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[Q] TWRP 2.4.1.0 backup amount smaller?

So the other day, I found my S3 to have apps crashing all over the place... nothing had changed prior to this, I literally just picked it up and saw avast anti-virus had crashed, and continued to do so, as did the stock browser and so on (still have absolutely no clue what caused this in the first place). I figured I'd just reboot....except then it wouldn't proceed past the s3 splash screen (thankfully I can still boot into recovery or download modes).
Had to wait to get a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card (SDSDQU-064G-AFFP-A) delivered, as I had a lot to backup via the TWRP 2.4.1.0. However it lists the following under backup device:
System (387MB)
Data (1755MB)
Boot (10MB)
Recovery (10MB)
Cache (85MB)
This comes to 2247MB, but I know I have around 20-22GB on the internal storage.... I ran the backup and that's all it's reporting as having backed up. I need to really get my phone back up and running, but I'd rather not loose any photos or anything else on the internal storage.
Also, while I'd love to just copy files via usb, none of the computers I currently have access to can properly install the Samsung usb driver... it's rather frustrating, as I spent many hours attempting to get it to work last night.
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Figured it out (yay lots of googling!), doesn't backup the DCIM folder and such. Copying that over to the external sd card manually...though so far not even a hint of blue on the progress bar and it's been 10min...

GB452 said:
So the other day, I found my S3 to have apps crashing all over the place... nothing had changed prior to this, I literally just picked it up and saw avast anti-virus had crashed, and continued to do so, as did the stock browser and so on (still have absolutely no clue what caused this in the first place). I figured I'd just reboot....except then it wouldn't proceed past the s3 splash screen (thankfully I can still boot into recovery or download modes).
Had to wait to get a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card (SDSDQU-064G-AFFP-A) delivered, as I had a lot to backup via the TWRP 2.4.1.0. However it lists the following under backup device:
System (387MB)
Data (1755MB)
Boot (10MB)
Recovery (10MB)
Cache (85MB)
This comes to 2247MB, but I know I have around 20-22GB on the internal storage.... I ran the backup and that's all it's reporting as having backed up. I need to really get my phone back up and running, but I'd rather not loose any photos or anything else on the internal storage.
Also, while I'd love to just copy files via usb, none of the computers I currently have access to can properly install the Samsung usb driver... it's rather frustrating, as I spent many hours attempting to get it to work last night.
*edit*
Figured it out (yay lots of googling!), doesn't backup the DCIM folder and such. Copying that over to the external sd card manually...though so far not even a hint of blue on the progress bar and it's been 10min...
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I often find myself too lazy to dig out my USB cable. So I start the FTP server (FTPDroidPro (ie Pure-FTPd) because it has root access) on my phone and my computer is the client. You don't need cables.
Update TWRP.
Wipe data/factory reset (need TWRP user to confirm, but CWM does not wipe intsd when you use this option). Stock recovery WILL wipe your internal sd.
Install rom again.
Copy pictures to computer. I've said it more times than I can count, but I'll do it again. Always have a backup of important files. Pictures cannot be replaced. Perhaps invest in some Dropbox space. Then use the Dropbox app to automatically upload pictures you take. I think GDrive is cheaper. But you need G+ to autoupload there. You can send manually, but you have to remember to do it. I suppose Carbonite Mobile would work. Carbonite is a good service, but their apps have always sucked. Windows, mobile, etc.

Thought this would be a good place to mention it, but when copying the dcim folder check the thumbnails file inside it first. Mine often gets up to 10gb in size! More than the actual photos!
Anyone know why it does this?
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Backed up stuff and manually copied over what I could to the external sd card. Wiped cache/dalvik factory reset, flashed cm 10.1 and gapps..... rebooted....still stuck at s3/cm splash screen. What do I do now?

GB452 said:
Backed up stuff and manually copied over what I could to the external sd card. Wiped cache/dalvik factory reset, flashed cm 10.1 and gapps..... rebooted....still stuck at s3/cm splash screen. What do I do now?
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Take out the battery, and tell me what the sticker on the inside of the battery compartment says.

