I searched for this but couldn't find it. I'm using AmonRa recovery and ran a backup. I can't for the life of me figure out where it's stored on my phone though. I like to keep old backups on my PC so I don't clutter my SD card. Any idea where these backups would be?
Nandroid folder.. external or internal sd card
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Mine ended up on my external sd card in a folder called "Nandroid" when I used Amon Ra
Yeah, I'm an idiot. Thanks, guys. I was looking for backup or recovery or amonra or something. CWM usually had them in it's own folder called backup. Got it now. Thanks a bunch.
WasabiWa83 said:
Yeah, I'm an idiot. Thanks, guys. I was looking for backup or recovery or amonra or something. CWM usually had them in it's own folder called backup. Got it now. Thanks a bunch.
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Thank you for that post, my sd card was half full (mostly from making nandroids) so I searched, found your post and now my card is almost empty again. Thank you.
remmy5r said:
Thank you for that post, my sd card was half full (mostly from making nandroids) so I searched, found your post and now my card is almost empty again. Thank you.
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Haha, no problem. That was driving me crazy when we first got unlocked. I have a 32gb sdcard and I had about half of it full with nands. Now I just keep one and keep my card clean
64GB
Nandroid is why I keep hoping someone who ACTUALLY bought a 64GB Sandisk Mobile Ultra SDXC card reports back if it works in a Rezound (yes, there are threads on the topic, full of guesses and full of 'my uncles cousins nephews roommate heard of someone who did it, and it works great'). My Dinc SD card was full of ROM images and Nandroid backups, so a 64GB solution would be great ... if it works (and $150 is a little too much to spend on an experiment; at least for me).
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Nandroid is why I keep hoping someone who ACTUALLY bought a 64GB Sandisk Mobile Ultra SDXC card reports back if it works in a Rezound (yes, there are threads on the topic, full of guesses and full of 'my uncles cousins nephews roommate heard of someone who did it, and it works great'). My Dinc SD card was full of ROM images and Nandroid backups, so a 64GB solution would be great ... if it works (and $150 is a little too much to spend on an experiment; at least for me).
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Dude, I responded to you in the 64gb thread quoting several people (from said thread who posted before you did) who reported that they did it and it worked. I put one in and posted pics showing that it worked. I reported in again saying it was still working after I rooted and flashed a ROM. You should just buy the card as it seems you're not going to believe it until you see it on your own phone!
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Which micro SD card should I get for my galaxy s2?
Patriot LX Signature Flash, 32GB microSDHC Class 10 (PSF32GMCSDHC10)
This one is a very good card.
Never had any problems with Sandisk cards. I can get a class 4 32GB for less than $50 AUD which is plenty for me.
Unless you want one of their new 64GB micro-SDXC cards for ~$200 ? ;-)
Or you could fork out a bit extra for a class 10 like Tazer mentioned (around $85 AUD for me).
Like you, I faced the same problem and did a little google. I decided on a sandisk 32GB Class 4, which works like a charm. Smooth recording, etc.
A person on androidforums said a class 2 was enough though.
In the end, i guess it depends on your budget and requirements
amazing info guys thanks!
Personally i'd go with class10. Transferring files onto a class4 card is a slow process !!
we'll see where I get the most for my buck on boxing day =P
Using Samsung's 16GB Class 6 MicroSD ever since I bought my I9100. It came with a Card Reader as well. The package cost me INR 900 ($19). If you're from India, you can order it online on Homeshop18.com!
Cheers.
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Joey2o11 said:
Personally i'd go with class10. Transferring files onto a class4 card is a slow process !!
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But a lot of the user reviews of class 10 cards say they are slower on the phone than a class 4 . Thats due to poor random read write speeds .
jje
erm dont mind i ask but why do we still need a memory card when the phone already had 16gb? and is backing up to sd card better then backing up to titanium backup? And also i had seen people memory card became corrupt and they are unable to use it, how it became corrupt?
leron09 said:
erm dont mind i ask but why do we still need a memory card when the phone already had 16gb? and is backing up to sd card better then backing up to titanium backup? And also i had seen people memory card became corrupt and they are unable to use it, how it became corrupt?
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Well, some people have a really HUGE music collection. Others , like me, like to download games / try ROMs. So the space is really needed but if you can live with 16GB, good for you
What do you mean by backing up to the sd card? As in a nandroid backup?
