Hi I have seen in reviews that the sd card is just for transfering data is this true? e.g. if I put some videos or other files I will have to transfer them to internal storage before opening them?
No sir.
U can play videos directly from ur sd card using third party apps.
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xperiax10.awesome said:
No sir.
U can play videos directly from ur sd card using third party apps.
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Thanks so is that the same for any app? e.g. read ebooks / comics or play mp3s all off the sd card?
The reviews got me worried there but if they just mean you cant install to sd then there is no problem as who is going to need more than 4gb for that.
You can store data on the external sd card and some apps will allow you to choose where it looks for data (vidoes, mp3s, etc.) but you can't install/access apps from the external sdcard. Hopefully ICS will address that issue, but Sony will probably hijack it once again.
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I was wondering whether it's better to save movies and music on the sd card or internally/
Hexmaster93 said:
I was wondering whether it's better to save movies and music on the sd card or internally/
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Its basically the same..
Whichever has more room? I mean, I guess if you were going to use your sd card in another phone.... otherwise, not really a difference, both should playback perfectly.
I am considering to buy tablet s. One concern is that on the web I found out the article sdcard slot is only for transffering file only. Which makes me think that it is not mountable? or if it is mounted, the files on the sdcard can not be used as if they are on main storage? If that is the issue, can it be circumvented by rooting etc? Any information on this? Thanks,
Rooting would help with mounting. Stock music and video players don't see the sd card but many third party ones see and play from it ok. I have not tried installing games to sd card yet and have not read anything about it here. By the way cards above 32gb work when formatted properly acording to some posts here. Hope it helps
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The stock apps the tablet comes with unfortunately do not read directly from the sd card. However, there are tons of apps in the market that will read your music, videos, photos, whatever you want from the sd card. I have tested and used MX Video Player, Quick Pic, and my emulators gameboid and n64oid
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Dunno why some people say the tablet s doesnt read/play from the sd card....i have a 16gb card in mine n it plays photos, videos, n music just fine using the file transfer app already on the tablet...this has essentially made my 32gb tablet a 48gb tablet n im loving it...
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winnerzero said:
Dunno why some people say the tablet s doesnt read/play from the sd card....i have a 16gb card in mine n it plays photos, videos, n music just fine using the file transfer app already on the tablet...this has essentially made my 32gb tablet a 48gb tablet n im loving it...
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I think you are missing the point. The file transfer app copies the files from your sd card to the internal memory. The stock apps cannot directly play movies /music from sd card
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To clear some misunderstandings here:
Sony Tablet S cannot play SD contents using the menus in default application (for example: when you will tun video player you cannot browse and play anything placed on SD card).
But if you will use bundled file explorer (or any other file explorer like ghost commander) you CAN play SD contents using stock apps - and it works fine.
So the real annoyance (untill root and mount) is the fact that you cannot _browse_ to media files directly from within bundled applications.
That's all - you don't need to transfer file to internal memory to play it, it can stay on the card.
I don't know if anybody else has any issues with google music not recognizing music stored on their sd card, if their phone already has internal storage, but I have noticed on my HTC Amaze that google music will only recognize the music on the internal storage and not all of the songs I had on my micro sd. Is it possible to modify google music to read or find music from more than one location on your phone?
PS I have more music than what would fit on the the phones storage so moving songs from micro SD to the phones internal storage would not be an option.
Delete The google music app and then reinstall it from some other source ! Maybe there's some problem in the APK !
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Delete The google music app and then reinstall it from some other source ! Maybe there's some problem in the APK !
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I talked to another amaze owner that had the same problem. The issue is that google music will only recognize music files that are saved directly on the root of the SD card. As soon as the files are moved into a folder within the SD card it stops recognizing that the music is there anymore.
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I talked to another amaze owner that had the same problem. The issue is that google music will only recognize music files that are saved directly on the root of the SD card. As soon as the files are moved into a folder within the SD card it stops recognizing that the music is there anymore.
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I have my Music Files arranged in a folder in the SD Card, still the Google Music App recognizes them!
you may use another music player to play the songs on ur tf card
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I have my Music Files arranged in a folder in the SD Card, still the Google Music App recognizes them!
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what phone do you have? does it have internal storage and a sd card slot? I have it on my nexus one and it has no problem recognizing music on the phone at all. I think something about having more than one storage place makes google music get all weird.
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what phone do you have? does it have internal storage and a sd card slot? I have it on my nexus one and it has no problem recognizing music on the phone at all. I think something about having more than one storage place makes google music get all weird.
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Yes, it has both, internal storage as well as sd card!
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Is anyone else having problems accessing music stored on external SD card via Google Play Music.
GPM on my S3 resolutely refuses to see any music stored on my external SD card ever since the update to version 4.xxxx.
All versions prior to this played music from my external SD card with no problems.
I've tried all the obvious stuff like clearing cache etc. but nothing seems to work.
Other 3rd party music players I've tested all see music on the external SD card. Also, strangely, My Galaxy Note 10.1 with the latest version of GPM CAN see and playback music on the external SD card.
I'd like to start using GPM on my S3 but without external SD card support, it's pretty much useless in my eyes
Has anyone had the same problem and been able to find a solution?
TIA people.
All players see my music on Ext SD card though this topic has been posted before .
Try deleting it and adding back .
jje
JJEgan said:
All players see my music on Ext SD card though this topic has been posted before .
Try deleting it and adding back .
jje
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Deleting what? The music or GPM itself? I've already tried reinstalling GPM but that didn't work.
Also, I did search the forum before posting this but couldn't find a full thread on the topic. I did find one mention and posted on that one a few weeks ago, but got no reply. Happy to look at the other thread and delete this one if you can give the link.
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Id like to know if it is possible to move these two apps to my sdcard. Specially spotify because it uses a lot of memory space.
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higgs_ said:
Id like to know if it is possible to move these two apps to my sdcard. Specially spotify because it uses a lot of memory space.
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Spotify already has your music library on your SD card, you are worried about 40mb?
It may be possible to move it on a clean installation, but you'd have to delete the app to test it out.
How do I know spotify stores the media on my sdcard? And how can I move whatsapp to my external card?