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Can not make android secure

I am trying hard to set up a child protection on the desire of a 12 year old because he is spending to much time with playing games.
Unfortunately, his friends have showed him how to reset the desire in the bootloader. (HBoot -> clear storage)
Is there any way how I can lock HBoot with a password or remove the reset function (and maybe the recovery function) inside of it?
the phone is rooted and s-off.
I am looking forward to each idea.
Thanks

No there isn't unless you are very experienced.
How do you limit the device? with an app? In that case you could always move it to system in which case it will stay even after a hard reset You will of course also have to remove the superuser app and su binary because otherwise he can just move it back or remove it
edit: you could also flash a corrupted recovery image, but i believe it will be possible to reset it from hboot anyway.

Don't let the child on it, simple.

Meaple said:
Don't let the child on it, simple.
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It sounds like the 12 year old uses this phone for everyday use, so this might not be the best solution, if he is supposed to continue being able to text and make calls.

This phone is his.. and because his grades are very bad, I want to lock the games, but leave the telephone & text-message functions working.
I have installed App Protector (App Lock)
https://market.android.com/details?id=ukzzang.android.app.protector&feature=search_result
on his phone
afterwords, someone at school used the HTC security-mode function (Pressed Menu while starting) to delete the app again.
Then I installed a Rom without this function
And now someone used the HBoot function "clear storage" to get rid of my protection. The program is still installed, but the service is not active.
I don't want to take away his phone.
Thanks for your help!

Maybe easier to buy/find a cheap pay as you go handset and swap the sim into it. Can still text and call without all the added temptation. Kids are far too clever these days... they'll always find a way around restrictions

yeah, probably that would be easier, but i am sure there's some way to avoid this.
is there a file of the app protector which I could move to somewhere in order to make it work?

Not unless you make your one app or find one which doesn't have a initial setup.
Cause even when you move the app to system partition the setup is stored on data and therefore erased when doing a factory reset.
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A 12 year old has a Desire.... wow.
Sent from CM7

chris3cr said:
Kids are far too clever these days... they'll always find a way around restrictions
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This. My aunt tried restricting web access to my nephew by changing the password of the account they use everyday, but she was careless and forgot to lock administrator account, which he naturally found out about. Instead of locking him out, she was the one who got locked out
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Take the Desire off him until his grades improve and get him one of these.
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As I already stated you can move the apk file from /data/app to /system/app. That way it won't be removed by reset. You setup of the app will though as all its data will be removed.
If you really know what you are doing you could back up the app data from /data/data to the system partition and make a script that restores the folder to /data/data on boot in theory it should be doable and that would circumvent that problem.

is the "clean storage" function a hard reboot? because the app is still installed after such a reset, but as you said my setup is gone. (but he is on cyanogen RcMixHD 3.5 now, maybe that's why)
I think I do not know enough to build a script myself
but can't I just lock hboot somehow with a password or remove the associated functions of "clean storage" in hboot somehow?

No you cant that is what i told you in the first place.. The hboot is a crucial part of the phone system allowing it to boot into system and recovery. It is made only to fulfill those purposes and to allow low level flashing. In order to do what you ask you would have to edit the hboot itself, and no app or code run from the system will ever be able to do that, so unless you know how to edit the hboot to remove the option yourself it's not possible no.
also wth. is cyanogen rcmixhd??? I know cyanogenmod which is an aosp rom and i know rcmixhd, which is a desire hd rom.
But i believe the app should be removed as well, as it is erasing the entire data partition afaik. But it is probably just automatically redownloading it from the market upon first boot. So in order to fix it you must ensure that whatever is needed, is stored on the system partition, because no matter what he will always have access to the data partition.
edit: so if you can't write a script, either drop it, or if it is very important pm me the name of the app and the name and version of your rom, and i might be able to help you figure something out.

