So this LG G3 is my first phone with an sd card slot.
What do I need to do to ensure everything that would normally get saved to /storage/emulated/0 is instead saved to /storage/external_SD?
Root Explorer can create links which I assume are symlinks - is that the safest way and are there some folders on storage/emulated/0 which don't like being symlinked such as Android & data etc?
Folder mount.
daveid said:
Folder mount.
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Literally just finished setting this up - what a coincidence!
We'll see how it goes
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Hi,
looking at the contents of my SD card, i have loads of folders with either nothing in, or just a few temp files.
which ones do i actually need on the phone??
could i remove my folders, format the card and then re-insert it, or would android just have a fit if i did that?
cheers
yes, you could format it, the next time you plug it in, android will automatically push the folders that are need to the sd card
fielddb said:
yes, you could format it, the next time you plug it in, android will automatically push the folders that are need to the sd card
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Unless you have apps installed on the sd card. They will have to be reinstalled.
sning said:
Hi,
looking at the contents of my SD card, i have loads of folders with either nothing in, or just a few temp files.
which ones do i actually need on the phone??
could i remove my folders, format the card and then re-insert it, or would android just have a fit if i did that?
cheers
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usually apps create folders on sd card so you can try erease those that you dont want or dont have
The best trick would be to make a back-up of the apps you really don't want to lose. Then just use your android to wipe the SD card. Like fielddb said, your phone will create the files needed. I had 46 files on mine since I was using it on other cellphone and they were all creating their own files... then you'll just need to puts your apps back, some might create personal folders for them though.
Hi, I recently got the CDMA (Virgin Mobile US) One V, and am having issues accessing the microsd folder using file explorers on the phone.
Using astro, if I go "up" as far as possible to /, the options are
mnt
proc
root
sbin
sdcard
sys
system
vendor
On my TF101, removable storage is under sdcard. But if I go under there, the options read
Android
DCIM
Download
LOST.DIR
Notifications
tmp
My question is, do you need root access to access removable storage? And if not, where is it? And yes, the SD card is recognized under settings.
EDIT: When I connected the phone to windows computer, it showed up as one drive, namely just the microsd card's space, and not anything about the phone. Does this mean everything besides apps, like videos/photos taken with the camera and files downloaded, is automatically stored on the microsd card?
Sorry if this is long, first post.
The answer to one of your questions is "yes" the phone does save your downloads and pics/videos to sdcard. I believe the PC only shows your sdcard when you have your phone in drive mode.
No you don't have to be root to access your sdcard.
dobbs69 said:
The answer to one of your questions is "yes" the phone does save your downloads and pics/videos to sdcard. I believe the PC only shows your sdcard when you have your phone in drive mode.
No you don't have to be root to access your sdcard.
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Thanks, I think I figured it out. Just hope this remains the same after switching ROMs.
Asteradragon said:
Thanks, I think I figured it out. Just hope this remains the same after switching ROMs.
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under /mnt/sdcard
So I went back to stock system because I needed to unlock my phone and I placed some files on my Internal SD, then installed PA 2.10 and when i try to access my Internal SD its completely new, my old stuff disappeared. Any suggestions on what i did wrong or how to access my files?
Another thing to mention, on the Internal Storage (when i plug in my phone to my PC) it says I only have 10GB of space out of 12, even though my "new" directory doesn't contain even 100mb of data.
IClassStriker said:
So I went back to stock system because I needed to unlock my phone and I placed some files on my Internal SD, then installed PA 2.10 and when i try to access my Internal SD its completely new, my old stuff disappeared. Any suggestions on what i did wrong or how to access my files?
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This is a great reason why it's a good idea to invest in a $10 micro sd card. Did you format /system and/or /data?
They are stored in a folder call 0 now. Look in there. 4.2 rooms move all your data files there. You can find them all in there and move back if you like
xBeerdroiDx said:
This is a great reason why it's a good idea to invest in a $10 micro sd card. Did you format /system and/or /data?
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yeaa i did, is that why?
hednik said:
They are stored in a folder call 0 now. Look in there. 4.2 rooms move all your data files there. You can find them all in there and move back if you like
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and i checked, i think they were overwritten. Does anybody know a way to access your entire file system through computer other than MTP?
IClassStriker said:
Does anybody know a way to access your entire file system through computer other than MTP?
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AirDroid. It syncs your S3 with your computer via WiFi. It's in the play store.
IClassStriker said:
yeaa i did, is that why?
and i checked, i think they were overwritten. Does anybody know a way to access your entire file system through computer other than MTP?
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You can use adb and navigate to /data/media.
Or you can get a file manager, navigate to /data/media, then move all your files to the 0 folder then do whatever you need to after.
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Hi all,
I've been trying to flash ROMs on my phone using my external SD card but it always fails with unable to open zip file. I can flash this properly in my internal SD card though.
Thanks!
iRyuzaki said:
Hi all,
I've been trying to flash ROMs on my phone using my external SD card but it always fails with unable to open zip file. I can flash this properly in my internal SD card though.
Thanks!
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Everything I flash is on my external. Sounds like what you use to copy the files isn't doing it properly. I use root explorer to move the files between internal and external before flashing. Double check the file sizes.
I used to use oi file manager. It copies and pastes the file fine but can't move them. You would always get "unable to move some files" but the file would be "moved"
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it works fine for me, I always flash from my external...
I use rootexplorer to move or delete files,
Weird... I used another sdcard and now it works! Thanks for the suggestions!
iRyuzaki said:
Weird... I used another sdcard and now it works! Thanks for the suggestions!
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next time u get a chance, but the other one back in. and format it within the phone. settings, storage, all the way on the bottom.
mdiaz33685 said:
next time u get a chance, but the other one back in. and format it within the phone. settings, storage, all the way on the bottom.
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I'm having a similar issue with a new sdcard that i got (32gb), i have tried to reformat it from the system settings and it fails from there, and then i am trying twrp and it also fails from there?
can someone please help, how can i fix this, i would really like to have the bigger card in the phone!
After boot I see this entry under my root directory:
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-10-16 22:48 sdcard -> /storage/emulated/legacy
I do not understand it very well but it seems the system emulates an SD card using its own memory. Then many applications use this area to save files. The thing is that I have a real external SD Card that I would like all the downloads, music, temp files, documents, everything really to go there.
I have tried to remove the symbolic link 'sdcard' and to make it point to my sd card but I cannot remove it not even as root, read only system, I probably need to use chmod first not sure.
Has anyone done this and know the solution?
Many thanks
The internal storage is emulated as an sdcard.
You can't delete the sym links as they are created upon each boot.
As long as you are rooted you can use your external sd card for whatever you want.
Just point your apps to the right location.
ashyx said:
The internal storage is emulated as an sdcard.
You can't delete the sym links as they are created upon each boot.
As long as you are rooted you can use your external sd card for whatever you want.
Just point your apps to the right location.
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Thank you but I cannot ask all applications to point to the external card. Many applications do not have this setting, either through the Applications Manager or through their own settings. Trying to find files then gets more confusing and every so often I must copy files manually so as to keep them in one place.
Is there perhaps an application that will also run at boot and point to the external card before any other applications start? That might be a good solution?
Zilliman said:
Thank you but I cannot ask all applications to point to the external card. Many applications do not have this setting, either through the Applications Manager or through their own settings. Trying to find files then gets more confusing and every so often I must copy files manually so as to keep them in one place.
Is there perhaps an application that will also run at boot and point to the external card before any other applications start? That might be a good solution?
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Link2sd pro
I have a galaxy tab s and am using Folder Mount and so far (after a few patches the program itself makes with permision) it is working fine for using data files on the storage card.