Any pointers?
I am currently looking for some information on this also.
Definitely keep this thread alive. Also annoying to not have a Charge Only mode.
I'm not the only one with this problem?! WTF is going on? I can't transfer anything from my computer into my phone!
I seen in the SGS3 MANUAL that debugging must be unchecked in order to view the sd card. Very strange but its in there.
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vinnyjr said:
I seen in the SGS3 MANUAL that debugging must be unchecked in order to view the sd card. Very strange but its in there.
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But mine won't let me view internal
Are your drivers installed from the SGS3?
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There's no mass storage mode, because apps and data are no longer stored in separate partitions so there's no way to unmount a partition (in order to remount as mass storage on the computer) without borking running processes. Don't know why Samsung/carriers couldn't have included mass storage mode for the external card only (and there's a hack for the international SGSIII (rooted) that does this) but they didn't - only MTP/PTP.
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There's no mass storage mode, because apps and data are no longer stored in separate partitions so there's no way to unmount a partition (in order to remount as mass storage on the computer) without borking running processes. Don't know why Samsung/carriers couldn't have included mass storage mode for the external card only (and there's a hack for the international SGSIII (rooted) that does this) but they didn't - only MTP/PTP.
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Try using the app named USB switcher. Galaxy S2 Epic Touch on 4.0.4 has the same "feature/issue."
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.zatta.USB_switch&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImluLnphdHRhLlVTQl9zd2l0Y2giXQ..
There is an app. Here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
I have the international i9300 but it should work fine for you as well.
There's a bunch of ways to get at the SD card... you can use any number of free apps to do it, try what vinnyjr suggested, or even just pop the SD card out and plug it into your computer.
I think the bigger problem is the internal storage...
I'm completely aware of the partitioning issue Google created in ICS (see plaut's description above) as it was covered heavily when the GNex was released, but I must admit I forgot about it for a while. Now I'm starting to regret shelling out the extra $50 for the 32GB version when the data is so difficult to access.
Does anyone know of a way to get at the internal storage without having to put stuff on the SD card and manually move it using a file manager?
Why is the data so difficult to access..? I have no problems transferring files to and from and I'm using Windows 8..
Yeah I agree. I miss the old USB storage method. Anytime I try to copy a file off of the memory card (in stock [MTP] mode), I get an error. However half the time if I copy and paste it works.
joshnichols189 said:
Why is the data so difficult to access..? I have no problems transferring files to and from and I'm using Windows 8..
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Because I'm not talking about the SD card... I'm talking about the internal storage. I don't have my SGSIII yet, so anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but it can't mount the internal storage. And I've also been unable to find 3rd party apps to do it. That is why I said it's difficult to access.
joshnichols189 said:
Why is the data so difficult to access..? I have no problems transferring files to and from and I'm using Windows 8..
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U would have no problem on windows as mtp is a Microsoft protocol, but not every one uses stupid windows..lots here use Linux
Some even use osx
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Accessing internal and external memory on T-Mobiel S III
I have a T-Mobile Galaxy S III with 32 GB internal and 64GB external.
The internal memory shows up as the sdcard and the external memory can be found in /mnt/extsdcard.
This is causing problems with many applications that are not aware of this potential.
I use File Expert Pro and though cumbersome to go through the mnt directory it isn't too difficult.
I was thinking of creating a hard link on the pseudo sd card for the external sd card but I'm not sure how Android handles soft and hard links.
I hope someone figures out how to correct the problem at the android level or many application programmers are going to need to fix this in their code.
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Try using the app named USB switcher. Galaxy S2 Epic Touch on 4.0.4 has the same "feature/issue."
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.zatta.USB_switch&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImluLnphdHRhLlVTQl9zd2l0Y2giXQ..
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Product F(RED) said:
There is an app. Here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
I have the international i9300 but it should work fine for you as well.
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Thanks, but neither of these apps work on the AT&T SGS3 (SGH-i747).
So any word on how to access internal from Linux/MacOSX? I have MacOSX by the way...
I'm on Win7 and have been moving mp3s and apk back and forth on both internal and external.
It'd be nice to have UMS (USB Mass Storage), but doesn't look like that's coming anytime soon.
