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Hey guys, I did a quick search and couldn't find an answer. Basically, I'm having trouble with TWRP -- it won't mount/recognize my SD card at all. All the advice I've seen so far is to format the microSD card as fat32. Unfortunately, this fix doesn't work for me, as my SD is already formatted to fat32.
Are there any other alternate options?
Thanks!
EDIT: this is on TWRP 2.3.2.3
you probably need to update TWRP. If you rooted using the Galaxy Note 2 tool kit, it's a slightly older version. Here's the thread on TWRP, which you can find the latest version.
I think i'm on the newest version. I updated it a couple days ago using goo manager to 2.3.2.3, which seems to be the newest one
that would be the newest. I had that problem till I updated. My SDXC card is formatted in NTSF. Maybe, you need to reformat it in your phone.
yea, I'll try that. wish me luck
lovekeiiy said:
that would be the newest. I had that problem till I updated. My SDXC card is formatted in NTSF. Maybe, you need to reformat it in your phone.
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Strange I threw my brand new 64gb in and it recognize it. Showed 59.45gb. I still formatted it and showed 59.47 now
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That's about right for available space you'll get. But can you mount or browse the card in twrp?
XxLostSoulxX said:
Strange I threw my brand new 64gb in and it recognize it. Showed 59.45gb. I still formatted it and showed 59.47 now
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It's not really strange - 64/1024/1024/1024x1000x1000x1000=~59.6
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lovekeiiy said:
that would be the newest. I had that problem till I updated. My SDXC card is formatted in NTSF. Maybe, you need to reformat it in your phone.
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It seems that I can't format my SD card through TWRP. The phone itself sees the SD card just fine except when inside TWRP
chronostorm said:
It seems that I can't format my SD card through TWRP. The phone itself sees the SD card just fine except when inside TWRP
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I'll check in a little bit phone is dead and cycling battery. But my 32gb showed up. Are you sure you're not changing it to show external storage
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you need to go into advance menu, file manager. Then you need to look externalSDCard directory or similar name. That's your SDXC card. Don't use that external/internal option in one of the other menus.
This tends to be case in some of the file manager apps as well such as ES File Explorer.
ok, so, it seems it's not under external_sdcard, but under sdcard. So I guess to access the sdcard i have to go through that. Thanks for the help
Is there any way I can change the default backup location for TWRP to use the SD card? I can't backup to internal storage since I don't have enough space
I had a similar issue with this 2 days ago. ..Could not mount the 64gig sd card in trwp but works fine on the phone. ..I updated to the newest twrp yesterday and that resolve the issue. ..
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Jocelyn said:
It's not really strange - 64/1024/1024/1024x1000x1000x1000=~59.6
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Damn that math.
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unfortunately, I'm updated to the newest version right now and it won't work for me
bumping
I still can't get TWRP to properly recognize my SD Card
chronostorm said:
bumping
I still can't get TWRP to properly recognize my SD Card
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I don't understand your problem when you go to twrp click install, you have the option to check to either internal or external right at the top.
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XxLostSoulxX said:
I don't understand your problem when you go to twrp click install, you have the option to check to either internal or external right at the top.
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This internal/external partition card storage is kinda hidden in plain sight...presuming the OP's SD card isn't toast.
Skripka said:
This internal/external partition card storage is kinda hidden in plain sight...presuming the OP's SD card isn't toast.
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Hidden in plain sight, really not that hard to see lol. If you can't take the 3 seconds to look where it says internal or external you shouldn't even bother trying to worry about it simple as that.
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XxLostSoulxX said:
Hidden in plain sight, really not that hard to see lol. If you can't take the 3 seconds to look where it says internal or external you shouldn't even bother trying to worry about it simple as that.
