I'm rooted but none of my backup managers will let me make a backup of my app's to external sd card... I'm trying to backup so I can try a new rom, but also everytime I try to copy or delete something from my external sd card it says it failed or denied and card is something I forgot copywrite protected or some crazy junk like that.
I just wanna get control of my external sd card back
Why not reformat the card first. Settings>storage
rangercaptain said:
Why not reformat the card first. Settings>storage
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It's a 64Gb card with about 48Gb's of stuff on it.
I'm trying to backup to the cloud and then flash a new rom, it backs up about 20 or so app's at a time and then errors out.
I might try and copy all it's files to my hard drive and then reformat.
n1nj4Lo said:
It's a 64Gb card with about 48Gb's of stuff on it.
I'm trying to backup to the cloud and then flash a new rom, it backs up about 20 or so app's at a time and then errors out.
I might try and copy all it's files to my hard drive and then reformat.
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Yes...
Bulk copy it...g
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I've been seeing 128Gb microsd cards on ebay with zero negative feedback or bad reviews, but being burned once on fake sd cards makes me a bit hesitant when I bought a 32Gb and it was actually a 512Mb microsd with cloned layers to appear to be a 32Gb.
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Copy my apps from one SD card to another? I just bought a 16gb class 4 micro sd for my Desire to replace the stock 4gb class 2. I copied everything from the 4gb to the 16gb via my computer.
Now it seems that none of the apps are showing up as usable, they are still on the SD card under applications but I can't launch any of them.
Am I missing something, is there a way to do it without copying them to my phone in stages and then re-copying them to my new SD card?
Apologies if this has been answered in another thread, it's just whenever I search I get threads about A2SD which don't answer my question at all.
Copy .android_secure folder over.
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Afro Az said:
Copy my apps from one SD card to another? I just bought a 16gb class 4 micro sd for my Desire to replace the stock 4gb class 2. I copied everything from the 4gb to the 16gb via my computer.
Now it seems that none of the apps are showing up as usable, they are still on the SD card under applications but I can't launch any of them.
Am I missing something, is there a way to do it without copying them to my phone in stages and then re-copying them to my new SD card?
Apologies if this has been answered in another thread, it's just whenever I search I get threads about A2SD which don't answer my question at all.
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no expert but it might depend if you are using A2SD .....
easiest way would be to do a titanium backup of the apps then copy the backups from one SD to another. Then just restore again ....
wilbur-force said:
no expert but it might depend if you are using A2SD .....
easiest way would be to do a titanium backup of the apps then copy the backups from one SD to another. Then just restore again ....
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I'll give it a shot after dinner, I tried copying the secure folder, but to no avail. Titanium backup seems like my only option.
Nand backup with your other SD card and copy backup to new card, then restore with new card
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It turns out I didn't actually copy the .android_secure to the root of the memory card. Derp. Thanks guys. It's sorted now.
I just got a new SD card and would like to replace my old one. Is there a safe way of doing this? Is it just a matter or moving what data files I want from the older one to the new and that's it?
Also, how do I know what apps are using the sd card to store their data and what apps are using the internal memory?
just copy everything from the old SD card to the empty folder in the PC
then copy all the files from the PC back to the new SD card
I'm going to need to format it to fat32, right?
ToastMan12 said:
I'm going to need to format it to fat32, right?
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well most SD cards are sold pre-formatted as FAT32
only the newer 64 GB and up SD cards are formatted differently
ToastMan12 said:
I just got a new SD card and would like to replace my old one. Is there a safe way of doing this? Is it just a matter or moving what data files I want from the older one to the new and that's it?
Also, how do I know what apps are using the sd card to store their data and what apps are using the internal memory?
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When you plug in the USB to your Computer. Go to your phone and pull down the notifications bar. Press the USB noticification and press Connect Storage to PC. Then go to MY COMPUTER and look at your USBs. There should be 2 recognized USB. From there, You can find out which one is your Internal or SD card.