Make android secure
Hello,
It is very important for me to make this android device secure for children.
He is using "RcMixHD 3.6 Rotating", and the app which I have installed is called "App Protector (App Lock)". But if there is another app which would suite you more, its ok for me I just want to make it work.
As far as I am concerned, after he pressed "Clear Storage" in HBoot the app really didn't disappear from the devise! Another app (which is not available on "Android Market") was also available after this reset, but I had to reconfigure it again.
Thank you very much for your help!!!!!
Kamil

Thanks I asked you to write a pm because my answers from now on won't help anyone else.
I might be able to make you a flashable zip file with a script and so on making it restore the settings on boot so they cannot be reset. I'm on my phone now so I can't help you before I get home.
But I will need you to copy the apk-file from /data/app and the folder for this app from /data/data. It must be while your settings is setup as they are supposed to be, because you won't be able to change them from the app afterwards. Also please keep their names exactly as they are and then zip them and upload them for me. Please include info on, whether it is using a2sd, a2sd+, d2ext or d2whatever or maybe even a direct dl link for the rom or if you are unsure please provide me with all the files present in /system/etc/init.d/ on your phone.
also the settings folder might contain your setup password if the app have that possibility. So you will need to trust me(and maybe use a custom one that you use nowhere else), and please use pm...

My folks used a good app for me when I was younger, I think it was called "parenting"

phil5556 said:
My folks used a good app for me when I was younger, I think it was called "parenting"
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Lolol same, if I didn't stop messing around my dad would have to resort to something else other than talking lol
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Un root it then change password on computer and modem wpa lol
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I'm a 12year old with a desire lol. Probably the youngest member on xda. What my parents told me was that if I got UFO a good secondary school I could get a good phone, and I did. I always use my phone but font forget to do my homework and stuff I go on my phone lots but my grades haven dropped at all. Why don't you remove his Google account/ change his password. And or flash cm7 without Google apps
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[Q] any advice on fixing sdcard problems?

ive looked over the internet and found no solutions that helped
recent my samsung epic began giving me messages like microsd card unexpectedly removed etc. So i did what i read online and formated it on my pc and its "settings" of course i made a pc backup as well.
well it was all well for only two days and i got messages that now said sd card safe to remove. and the apps on the sd card wouldnt open no more and give a message of app not installed. so i factory reset in settings, format sd card again in settings I tried flashing a new rom, wipe data and dalvik etc ....
but the problem returns shortly after trying these ... on cwm log it shows me "cant format unknown volume /sdcard and /emmc"
now my pc and phone still read my card but it doesnt allow me to save anything or open anything on there such as apps, photos, etc.
now ive seen online suggestions of using odin or more cwm options that i have not tried because im not an expert at all yet. im in highschool so i cant really afford to expeirement myself and rather ask an expert on here.
if i should use odin or other options can someone please tell me how and what to do?
btw i have a 32gb sandisk card and im running cm10 and have never flashed other roms since i rooted first time. and i believe this started happening after i did a restore on one of my nandroid backups and i never wipe before restoring so maybe that might be the root of this conundrum i now face...

nikon120 said:
Tutorial on using ODIN and getting back to stock
Don't bother with the EL30 tar. Start just below that where the SPH-D700-FC09-8Gb-REL.tar download link is. That is the file which will give you 100% current stock.
EDIT:
After reading your original issue with the SD card...
You should remove the card from the phone.
Connect the card to a computer.
Backup whatever stuff you want to keep.
Format the card. (FAT32)
Move whatever stuff you backed up, back to the card.
Put card back in phone.
In CWM, run Fix Permissions in the advanced menu.
Optional: clear cache partition
Try again with the steps you took where you encountered the write issue to the card.
If you still experience the problem, then try ODIN to test against 100% stock.
If you still experience the problem on 100% stock (FC09), then replace the SD card.
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That was my original reply in the other thread. Since you've formatted already, use the fix permissions option in CWM and try again.
If nothing, then go back to stock and try again. If that doesn't work, then replace the card.

Alright well I'm try this Saturday and post back here to let you know how it went
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sorry for making you wait man but i had to take the act yesterday and i didnt want to f up my phone right before test day... but i was going to ask that i have a samsung usb cable that looks different than other samsung cables i have . and i used it before to root my phone and another phone and had no problems with it but it is samsung so could i still use it?

