Hello All,
I just got my note about 1 week (SGH i317M) ago really enjoying it,
but couple question is still a wonder in my head..
i come from an iphone world so all this, is confusing for me
1) Could you root while keeping all your things intact (base band, kernel, build)?
2) Also ive seen couple threads saying that you can't use a micro sd card has an internal drive,
Does my phone has to be rooted to be able to do this?
3) Let say i custom root my phone is there a way back to revert the official samsung firmware if i don't like it
4)how come i don't have multi window on my device is it part of a new android Version right now i'm on 4.1.1?
Thanks
1) Yes. Check out chainfire's auto root in the original android section. It's the best rooting method for beginners.
2) I don't quite understand what you mean. Both FAT32 and Exfat format micro sd work in my note2. However, note2 doesn't allow you to move apps to sd card. There are workarounds that can help with that issue (such as: external to internal swap / Directory bind) but those of course require root. Again, I'm not sure I understood the question correctly.
3) Yes. You just need to flash stock firmware over again or factory reset.
4) You need to update your firmware. Two of my friends who bought note2 didn't get multiwindow out of the box even though it was 4.1.1. They got it once they updated.
What I understand
MohJee said:
2) I don't quite understand what you mean. Both FAT32 and Exfat format micro sd work in my note2. However, note2 doesn't allow you to move apps to sd card. There are workarounds that can help with that issue (such as: external to internal swap / Directory bind) but those of course require root. Again, I'm not sure I understood the question correctly.
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I think he means "Can he use the SD card as an internal drive?". That is the SD card as internal memory.
He comes from iPhone world so he may not be able to frame the question properly.
Well you can always move the apps to the SD card it is a default Android feature.
But it still occupies some internal memory.
However, to partition the SD card and to use a partition as extended drive SD-EXT you need to root I guess.
I bought my 64 GB micro SD card the other day and I was annoyed to find out that the Xperia ZL mounts the SD card in a way that I can't transfer apps to it or something. I can only transfer music and videos and pictures, or transfer files directly through file browsers with root access.
Is having 64 GB really only going to get me more music, movies, and pics? Tell me please, that there is a way to get apps on there. I have the locked bootloader C6506 so flashing is not a solution for me plz remember.
EasyAI said:
I bought my 64 GB micro SD card the other day and I was annoyed to find out that the Xperia ZL mounts the SD card in a way that I can't transfer apps to it or something. I can only transfer music and videos and pictures, or transfer files directly through file browsers with root access.
Is having 64 GB really only going to get me more music, movies, and pics? Tell me please, that there is a way to get apps on there. I have the locked bootloader C6506 so flashing is not a solution for me plz remember.
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You can still root your phone, after rooting you can use app2sd to transfer apps to your external sdcard.
BTW, this belongs in Q&A
I have my phone rooted, and added exFATsupport to the phone. It worked 100%, but twrp won't read exFAT at all. Just letting you know. I added a 9GB film and it played just fine past 4GB.
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Try this if you want to utilize your 64GB memory
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180733
My g pad 8.3 sometimes does not recognize SD card after I updated to official stock KitKat update v50020A through LG support tool. It is recognized again after I reboot the tablet. Any permanent fix for this?
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getmealive said:
My g pad 8.3 sometimes does not recognize SD card after I updated to official stock KitKat update v50020A through LG support tool. It is recognized again after I reboot the tablet. Any permanent fix for this?
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Need more info.
Are you hibernating something you shouldn't?
What kind of card?
Have you tried replacing the card to make sure its the device?
Have you fixed the permissions in /etc/permissions/platform.xml?
Have you rooted?
Custom recovery?
Does recovery recognize your sdcard?
Did you eat breakfast this morning?
sleekmason said:
Need more info.
Are you hibernating something you shouldn't?
What kind of card?
Have you tried replacing the card to make sure its the device?
Have you fixed the permissions in /etc/permissions/platform.xml?
Have you rooted?
Custom recovery?
Does recovery recognize your sdcard?
Did you eat breakfast this morning?
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No hibernation..my card is SD. SD card is randomly
Unmounted automatically sometimes.
But now it is fixed after I did recovery through LG PC Suite.
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SD Card Problems in 4.4
I think there is a issue since the upgrade to 4.4 I have just been on mine and twice it shows No SD card present if you restart it comes back ok
Same card as before update so I can only assume its a issue in the 4.4 program
As ggogel don't seem to like SD cards anyway !!
