I have searched and searched and cannot seem to find a solution for my problem.
I have just flashed v1.9.1 Resurrection Remix ROM and that went fine.
The only problem I am having is that I cannot view my 32GB external SD card in the File Explorer app, how I can fix this?
But the photos, videos and stuff appear in the gallery.
(In the app it won't let me jump to EMMC either which I assume is my external sd card)
Thanks.
Try this:
Open up File Explorer and hit menu, select "Preferences"
Change the home folder to "/" (make sure "read root" is selected)
Restart the app
You should now be presented with a list of the phone's root folders, just select emmc and your stuff should be in there.
Hope that helped
LithiumTheory said:
Try this:
Open up File Explorer and hit menu, select "Preferences"
Change the home folder to "/" (make sure "read root" is selected)
Restart the app
You should now be presented with a list of the phone's root folders, just select emmc and your stuff should be in there.
Hope that helped
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Thank you. It works fine now.
Thnx worked like a charm ..
no external SD on ES, but in standart file explorer at LION ROM v 1.3
Hello,
i installed LION ROM v 1.3 and have the problem that i don´t see the external SD in ES File Explorer, in the standart its ok. I see the folder, but it seems to be empty.
uninstalled and reinstalled ES
changed standart directory to \
no effect.
Thanks for Help!
Try a another file explorer such as Solid explorer.
drraptor said:
Try a another file explorer such as Solid explorer.
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Thanks for that idea.
sometimes bugs are useful, without that I´d never tried another explorer. Thanks, solid looks graet.
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Have downloaded some videos onto the phone via kies but some of them have transferred badly. After an age of looking I have absolutely no idea how to delete them.
They don't appear in the files folder, you cannot tap and hold to delete, and there is no delete option on the video. Does anyone know how I can get rid of these videos.
Thanks
If you know the location open via My Files menu and delete .
Or use USB mass storage mode and delete via PC .
If you dont know the location check where Kies put them .
jje
Thanks
Gone into my files and there is nothing in there at all.
Cannot see anywhere on Kies to show me where it has put them
Gone into the USB mass storage mode when you plug into the PC and again you get the same folders as on the phone and all are blank
This is a major screw up by samsung if you can't just select a video and delete it as I am struggling here. Are there any apps out there to find these files?
I ran into the same problem yesterday and I couldn't figure it out!
I don't actually understand the 'file structure' on this phone. Where is everything stored?
When I connect my phone to the PC, I get two distinct drives, H: and F:
From what I can see the INTERNAL phone memory (which comes up as H: on the PC), is located at /mnt/sdcard.
What is the 'external_sd' folder that's located at /mnt/sdcard/external_sd actually for? It doesnt seem to correspond to the sdcard that's in the phone.
How to I access the sd card mamory from file manager within the phone?
I've tried looking for the videos I recorded using ES File Manager, but I cant find them anywhere...
Glad I am not alone with this one. Samsung need to sort it quick. At the moment I am wondering do you fill up the internal card and thats it because you cannot delete the videos?
external_sd is a link to whatever memory card you put in, it seems weird to me as well. In astro under tools - sd card usage this gives a treesize type view which might help track down your missing files.
downloaded astro file manager and done a search on the file name and has come upp with
/mnt/sdcard/DCIM/Camera/*****
**** being the file name
I then press and hold and on the menu that opens select show directory and there they all are. I then press the multi icon and was then allowed to select the file and delete it.
Thank goodness for that!!!!!!
Thanks for the help
In fact I now go into the files folder in the applications screens, then DCIM and now a camera folder is there with them all in. That was not there before but is now after installing and searching with Astro file manager
Max Damage said:
downloaded astro file manager and done a search on the file name and has come upp with
/mnt/sdcard/DCIM/Camera/*****
**** being the file name
I then press and hold and on the menu that opens select show directory and there they all are. I then press the multi icon and was then allowed to select the file and delete it.
Thank goodness for that!!!!!!
Thanks for the help
In fact I now go into the files folder in the applications screens, then DCIM and now a camera folder is there with them all in. That was not there before but is now after installing and searching with Astro file manager
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The sdcard/DCIM/Camera folder is where the pictures and videos taken with the camera go to, if it wasn't there before, I assume you've never taken a picture or recorded a video before.
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These videos came from Kies and they were nowhere to be seen until I downloaded astro file manager. What is strange now is the DCIM folder says 0 as though it is empty but it is now full of these videos from Kies when you open it. All very strange and it only appeared after I did the search. before it there was nothing even in astro file manager.