alright i just looked up what cables samsung has so i can which one i got and my mine i believe is their "travel charger" cable, the ends are a smooth glossy type plastic. it has the square shape adapter.
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holy **** i used samsung usb cable and did what you said ...and ill be damned im running fc09 right now..thanks man alot appreciate it alot Ima try it for a whole day tommorow see how it goes with the sd card and go from there.
aww damn its been only a few minutes and the phone already said sd removed but it reread it again ...
and its still working..i think

nike0518 said:
holy **** i used samsung usb cable and did what you said ...and ill be damned im running fc09 right now..thanks man alot appreciate it alot Ima try it for a whole day tommorow see how it goes with the sd card and go from there.
aww damn its been only a few minutes and the phone already said sd removed but it reread it again ...
and its still working..i think
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Have ya tried formating with your phone?
Seen that you tried it once before but when my epic's sd was glitching out simularly unmounting and remounting.
Or partitioning it for installing apps to it?
The other thing that maybe at fault is that when you formated with you computer is that it may have defaulted to a 'quick' format option. I've had nothing but mixed results with quick or fast formating option on windows and linux alike. There should be a check box option or advanced button in the formatting window on windows that gives the option for a full and lengthy format. Note: formatting on either your phone or your computer will sertianly delete the data, so, backup. One other note: when your doing something critical with data storige and such, its a good idea to close all other windows, espechealy the ones that are accessing your file system; such as file brousers and downloading files.
One more thing about restoring a backup on your phone after restoring the restore to a new or different sdcard: it can fail spectacularly if something gets corupted during all that movement and copying, so when you do get a sd card working whether it be new or newly formated it might be a good idea to make a new backup.
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yeah i tried all of that and i used a full format and didnt even restore to it ..
im on stock right now and it seems to randomly unmount but remount by itself when it says scanning media...
im going to root again before the end of tonight bc it sux on stock and ill check to see if the problem persists and im going to try replace the sd card slot too tonight because i have a few epics laying around so i check back in here tommorow afternoon
its not my sdcard for sure bc it works flawlessly on other phones and my phone did it to other sdcards as well.

Best thing you can do imo is to get a new sd card. Unless its the hw on the phone. You could solder up your own I bet, if its new for you it will be aventurous!

nike0518 said:
its not my sdcard for sure bc it works flawlessly on other phones and my phone did it to other sdcards as well.
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Seems like you've found the fault with the hardware. Before repair I'd try cleaning the contacts. Hope its just software though as it be a pain to do a repair and still have the same issue.
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"it never hurts to help"

well i was sure it was hard ware after the message appear on 100% stock but the good thing i have a few epics sitting around with cracked screens/bricked/other issues so i got replacement parts.
but i fixed the problem !
i opened my epic and took out it sd card slot completly off the motherboard and same to other epic and swapped them.
and it didnt require any soldering since the epic is bada** phone .. very precise placement required though to put the slot back on the motherboard but i matched it after taking my time lol
now im just to going to root and flash and be a happy camper.
thanks very much though guys now im more confident in unrooting my phone and i know how to as well.
it seems the problem is gonnne.

crappppp the problem returned but now it fixes itself right after but this can trick some of the apps.
like apollo .
i have a few songs on there and unless i pop out and reinsert the sdcard or reboot it Apollo will think i dont have those songs ...which sux bc i use it frequently but yeah im just try swapping the sdcard slots again .

recovering deleted pictures from internal sdcard

hello , is there anyway to recover deleted pictures from internal sdcad after formating system ??? , i tried many apps through google but all failed ,
i desperately need these pictures cuz they contain credit card informations which i must have

You are going to have to put your SD card into the computer and use a recovery program. SD cards don't have a "trash" so you will need to find software to recover it. IMPORTANT!! DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! the more reads and writes to your card, the more likely that the files you are looking for will be purged off. The reason I know its possible is because I just had to do this about 6 months ago. Good luck
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Success100 said:
You are going to have to put your SD card into the computer and use a recovery program. SD cards don't have a "trash" so you will need to find software to recover it. IMPORTANT!! DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! the more reads and writes to your card, the more likely that the files you are looking for will be purged off. The reason I know its possible is because I just had to do this about 6 months ago. Good luck
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internal SD.....not external SD ! zo thats a nice idea but not going to work as its not removable.
as long as you can't mount the internal SD as an USB disk its a no go to run recovery software as 99% of those type of software needs a USB disk to run and NOT MTP type of storage.

