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[Q] Q: SD Card as Application Storage

I have a 16GB Galaxy Note II, and put a 32GB card into the unit. How do I use the SD Card for application storage, like my HTC EVO allowed me to do. I can't even use the Move To SD Card option in the Applications function under Settings.
Thank you.
LD

You cant as of right now. Jelly Bean wont allow it. I dont know if this works for the sprint version but on the international version they were rooting and then putting directory bind on to allow them to do apps2sd. I believe directory bind is found on xda only. I dont know where it is. I was thinking of using it myself.

yet another complaint I have with this phone! I wont lie for the price tag im running into a lot of things my old EVo 3D could do with ease that I am banging my head against the wall trying to figure out on this device.
SO the best work around that I have done is use a program called Directory bind. However you will need to root your device in order for this program to work right. So... I dont know how you feel about doing that or how savy you are in rooting and all that good stuff.
I will say that it only takes about 20 minutes to root the device and install Directory Bind now I have a lot of my programs stored on the SD card instead of in the phones internal memory still though there should be a cleaner way to do this than have to use a program to work around it..

Do you have a link to directory bind?

I'll leave this right here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
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sdcard0 to extsdcard
I found a scripts the tricks ICS to use your external sdcard as your internal storage. So when apps write data to sdcard0 it is actually writting to your external sd. I tried it and it works!
I dont have permission to post outside links but you can find it at galaxynote2root in the tutorials section.

Im not even worried about apps and their data moving to sdcard as much as I want a fix for the internal memory being labeled as sdcard..
On my past htc devices this wasnt the case... Its an issue having the Real sd card labeles as extSDcard because apps such as taparalk and my browser select the default term sdcard and dont allow the option to change the path to my real sdcard.
So anytime I save an image or a file it goea straight to internal storage instead of the sdcard. Again I could care less about apps2sd but I need to keep apps separated from files I download to the device. Dont want my phones 16 gigs being eaten up by my photos and music and roms and such..
Is there anyway to rename the sdcard without messing up the system any?
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chucktownscitch said:
Im not even worried about apps and their data moving to sdcard as much as I want a fix for the internal memory being labeled as sdcard..
On my past htc devices this wasnt the case... Its an issue having the Real sd card labeles as extSDcard because apps such as taparalk and my browser select the default term sdcard and dont allow the option to change the path to my real sdcard.
So anytime I save an image or a file it goea straight to internal storage instead of the sdcard. Again I could care less about apps2sd but I need to keep apps separated from files I download to the device. Dont want my phones 16 gigs being eaten up by my photos and music and roms and such..
Is there anyway to rename the sdcard without messing up the system any?
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Ok, try ICS SD Binder in the app store. It will provide I link inside your sdcard0 directory that will give you the option to save your images to your extsdcard. So in what ever app your using if it has the options in the settings to choose your save directory, ICS SD Binder will provide the link to your extsdcard.

hoth66 said:
Ok, try ICS SD Binder in the app store. It will provide I link inside your sdcard0 directory that will give you the option to save your images to your extsdcard. So in what ever app your using if it has the options in the settings to choose your save directory, ICS SD Binder will provide the link to your extsdcard.
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in the first box "original mount point" do i need to select /mnt/sdcard or /mnt/extSdCard ?
and New mount point should just be labeled external_sd. Do i need to check any of the boxes below?
Excuse the noobness with this app, never had to do this before with my other devices, it just worked as it should and didnt have internal memory lableled as sdcard when it wasnt.
Thanks in advance.

