After 24 hours of search through the web I could not find a solution, many ideas but nothing seems to work, cause I can't find the exact reason:
What is the case? I try to copy a .zip to my device, the process starts and finishes after around 60%, I see the file on PC and device but the size does not fit (it is BIGGER!), md5 also. After a while the file vanishes completely and there is nothing......
R/W permissions should not be the prob, cause I can install apk, can delete files also and paste SMALL files unto the device (as it seems).
Someone with a little help, even without solution I would solve it by myself if I only knew, what's going on. THX :good:
Edit: Tried to connect with Kies3 and it started an update to latest firmware and Kies also failed to install something to storage
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Well, internal works fine, but all files copied to ext sd still vanish after reboot and even after disconnecting usb from pc.
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so i was flashing my phone and i decided to delete some things off of my sd card and i accidently deleted my backup files. SOO when i encountered a rom issue i went into twrp and wiped cache and system and all that good stuff and when i went to recover i saw i had no nandroid file to restore to and i had no roms to install. so i logged onto my pc and downloaded a rom and went to mount the phone to the pc and it just says device not recognized ( and yes i have the kies program installed) so i figured i would just take out the sd card load the rom onto it and install that way. when i put the sd card back in it wont go into it on the install section. so i used the file explorer to move the rom over to internal storage and when i try to flash it there i get a failed error saying it cant open the zip (i downloaded and tried this more than once). SOO i figured id go to odin for my last resort (as some of us has done before) and when i try to get my phone into download mode i never get the warning screen. i take the battery out,hold the volume up and down button and plug in the mini part of the usb and the phone just vibrates.
and help/ ideas? im giving up for now, gotta get some sleep before i go to work lol. this thing is driving me nuts!
problem solved. unnecessary steps taken...plenty. hours of sleep lost....not much (i hardley sleep anyway), time wasted...to dam long!
used file explorer from twrp to manually change permissions to 0755 hit install and everything is fine. DRRR dont i feel smart now :silly:
sleep deprivation causes missed steps in trouble shooting!!!!!!
i have, on sprint, the galaxy s3, NOT the i900 or whatever that means. mine says model number SPH-L710
i have it rooted with the phantom rom installed, with superuser permissions. however, not sure what happened
but for some reason, i can no longer transfer files, any files, from my pc to the phone. this includes pictures,
music, documents--anything. the files are my personal files and music i ripped, and never had a problem
copying before, and all this just started. unless im hooking it up wrong, which i doubt--using the usb cable from
pc port to the phone directly. it does show the charge icon, and in the usb settings, usb debugging is checked
and also checked on media device (mtp). another option which isn't checked is camera (ptp), unchecked.
what happens when i try is, on the pc i get a box that pops up and says--do you
want to copy (file name), your device might not be able to play or view the file. i do have 2 options, to skip or copy
anyway. well when i click copy, it goes through the motions, but its not on the phone. no matter what file i try, a
pic, small wav file, etc....just will not copy and no
where one the phone is the file. another issue that seems to be going on is, the best way i can
explain it is--when the phone is hooked up to the pc, is it possible for whatever it is thats running to make the
phone able to receive copied files, go to sleep? because another error message i get when trying to copy is
it sits there for awhile, then eventually says "device not responding, disconnected" and on the phone itself its
on the main home screen like i wasn't doing nothing.
ive rebooted the phone several times, same results--nothing wil copy to the phone....
sooo, what am i missing?
update--- since that post, something else now happened. the phone flashed on, saying "sd card not mounted"
when it is. it is in the right way and all that, but when i go into settings/storage...at the very bottom it says
sd card, insert sd card
lol...so what the heck is that all about? the card is definatelly in there, and astro file manager shows some
files on the card but........
Well, it could be a couple of things.
First of all, make sure you have the Samsung USB drivers installed. It could be a corrupt driver, but probably not. It won't hurt to reinstall it, anyway, just to be sure. Here's link:
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...nt_L710_GSIII_Samsung_USB_Driver_v1_4_6_0.exe
Make sure your phone is not locked when you're trying to transfer files. If you have a PIN or a PATTERN lock enabled and it locks, it will disable the MTP application from trasferring files.
Try reflashing the ROM as well. Maybe the MPT application got corrupted somehow?
As a last resort, you can restore your phone to stock unrooted status and see if that resolves the issue.
I had the same thing happen to me. I fixed the problem by going into device manager and clicking on to mtp and updating it..