I think I saw a hack around XDA that allowed you to mount the memory, or extract the contents, to be able to recover (possibly) data. But it seemed like a lot of hoops to jump through. Plus, data recovery programs will often be only partially successful, under the best of circumstances.
Consider it a lesson learned, and backup your photos next time. With a variety of easy cloud options, there is really no reason not to.

pinkslips said:
hello , is there anyway to recover deleted pictures from internal sdcad after formating system ??? , i tried many apps through google but all failed ,
i desperately need these pictures cuz they contain credit card informations which i must have
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do you have a Nandroid ? why didn't you use the Google drive or Dropbox for backup ?
HTC gives every One owner a Google Drive just for this reason

pinkslips said:
hello , is there anyway to recover deleted pictures from internal sdcad after formating system ??? , i tried many apps through google but all failed ,
i desperately need these pictures cuz they contain credit card informations which i must have
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well you could try
reboot to TWRP recovery to avoid further damage to the partition, make sure /external_sd is mounted
Code:
adb shell dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p47 of=/external_sd/mmcblk0p47_userdata.img
(that should be a raw ext4 partition)
once that's done, take out your external sdcard, and using a card reader, try mounting it in linux then use some recovery program,
you may possibly need to convert it the raw partition, but i'm not sure about all that, just trying to point you in the [possibly] right direction
but in all cases, very low chance of success probably
EDIT: for example, i was able to mount the partition (i made a backup when i first got the phone), just to test using DiskInternals Linux Reader:
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thanks all i managed to do it , i went for a guy and he recovered them for me using terminal emulator and some other program i can remember its name

pinkslips said:
thanks all i managed to do it , i went for a guy and he recovered them for me using terminal emulator and some other program i can remember its name
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Wow that's Great news... Please find out what he used to recover the files . I could really use it.

if you are rooted, there is an app available through the playstore called diskdigger that recovers deleted files from your internal storage

methslushee said:
if you are rooted, there is an app available through the playstore called diskdigger that recovers deleted files from your internal storage
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yes exactly diskdigger root paid one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdiggerpro&hl=en
u can try the free version first if it didnt work for u go for pro , i dont know why int the reviews alot of people says it doesnt work but it worked like a charm , i even used it later afterwards to recover some music and some videos i shot with the camera ,

methslushee said:
if you are rooted, there is an app available through the playstore called diskdigger that recovers deleted files from your internal storage
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pinkslips said:
yes exactly diskdigger root paid one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdiggerpro&hl=en
u can try the free version first if it didnt work for u go for pro , i dont know why int the reviews alot of people says it doesnt work but it worked like a charm , i even used it later afterwards to recover some music and some videos i shot with the camera ,
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Disk digger works very very well. I have used it a few times to help others out. It's success rate is pretty high.
Just ensure to recover to the external sd card.

I suggest that you try this htc data recovery solution.
Good luck.

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I think not possible for internal storage.
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Phone based data recovery apps (such as from the Play store) are your best bet.
As you may be referring to (hard to tell with a one line, vague post) PC based programs have been (at least somewhat) successful recovering data from smartphones in the past. But since Android has moved to MTP protocol (versus USB mass storage), most of those programs won't work.
The phone apps will work to some degree, with internal storage. But data recovery is always an iffy proposition. Once the memory blocks get overwritten, the data is gone for good (at least by any reasonable, consumer level retrieval methods).

Video got corrupted and suddenly deleted while transferring

I was taking a video of a full concert which was around 40 mins and everything playback perfectly fine.
I attempted to transfer the video into my computer but it couldn't get through since I don't have enough storage in my computer. I deleted a few files to make some space for this video, then I copied and wait. Not long after, I tried to go back to my phone and it said something about the video being corrupted, then it suddenly deleted by itself. I was so shocked when it happened, thinking it was some kind of glitch, but the video really got deleted and there's absolutely not trace of it. I thought maybe the video got transferred to the computer, but there was nothing as well. The video just completely disappeared! I tried to recover it using fonelab but without root it couldn't do the "deep scan" but if I really have to root my brand new phone then I will. I'm really pissed because it was a really long video and something special to me and I can't believe it just disappeared like that... What actually happened and how can I fix it?

