I am having difficulty accessing external storage connected via USB, micro SD card or the SD card in the keyboard. If I use the built in app FILE MANAGER, I have no problems. If I try and use ASTRO or GHOST COMMANDER I can NOT see these external storage media.
The path for the MicroSD card shows /Removable/MicroSD/ when I use FILE MANAGER.
If I use the program WiFi File Explorer PRO I can access all storage media.
Is this because ROOT is needed?
Is there a setting that I need to configure somewhere?
Is this a limitation of Honeycomb and ICS?
Are ALL apps (except FILE MANAGER) blocked from accessing external storage?
Have I overlooked something very simple?
Thanks for your help.
joepic said:
I am having difficulty accessing external storage connected via USB, micro SD card or the SD card in the keyboard. If I use the built in app FILE MANAGER, I have no problems. If I try and use ASTRO or GHOST COMMANDER I can NOT see these external storage media.
The path for the MicroSD card shows /Removable/MicroSD/ when I use FILE MANAGER.
If I use the program WiFi File Explorer PRO I can access all storage media.
Is this because ROOT is needed?
Is there a setting that I need to configure somewhere?
Is this a limitation of Honeycomb and ICS?
Are ALL apps (except FILE MANAGER) blocked from accessing external storage?
Have I overlooked something very simple?
Thanks for your help.
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I think its how the later versions of honeycomb did the memory grouping. as you know without a memory card inserted, the normal internal and external memory is all merged together to make more room. there was initial complaints of how storage for apps n games was only limited to 1gb or less. that's why apps came out and features that allowed you to move the bulk of the app to SD card. now honeycomb or even previous android versions has upped that one and busted merged all of internal and external memory together. so you would have full access to memory storage needed. like you could literally waste up all of storage with apps n games if you wanted.
now as far as the issue with memory card goes, those other apps are having a hard time distinguishing the merged internal/external memory with the SD card external memory. of course Asus optimized its built in file manager to distinguish the difference. I think these other file explorer apps either need updating, root access, or maybe a change in the settings somewhere to be able to distinguish the difference and allow you to see the SD card.
I would still think with good searching, the SD card could be found within those other apps. just the same path taken with the stock app might be different for the 3rd party ones. have you tried ES explorer or Root exploerer to see if it shows in those? both are free in marketplace.
good thread though as I plan to get a memory card also asap. post back if those other apps could see it or not. maybe enable the settings to show all files/hidden files n it might pop up then.
Astro works fine if you navigate to / then removable and then microsd
Es won't work because it won't let you navigate to / which is an issue with the app not anything related to root.
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The easy way
I using Astro, i loved, but in the way to get it work righ you have to do this:
Go to >preferences>Directory Options>Removable Storage and change SD Card directory to (/Removable/MicroSD) and USB Directory to (/Removable/USBdisk1
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adiliyo said:
Astro works fine if you navigate to / then removable and then microsd
Es won't work because it won't let you navigate to / which is an issue with the app not anything related to root.
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It is possible to navigate in Es by setting the home directory in settings to .. (dot dot). You can then see Removable in the listing.
adiliyo said:
Es won't work because it won't let you navigate to /
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Just enable "Up to Root" in the settings menu. From there you can navigate anywhere.
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I am having an issue with my SD card
If i attempt to move a file from the Internal storage to the external storage it will not move and if it does it ends up not working.
I can intermittently save files from the browser to the SD card but most of the time it fails. I have tried to use Boat Browser and the stock browser
Any Suggestions or is this happening to anyone else
It's an sdcard permissions issue, my galaxy 7 plus had it. I know my note 2 has it as well. Since we are on JB I believe you can use the fix for the s3 (on JB) for the note 2. I have not gotten around to doing the fix for it yet, but you need to be rooted to do it.
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I am rooted what's the fix
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I tried to move a movie from internal to external after it failed this is what got moved to external
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You might have to do what I did.
First backup any data from the SD card to your PC if you need it.
Then with the card in the Note 2, go to settings, storage, and format the card.
Once that's done, copy the data back from the PC to the card.