No idea about the last question though.
because i have seen people saying that they can move their backups or even apps to their memory card, so i just wanna know is there any advantage of backing up to your memory card or cont using titanium backup to backup my stuff
You can set Titanium (and CW Recovery) to make backups to your external SD. Saves heaps of space on your internal card.
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because i have seen people saying that they can move their backups or even apps to their memory card, so i just wanna know is there any advantage of backing up to your memory card or cont using titanium backup to backup my stuff
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MistahBungle said:
You can set Titanium (and CW Recovery) to make backups to your external SD. Saves heaps of space on your internal card.
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hey bro so u know anything about corrupt memory card? how it becomes corrupt and how to restore it back to normal to use it again?
leron09 said:
hey bro so u know anything about corrupt memory card? how it becomes corrupt and how to restore it back to normal to use it again?
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Format .
jje
I don't know why memory cards sometimes become corrupt. That's never happened to me before
Maybe you could put it in your PC and run Windoze checkdisk on it (if you have a card reader) ? Windoze might (probably a long shot) be able to fix errors on the card.
If I had a situation where a card was giving me problems, I'd probably buy a new card rather than mess around with it. I realise that doesn't help you if you've got a lot of stuff on the card you'll probably lose tho
A good thing to do is to keep a copy of all the stuff on your external SD card on your PC just in case it goes bad (as well as copies of your EFS, Titanium & Nandroid backups), that way you wont lose everything if the card dies.
leron09 said:
hey bro so u know anything about corrupt memory card? how it becomes corrupt and how to restore it back to normal to use it again?
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sry for the noob question but can anyone tell me if what i had written down is correct?
undervolting meaning i can make my battery life last long?
overclocking meaning i can make my phone more faster but also drain my battery faster?
if i'm correct can someone please link me to a guide or page where i can see how i can undervolt my phone? i had already root my phone and try out quite some of different roms and kernel. current i'm using Galaxyzero rom and phenomenal kernel but my battery life still drain out quite fast. from a 100% charge to less then 10% took me just less then 14hours. so please i really do need some help out there. thx to whoever is able to help me?
Please don't ask the exact same question word for word in multiple threads
leron09 said:
sry for the noob question but can anyone tell me if what i had written down is correct?
undervolting meaning i can make my battery life last long?
overclocking meaning i can make my phone more faster but also drain my battery faster?
if i'm correct can someone please link me to a guide or page where i can see how i can undervolt my phone? i had already root my phone and try out quite some of different roms and kernel. current i'm using Galaxyzero rom and phenomenal kernel but my battery life still drain out quite fast. from a 100% charge to less then 10% took me just less then 14hours. so please i really do need some help out there. thx to whoever is able to help me?
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Let me start out by saying that I have searched for any threads that have covered this, and have come up empty.
This has happened twice to me in the last two months. Running task650's V.9, which is an awesome ROM. I've got a Lexar Class 10 32gb card. Twice in two months have I booted up and the media scanner would show a broken sd card notice. I tried booting the phone without the card, and then re-installed the card. Same notice of bad sd card on boot.
At this point I took the card and stuck it in a laptop, which generated a "can not open due to corrupt or unreadable file" and "reformat drive" or something like that. I was forced to format, losing photos, vids, and TiBu folder. I synced to Dropbox and got the backup folder re-installed.
Any ideas about what could have corrupted the card? I suppose the card could be damaged. I paid good bucks, as it is not a low end card. Replace the card? Any guidance would be appreciated.
I have a Lexar Class 10 32GB card. Same issue, after first time reformatted and same thing happened a week or two later.
I did an RMA with Lexar, think there is a 1 year warranty. Got a new card, been working fine the past several months.
Ok. Thanks for the input. I've got a Kingston Class 10 on the way.
I was hoping it wasn't in the phone hardware.
Thanks, I just reminded myself to do a backup of that card itself to my PC.
Sorry to hear about your problem though.
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LiLChris06 said:
Thanks, I just reminded myself to do a backup of that card itself to my PC.
Sorry to hear about your problem though.
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Looks like I will be starting practice myself
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This just happened to me two days ago. Lost some pics that was about it. Pissed me off because they were of my son and you'll never get those moment back but too late now. Always backup!!
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This just happened to me two days ago. Lost some pics that was about it. Pissed me off because they were of my son and you'll never get those moment back but too late now. Always backup!!
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Yeah, I lost some New Years day photos and vids with my wife. I'll NEVER find her in that good of a mood again!
It makes me wonder about my decision to place my TiBu folder on the external card, along with Nandroid backups. True, it syncs to Drop Box for TiBu but do I need the extra headache of wondering if my card is going to get smoked again? I suppose I should be backing it all up to pc..