Aerowinder said:
Take out the battery, and tell me what the sticker on the inside of the battery compartment says.
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MODEL; SGH-T999
FCC ID: A3LSGHT999
RATED: 3.8V 1025mA
After that is the IMEI number and serial number.
I know I downloaded the proper cm for the galaxy s3 under t-mobile (http://get.cm/?device=d2tmo).
If I have to wipe the internal memory/format then that's what I'll do... gotta get this back up and running sooner than later.

Did you update TWRP?

Aerowinder said:
Did you update TWRP?
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That's the one thing I hadn't done. I'll have to grab the update, and look up how to do that while in recovery mode.

Link in my signature for the tar file you flash with Odin, or the zip you flash in recovery here: http://db.tt/RkfTm2cd

Aerowinder said:
Link in my signature for the tar file you flash with Odin, or the zip you flash in recovery here: http://db.tt/RkfTm2cd
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Thanks, I'll take care of doing that and report back.
*edit*
Nope...updated and re-did all the steps... still stuck at the s3 logo splash screen.
I presume formatting is in order?

You did a factory reset and reflashed the rom?

Yes and yes.

Salvage your data and Odin root66. Unsure what the problem is, unless your ROM download was corrupted.

Aerowinder said:
Salvage your data and Odin root66. Unsure what the problem is, unless your ROM download was corrupted.
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Can't imagine the download being corrupted, nothing seemed amiss. I presume I am to follow: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30386309, but just need to find the bootlink files for tmobile instead? Will there be any issues with the fact that I can't get the samsung usb drivers to install on this laptop (no matter what I do, it's always shown as not having the driver required in the device manager, code 28), when running Odin?

You don't need that guide, pretend you didn't see it.
What version of Windows are you on?

Aerowinder said:
You don't need that guide, pretend you didn't see it.
What version of Windows are you on?
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Ok, I'll ignore it then. I'm on Windows 7. I have the exact same problem with an old XP machine. Drivers report installation is successful, but once it's plugged in, drivers are either not found and/or weren't installed right. I've tried installing them in safemode, with no difference.

1) Plug phone into computer.
2a) In the control panel, uninstall Kies and SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones.
2b) In the Device Manager, right click > Uninstall the phone device. Check the delete drivers box if it is there. Rescan for hardware changes.
3) Repeat step 2b until the phone shows up as "Android".
4) Unplug phone from the computer.
5) Install these: http://db.tt/nugwjVWT
6) Plug phone in - if still not working, it's an issue with your phone's micro USB port, your cable, your USB port, or your Windows installation.

Aerowinder said:
Issues with USB devices/drivers are usually a pain to fix, but let's try this:
I uploaded an extracted driver package for you, here: http://db.tt/As7SW9sy
Uninstall the drivers (and Kies) from the control panel. Then, when you plug in your phone, go into the device manager, right click the phone (should be pinged), select Uninstall and check delete the driver software for this device.
Then Action > Scan for hardware changes - phone should come up unrecognized (if it's recognized, repeat above step until it no longer does). Right click > update driver > point it to the extracted contents of above zip file.
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Thanks, as soon as I get back in from walking a dog I'll try this out. Thanks btw, for all the help thus far.:good:

Aerowinder said:
1) Plug phone into computer.
2a) In the control panel, uninstall Kies and SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones.
2b) In the Device Manager, right click > Uninstall the phone device. Check the delete drivers box if it is there. Rescan for hardware changes.
3) Repeat step 2b until the phone shows up as "Android".
4) Unplug phone from the computer.
5) Install these: http://db.tt/nugwjVWT
6) Plug phone in - if still not working, it's an issue with your phone's micro USB port, your cable, your USB port, or your Windows installation.
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I'm starting to suspect the cable. It's not the original one, but I had to use another micro usb cable as my cat decided to chew on the other one until it fell apart. Haven't had an issue with charging, but it may be the cause with the PC to phone connection.
Did all the steps but:
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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is where I'm at.
Looks like I'll have to postpone this until tomorrow afternoon, and see if I can't utilize another neighbor's computer, one which has never had problems with the PC to phone connection (and I only hope that stays true with this current cable).

