I bought mine yesterday and still checking for any problem to decide whether to keep or exchange it.
If I decide to keep it, I have to root it because it has same notorious problem which exists on other 4.4.2 devices which makes app unable to save file to memory card.
Does yours have same problem before rooting?
what card are u using
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mingkee said:
I bought mine yesterday and still checking for any problem to decide whether to keep or exchange it.
If I decide to keep it, I have to root it because it has same notorious problem which exists on other 4.4.2 devices which makes app unable to save file to memory card.
Does yours have same problem before rooting?
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Still an issue with the G3, only native apps can have access to the SD card. In fact I think it's the same for ALL non-rooted devices on Kit Kat, not just the G3.
The good thing about the G3 and S5 is the inclusion of a native file manager, I can move files/songs/torrents whatever from internal to the external SD card anytime. Couldn't do that with the HTC One M8 which doesn't have a native file manager, you could imagine my frustration of having to connect it to a PC computer anytime I wanted to move something, a big reason why I ditched it.
It's not a G3 issue. it's an Android 4.4 issue. And they did it on purpose.
You can go to the play store and download the Kit Kat sdcard fix. That's what I used to be able to write to the external_sd on stock rom.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geeksoft.extcardpatch
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You can go to the play store and download the Kit Kat sdcard fix. That's what I used to be able to write to the external_sd on stock rom.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geeksoft.extcardpatch
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Unfortunately, it still needs root.
Actually I know how to fix and I did it on my Note 3 and Note 8.
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So recently i bought an SD card, normally 'moving' all my apps in SD was going into my files, touch and hold the game file i wanted to move and drop it into the EXT SD..
Once i did that, i was certain that all my apps were in the SD card but when i looked at storage they were all saved under the phones built in SD..
Apart from that.. all of a sudden it won't let me download any apps what so ever from the internet.. it comes up with an error telling me i have NO space and to delete some apps.. i have 8gb of EXT SD sace and 6gb Internal SD.. so why cant i download a 50mb app????????
I've reset the cache in clockword Mod and in the Play store... WTF is going on?
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So recently i bought an SD card, normally 'moving' all my apps in SD was going into my files, touch and hold the game file i wanted to move and drop it into the EXT SD..
Once i did that, i was certain that all my apps were in the SD card but when i looked at storage they were all saved under the phones built in SD..
Try factory reset. I've never had that issue before. I've been reading the forums and the external memory on the gs3 and note 2 among others can be tricky. There are mods that can be applied that help issues with expandable memory. Tread lightly, and carefully is the only advice I have right now
Apart from that.. all of a sudden it won't let me download any apps what so ever from the internet.. it comes up with an error telling me i have NO space and to delete some apps.. i have 8gb of EXT SD sace and 6gb Internal SD.. so why cant i download a 50mb app????????
I've reset the cache in clockword Mod and in the Play store... WTF is going on?
please help
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from my note 2 you.
huh?
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What did you format the SD card to?
i never did, i just stuck it in
Does ANYONE care to help i can barely use the note if i can't download anything!
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Does ANYONE care to help i can barely use the note if i can't download anything!
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Can you try formatting the sd card to fat32 and see if it makes a difference?
the thing is, it isn't the SD its the whole phone.. i cant download apks wha so ever.. but yet i can download from playstore
im running Omega rom if it helps
LLanito said:
the thing is, it isn't the SD its the whole phone.. i cant download apks wha so ever.. but yet i can download from playstore
im running Omega rom if it helps
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Try asking in the Omega ROM thread then. Might be something specific to that ROM. Alternatively, go back to stock.
did that as soon as i posted, but to be honest im thinking about getting rid of omega rom, i quite liked it stock but obviously rooted.. what would be the best rom for that? to have it stock but rooted and be able to remove bloat ware?
LLanito said:
did that as soon as i posted, but to be honest im thinking about getting rid of omega rom, i quite liked it stock but obviously rooted.. what would be the best rom for that? to have it stock but rooted and be able to remove bloat ware?
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try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1986929
LLanito said:
did that as soon as i posted, but to be honest im thinking about getting rid of omega rom, i quite liked it stock but obviously rooted.. what would be the best rom for that? to have it stock but rooted and be able to remove bloat ware?
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Go back to stock and add latest firmware
Root it
Use titanium backup to freeze or remove bloatware or use ROM Cleaner v1.1 AROMA
Stock, root and bloatware free :fingers-crossed:
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Go back to stock and add latest firmware
Root it
Use titanium backup to freeze or remove bloatware or use ROM Cleaner v1.1 AROMA
Stock, root and bloatware free :fingers-crossed:
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I agree.
