Okay, I might need some input here on how to enable the phone to give permissions to write to the SD card. It goes into a loop after following the steps below in red. I've tried to go into the phones settings and app permissions to give it access and to no avail there. Am I at loss here or is there some way to give it permission?
I have tried installing File Manager apps with no avail. Is there any steps that I may have missed? Thanks!
I don't know if you're the same user who posted about this issue the other day in another thread, but:
I know I had that exact same issue at some point, but that was likely at least two months ago.
What firmware are you on? The early November, later November, or December firmware? Not sure if it's a factor but it might be.
What definitely solved it for me (but I'm not sure if a newer firmware was a factor) was ironically the fact that I have my MicroSD card formatted ExFAT, which the Pixels have never been able to read natively (Google would have to pay Microsoft royalties for including ExFAT support).
I finally paid for the full exFAT/NTFS for USB by Paragon Software app, and I use it through my preferred file manager X-plore File Manager. At least if you're using one of the filesystems that Paragon supports, the app mounts it and you can find a Paragon listing in the file manager with which you can access the contents.
If your MicroSD card is already formatted a way that the Pixel natively supports (FAT32, not sure what else), then this might not help you.
If you're on one of the November firmware versions, I would either manually update to the December firmware (third link in my signature below to get the files), if you're preferred area's December firmware is available there, or wait a couple of weeks for the late January update.
I don't recall if the Paragon app might have a trial, then you could try it anyway.
roirraW edor ehT said:
I don't know if you're the same user who posted about this issue the other day in another thread, but:
I know I had that exact same issue at some point, but that was likely at least two months ago.
What firmware are you on? The early November, later November, or December firmware? Not sure if it's a factor but it might be.
What definitely solved it for me (but I'm not sure if a newer firmware was a factor) was ironically the fact that I have my MicroSD card formatted ExFAT, which the Pixels have never been able to read natively (Google would have to pay Microsoft royalties for including ExFAT support).
I finally paid for the full exFAT/NTFS for USB by Paragon Software app, and I use it through my preferred file manager X-plore File Manager. At least if you're using one of the filesystems that Paragon supports, the app mounts it and you can find a Paragon listing in the file manager with which you can access the contents.
If your MicroSD card is already formatted a way that the Pixel natively supports (FAT32, not sure what else), then this might not help you.
If you're on one of the November firmware versions, I would either manually update to the December firmware (third link in my signature below to get the files), if you're preferred area's December firmware is available there, or wait a couple of weeks for the late January update.
I don't recall if the Paragon app might have a trial, then you could try it anyway.
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Thank you for the suggestion. I have the latest November update and the SD card was exfat formatted but upon inserting it via the adapter, the phone wanted to format it to FAT32 for it to recognize as portable storage. I was able to copy/move items to the SD card but not able to watch any videos with VLC; the phone doesn't recognize it while the exfat/ntfs app is installed. I had to uninstall for the phone to recognize it to play videos in the card. It seems I have to reinstall the app to move items from or into the card, using the app. Seems like a nuisance, but I am able to do the things that I wanted to do in the first place. Thanks!
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Thank you for the suggestion. I have the latest November update and the SD card was exfat formatted but upon inserting it via the adapter, the phone wanted to format it to FAT32 for it to recognize as portable storage. I was able to copy/move items to the SD card but not able to watch any videos with VLC; the phone doesn't recognize it while the exfat/ntfs app is installed. I had to uninstall for the phone to recognize it to play videos in the card. It seems I have to reinstall the app to move items from or into the card, using the app. Seems like a nuisance, but I am able to do the things that I wanted to do in the first place. Thanks!
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You're welcome! Since you have it mostly working although in an inconvenient way, I'm glad, and hopefully the January update fixes things for you if you don't want to or can't manually flash the December update in the meantime. It's optional if you want to go any further, but I am curious if you don't mind...
Which of the following two is accurate?
Did you reformat the card to FAT32?
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Did you keep it in ExFAT?
Since you mentioned using the Paragon app, it makes it sound like you did keep the card in ExFAT format, since you shouldn't need the app if it's in FAT32 format.
To make sure I understand the rest correctly, you're saying:
Using the Paragon app I mentioned, you were able to copy or move files from the phone to the MicroSD card
You weren't able to watch videos from the MicroSD card
No matter which format you chose, it's confusing since you said, "The phone doesn't recognize it while the exfat/ntfs app is installed" but you also said, "It seems I have to reinstall the app to move items from or into the card". Those seem to be contradictory, but I'm guessing you just mean one of those in one circumstance and the second in the other circumstance.
