I've tried getting an answer on this before. How do I fix the internal and SD card storage problems? For some reason everything goes right to external and it never uses my sdcard. Ex; Titanium Backup goes right to internal, everything I download goes to internal, pictures too(pics go to int & sd) etc. I have a 64gb card and I'd like yo use it. Can some please explain what each folder means? There are so many paths to external and sd. Also, I went into "manage apps" and to the "on sdcard" tab. I checked each one. Does that mean every app that is checked marked is now using the sdcard for space? I'm just really confused with all this lol. I attached some screenshots of my external/scard. Any help is appreciated.
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xXezmacXx said:
I've tried getting an answer on this before. How do I fix the internal and SD card storage problems? For some reason everything goes right to external and it never uses my sdcard. Ex; Titanium Backup goes right to internal, everything I download goes to internal, pictures too(pics go to int & sd) etc. I have a 64gb card and I'd like yo use it. Can some please explain what each folder means? There are so many paths to external and sd. Also, I went into "manage apps" and to the "on sdcard" tab. I checked each one. Does that mean every app that is checked marked is now using the sdcard for space? I'm just really confused with all this lol. I attached some screenshots of my external/scard. Any help is appreciated.
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JB AOSP roms behave the same way Sense does, sd card is considered internal.
Check to see if you can change your storage location in the apps in question. People have gotten away with swapping the mount points to make external the sd card also.
mjones73 said:
JB AOSP roms behave the same way Sense does, sd card is considered internal.
Check to see if you can change your storage location in the apps in question. People have gotten away with swapping the mount points to make external the sd card also.
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Is there a post on here about making the ext the SD card also?
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I forgot, does that camcorder not work on all jb roms atm? Is going back to sense my best bet? If so can I just go ahead and flash any sense rom coming from cm? Or do I need to follow other steps first?
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Camcorder works and has been fixed for awhile...as for making your external read as internal is darn near impossible....the 4.1 and 4.2 SD card layout was caused by a bug....I bricked my last rezound trying to make a mod for you guys...so be warned about trying...there is an app somewhere that merges the 2 SD cards together but causes errors for future flashing
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xXezmacXx said:
Is there a post on here about making the ext the SD card also?
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The process changed in CM10.2, they did away with the vold.fstab file. It looks like the mounts are defined in fstab.vigor and/or fstab.goldfish now. I haven't tried modifying them personally.
It would be easier re pointing any apps you can, any changes you make to the above files would be lost every time you flash a new nightly.
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Droid X2 SD Storage Flip-Flop
So what is a SD storage flip-flop? Basically what this mod does is switch SD storage to internal storage, or internal storage to SD storage. Why is this beneficial? Well, on the Droid X2 in its stock form, your actual SD card (the one you put in the phone by hand) is not mounted in the "correct" file system space by default. This screws a lot of things up e.g. trying to install a Gameloft game which ends up installing on the internal MMC, or general system files getting stored on the internal MMC. This mod fixes that issue and puts everything on your actual SD card like usual. Technically, the internal MMC is faster to access than your SD card, so it makes sense why Motorola made it this way, but from a user standpoint it doesn't make much sense, at least, to me.
This can be flashed in BSR recovery. To check if it works, look at your SD storage menu in your Settings. If they flip after flashing the ZIP, it works.
WARNING: This will switch your SD card configuration. Your SD Storage will become your Internal Storage if you flash the zip. You can return to a "normal" configuration by flashing the second links. If you do a factory data reset, REMEMBER that your SD card configuration has been flipped, since there are check boxes allowing you to format your SD card / internal storage - Choose the right one! Also, there are general BLUR application settings that might need to be changed e.g. Blur Camera storage area. Just remember that the storage terminology will be flipped.
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Apps2SD FIX Update 8/22/2011 - fixed bug with apps2sd feature
SD storage 2 internal storage
Install this to make your SD card mount in the "right" place
DOWNLOAD: http://www.multiupload.com/5NP2UML0QM
MIRROR: http://www.mediafire.com/?av1ihnag7yzcaim
Internal storage 2 SD storage
Install this to return to a "like stock" configuration.
DOWNLOAD: http://www.multiupload.com/ZQPIDP6GV0
MIRROR: http://www.mediafire.com/?tx0micqr4x54wbt
This is something that has bothered me since day 1 of owning an X, thank you so much for this!
I did this in june using some tweaks that were posted on here, and it made my phone reboot when connected to USB mass storage. Have you tested that by chance?