There could be several things. If the video was on the phone's sd card then it's possible it was caused by the sd card. If you were moving instead of copying the video it could have corrupted during the move. You talk like the video was on the phone but if you do have a card inserted are you sure it's not on the card?
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Tel864 said:
There could be several things. If the video was on the phone's sd card then it's possible it was caused by the sd card. If you were moving instead of copying the video it could have corrupted during the move. You talk like the video was on the phone but if you do have a card inserted are you sure it's not on the card?
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It seems like the video was originally saved to my sd card actually. I remember just dragging the videos to a folder in my computer, and I'm pretty sure that means "copy" not "move/cut" because it's from an external drive. Do you know any ways of how I can recover it?

andrewlay said:
It seems like the video was originally saved to my sd card actually. I remember just dragging the videos to a folder in my computer, and I'm pretty sure that means "copy" not "move/cut" because it's from an external drive. Do you know any ways of how I can recover it?
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On your PC look here
C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp
When copying from external > PC it actually copies there first, then copies from there to wherever you asked it to save to
Slight chance it is still in there, it might not be named the same or have the .mp4 extension, so look for a file dated the same time / date you copied it / recorded it, and same size, then copy to desktop or somewhere and rename to .mp4
(Make sure show file name extensions is enabled to see the .mp4 extension)
If it's not there, run a data recovery software on your MicroSD on a PC

andrewlay said:
It seems like the video was originally saved to my sd card actually. I remember just dragging the videos to a folder in my computer, and I'm pretty sure that means "copy" not "move/cut" because it's from an external drive. Do you know any ways of how I can recover it?
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You can try installing something like EaseUS on your PC and see if it will recover anything on the SD card.
https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm

*Detection* said:
On your PC look here
C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp
When copying from external > PC it actually copies there first, then copies from there to wherever you asked it to save to
Slight chance it is still in there, it might not be named the same or have the .mp4 extension, so look for a file dated the same time / date you copied it / recorded it, and same size, then copy to desktop or somewhere and rename to .mp4
(Make sure show file name extensions is enabled to see the .mp4 extension)
If it's not there, run a data recovery software on your MicroSD on a PC
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Damn I looked over in that folder and I can't find anything about it. Does it matter if I've shutdown my computer because I thought the clipboard gets deleted or something?
Tel864 said:
You can try installing something like EaseUS on your PC and see if it will recover anything on the SD card.
https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm
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How does it scan my sd card in my phone? It seems like it only lets me scan my internal computer storage not any external drive like my phone...
Also, something interesting I found while going through he folder that had the video, is that there's a 0 byte file name temp_video but it was created 2 days after this incident happened... I don't actually think this is it because there were actual 2 video files and 4 pictures that got "corrupted and deleted" when I did it.

andrewlay said:
Damn I looked over in that folder and I can't find anything about it. Does it matter if I've shutdown my computer because I thought the clipboard gets deleted or something?
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That is a temp folder it won't get deleted when you shutdown like clipboard does, I think it's every 30 days or something when it auto deletes stuff from there, so if it's not in there it might not have ever copied to the PC in the first place
andrewlay said:
How does it scan my sd card in my phone? It seems like it only lets me scan my internal computer storage not any external drive like my phone...
Also, something interesting I found while going through he folder that had the video, is that there's a 0 byte file name temp_video but it was created 2 days after this incident happened... I don't actually think this is it because there were actual 2 video files and 4 pictures that got "corrupted and deleted" when I did it.
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If it originally saved to the MicroSD card (external sd) in the phone, put it in a card reader and connect to PC, if it was saved directly to the phone internal storage you might need a mobile data recovery software if EaseUS Windows version doesn't see it
Try this
https://www.easeus.com/android-data-recovery-software/free-android-data-recovery.html
Did you ever play the video back successfully on the phone? Completely from start to end?
You might have to accept that it never recorded properly in the first place unfortunately, and if that is the case, no data recovery will help as there was no video to recover

*Detection* said:
That is a temp folder it won't get deleted when you shutdown like clipboard does, I think it's every 30 days or something when it auto deletes stuff from there, so if it's not in there it might not have ever copied to the PC in the first place
If it originally saved to the MicroSD card (external sd) in the phone, put it in a card reader and connect to PC, if it was saved directly to the phone internal storage you might need a mobile data recovery software if EaseUS Windows version doesn't see it
Try this
https://www.easeus.com/android-data-recovery-software/free-android-data-recovery.html
Did you ever play the video back successfully on the phone? Completely from start to end?
You might have to accept that it never recorded properly in the first place unfortunately, and if that is the case, no data recovery will help as there was no video to recover
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seems like I have to root my phone for the app to work? what's the most simple way to root it? and once I root, can I unroot it again so I don't void my warranty?
I didn't play back the video from start to finish since it was around 40 mins in total long but I did play parts of it and skipped some and I have no doubt the phone actually recorded and saved it... I just don't know why it suddenly disappeared when I was trying to copy it.
I'm really scarred of this happening again... What should I do to prevent it? I've already changed the recording so that it records to my device storage and not the micro sd.