recovering deleted pictures from internal sdcard

hello , is there anyway to recover deleted pictures from internal sdcad after formating system ??? , i tried many apps through google but all failed ,
i desperately need these pictures cuz they contain credit card informations which i must have

You are going to have to put your SD card into the computer and use a recovery program. SD cards don't have a "trash" so you will need to find software to recover it. IMPORTANT!! DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! the more reads and writes to your card, the more likely that the files you are looking for will be purged off. The reason I know its possible is because I just had to do this about 6 months ago. Good luck
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Success100 said:
You are going to have to put your SD card into the computer and use a recovery program. SD cards don't have a "trash" so you will need to find software to recover it. IMPORTANT!! DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! the more reads and writes to your card, the more likely that the files you are looking for will be purged off. The reason I know its possible is because I just had to do this about 6 months ago. Good luck
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Free mobile app
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internal SD.....not external SD ! zo thats a nice idea but not going to work as its not removable.
as long as you can't mount the internal SD as an USB disk its a no go to run recovery software as 99% of those type of software needs a USB disk to run and NOT MTP type of storage.

I think I saw a hack around XDA that allowed you to mount the memory, or extract the contents, to be able to recover (possibly) data. But it seemed like a lot of hoops to jump through. Plus, data recovery programs will often be only partially successful, under the best of circumstances.
Consider it a lesson learned, and backup your photos next time. With a variety of easy cloud options, there is really no reason not to.

pinkslips said:
hello , is there anyway to recover deleted pictures from internal sdcad after formating system ??? , i tried many apps through google but all failed ,
i desperately need these pictures cuz they contain credit card informations which i must have
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do you have a Nandroid ? why didn't you use the Google drive or Dropbox for backup ?
HTC gives every One owner a Google Drive just for this reason

pinkslips said:
hello , is there anyway to recover deleted pictures from internal sdcad after formating system ??? , i tried many apps through google but all failed ,
i desperately need these pictures cuz they contain credit card informations which i must have
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well you could try
reboot to TWRP recovery to avoid further damage to the partition, make sure /external_sd is mounted
Code:
adb shell dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p47 of=/external_sd/mmcblk0p47_userdata.img
(that should be a raw ext4 partition)
once that's done, take out your external sdcard, and using a card reader, try mounting it in linux then use some recovery program,
you may possibly need to convert it the raw partition, but i'm not sure about all that, just trying to point you in the [possibly] right direction
but in all cases, very low chance of success probably
EDIT: for example, i was able to mount the partition (i made a backup when i first got the phone), just to test using DiskInternals Linux Reader:
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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thanks all i managed to do it , i went for a guy and he recovered them for me using terminal emulator and some other program i can remember its name

pinkslips said:
thanks all i managed to do it , i went for a guy and he recovered them for me using terminal emulator and some other program i can remember its name
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Wow that's Great news... Please find out what he used to recover the files . I could really use it.

if you are rooted, there is an app available through the playstore called diskdigger that recovers deleted files from your internal storage

methslushee said:
if you are rooted, there is an app available through the playstore called diskdigger that recovers deleted files from your internal storage
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yes exactly diskdigger root paid one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdiggerpro&hl=en
u can try the free version first if it didnt work for u go for pro , i dont know why int the reviews alot of people says it doesnt work but it worked like a charm , i even used it later afterwards to recover some music and some videos i shot with the camera ,

methslushee said:
if you are rooted, there is an app available through the playstore called diskdigger that recovers deleted files from your internal storage
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pinkslips said:
yes exactly diskdigger root paid one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdiggerpro&hl=en
u can try the free version first if it didnt work for u go for pro , i dont know why int the reviews alot of people says it doesnt work but it worked like a charm , i even used it later afterwards to recover some music and some videos i shot with the camera ,
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Disk digger works very very well. I have used it a few times to help others out. It's success rate is pretty high.
Just ensure to recover to the external sd card.