That's what I did when I got it then I formatted my SD card through my PC with fat 32 and same problem
angelino0919 said:
I am rooted what's the fix
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I tried to move a movie from internal to external after it failed this is what got moved to external
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You should be able to move and delete files by using the my files apps that samsung installed on the note 2.. if so it's a permissions problem (I know it is for me, but I'm being too lazy to fix it at the moment). Back your /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml file in root explorer first just in case...
Here's the fix I used on my galaxy tab 7 plus.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20869996&postcount=7
thaloneus said:
I can't post a link to the original post on another forum that worked for me so I will quote it:
Simple solution for external sdcard write access on Android 3.2...if you're rooted
I've found a simple solution for gaining write access to the external sdcard (/mnt/sdcard2) on Android 3.2. The sdcard is mounted r/w, but the owning group is media_rw which is linked to the WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE permission. Unfortunately, this permission was not required for access to the external sdcard prior to 3.2 so most file management utilities do not request it when they run...meaning they only have read access to the card.
The simple solution, if you're rooted, is as follows:
1. Using a root-enabled file manager, navigate to /system/etc/permissions and make sure you have mounted the file system r/w.
2. Edit platform.xml and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
3. Add an additional group definition for this permission...<group gid="media_rw" />
4. Save the changes to the file.
5. Restart your tablet.
After this change, any apps that request the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission (which includes almost anything that access either of the sdcards) will gain group membership in both sdcard_rw AND media_rw, giving them r/w access to both sdcard filesystems.
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The problem is very strange I can sometimes move files to the SD card but most times I cant. When I try to move larger files it almost always fails or it moves and then the file name changes to that gibbirish in the picture above. I set the download directory in the browser to the extsd card and it will save small files like pictures but when I try to download anything large it fails and says there insufficient space.
angelino0919 said:
The problem is very strange I can sometimes move files to the SD card but most times I cant. When I try to move larger files it almost always fails or it moves and then the file name changes to that gibbirish in the picture above. I set the download directory in the browser to the extsd card and it will save small files like pictures but when I try to download anything large it fails and says there insufficient space.
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How big are these files? Fat32 has a file size limit of 4GB if the file is bigger than that it will not work. If you need above 4GB file size support reformat the microsd card exfat.
The files are movies between 700mb and 1.6 GB and once I was able to move a 700mb movie and later that night I moved some music over and while I was watching the movie the music started playing and the movie wouldn't.
angelino0919 said:
The files are movies between 700mb and 1.6 GB and once I was able to move a 700mb movie and later that night I moved some music over and while I was watching the movie the music started playing and the movie wouldn't.
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have you tried using the stock my files app?
i've found it to be the best file browser for moving files
on my tabs,phones, etc,root explorer, es, etc all give me issues when moving files from internal to external, etc.
Any idea why the browser (both the stock and boat browser) won't allow me to save to the SD card
angelino0919 said:
Any idea why the browser (both the stock and boat browser) won't allow me to save to the SD card
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No app other than the My Files app will work untill you change the permissions on the external sdcard aka your microsd card.
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It lets me save some files but not all files
okay...
I have dropbox and love it (50GB free) :woohoo:
On JB roms I can't export to external SD card (I can export to internal but I prefer to use external for DB)
on GB rom the path for external SD card is accessed within internal SD card i.e. sdcard/extsdcard/ (or something similar)
So, is there anyway to get Dropbox to see external SD card on JB?? (NB, it does see folders if you create new folder from within the app, but it doesn't see any other folders [apart from clockworkmod for some reason])
-=or=- is there a way to change the JB path for ext sdcard to be accessed from within the internal storage??
PS - I do just manually move things from internal to external... but I'm not getting any younger doing it
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Sending...
I have the same problem with Galaxy Note N7000. Any idea how to fix it, maybe link external_sd to /extSdCard?