For those that are new to the SGS3, if you're on W7 or W8 you can xfr files if you open the Samsung-SGH-I747 Portable Media device on your Windoz computer while the phone is hooked up to your computer.
Double click and it will expose Card and Phone. Click on either and you should be able to see all the files and do drag and drops to either card. I've been moving files back and forth using this method. You MUST have the SGS3 drivers installed for this to work!
The down side is, if you have applications that sync from your desktop, like Ewallet, that expect a UMS connection - they don't work anymore. Or at least I haven't figured out how to make them work.
That definitely sucks.
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Hi all,
I just noticed that my mass storage is not displaying my actual 32GB as it used to when It had Gingerbread on...instead it now displays only 11.4GB as the mass storage space available...can somebody clarify this to me? Am I missing something? I have checked my apps usage and there's nothing that's using up all the space, I don't even have any movies or anything that may take up the space..so i'm not sure what's going on here. I also remember it used to show around 29GB instead of 32, but not 11GB as it is doing now !!!
I'm on OMEGA Rom Series 7 (ICS)
ehab78 said:
Hi all,
I just noticed that my mass storage is not displaying my actual 32GB as it used to when It had Gingerbread on...instead it now displays only 11.4GB as the mass storage space available...can somebody clarify this to me? Am I missing something? I have checked my apps usage and there's nothing that's using up all the space, I don't even have any movies or anything that may take up the space..so i'm not sure what's going on here. I also remember it used to show around 29GB instead of 32, but not 11GB as it is doing now !!!
I'm on OMEGA Rom Series 7 (ICS)
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did you mount your external sd on pc and check the size? goto disc management in windows and see if you accidentally partitioned your card.
bala_gamer said:
did you mount your external sd on pc and check the size? goto disc management in windows and see if you accidentally partitioned your card.
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On the pc it shows my sdcard as 11.4GB too....i'm 100000% sure I haven't partitioned anything by mistake...this is weird !!
ehab78 said:
On the pc it shows my sdcard as 11.4GB too....i'm 100000% sure I haven't partitioned anything by mistake...this is weird !!
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Typical of a fake memory card .
Test with .
http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2...standard-in-detecting-usb-counterfeit-drives/
jje
JJEgan said:
Typical of a fake memory card .
Test with .
http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2...standard-in-detecting-usb-counterfeit-drives/
jje
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Btw, I'm talking about the Mass storage not the memory card...my memory card is fine.
A friend just told me that something may have partitioned my mass storage by mistake or something...is there a way to fix this Via CWM without having to erase everything??
That is common for people that flash a rom with the wrong pit (which you should never use) The only fix is to get the right pit file and flash your phone again.
shadowofdarkness is correct, if not you are seeing your external as internal (some custom roms or CWMs tend to mix this up) and it's a partitioning problem.
Thanks alot shadowdarkness for the hint...I was going nuts...I reflashed with the correct pit file and the mass storage is correct now :thumbup:
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raxidian said:
shadowofdarkness is correct, if not you are seeing your external as internal (some custom roms or CWMs tend to mix this up) and it's a partitioning problem.
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Thanks raxidian...fixed it now and all is ok
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i thought mass storage was 16gb....
dmo580 said:
i thought mass storage was 16gb....
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nope...as the topic title says it's 32GB mass storage
Is it possible to use the sd card with fspe? Because when I try to load an iso I can't find it.
And if not what the hell am I supposed to do? Put my psx roms on my internal memory what a joke.
What's the point of a quad phone if it doesn't have enough storage to hold the big bad ass games it should be running.
I am now getting put off games because they require large downloads and that shouldn't be the case.
Is this something I could fix with a custom Rom?
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First off - that's an app-related issues. Many developers seem to think the location of the external SD is universally the same just because their phone(s) have it that way. Many phones use /mnt/<FOLDER> for external SD and not the old cumbersome format (/mnt)/sdcard/external_sd
If you're rooted, it's easy to solve, just use the free APK "Directory Bind".
For it to work, create a folder named 'external_sd' on your internal SDcard, then bind-mount the /mnt/extSdCard on /mnt/sdcard/external_sd.
Thanks for your quick reply.
If I understand what your saying, will that make my external sd show up as a folder on my internal sd?
If so can I then install games and apps on my external sd?