I suggest that you try this htc data recovery solution.
Good luck.

peternik999 said:
I think not possible for internal storage.
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Phone based data recovery apps (such as from the Play store) are your best bet.
As you may be referring to (hard to tell with a one line, vague post) PC based programs have been (at least somewhat) successful recovering data from smartphones in the past. But since Android has moved to MTP protocol (versus USB mass storage), most of those programs won't work.
The phone apps will work to some degree, with internal storage. But data recovery is always an iffy proposition. Once the memory blocks get overwritten, the data is gone for good (at least by any reasonable, consumer level retrieval methods).

Platform.xml caused broken bluetooth and write permissions

So, this all started, because I was annoyed that Dolphin Browser, wouldn't let me save directly to the external_SD\download folder. I googled, and found out it was a thing since 4.4, that writing to the SD card was kinda wonky. Anyway, I did the "fix" where you add those lines in the platform.xml file, and bluetooth no longer works (something I use every day, so it's important to me). I deleted the file and restored my backup, which at the very most, stopped the bluetooth toast error from constantly appearing. Now, I can no longer take screenshots, or use the camera app. I also noticed that sdcard0 no longer shows as an active directory. Everything appears to have been moved to emulated\0. I have used Root Explorer to try and change folder r/w permissions, to no avail. I'm wondering if having Apps2sd move everything to the sd card, the day prior, aided in this debacle. I have tried using the apps on the play store to fix the sd issue, which just tell me that it's already fixed, even though it isn't.
Is there a known fix to this, other than wiping and starting completely over? When I attempt doing a factory reset, do I need to have the rooted image on the root of the internal memory, and by that I mean, do I need to re-access sdcard0, or will it work on the emulated/0 mount? Will this cause a boot loop?
I am on 11A, and rooted.
I have read all the threads I could on this, but I didn't really see a solution.

ishb3w said:
So, this all started, because I was annoyed that Dolphin Browser, wouldn't let me save directly to the external_SD\download folder. I googled, and found out it was a thing since 4.4, that writing to the SD card was kinda wonky. Anyway, I did the "fix" where you add those lines in the platform.xml file, and bluetooth no longer works (something I use every day, so it's important to me). I deleted the file and restored my backup, which at the very most, stopped the bluetooth toast error from constantly appearing. Now, I can no longer take screenshots, or use the camera app. I also noticed that sdcard0 no longer shows as an active directory. Everything appears to have been moved to emulated\0. I have used Root Explorer to try and change folder r/w permissions, to no avail. I'm wondering if having Apps2sd move everything to the sd card, the day prior, aided in this debacle. I have tried using the apps on the play store to fix the sd issue, which just tell me that it's already fixed, even though it isn't.
Is there a known fix to this, other than wiping and starting completely over? When I attempt doing a factory reset, do I need to have the rooted image on the root of the internal memory, and by that I mean, do I need to re-access sdcard0, or will it work on the emulated/0 mount? Will this cause a boot loop?
I am on 11A, and rooted.
I have read all the threads I could on this, but I didn't really see a solution.
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i know the feeling but it is best to KDZ 11A on your phone and then reroot it to be safe. there is a way to get the SD card fix without messing with the XML file, i have 1 app but i cant post it on here but i do some looking around tomorrow and i let you know the best one you can use to write to SD card, i got y G4 unrooted to do a video, so once i get it rooted and do some looking around. i let you know
my youtube channel can show you how to use a KDZ file
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDnfyWhSEEo
dont use the same file that i used, just use your 11A KDZ if you want to stay on 11A. if you want to use 13B please use the LGUP tool dont take the OTA cause you may be pushed to 25A