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Tapping on "use external SD" just has it snap back to "use internal storage" and the error message "unable to mount '/external_sdcard'" comes up. So no, it's not that I'm blind.
is here a touch whiz rom with apps to sd card feature
rudyp9 said:
is here a touch whiz rom with apps to sd card feature
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Check the i9505 Development forum. I believe most, if not all of their modded/stock ROMs do. Just be sure to flash a T-Mobile kernel after flashing a ROM from any other section that this one.
rudyp9 said:
is here a touch whiz rom with apps to sd card feature
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My update will have this.
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elesbb said:
My update will have this.
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Nice thanks:good:
I heard the built in App to SD isnt very efficient and doesnt move all apps properly. But FolderMount is an app that does the job perfectly, and i highly recommend it. This one works on every ROM and ive used it to fill up my 64GB external SD card without any issues. All apps and everything moved wih this app function 100% properly.
Monkz said:
I heard the built in App to SD isnt very efficient and doesnt move all apps properly. But FolderMount is an app that does the job perfectly, and i highly recommend it. This one works on every ROM and ive used it to fill up my 64GB external SD card without any issues. All apps and everything moved wih this app function 100% properly.
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doe it move apps or just games?
rudyp9 said:
doe it move apps or just games?
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Apps and games. You just mount the directories of the apps or games that are saved to your phone over to directories that it can automatically create for you or that you make on your SD card.
Monkz said:
Apps and games. You just mount the directories of the apps or games that are saved to your phone over to directories that it can automatically create for you or that you make on your SD card.
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Tried it and it doesn't move the files anywhere on aosp rom.
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Ive used it without Issues on TouchWiz, AOKP, and the Infamous Google Edition ROM.
Monkz said:
Ive used it without Issues on TouchWiz, AOKP, and the Infamous Google Edition ROM.
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Doesn't do anyhing but cause issues. I already had files for madden12 on sd card after I used folder mount and switched files to ex card it asks me to download files again for the game. So it's useless to me. Waiting on elesbb app or somebody to come up with a switch mount script that works for all files.
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Miami8906 said:
Doesn't do anyhing but cause issues. I already had files for madden12 on sd card after I used folder mount and switched files to ex card it asks me to download files again for the game. So it's useless to me. Waiting on elesbb app or somebody to come up with a switch mount script that works for all files.
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Thats very strange because my apps did that with every single other app to sd card method, and would always make me re download, but this has worked for everything. Every gameloft game, every non gameloft game like Real Racing 3, works perfect. Even apps like skype and whatsapp or anything works flawlessly when i mount it to my external SD.
Monkz said:
Thats very strange because my apps did that with every single other app to sd card method, and would always make me re download, but this has worked for everything. Every gameloft game, every non gameloft game like Real Racing 3, works perfect. Even apps like skype and whatsapp or anything works flawlessly when i mount it to my external SD.
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Must not like my phone...lol.
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Miami8906 said:
Must not like my phone...lol.
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Did it ever give you a faulty module popup saying it needed to be patched? Cause that popped up every time i opened it for the first time and i patched it and then you have to reboot and then it works.
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Did it ever give you a faulty module popup saying it needed to be patched? Cause that popped up every time i opened it for the first time and i patched it and then you have to reboot and then it works.
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Nothing like that when I used it.
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Miami8906 said:
Nothing like that when I used it.
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i would recommend trying again. When you first open and let it load it should give you that popup. Allow it to fix the fault, and then reboot the phone and it should work.
Monkz said:
i would recommend trying again. When you first open and let it load it should give you that popup. Allow it to fix the fault, and then reboot the phone and it should work.
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Will try that ok
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Will try that ok
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I tried it. It leaves the files in the original location (after selecting "yes" to allow them to be moved to the SD card). I confirmed they were on the SD card, but nothing was moved from the phone. What's the point? Doesn't free up any space. I tried deleting the files from the phone after they were "moved" to the SD card, and the app would not run. Error message about the SD card not being mounted.
What's the point if the files must be in both locations?? Saves no space.