andrewlay said:
seems like I have to root my phone for the app to work? what's the most simple way to root it? and once I root, can I unroot it again so I don't void my warranty?
I didn't play back the video from start to finish since it was around 40 mins in total long but I did play parts of it and skipped some and I have no doubt the phone actually recorded and saved it... I just don't know why it suddenly disappeared when I was trying to copy it.
I'm really scarred of this happening again... What should I do to prevent it? I've already changed the recording so that it records to my device storage and not the micro sd.
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If it recorded to the MicroSD why do you want to root your phone?
Put the SD into a card reader on the PC and run the recovery scan from there
And no you cannot unroot to avoid warranty issues, once rooted warranty is void forever

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Hello, it seems that the insufficient capacity cauesed your dada coruppted and deleted, I think you should stop the process to avoid data overwritten and the download a recovery tool. YOu can try some freeware, I have used the Bitwar data recovery to recover my files, this tool is free and easy to use, you can reover your files with three simple steps.
Hope it can help you.

XIAOMI MI A2 Lite - Android Oreo 8.1 - "External storage stopped working"

Hi all,
I just bought the phone in the subject of the thread and I am just having this problem with the sdcard over and over again.
Long story short:
I bought a sandisk sdcard 128 and converted it as internal storage from the settings menu'.
The card is working perfectly fine as I am able to move apps on it, run programs and see the added 128GB but, every time I try to open "file" manager (the stock one or any other downloaded from Googleplay) I keep getting the error message "External storage stopped working" and the device disappears from the list on the left. Same issue if I try to delete the apps stored on the memory rather than the one on the device itself.
Of course I understand that the phone is not seeing it as an external memory anymore, and till this point all is perfectly normal for me but still don't understand why any of the file managers used is unable to show me what files are on my device.
Also, this error message is a pain in the A** as stop me from receiving notifications from some apps as Facebook or messanger.
I tried removing the SDcard or converting it as an external memory and all come back working as usual.
I tried reformatting it numerous times and rebooting the device and nothing seems working.
Below some pics of the error message and "file" app not showing my device anymore when the SD is in
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Thanks in advance to whoever can help me (and not) with this puzzle.
Davide

I have exactly the same symptoms on my phone. Could it be a hardware issue?

Yeah, I also have this issue. Previously I used old (1-2 year old) sandisk ultra 32 gb card. The i bought a new samsung evo plus 64 gb card and I still got the same error message. Worse, somehow in storage setting the capacity of the samsung card is listed at 128 gb.
Weird. Help?

Workaround, not a solution
I had the same problems from the first time I got this phone. I even replace the SD card I had with a new one with A1 specs capable of 100mb/sec transfer rates.
The was still coming up everytime the card was accesed, I think due to some response timeout from the android system although the apps seem to be running ok.
Anyway I think I found how to overcome this problem so far, although it is not a solution, so that this annoying warning is not appearing:
-You have to enable developer options (check google how to)
-Go to Settings > System > Developer options
-Scroll down almost to the bottom of the screen until you find an option like 'Errors without response' (may be different text)
-Switch this option off
Now I can use the sd card with no problem, anyway better have a fast one as I said before to ensure apps can read/write ok.