ishb3w said:
So, this all started, because I was annoyed that Dolphin Browser, wouldn't let me save directly to the external_SD\download folder. I googled, and found out it was a thing since 4.4, that writing to the SD card was kinda wonky. Anyway, I did the "fix" where you add those lines in the platform.xml file, and bluetooth no longer works (something I use every day, so it's important to me). I deleted the file and restored my backup, which at the very most, stopped the bluetooth toast error from constantly appearing. Now, I can no longer take screenshots, or use the camera app. I also noticed that sdcard0 no longer shows as an active directory. Everything appears to have been moved to emulated\0. I have used Root Explorer to try and change folder r/w permissions, to no avail. I'm wondering if having Apps2sd move everything to the sd card, the day prior, aided in this debacle. I have tried using the apps on the play store to fix the sd issue, which just tell me that it's already fixed, even though it isn't.
Is there a known fix to this, other than wiping and starting completely over? When I attempt doing a factory reset, do I need to have the rooted image on the root of the internal memory, and by that I mean, do I need to re-access sdcard0, or will it work on the emulated/0 mount? Will this cause a boot loop?
I am on 11A, and rooted.
I have read all the threads I could on this, but I didn't really see a solution.
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ok sorry that this is late but i found an app, enjoy
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

I tried that app, and mentioned it in my OP. It doesn't do anything, it tells me my phone has already been fixed (even though it wasn't).

ishb3w said:
I tried that app, and mentioned it in my OP. It doesn't do anything, it tells me my phone has already been fixed (even though it wasn't).
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hmm, when i used it and used my other app, it said it fixed the sd card issue, i can keep looking for you, sorry i haven't replied for awhile. been playing with the lg V10 and LG G3

Video got corrupted and suddenly deleted while transferring

I was taking a video of a full concert which was around 40 mins and everything playback perfectly fine.
I attempted to transfer the video into my computer but it couldn't get through since I don't have enough storage in my computer. I deleted a few files to make some space for this video, then I copied and wait. Not long after, I tried to go back to my phone and it said something about the video being corrupted, then it suddenly deleted by itself. I was so shocked when it happened, thinking it was some kind of glitch, but the video really got deleted and there's absolutely not trace of it. I thought maybe the video got transferred to the computer, but there was nothing as well. The video just completely disappeared! I tried to recover it using fonelab but without root it couldn't do the "deep scan" but if I really have to root my brand new phone then I will. I'm really pissed because it was a really long video and something special to me and I can't believe it just disappeared like that... What actually happened and how can I fix it?

There could be several things. If the video was on the phone's sd card then it's possible it was caused by the sd card. If you were moving instead of copying the video it could have corrupted during the move. You talk like the video was on the phone but if you do have a card inserted are you sure it's not on the card?
Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Tel864 said:
There could be several things. If the video was on the phone's sd card then it's possible it was caused by the sd card. If you were moving instead of copying the video it could have corrupted during the move. You talk like the video was on the phone but if you do have a card inserted are you sure it's not on the card?
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It seems like the video was originally saved to my sd card actually. I remember just dragging the videos to a folder in my computer, and I'm pretty sure that means "copy" not "move/cut" because it's from an external drive. Do you know any ways of how I can recover it?

andrewlay said:
It seems like the video was originally saved to my sd card actually. I remember just dragging the videos to a folder in my computer, and I'm pretty sure that means "copy" not "move/cut" because it's from an external drive. Do you know any ways of how I can recover it?
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On your PC look here
C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp
When copying from external > PC it actually copies there first, then copies from there to wherever you asked it to save to
Slight chance it is still in there, it might not be named the same or have the .mp4 extension, so look for a file dated the same time / date you copied it / recorded it, and same size, then copy to desktop or somewhere and rename to .mp4
(Make sure show file name extensions is enabled to see the .mp4 extension)
If it's not there, run a data recovery software on your MicroSD on a PC

andrewlay said:
It seems like the video was originally saved to my sd card actually. I remember just dragging the videos to a folder in my computer, and I'm pretty sure that means "copy" not "move/cut" because it's from an external drive. Do you know any ways of how I can recover it?
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You can try installing something like EaseUS on your PC and see if it will recover anything on the SD card.
https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm

