[Q] HELP! Samsung Galaxy W SD Card Problem - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
First of all, I'm sorry if a similar thread as already been made but i didn't find a section for my phone nor a thread about this type of problem. I found two threads on different forums with the same identical problem but the answers were bad or some times there wouldn't be any answers at all.
So, I got a Samsung Galaxy W this Christmas and I loved it, it was fast and smooth, and still is, but i noticed that it didn't come with a SD Card and i wanted one because i noticed an option to move my apps to the SD Card instead of having them installed in my phone memory.
So, yesterday i bought a 16GB SD Card, and plugged it in my Galaxy W. All fine, it appeared in the Storage Settings, i formatted it and everything was going well, but then i started moving my apps to it and first of all, I noticed that when clicking the Manage Applications option inside the Applications Settings, and then when i clicked the tab On SD Card, the space available wasn't 16GB (or 14,XXGB it doesn't matter) but some MB's (0,94GB used and 788MB free) and i started wondering, Where are my 16GB?. Later on i also noticed that 0,94GB + 0,788GB = 1,07GB which is my USB Storage capacity. So, why is my phone installing apps to the USB Storage instead of the SD Card. I also installed ES File Explorer from the Market and when i opened the app it showed me the content of the /sdcard, inside this there is a bunch of folders (Android, LOST.DIR, bluetooth, usbStorage, external_SD, etc...) and i found a folder called external_SD and i clicked on it and it opened the files of my SD Card the real 16GB one and i know this because i had plug my SD Card in my MacBook with the adapter that came it with and i dragged a movie and some music and it was there, inside that external_SD folder which is inside of the /sdcard location in my phone. What i understood from this is that my phone is recognizing the USB Storage as the SD Card even though that my SD Card is recognized as the SD Card in the Storage Settings. Also when i plug my phone to my MacBook via USB, two drives show up, a NO NAME which contains the files from the /sdcard/ and another NO NAME which is my 16GB SD card. I'm really confused with this and i really need to move my apps to the SD Card to save space. Please, what do i need to do to solve this problem?
I took some screenshots to help you understand the issue:
Settings>Storage:
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Settings>Applications>Manage applications>On SD card:
You can see here that instead of showing the space available on my SD Card it shows the space available on the USB Storage.
More images, an example of what it looks like when i move an application to the "SD card":
Screenshots of what it looks like when i run a file explorer app, in this case, ES File Explorer:
And what's inside this strange external_sd folder inside /sdcard/ which are the files i have in my real 16GB sdcard:
A strange fact is that, when i unmount my SDCard on Settings>Storage>SD Card>Unmount and then try to access the apps or even move them to SD Card, the phone tells me that i don't have any SD Card mounted which is true. So the phone recognizes the SD Card but when the SD Card is mounted, the phone uses the USB Storage as the SD Card. This is what i think the phone is doing.
So please guys i need help.
NOTE: My phone is not rooted.
teknoplayer said:
First of all, I'm sorry if a similar thread as already been made but i didn't find a section for my phone nor a thread about this type of problem. I found two threads on different forums with the same identical problem but the answers were bad or some times there wouldn't be any answers at all.
So, I got a Samsung Galaxy W this Christmas and I loved it, it was fast and smooth, and still is, but i noticed that it didn't come with a SD Card and i wanted one because i noticed an option to move my apps to the SD Card instead of having them installed in my phone memory.
So, yesterday i bought a 16GB SD Card, and plugged it in my Galaxy W. All fine, it appeared in the Storage Settings, i formatted it and everything was going well, but then i started moving my apps to it and first of all, I noticed that when clicking the Manage Applications option inside the Applications Settings, and then when i clicked the tab On SD Card, the space available wasn't 16GB (or 14,XXGB it doesn't matter) but some MB's (0,94GB used and 788MB free) and i started wondering, Where are my 16GB?. Later on i also noticed that 0,94GB + 0,788GB = 1,07GB which is my USB Storage capacity. So, why is my phone installing apps to the USB Storage instead of the SD Card. I also installed ES File Explorer from the Market and when i opened the app it showed me the content of the /sdcard, inside this there is a bunch of folders (Android, LOST.DIR, bluetooth, usbStorage, external_SD, etc...) and i found a folder called external_SD and i clicked on it and it opened the files of my SD Card the real 16GB one and i know this because i had plug my SD Card in my MacBook with the adapter that came it with and i dragged a movie and some music and it was there, inside that external_SD folder which is inside of the /sdcard location in my phone. What i understood from this is that my phone is recognizing the USB Storage as the SD Card even though that my SD Card is recognized as the SD Card in the Storage Settings. Also when i plug my phone to my MacBook via USB, two drives show up, a NO NAME which contains the files from the /sdcard/ and another NO NAME which is my 16GB SD card. I'm really confused with this and i really need to move my apps to the SD Card to save space. Please, what do i need to do to solve this problem?
I took some screenshots to help you understand the issue:
Settings>Storage:
Settings>Applications>Manage applications>On SD card:
You can see here that instead of showing the space available on my SD Card it shows the space available on the USB Storage.