Dont lie there is no such option in there , xiaomi better fix this im about to take a hammer abd break the phone

Elroto said:
I had the same problems from the first time I got this phone. I even replace the SD card I had with a new one with A1 specs capable of 100mb/sec transfer rates.
The was still coming up everytime the card was accesed, I think due to some response timeout from the android system although the apps seem to be running ok.
Anyway I think I found how to overcome this problem so far, although it is not a solution, so that this annoying warning is not appearing:
-You have to enable developer options (check google how to)
-Go to Settings > System > Developer options
-Scroll down almost to the bottom of the screen until you find an option like 'Errors without response' (may be different text)
-Switch this option off
Now I can use the sd card with no problem, anyway better have a fast one as I said before to ensure apps can read/write ok.
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Nice, I'll have a look and test. however the phone works fine. now is almost 2 months and apart from the error message the phone is fine!

manna.davide87 said:
Nice, I'll have a look and test. however the phone works fine. now is almost 2 months and apart from the error message the phone is fine!
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nope, can't find anything similar. can you post a screenshot please and in which category you find it?
my last category is "apps" so I don't think is the same. i think probably the correct category is Debugging. please correct me if I am wrong!

manna.davide87 said:
nope, can't find anything similar. can you post a screenshot please and in which category you find it?
my last category is "apps" so I don't think is the same. i think probably the correct category is Debugging. please correct me if I am wrong!
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It is at the bottom and looks like this

rockycocky said:
It is at the bottom and looks like this
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mmmmh really strange, is not showing on mine... which version of Oreo have you got?

manna.davide87 said:
mmmmh really strange, is not showing on mine... which version of Oreo have you got?
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sorry, found it. was already set on "disabled".. it worked for me for a couple of days but now is happening again...

Having the exact same issue, play music won't recognise my SanDisk 128 GB card and neither will file manager??

I bought this phone ans I also have the same issue. I have a high quality 128GB SD card I used on my previous phones with no errors or lag. With this phone I have exact same issues as you guys so this is due to xioami. But there don't seems to be a lot of people affected looking at this thread.
Need a solution for this.
This video clearly shows the issue.
external storage keeps stopping http://c.mi.com/thread-1574881-1-0.html

Android pie update on xiaomi lite a2 solve this update I think. It's on the December update. Just got it in france

Kwaadpepper said:
Android pie update on xiaomi lite a2 solve this update I think. It's on the December update. Just got it in france
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Yes it did i had the issue on Oreo no longer says that.but if I soft reboot it says to reinsert the card I just turn it off n back on and it's fine

rob420p said:
Yes it did i had the issue on Oreo no longer says that.but if I soft reboot it says to reinsert the card I just turn it off n back on and it's fine
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yup but now my phone is crap: turns itself down, spotify doesn't work anymore with the alarm, no notifications from whatsapp unless i open the app, the screen brightness is atrocious, the volume is lower and the battery drains faster and many more....I am collecting them all as for pokémons. Google you are ****ing unbelievable, fix one to destroy a hundred.

bro... what moment in sd card error?
just in the moment you convert to adoptable storage , or in normal mode that sd card use for external storage (store foto music film etc)
sorry my bad english

bla.tiga said:
bro... what moment in sd card error?
just in the moment you convert to adoptable storage , or in normal mode that sd card use for external storage (store foto music film etc)
sorry my bad english
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For the issue in the first post try clearing the data from every file manager you use, it seems a little strange that the file manager reports external device error when you converted to internal (basically you told the system that the external memory doesn't exists and it should only look at internal memory)
you could try to format the sd card on a PC (use FAT32, NTFS gave me issues)
when you put the card in, choose external option and see if that helps.

I recently purchased 64GB Hama SD card (it's Samsung's) with 80MB/s read speed (this one) and it was totally unusable on Pie. I formatted it as internal and my phone kept rebooting over and over (restarting SystemUI) and all the apps which were installed on this card were constantly cleared, for e.g. every time I left Spotify, even without this random reboot, I needed to log in again and download my files, same with other apps and their settings. I didn't get those pop-ups about storage errors tho.
I downgraded to Oreo, formatted the card as I wanted - as internal, and now everything seems to be fine, except this error I'm getting from time to time "External Storage has stopped". I didn't noticed any impact on my files or the overall speed of the phone, just throwing this error and nothing else happens.
I tried the solution from @Elroto, but it was already turned off in Developer options, then I found #43 in this thread, but it didn't work for me either.
Did anyone manage to solve this issue?

yea pie fix the error popup but the sd card problem is still there when the screen is locked the sdcard randomly ejects and when you set the sdcard as internal itll soft reboot your phone when locked. The problem occur when the phone is locked

I disabled Downloads and Download Manager (System -> Apps & notifications -> All apps (show system)) and I don't receive any errors about external storage anymore, but you can't use Android/Play Store without Download Manager. Any workaround ideas?