I did take 2 photos the other day and again they have suddenly appeared in this folder
mark2222 said:
external_sd is a link to whatever memory card you put in, it seems weird to me as well. In astro under tools - sd card usage this gives a treesize type view which might help track down your missing files.
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Thanks for that. That's what I thought, but the first time I tested it it didn't work, I just tried again and it worked just fine. I put a file onto the sdcard and it appeared in the external_sd folder.
One other question, /sdcard and /mnt/sdcard both seem to point to the internal memory. Is there a reason it's listed twice?
mark2222 said:
external_sd is a link to whatever memory card you put in, it seems weird to me as well. In astro under tools - sd card usage this gives a treesize type view which might help track down your missing files.
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Thanks for that. That's what I thought, but the first time I tested it it didn't work, I just tried again and it worked just fine. I put a file onto the sdcard and it appeared in the external_sd folder.
One other question, /sdcard and /mnt/sdcard both seem to point to the internal memory. Is there a reason it's listed twice?
I have started using Cyanogen 7.1 and everything is great, except I would prefer to have the internal storage set to the SD card as in previous ROMS. I constantly change SD cards for Music and Movies and this the current way this is set up, screw up my apps.
Is there a way to modify the settings? Any help would be appreciated.
unzip this file and using root explorer, drop the file (vold.fstab) in /system/etc/ and change the permissions to rw-r--r--
then reboot
permissions should be:
Owner: Read, Write
Group: Read
Others: Read
I also have a flashable zip that swaps out the vold.fstab file in my sig.
strra said:
unzip this file and using root explorer, drop the file (vold.fstab) in /system/etc/ and change the permissions to rw-r--r--
then reboot
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Thanks for the quick rely. It seems to work Great!
maxdamage2122 said:
I also have a flashable zip that swaps out the vold.fstab file in my sig.
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Thanks, The DSP fix would have been handy last night and this morning. It will help others as well
I also have this problem. But when I follow your steps I end up with no SD card at all. Not even my extern 32gb card is available.
Then there is no other option for me to re-install the Cyanogenmod to get my external SD card back.
But the internal SD card is visible in the settings for storage, it says: Extra storage:/mnt/emmc Total: 5,51gb Available: 0,97gb
Back in my Ghost Commander, File Explorer or Root Explorer there nothing.
Can you please help me out?
Thanks in advance,
Remco
I am not sure I am at the right place, I am talking about my phone.
LG P990 ....
Use one of the new cyanogenmod nightlies or my repacked cyanogenmod ROM... there is a setting to switch Internal Storage to /sdcard...
CyanogenMod Settings -> Application > Use internal storage
craigacgomez said:
Use one of the new cyanogenmod nightlies or my repacked cyanogenmod ROM... there is a setting to switch Internal Storage to /sdcard...
CyanogenMod Settings -> Application > Use internal storage
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I have this option to, but when I select it and reboot my phone both cards are gone.
So then I unselected it again and after a reboot my external SD is back.
I don't know... the rest of the phone is working great at the moment... oh and the strange thing is, I use Mantano Bookreader for reading books and my books are still on the internal SD but after some scanning Mantano finds the books. I can read them and all, but then again when I search in Ghost Commander or something like that, I still can not access my internal SD.
I just don't get it, it is not gone or formatted in a unknown format.
But anyway, thanks very much for your respond.
Remco
I am not able to transfer files to the other space that you receive during root
in the root--> hack folder
when i try to transfer things with any file explorer, it will copy some and then freeze and crash
tried to transfer 3 gigs of music from my SD to the folder
I haven't had that problem. Try uninstalling ES File Explorer, then reinstalling from the Market. Make sure you go into settings and tick Root Explorer and Mount File System. I've been moving files from my SD Card to the Nook's Data folder. That subtracts from the "off-limits" storage.
C20Percent said:
Make sure you go into settings and tick Root Explorer and Mount File System.
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I was having this same problem. Your solution fixed that perfectly.
--G.Shans
no, i am able to transfer some files
my problem :
it may transfer a couple songs, and then it just freezes and crashes
then i reboot to see the couple copied songs gone
So, I'm not a noob, been rooting and running custom since the Nexus 1. I've searched and tried every fix, but no joy! I'm running doom's latest kernel and Monx latest rom. I've manual changed the proper files, and I've used apps like Fix SD and others and still can't write to my external SD card. Obviously, I'm rooted, so what am I doing wrong? I've seriously tried everything! Even the Music to SD module for exposed acts like it works, but when I try to use Play Music, it says "no space available". Even the Z2 built in "Transfer to SD" facility fails.