Sorry I'm pretty dense lol
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Thanks for your quick reply.
If I understand what your saying, will that make my external sd show up as a folder on my internal sd?
If so can I then install games and apps on my external sd?
Sorry I'm pretty dense lol
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Just keep pressing up until you see a list of USB drives and select extSdCard and click on there to find your Roms.
will that make my external sd show up as a folder on my internal sd?
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Yes.
Just keep pressing up until you see a list of USB drives and select extSdCard and click on there to find your Roms.
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I assumed the app wouldn't let him go higher up than /mnt/sdcard. Some do that which is quite stupid.
Maybe if he's running an older version but the last few versions at least can find external and any USB drive.
Well I only bought it yesterday off Google play so I am assuming I got the newest version. And no it doesn't let me go any higher.
I'm gonna check out what version it is.
Edit: version 0.11.29 and when I search for bios or iso it does start at system but only shows the internal sd card not the external one
Edit 2: yeah it's in the mnt folders lol, I was tired at the time
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i don't know WHY samsung has removed the USB connection from International SGS3 and kept only crappy MTP files transfer,NOW ican't even scan my SDCARD with kaspersky for virus or malwares.If anybody has any "SAFE" solution for this, give your thoughts Below.Thanks guys!
nhariamine said:
i don't know WHY samsung has removed the USB connection from International SGS3 and kept only crappy MTP files transfer,NOW ican't even scan my SDCARD with kaspersky for virus or malwares.If anybody has any "SAFE" solution for this, give your thoughts Below.Thanks guys!
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Is ICS feature.
Why not you try install antivirus apps to do the job.
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if your phone is rooted, you can try out Easy UMS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
ligu said:
if your phone is rooted, you can try out Easy UMS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
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that will only mount extSd
This is not possible, AFAIK. Since Android 4.0 united data and app partitions, internal storage is one big EXT(Not sure if EXT3 or EXT4, or even EXT2) partition, where both apps and movies/music/etc are stored. And mounting one filesystem in two places (Even journaled one) is a really bad idea. Plus, all EXT drivers for Windows i've seen are buggy as hell.
I'm having a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone, I want to recover deleted files in the internal memory, is it possible?
clar83 said:
I'm having a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone, I want to recover deleted files in the internal memory, is it possible?
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As per other identical posts
Recuva may recover deleted files but it will not recover if INT SD card has been formatted .
jje
I have tried this app before. However, when I plug in my phone the app never detect my phone. I try install an app on my phone to enable usb mass storage, it keep giving me error saying unable to mount the sd card as some app is accessing it. What should I do so the recuva can detect my phone internal memory?
AFAIK you can't. That's one of the many reasons I miss the USB Mass Storage mode, under which both internal memory and sd card can be managed as ordinary USB drives.
Thanks for everyone feedback. I think the files are unable to recover back since I wipe it when reboot in recovery mode, it is equal as formatting the sd card.
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Thanks for everyone feedback. I think the files are unable to recover back since I wipe it when reboot in recovery mode, it is equal as formatting the sd card.
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You can still give it a go by removing and inserting your SD card to a card reader and plug it to your PC/Laptop. Recuva isn't designed to detect and recover files from your smart phone. Instead, it can still recover files from various types of USB or flash devices.
Good Luck otherwise.
oliverpowell said:
You can still give it a go by removing and inserting your SD card to a card reader and plug it to your PC/Laptop. Recuva isn't designed to detect and recover files from your smart phone. Instead, it can still recover files from various types of USB or flash devices.
Good Luck otherwise.
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Read the OP its not a card you cannot remove the internal memory .
Plus why hijack a two month old thread ???
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JJEgan said:
Read the OP its not a card you cannot remove the internal memory .
Plus why hijack a two month old thread ???
jje
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I have the same issue. I am trying to recover deleted files from the internal storage (sdcard0) I tried recurva as well and it Windows can't detect the storage when in USB Mass Storage. It shows up as a drive but when you click it in Windows it says "Please insert disk".
If I can get the files to show up in Windows while in USB Mass Storage I can then use Recurva.. any help?
You can try Undelete from the market .
Otherwise as posted answers .
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From internally memory? you sure that the deleted files can be recovered?
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99% no.
My 2 cents...