*Detection* said:
On your PC look here
C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp
When copying from external > PC it actually copies there first, then copies from there to wherever you asked it to save to
Slight chance it is still in there, it might not be named the same or have the .mp4 extension, so look for a file dated the same time / date you copied it / recorded it, and same size, then copy to desktop or somewhere and rename to .mp4
(Make sure show file name extensions is enabled to see the .mp4 extension)
If it's not there, run a data recovery software on your MicroSD on a PC
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Damn I looked over in that folder and I can't find anything about it. Does it matter if I've shutdown my computer because I thought the clipboard gets deleted or something?
Tel864 said:
You can try installing something like EaseUS on your PC and see if it will recover anything on the SD card.
https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm
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How does it scan my sd card in my phone? It seems like it only lets me scan my internal computer storage not any external drive like my phone...
Also, something interesting I found while going through he folder that had the video, is that there's a 0 byte file name temp_video but it was created 2 days after this incident happened... I don't actually think this is it because there were actual 2 video files and 4 pictures that got "corrupted and deleted" when I did it.

andrewlay said:
Damn I looked over in that folder and I can't find anything about it. Does it matter if I've shutdown my computer because I thought the clipboard gets deleted or something?
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That is a temp folder it won't get deleted when you shutdown like clipboard does, I think it's every 30 days or something when it auto deletes stuff from there, so if it's not in there it might not have ever copied to the PC in the first place
andrewlay said:
How does it scan my sd card in my phone? It seems like it only lets me scan my internal computer storage not any external drive like my phone...
Also, something interesting I found while going through he folder that had the video, is that there's a 0 byte file name temp_video but it was created 2 days after this incident happened... I don't actually think this is it because there were actual 2 video files and 4 pictures that got "corrupted and deleted" when I did it.
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If it originally saved to the MicroSD card (external sd) in the phone, put it in a card reader and connect to PC, if it was saved directly to the phone internal storage you might need a mobile data recovery software if EaseUS Windows version doesn't see it
Try this
https://www.easeus.com/android-data-recovery-software/free-android-data-recovery.html
Did you ever play the video back successfully on the phone? Completely from start to end?
You might have to accept that it never recorded properly in the first place unfortunately, and if that is the case, no data recovery will help as there was no video to recover

*Detection* said:
That is a temp folder it won't get deleted when you shutdown like clipboard does, I think it's every 30 days or something when it auto deletes stuff from there, so if it's not in there it might not have ever copied to the PC in the first place
If it originally saved to the MicroSD card (external sd) in the phone, put it in a card reader and connect to PC, if it was saved directly to the phone internal storage you might need a mobile data recovery software if EaseUS Windows version doesn't see it
Try this
https://www.easeus.com/android-data-recovery-software/free-android-data-recovery.html
Did you ever play the video back successfully on the phone? Completely from start to end?
You might have to accept that it never recorded properly in the first place unfortunately, and if that is the case, no data recovery will help as there was no video to recover
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seems like I have to root my phone for the app to work? what's the most simple way to root it? and once I root, can I unroot it again so I don't void my warranty?
I didn't play back the video from start to finish since it was around 40 mins in total long but I did play parts of it and skipped some and I have no doubt the phone actually recorded and saved it... I just don't know why it suddenly disappeared when I was trying to copy it.
I'm really scarred of this happening again... What should I do to prevent it? I've already changed the recording so that it records to my device storage and not the micro sd.