Btw, love all the tweaks you're giving us
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Just flashed & my storage is switched. Was quick & painless lol Thanks for the goodies you bring us
I have tried this and my phone did not reboot when connected to a computer via Usb mass storage. Works great.
EvoRocker said:
This is something that has bothered me since day 1 of owning an X, thank you so much for this!
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Yeah it really bothered me too. I was trying to install games to test out the Tegra chip (since it is so awesome), and it kept downloading everything to the phone. Kind of silly, there is only 4gb free there, and one game could be 1gb. That doesn't make much sense. So here we are
Updated SD 2 Internal download links. If you are using this mod then please re-download for the app2sd fix. There was a bug where if you moved an app to sd card it would break on reboot. Now apps move to internal MMC but data is read from the SD card. Best of both worlds
Thank u lots
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Thank u lots
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This!
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Outstanding, thank you!
Thank you so very much! Nice and easy!
Mind if I use this in the next eclipse?
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Mind if I use this in the next eclipse?
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Sure, if you think it will be of benefit.
Fantastic Mod! Very happy mattchenzo now!
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When I did the pm setInstallLocation 3 command in terminal emulator, I got an error saying a screen full of possible commands, the most relevant looking part at the end said, basically:
Setinstalllocation:
0: let system decide
1: install to internal
2: install to external
Did I miss something somewhere? How do I make 3 a valid option??
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What about when you backup apps using TiBu? Installed atrix port and i couldn't restore them. So i just downloaded "back to stock" flip-flop. Didn't want to clog up that thread with a stupid question, so i just asked here.
You can also point TiBU to the proper directory in settings.
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mattchenzo said:
When I did the pm setInstallLocation 3 command in terminal emulator, I got an error saying a screen full of possible commands, the most relevant looking part at the end said, basically:
Setinstalllocation:
0: let system decide
1: install to internal
2: install to external
Did I miss something somewhere? How do I make 3 a valid option??
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Actually, it was a typo sorry about that guys! I took those options off. The mod file is setup to only allow app installs to the 4gb internal emmc.
navenedrob said:
Droid X2 SD Storage Flip-Flop
So what is a SD storage flip-flop? Basically what this mod does is switch SD storage to internal storage, or internal storage to SD storage. Why is this beneficial? Well, on the Droid X2 in its stock form, your actual SD card (the one you put in the phone by hand) is not mounted in the "correct" file system space by default. This screws a lot of things up e.g. trying to install a Gameloft game which ends up installing on the internal MMC, or general system files getting stored on the internal MMC. This mod fixes that issue and puts everything on your actual SD card like usual. Technically, the internal MMC is faster to access than your SD card, so it makes sense why Motorola made it this way, but from a user standpoint it doesn't make much sense, at least, to me.
This can be flashed in BSR recovery. To check if it works, look at your SD storage menu in your Settings. If they flip after flashing the ZIP, it works.
Apps2SD FIX Update 8/22/2011 - fixed bug with apps2sd feature
SD storage 2 internal storage
Install this to make your SD card mount in the "right" place
DOWNLOAD: http://www.multiupload.com/5NP2UML0QM
MIRROR: http://www.mediafire.com/?av1ihnag7yzcaim
Internal storage 2 SD storage
Install this to return to a "like stock" configuration.
DOWNLOAD: http://www.multiupload.com/ZQPIDP6GV0
MIRROR: http://www.mediafire.com/?tx0micqr4x54wbt
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I used this mod when I had my Droid X2, and I was wondering if there is any way you could do this for the Droid Bionic? I could provide you with the vold.fstab from my Bionic.
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So, if I don't have any ridiculously large games then this doesn't really do anything functional for me. I understand the outcome, but don't see the real utility. Please let me know if I'm missing something.
Before I ever started flashing kernels or ROMs my GS2 sees my internal card as the SD Micro card and my SD Card as the internal card?? Anyone else have this or know why this is??
Example, just now I went into CWM to update my SHOstock ROM and had to choose internal card for it to see the update even though I put the update on the SD Card..
same thing happened to me yesterday when i flashed my gs2 for the first time. i thought at first i accidentally loaded the zip onto my internal sd accidentally but i double checked and it was definitely on the external sd.
That's just the way it works on Entropy's kernel. I believe it even says so in his thread.
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Nick281051 said:
That's just the way it works on Entropy's kernel. I believe it even says so in his thread.
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Yup. Someone didn't read the Changelog.
Cyanogenmod labels their partitions differently than Samsung-derived ROMs (Samsungs don't follow the current Android standard).
