I'm not well versed in the usage of Linux commands at all, but I am familiar with the concept of symlinking. Would linking sdcard0 to sdcard1 allow for apps to write directly to the SD card, rather than internal storage? I would love someone's thoughts on this, and a method to make this happen, or another fix to enable/force writing to the SD. I mean what's the point of supporting up to 64 GB SD cards, if you can't use the thing? Anyway, thoughts, comments, whatever you'd like is welcome.
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I have a Market app and an Atrix user has reported a problem. My app uses Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() to get the phone's user storage location to keep the user's files. However, with the Atrix there seems to be both internal AND external storage, and Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() only returns the handle to the INTERNAL storage.
How can I get the location of the EXTERNAL storage area for the Atrix? (Hopefully this will not require a hard-coded check of Build.MODEL. But, if it does, what is the Build.MODEL value for the Atrix?)
Thanks for your help,
Blake
I'm no dev / programmer, but try:
/mnt/sdcard-ext/<user folder>
This is the storage path I give Titanium backup to accesses the external sdcard storage. Hope this helps.
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Actually this is a question directly related to android app development...
You may want to take a look at the Motorola Atrix SDK add-ons that are posted in the Dev forum. There might be additional functions/activities available that you can call when your app is on an Atrix.
I normally agree with mods, but I have to agree with agentdr8 here: I think this is a fair question to ask in Android Development.
In any case, if you wanted a broader method, I'd suggest querying /proc/mounts and filtering out invalid results. Chances are that everything that's mounted as vfat would be fair game, barring stuff like /mnt/secure.
you can get external sdcard directory
MotoEnvironment.getExternalAltStorageDirectory()
Just want a yes or no from an android boffin.
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Linux does so Android could.
That would be interesting to make the internal and external storage appear as one.
I agree with this idea, but, what popup in my mind is, what happen if one of the disk failed? most high risk is, sdcard damage.
All data or some can be retrieve?
Hello all you people smarter than me.
My external SD card has 20 or so .tmp files all named with a dozen or so digits. What are these files and are they serving a purpose?
I'm one of those guys that can get anal about worthless stuff taking up space. If these files are serving a purpose, great. If they are unused temp files, a la Windows OS behavior, I'd sure like to get rid of them.
Thanks in advance for some insight.
Hey everyone,
after putting a lot of thought into how to best backup my photos and videos while on the move, I decided that a tablet would be the best solution.
Now, I will shoot quite a lot of HD video in the near future, which means that even a 64GB tablet won't be large enough. Solution: Backup on a second SD-Card!
So right now I am waiting for the Acer A510 (with support for USB-OTG).
Can anyone tell me if a Dual-SD-Reader like the one linked below will be working on Android, so both SD cards can be mounted at the same time?
http://www.ginzzu.com/rus_level5_tab1.php?lang=NAME_ENG&ot=520&group=-1&oid=169&tab_id=-10
I know that I could also go SD->Tablet->Backup SD, but direct copy would make life much easier.
If anyone has experience with that setup, let me know!
Thanks alot!
Markus
On my Touchpad with CM9 and OTG support you can mount multiple mass storage devices using a USB hub. By default it will only mount one at a time but I use Drive Mount to mount multiple drives. Its free from Google Play but requires root and busybox.
The Acer may do things differently with USB and may auto mount multiple drives, I dont know for sure. As long as that card reader is compatible with Android it should work.
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Again, title says it all.
I searched and seems there are no "user-friendly" solutions to do this on any device.
Is it possible to make an APP or something that does that?
Else is a major waste.
I wonder why Google didn't think of a (user) "shared" folder concept when they added multi-user support. It's not like it would be a novelty.
no one?
i would like to share sdcard between users too as on cyanogenmod
You can share SD card between users in CM??? I didn't know.