Am I doing something wrong or am I not able to access my external sd card to a opy files to it using es root explorer?
I see it in storage setting but it's still empty and I cannot copy to it
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In ES settings, check to be sure 'root explorer' is on and check 'Up to root'. Once you do that you can go up to parent folder and select mnt. There you will find /extSdCard as its mounted under /mnt/extSdCard
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i looked in es file explorer and a copy is in /mnt/sdcard and /sd card
what does mnt mean and which duplicate files should i delete
Is it not the mount point in unix? So the SD card has been mounted?
I have Astro File Manager installed. I have not used it much but now have a question I can't find a answer to. I added some files to the SDCard when it was connected to my PC. I go to Astro and it looks like, at least on my Incredible that my sdcard is listed under mnt/emmc. I have installed the TitantiumBackup and it thinks my SDCard is mnt/sdcard but that looks like it is the internal memory when I connect the phone to the PC. I did a backup and instead of installing the backup to my sdcard it all went to the internal memory. What good is a backup there? I thought the purpose was to put the backup to the sdcard so you could easily have it on a external card.
If my sdcard should be mnt/sdcard how do I get the phone to use that for the removable sdcard? On the root of my internal file system I have a /sdcard folder which looks like it is the same as the /mnt/sdcard folder. The /mnt/sdcard/ and the mnt/emmc/ are different and the mnt/emmc/ folder has all my sdcard files and folders.
Am I missing something somewhere? Why is it so difficult to find the sdcard files and is there a way to fix my file system or TitantiumBackup to find the right system? I am at a loss on this one.
Titanium Backup shows -
External storage: /mnt/sdcard (ok)
Backup directory: /mnt/sdcard/TitantiumBackup
When phone is connected to the PC both of these are internal storage, not the SDCard. What, where should I see sdcard in Astro to really be the SDCard?
If it should be /mnt/sdcard how do I make the file system to use that and not use /mnt/emmc/ as the sdcard? I did a backup today and TitantiumBackup put all the files on the /mnt/sdcard/ area so now the backup is not on my sdcard. I could not find any place in TitantiumBackup to change where the backups go.
your post is extremely confusing.
just to clear some things up.
are you doing all this (checking on the pc and checking astro) at the same time? cause if you are you will see two different things. Unmount and switch to "charge only" if you want to see astro correctly on the phone.
/mnt/emmc is your internal memory
/mnt/sdcard is your sdcard
Always will be.
PhillyCheez said:
your post is extremely confusing.
just to clear some things up.
are you doing all this (checking on the pc and checking astro) at the same time? cause if you are you will see two different things. Unmount and switch to "charge only" if you want to see astro correctly on the phone.
/mnt/emmc is your internal memory
/mnt/sdcard is your sdcard
Always will be.
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No, not checking both at the same time. Below is using Astro:
Astro = /mnt/emmc - sdcard
Astro = mnt/sdcard - internal memory
Connected to PC:
I don't see mnt or sdcard or most of what I see using Astro on the internal drive.
On the SDCard I see what I see under /mnt/emmc/ using Astro.
HTC Support said to mount the SD card from the phone to PC, copy all data to the PC and then unmount from PC and format the SD card. I did that, and after the format I went to copy all back to the card but the card was just as before the format. I unmounted the phone from the PC and Astro showed I formated the /sdcard - my phone data area. The /mnt/emmc (where my Incredible thinks the SD card is) had all the information showing as before.
The /mnt/sdcard only had 3 files, .android_secure (empty directory) LOST.DIR (empty directory) and tmp - .astro folder - astro.db. The /mnt/emmc/ has all my SD Card files and directories.
I know this is not set up right, especially when the format could / did not find the sdcard. Anyone know how to fix this to get it the way it should be?
HTC Support to the rescue. Since the in the phone format did not work, or at least work on the SD Card they had me take the original 2GB card that came with the phone and put it in a card reader on my PC and d0 a format there (FAT32). After the format I copied the files back to that card and put it in my phone. All works as it should, in a file manager /sdcard or /mnt/sdcard showed what was on my SD Card. I then put my 8GB card in the card reader on my PC and did a FAT32 format on it and then copied the files back to it. I then swapped the cards and now I can see the 8GB SD card as either /sdcard or /mnt/sdcard as it should.
Now all I need to find out is what should really be in /mnt/emmc and see if I can get that back the way it should be. Anyone know what directories & files should be there?
Hey all - for some reason, I am unable to see my internal storage correctly. If I plug into my PC, I can see all the files I have on my phone - root explorer, es file explorer, etc are not seeing these files.
Any ideas?
What you're seeing on your computer is your "virtual SD card, to see it in root explorer, go into /sdcard and should be the same files you're seeing on comp.
So since I got my SGS3, I noticed in ES File Manager as well as Root Explorer I can't find the Ext SD folder, however with the stock My Files app the first directories that pop up are Ext SD and SDcard. I don't think my camera pics and other items are being stored on the external SDcard? how do I get to the Ext SD Card from ES Explorer or Root File Manager?
Thanks,
seanvree said:
So since I got my SGS3, I noticed in ES File Manager as well as Root Explorer I can't find the Ext SD folder, however with the stock My Files app the first directories that pop up are Ext SD and SDcard. I don't think my camera pics and other items are being stored on the external SDcard? how do I get to the Ext SD Card from ES Explorer or Root File Manager?
Thanks,
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/mnt/ExtSdcard/
To make it easier long press on extsdcard folder and select Link to This Folder. Then go back to the root directory and create the link there.
That's for Root Explorer btw.
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How can I copy files from the internal storage to my SD Card? ES File explorer says it will not let me do it, because of system restrictions. (I don't want to root, so please suggest a Non-root method for me! )
If it's relevant at all, I have a Sandisk ultra class 10 32GB card.
Do you mean your internal storage (for me that is /) or do you mean your internal SD card (for me that is sdcard0).
From your internal storage (/) to any other location is root neccesarily essential. From your internal sdcard (sdcard0) to let's say your external sdcard (external_SD) is root not required and is done via a file manager like ES or Root Explorer.
If you tell us what you exactly want to copy we might be able to help you further.
sprremix said:
Do you mean your internal storage (for me that is /) or do you mean your internal SD card (for me that is sdcard0).
From your internal storage (/) to any other location is root neccesarily essential. From your internal sdcard (sdcard0) to let's say your external sdcard (external_SD) is root not required and is done via a file manager like ES or Root Explorer.
If you tell us what you exactly want to copy we might be able to help you further.
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Hi! I want to copy from sdcard0 to extsd. I figured it out. You have to use the stock file explorer if you want to do that. Apparently google has removed 3rd party access to copying files from internal SD to external SD. Thanks for your help!