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Accessing Microsd on phone

Hi, I recently got the CDMA (Virgin Mobile US) One V, and am having issues accessing the microsd folder using file explorers on the phone.
Using astro, if I go "up" as far as possible to /, the options are
mnt
proc
root
sbin
sdcard
sys
system
vendor
On my TF101, removable storage is under sdcard. But if I go under there, the options read
Android
DCIM
Download
LOST.DIR
Notifications
tmp
My question is, do you need root access to access removable storage? And if not, where is it? And yes, the SD card is recognized under settings.
EDIT: When I connected the phone to windows computer, it showed up as one drive, namely just the microsd card's space, and not anything about the phone. Does this mean everything besides apps, like videos/photos taken with the camera and files downloaded, is automatically stored on the microsd card?
Sorry if this is long, first post.

The answer to one of your questions is "yes" the phone does save your downloads and pics/videos to sdcard. I believe the PC only shows your sdcard when you have your phone in drive mode.
No you don't have to be root to access your sdcard.

dobbs69 said:
The answer to one of your questions is "yes" the phone does save your downloads and pics/videos to sdcard. I believe the PC only shows your sdcard when you have your phone in drive mode.
No you don't have to be root to access your sdcard.
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Thanks, I think I figured it out. Just hope this remains the same after switching ROMs.

Asteradragon said:
Thanks, I think I figured it out. Just hope this remains the same after switching ROMs.
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under /mnt/sdcard

[Q] Files "Dissapeared" after installing new ROM 4.2.2

So I went back to stock system because I needed to unlock my phone and I placed some files on my Internal SD, then installed PA 2.10 and when i try to access my Internal SD its completely new, my old stuff disappeared. Any suggestions on what i did wrong or how to access my files?

Another thing to mention, on the Internal Storage (when i plug in my phone to my PC) it says I only have 10GB of space out of 12, even though my "new" directory doesn't contain even 100mb of data.

IClassStriker said:
So I went back to stock system because I needed to unlock my phone and I placed some files on my Internal SD, then installed PA 2.10 and when i try to access my Internal SD its completely new, my old stuff disappeared. Any suggestions on what i did wrong or how to access my files?
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This is a great reason why it's a good idea to invest in a $10 micro sd card. Did you format /system and/or /data?

They are stored in a folder call 0 now. Look in there. 4.2 rooms move all your data files there. You can find them all in there and move back if you like

xBeerdroiDx said:
This is a great reason why it's a good idea to invest in a $10 micro sd card. Did you format /system and/or /data?
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yeaa i did, is that why?
hednik said:
They are stored in a folder call 0 now. Look in there. 4.2 rooms move all your data files there. You can find them all in there and move back if you like
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and i checked, i think they were overwritten. Does anybody know a way to access your entire file system through computer other than MTP?

IClassStriker said:
Does anybody know a way to access your entire file system through computer other than MTP?
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AirDroid. It syncs your S3 with your computer via WiFi. It's in the play store.

IClassStriker said:
yeaa i did, is that why?
and i checked, i think they were overwritten. Does anybody know a way to access your entire file system through computer other than MTP?
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You can use adb and navigate to /data/media.
Or you can get a file manager, navigate to /data/media, then move all your files to the 0 folder then do whatever you need to after.
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How Do I browse data on internal memory

My galaxy s3 has internal and external Storage areas, and they both show up on my computer.
On the Play however, only the external SD card shows up on my PC. Is there any way to get the internal memory to show up on my PC?

Not via USB. I don't know any pther solutions, i already tried it via ftp-server, but it didn't work

You wrong understand android device's storage partitions.
1) Internal memory(you havent said about it): Android stored there. Have size up to 2Gb. Partitions: /system, /data(apps installed in "intermal memory", settings), /cache, /boot(kernel and recovery).
2) Sdcard(in many devices included as "Internal memory", on others its SD card itself), mounted as /sdcard.
3) Ext SD(SD card in devices with built-in /sdcard partition. Its your S3 for example), mounted as /exstsd.
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So, internal memory what you ask about is number one. As i see, you dont know what is it, so you dont need to get there.
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Btw if you sure that you need acces, root phone and use root explorer.
But its not storage for your personal files.

Yeah im on about 'SDcard'. Ive used RootEx to look at the 'SDcard' folder but theres nothing in there.

vinokirk said:
Yeah im on about 'SDcard'. Ive used RootEx to look at the 'SDcard' folder but theres nothing in there.
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Look in system folder under apps and data I think. Can't remember of the top of my
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Utilising external SD card

After boot I see this entry under my root directory:
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-10-16 22:48 sdcard -> /storage/emulated/legacy
I do not understand it very well but it seems the system emulates an SD card using its own memory. Then many applications use this area to save files. The thing is that I have a real external SD Card that I would like all the downloads, music, temp files, documents, everything really to go there.
I have tried to remove the symbolic link 'sdcard' and to make it point to my sd card but I cannot remove it not even as root, read only system, I probably need to use chmod first not sure.
Has anyone done this and know the solution?
Many thanks

The internal storage is emulated as an sdcard.
You can't delete the sym links as they are created upon each boot.
As long as you are rooted you can use your external sd card for whatever you want.
Just point your apps to the right location.

ashyx said:
The internal storage is emulated as an sdcard.
You can't delete the sym links as they are created upon each boot.
As long as you are rooted you can use your external sd card for whatever you want.
Just point your apps to the right location.
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Thank you but I cannot ask all applications to point to the external card. Many applications do not have this setting, either through the Applications Manager or through their own settings. Trying to find files then gets more confusing and every so often I must copy files manually so as to keep them in one place.
Is there perhaps an application that will also run at boot and point to the external card before any other applications start? That might be a good solution?

