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SD card problem

Anyone having problems with sd card on LG G3?

qwerty1q said:
Anyone having problems with sd card on LG G3?
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What do you mean, trouble reading or writing to the sdcard? Try formatting the card on the phone itself, that usualy works.

What are you trying to do with the card? it might be that you just are not aware with how Android Kitkat treats the sd card slot?

Lennyuk said:
What are you trying to do with the card? it might be that you just are not aware with how Android Kitkat treats the sd card slot?
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Probably......only File Manager can write or delete files on my sd card, Xplore or a different Manager can't, is it normal in KitKat?

qwerty1q said:
Probably......only File Manager can write or delete files on my sd card, Xplore or a different Manager can't, is it normal in KitKat?
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Apps can only write and edit files that they themselves created on the SD card which is why third party apps are not working. It is to stop rouge apps deleting / creating / modifying files that they shouldn't be.

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Probably......only File Manager can write or delete files on my sd card, Xplore or a different Manager can't, is it normal in KitKat?
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With files you mean system files or files created by you? You should be able to delete or move files with an alternative file explorer or you might try gaining root (towel root is easiest) to gain admin rights.

If you root your phone, you can remove the limitations that were added in KitKat.

Many 'newbie experts' who say that an 8 or 16GB phone is fine as you can move apps etc. to an SD card are finding out the hard way that KitKat restrictions prevent using the card the same way as it used to be in older Android versions unless the device is rooted.
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Anyone having problems with sd card on LG G3?
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I have been having the random removals of the sdcard. I have a 64gb ultra I card and it worked perfectly in the samsung i had before this. I have taken everything off it and reformatted with eh LG G3 and it still randomly removes the card. I have purchased another 64gb card and does the same thing.
Any ideas of a fix?
No rooted (yet) but i can if it will fix the issue.
currently running stock everything,

mnbgibbs said:
I have been having the random removals of the sdcard. I have a 64gb ultra I card and it worked perfectly in the samsung i had before this. I have taken everything off it and reformatted with eh LG G3 and it still randomly removes the card. I have purchased another 64gb card and does the same thing.
Any ideas of a fix?
No rooted (yet) but i can if it will fix the issue.
currently running stock everything,
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Someone else had the same problem and they did an equipment swap and the new G3 didn't have the problem.
So it might be the SD card slot itself or its interface and a exchange might be neccessary.

[HELP] Storage Issue [Unable to access Internal Storage]

Hello Guys,
I have purchased a micromax canvas a1 from a retail store 2 days ago and there is no problem in the device except that i am not able to access my phone memory (or internal SD) with using any file manager app (root browser also) nor able to access it through pc when connected. Only External SD card is accessible.
There is no problem in app installation, i am able to move app data to External SD card and vice versa. The storage setting also shows internal SD and the app manager too displays the internal SD capacity. Everything is fine except i am not able to view the internal SD card.
I have unlocked bootloader and Flashed CWM and Installed official Cyanogenmod 11 ROM but the problem still persists. You can check the below Screenshots. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Buntyagrwl said:
Hello Guys,
I have purchased a micromax canvas a1 from a retail store 2 days ago and there is no problem in the device except that i am not able to access my phone memory (or internal SD) with using any file manager app (root browser also) nor able to access it through pc when connected. Only External SD card is accessible.
There is no problem in app installation, i am able to move app data to External SD card and vice versa. The storage setting also shows internal SD and the app manager too displays the internal SD capacity. Everything is fine except i am not able to view the internal SD card.
I have unlocked bootloader and Flashed CWM and Installed official Cyanogenmod 11 ROM but the problem still persists. You can check the below Screenshots. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Its not only with you. Its for all Android One users and i think its for all Google stock aosp roms. Means in Nexus also. But i don't know about lollipop.

Thank you
Mohitash said:
Its not only with you. Its for all Android One users and i think its for all Google stock aosp roms. Means in Nexus also. But i don't know about lollipop.
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Thanks for that info. Hope Lollipop update may fix it.
Wondering why nobody complained about it.
Thank you again.

I was also wondering why nobody mentioned this..
My internal storage runs out of space all the time and it bugs me that I can't access it.
And as for nexus devices, they don't have an sd card slot at all, so you can access the internal memory.
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theBlissfulReveler said:
I was also wondering why nobody mentioned this..
My internal storage runs out of space all the time and it bugs me that I can't access it.
And as for nexus devices, they don't have an sd card slot at all, so you can access the internal memory.
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Will find a sollution to this. We have to modify a file that is present inside system/xbin or something i have forgotten.