I could potentially do similar tests with mine (in ExFAT), and with videos and VLC - I just want to make sure I understand exactly what the situation is.
roirraW edor ehT said:
You're welcome! Since you have it mostly working although in an inconvenient way, I'm glad, and hopefully the January update fixes things for you if you don't want to or can't manually flash the December update in the meantime. It's optional if you want to go any further, but I am curious if you don't mind...
Which of the following two is accurate?
Did you reformat the card to FAT32?
or
Did you keep it in ExFAT?
Since you mentioned using the Paragon app, it makes it sound like you did keep the card in ExFAT format, since you shouldn't need the app if it's in FAT32 format.
To make sure I understand the rest correctly, you're saying:
Using the Paragon app I mentioned, you were able to copy or move files from the phone to the MicroSD card
You weren't able to watch videos from the MicroSD card
No matter which format you chose, it's confusing since you said, "The phone doesn't recognize it while the exfat/ntfs app is installed" but you also said, "It seems I have to reinstall the app to move items from or into the card". Those seem to be contradictory, but I'm guessing you just mean one of those in one circumstance and the second in the other circumstance.
I could potentially do similar tests with mine (in ExFAT), and with videos and VLC - I just want to make sure I understand exactly what the situation is.
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Replying to which I've read in order:
1) The phone reformatted the card to FAT32 from it's previous state.
2) Yes and yes; the Paragon app allowed me to copy and move files to and from the SD card, where as the normal Files app doesn't allow me to.
3) I understand that it sounds contradictory but it is true, with the Paragon app installed, it overwrites the privileges to the Files app and also, VLC doesn't recognize the videos with the Paragon app installed. Hence why I said "reinstall the app to move items from or into (meant 'onto') the card."
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Replying to which I've read in order:
1) The phone reformatted the card to FAT32 from it's previous state.
2) Yes and yes; the Paragon app allowed me to copy and move files to and from the SD card, where as the normal Files app doesn't allow me to.
3) I understand that it sounds contradictory but it is true, with the Paragon app installed, it overwrites the privileges to the Files app and also, VLC doesn't recognize the videos with the Paragon app installed. Hence why I said "reinstall the app to move items from or into (meant 'onto') the card."
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Understood perfectly, and I absolutely believe you - I just wanted to make sure I didn't misunderstand anything.
Have you thought about trying X-Plore File Manager that I suggested, to see if you get any different experience (in combination with the Paragon app)?
roirraW edor ehT said:
Understood perfectly, and I absolutely believe you - I just wanted to make sure I didn't misunderstand anything.
Have you thought about trying X-Plore File Manager that I suggested, to see if you get any different experience (in combination with the Paragon app)?
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Before I download that app, upon installing the Paragon app, it told me with the card being a FAT32, I needed to use the Total Commander file manager app for it to work
Maxninja said:
Before I download that app, upon installing the Paragon app, it told me with the card being a FAT32, I needed to use the Total Commander file manager app for it to work
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Hmmmmm. I thought I remembered it only suggesting you use Total Commander - not saying you needed to (but I wouldn't take their word for that anyway). You should be able to use any file explorer, reasonably speaking. If the next update fixes it for you (as mine has been fixed and working fine at least through X-Plore File Manager), then you won't even need the app except for using with the unsupported filesystems (ExFAT, I think maybe NTFS...).
Where the h3ll are you guys putting this microSD card in?????
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Where the h3ll are you guys putting this microSD card in?????
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Reread my second post.
Hello,
I've gt the same question.
I've reread Maxninja's second mail but this does not clear things up for me.
As far as I know the pixel (all of them) never supported external microsd cards, they do not have a slot for them..
So how come you are talking about a MicroSD card?
deboopi2 said:
Hello,
I've gt the same question.
I've reread Maxninja's second mail but this does not clear things up for me.
As far as I know the pixel (all of them) never supported external microsd cards, they do not have a slot for them..
So how come you are talking about a MicroSD card?
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My second post states thusly:
".. upon inserting it via the adapter .."
I was going to say oh sh#t and I just gave away my 512gb SanDisk cruzer to my auntie and I could've use it in my p6p !!!
Thanks for clarifying
deboopi2 said:
As far as I know the pixel (all of them) never supported external microsd cards, they do not have a slot for them..
So how come you are talking about a MicroSD card?