Zilliman said:
Thank you but I cannot ask all applications to point to the external card. Many applications do not have this setting, either through the Applications Manager or through their own settings. Trying to find files then gets more confusing and every so often I must copy files manually so as to keep them in one place.
Is there perhaps an application that will also run at boot and point to the external card before any other applications start? That might be a good solution?
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Link2sd pro

I have a galaxy tab s and am using Folder Mount and so far (after a few patches the program itself makes with permision) it is working fine for using data files on the storage card.

Internal mounted SD-Card dissapeared, after flashing Lineage 14.1

Hi XDA,
I'm struggeling with my SD-Card after moving to lineage 14.1 (Coming from CM 13).
Installation worked just fine, but now i can not access my SD-Card from the phone and even not from PC (over the phone). I mounted it as an internal drive on CM to extend my storage.
The System recognizes the Card, but only gives me the options to format the Card and use it as internal storage or format and use it as an external storage.
Could it be, that the Card cannot be used, because it was formated as an internal storage under CM 13?
If anybody has an Idea, how i get access to the files please tell me

subersauger said:
Hi XDA,
I'm struggeling with my SD-Card after moving to lineage 14.1 (Coming from CM 13).
Installation worked just fine, but now i can not access my SD-Card from the phone and even not from PC (over the phone). I mounted it as an internal drive on CM to extend my storage.
The System recognizes the Card, but only gives me the options to format the Card and use it as internal storage or format and use it as an external storage.
Could it be, that the Card cannot be used, because it was formated as an internal storage under CM 13?
If anybody has an Idea, how i get access to the files please tell me
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Maybe this can help.
Decrypt_adopted_storage

Sotiris02 said:
Maybe this can help.
Decrypt_adopted_storage
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Sadly not, I wiped all Data (except SD-Card) due to install the new System. So thers no Key in "/data/misc/vold"

subersauger said:
Sadly not, I wiped all Data (except SD-Card) due to install the new System. So thers no Key in "/data/misc/vold"
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I think you can't do anything now..
Only formatting it via PC(using command prompt..)

Sotiris02 said:
I think you can't do anything now..
Only formatting it via PC(using command prompt..)
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That would be worst case. :/

subersauger said:
That would be worst case. :/
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In the past while i was having a Moto G3,i got it to Marshmallow,made the SD card Internal like and about a month i got it stolen.But the good point was that i had removed the SD card.
Checked Google nothing useful.
Asked Motorola for any decryption tips,Nothing useful from Motorola.
And i couldn't stay with a encrypted SD card.. I formatted it(after making the "big choice" and it was back to factory stats..)
But the only thing that i didn't do,is that i didn't ask Google for support. Because Motorola makes pure stock Android but with some of Motorola apps and features.
As you was in AOSP based ROM (even if you was to LG's stock,Google could help) go ask Google gently for any solution(if you had important files,then surely they will help)

haha i had the same problem but the solution is very very easy just reboot into your recovery open recovery file manager and delete Android secure folder in your SD card.
thats all you need

axelxxxxx said:
haha i had the same problem but the solution is very very easy just reboot into your recovery open recovery file manager and delete Android secure folder in your SD card.
thats all you need
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Deleting "Android Secure" folder (there is no such a folder even in hidden files) won't do anything.
Also a thing that you should learn.(Because it seems you don't)
When your SD card is formated as internal you can't access it via TWRP a PC or even an other phone.
Because it gets encrypted.
Have a nice day.

Sotiris02 said:
Also a thing that you should learn.(Because it seems you don't)
When your SD card is formated as internal you can't access it via TWRP a PC or even an other phone.
Because it gets encrypted.
Have a nice day.
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Yea, i did not know that. If i had, i would have made an SD Backup
But I still have not formated the SD Card, I am still hoping :fingers-crossed:

subersauger said:
Yea, i did not know that. If i had, i would have made an SD Backup
But I still have not formated the SD Card, I am still hoping :fingers-crossed:
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It cant be undone. Sorry to say. I learned this the hard way also. When you put it in lineage, you remember it asking about how you wanted to format it (movable or integrated)
You chose integrated mode. That encrypted it and counted it as device storage. No unencrypting it. Also if you blew away that lineage install, its totally not able to be read anymore. It stored the only decrypt key in the lineageOS keystore.
sad times.

Sotiris02 said:
Deleting "Android Secure" folder (there is no such a folder even in hidden files) won't do anything.
Also a thing that you should learn.(Because it seems you don't)
When your SD card is formated as internal you can't access it via TWRP a PC or even an other phone.
Because it gets encrypted.
Have a nice day.
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Ah yes u right but you can access it as internal. Recvery will ecognise it anyways and you can delete this folder...
Btw this worked for me i had the same problem. And NO there is the folder named "Android secure" definition-- Android.secure is the folder where stock froyo android moves apps to the sd card by default. If you don't use the apps presently, you can safely remove the corresponding app files from the android.secure folder.