Right now the CWM binary in Daily Driver is pulled straight from CM7, so I haven't had a chance to recompile and label the external SD as external instead of internal
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Yup. Someone didn't read the Changelog.
Cyanogenmod labels their partitions differently than Samsung-derived ROMs (Samsungs don't follow the current Android standard).
Right now the CWM binary in Daily Driver is pulled straight from CM7, so I haven't had a chance to recompile and label the external SD as external instead of internal
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Hey guys. How do I make the external SD card the default location to where my data goes. I bought 9 MM And it required a full gig of data and it all went on my internal storage
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MysticKing32 said:
Hey guys. How do I make the external SD card the default location to where my data goes. I bought 9 MM And it required a full gig of data and it all went on my internal storage
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No clue - turns out that what the OP was talking about was how CWM reports internal vs. external.
I just put on some tracks, ~250Mbs. My SD card is a 7GB. I added up the apps and it comes to 33.60Mbs , it is telling me that I have 668Mbs left on the SD card. How do I find what else is on my SD card, so that I can delete it and make more room.
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I just put on some tracks, ~250Mbs. My SD card is a 7GB. I added up the apps and it comes to 33.60Mbs , it is telling me that I have 668Mbs left on the SD card. How do I find what else is on my SD card, so that I can delete it and make more room.
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You can use a file explorer to check through the folders for things you have that are taking up space. Also do you have a partitioned sdcard?
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Evo-3D said:
I just put on some tracks, ~250Mbs. My SD card is a 7GB. I added up the apps and it comes to 33.60Mbs , it is telling me that I have 668Mbs left on the SD card. How do I find what else is on my SD card, so that I can delete it and make more room.
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Check your nandroid backups. They add up real quick. if you use twrp, look in the twrp folder on you're sd card, and check backups. Each one could be over a gb, depending on your ROM, and recovery settings.
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k2buckley said:
Check your nandroid backups. They add up real quick. if you use twrp, look in the twrp folder on you're sd card, and check backups. Each one could be over a gb, depending on your ROM, and recovery settings.
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The great thing is the compression feature in TWRP. I'm surprised the 3vo has not received amon ra style recovery yet
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Download Diskusage from the market
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage
And it will give you much detail of anything and everything that's going on space related on your phone.
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no no... much easier way to do this...
connect your phone to your computer, assuming you have windows, and navigate to your SD car (it will show as disk E or something)...
right click on the window (not on a file but in the directory of your /sd
so anyways, right click>sortby>size
it will organize all of your folders on your sd card according to size largest to smallest. you can then see what is taking up all that space.
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no no... much easier way to do this...
connect your phone to your computer, assuming you have windows, and navigate to your SD car (it will show as disk E or something)...
right click on the window (not on a file but in the directory of your /sd
so anyways, right click>sortby>size
it will organize all of your folders on your sd card according to size largest to smallest. you can then see what is taking up all that space.
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This is by far the best option. Many thanks.
no problem man
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So, I make apps for android, and if anyone is familiar with it, the proper way to write to the storage is using Evironment.getExternalStorageDirectory(); this will return with the internal sd card location on devices with internal sd card.
Well, i decompiled the system files and found the method that is "getExternalStorageDirectory" and found how it creates it.
So, i can change it to return with the path to the ACTUAL external sd card. This means that every app that uses getExternalStorageDirectory will place EVERYTHING onto the actual EXTERNAL sd card. Thus freeing up the internal sd card AND the data partition allowing for more apps to be installed.
What are your guy's thoughts about this? I feel like it might work. However, if one doesn't have an external sd card, things could go very hay wire.
Yep, it will work for apps relying to this function.
There is such mod for Xperia Z for quite some time. You can look to that mod to simplify modding process
Be great to have looking for a switch mount script like I had on S2 and S3.
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Be great to have looking for a switch mount script like I had on S2 and S3.
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This isnt a script. This is a smali edit which is a lot better. I don't like scripts
elesbb said:
This isnt a script. This is a smali edit which is a lot better. I don't like scripts
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Cool is it available yet or are you still working on it?
What path are you using to designate the external sdcard or how are you determining it?
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What path are you using to designate the external sdcard or how are you determining it?
The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more. Don't defeat the purpose of why it was introduced.
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The mount point for the external sd card is /mnt/extSdCard
And there is another method that I can use to test for if it's mounted or not, and if it's not mounted, then revert to internal sd card. I'm hoping it works lol. Still haven't had time to mess with it though.
