I installed lineageos 16 ( with odin and trwp ) on the samsung s4 mini in order to update the device from android4. The installation was sucessful, but unfortunately I ve no access to the internal storage ( internal sim card ) although the os has been installed there. With usb cable on the device, I see on my computer inernal storage and the second sd card, but I ve only access to the second card, the internal storage cannot be opened. Images from whatsapp cant be stored. It seems to me that the card is kind of blocked. Can anybody help me with this?
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Hello again everyone,
Today while looking at settings-->"SD and Phone Storage", Astro File manager and talking with a friend thats using a capivate phone i was wonderning about the phones internal storage and its relation to the SD card.
Is the internal Phone storage the same as the SD card except obvously you cant upgrade or remove the phone storage?
If a ROM upgrade or different ROM install is preformed will i loose the files on the Internal Phone storage?
Thanks
NO, you will not loose your files on your internal storage by flashing a ROM. What might happen is the ROM doesn't yet support internal storage (most do now). Then you would not be able to access or use the internal storage even though the files are there. Like others have said make sure you read the channel logs and known issues log to see if the rom does support the internal storage. I hope this helps.
Great!
Thanks
Hello,
I´m on a stock ROM, that I have only rooted. Nothing else is done to the phone.
I have been using Android´s built in encryption for both internal and external memory cards,without any issues, since a few months.
When I woke up this morning and started my phone (the battery had died) I couldn´t mount the encrypted external microSD card. I got an error stating that the memory card couldn´t be mounted because it needs at least 1 MB of free storage.
Before I went to bed I started a torrent download on the phone to the external memory card. Apparently that must have filled the whole memory card (I had only 2GB left of free space) and then the battery must have died.
So, the error message says I need to remove some files to "encrypt" (mount) the memory card How do I remove files from the memory card if I can´t mount it? Can I mount the encrypted memory card on a PC with a card reader?
I´m NOT interested in formatting the card since I have invaluable material on the memory card. The most important issue for me is to not loose my data.
Please help me if you have any insight into this problem.
Details: Android 4.1.1
N7100XXALJ2
Kernel version
3.0.31-310953
Build number:
JRO033CN7100XXALJ3
Re: [Q] Unable to mount encrypted external microSD
You rooted?
If yes then try aroma file manager or twrp.
If not try card reader option as well.
Sent from my GT-N7100
Hi,
I am rooted yes. But I have the stock recovery manager as far as I know.
I couldn't find any "Aroma file manager" and don't know what TWRP is. I searched the play store for twrp and found different recovery managers.
Could you be more specific? My problem is that the card won't mount since the system states that it requires at least 1MB free memory on the card. The same card I cannot mount. So as I see it I'm in a catch 22.
Has anyone any knowledge of how to mount a encrypted memory card on a PC? What OS should I use, any particular software?
Thanks...
Ok, I tried using a memory card reader on a windows PC.
The files didn´t look encrypted at all. This is VERY weird. Either the files are individually encrypted or something or they weren´t encrypted at all
I could see all files, their names and the file sizes I removed about a GigaByte of crap and inserted it into my phone again
The phone mounted the memory card without any problems.
So this was actually a non-issue.
Problem solved!
-Android Freak- said:
Ok, I tried using a memory card reader on a windows PC.
The files didn´t look encrypted at all. This is VERY weird. Either the files are individually encrypted or something or they weren´t encrypted at all
I could see all files, their names and the file sizes I removed about a GigaByte of crap and inserted it into my phone again
The phone mounted the memory card without any problems.
So this was actually a non-issue.
Problem solved!
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My experience is that files are individually encrypted. You can navidate the directory structure and see all files but cannot open them.
Hello,
Would really appreciate if you would help me out. I have a Samsung Galaxy S 4 MINI running Clockwork with CM 10.1. Everything was installed and saved on the internal storage. Recently I bought an SD Card to have more storage but I have an issue to transfer all the apps and files to SD. How can i transfer an application or file from internal storage to SD card please? P.S : when i try to transfer the files or apps through file manager or through usb from my computer the application doesnt work anymore. Can you kindly help me out please? and even How could i instruct the applicaiton to install on the sd card instead of the internal?
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Hello,
Would really appreciate if you would help me out. I have a Samsung Galaxy S 4 MINI running Clockwork with CM 10.1. Everything was installed and saved on the internal storage. Recently I bought an SD Card to have more storage but I have an issue to transfer all the apps and files to SD. How can i transfer an application or file from internal storage to SD card please? P.S : when i try to transfer the files or apps through file manager or through usb from my computer the application doesnt work anymore. Can you kindly help me out please? and even How could i instruct the applicaiton to install on the sd card instead of the internal?
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Or is there a way to swap storage such as having the phone reading the external storage as internal and the external storage as internal ? IE Storage Swap
VZW Galaxy Note 4, SM-N910V.05, Android Version 5.1.1, Kernel 3.10.40
Phone and Ext SD Card (64 gb) Encrypted
Problem: Accidentally deleted 5 mp4 files from ext SD. Have been vigilant about not writing data to card.
Solutions Explored: 1) Droid Apps 2) PC programs
Tried numerous apps and programs but they are going to require me to root the droid as they aren't turning up the goods.. I'm in the middle of a backup of internal and external storage, which will take a whole day, plus ---- in case I have to give in to the root option. I've done jailbreaks and roots before, successfully, but have no desire to run that risk. I like to have a vague idea of what I am doing so resist one-click routes but am willing to go in that direction if others here might assure me of just the right solution.
Solution Considered: Decrypting SD card then mounting via usb and running recovery programs, which don't otherwise recognize the phone (internal or external storage) even in the usb mass storage mode (PC recognizes all phone storage for file management just not recovery programs/apps). Would decryption overwrite crucial data (file content of deleted files) or only higher levels?
Update: Ext SD Card was NOT encrypted
I unmounted ext sd card. Connected to PC via usb card reader.
The phone indicated that the card was encrypted but it was not. I see earlier threads here where this happenned in kit-kat and jellybean. Now, add lollipop.
What gives?
Galaxy Tab S ext sd card not encrypted
Device says the card is encrypted. I checked via card reader because of experience with phone. Same deal. Not just file names and metadata but file contents are recognized. NO encryption. Does the unmount make it readable? What's going on?
Hi
I had a microsd card formatted as internal storage in my LG G4 running CM 14, unfortunately I had to reflash stock rom due to issues I ran into upgrading CM 14. The sd card is now not recognized without being formatted (in PC or Phone), there is a lot of data that I had in there that I would rather not loose.
I am currently running a windows recovery tool called DiskDigger on it which is scanning for known file types, but is there a way I can mount this sd card?
Thanks
No, you can't
And since an external SD adopted ad internal is supposed to be encrypted I suppose that "normal" disk recovery utilities will be useless.
Sorry