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I have looked over and over. And I see articles mentioning how to backup your device before Flashing ROMs. They even show how to do it. One of the articles said it could be done and how to do it. I did it and just like the other ways I tried the backup is stored on the Internal Storage.
I have all this room on my SD card available. My internal storage is almost completely filled with me not being able to store games or any apps for that matter on my SD card. Right now I have about 4GB left for my Internal Storage. After the backup I had 1GB left (I deleted the backup on the Internal Storage).
Is everyone else just storing the backup(s) on your Internal Storage? Your computer? SD Card?
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AT&T GS3
I have looked over and over. And I see articles mentioning how to backup your device before Flashing ROMs. They even show how to do it. One of the articles said it could be done and how to do it. I did it and just like the other ways I tried the backup is stored on the Internal Storage.
I have all this room on my SD card available. My internal storage is almost completely filled with me not being able to store games or any apps for that matter on my SD card. Right now I have about 4GB left for my Internal Storage. After the backup I had 1GB left (I deleted the backup on the Internal Storage).
Is everyone else just storing the backup(s) on your Internal Storage? Your computer? SD Card?
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Well you can backup to the internal sd card a d once you made a nandroid you can move the folder "clockworkmod" to your external sd card. And once you need to backup just move it back like a storage kind of thing. Tbh I'm not sure if you can make a backup to your external but I would always save it on your computer if anything happened to your phone
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Thanks. I think I am going to go ahead and do it the way you said. Have a good one.
I do it this way but would prefer to backup directly to the sd card.
TWRP can do nandroids on the external sd.
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Thanks. I think I am going to go ahead and do it the way you said. Have a good one.
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Happy to help!
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TWRP can do nandroids on the external sd.
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I had to look up what TWRP was. LOL
Anyway, I looked it over, decided to try it and it worked! I now have my device backed up on the SD card instead of my internal memory.
I want to thank you and the other person for the helpful info. Each of you helped point me in the direction I wanted to go. Have a good one.
My cwm automatically backs up to external sd card. I'm pretty sure most versions do this now but can't verify. Also when I flash zips it will look in external unless I choose install zip from internal sd card
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Doesnt work with the newest version of cwm. It worked with the 5.5.0.4 one though.
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Hi is anyone else having an issue with TB not showing external SD card or some features like convert system app to regular app?
See my post in the other threads regarding not being able to write to external SDCard...
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See my post in the other threads regarding not being able to write to external SDCard...
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HI, Thanks for responding I can write to the sd card. it just not showing up in titanium
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HI, Thanks for responding I can write to the sd card. it just not showing up in titanium
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OK, mine is working fine, try this...
From preferences, select Backup Folder Location, hit the back arrow twice until you get a listing of folders; "emulated", "sdcard0" and "sdcard1" (this is your external SD), select "sdcard1" then create new folder, create the new TitaniumBackup folder and you should be good.
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OK, mine is working fine, try this...
From preferences, select Backup Folder Location, hit the back arrow twice until you get a listing of folders; "emulated", "sdcard0" and "sdcard1" (this is your external SD), select "sdcard1" then create new folder, create the new TitaniumBackup folder and you should be good.
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Thanks again Ripper but I did that already, it did change my backups to sd card and shows that in titanium under backup directory however it does not show my sd card at the bottom of titanium. It should be system rom then internal& media and then ext sd card listed. ext sd card is not listed
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Thanks again Ripper but I did that already, it did change my backups to sd card and shows that in titanium under backup directory however it does not show my sd card at the bottom of titanium. It should be system rom then internal& media and then ext sd card listed. ext sd card is not listed
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The only time I saw this was when I could not write to the external SDCard, once I fixed that mine is showing correctly. If you can write to your external SD, you may have another issue.
Screenshot for reference showing both internal and external SDCard....
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Screenshot for reference showing both internal and external SDCard....