andrewlay said:
seems like I have to root my phone for the app to work? what's the most simple way to root it? and once I root, can I unroot it again so I don't void my warranty?
I didn't play back the video from start to finish since it was around 40 mins in total long but I did play parts of it and skipped some and I have no doubt the phone actually recorded and saved it... I just don't know why it suddenly disappeared when I was trying to copy it.
I'm really scarred of this happening again... What should I do to prevent it? I've already changed the recording so that it records to my device storage and not the micro sd.
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If it recorded to the MicroSD why do you want to root your phone?
Put the SD into a card reader on the PC and run the recovery scan from there
And no you cannot unroot to avoid warranty issues, once rooted warranty is void forever

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Hello, it seems that the insufficient capacity cauesed your dada coruppted and deleted, I think you should stop the process to avoid data overwritten and the download a recovery tool. YOu can try some freeware, I have used the Bitwar data recovery to recover my files, this tool is free and easy to use, you can reover your files with three simple steps.
Hope it can help you.

XIAOMI MI A2 Lite - Android Oreo 8.1 - "External storage stopped working"

Hi all,
I just bought the phone in the subject of the thread and I am just having this problem with the sdcard over and over again.
Long story short:
I bought a sandisk sdcard 128 and converted it as internal storage from the settings menu'.
The card is working perfectly fine as I am able to move apps on it, run programs and see the added 128GB but, every time I try to open "file" manager (the stock one or any other downloaded from Googleplay) I keep getting the error message "External storage stopped working" and the device disappears from the list on the left. Same issue if I try to delete the apps stored on the memory rather than the one on the device itself.
Of course I understand that the phone is not seeing it as an external memory anymore, and till this point all is perfectly normal for me but still don't understand why any of the file managers used is unable to show me what files are on my device.
Also, this error message is a pain in the A** as stop me from receiving notifications from some apps as Facebook or messanger.
I tried removing the SDcard or converting it as an external memory and all come back working as usual.
I tried reformatting it numerous times and rebooting the device and nothing seems working.
Below some pics of the error message and "file" app not showing my device anymore when the SD is in
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Davide

I have exactly the same symptoms on my phone. Could it be a hardware issue?

Yeah, I also have this issue. Previously I used old (1-2 year old) sandisk ultra 32 gb card. The i bought a new samsung evo plus 64 gb card and I still got the same error message. Worse, somehow in storage setting the capacity of the samsung card is listed at 128 gb.
Weird. Help?

Workaround, not a solution
I had the same problems from the first time I got this phone. I even replace the SD card I had with a new one with A1 specs capable of 100mb/sec transfer rates.
The was still coming up everytime the card was accesed, I think due to some response timeout from the android system although the apps seem to be running ok.
Anyway I think I found how to overcome this problem so far, although it is not a solution, so that this annoying warning is not appearing:
-You have to enable developer options (check google how to)
-Go to Settings > System > Developer options
-Scroll down almost to the bottom of the screen until you find an option like 'Errors without response' (may be different text)
-Switch this option off
Now I can use the sd card with no problem, anyway better have a fast one as I said before to ensure apps can read/write ok.

Dont lie there is no such option in there , xiaomi better fix this im about to take a hammer abd break the phone

Elroto said:
I had the same problems from the first time I got this phone. I even replace the SD card I had with a new one with A1 specs capable of 100mb/sec transfer rates.
The was still coming up everytime the card was accesed, I think due to some response timeout from the android system although the apps seem to be running ok.
Anyway I think I found how to overcome this problem so far, although it is not a solution, so that this annoying warning is not appearing:
-You have to enable developer options (check google how to)
-Go to Settings > System > Developer options
-Scroll down almost to the bottom of the screen until you find an option like 'Errors without response' (may be different text)
-Switch this option off
Now I can use the sd card with no problem, anyway better have a fast one as I said before to ensure apps can read/write ok.
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Nice, I'll have a look and test. however the phone works fine. now is almost 2 months and apart from the error message the phone is fine!