Buntyagrwl said:
Will find a sollution to this. We have to modify a file that is present inside system/xbin or something i have forgotten.
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In permissions... Platform file. Already tried but not working

Adoptable Storage Mod

Developer Modaco has posted a MOD for the S7 and Edge to adopt the SD. I thought I would pass this along. Instructions in the link below.
http://www.modaco.com/news/android/...e-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632/

This doesn't seem to be working properly on the US version.
I tried it and while all the commands went through successfully, I do not see an increase in internal storage nor does apps or files transferred end up on the SD card.
The ability to access the SD card from file manager and through a PC has disappeared like it should but the phone does not recognize the SD card as another part of its internal memory nor is it being used.

sekigah84 said:
This doesn't seem to be working properly on the US version.
I tried it and while all the commands went through successfully, I do not see an increase in internal storage nor does apps or files transferred end up on the SD card.
The ability to access the SD card from file manager and through a PC has disappeared like it should but the phone does not recognize the SD card as another part of its internal memory nor is it being used.
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It worked fine for me. I had to then go to settings storage and select the second internal thing and select merge from the hamburger menu

I tried that as well. I factory reset to see if it was because I had a bunch of apps installed.
I finally got the internal storage to increase. I'm going to fill up my internal storage first to see if i get warnings and insufficient space or if it will start filling the SD card instead.
From what I heard, adoptable storage is supposed to fill the largest capacity memory first (ie: SD Card) and then internal storage. Seems to be doing the opposite.

I've been using this mod for a about a week now, and I love not having to grant storage permissions to the SD card and the ability to delete photos from the Google Photos app (and not having to delete it from the gallery app as well).
The only issues I am seeing are with two camera features
1. Burst shots do not work
2. Photos can not be saved as RAW
These are livable flaws in my opinion. Let's hope Samsung properly enables this feature in the Nougat update.

Do you have to be rooted for this method to work? I just exchanged my Note 7 for the S7 Edge and would like to apply this mod to increase the internal storage.

No, root is not required.
duongdn said:
Do you have to be rooted for this method to work? I just exchanged my Note 7 for the S7 Edge and would like to apply this mod to increase the internal storage.
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Does this persist through system updates?

49ml said:
Does this persist through system updates?
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Yes. I updated to the Nouget Beta and it stayed.

Can you test and see if burst shots in the camera works? It didn't for me when I used this mod on MM
duongdn said:
Yes. I updated to the Nouget Beta and it stayed.
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MatthewPresley said:
Can you test and see if burst shots in the camera works? It didn't for me when I used this mod on MM
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Still a no go for burst shots.

Sprint LG G5 android app Storage has no option to move to External_SD (SD card)?

I have the Sprint LG G5 running ZV5 and I'm having a problem where I can't change the Storage settings for any apps (like Snapchat or GoPro app) to use the external SD card. For example, normally in Settings > Apps > GoPro > Storage, I should be able to click on Storage and move the app and it's storage to the external microSD card (app/data/cache). However with this it shows:
"Storage
631.35 MB used in Internal storage"
With no option to move or use the portable/external SD like it normally does on my other phones.
On my older Sprint LG G4 I can move apps this way to use the microSD card so the internal 32GB doesn't get full (both GoPro and Snapchat fill up gigabytes quickly!). Thanks for any help, maybe I'm missing something simple!
PS. Just wanted to clarify that the SD card does work for photos/movies using the default LG camera app, which is fine. So the microSD card is "working". But I want other video/cam apps like Snapchat, GoPro (with it's 4k videos), and my 3DR solo drone app to use the SD card as these apps generate much larger files! This worked normal on the LG G4 and now I'm stumped with the G5. Thanks for any help.

It is there, just reorganized/hidden. That part that tells you how many mb of internal storage used, is actually a menu button. It looks like an item, not a button, but it is actually clickable. Click it and a storage menu opens, under 'Storage Used' click change and select SD card
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Move app to SD Card not available
PedroDaGr8 said:
It is there, just reorganized/hidden. That part that tells you how many mb of internal storage used, is actually a menu button. It looks like an item, not a button, but it is actually clickable. Click it and a storage menu opens, under 'Storage Used' click change and select SD card
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Hi Pedro, actually that is how I normally would get to it, but it's not working. The screen it takes me to when clicking the Storage used area doesn't have a Move to SD Card option or any reference to where the app is stored (see Screenshots attached). Any idea what's going on here? Are you able to move apps to SD Card? Thanks again!