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I can't seem to move apps to the internal sd(16gb),because the sdcard0 tray in settings/app is not present, but when I mount usb storage on my pc, the storage is present,even on file managers
Help pls
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Frazercrib said:
I can't seem to move apps to the internal sd(16gb),because the sdcard0 tray in settings/app is not present, but when I mount usb storage on my pc, the storage is present,even on file managers
Help pls
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You can't exactly... the "internal storage" in your screen shot is the /data partition for installing applications, that is the normal place apps go. Under normal circumstances you cannot install apps to your internal (12.5GB) storage, it is considered external storage to the operating system, hence why it is in /sdcard0 and your real microSD card is /sdcard1. To use these areas for apps you must use a tool like App2SD, Link2SD, or similar app, and only some apps can be moved, if it has a widget it cannot be moved and there are a few other rules that it will ward you about.
Okay.... So I did what you said and tried link2sd, but when moving apps to SD I get an 'INSUFFICIENT STORAGE ERROR'
And isn't there suppose to be an 'move to SD card' option in this app?
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No, not in KitKat anyways, it doesn't have the SD card support that ICS had, Google hates SD cards for some reason, and has been limiting SD card support more and more in each Android version since Ice Cream Sandwich.
As far as the error in Link2SD, not sure, I haven't used it in years... Sorry.
I can be able to move apps to sdcard0 on omni kitkat rom...guess I'll stick 2 it,other kitkat roms excluding liquidsmooth and omni are a bit laggy
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I can be able to move apps to sdcard0 on omni kitkat rom...guess I'll stick 2 it,other kitkat roms excluding liquidsmooth and omni are a bit laggy
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Sounds like you need to format the internal storage then mount it and just for good measure backup the external and format that and then mount too. I had a similar problem and when I did this all is well. I hope this helps.
Still a no show
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Format internal
netookska05 said:
Sounds like you need to format the internal storage then mount it and just for good measure backup the external and format that and then mount too. I had a similar problem and when I did this all is well. I hope this helps.
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How do you go about formatting the internal sd card. I just went from 4.2 to 4.4.4 and now TWRP and CWM recoveries will not mount and recognize the internal card. I can't even access the internal card to format it or anything else. How do I go about fixing this. 4.4.4 is pretty sweet.
sexyleigho said:
How do you go about formatting the internal sd card. I just went from 4.2 to 4.4.4 and now TWRP and CWM recoveries will not mount and recognize the internal card. I can't even access the internal card to format it or anything else. How do I go about fixing this. 4.4.4 is pretty sweet.
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Settings, Storage and Erase Internal SD card
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Settings, Storage and Erase Internal SD card
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Thanks for getting back to me.
The problem is the real internal storage is unmountable on my phone. My external sd card it appears to be partitioned as the system and external storage sd cards. There is no sdcard0.
The internal emmc card is unaccessible even in recovery.
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Thanks for getting back to me.
The problem is the real internal storage is unmountable on my phone. My external sd card it appears to be partitioned as the system and external storage sd cards. There is no sdcard0.
The internal emmc card is unaccessible even in recovery.
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Are you S-Off? RUN usually brings it back... The exe version...
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acejavelin said:
Are you S-Off? RUN usually brings it back... The exe version...
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Yes I am S-Off. Pardon my ignorance what is RUN? How do I use it? Where do I get it?
Thanks for all your help. It is horrible not being able to take pictures or download any MMS...
sexyleigho said:
Yes I am S-Off. Pardon my ignorance what is RUN? How do I use it? Where do I get it?
Thanks for all your help. It is horrible not being able to take pictures or download any MMS...
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Sorry... autocorrect fail... RUU
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Sorry... autocorrect fail... RUU
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Oh got ya. I tried researching a little bit and didn't find the info I was looking for. Could you please be a little more specific. What steps would I need to go through to do this. Right now I'm running 4.4.4 Pac-Man with the internal SD card issues.
I found the RUU's here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094412&page=2
But what do I do with the exe?
I really appreciate all the help you can give! Thanks...
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Oh got ya. I tried researching a little bit and didn't find the info I was looking for. Could you please be a little more specific. What steps would I need to go through to do this. Right now I'm running 4.4.4 Pac-Man with the internal SD card issues.
I found the RUU's here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094412&page=2
But what do I do with the exe?
I really appreciate all the help you can give! Thanks...
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The reality is you should really perform the full downgrade/upgrade procedure here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509770
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The reality is you should really perform the full downgrade/upgrade procedure here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509770
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Will try this...maybe this is what I've been looking for
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Seems this little problem is only on liquidsmooth and carbon rom...I saw a post about partitioning/format sdcard/emmc before flashing the rom...I'll try that tonight.