More images, an example of what it looks like when i move an application to the "SD card":
Screenshots of what it looks like when i run a file explorer app, in this case, ES File Explorer:
And what's inside this strange external_sd folder inside /sdcard/ which are the files i have in my real 16GB sdcard:
A strange fact is that, when i unmount my SDCard on Settings>Storage>SD Card>Unmount and then try to access the apps or even move them to SD Card, the phone tells me that i don't have any SD Card mounted which is true. So the phone recognizes the SD Card but when the SD Card is mounted, the phone uses the USB Storage as the SD Card. This is what i think the phone is doing.
So please guys i need help.
NOTE: My phone is not rooted.
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There is no problem. Your device has an internal SD card as well as the 16GB external SD card. When you move an app to the SD, they are being moved to your internal SD card. Plus, devices with internal SD cards do not allow you to use it's full space for app installation. e.g. A device says it has 16GB internal memory (the internal SD card), but you may just have 2GB for apps. When you mount your SD card to your PC, the internal SD card is the one which gets mounted (unless you use a hack to swap them).
Theonew said:
There is no problem. Your device has an internal SD card as well as the 16GB external SD card. When you move an app to the SD, they are being moved to your internal SD card. Plus, devices with internal SD cards do not allow you to use it's full space for app installation. e.g. A device says it has 16GB internal memory (the internal SD card), but you may just have 2GB for apps. When you mount your SD card to your PC, the internal SD card is the one which gets mounted (unless you use a hack to swap them.
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So, does that mean that i can't move apps to the external_SD? Because the Internal SD of my phone only has 1,07GB .
Plus, when i connect my phone via USB to my computer, two separate drives show up, the external SD and the internal SD.
teknoplayer said:
So, does that mean that i can't move apps to the external_SD?
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Yes, unless it is set as the default mount point.
Theonew said:
Yes, unless it is set as the default mount point.
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How do i do that? I only have 1.07GB of internal SD. And why does this happen with this phone? My friend has a Samsung Galaxy (don't remember the model) with a 16GB card and his apps go to his 16GB card.
teknoplayer said:
How do i do that? I only have 1.07GB of internal SD. And why does this happen with this phone? My friend has a Samsung Galaxy (don't remember the model) with a 16GB card and his apps go to his 16GB card.
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You'll need some hack, etc. (don't know any for your device). Maybe your friend's device does not have an internal SD card.
Theonew said:
You'll need some hack, etc. (don't know any for your device). Maybe your friend's device does not have an internal SD card.
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Wow, that sucks. How can Samsung make a cellphone with only 1.70GB of space and without the capability of moving the apps to an external SD? It doesn't make sense.
teknoplayer said:
Wow, that sucks. How can Samsung make a cellphone with only 1.70GB of space and without the capability of moving the apps to an external SD? It doesn't make sense.
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That's pretty good if you think about it. Some devices have <150MB of space and even with an external SD card (and the ability to move apps to it), the internal memory would still run out due to the small space of the app which remains on the internal memory.
Theonew said:
That's pretty good if you think about it. Some devices have <150MB of space and even with an external SD card (and the ability to move apps to it), the internal memory would still run out due to the small space of the app which remains on the internal memory.
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Yeah, but i'll have to be deleting apps each time i reach the 1.70GB.
teknoplayer said:
Yeah, but i'll have to be deleting apps each time i reach the 1.70GB.
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You could see if this could help: https://market.android.com/details?...=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwiY29tLmJ1YWsuTGluazJTRCJd.
Theonew said:
That's pretty good if you think about it. Some devices have <150MB of space and even with an external SD card (and the ability to move apps to it), the internal memory would still run out due to the small space of the app which remains on the internal memory.
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Yeah, but i'll have to be deleting apps each time i reach the 1.70GB.
I feel like returning the phone. This shouldn't happen. Having an external SD and not being capable to use it.
teknoplayer said:
Yeah, but i'll have to be deleting apps each time i reach the 1.70GB.
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You already said that .
hey i also have this phone, i'm having the same problem
Modern combat 3 automatically download data files on my external (external_sd/android/data). but all other apps/games doesn't do this thing. Even I try 'move to sd' but data files remains to internal sdcard..example is the GTA3. wondering what's with this phone
Same problem
Yeah, same i have the same phone Samsung Galaxy wonder and I bought 32gb micro SD card $75.00...really sucks finding out that the external memory card doesn't work. Whats the use of having specs showing phone is capable to have up to 32gb external memory when it doesn't even work
thanks for the info
i'm going insane trying to figure it out
because it said full when i installed new apps
but when i see from setting it still has 14 GB
still, i have to move my data manually
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Answer to your second part is you can store and restore from cwm to your external sd card. from a galaxy far far away....
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xaragen said: I thought so but then I tried mounting it and doesn't detect it. Have you done it yourself before?? Click to expand... Click to collapse Yes, that it is where all my backups are stored. I have been using the touch version of cwm and it has the option to select from external. from a galaxy far far away....