Btw you can use Astro File Manager. It can access both sd card and dropbox as folders and simple copy/paste will work. Just tested
King_Rat said:
On JB roms I can't export to external SD card (I can export to internal but I prefer to use external for DB)
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So, is there anyway to get Dropbox to see external SD card on JB?? (NB, it does see folders if you create new folder from within the app, but it doesn't see any other folders
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I dunno... Could it be related to a specific ROM? I have no problem at all accessing both int and ext SD cards from Dropbox "export" function (they are listed as internal storage and SD card respectively), and can see all folders on either storage. Running Disaster v.10 (stock-based LSD).
Look at dropsync ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/...e=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=dropsync) I think it does what your after.
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I'm using rooted stock JB firmware and this is what I see......
I choose the option to export....
And get this screen.....
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Then I choose SD Card
And get this screen....
Internal storage speaks for itself, SD card IS my removable micro SD card (with all the files and folders that I know are on it).....
Edit.....just an idea.....
Did you install dropbox before you put your card in the phone? If you did, dropbox might have configured itself based on the available storage options at the time......try clearing dropbox's data, or deleting and re installing the app to see if that helps......
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I have the EXACT same problem. Unistalled and reinstalled, did not work. I also recently had most of my SD contents corrupted-no idea why. Now it seems I have multiple directories that link to the external SD card. Frustrating--why did this happen?
keithross39 said:
I'm using rooted stock JB firmware and this is what I see......
I choose the option to export....
And get this screen.....
View attachment 1854209
Then I choose SD Card
And get this screen....
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Internal storage speaks for itself, SD card IS my removable micro SD card (with all the files and folders that I know are on it).....
Edit.....just an idea.....
Did you install dropbox before you put your card in the phone? If you did, dropbox might have configured itself based on the available storage options at the time......try clearing dropbox's data, or deleting and re installing the app to see if that helps......
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Fixed the issue in my device. Multiple directories for my external SD card. Dropbox was choosing one called extsdcard but it wasn't really the external so I renamed that folder. It then chose the real external SD card. Now I am able to export to it correctly.
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I'm having the same problem, i can't see the external sd in dropbox export options. I'm currently using Neatrom lite 4.6.1 with latest Dorimanx kernel... please help
So, Moto E has some 4 gig of internal memory and around 2 gigs is for user use, most of it gets consumed when you install everything you need as not all apps can be moved to SD card. This itself is not big problem to me but I've noticed that applications like ''Airdroid'' detect internal memory as SD card and do not detect external SD card at all when tried to change that from settings.
This phone does not come with USB data cable/connector so being able to transfer files on Wifi is important function and I rely on it quite often. Small files do ok, but whenever I try to transfer file exceeding the free internal space it gives me error ''not enough space''. I've 16 gigs SD card so I would like it to be used by Airdroid directly, if that is possible.
Anyone?
root required
.glen said:
So, Moto E has some 4 gig of internal memory and around 2 gigs is for user use, most of it gets consumed when you install everything you need as not all apps can be moved to SD card. This itself is not big problem to me but I've noticed that applications like ''Airdroid'' detect internal memory as SD card and do not detect external SD card at all when tried to change that from settings.
This phone does not come with USB data cable/connector so being able to transfer files on Wifi is important function and I rely on it quite often. Small files do ok, but whenever I try to transfer file exceeding the free internal space it gives me error ''not enough space''. I've 16 gigs SD card so I would like it to be used by Airdroid directly, if that is possible.
Anyone?
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Not without rooting. If you root, you can mount the folder where airdroid stores its data to external sd using foldermount or other similar app
sarthak96 said:
Not without rooting. If you root, you can mount the folder where airdroid stores its data to external sd using foldermount or other similar app
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I've very little to no knowledge about that, so is there anything like ''guide/how to'' lying around simple enough for newbie to understand?
Also, by rooting, you mean formatting the whole thing or something? And will it void the warranty?
.glen said:
I've very little to no knowledge about that, so is there anything like ''guide/how to'' lying around simple enough for newbie to understand?
Also, by rooting, you mean formatting the whole thing or something? And will it void the warranty?
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yes warranty is void and phone will format on rooting first time.
Gogeta said:
yes warranty is void and phone will format on rooting first time.