I'm not sure but it seems to be a problem with the phone and class 10 cards.
My first one was a 16gb class 10 micro sd that one day just decided to stop working (lasted a month or so). Couldn't access it via the phone or PC.
So I went out and got a 32gb class 10 and after a month or so again it stopped working
Knowing this I refused to buy a class 10 card again. I went to Walmart and got the cheapest 32gb micro sd (Sandisk class 4) and so far so good. no problems at all
Lost everything I had too on the first 2 cards so learned the hard way to do backups to my PC.
Not the class, it's probably the brand. Some brands have terrible quality control, especially if you go for a cheaper one. I have one from Amazon Basic and it works just fine. My brother uses one from SanDisk with zero problem.
Class 10 is also newer. The technology to manufacture these is not that old. I suspect some manufacturers still need to refine their process.
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me too
Posted this on similar thread here, but want to make sure people know it's a problem:
Got a similar problem here.
Transcend Class 10 32GB Card
Works in PC, HTC Desire - no probs.
Put in Galaxy S2, it starts Media Scanning, a few seconds later reports SD Card Damaged, requires formatting.
It's right - take it back out (again, umpteenth time!), put it in PC or HTC - card is "damaged". (Nothing permanent, can reformat.)
Samsung support claim to not know anything - mind you they "play dumb" about the camera "pink spot" issue, until you challenge them to get real...
Oh, dear!
Brian
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I thought my Galaxy was shagging the Card - but it could be a Fake
Testing now with H2testw (also visual clues available) see
YouTube video watch?v=ePdITNObDYE
Hope this helps
Brian
Buy a 500gb external hard drive for like 50 bucks they're cheap now. Backup everything to it once a week. Never lose data. Profit.
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Sounds like a brand issue, but have you ever tried checking the drive for errors?
Given that even your PC gives you a "damaged" message, it may not work. Once inserted, go to "My Computer," get to properties, and check for errors (enable the "automatically fix file system errors" option). In the past, this has corrected "corrupted" SD cards for me.
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Let me start out by saying that I have searched for any threads that have covered this, and have come up empty.
This has happened twice to me in the last two months. Running task650's V.9, which is an awesome ROM. I've got a Lexar Class 10 32gb card. Twice in two months have I booted up and the media scanner would show a broken sd card notice. I tried booting the phone without the card, and then re-installed the card. Same notice of bad sd card on boot.
At this point I took the card and stuck it in a laptop, which generated a "can not open due to corrupt or unreadable file" and "reformat drive" or something like that. I was forced to format, losing photos, vids, and TiBu folder. I synced to Dropbox and got the backup folder re-installed.
Any ideas about what could have corrupted the card? I suppose the card could be damaged. I paid good bucks, as it is not a low end card. Replace the card? Any guidance would be appreciated.
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The only corruptions I have experienced on this phone were when using MTP to transfer files from the PC. Since I stopped using MTP and use only USB Storage mounting, I have not had any more problems.
I've actually experienced this twice. Both times flashing to AOKP. I'm not blaming AOKP but just saying. The first time even my PC wouldn't read it and it needed to be reformatted. The second time my pc could read it and after nandroiding back to shostock2 it was fine.
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Hello everyone, I seem to keep having an issue with my desktop (no sure if that is the right word to describe the main pages where you icons and widgets are) icons will change to images of the android guy. It seems to happen randomly and frequently when I reboot my phone. It never happened on stock but I am currently running Team Perfection's Objection #2 with its RC1. I have flashed it twice and still have the same problem. Both times I flashed, I did a clean install. I flashed the dalviek cache, wiped the partition, fixed permissions...... This issue has also come when I tried Goldie 5 rom also. So far to remedy the problem, I delete all the icons and then I add the shortcuts back. Not a deal breaker, just annoying and I am curious as to why. I have tried searching on the web and in the forums here but having no luck. I think it may be the way I'm typing in the search. Any help or suggestions will be much appreciated. I have included a screenshot of my issue.
p.s. this is my first question post so please tell me if I need and how to improve my posting skills.
Go into settings/applications, and move the apps from sdcard to phone.
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They will show like this when the OS has lost connection with your sd card. You can.go thru setting unmount and then remount your sd card and they should show up. Not to be a doomsayer, but there is a possibility that your sd card is getting ready to go out on you. Mine exhibited the same thing and then died 2 weeks later.
Cosmo D from outer space!
I came to rock the human race!
