. If that doesn't work, I would copy back the original vold.fstab then move all apps to internal, then use modified vold.fstab and move your apps back to sd if you want. Remember to reboot after making a change. Several reboots might even be needed for all apps to show up (might want to try that before anything). Hope this helps!
Ok well the problem is apparently that the .android_secure folder on the sd card is empty. Strangely it also has no permissions and refuses to let me change it. Whenever i try to replace it with the full .android_secure folder it gives me a black screen and i have to restart. Any idea what might be wrong?
Well, it might not actually be empty, it looks empty when viewed with an android file browser, but when you look at it on a computer (might need to disable "hide protected system files" in windows folder options) you should see stuff in it. So, you need to copy the .android_secure folder FROM your REAL microSD card TO your REAL internal memory using a pc, not an android file browser. To be clear, I have figured out that android transfers the app to your sd card when you select "move to usb storage", so that can be deceiving. Your apps were on the sd card, but now you need to transfer them to your usb storage by moving the .android_secure folder. Hope you figure it out!
Ah something decided to start working again and all my apps came back! Thanks for your help!
No problem! What was probably wrong was your player was rebuilding the dalvik-cache. It sometimes takes a while I find. Glad you got it working.
I'd noticed a corrupt file was keeping my external SD from functioning correctly, so I:
took it out
inserted into my PC
deleted the file
moved everything off
formatted it
moved everything back on
put the card back in
The phone then noticed it was inserted, went through scanning, etc, so I thought I was ok. Then I went to look at my photos & they weren't there. So I looked at the storage, & it says, "insert SD card for mounting." If I take it out & re-insert it, the phone notices that it's there, & scans, etc, but I can't, for example, even create a folder w/ES File Explorer. I also can't use the phone's "erase SD card" utility.
I can read the card & move files on/off via my PC no problem. Anyone ever seen/been through something like this?
I have a galaxy S4 Sprint, and I just bought a Sony 64GB class 10 card from Amazon. I formatted it with SD Formatter (exFAT) with the program from sdcard.org.
I copied all my files over, and I had about 3GB of photos in DCIM/Camera/. Then today I tried to view my gallery but the photos didn't show up. I checked in a file manager /storage/sdcard1/DCIM/Camera/ and it said 0 files. I thought "Great, it lost the whole folder, now I'll have to copy it from my old card"
So I put in my new card into my SD card reader [microSD to SD adapter, into laptop SD slot], and I navigate to DCIM/Camera/, and on my computer, it shows 3GB worth of files in there! So I move it back to my phone, and it shows 0 files. I am 100% sure I'm in the right directory since I made a blank file in DCIM/ and it shows up on both laptop and phone.
another thing, when I try to put anything in DCIM/Camera/ it fails (file manager gives error, but terminal command "touch test-file.txt" doesn't give error, but "ls" shows no files there)
I am running the latest CM11 snapshot M3 for jfltespr [Sprint GS4]. I'm quite baffled by this. Can anybody suggest something to fix this issue? I was thinking of formatting my card to ext4, but windows doesn't support it natively [I have Linux dual boot though].
Update: since nobody suggested anything, I renamed Camera to Camera2, then created a new directory, Camera, then cut/paste all pics in Camera2 into Camera, and now I have everything back in my gallery..
Also I tried running chkdsk on the sd card, but it found no errors. I ran it twice. Anyway, not sure what happened, but hopefully it doesn't happen again.
Hi all I am using xperia xa ultra for the past one yr. Now i face an issue. Not sure if it is virus or an issue. I have some word documents, pdf files and excel sheets both in my internal storage and also in my SD card. 64 gb SD card. When I browse thro the file manager (file commander I use) all the files are viewable and It can be opened too. No problem at all. But if I connect my mobile to pc and if I open the internal or the SD card all the pdf files, Word documents, excel sheets are showing as folder. If I open the folder it says folder empty. For example if I have a pdf file like jack.pdf it is viewed as same thro file manager in mobile but it will be viewed as folder if I view it thro pc but the name ll be same as Jack.pdf but with folder icon. So why it is happening like this. Is it a virus or any other prob. How can I get rid off it. Pls help me
Sounds wonky.
Option 1: get a new SD card
Option 2: new cord
Option 3: format SD card after moving files off