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yea weird and instead of saying sdcard1 mines says external_SD card..... it works fine just its weird it does'nt show at the bottom thanks again for your responses and help ripper
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yea weird and instead of saying sdcard1 mines says external_SD card..... it works fine just its weird it does'nt show at the bottom thanks again for your responses and help ripper
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also found out its not the sdcard the sdcard is a sandisk sdxc 64gb i switched it with the one in my phone which is a 32gb adata and it still doesnt show external sd card listing at bottom of titanium backup... well at least now i know its not the card
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also found out its not the sdcard the sdcard is a sandisk sdxc 64gb i switched it with the one in my phone which is a 32gb adata and it still doesnt show external sd card listing at bottom of titanium backup... well at least now i know its not the card
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TB is the same for my G Pad with a Samsung 64GB card. Sure you can specify the external card as a backup location, but presumably TB can't automatically identify it as the external card. I imagine TB needs an update for the G Pad memory architecture (path naming).
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TB is the same for my G Pad with a Samsung 64GB card. Sure you can specify the external card as a backup location, but presumably TB can't automatically identify it as the external card. I imagine TB needs an update for the G Pad memory architecture (path naming).
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tdodd may I ask what rom you are running I am on stock and I applied the fix and it didnt do anything still can't write to sd card
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tdodd may I ask what rom you are running I am on stock and I applied the fix and it didnt do anything still can't write to sd card
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I'm running the stock LG ROM. The card is formatted as exFAT, as supplied from Amazon.
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I'm running the stock LG ROM. The card is formatted as exFAT, as supplied from Amazon.
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my titanium backup shows the same as you displayed but I still Cant move apps to sd card and titanium backup does not recognize ext sd card on opening screen but I noticed from a previous post that yours does
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my titanium backup shows the same as you displayed but I still Cant move apps to sd card and titanium backup does not recognize ext sd card on opening screen but I noticed from a previous post that yours does
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I do not move apps to the SD card. I have no need or reason to. My TB overview screen does not show the external card. Those things do not prevent me writing to the card - it is writeable. Maybe I do not understand the problem. For me there is no problem.
EDIT - OK, now I think I understand - TB does not see the external card so it cannot report on its status and cannot move apps to it. In all other respects the card works as one would expect. As I said in my first post, it seems like TB needs updating in order to discover the card as mounted by the G Pad. Either that or use some sort of folder mount app to mount the external card where TB can find it.
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I do not move apps to the SD card. I have no need or reason to. My TB overview screen does not show the external card. Those things do not prevent me writing to the card - it is writeable. Maybe I do not understand the problem. For me there is no problem.
EDIT - OK, now I think I understand - TB does not see the external card so it cannot report on its status and cannot move apps to it. In all other respects the card works as one would expect. As I said in my first post, it seems like TB needs updating in order to discover the card as mounted by the G Pad. Either that or use some sort of folder mount app to mount the external card where TB can find it.
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CORRECT.... thanks for answering my questions
I noticed this also yesterday when I was on Stock ROM with TiBU. I thought my device was bad but on CM11 TiBU works as normal with the external SD. LG ROM is wonky.
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I noticed this also yesterday when I was on Stock ROM with TiBU. I thought my device was bad but on CM11 TiBU works as normal with the external SD. LG ROM is wonky.
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Thanks for the info. I had a feeling it was LG's ROM
I've been looking more deeply into this, but I don't have the skills to come up with a solution. However, I have a feeling the problem stems from Android itself and while some manufacturers may have implemented their own workarounds it seems that LG has not. Here is an article which outlines the basis of the problem (if I am right).
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...continues-to-shun-sd-cards-multiuser-support/
No help to offer other than to share my experience - I stuck my SD card in the G Pad to restore my app data and have no problems with it. TB restored them from the SD card. I've also been using TB repeatedly to back up and restore Injustice Gods Among Us on my SD card (30 times a day) with no problems.
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No help to offer other than to share my experience - I stuck my SD card in the G Pad to restore my app data and have no problems with it. TB restored them from the SD card. I've also been using TB repeatedly to back up and restore Injustice Gods Among Us on my SD card (30 times a day) with no problems.