Also, before posting in the Q&A section, go to the rom's thread and post the issues prior to asking here. Also, Galaxy Note 2 should have about 16GB of internal storage.
And you didn't mention what brand of SD card you bought. You may need to check that product issue prior to problem, also, when you use App2Data, I would suggest you restart your phone after using App2Data. Also, you may need to check your apps' data for any extra data. Some apps may download extra data and store it on your phone without lettting you know.
i was using a Sandisk 16gb and it worked perectly fine, all these things seem to happen out of nowhere. When i tried to use apps to SD it would never shower up with movable apps so i treid moving them using MY FILES.
When i downloaded a music software on my computer the phone wouldn't show up either when plugged in.
thanks for helping tho ive waited quite a few days for help
Apps2SD doesn't work on JB, so you probably messed something up whilst trying to get it to work.
what can i use to move the apps in to the SD then?
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what can i use to move the apps in to the SD then?
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You could try prayer. You never know, might work.
ok peeps, I'll try to make it short and to the point.
Mods, I've tried searching the forums, I can't seem to find an answer, if one's available, my apologies for duplicating a thread, and if you could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.
so, I've got a Galaxy S4, Tmobile, 16gb, stock 4.3 rom (per latest OTA update) and it's rooted.
I used to have a mytouch 4g and I found a thread here on how to create links via ROM Toolbox to fool the google music store into downloading my purchases to the external card instead of internal memory. Mind you, I had CM loaded on the mytouch, but I thought just rooting the Galaxy would allow me to do the same.
In short, I can't. it took me a while to find the directory where the Galaxy stores the downloaded files from google music play store (WTF with the names google), but I can't create the link so that future downloads go straight to external SD (I've got a 64gb one on the phone)
I know I can manually move the files, either on the phone or connecting the phone to my laptop and moving the files that way, but that's not the point. I should be able to specify where to download my music, after all I'm paying for it for chrissakes...
the amazon store is much more flexible, it does allow me to specify a different folder, but it won't reach up to the main directory to choose external SD, only the retarded virtual storage folders...
any help will be much appreciated!! thanks everyone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2414467
Thank you se1000. I reviewed the thread that you linked to, and while it sites offer a solution to my problem, it still involves further mods to the phone. Not opposed to that if needed, but I'm trying to find out a more direct approach, downloading yet another app is not really what I was going for. Have you come across other solutions? I keep searching, but no luck.
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If you're rooted the xposed method is by far the easiest. Install the framework, install the module and specify your path.
Looks like the new Google Music update has this included!
Effin' A!. Says "experimental" on devices below kit kat. Hope they don't take it away on any future update. I'll disable auto update/save this version's apk just in case.
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Effin' A!. Says "experimental" on devices below kit kat. Hope they don't take it away on any future update. I'll disable auto update/save this version's apk just in case.
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Use Titanium Backup to make a backup of the app and upload it to your dropbox or save it on your computer or something. Also you could dual boot your phone and install the GPE rom and use KitKat
I have the Samsung Galaxy S3 with Wind Mobile. Recently Updated to 4.4.2 and rooted with Towel Root. Everything was good until TitaniumBu couldn't access the externalSD card.
I tried using a couple of xposed modules (Handle External Storage & then KitKat SD Card Full Access), but they didn't allow Titanium to access the SD card either.
So I tried the manual method of modifying platform.xml (also changed permissions on the modified file) but I have the same issue as some other people I've read about (bluetooth stopped working, whatsapp crashed, maps, youtube, play store, titanium backup, touchpal keyboard, web browsing all stopped working). Also when I connect my phone to my PC, the phone and the sd are shown as empty.
I tried copying back the original platform.xml that I had saved and still no luck.
I'm not worried about the titanium accessing the sd card right now. I'm just trying to get the apps and bluetooth working. Anybody have any other ideas?
Try ktoonsez' kt747 kernel.
Thanks
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Try ktoonsez' kt747 kernel.
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Thanks for the info Doc, but I'm not too confident flashing kernels (never done it) so I ended up wiping everything and starting from scratch. I installed? kitkat 4.2.2 and then rooted again with towelroot.
I then installed SD fix and TWRP, but the funny thing is that when I restarted my phone, I no longer had wifi.I tried a few things that I found in XDA and on other websites, but I couldn't get wifi back.
So then I redid everything again. Kit Kit & towel root, but no TWRP, no external sd fixes, and I am able to use my phone. The problem for me is that my apps have no access to the extSD and I can't do a back up without that access. I'm thinking that the extsd fixes that i have tried over the last few days mess something up with my phone. Or maybe towel root & the fixes are not good together? Maybe I should have used Root 66 like I used before?