I can't seem to thank either of your guys posts. I just wanted to say thanks for both suggestions. Totally makes sense, kicking my self for not thinking of it. This is why I love this site and flashing roms. Thanks to both of you again!
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They will show like this when the OS has lost connection with your sd card. You can.go thru setting unmount and then remount your sd card and they should show up. Not to be a doomsayer, but there is a possibility that your sd card is getting ready to go out on you. Mine exhibited the same thing and then died 2 weeks later.
Cosmo D from outer space!
I came to rock the human race!
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Please dont say that! This has been happening to me too, and I figured it was because the apps were on the SD card....so if the card dies, I will loose everything wont i?
Unmounting the SD card and remounting didn't work but moving the apps back to the phone worked. I may invest in a new sd card with a higher class. I am currently using a san disk 4 class. I want to keep my apps on the sd card because the partition seem so small on the phone and I find it easier for backing up purposes.
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Please dont say that! This has been happening to me too, and I figured it was because the apps were on the SD card....so if the card dies, I will loose everything wont i?
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Not saying it is absolutely going to happen, but that is what happened to me. New card, no crazy icons.
Would at least back up everything important from the sd card.
Cosmo D from outer space!
I came to rock the human race!
This has happened to me as well. I just go into app manager and clear the ram then all my icons return.
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Please dont say that! This has been happening to me too, and I figured it was because the apps were on the SD card....so if the card dies, I will loose everything wont i?
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I mean its possible. I learned from loosing over 500 pictures and videos how important it is to back up SD cards. There are many apps that can back it up for you. I personally use Google+ for backing up pictures and videos only when connected to a charger.
When my SD crapped out, it put my phone into a boot loop, which made me panic since I was an avid flasher on my atrix. Not sure every SD card acts that way. Of course, once removed, phone booted up normally
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ILuvRice said:
Unmounting the SD card and remounting didn't work but moving the apps back to the phone worked. I may invest in a new sd card with a higher class. I am currently using a san disk 4 class. I want to keep my apps on the sd card because the partition seem so small on the phone and I find it easier for backing up purposes.
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This phone has almost 2GB of storage memory for apps. And that is about the most I have seen for about any phone. So if you are using it up you must have alot of apps. Maybe too many as the phone is having issues keeping them alll in memory. Had similiar issues to this on previous phones when they were simply over loaded.
Also, I don't believe it is your SD card going bad. The phone doesn't save/move apps to your external (physical) sd card. It saves them to the built in internal/usb memory which is about 11GB. Even the EA/Gameloft extra downloads are saved on the internal/usb memory. You can connect your phone to your computer and see this. However when you unmout the external sd card the apps disappear. So how the 2 are linked is unknown to me. But that link may be the issue.
Got a 32 gb card just to be safe. I need a larger card anyway so I'll throw this older one on my camera. LOL
Thanks for saving me time
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This has happened to me as well. I just go into app manager and clear the ram then all my icons return.
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Thanks for the simple but effective tip. Don't know why I spend hours reading the non-geek forums, xda is the only one that has real, expert answers. Rather than "well if u press vol sideways and spin around three times while chanting gnusmas " or something like that.
Alright guys, I noticed today that my Titanium Backups aren't on my mount/extsd storage, and I tried to change the backup location under preferences, but it wouldn't allow me. While checking my sd card I noticed the only file stored on it is my pictures? I tried downloading apps to sd in an attempt to move titanium backup, and that's when I realized I have a serious issue I believe. I was given a message when apps to sd opened that said, "this device does not have a real primary external storage, or the primary external storage is emulated"? Whatever the hell that means by emulated I don't know? The sd card was working in the last phone I used it in.
Biggest problem is that I'm rooted, so I can't return it under warranty! At least I can't to my knowledge. I'm in serious need of some help here, I purchased the phone at the T mobile retail store, so I don't know if I can sneak it past them somehow, or if I should maybe just (it hurts to say it) brick it on purpose, and pull the old" it just shut off and wouldn't turn back on" routine?
Please guys, any and all advice will be much appreciated!
Before doing anything drastic, have you thought about maybe reformatting the SD card first? If that doesn't work then try another SD card (they do go bad you know). It sounds like something that should be easy to fix. Whatever you do please don't brick it on purpose. It's not anyone's fault that your device is now acting up after rooting it. At least do them a solid and ODIN back to stock, then try to return it if that's the case.