RiverCity.45 said:
I tried it. It leaves the files in the original location (after selecting "yes" to allow them to be moved to the SD card). I confirmed they were on the SD card, but nothing was moved from the phone. What's the point? Doesn't free up any space. I tried deleting the files from the phone after they were "moved" to the SD card, and the app would not run. Error message about the SD card not being mounted.
What's the point if the files must be in both locations?? Saves no space.
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From what I understand the app performs a mount with 'bind' option, the disk usage is not accurate as the system 'thinks' these files still reside on the internal sd, but are actually located on the ext. SD.
ker0zene said:
From what I understand the app performs a mount with 'bind' option, the disk usage is not accurate as the system 'thinks' these files still reside on the internal sd, but are actually located on the ext. SD.
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You guys should try GL to SD Root works better than folder mount or directory bind. I used it to move 7 gb's of game data to my ex card. Helped me out alot.
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ker0zene said:
From what I understand the app performs a mount with 'bind' option, the disk usage is not accurate as the system 'thinks' these files still reside on the internal sd, but are actually located on the ext. SD.
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Oh. I see. A symbolic link, so if I delete file from what appears to be the phone, I'm actually deleting files on SD card. I get it. Thanks for clearing that up.
I have scandisk class 10 SD card 64 GB.
its formatted using the note 8 device (exFAT).
Whenever I try to download a file or copy a file in note 8 to the SD. It fails and reboots my device. knowing that reading from the SD is perfect. I can play music and movies from SD with no issues.
the only way I can transfer files to the SD if I connect the SD to the PC directly.
I am not sure if this is an issue with Note 8 or SD. please help!
Mine does the same thing. Ive tried formatting in exfat and fat32, didnt help. It writes fine to an old 16gb class 4 card ive got but not the 64gb. Sucks but at least it reads fine
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I have SanDisk 64GB (xd1 afair) exfat formatted in N5100, and it works ok with stock ROMs MD1'S and MF2.
cthiel08 said:
Mine does the same thing. Ive tried formatting in exfat and fat32, didnt help. It writes fine to an old 16gb class 4 card ive got but not the 64gb. Sucks but at least it reads fine
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Thanks for letting me know. I thought I am the only one having this issue. Any solution?
p107r0 said:
I have SanDisk 64GB (xd1 afair) exfat formatted in N5100, and it works ok with stock ROMs MD1'S and MF2.
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Can you download or transfer files to the sd? Are the files more than 200 mb?
gilbertgk said:
Can you download or transfer files to the sd? Are the files more than 200 mb?
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Yes and yes.
Are you running stock ROM? afair custom kennels do not support exFat
p107r0 said:
Yes and yes.
Are you running stock ROM? afair custom kennels do not support exFat
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I am not using any custom Roms. And i formatted my sandisk ultra 64gb more than three times but the same issue keeps happening. I also tried to find other apps to transfer movies and music files from Iinternal memory to sd but that didn't help. I can't even download directly to my sd. It reboots my note 8 if I try to download or transfer files to my sd.
Any suggestions?
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I am not using any custom Roms. And i formatted my sandisk ultra 64gb more than three times but the same issue keeps happening. I also tried to find other apps to transfer movies and music files from Iinternal memory to sd but that didn't help. I can't even download directly to my sd. It reboots my note 8 if I try to download or transfer files to my sd.
Any suggestions?
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I'm afraid nothing beyond painfully obvious ones - trying with another similar card, trying the card on any other device supporting exfat (if ok, this would provide definitive proof that card is ok), trying on freshly installed latest ROM, trying with the same card formatted in fat32.
p107r0 said:
I'm afraid nothing beyond painfully obvious ones - trying with another similar card, trying the card on any other device supporting exfat (if ok, this would provide definitive proof that card is ok), trying on freshly installed latest ROM, trying with the same card formatted in fat32.
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Good suggestions... I hope the problem is with the card not the device.
gilbertgk said:
Good suggestions... I hope the problem is with the card not the device.
