So I have a SIIG 4-in-1 Connectivity Adapter for my Note 10.1, and I tried a couple thumb drives in the USB port, most worked fine, but one (a Victorinox Swissflash Secure 32gb drive) just keeps saying "USB Drive safely removed" every time I try to mount it. It's formatted in exFAT and works fine when plugged in to my PC.
Could it be because of the security software installed on the drive (which I'm not using anyway)? Or is something else at work here?
Edit, to make sense.
Would seem so. Think you might be able to reformat it to remove the security software.
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I finally did it, I reformatted and now it works great. It was definitely the built in security software. Now that the security software is no longer supported, it isn't necessary anyway. Thanks!
Glad you got sorted.
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Could of also been formatted as ntfs, but should be formatted to exfat or fat32
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I have reformatted my card several times from the storage setting. Nothing work just stays "damaged"
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Do you have an adapter? Can you plug it in to a computer to test?
Well I'm not next to a computer at the moment. I formatted it through the settings in the phone and it doesn't seem to "fix" damage
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Are you sure it's connected to your phone? Try using it on another device that uses an SD card.
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Are you sure it's connected to your phone? Try using it on another device that uses an SD card.
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This is another good option. Personally, I would plug into a computer and run a diagnostic check on the SD card. I would hate to lose pics and data due to using a faulty sd card.
This happened to me many times. I dont really kow what could've caused it. All i know is that i've never had any problems with any of my SD cards, until i got the S3. So weird.
Well it's connected to the pc via usb and there is no option through the pc to format the drive
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I'm also getting all sorts of force closes and freezes when it is mounted to my phone...
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Well it's connected to the pc via usb and there is no option through the pc to format the drive
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I'm also getting all sorts of force closes and freezes when it is mounted to my phone...
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That's because of the way the GS3 handles the external SD card. I don't remember the details but it is not mounted as USB mass storage.
Going back Metal Slug's post, if you have another device that can mount is as USB mass storage, or an micro sd -> sd adapter would be the only other option.
What size is the card?
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First things first, note 2 is awesome. Now to the main issue. I have been trying to use my usb to transfer files both via mtp and mass storage mode (the app used for s3 and several others) but I keep hitting one problem. The phone unmounts my external sd (in the case of mass storage) or disconnects totally from.my pc when.I'm using it in mtp mode. The issue is regardless of the usb connection I use the phone disconnects after roughly.five minutes. Btw I'm doin all this with usb debugging on...besides that, it was d same with both stock and.custom firmware (revolution hd and.note2core asylum.kernel). Any help will be much appreciated.
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SanDisk?
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Try to format you ext sd card to Fat32 using card reader.
If that not solve your problem just use card reader to transfer files to ur ext sd card.
No. 32gb samsung.
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Already formated with the phone to FAT32 but still same.issues. I use card reader but itts a pain always having to pull out the card each tiwne I want.to transfer files...on a new device
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As the title says, how can I save and access files to and from the 3 g USB port?
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With a USB drive plugged in and 3G enabled, file transfer should be working.
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With a USB drive plugged in and 3G enabled, file transfer should be working.
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Nope. Only read only. Could it be the app?
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Could be the app.
I've used the default filer app and Total Commander successfully.
Also I plugged a digital camera into the 3G port and opened Gallery and was invited to copy all the discovered photos over.
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Check what file system you are using. If it is NTFS - then an app might be needed to remount ext_storage as writeable, not sure, but check google play.
Might be the filesystem of the USB stick. I had 32gb stick in NTFS format, and it worked read only. After formatting to fat32 I could write to it.
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Might be the filesystem of the USB stick. I had 32gb stick in NTFS format, and it worked read only. After formatting to fat32 I could write to it.
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Yeah The linux kernel only has support for ReadOnly NTFS by default, If you want to keep the filesystem as NTFS you need to use NTFS-3G which has Read/Write support, Although I've never fully trusted Linux's NTFS functionality it just feels a little flakey to me, the best thing to do is uninstall windows reformat all your NTFS Drives as ext4 and use Linux LOL. Then you wouldn't have this problem. Failing that there's a guide knocking around XDA about NTFS-3G it'll be buried deep in a forum somewhere.
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Yeah The linux kernel only has support for ReadOnly NTFS by default, If you want to keep the filesystem as NTFS you need to use NTFS-3G which has Read/Write support, Although I've never fully trusted Linux's NTFS functionality it just feels a little flakey to me, the best thing to do is uninstall windows reformat all your NTFS Drives as ext4 and use Linux LOL. Then you wouldn't have this problem. Failing that there's a guide knocking around XDA about NTFS-3G it'll be buried deep in a forum somewhere.
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Just pop it in the computer and do a fat format? Thanks everyone.
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Just pop it in the computer and do a fat format? Thanks everyone.
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Yes.
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I've used also ext2 successfully on ICS ROM. This allowed me to write files larger than 4GB on to my SDXC card.
I am having a lot of trouble getting a 64gig SD card working on my Cyanogen 10.1.2 install.I tried flashing the fixes but am without any luck. The card is currently formatted as exFAT, which I thought the fixes would address.
Another odd thing is that when I am in settings and try to view 'storage,' it starts to open and then fails, giving me an 'it stopped working' message.
Anyway, I can kick $10 to whomever can help solve this problem for me or donate it to XDA or Cyanogen or whomever. Thanks.
Reformat the card to fat32. Should work then.