Hi,
You should read this thread. It should shed some light on your external SD card problem and provide a couple of methods to get around it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672507
Glasairmell
Paging Dr B said:
Before doing anything drastic, have you thought about maybe reformatting the SD card first? If that doesn't work then try another SD card (they do go bad you know). It sounds like something that should be easy to fix. Whatever you do please don't brick it on purpose. It's not anyone's fault that your device is now acting up after rooting it. At least do them a solid and ODIN back to stock, then try to return it if that's the case.
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Yes I did format it to no avail, and I'm headed home soon where I'll try a different sd card. I don't want to brick the device, and I've had to unroot and return a phone before because of a hardware issue with the screen that wasn't my fault. The problem with doing that in this situation is that I don't believe there's a way to unroot it and go back to the stock recovery or reset the binary flash counter. As far as you saying it's not anyone's fault, it sure is my friend and it's not mine! I had a Galaxy s4g that wouldn't read an sd card two days after I got it & I had to return it. So, as far as being no one's fault, not true... It would be Samsungs fault, and rooting it had nothing to do with it. If I broke a device because of my own foolishness or stupidity, I would ABSOLUTELY NEVER try to exchange it! The entire basis of my spirituality is based on karma and I would suck it up & pay for my mistake but maintain my peace of mind. This however, I am not at fault for, and I shouldn't be responsible for faulty hardware just because I obtained root access.
This is a good read on the external SD card permission problems on the Samsung S3
http://www.chainfire.eu/articles/113/Is_Google_blocking_apps_writing_to_SD_cards_/
and this is one way to get around it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
Glasairmell said:
This is a good read on the external SD card permission problems on the Samsung S3
http://www.chainfire.eu/articles/113/Is_Google_blocking_apps_writing_to_SD_cards_/
and this is one way to get around it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
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Okay I've read the links and this is very odd??? I need to hear from someone with the gs3 that they've also discover that they're phone recognizes & reads the sd card, but will not allow apps to write to it. PLEASE, someone check this and help me out here!
I REALLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF ALL Gs3's DO THIS, OR IF I NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RETURN TO STOCK & EXCHANGE IT?
Sorry for the frustration, but I just spent a heck of a lot of money here, and this is a very aggravating problem....
My TB backs up to the ext SD. I had the same problem you did. Too bad I can't actually remember what I did. :crying:
When you go into TB and try to select storage location...nothing comes up but the internal?
I think I manually moved the TB folder from the internal to the external...then went back into TB to select the location...then selected the Detect button...and it came up with a list of folders that I could choose.
It went something like that. Hope that sheds some light...(sorry I cant remember exactly)
FYI...the ext SD folder is under mnt/extSD...or something like that.
I forget to mention something else guys. I am able to copy & paste my Titanium Backups as well as any other files to the sd card. So, the phone recognizes it, and it will write to external sd if I manually copy things there, but it will not allow any third party apps to write to external sd? I also cannot move apps to the sd card? This is a HUGE pain in the ass! I bought the 16gb model because that's all the retailer I my area had, so the sd card is a necessity for me. If I'm downloading torrents or other large files this could be a problem. I'm really wondering if this isn't just my phone?
It'd be great if someone here with the skills could port this mod for us.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433436
It basically makes the phone think that the external is the internal...and all files downloaded from the browsers or whatever app that doesn't allow sd access...to go directly to external.
SiNJiN76 said:
My TB backs up to the ext SD. I had the same problem you did. Too bad I can't actually remember what I did. :crying:
When you go into TB and try to select storage location...nothing comes up but the internal?
I think I manually moved the TB folder from the internal to the external...then went back into TB to select the location...then selected the Detect button...and it came up with a list of folders that I could choose.
It went something like that. Hope that sheds some light...(sorry I cant remember exactly)
FYI...the ext SD folder is under mnt/extSD...or something like that.
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Sorry nothing! THANK YOU! I was like 3/4 of the way to that idea, I had already copied the file, but I was just thinking maybe if I deleted the internal file, maybe now it will follow the one I copied to the mount/extsdstorage? I can't thank you enough for just confirming that this isn't a problem specific to my model. I think that this problem should be explained to everyone & stickied. This is a seriously confusing situation. Ppl who don't root or come to XDA won't have any idea why they're music, videos, or anything from third party apps aren't going to their sd cards? Some ppl may not even realize it? I don't know if it's been mentioned in another thread here yet, but I couldn't find anything in our forums about it, and I've been trying to figure out what was going on all day. I still don't understand what the hell it meant about emulated storage?