Please help!
Thanks,
-Hans
Sent from my D6503 using XDA Free mobile app
Hans.physics said:
So, I'm not a noob, been rooting and running custom since the Nexus 1. I've searched and tried every fix, but no joy! I'm running doom's latest kernel and Monx latest rom. I've manual changed the proper files, and I've used apps like Fix SD and others and still can't write to my external SD card. Obviously, I'm rooted, so what am I doing wrong? I've seriously tried everything! Even the Music to SD module for exposed acts like it works, but when I try to use Play Music, it says "no space available". Even the Z2 built in "Transfer to SD" facility fails.
Please help!
Thanks,
-Hans
Sent from my D6503 using XDA Free mobile app
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Try this:
1. Using a root-enabled file manager like root explorer, navigate to /system/etc/permissions
2. Edit platform.xml file and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
3. Add this group definition: <group gid="media_rw" />
4. Save changes.
5. Restart.
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if the above method doesent work for you
you can try using a xposed module called handle external storage, it automaticly alows use of your External SDcard by default
*(you need root , xposed installer and the modle its self (it can be found from within the xposed installer under downloads)
Tried both these methods. To be fair, I tried them both again, just to make sure. As far as I know, all methods modify platform.xml, but no matter what I do, I can't write to the sdcard1 folder. My usual test is using Root Explorer to try and create a folder on Sdcard1. Always fails. Honestly, the ROM I'm using should have been enough, as it comes with write to external SD already enabled via the platform.xml tweak already. I even did a full factory reset yesterday to test. Still no joy.
Any other thoughts?
Thanks,
-Hans
Sent from my D6503 using XDA Free mobile app
Still not working
Many thanks to the gents who replied already. Unfortunately, none of the posted solutions are working. I can't find any information in the forums or elsewhere online that points to this. Everywhere I look, it says that the modification to platform.xml is THE answer. However, I've made those modifications nine ways to sunday and I still can't do anything with my external SD card. Can't create a file or folder using Root Explorer or E Strongs. Can't write backups using TiBu is the BU folder is on external SD, etc. Can't set then succesfulyl use the save location for camera or music apps as external SD. Very frustrating.
Has anyone seen or heard of this happening?
Thanks,
-Hans
possibly a bad card?
se1000 said:
possibly a bad card?
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Nope. Card works fine as far as I can tell. I can write to it via MTP when connected to my lappie and I can read from it just fine. But, I'll try a spare card when I get home just to completely verify.
Thanks,
i'm having the same problem but my phone is not rooted, i usually us ES File Explorer to do my file browsing and management but for some reason i can't delete, create or rename files or folders on the external SD card.
i did a clean format with my SDXC card in the phone when i first started the device and that's usually exFat. and thats when i started to notice the problem,... i couldn't delete or create files or folders from the ES File Explorer app,.... so i did a clean install again with the ES File Explorer and the problem is still there,.... also when taking picture and deleting the unwanted pictures that i took.... i would still see the pictures i deleted in the picture gallery / album....
im still confused on whats going on,.... last night i reformatted my SDXC card to FAT32,... but the problem is still there,...
i tried using the File Commander app that came pre-installed with the device...... for some reason i can rename, delete and even create files and folders.... this is the only app that let's me do all those things when it comes to the external SD card.
other apps such as QuickPic won't allow me to delete, rename or whatever i have to do my pictures on the external SD card
cHoLoCoY said:
i'm having the same problem but my phone is not rooted, i usually us ES File Explorer to do my file browsing and management but for some reason i can't delete, create or rename files or folders on the external SD card.
i did a clean format with my SDXC card in the phone when i first started the device and that's usually exFat. and thats when i started to notice the problem,... i couldn't delete or create files or folders from the ES File Explorer app,.... so i did a clean install again with the ES File Explorer and the problem is still there,.... also when taking picture and deleting the unwanted pictures that i took.... i would still see the pictures i deleted in the picture gallery / album....
im still confused on whats going on,.... last night i reformatted my SDXC card to FAT32,... but the problem is still there,...
i tried using the File Commander app that came pre-installed with the device...... for some reason i can rename, delete and even create files and folders.... this is the only app that let's me do all those things when it comes to the external SD card.
other apps such as QuickPic won't allow me to delete, rename or whatever i have to do my pictures on the external SD card
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If you're not rooted, it's how KitKat now handled external (SDCard) memory. It does not allow apps to read/write outside of it's own folder.