You cannot mount as mass storage so no PC software will work.
There are things on the market but you have to pay and many probably wont work.
Think of any lost data as gone forever.
Proactively, get foldersync from play and have it schedule sdcard syncs to the cloud or even better, a home computer wirelessly
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You may check out this android internal memory data recovery tutorial which claims that it can recover deleted files from android phone and tablet internal storage.
Just backup in cWM
Is there any way I can mount a folder from the internal sdcard as USB mass storage?
( I am aware that I can mount an external sd but I don't happen to have one.)
jhonwds said:
Is there any way I can mount a folder from the internal sdcard as USB mass storage?
( I am aware that I can mount an external sd but I don't happen to have one.)
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Once I connect my phone it shows internal and external as two drives. You just can't mount e.g. the system folders if I am right.
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No.
jhonwds said:
Is there any way I can mount a folder from the internal sdcard as USB mass storage?
( I am aware that I can mount an external sd but I don't happen to have one.)
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No.
And here is why:
On the newer phones there is no seperate phone memory and internal SD, its just one big memory. The good thing about ir is, that you can install a lot more apps, because the whole memory is usable for the phone. The bad side is, that you can only access it through MTP.
In order to make it available as USB mass storage it needs to be unmounted, but this is not possible, because it is used by the phone. If you do it, the phone will crash. Its just like pulling a memory chip out of a running PC.
A filesystem can be mounted on different locations. If more than one location has write access, it will cause irreparable damage though.
The main problem here is that that the device uses the ext4 filesystem which Windows cannot process.
As a fix (sort of) you can
- swap internal and external storage.
- use a Smb over Wifi app and mount the share in Windows
- use a pseudo-filesysem such as sshfs from your computer
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No.
And here is why:
On the newer phones there is no seperate phone memory and internal SD, its just one big memory. The good thing about ir is, that you can install a lot more apps, because the whole memory is usable for the phone. The bad side is, that you can only access it through MTP.
In order to make it available as USB mass storage it needs to be unmounted, but this is not possible, because it is used by the phone. If you do it, the phone will crash. Its just like pulling a memory chip out of a running PC.
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I dont think so and disagree with you... galaxy s i9000 and galaxy s2 i9100 also same. But they can mount internal and external as UMS or MTP.
Maybe the different in filesystem is the main cause.
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On the S3, the whole internal memory is one big chunk (called /data). How would you go about mounting that as UMP when android is running? Android is using /data, therefore you can't unmount it and remount is as UMS.
If I'm wrong (which I may very well be), then post valid proof.
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On the S3, the whole internal memory is one big chunk (called /data). How would you go about mounting that as UMP when android is running? Android is using /data, therefore you can't unmount it and remount is as UMS.
If I'm wrong (which I may very well be), then post valid proof.
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Understood.. thanks for the info.. just found it out...
So internal sdcard is a mount point of folder /data/media
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syamsoul said:
Understood.. thanks for the info.. just found it out...
So internal sdcard is a mount point of folder /data/media
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HI there, by chance are you able to recover from the "internal memory" after a factory reset, on a galaxy s3.
I am not sure what the consensus was-
-i recently thought google had all my photos backed up and did a factory reset, and lost everything.
Am hoping if I keep the phone that I can find a way to recover the photos.
Thank you.
resetrebel said:
HI there, by chance are you able to recover from the "internal memory" after a factory reset, on a galaxy s3.
I am not sure what the consensus was-
-i recently thought google had all my photos backed up and did a factory reset, and lost everything.
Am hoping if I keep the phone that I can find a way to recover the photos.
Thank you.
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i myself never try but you can try this
XDA post
techiesstuff
Both same way
syamsoul said:
i myself never try but you can try this
XDA post
techiesstuff
Both same way
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I just wanted to say thanks for posting that second link. I've been looking everywhere for a way to export the raw mount to recover files from internal /sdcard.
Oh and in response to the first thread, I believe the reason they were getting that error (the thread is locked unfortunately) is because they used -1 (the number one) rather than -l (the letter L). I made this mistake too.
Edit: Probably should have used the 'thanks' button, sorry. Can't delete post.
If you have a custom recovery installed boot into that and mount ums from there, as recovery doesn't depend on the data partition it can unmount and remount it