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I had the same thing happen to my SdCard and now it is kinda dead... before yours gets damaged, remove it and insert in a PC with a sdcard reader. Run command prompt (Start>Run>cmd and enter) and do a scan disk or check disk by entering "chkdsk /x /f driverletter:" use the drive letter assigned to the sdcard then enter, let it do it's thing.
This will fix the file system and you shouldn't more problems with the sdcard not being read. As for the MTP, do as the other member said and try updating the MTP device in in device manager or uninstall the drivers and install directly from Samsung.
Please help me. I have many songs, movies and many imp files and documents in the internal storage and suddenly all is gone. Though it shows that it takes the space. Last night I connected my phone to the pc to copy a kernel modules into my phone. I copied and flash and the phone went into bootloop. Then I flashed the previous kernel I was using-ncx and it booted normally. Then I realized many files are missing but the phone is using the space for those. Then o rebooted and flashed the kernle again thinking that it was a kernel issue. After o rebooted I got everything. Then the whole night everything was normal. When I woke up I saw that the same thing happened aagin after a reboot. I rebooted because sound was my playing. It said unable to play media. It rebooted and sound played but the same files where again missing. The I flashed stock kernel. Still the same. Then downloaded viper Rom 3.3.6 and flashed it with and without full wipe and still the same. Please help anyone. I don't have a backup of these missing files and its very urgent.
What happends when you mount the sdcard as a mass storage device inside the recovery ? That way you go around the rom and see the space and hopefully the files directly ! Then at least we can say its a rom problem and not sdcard problem !
Mr Hofs said:
What happends when you mount the sdcard as a mass storage device inside the recovery ? That way you go around the rom and see the space and hopefully the files directly ! Then at least we can say its a rom problem and not sdcard problem !
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I tried that but it shows the same files and folders that it shows inside the Rom.
When you have your phone mounted to your PC.
Control Panel -> Folder Options -> Select "Show hidden files/folders".
See what that does for you.
Did you try to flash a 4.2 rom? 4.2 rom's usually move your data from /sdcard/ to /sdcard/0/ or something, which might explain why you cant see the data when you flashed your previous rom.
When connected to pc and show hidden files. Nothing happens. I already had viper Rom since it released. After copying files from of pc it happened suddenly. I thought reflashing the Rom would solve but no. The titanium backup folder is also gone. The sd card does uses space so I think the files are recoverable. Please help me to recover them. Please.
I found something. The files are still there in the internal storage but not directly in the sd card. It automatically got moved in to a new folder>>> sdcard/0/
Everything is there. How to solve this issue? Make my phone recognize that folder as internal storage or just make it like before?
muid02 said:
I found something. The files are still there in the internal storage but not directly in the sd card. It automatically got moved in to a new folder>>> sdcard/0/
Everything is there. How to solve this issue? Make my phone recognize that folder as internal storage or just make it like before?
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Lol that happened to me when I flashed my kernel unrepacked. just move everything back to /sdcard
Sdcard/0 is a file structure that happen when you flash 4.2 roms because of the multi user feature. When you flash other roms make sure you copy all files from sdcard/0 to the root folder before flashing
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So i was on g2 apps v5.5 rom for some time when all of a sudden my media stopped scanning, i wasnt sure why, rescan media apps werent working either, so i decided to flash a new rom and i chose candykat, since then all of my files that i used to have, pictures, videos, etc have completely vanished. i cant locate the files in 7 zipper, es file explorer, and media scan apps still bring me nothing. Yet my internal storage still has the same amount of space used that it did before, and also when i go into CWM and choose install a zip it shows all the folders and things that i am missing, but that is the only place i see the folders but i dont have access to my files from cwm. Also i have noticed that when i am on 7zipper looking through files my internal storage says storage/emoulated/0 and i have no idea what the emulated is about, if anyone has any info or knows what im talking about please to help, Im not too great with phone stuff but i am okay, so if anyone has any simplified steps to give me on how to fix this issue it would be appriciated, thank you.
No answers anyone?
Just do some searching mate. And use ROOT EXPLORER and give it access.