Just check bind sd to new mount point, you don't have to change anything else.
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ok ..so just to make sure..
before i go bricking my device...Link2SD does NOT work work with the Note2? or it does? I would like to be able to move my Large apps to the SD card and since im used to HTC devices(mainly the OG evo) the use of the internal card is throwing me off. Also i do not see the option to create SD EXT in the recovery i have loaded(TWRP as was suggested not to user clockwork)..so would i need to have that done on the PC?
Any help is helpfull..
MrMafesto

MafestoPresents said:
before i go bricking my device...Link2SD does NOT work work with the Note2? or it does? I would like to be able to move my Large apps to the SD card and since im used to HTC devices(mainly the OG evo) the use of the internal card is throwing me off. Also i do not see the option to create SD EXT in the recovery i have loaded(TWRP as was suggested not to user clockwork)..so would i need to have that done on the PC?
Any help is helpfull..
MrMafesto
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Link2SD does not work on the Note2. You need to use ICS SD BINDER. I tried it my self on my rooted GN2. But this will not let you run your apps from the sdcard. It only provides a link or a shortcut if you will in your sdcard0 directory that targets your external sdcard. So if you have an app that saves data and it lets you browse a location for the data in your sdcard0 directory, this gives you the opportunity to point that in your external sdcard directory. Ex, I use a app to hide my pic on my phone. the hidden encrypted pic are stored in the sdcard0 dir, and it does not give me now option to browse my external sdcard and save the files there, this app solves that problem.
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There is an app out there called directory bind that people use on the S3, I will try it out and post my results

hoth66 said:
Link2SD does not work on the Note2. You need to use ICS SD BINDER. I tried it my self on my rooted GN2. But this will not let you run your apps from the sdcard. It only provides a link or a shortcut if you will in your sdcard0 directory that targets your external sdcard. So if you have an app that saves data and it lets you browse a location for the data in your sdcard0 directory, this gives you the opportunity to point that in your external sdcard directory. Ex, I use a app to hide my pic on my phone. the hidden encrypted pic are stored in the sdcard0 dir, and it does not give me now option to browse my external sdcard and save the files there, this app solves that problem.
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There is an app out there called directory bind that people use on the S3, I will try it out and post my results
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Ok, it was a little complicated, but it does work. He did real good job. There is a youtube video up demonstrating how it works. It's very helpful.

Thats awesome hoth66..thanks for being the guinea pig! Got a link for that video?
Im sure I can find it if not..either way...good show!!
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There's also a script you can run using script manager. Much simpler in my opinion. Makes the phone think the external sd is the internal memory. I haven't hqd any problems other than much more free space
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Rado_vr6 said:
There's also a script you can run using script manager. Much simpler in my opinion. Makes the phone think the external sd is the internal memory. I haven't hqd any problems other than much more free space
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Rado...Do U possibly have a link for that script ..or a faq about it?

Go to galaxynote2root.com he has a really good YouTube video and links to the files needed.
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^^^This
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If I switch my sdcard with internal memory, will that render all of the apps installed in internal memory useless?

mugenga said:
If I switch my sdcard with internal memory, will that render all of the apps installed in internal memory useless?
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Nope, everything works as is.
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all files not shown in SD card on PC?

Hi. I have some files that are not being shown in the external SD card when I view on the PC. I checked the files through root explorer and its there, its just not showing up on my PC? Please help. Thank you.
I'm running wicked v6 w/ ktoonz kernal
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I would say that this is problem with pc. What system are you using? Do you have "show hidden files" option on (just google it for your system if you don't know how to turn it on)? Is there "." at the begining of the file like ".xxxx.yyy"?
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Hmm. It seems that the only files that can be viewed on the external SD card on PC is the files I put on their from the PC. The files I downloaded on my phone are not being shown. Hidden files are shown on windows and it still cannot see them. The files are just zips apks and images, I don't understand why they are not showing up. tried on another computer, same result. Hmm.
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Have you tried formatting the card and then coping files from phone to sd?
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I don't own this phone. But I had the same problem with the s2. T989. All I did was power off the phone and took the SD card off let it sit for awhile then put it back in and the PC started showing everything again....hope this helps. I'm running slim bean.
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Unmount and remount sdcard in the storage settings. The PC drivers are really pretty crappy. I've seen it happen quite frequently.