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My my, looks like this is not quite my cup of tea, I may try it in 6-7 months down the line though.
Thank you very much for clearing that up ^^
.glen said:
So, Moto E has some 4 gig of internal memory and around 2 gigs is for user use, most of it gets consumed when you install everything you need as not all apps can be moved to SD card. This itself is not big problem to me but I've noticed that applications like ''Airdroid'' detect internal memory as SD card and do not detect external SD card at all when tried to change that from settings.
This phone does not come with USB data cable/connector so being able to transfer files on Wifi is important function and I rely on it quite often. Small files do ok, but whenever I try to transfer file exceeding the free internal space it gives me error ''not enough space''. I've 16 gigs SD card so I would like it to be used by Airdroid directly, if that is possible.
Anyone?
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Hi, I am from AirDroid Team. We appreciate your feedback, and here's our solution to your problem.
How to set external SD card if it is not detected?
If the externalSD card is not detected, you may set it manually:
1. Sign in to web.airdroid.com (Quick Guide).
2. Open Files, click Add external SD card on the left panel:
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3. Click the pull-down menu:
4. Choose the external SD card path of your device, and click OK:
You’ll see a new folder External SD added in the left panel:
How to delete external SD card?
You can delete the external SD card anytime:
1. Hover the mouse on External SD and click X:
2. Click OK and the external SD card path will be deleted:
What’s the external SD card path of my device?
The external SD card path may vary by devices. Here are some possible pathes:
/mnt/sdcard/external_sd
/mnt/emmc
/mnt/extSdCard
/mnt/sdcard-ext
/mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD
/HWUserData
/mnt/extsd
/mnt/sdcard/extStorages/SdCard
/mnt/external_sd
/mnt/sdcard2
/Removable/MicroSD
/mnt/sdcard/ext_sd
/data/sdext2
/mnt/ext_card
/mnt/external1
/mnt/flash
/LocalDisk
/sdcard/sd
/mnt/sdcard/tflash
/mnt/nand
/mnt/extern_sd
/mnt/sdcard/sdcard2
/mnt/sdcard/removable_sdcard
/mnt/sdcard/external_sdcard
/mnt/sdcard/sdcard1
/mnt/ext_sdcard
/Removable/SD
/mnt/sdcard/SD_CARD
/mnt/ext_sd
/mnt/external_sdcard
/FAT
/storage/extSdCard
I hope this article will help you. If you have any more questions, please post in AirDroid Sub Forum. http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/airdroid
I am notified by a few programs that I should move certain apps to my card. I go to storage and there is no place to click to move to SD card.
patrick73csun said:
I am notified by a few programs that I should move certain apps to my card. I go to storage and there is no place to click to move to SD card.
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Well first are you rooted or no?
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I am not rooted. Trying not to yet. Just got it and pretty happy with everything except for the SD card. I read that lg followed Samsung's lead and did not make it possible for the phone to tell a difference with internal and external storage due to cards being accidentally erased when removed.
patrick73csun said:
I am not rooted. Trying not to yet. Just got it and pretty happy with everything except for the SD card. I read that lg followed Samsung's lead and did not make it possible for the phone to tell a difference with internal and external storage due to cards being accidentally erased when removed.
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My sister LG 5 is not rooted. I checked to see if I could move some of them. I was able to move some to sd. It was far in between. Like 1 out of every 5 or so I could.
Are you able to move any at all? I am not going to lie, don't know to much about this. But that's because I always rooted right off the bat. Maybe someone can shed light on this?
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None move but clean master calculates the storage including the SD card. So when the internal storage fills up will it just put them on the SD card?
anybody know if the phone just starts filling up the SD card after the internal storage is full because the LG doesn't consider the SD card a separate storage for some reason i read???
Sorry, in spanish:
Ajustes- aplicaciones-seleccionar la aplicación-memoria en uso-cambiar-tarjeta sd.
Google translator
Settings- applications-select application-memory in use-change-sd card.
HDJ80 said:
Sorry, in spanish:
Ajustes- aplicaciones-seleccionar la aplicación-memoria en uso-cambiar-tarjeta sd.