oh wow,..... so what about the pictures i took from the camera? i can never delete picture's??? (data storage: SD card)
i guess i have to get use to using the built-in apps to do some of the stuff i need to do,...
cHoLoCoY said:
i'm having the same problem but my phone is not rooted, i usually us ES File Explorer to do my file browsing and management but for some reason i can't delete, create or rename files or folders on the external SD card.
i did a clean format with my SDXC card in the phone when i first started the device and that's usually exFat. and thats when i started to notice the problem,... i couldn't delete or create files or folders from the ES File Explorer app,.... so i did a clean install again with the ES File Explorer and the problem is still there,.... also when taking picture and deleting the unwanted pictures that i took.... i would still see the pictures i deleted in the picture gallery / album....
im still confused on whats going on,.... last night i reformatted my SDXC card to FAT32,... but the problem is still there,...
i tried using the File Commander app that came pre-installed with the device...... for some reason i can rename, delete and even create files and folders.... this is the only app that let's me do all those things when it comes to the external SD card.
other apps such as QuickPic won't allow me to delete, rename or whatever i have to do my pictures on the external SD card
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Yeah. That's expected behavior on a non-rooted KK phone. My problem is that I'm rooted and I can't get anything to write to external. Total Commander, Root Explorer, ES File Explorer, Camera apps, etc. Nothing will write to External SD no matter how many times I make the required mods to the platform.xml file. It is driving me nuts.
Hans.physics said:
Yeah. That's expected behavior on a non-rooted KK phone. My problem is that I'm rooted and I can't get anything to write to external. Total Commander, Root Explorer, ES File Explorer, Camera apps, etc. Nothing will write to External SD no matter how many times I make the required mods to the platform.xml file. It is driving me nuts.
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I had the same issue before when I upgraded my S4 to KK, but installing FolderMount solved it, when I started the app it showed me a message that my phone has some settings that will not make the app work and it asked me if I want to correct it.. I said yes, restart and viola every thing is okay...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount
I don't know if it will work on Z2 ( I still didn't have it yet ) but you might try it...
cHoLoCoY said:
oh wow,..... so what about the pictures i took from the camera? i can never delete picture's??? (data storage: SD card)
i guess i have to get use to using the built-in apps to do some of the stuff i need to do,...
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Yeah you need to use the built-in file manager, File Commander, to delete your photos on microsd for non-rooted.
Looks like it was a bad card after all. I swapped it out and now everything works as it is supposed to. I have other issue, but I'll open a new thread for those
Thanks for the help folks!
I have a Huawei Mate 10 Lite (RNE-L21) on Android 7.0 and EMUI 5.1 .
Ive just Put in my micro sd card from my old samsung galaxy A3 but everytime i try to editiert something with es file Explorer, it doesnt work! The Same thing happens when i use a micro usb stick.
Do I jede to give ES file Explorer permissions to Accessoires my sd card manually? Or does it habe something to do with the fat that i used it with my old Phone before?
Also, when i try to make a Backup of my Phone with TWRP Custom Recovery, it also says it cant create the files on my sd card when I choose it.
Haß anyone tot a solution to this?
It World be really helpful!
TheUnlockedBootloader said:
I have a Huawei Mate 10 Lite (RNE-L21) on Android 7.0 and EMUI 5.1 .
Ive just Put in my micro sd card from my old samsung galaxy A3 but everytime i try to editiert something with es file Explorer, it doesnt work! The Same thing happens when i use a micro usb stick.
Do I jede to give ES file Explorer permissions to Accessoires my sd card manually? Or does it habe something to do with the fat that i used it with my old Phone before?
Also, when i try to make a Backup of my Phone with TWRP Custom Recovery, it also says it cant create the files on my sd card when I choose it.
Haß anyone tot a solution to this?
It World be really helpful!
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This might be a permission problem.
Try the following steps.
You will need ES File Explorer and I hope your phone is rooted.
Open ES File Explorer.
Turn on root explorer in the slidemenu.
Go to /system/etc/permissions
Tap and hold platform.xml
From Open With, select ES Note Editor.
Find the line
<permission name=”android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE” >
Add a new line
<group gid="media_rw"/>
Now save this file, exit the ES File Explorer and reboot your phone.
You will be able to write to your sdcard and other external storage.
HIT THANKS IF FOUND USEFUL.
Thanks a lot! And yes, my phone is rooted. I'll definitely try to do that.