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I am having a lot of trouble getting a 64gig SD card working on my Cyanogen 10.1.2 install.I tried flashing the fixes but am without any luck. The card is currently formatted as exFAT, which I thought the fixes would address.
Another odd thing is that when I am in settings and try to view 'storage,' it starts to open and then fails, giving me an 'it stopped working' message.
Anyway, I can kick $10 to whomever can help solve this problem for me or donate it to XDA or Cyanogen or whomever. Thanks.
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Download MiniAid Fat32 Formatter. Insert your sd card and run the program. Find your SD card and right click and find Format Partition but don't mess around with any other settings. It even comes with a video. Make sure you watch the video. Message me if you need any more help.
I personally use the SdCard Formatter from the SD Association.
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4
Im not sure if itll automatically format to fat32, ive never had the card to try it with. But if it does, this the best option imo. Read the page linked above for more info on why.
Otherwise there are lots of formatting utilities out there you can use. Though the built in windows function should work just fine. Just some other options as I dont always trust sofware that isnt very well known.
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I'm on CM10.2 nightly and my microsd works fine. Clean install and fat32 formatted
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I'm on CM10.2 nightly and my microsd works fine. Clean install and fat32 formatted
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But if it were formatted as exFat, it wouldnt work. The files required to use the exFat format are closed source from Samsung. So exFat works fine on most touchwiz roms, but not cm/aosp roms.
Most 32gb and larger sd cards come preformatted as exFat which is why this issue exists.
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But if it were formatted as exFat, it wouldnt work. The files required to use the exFat format are closed source from Samsung. So exFat works fine on most touchwiz roms, but not cm/aosp roms.
Most 32gb and larger sd cards come preformatted as exFat which is why this issue exists.
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Well then, maybe the title of the thread should be changed to "..exFAT on CM ROMs.." or something. But as a work-around, might reformat to FAT32 (w/ largest cluster size)
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Well then, maybe the title of the thread should be changed to "..exFAT on CM ROMs.." or something. But as a work-around, might reformat to FAT32 (w/ largest cluster size)
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Thats what I told him. I dont think he realized that exFat was the problem so he wouldnt have known to title the thread as such. Just that the card wouldnt work on CM, which is pretty much his title.
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Thats what I told him. I dont think he realized that exFat was the problem so he wouldnt have known to title the thread as such. Just that the card wouldnt work on CM, which is pretty much his title.
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That's why you're the Doc.
Good luck to OP on MicroSD Card issues.
Just to update this a bit, the latest 0820 10.2 Nightly's changelog shows that they are now supporting exFAT:
http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/48543/
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Just to update this a bit, the latest 0820 10.2 Nightly's changelog shows that they are now supporting exFAT:
http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/48543/
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Cool. Good to know. Lets hope its working correctly!
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My phone has 9gb of internal space, its all being used but the table isn't adding up to 9gbs.. This doesn't make sense. My phone won't even read my external SD card. Its 32gb. I can't format my external SD card. I can't mount it. Idk how to fix the problem. Any suggestions?
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ixJay said:
My phone has 9gb of internal space, its all being used but the table isn't adding up to 9gbs.. This doesn't make sense. My phone won't even read my external SD card. Its 32gb. I can't format my external SD card. I can't mount it. Idk how to fix the problem. Any suggestions?
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Some stuff such as nandroid backups don't show up in that list. Any chance that's taking up a lot of your space?
Try formatting your SD card in Windows if you have a USB adapter or micro to full size adapter and a port on your computer for a full SD. 32GB should be FAT32.
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Some stuff such as nandroid backups don't show up in that list. Any chance that's taking up a lot of your space?
Try formatting your SD card in Windows if you have a USB adapter or micro to full size adapter and a port on your computer for a full SD. 32GB should be FAT32.
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I have a USB adapter that connects to my phone. What do I do after connecting my phone to the computer? Cause every time I connect it. It doesn't bring up my external SD card.. And how do I set it to fat32?
Edit: also how can I delete the backups I have made? Been a while since I've messed with a rooted phone.
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ixJay said:
I have a USB adapter that connects to my phone. What do I do after connecting my phone to the computer? Cause every time I connect it. It doesn't bring up my external SD card.. And how do I set it to fat32?
Edit: also how can I delete the backups I have made? Been a while since I've messed with a rooted phone.
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When I said USB adapter, I was talking about a microSD to USB adapter. In case the phone is the bad link in the chain, it'd be a good idea to remove the card from the phone and attempt to manipulate it externally. If that is not an option for you, I'll let someone else with ideas chime in on that topic.
For Nandroids: Try something like Nandroid Manager * ROOT
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore
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When I said USB adapter, I was talking about a microSD to USB adapter. In case the phone is the bad link in the chain, it'd be a good idea to remove the card from the phone and attempt to manipulate it externally. If that is not an option for you, I'll let someone else with ideas chime in on that topic.
For Nandroids: Try something like Nandroid Manager * ROOT
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore
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Crazy how the app is 2.93MB and I can't download it. I get an error saying "Insufficient storage available" mean while I have like 800+MB available. I don't get whats wrong with this phone.
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ixJay said:
Crazy how the app is 2.93MB and I can't download it. I get an error saying "Insufficient storage available" mean while I have like 800+MB available. I don't get whats wrong with this phone.
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If you have a root explorer or adb you could try pushing it to system/app because your data partition appears full.
You could also try to Odin back to stock.
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