Google translator
Settings- applications-select application-memory in use-change-sd card.
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Where are you finding this setting on the LG G5. i can't locate it anywhere
go to settings>general>apps,now click the app you want to move.In the new window,click on storage,anothe window opens,if you can move it this is where youll be able to
Is there anyone who knows how to move apps to SD card for this phone?
Tested on non-rooted LG G5 H850 with stock Android Oreo 8.0. What info have I gathered:
To move app from internal storage to external SD card storage go through this steps: Settings -> Apps and notifications -> App info -> select app -> Storage -> Storage used change -> select SD card.
But not all the apps have a feature to move itself to SD card. You can easily check availability of such feature using "Apk Analyzer app by Martin Styk" - just look at "Install location" field (tap on field for explanation).
Here you are two pairs of screenshots, where shown:
1. how does look app info, if the app have "move to SD card" feature
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2. and how does it look, if the app doesn't have such a feature
I have a large external storage device I am trying to work from and need various apps to be able to access the files without transferring them to the internal storage.
My device detects the USB storage and I can view the files individually through the native files app, this doesn't work for me because I need to be able to access multiple files at once.
MiXplorer sees the storage, lists the device in MiXplorer's menu and states it's location as /storage/XXXX-XXXX however when I navigate to /storage it is not listed there. I am unable to access the storage in other apps.
When I have a microSD card inserted in the device it is listed in /storage as /storage/YYYY-YYYY and it is visible for use within any app, how to I get the USB storage to behave like this and be mounted locally within the /storage location so that the files can be viewed in any app?
I am using a Lenovo P10 Tablet TB-X705F on Android 9 and do not wish to root this device.
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help or point me in the right direction!
@osiris231
AFAIK an app can/will only access files on external storage if it's defined in app's Manifest file
Example:
Code:
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<external-path name="name" path="path" />
<external-files-path name="name" path="path" />
<external-cache-path name="name" path="path" />
<external-media-path name="name" path="path" />
</paths>
@jwoegerbauer
Thanks for your reply however I would have thought that there shouldn’t be any difference between USB storage and a SD Card with respect to app permissions, please correct me if I’m wrong. The SD card is accessible in all the apps I am in need of use.
Either way it doesn’t appear to be mounting anywhere I can see in the file system. Is there any way to make the USB device accessible like the SD card?
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osiris231 said:
Is there any way to make the USB device accessible like the SD card?
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According to Google Android provides two types of physical storage locations: internal storage and external storage. Removable volumes, such as an SD card, appear in the file system as part of external storage. Android by default represents these devices using a path, such as /ext-sdcard, for example.
Wondering what you're really meaning when speaking of USB device and/or SD card?
jwoegerbauer said:
According to Google Android provides two types of physical storage locations: internal storage and external storage. Removable volumes, such as an SD card, appear in the file system as part of external storage. Android by default represents these devices using a path, such as /ext-sdcard, for example.
Wondering what you're really meaning when speaking of USB device and/or SD card?
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@jwoegerbauer
OK, let me clarify and simplify things a little.
My tablet has a microSD card slot, when I insert a card it is mounted to /storage/YYYY-YYYY. Any files that are on the microSD card are accessible through the apps I use, let's keep things simple and use Google Photos. As you can see from the screenshot below I can view the photos and videos that exist on the microSD card from within Google Photos:
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
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"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I also have an external 480GB USB SSD which I connect through the Type-C USB port on the tablet, the OS recognises the device, I can view the contents from the default files app or in MiXplorer. Here you can see that both the microSD card (YYYY-YYYY) and USB storage (USB SSD) appear in MiXplorer, you can also see it states that it is mounted to /storage/XXXX-XXXX:
Now with both the microSD card in and the USB drive connected, I only see the microSD as available in Google Photos, if I only have the USB in without the microSD card then still I see nothing and if I have both in and navigate to /storage, which is where MiXplorer states the USB drive is mounted I only see the microSD card:
If there's any other points you would like me to clarify or test I am happy to provide the info.