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The problem has nothing to do with backups and restores. It is the inability to move apps to the external SD card. TB gives no clues to the problem - no helpful messages - but other app2sd type apps complain about the way storage is arranged, saying that external storage is emulated. Clearly that is nonsense, because the external SD card it's a very real physical storage device, but I think that multi user support has screwed thing up, as per the article I linked to earlier.
FWIW I have managed to get TB to show the external card on the overview screen by creating a folder in /mnt and using foldermount to point the folder to the external card, but it does not survive a reboot and does not overcome the problem with moving apps to external storage. Maybe foldermount could be used to move large data folders to the external card for apps such as offline navigation or games, which should free up some space from the internal storage. As I have no need to do that (yet) I have not tried.
I have a freshly formatted 32 gb micro SD card (fat32) that I put in my Freshly rooted phone using Bliss Pop Rom. When I boot up my phone, go to storage and mount the micro SD, it automatically says that it now has 15bgb on it. Using ES file explorer I examine the contents of the card and there is nothing on it but yet it reads as 15gb left. What's worse is that when I try to copy or move a file to it, a message saying not enough space please free up space to proceed. I Googled the crap out of this issue. No luck. Please help. I use a lot of storage and the SD card is important to me.
Try on stock rom. If it works then stay on stock. Can't stress this enough. CM is to play around with but not as a daily driver. CM is garbage
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I have a freshly formatted 32 gb micro SD card (fat32) that I put in my Freshly rooted phone using Bliss Pop Rom. When I boot up my phone, go to storage and mount the micro SD, it automatically says that it now has 15bgb on it. Using ES file explorer I examine the contents of the card and there is nothing on it but yet it reads as 15gb left. What's worse is that when I try to copy or move a file to it, a message saying not enough space please free up space to proceed. I Googled the crap out of this issue. No luck. Please help. I use a lot of storage and the SD card is important to me.
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Try installing and running SDFix from Google Play Store. Make sure you have a nandroid backup before you do >anything< to your device.
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Try installing and running SDFix from Google Play Store. Make sure you have a nandroid backup before you do >anything< to your device.
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Just to follow up. . I formatted the card on a PC using a an SD card adapter. After that I had the problem. I researched it and apparently that can mess up, corrupt micro SD cards. So I popped the same micro SD card in my Galaxy s5 and formatted it and the tried it in my LG G3 and it mounted and now works great.
Your microSD card isn't formatted properly
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I have a freshly formatted 32 gb micro SD card (fat32) that I put in my Freshly rooted phone using Bliss Pop Rom. When I boot up my phone, go to storage and mount the micro SD, it automatically says that it now has 15bgb on it. Using ES file explorer I examine the contents of the card and there is nothing on it but yet it reads as 15gb left. What's worse is that when I try to copy or move a file to it, a message saying not enough space please free up space to proceed. I Googled the crap out of this issue. No luck. Please help. I use a lot of storage and the SD card is important to me.
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SD cards and microSD cards should not be formatted by the Windows, Apple, or other default program. If you're running Windows, download and install SDFormatter. SD cards have special hidden files that are deleted by the Windows regular formatter. SDFormatter handles the removable media properly.
If you are going to use the SD or mSD card in a particular device, you should >always< format the card in that device before using it.
Yes, what the previous poster said... I wish you could have asked before you did it. Windows is bad at formatting for anything other than NTFS and so is Mac. If you have to format at all, use TWRP. But me personally I recommend to never ever format. I have always managed to turn them into RAW due to multiple formatting because like ivanabq said, Windows just deleted those files. These files are used by Android to read where everything is and if they are gone, it doesn't know how to read the card anymore. Good luck. Hope you get the space back.
Also could you tell us the brand of your microSD? Sometimes the knockoff brands will advertise more space and once you format it, it reveals that it is far less. You might be able to get a full refund knockoff or not.