(solved) 64gb sd card stuck on read only

Hey! So my 64gb SanDisk microsd card was working fine then the other day it decided to switch to read only, and nothing I do will fix it, windows refuses to format it, ubuntu says it did but the data remains untouched, nothing works! Any help?
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Try downloading root explorer and mounting it as r/w
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do you use an adapter to connect it to your pc?
also, i had a sandisk usb flash drive. 2 of my coworkers had a flash drive and micro sd go out in december and january. coincidence? perhaps...

dima470 said:
Try downloading root explorer and mounting it as r/w
Edit: thanks bro! Didn't see the option to mount as r/w, that fixed it!
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It says the permissions cannot be changed because the file system is read only
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Andrew_han said:
It says the permissions cannot be changed because the file system is read only
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How was this solved?

something similar happened to me with mine. I had to reformat it and I lost everything that was on it but it works now.

Same Issue
I has been dealing with this issue ...now with two SanDisk Micro sd cards XC I, I did tried to format in almost all the know ways...tried Linux, Windows, command line, Different adapters, Different computers, tried with the Storage feature from the Android OS,
Now I have two beatiful 64G micro sd cards....READ ONLY. Also if you browse the content in the file explorer from the computer the Delete option is not listed in the explorer.
Is there any magic tool that can remove this read only feature from the cards????????

same issue
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I has been dealing with this issue ...now with two SanDisk Micro sd cards XC I, I did tried to format in almost all the know ways...tried Linux, Windows, command line, Different adapters, Different computers, tried with the Storage feature from the Android OS,
Now I have two beatiful 64G micro sd cards....READ ONLY. Also if you browse the content in the file explorer from the computer the Delete option is not listed in the explorer.
Is there any magic tool that can remove this read only feature from the cards????????
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Same issue here: did you update ROM to 4.3 version? I read that it could contain a setting within the platform.xml file that you find into system/etc/permission folder. See this
I tried it but with no success.
I hope you're luckier

Btw i sent it back to Amazon asking for refund (and they agreed). Bye
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Dika2110 said:
Same issue here: did you update ROM to 4.3 version? I read that it could contain a setting within the platform.xml file that you find into system/etc/permission folder. See this
I tried it but with no success.
I hope you're luckier
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I warn you trying this setting. I tried this >>> Editing .XML file. I started getting severe force closes especially Google Frame Work Services. Even reverting did not help. Had to use my Nandroid Backup to go back.
4.3 is sucking so far for 64 GB External SD Card write support. Titanium Backup & Helium both apps can not do automatic scheduled Backups on External SD Card since 99% of the time they do not get Write Access. Only way to do an external SD Card backup is manually after rebooting the phone, even that is hit n miss.

blasterrr said:
I warn you trying this setting. I tried this >>> Editing .XML file. I started getting severe force closes especially Google Frame Work Services. Even reverting did not help. Had to use my Nandroid Backup to go back.
4.3 is sucking so far for 64 GB External SD Card write support. Titanium Backup & Helium both apps can not do automatic scheduled Backups on External SD Card since 99% of the time they do not get Write Access. Only way to do an external SD Card backup is manually after rebooting the phone, even that is hit n miss.
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I agree with you. 4.3 is still far from 64Gb SD Card support, and I know that editing this file can be dangerous, but I read that someone was able to restore his card and due to its cost was worth a try. During my tentative, this update didn't have effect (but at least I didn't get more troubles).

Same issue.
64GB SanDisk card from my Note 3 (search brought me here) became read only after 5 months.
I've ended up sending it under warranty back to SanDisk.
I'm glad I didn't loose anything as I've backed it up but still don't like the idea of returning something with a lot of my data and photos I can't delete.

may have found solution
Lembo said:
Same issue.
64GB SanDisk card from my Note 3 (search brought me here) became read only after 5 months.
I've ended up sending it under warranty back to SanDisk.
I'm glad I didn't loose anything as I've backed it up but still don't like the idea of returning something with a lot of my data and photos I can't delete.
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I was having the very same problem. I finally went into the computer management, and was about to throw phone across room....when I tried to format one last time. This time I unchecked the quick format. It is taking longer, but seems to be working...I am keeping fingers crossed.
Full Format has finished and card is saved! Hope this helps anyone in the future.