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Hi guys I am new to android and I got myself a Micromax A110 running on android ics with 2 gb of internal SD card memory... As you guys can figure, the internal memory just isn't enough for installing heavy games and storing and downloading large videos and music, so I added a 32 gb external micro SD card.. the card shows in my file manager and its contents are accessible, most apps like ttpod, ttorrent, vlc, chrome etc don't detect my external card. They only access the contents of my internal SD card, download to it.. I can't set the default directory to the external card... When I installed nfs most wanted to my phone, it asked me to free up data in my SD card or insert another one as there was no space left due to obvious reasons of my internal SD card being filled with other apps.. I uninstalled and reinstalled it after setting the default storage location to the external storage... I found that the game installed in the internal storage this time and on startup, it gave the same message.. Is it a common problem or a limitation to the OS? Is there a work around for this? If so how? Does my phone needs to be rooted for the purpose? Please help as the problem is getting annoying.. my external card is lying almost empty... Thanks in advance, Extremely sorry for the long post... Sent from my Micromax A110 using Tapatalk 2
It's because Google made the stupid decision, starting with Honeycomb (which is why the Motorola Xoom, the first Honeycomb device needed an update to enable use of it's MicroSD card slot) to merge the /data/ and /sdcard/ partitions. What that means is that the SD card becomes a virtual space (a folder, in fact) located in the same place where all your apps are stored. Why is it stupid? If you have a phone that actually has a MicroSD card slot, like yours or the Galaxy S III, the MicroSD card becomes a different "folder" (something like /sdext/, which stands for either extension or external). Only apps that specifically are programmed to look for that mount point/folder will be able to use it. Most music/video/picture players/viewers can, because it makes sense to automatically program to do that. But with large games, like you said, NFS Most Wanted (which I also have), it sucks because the game is like 2GB. My Galaxy S3 has 16GB internal and a 32GB card. I'm forced to use the internal storage only for large games because they don't see the memory card. It sucks. The good thing about merging /data/ and /sdcard/ is that it simplifies things, like on the iPhone where your space is your space, no matter how you use it. It used to be that you had like 1GB or 2GB for apps (the APK files only, not the files that games download for example) (which the HTC One X does, but still only uses internal storage because there's no card slot), and the rest went to your MicroSD card slot. Now it's all to internal storage because your internal storage IS your MicroSD card slot at system level.
Product F(RED) said: It's because Google made the stupid decision, starting with Honeycomb (which is why the Motorola Xoom, the first Honeycomb device needed an update to enable use of it's MicroSD card slot) to merge the /data/ and /sdcard/ partitions. What that means is that the SD card becomes a virtual space (a folder, in fact) located in the same place where all your apps are stored. Why is it stupid? If you have a phone that actually has a MicroSD card slot, like yours or the Galaxy S III, the MicroSD card becomes a different "folder" (something like /sdext/, which stands for either extension or external). Only apps that specifically are programmed to look for that mount point/folder will be able to use it. Most music/video/picture players/viewers can, because it makes sense to automatically program to do that. But with large games, like you said, NFS Most Wanted (which I also have), it sucks because the game is like 2GB. My Galaxy S3 has 16GB internal and a 32GB card. I'm forced to use the internal storage only for large games because they don't see the memory card. It sucks. The good thing about merging /data/ and /sdcard/ is that it simplifies things, like on the iPhone where your space is your space, no matter how you use it. It used to be that you had like 1GB or 2GB for apps (the APK files only, not the files that games download for example) (which the HTC One X does, but still only uses internal storage because there's no card slot), and the rest went to your MicroSD card slot. Now it's all to internal storage because your internal storage IS your MicroSD card slot at system level. Click to expand... Click to collapse Hey man! Thanks for the reply.... Can you tell me how to work out a solution for this? Is directory bind or fstab file hack the only solution? Is it possible to overcome this without root? And some apps do detect my Micro SD card... It is in the directory mnt/sdcard2
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Cant access internal storage
I am pulling my hair out here. I can not, no matter what I try, get access to the internal storage of my 7.2. If I put an SD card in I can see the files on that but thats it. Connecting the phone to a PC and selecting file transfer on the phone I get "The folder is empty" from windows. I have tried all sorts of File Managers on the phone and none of them can access the internal storage What the actual frick is going on!?!
Seansmit17 said: I am pulling my hair out here. I can not, no matter what I try, get access to the internal storage of my 7.2. If I put an SD card in I can see the files on that but thats it. Connecting the phone to a PC and selecting file transfer on the phone I get "The folder is empty" from windows. I have tried all sorts of File Managers on the phone and none of them can access the internal storage What the actual frick is going on!?! Click to expand... Click to collapse This is only a guess, but might help. You reference an SD card. When did your issue start? If you setup SD card to extend (act as part of) internal storage, then your comments make sense. You only see files when SD card is present because device is setup with internal storage to = true internal + SD card size. You would need to configure SD card to work in multiple devices for your SD card and internal storage to display separately. This might not be the issue you're having, but only suggestion I can provide at the moment.