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So i was on g2 apps v5.5 rom for some time when all of a sudden my media stopped scanning, i wasnt sure why, rescan media apps werent working either, so i decided to flash a new rom and i chose candykat, since then all of my files that i used to have, pictures, videos, etc have completely vanished. i cant locate the files in 7 zipper, es file explorer, and media scan apps still bring me nothing. Yet my internal storage still has the same amount of space used that it did before, and also when i go into CWM and choose install a zip it shows all the folders and things that i am missing, but that is the only place i see the folders but i dont have access to my files from cwm. Also i have noticed that when i am on 7zipper looking through files my internal storage says storage/emoulated/0 and i have no idea what the emulated is about, if anyone has any info or knows what im talking about please to help, Im not too great with phone stuff but i am okay, so if anyone has any simplified steps to give me on how to fix this issue it would be appriciated, thank you.
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The way Kitkat makes the "SDcard"/"Internal Storage" directory is different from how it was on Jelly bean. <--EDIT: By this, I mean that the directory path is different.
The card is reading that X amount of data is on the card, yet you can't see it because your files are technically still there, but under the old directory path.
There are a couple of ways to fix this, but the EASIEST (IMO) way is to first restore a JB Nandroid backup (you can backup your KK ROM first if desired). First thing you'll notice is that the files will be there again. Now, plug your phone into your computer and copy all the files to it.
Reboot into recovery and format the internal SD. It's best to do it from within recovery, because otherwise, JB will just recreate the JB file structure and immediately start saving stuff to it. So when you get to KK, there will once again be the old structure hidden and with some files taking up space.
Now either reflash your KK rom or restore your KK backup.
Boot it up and copy your files back to the phone.
*I ran into this same issue after flashing KK for the first time. This is the exact process I did to resolve it.
Another way is to use a root file browser and locate the old directory and copy everything over to the new one. However, I think this might take quite a long time since the phone can do this only so fast.
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The way Kitkat makes the "SDcard"/"Internal Storage" directory is different from how it was on Jelly bean. <--EDIT: By this, I mean that the directory path is different.
The card is reading that X amount of data is on the card, yet you can't see it because your files are technically still there, but under the old directory path.
There are a couple of ways to fix this, but the EASIEST (IMO) way is to first restore a JB Nandroid backup (you can backup your KK ROM first if desired). First thing you'll notice is that the files will be there again. Now, plug your phone into your computer and copy all the files to it.
Reboot into recovery and format the internal SD. It's best to do it from within recovery, because otherwise, JB will just recreate the JB file structure and immediately start saving stuff to it. So when you get to KK, there will once again be the old structure hidden and with some files taking up space.
Now either reflash your KK rom or restore your KK backup.
Boot it up and copy your files back to the phone.
*I ran into this same issue after flashing KK for the first time. This is the exact process I did to resolve it.
Another way is to use a root file browser and locate the old directory and copy everything over to the new one. However, I think this might take quite a long time since the phone can do this only so fast.
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Okay, thank you, I will try that soon and see if it works.
Hello!
First I don't really have much experience about android. (I know it is not a good start)
About a month ago I bought a note 8.0. I also bought a 64 GB SD card. I would have liked to use the SD card with root access for all applications.
So I rooted the device and I installed and ran SD KitKat fixer. It was not success. I found this article: winaero.com/blog/unlock-external-sd-card-writing-for-all-apps-in-android-4-4-kitkat I did the steps but I couldn't modify /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml not even with file explorer (with root permission). I could save the file but the file didn't changed. After that I made a mistake. I copied the file to the other partition. I changed the file and copied back to the original location. (I left an oroginal copy on the SD card but it could not be reachable after the change) After this the device could not read or write any of the sd card partition except the system partition. I connected the tablet to my PC, I see the SD cards, I can open them, but they are empty and I can't write them. In the system setting (on the tablet) the SD cards are visible.
1. I tried to modify back the XML file but I can't open it with file explorer.
2. I reset the the tablet. It didn't work.
3. I tried to connect the device to Samsung kies. I wanted to make fore reinstall but kies couldn't build the connection.
Error message:
Failed to connect device.
Connection or use may be restricted if the device access (including writing)
is prohibited by your computer's security program, or for any other reason.
4. Keyboard is not working I connected one with USB. I can connect to my wifi network. I tried to connect to google play. It accpeted my login datas but it couldn't connect to google servers.
Because I can't write the drives of the tablet from my PC, I can't copy a rom to the device.
File explorer is not working on the device. It can be opened but nothing can be seen.
I think I can't take back the tablet where I bought it beacuse I lost the warranty with the rooting.
Can anybody give me advice what should I do?
Could somebody please make available the original platform.xml for me?