[Q]External SD card is not showing in my files?

Hello Everyone i used so many things to root my note 2 4.3 jellybean but failed to root.
Yesterday i tried using Dr.Ketan Multi tool and i dont know what happened after that my ext sd card drive is lost from my phone as well as all the files are also lost.
I connected my phone through USB and still it is only showing phone memory and in phone only showing phone memory.
All my apps which i moved to sd card are also not opening now.
What has happened can anyone help me out to restore it back.

please guys i need help. m external storage shows /storage/emulated/0

try to use ES File Explorer and choose sdcard, it happened to me also it moves alone to emulated but sdcard is visible
so go to /device/storage/
and here it is
pd:edited due to missread(9 am morning, u know... ajajaj)
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aka_sirok said:
try to use ES File Explorer and choose sdcard, it happened to me also it moves alone to emulated but sdcard is visible
so go to /device/storage/
and here it is
pd:edited due to missread(9 am morning, u know... ajajaj)
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Bro in my case its different i cant see storage/device or even in gallery i cant see pictures from storage card.
All my videos and songs are not there.
What has happened i am so worried

i think It will be better if i downgrade it to 4.1.2 as now i am having so many problems with this jellybean

I downgraded to 4.1.2 but still in My files of android i cannot see my external SD card
I want my phone same as it was i have messed up with so many things.
How can i reset everything delete all the files and get it like a new phone from shop
Please someone Help ???

extSdCard Read-Only issue, please help. = (

Hey folks, I have this read-only issue with my mounted extSdCard when trying to download as well as save files directly onto the extSdCard drive under ANY folder.
You see, I often use the android apps "uTorrent Pro" and the "YouTube Downloader" but they don't let me save directly to the extSdCard in ANY folder. How do I fix this without re-formatting my card or using a computer with a regular sized SD Card slot to input an SD Card adapter and micro card to have the computer read that card so I can flip the adapter into the unlock position? My reason for fixing this issue specifically without a computer is because I do not own a computer of any kind, so any fix using one is useless to me.
Also, I have the ES File Explorer app but it only allows me to view the "Permissions" settings but not change them. Is it possible to change the settings for just the entire extSdCard directory? Am I missing something here or do the updated versions of these apps just not allow one to save directly to the extSdCard??
In addition, I remember this never happening about 6+ months ago when I had my SanDisk 64 GB micro SD Card in my phone. I noticed that nothing saved directly to the micro card without having to manually transfer files from the internal to the external card when I upgraded to the SanDisk 45 mb/s R-Rw speed 128 GB card a few months ago. I'm tired of having to save things to the internal memory then transfer what was downloaded to my Micro SD Card.
Thanks.

Whenever you save stuffs, most apps give you an option on where/which folder to save to. You just have to find out where that option is. Others just save to int download folder and then you have to manually transfer. In ES file explorer, click the button in the top left-tools-root explorer, turn it on and then click it again to change the permissions.

Oh, almost forgot.... my S4 is NOT rooted and I don't have the capability of doing so as I do not own a computer. Any other fix beside choosing to turn on the Root Explorer option because it doesn't work for me?
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Root your phone lol. You will only trip the Knox counter if you flash a custom recovery and/or different kernel
You can still root without a computer. What bootloader is your phone on?

If there's a way to root my phone without having to use a computer/tablet at all, please let me know!? Oh, and I just updated to the latest version of android released by TMobile just last week so TowelRoot does not work either... I tried already.
= (
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I'll see if there is a way for 4.4.4
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I couldn't find a way for anything higher than 4.3. Your best bet would be to see if you can borrow/use a friend or family members PC

Ok, thanks anyways for checking.
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