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device does not need to be hardware, it could be on the soft side as well, in such case reflashing/changing ROM could help
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device does not need to be hardware, it could be on the soft side as well, in such case reflashing/changing ROM could help
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It seems like this is the last resort. I will reformat my note 8 and try again. I also forgot to mention, that few weeks ago I was able to transfer one 800 mb file but this stopped happening. So it seems like there is not enough memory to transfer although I tried clearing the memory.
I will let you know if this reformatting the note 8 will fix the problem.
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It seems like this is the last resort. I will reformat my note 8 and try again. I also forgot to mention, that few weeks ago I was able to transfer one 800 mb file but this stopped happening. So it seems like there is not enough memory to transfer although I tried clearing the memory.
I will let you know if this reformatting the note 8 will fix the problem.
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one more thing, just in case, check the card for errors on PC
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p107r0 said:
one more thing, just in case, check the card for errors on PC
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I already did that and no errors found
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device does not need to be hardware, it could be on the soft side as well, in such case reflashing/changing ROM could help
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Reformatting the device didnt fix my issue. I am not sure now if it is the device or the SD. I need to test my sd in other devices and check if it will allow transferring of files
I am having the same issue as well. I try to move files from my internal too my external card and device reboots. I have the SanDisk 64GB card as well, it works fine in my S4. Could it be a software issue on the Samsung side?
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Heard that the phone can only read from sd card, does this app alleviate the issue?, thanks.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
ryanjsoo said:
Heard that the phone can only read from sd card, does this app alleviate the issue?, thanks.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
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No Don't look like it
What issue you having with Sd card? I am able to write to it, I am in the process copying my music over.
shankly1985 said:
What issue you having with Sd card? I am able to write to it, I am in the process copying my music over.
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In my case it reads but can't move things to sd
jaythenut said:
In my case it reads but can't move things to sd
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Can you copy music to it?
shankly1985 said:
Can you copy music to it?
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Just tried root explorer and it worked won't work with es for some reason
jaythenut said:
Just tried root explorer and it worked won't work with es for some reason
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Don't kill me but you did activate the root part of ES right?
animaleyes76 said:
Don't kill me but you did activate the root part of ES right?
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Oh yes :silly:
It doesn't work for me too. Simply failed when transferring of files from internal memory to external memory (sdcard).
SD Fix Works? - other metod
Erikkusaki said:
It doesn't work for me too. Simply failed when transferring of files from internal memory to external memory (sdcard).
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Hi,
I've just found in another forum: you have to flash this:
Kiiiiinda want someone else to try it first...
Don't install that fix listed on page 1, its for the S4.
I can write stuff to the SD using file explorers after rooting but I want to backup my apps to the SD using Titanium backup but I haven't found a way to do it.
SDfix doesn't work, when I tried to change the platform.xml file in the permissions folder as suggest here
http://winaero.com/blog/unlock-external-sd-card-writing-for-all-apps-in-android-4-4-kitkat/
it wouldn't let me save the damn file! Do I need to S-off my device to be able to save it. Has anyone else got any suggestions to get TB backing up to the SD card?
I am using folder mount on M8 available in the play store even mounted whole internal sd to ext sd
https://play.google.com/store/apps/..._medium=organic&utm_term=folder+mount+android
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I believe you need root, and a kernel which allows write access to the system. Then you can use sdfix or edit the platform.xml file manually
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Thanks, any suggestions on a suitable kernel?
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HTC M8
SDFix on Google Play solves the KitKat external SD issue for HTC M8 provided that the phone is ROOTED and S-OFF. Beware of the latter condition , it caused me quite a headache.
For write permissions you dont need to be s-off this can be done with root ans s-on.Grant root access to es and this should fix kk sd card issues for you.Also you can flash @flar2 elementalx kernel.This kernel already disables kk read/write issues.
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?
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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...
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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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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