Root Explorer ext sd card support? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Was wondering if there is a way to enable Root Explorer to support ext SD card on stock based ROMs. I flashed an AOSP based rom in the past and I was able to view files on both int and ext SD cards, coming back to ICS stock based ROM there's only int SD card support.

? Go to storage/extSdCard/ ?
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beaver2233 said:
? Go to storage/extSdCard/ ?
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i don't see a storage folder in Root Explorer.
what i meant is that I would like to use Root Explorer with my ext SD card, being able to edit files. that way i can get rid of the "My Files" app

swift2fly said:
Was wondering if there is a way to enable Root Explorer to support ext SD card on stock based ROMs. I flashed an AOSP based rom in the past and I was able to view files on both int and ext SD cards, coming back to ICS stock based ROM there's only int SD card support.
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Go to mnt folder then choose extSDcard
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bobsie41 said:
Go to mnt folder then choose extSDcard
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thanks! now i can say good bye to "My Files" app.

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Moving all apps to sd with root

How do you move all apps with root but without partition. I saw it was possible but I do not understand
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ri123 said:
How do you move all apps with root but without partition. I saw it was possible but I do not understand
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You have to download link2sd and go to settings and set install location to external. It works just like adb shell
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Works with rooted android.
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Download and install titanium backup pro from anywhere you like. Open the program and click on the options button of your phone and click on batch. You'll see a number of operations followed by a run button after each one. Scroll down and you'll see "move all user apps to SD card", click on run and you are done
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Without partitioning the SD card, you will always have part of the apps on internal. With partitioning the SD card, you can move the entire apps to SD card.
I just went to gplay (marketplace) and got app2sd. Whether the phone is rooted or not you should be able to move the apps to the sdcard-ext, as long as there is enough room.
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Ph3arr3t said:
I just went to gplay (marketplace) and got app2sd. Whether the phone is rooted or not you should be able to move the apps to the sdcard-ext, as long as there is enough room.
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Yeah it helps in moving some apps to sd but it doesnt allows you to move all the app to sd. you may need to root you phone in order to move all apps to sd. when i used to use app2sd when i just started using android i used to have around 40 mb internal memory free inspite of moving all the apps that were possible to move on an unrooted phone to sd. I was then inspired to root my phone when i saw its possibilities
ri123 said:
You have to download link2sd and go to settings and set install location to external. It works just like adb shell
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Ive made a link for non root users.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1765929
thanxxxxxxxxxx
ri123 said:
You have to download link2sd and go to settings and set install location to external. It works just like adb shell
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thanxxxxxxx dude a lot ! ! ! :laugh: :fingers-crossed:
Yeah...link2sd is the good method for U'r asking
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Link2sd
Is it necessary to partition sd to ext for link2sd to work
thanks man..
using titanium backpup is the best solution..
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could anyone make a thread/tutotial on using titanium backup pro?
thanks in advance
monil.verma said:
Yeah it helps in moving some apps to sd but it doesnt allows you to move all the app to sd. you may need to root you phone in order to move all apps to sd. when i used to use app2sd when i just started using android i used to have around 40 mb internal memory free inspite of moving all the apps that were possible to move on an unrooted phone to sd. I was then inspired to root my phone when i saw its possibilities
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how to make a patition sd-ext ?
zeus_optimus said:
Is it necessary to partition sd to ext for link2sd to work
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How can i make an ext part on my SDcard ???
I am using link2sd and it works like a charm. I have not partitioned my sd card.
TRY THIS
If u have lucky patcher installed on ur device, the version should be 3.9.3, first of all, move ur app or game's data (the very known com.xyz.xxxxx folder) to extsd/android/data or obb by using filemanager , now create that folder with a same name in sdcard or internal sd/android/data or obb/here, which would be like com.xyz.xxxxxx, open lucky patcher v3.9.3 goto toolbox tap directory binder, remember it will not bind the whole sdcard or internal sd , it will work only for particular directory (folder), so no need to worry, now tap on add new directory bind, no tap browse the 1st one, and show it to the path of that extsd/android/data/com.xyz.xxxx folder after that select current directory, now go for browse the 2nd one, goto the internal path should be like sdcard/android/data or obb/com.xyz.xxxx select current directory, now tap on bind directory. thats it, it will save ur sdcrd space. u can check it by setting then storage, i successfully did it in my funbook infinity having 1.5gb internal space available, plays the amazing Spider-Man2 , the dark knight rises, and dead trigger.
I have a rooted but otherwise stock Galaxy Tab S 8.4 (SM-T705) and I have a 128GB Sandisk SD card. Is it possible to move all apps (with all their contents) to the SD card? I read that even though my device is rooted, I will need to partition my SD card first before i can move all apps (with all their contents) to the SD card? Can someone please tell me how to partition my SD card? Also, if I move all apps with all their contents to SD card, would the running of such apps encounter any problems (as part of them are supposed to be in the device internal memory?)
I tried Link2 SD and Titanium Backup Pro but I could not see any such function (only native Android app2sd).
Thank you very much in advance.

[Q] SD Card to default storage?