No problem here with sd card after upgrading to kitkat VIA OTA
I'm in Australia too, updated yesterday to V50020a. Have experienced intermittent SD card issues (presumably random unmounting), although the 32gb Sandisk did cop a massive workout courtesy of Play Music's new ability to save to it - loving that! I'm pretty sure this G Pad 8.3 had "quiet time" before the update - can't seem to find it now so I have to turn the volume off at night. This is annoying because it plays a notification sound every time the SD card unmounts Maybe I missed something, suggestions appreciated
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Hugo-PT said:
No problem here with sd card after upgrading to kitkat VIA OTA
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Are you able to write to the card?
Park82 said:
Are you able to write to the card?
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Play Music copied about 2gig to it , did so in chunks as the card kept dropping out. I've had no issues with it today and it has not unmounted at all, although I don't think any apps have required access to it since yesterday. Maybe the SD card went into shock yesterday with all the writing it got, it usually is scantly accessed. I should point out that this KitKat update offers the single most useful feature for me - and that is Play Music's new setting of being able to cache to the External SD card - as a subscriber with a large library I can now store so much more for playback offline!!! Very pleased.
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I am also very happy with play music and play movies able to save my favorite movies and music to SD card.. even the built-in web browser is able to download files straight to SD card. But I still can't write to SD card by using third-party file manager like FX file manager.
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i have the same problem. but it doesnt matter if i am on cm11 or stock. I thought my sd card is broken...
Park82 said:
Are you able to write to the card?
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Yes, I can write on the card.
Hugo-PT said:
Yes, I can write on the card.
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Via a file manager on the tab? Since upgrading to 4.4.2 I can not. I've seen the work around but it involves rooting which I didn't want to do yet.
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After updating to 4.4.2 I also noticed that my SD Card is constantly unmounted/mounted which is pretty annoying. Formatting SD Card again didn't help. I have got V50020a ROM, anyone encountered this on V50020b?
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Yes, I can write on the card.
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You are not allowed to write on external storage with third-party applications on KitKat. Only Some Google apps and LG apps can write to external storage
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Park82 said:
Via a file manager on the tab? Since upgrading to 4.4.2 I can not. I've seen the work around but it involves rooting which I didn't want to do yet.
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Guys, sorry by wrong information. I can write on card, but not everything. Even with it rooted.
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getmealive said:
You are not allowed to write on external storage with third-party applications on KitKat. Only Some Google apps and LG apps can write to external storage
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Yes is correct, with kitkat are restricting write access to SD cards. I use ES file explorer, but there still limitations in its use.
Hugo-PT said:
Guys, sorry by wrong information. I can write on card, but not everything. Even with it rooted.
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This really sucks! I often copy content to it via wifi, now I can not I don't want to root just yet. If I knew this would have happened I would not have upgraded yet.
Only way is root to fix this or wait for a Update
I also have this problem with 20b!
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LRS save me : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621904
No more SD card issue
Hi could someone provide the changelog of android 4.4.3. I know there isnt mcuh change but one thing i want to know is has sony rectified move apps to external sd card? We were only able to move app data to internal sd in 4.4.2 but sony made a fake announcement saying apps could be moved to external sd.. any idea if this is fixed atleast in this update?
I have mostly of my applications in SD, but I'm not sure if this is the thing you're talking about.
But I 4.4.3 I can tell that the battery life is amazing again.
And...
Well that's it, if I notice something new I'll tell.
Daniel Coelho - Xperia T2 Ultra Dual
karthik_sa2 said:
Hi could someone provide the changelog of android 4.4.3. I know there isnt mcuh change but one thing i want to know is has sony rectified move apps to external sd card? We were only able to move app data to internal sd in 4.4.2 but sony made a fake announcement saying apps could be moved to external sd.. any idea if this is fixed atleast in this update?
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don't really can provide changelog
but from what I experience now we're able to move apps to External SD Card, but I don't know if it's a bug or not the apps that data you move to external SD card will jump out of folder on restart
which is pretty annoying for me
battery life as stated above is awesome though, and camera is a bit improved. to me it's nice for camera. but still need a bit of improvement maybe later it'll be updated
and a step closer to blacklist feature after we receive the 4.4.4 kitkat update who know when it'll roll
Hello! I have a TMO stock unrooted phone and purchased a micro sd 64G. I have done some digging but am coming up with nothing. Are we not able to format as internal OR move apps to SD?? The official online help manual for phone clearly shows that I should be able to format as internal but I do not have that option. I have also ticked the option in dev options to force allow apps to be written to SD but it made no difference. Am I missing something? Any input would be appreciated
**nevermind looks like it is basically unsupported now, don't know why they left the option in dev opts tho**
I think that Android Oreo is the answer. In Oreo on default app to SD is imposible. Probably you read manual for Z2 with Android N..In N this was posible.