I don't want to risk messing anything up right now, so I'm just going to wait around, and see if anyone else runs into my problems.
Thanks again.
Towelroot, or any other root method shouldn't have any effect on the actual operation of the device. What is happening is there are new seLinux security enhancements built in to kk. Apps can now only read/write to folders they create/own. If another app created the folder, or if it was created by the owning app before the new security was implemented, seLinux will not allow that app to use it. More and more people are having problems even after the platform.xml edit which makes me believe its got to be done before flashing, or a factory reset may be needed. Im not sure on that right now.
The platform.xml edit is only for the external sdcard btw. You have to disable seLinux to solve this on the internal one. (Looks like this may also be true for external now, but like I said, im not sure about that yet)
There's an app in the store, I think its called sdfix, or sdfixer or something similar (search seLinux mode changer) that people have had some success with, so try that first.
Alternatively, I can mod the stock kernel to disable seLinux there. (May do this today anyway).
It's perfectly fine if you're not comfortable flashing kernels, but its really nothing to be too worried over. A custom one like ktoonsez kt747, will flash and run normally, and you have the option to learn more if you like so you can configure it how you want.
If you have any specific concerns about it, feel free to ask us. But in the end its up to you if you still want to refrain from flashing one.
Another thing you can try is to rename the apps folders, then reinstall it and let it recreate them. Then copy the contents of the old into the new. Not totally sure it would work as I expect, but in theory it should.
Anyway, if nothing else, try that app I mentioned. And let us know how ut goes!
Thanks Again
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Towelroot, or any other root method shouldn't have any effect on the actual operation of the device. What is happening is there are new seLinux security enhancements built in to kk. Apps can now only read/write to folders they create/own. If another app created the folder, or if it was created by the owning app before the new security was implemented, seLinux will not allow that app to use it. More and more people are having problems even after the platform.xml edit which makes me believe its got to be done before flashing, or a factory reset may be needed. Im not sure on that right now.
The platform.xml edit is only for the external sdcard btw. You have to disable seLinux to solve this on the internal one. (Looks like this may also be true for external now, but like I said, im not sure about that yet)
There's an app in the store, I think its called sdfix, or sdfixer or something similar (search seLinux mode changer) that people have had some success with, so try that first.
Alternatively, I can mod the stock kernel to disable seLinux there. (May do this today anyway).
It's perfectly fine if you're not comfortable flashing kernels, but its really nothing to be too worried over. A custom one like ktoonsez kt747, will flash and run normally, and you have the option to learn more if you like so you can configure it how you want.
If you have any specific concerns about it, feel free to ask us. But in the end its up to you if you still want to refrain from flashing one.
Another thing you can try is to rename the apps folders, then reinstall it and let it recreate them. Then copy the contents of the old into the new. Not totally sure it would work as I expect, but in theory it should.
Anyway, if nothing else, try that app I mentioned. And let us know how ut goes!
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Thanks again for your response.
I tried sdfix and thats when my wifi got messed up.
I've spent 2 days getting my phone almost back to where it was before, so I think I'll wait a few days/weeks before I mess with it again.
Thanks for the explanation, but sooner or later I think I will try the ktoonsez kt747.
I'll update here whenever I try something.
Thanks again. Your help is appreciated.
DocHoliday77 said:
Towelroot, or any other root method shouldn't have any effect on the actual operation of the device. What is happening is there are new seLinux security enhancements built in to kk. Apps can now only read/write to folders they create/own. If another app created the folder, or if it was created by the owning app before the new security was implemented, seLinux will not allow that app to use it. More and more people are having problems even after the platform.xml edit which makes me believe its got to be done before flashing, or a factory reset may be needed. Im not sure on that right now.
The platform.xml edit is only for the external sdcard btw. You have to disable seLinux to solve this on the internal one. (Looks like this may also be true for external now, but like I said, im not sure about that yet)
There's an app in the store, I think its called sdfix, or sdfixer or something similar (search seLinux mode changer) that people have had some success with, so try that first.
Alternatively, I can mod the stock kernel to disable seLinux there. (May do this today anyway).
It's perfectly fine if you're not comfortable flashing kernels, but its really nothing to be too worried over. A custom one like ktoonsez kt747, will flash and run normally, and you have the option to learn more if you like so you can configure it how you want.
If you have any specific concerns about it, feel free to ask us. But in the end its up to you if you still want to refrain from flashing one.
Another thing you can try is to rename the apps folders, then reinstall it and let it recreate them. Then copy the contents of the old into the new. Not totally sure it would work as I expect, but in theory it should.