manna.davide87 said:
Nice, I'll have a look and test. however the phone works fine. now is almost 2 months and apart from the error message the phone is fine!
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nope, can't find anything similar. can you post a screenshot please and in which category you find it?
my last category is "apps" so I don't think is the same. i think probably the correct category is Debugging. please correct me if I am wrong!

manna.davide87 said:
nope, can't find anything similar. can you post a screenshot please and in which category you find it?
my last category is "apps" so I don't think is the same. i think probably the correct category is Debugging. please correct me if I am wrong!
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It is at the bottom and looks like this

rockycocky said:
It is at the bottom and looks like this
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mmmmh really strange, is not showing on mine... which version of Oreo have you got?

manna.davide87 said:
mmmmh really strange, is not showing on mine... which version of Oreo have you got?
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sorry, found it. was already set on "disabled".. it worked for me for a couple of days but now is happening again...

Having the exact same issue, play music won't recognise my SanDisk 128 GB card and neither will file manager??

I bought this phone ans I also have the same issue. I have a high quality 128GB SD card I used on my previous phones with no errors or lag. With this phone I have exact same issues as you guys so this is due to xioami. But there don't seems to be a lot of people affected looking at this thread.
Need a solution for this.
This video clearly shows the issue.
external storage keeps stopping http://c.mi.com/thread-1574881-1-0.html

Android pie update on xiaomi lite a2 solve this update I think. It's on the December update. Just got it in france

Kwaadpepper said:
Android pie update on xiaomi lite a2 solve this update I think. It's on the December update. Just got it in france
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Yes it did i had the issue on Oreo no longer says that.but if I soft reboot it says to reinsert the card I just turn it off n back on and it's fine

rob420p said:
Yes it did i had the issue on Oreo no longer says that.but if I soft reboot it says to reinsert the card I just turn it off n back on and it's fine
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yup but now my phone is crap: turns itself down, spotify doesn't work anymore with the alarm, no notifications from whatsapp unless i open the app, the screen brightness is atrocious, the volume is lower and the battery drains faster and many more....I am collecting them all as for pokémons. Google you are ****ing unbelievable, fix one to destroy a hundred.

bro... what moment in sd card error?
just in the moment you convert to adoptable storage , or in normal mode that sd card use for external storage (store foto music film etc)
sorry my bad english

bla.tiga said:
bro... what moment in sd card error?
just in the moment you convert to adoptable storage , or in normal mode that sd card use for external storage (store foto music film etc)
sorry my bad english
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For the issue in the first post try clearing the data from every file manager you use, it seems a little strange that the file manager reports external device error when you converted to internal (basically you told the system that the external memory doesn't exists and it should only look at internal memory)
you could try to format the sd card on a PC (use FAT32, NTFS gave me issues)
when you put the card in, choose external option and see if that helps.

I recently purchased 64GB Hama SD card (it's Samsung's) with 80MB/s read speed (this one) and it was totally unusable on Pie. I formatted it as internal and my phone kept rebooting over and over (restarting SystemUI) and all the apps which were installed on this card were constantly cleared, for e.g. every time I left Spotify, even without this random reboot, I needed to log in again and download my files, same with other apps and their settings. I didn't get those pop-ups about storage errors tho.
I downgraded to Oreo, formatted the card as I wanted - as internal, and now everything seems to be fine, except this error I'm getting from time to time "External Storage has stopped". I didn't noticed any impact on my files or the overall speed of the phone, just throwing this error and nothing else happens.
I tried the solution from @Elroto, but it was already turned off in Developer options, then I found #43 in this thread, but it didn't work for me either.
Did anyone manage to solve this issue?

yea pie fix the error popup but the sd card problem is still there when the screen is locked the sdcard randomly ejects and when you set the sdcard as internal itll soft reboot your phone when locked. The problem occur when the phone is locked

I disabled Downloads and Download Manager (System -> Apps & notifications -> All apps (show system)) and I don't receive any errors about external storage anymore, but you can't use Android/Play Store without Download Manager. Any workaround ideas?