danboarder said:
Hi Pedro, actually that is how I normally would get to it, but it's not working. The screen it takes me to when clicking the Storage used area doesn't have a Move to SD Card option or any reference to where the app is stored (see Screenshots attached). Any idea what's going on here? Are you able to move apps to SD Card? Thanks again!
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I just tried around three dozen apps and with one exception, the only ones that didn't allow me to move them were system apps and apps that were pre- installed with the device. The one exception is Spotify, I think that is because that app has this setting built into the app itself. Everything else, I could move.
Edit: In fact, just installed Snapchat to test. Sure enough that feature is there.
Which G5 software version are you on (ZV3, ZV4 or ZV5)? I'm on ZV5.
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Wow, thanks! I'm on ZV5. Maybe I need to reformat the microsd card in the phone, I'll try that and see if it works.
EDIT - well, it's still a no go, still the same issue. I took out the card, and on my mac and formatted it as a mac format so the phone would be forced to reformat it. Putting it back in the phone and turning it on, it did pop up with an option to format it. After formatting on the phone there still is no option to Move to SD in the Storage settings (like you have in your screenshot). I'm wondering if I have a dud or if my microSD card is incompatible somehow? Its a fastest I could find Samsung 128gb Pro+. When I get home I'll try a different SD card (I have a Sandisk Extreme Pro 64gb there) and see if that works any better. Thanks for any ideas.

Still a no go
Well the Sandisk Extreme Pro 64gb that worked fine in my other phone (G4) does not work the same in my Sprint LG G5 running the latest update (ZV5). So far I can only save photos/videos to the microSD card, no option to move apps shows up. I did find others that have been experiencing this issue (see this video: "LG G5 cannot save your apps to SD Card" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA9Ix5IVPMI ).
However, with the above reply by @PedroDaGr8 who also has the Sprint LG G5 on ZV5, I have hope that it is possible to move apps to the SD card, and I would like to get to the bottom of this issue of why I can't move any apps to SD! Any ideas of what I can try to further troubleshoot this?

@danboarder I just thought of something. I enabled adoptable storage on my SD card. I have a 128GB SD and I figured it would be good to give the system partition another 32gb. I wonder if this also enabled the move to storage option. I used the command line option that was discovered for the S7 which also works for our phone.
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I used this procedure here:
http://www.modaco.com/news/android/...e-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632/
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ADB method for adoptable storage and moving apps to SD card
Hi @PedroDaGr8 thanks, I'll try this. Is root required? (is root even an option yet on this G5?)
PedroDaGr8 said:
@danboarder I just thought of something. I enabled adoptable storage on my SD card. I have a 128GB SD and I figured it would be good to give the system partition another 32gb. I wonder if this also enabled the move to storage option. I used the command line option that was discovered for the S7 which also works for our phone.
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I used this procedure here:
http://www.modaco.com/news/android/...e-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632/
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danboarder said:
Hi @PedroDaGr8 thanks, I'll try this. Is root required? (is root even an option yet on this G5?)
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Root is not required nor is it am option yet.
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PedroDaGr8 said:
Root is not required nor is it am option yet.
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@PedroDaGr8 follow up - thanks, it worked! I used the method you linked to using ADB (no root required) and was able to activate adoptable storage, now my Sprint LG G5 can now move apps to SD.

Re: SD Card Into Internal Memory

Re: SD Card Into Internal Memory
Hi guys
Can you let me know how to make the SD card part of the internal memory. The A5 2017 is a good phone but the problem is the limitation in the internal memory and seriously i'm not willing to change the phone just because it lacks space. So, if someone knows how to make the SD card part of the internal memory, please do share. Since I'm quite new, if there's a need to root the phone or whatever, please send the instructions also. Much appreciated.

lenovop780 said:
Hi guys
Can you let me know how to make the SD card part of the internal memory. The A5 2017 is a good phone but the problem is the limitation in the internal memory and seriously i'm not willing to change the phone just because it lacks space. So, if someone knows how to make the SD card part of the internal memory, please do share. Since I'm quite new, if there's a need to root the phone or whatever, please send the instructions also. Much appreciated.
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As I know, on stock you can't do this, but on android8.1 unofficial ROMs yiu can do that.

if you want to use more app in your phone, can use "link2sd" app. it links app 2 sd
else you can use custom rom to combine sd memory and phone but in this case you cant use sd card out of your phone because other devices cant detect that.

sheepkill15 said:
As I know, on stock you can't do this, but on android8.1 unofficial ROMs yiu can do that.
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can you send me more details how to do that?

matkali said:
if you want to use more app in your phone, can use "link2sd" app. it links app 2 sd
else you can use custom rom to combine sd memory and phone but in this case you cant use sd card out of your phone because other devices cant detect that.
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not all apps can be moved to the sd card.

lenovop780 said:
not all apps can be moved to the sd card.
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I used app2sd on a different phone and you could even link system apps.

iloveoreos said:
I used app2sd on a different phone and you could even link system apps.
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it's saying link2sd could not obtain root access.
if you have root access make sure you respond "allow" or grant to the superuser request.
how to sort that out?

lenovop780 said:
it's saying link2sd could not obtain root access.
if you have root access make sure you respond "allow" or grant to the superuser request.
how to sort that out?
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Are you rooted??