Anyway, if nothing else, try that app I mentioned. And let us know how ut goes!
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FYI Doc. I tried the updated KitKat SD Card Full Access (version 1.2) Xposed module that came out today. It worked, and now Titanium can back up to my external SD card. Finally.
Thanks for letting us know! I don't use xposed so wouldn't have known about it otherwise. Still, I am sorry you had so much trouble with all of this and that I couldn't help you better. Glad to hear you finally got it sorted out though!
Thanks Doc
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Thanks for letting us know! I don't use xposed so wouldn't have known about it otherwise. Still, I am sorry you had so much trouble with all of this and that I couldn't help you better. Glad to hear you finally got it sorted out though!
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No worries. I browse XDA a lot, and I see your answers, and they're always helpful. I appreciate all your help.
Hello,
I have an issue with my SD card . Unable to delete anything from it. Not even from taking pictures or videos. Nothing will be saved to it. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?
I even try windows to delete the file and it says that it's being protected.
Please help. Thank you in advance.
It's an internal SD for Note 3. Currently running Hyperdrive but i don't thin the ROM has anything to do with it.
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If you have recently installed a custom Recovery verify that you installed the right version. Or, if you have recently installed some other application with root access, check that the first line of the file '/sepolicy_version' has your device model.
Frank
I am currently facing an issue with getting install/update errors for a good majority of the apps. Specifically error 963. I am running the latest Lollipop and the tablet is completely stock. This started occurring recently and it appears to be tied to the latest version of the Play Store. One workaround is to uninstall the updates for the Play Store itself. This works but is only temporary since the Play Store will get updated and the problem starts occurring again. The only other option I discovered is to unmount the SD card and remount after the apps are updated. The SD card is self is currently not being used for anything and I also recently formatted it using the tablet itself. Is anyone else having this issue? Is there any way to correct this problem? Does anyone know why this is occurring?
I confirm I am having a similar issue. I made a post about this today as well
@Title101: the uninstall option for Google play is back (was not there yesterday for me) and updating apps seems to be working again.
I meant to say I have a rooted device....but had done this rooting process many months before this issue.
Reply if your errors went away too...
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@Title101: the uninstall option for Google play is back (was not there yesterday for me) and updating apps seems to be working again.
I meant to say I have a rooted device....but had done this rooting process many months before this issue.
Reply if your errors went away too...
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It appears the issue has gone away. I have moved all the apps over to the SD card and it appears the apps update okay now. Prior to the issue, any app that was on the SD card would be put back to internal storage which was a bit of a pain since I always had to move it back the the SD card. However, now it appears that this not required anymore.
I have thought of rooting the device and using Link2SD. I have held back in the hopes that Samsung will update the OS to Marshmallow and either allow for adoptable storage or the moving to external storage option present in the Galaxy S7/Edge. One question I have is if I root would it be possible to go back the the stock recovery in case an update does arrive at some point? I don't necessarily want to re-flash the image and loose all the data. Currently once the device is rooted, OTA does not work anymore.
Link2SD seems to have issues - it has actually corrupted the 2nd partition I had created on an SD card once, and I'm using it again quite cautiously (I only moved 2-3 apps to the SD card this time versus 10-15 last time). Maybe it depends on the size of the partition or how often the apps (on the SD card) are used, but I am not sure.
So I'd recommend being careful with Link2SD...
But yes, rooting has the advantages + disadvantages you just mentioned...
I tried googling to see if the Tab S gets Android 6.0 Marshmallow, but so far haven't found anything.
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Link2SD seems to have issues - it has actually corrupted the 2nd partition I had created on an SD card once, and I'm using it again quite cautiously (I only moved 2-3 apps to the SD card this time versus 10-15 last time). Maybe it depends on the size of the partition or how often the apps (on the SD card) are used, but I am not sure.
So I'd recommend being careful with Link2SD...
But yes, rooting has the advantages + disadvantages you just mentioned...
I tried googling to see if the Tab S gets Android 6.0 Marshmallow, but so far haven't found anything.
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I have used Link2SD in the past and do recall running into some issues. Sometimes it would require a re-link and I also noticed boot up was taking way longer then it does now. However, I did have a lot of applications installed to the second partition. Loosing OTA update ability due to rooting was another reason I decided to go back to stock. At this point I am hoping that Samsung does not forget about this tablet and decides to do right by us since it was their flagship tablet not that long ago. The Galaxy S5 came out a few months before our tablet and it's getting Marshmallow so hopefully our tablet will be next.
We might just be next, check it out (it's not that official though...)
http://bgr.com/2015/11/25/samsung-android-6-0-marshmallow-upgrade-schedule/