SiNJiN76 said:
It'd be great if someone here with the skills could port this mod for us.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433436
It basically makes the phone think that the external is the internal...and all files downloaded from the browsers or whatever app that doesn't allow sd access...to go directly to external.
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Is this already a widely recognized problem and I'm just late to the freaking party or what? Because I do follow threads, search the forums, and read, and I've never heard of this before... I hope they have this error fixed in roms.
I REALLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF ALL Gs3's DO THIS,
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All stock Samsung Galaxies S3 do this. Google in their infinite wisdom is locking down apps so they can not write to an external card that can infect other devices.
Problem is we all want more control with our external cards and there are a lot of unhappy campers with this new "feature". Gamers are especially concerned because they can not install their games to the external card to free up more space.
This is a real strong reason to buy the 32gb model and not the 16gb. One could take the stance that they are forcing us to pay a higher premium for our storage when we purchase the phone.
As I said you can do the work around with directory bind until:
1. A dev comes up with a a patch
2. You install a custom Rom like Cm9 that has patched out this security policy.
Never mind... Now that I'm using better keywords to describe the problem, and searching outside of just the US variants forum, I'm finding threads... I feel like an idiot now! Some folks are talking as if this is better? I don't see it though. I did a nandroid after root, and it only left me with around 8gb or so with my apps installed. I know its faster memory than an sd card, but it's kind of a pain. I hope I never need to download anything bigger than 8gb... Doubtful ill need my phone for anything that big though.
Sorry for freaking out and making a big deal out of this issue, but I thought my device was defective, and I wasn't using good search terms. I should have been able to figure this out without cluttering things with a two Page thread.
Glasairmell said:
All stock Samsung Galaxies S3 do this. Google in their infinite wisdom is locking down apps so they can not write to an external card that can infect other devices.
Problem is we all want more control with our external cards and there are a lot of unhappy campers with this new "feature". Gamers are especially concerned because they can not install their games to the external card to free up more space.
This is a real strong reason to buy the 32gb model and not the 16gb. One could take the stance that they are forcing us to pay a higher premium for our storage when we purchase the phone.
As I said you can do the work around with directory bind until:
1. A dev comes up with a a patch
2. You install a custom Rom like Cm9 that has patched out this security policy.
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Yes, I really wish I could take it back and pay the difference for the 32gb, but with being rooted its really not feasible. I was browsing XDA on my phone also, and I didn't even catch the link in your first post, I was only reading the links I your second post, lol. I really feel like a dummy here since my question was almost immediately answered. Also, the browser can act a little wonky sometimes on XDA. As soon as I made it home to my desktop, I was looking over the thread & knocking my forehead against the screen!
Yeah...but if someone could modify that script for our phones...(I personally use it on my Transformer...and til this day...has been perfect.) :angel:
Sorry for freaking out and making a big deal out of this issue,
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Actually you are bringing up a valid concern and one of the first to do it in this section of the US version of the S3, my hat off to you!
It would be good idea to have a stickied thread in general that addresses this. That way ppl will be well aware of how to work around it. And yes, a patch for this would be great, because some may prefer things this way, and alot will prefer the previous standards. I for one don't like this one bit!
Put a stock rom on it and go into the store. Tell them you're having issues, they can order one on their end and send it out to you.
I would know. I worked there.
I'm sorry if I missed this in the million of threads I've read over the last week, and I'm pretty sure I haven't so just a quick question:
Is anyone else having problems doing a nandroid backup on their SD card? I have a (sort of) brand new one I got last year for my old phone, but never used and when I got my S4 a month ago, I wanted to start fresh (kept old SD card if I needed pics/videos etc from it) and use the one I had last year that had NEVER been used yet (since of course, phone doesn't come with one anymore these days).
The 4 times I've attempted to backup on SD card, It fails at the end. Always successful on phone memory backup though. I have yet to test another SD card to see if somehow mine is bad. (holding on spending money if I'm not alone here).
Also wanted to ask this to see if maybe it's TWRP's latest (2.5.0.2) recovery so if it's that, I can let them know. I had CWM on here also, But unfortunately I can't remember if it was successful on that either (I don't think it was, which is now making me thing it might actually be the SD card, which sucks cause it has been never used)
Much appreciated thanks! If I missed any information on this, ask away!
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What kind of card is it?
I would try cwm. Pretty much no issues with it.
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twiz0r said:
What kind of card is it?
I would try cwm. Pretty much no issues with it.
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16gb..just says mirco sd HC on the front
i hate cwm cause i have to use the damn volume keys lol twrp is sooo much more convenient