I have been trying to find a way to have everything save on my sd card (the external).
For example, if i download a picture or ringtone from Zedge, it defaults to the internal storage (sdcard).
I want it to download in the external sd card (sdcard2).
Ive read the threads about swapping them but i would really prefer NOT to do it that way.
Anybody out there have a better solution?
HELP!!!!!
Currently Running Viper4G ROM 2.0.2
Android 4.0.4
HTC Sence 4.1
Kernel 3.0.56-Evolved-gd2d1278-dirty
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I know that you can swap mount points...making your external card the default storage. I don't think there's any other way.
Is there a way to do this without root access, I just want my pinned music in the play music app to download to my sd card instead of internal storage.
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amgarlin said:
Is there a way to do this without root access, I just want my pinned music in the play music app to download to my sd card instead of internal storage.
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I use Gtunes & it lets me choose where I want to download my music to. You might check in the settings & see if it'll let you change the location.
Have you tried settings/storage/storage settings/update all and select sdcard storage?
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cruise350 said:
Have you tried settings/storage/storage settings/update all and select sdcard storage?
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Yes I have. Still have the same issues when using programs like Zedge, etc...
buddahj said:
I know that you can swap mount points...making your external card the default storage. I don't think there's any other way.
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I know that you can swap mount points but then it just gets too confusing. Especially in TWRP recovery.
I wanted to find a way to do this WITHOUT the swap mount points method.
I think it has something to do with the permissions. But when I try to edit them I keep getting an error message that fails to save permission changes.
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My problem with most of the ROMs, empty "ext_sd" folder.

Hi,
I'm still trying to find a ROM that I can use for my daily usage. My main problem is that almost all the ROMs that I flash fail to detect my ext_sd folder, a.k.a. my external SD card.
When I flash an ICS ROM and go to the file explorer to install titanium backup and restore my apps, it says that this folder is empty.
Sometimes when I restart several times, it finds my SD card, sometimes I have to flash other ROMs to have it but it's OK in some ROMs like CM10 but eventually it losts this folder as well.
Since I'm S-ON, I can't get back to GB ROMs.
SD card may be problamatic but it's OK when I mount it via attaching cable to phone or attaching it directly to my PC with a SD card cartridge.
What could be the problem? How I can check that SD card is OK?
Thanks.
Let me add this that if I open back of my phone and remove and re insert the SD card, it gets detected but it's cumbersome.
Use a root explorer to go up to root and instead of ext sd go into sd card 2 folder. Should be there
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Hassaan.W said:
Use a root explorer to go up to root and instead of ext sd go into sd card 2 folder. Should be there
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Thanks for the reply but I don't have such folder.
test84 said:
Thanks for the reply but I don't have such folder.
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Do you have "storage" folder?
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[Q] Can U Do This With SGS3 ?

Hi I am a new user SGS3 I9300, and I bought a micro sd 32gb UHS-1 I want to ask can I change the settings for file download, bluetooth files, game data, and others to be automatically stored in the external micro sd card and internal memory only for files apk only.
Thanks for the help
Not without root.... if rooted, "directory bind" on xda ... until 4.2
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rootSU said:
Not without root.... if rooted, "directory bind" on xda ... until 4.2
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so is that directory bind can automatically do that or manually like we are copy paste?
Directory bind will move the contents of any folder on /sdcard and move it to any folder on /extSdCard then bind them. This means when you go into original location, you see files still but are actually in new location
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External SD card permission issue

Weird enough suddenly I found all my external SDCard files have all permissions like:
---rwxr-x
Why !?? This happens to every file I copy onto it.
I needed them like:
rwxrwxr-x
so far, the only rough and long way I found is through Aromafilemanager and PhilzTouch recovery.
Yet I have to change the permissions one file at a time.
Can anybody help?
Sounds like a problem unique to you, I've never heard of it.
Flash the official stock rom, format your sd card in your pc using the industry formatting tool and test.
If the problem disappears then it was probably some combination of your individual setup.
Yep. Also ensure you haven't got any scripts running at startup. Sd permissions are set on boot and cannot be changed afterwards
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Thank you, I'll surely restart from the beginning and report back
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rootSU said:
Yep. Also ensure you haven't got any scripts running at startup. Sd permissions are set on boot and cannot be changed afterwards
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Which script could do that?
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Any mods that mount folders or swap storage.
Otherwise, something built into the rom.
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boomboomer said:
Sounds like a problem unique to you, I've never heard of it.
Flash the official stock rom, format your sd card in your pc using the industry formatting tool and test.
If the problem disappears then it was probably some combination of your individual setup.
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@boomboomer
which filesystem do i have to use in formatting extsdcard 8gb via pc? exFAT / FAT32 / EXT4 / NTFS ?
moreover, in this post and following on dev rom thread, it seems it's a normal behaviour... am i missing sth?
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4
Fat32 is the normal filesytem.
If it's common to your rom then your chef is the best one to approach, he may have set a script or mod.
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Any mods that mount folders or swap storage.
Otherwise, something built into the rom.
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I read through about 7 pages of sd card issues on the s3 and thought i cant read anymore, so i thought i would just ask. I've just bought an s3 and i got my 64gb sd card from my old phone to my new one. Problem is i have data from other games in the SD and titanium back up files in the externel sd card. Seems the S3 has its own built in SD card and only reads from that. I copied my TB files from externel to the internel. Now the games still require Extra files although they are in the externel SD. So how in the world do i get it to read my Externel sd instead of my internel? I thought of copying the files but i have 16 gb internel, 64 externel so its not gonna work considering i have 39 gb left in my 64 gb one,

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