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Almost any storage is supported externally (through the USB-C port) on any phone including the Pixel phones, although as I noted earlier in the thread, not all phones support all filesystem formats. For the Pixel as far as I know it has to be formatted in FAT32, Ext4, or you have to use the Paragon app I linked to. I'm not sure if there are other formats the Pixel supports natively. Prior to the Pixel 1, I would expect that all the Nexus phones supported through the Micro-USB port. There are all sorts of adapters and hubs, big and small, expensive and cheap, that would work for these purposes.
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Hi I recently purchased a Note 2 from a guy on craigslist. I checked out the phone at purchase and everything proved to be correct. I didn't expect however that he had the phone rooted. I'm a big fan of rooting phones that don't have a good operating systems already or didn't have Android JB but phones like the galaxy phones I believe don't necessarily need to be rooted. I was pissed because I wanted it with stock rom but I just decided to accept it and unroot it myself. So after a long process I got it unrooted and running the latest stock rom and everything seemed to work except for one thing. When I transfered all of the Music files from my previous phones microSD(16gb) to my new one(64gb) none of the music files worked. All of them wouldn't play and the phone would say it can't open the file or something like that. So I tried formating the microSD and trying to put the files on the microSD again and still the files wouldn't play. I had to format the card through the phone itself and transfer the files through Samsung Kies just for 3/4 of the music to work. I can deal with 3/4 but now when I transfer a video file weather through Kies or straight to the folder none of the files play. When trying to play them nothing shows or sounds it's just black screen, you can fast foward or skip but nothing shows. I never thought I would have this much trouble with this phone but it appears as though there's a virus on the phone or card or something that is preventing video and music files to play. Even when trying to play files from the phone on Windows Media Player or any other music/video player the files don't play. I have also found that whenever I connect the phone to my PC let's say a day after I last connected it, I have to run USB connections on Kies and it has to reinstall the drivers for the phone just to actually see the files on the phone. Please help me I have no idea what to do. Thanks in advance.
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Hi I recently purchased a Note 2 from a guy on craigslist. I checked out the phone at purchase and everything proved to be correct. I didn't expect however that he had the phone rooted. I'm a big fan of rooting phones that don't have a good operating systems already or didn't have Android JB but phones like the galaxy phones I believe don't necessarily need to be rooted. I was pissed because I wanted it with stock rom but I just decided to accept it and unroot it myself. So after a long process I got it unrooted and running the latest stock rom and everything seemed to work except for one thing. When I transfered all of the Music files from my previous phones microSD(16gb) to my new one(64gb) none of the music files worked. All of them wouldn't play and the phone would say it can't open the file or something like that. So I tried formating the microSD and trying to put the files on the microSD again and still the files wouldn't play. I had to format the card through the phone itself and transfer the files through Samsung Kies just for 3/4 of the music to work. I can deal with 3/4 but now when I transfer a video file weather through Kies or straight to the folder none of the files play. When trying to play them nothing shows or sounds it's just black screen, you can fast foward or skip but nothing shows. I never thought I would have this much trouble with this phone but it appears as though there's a virus on the phone or card or something that is preventing video and music files to play. Even when trying to play files from the phone on Windows Media Player or any other music/video player the files don't play. Please help me I have no idea what to do. Thanks in advance.
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You need to flashed a kernel that support exFAT format for 64gb or you can format your 64gb to FAT32 format, but for me i prefer to Saber Kernel and i don't need to format my micro sd card, you could try there are other kernels available for stock rom you can find them here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987541
xxxSuperserieSxxx said:
You need to flashed a kernel that support exFAT format for 64gb or you can format your 64gb to FAT32 format, but for me i prefer to Saber Kernel and i don't need to format my micro sd card, you could try there are other kernels available for stock rom you can find them here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987541
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So you're saying it's the microSD's format? It has nothing to do with the fact that the phone was rooted and that it might have a bug? Would kind of make sense because when I put the 16gb sd card in the phone all of the music files work. So it's the format, but I need a kernel? I have also found that whenever I connect the phone to my PC let's say a day after I last connected it, I have to run USB connections on Kies and it has to reinstall the drivers for the phone just to actually see the files on the phone. It'll show the phone but it wont show anything inside it just shows blank. Excuse me if I'm coming off idiotic, I have no experience with this phone or 64gb microSD cards lol
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So you're saying it's the microSD's format? It has nothing to do with the fact that the phone was rooted and that it might have a bug? Would kind of make sense because when I put the 16gb sd card in the phone all of the music files work. So it's the format, but I need a kernel? I have also found that whenever I connect the phone to my PC let's say a day after I last connected it, I have to run USB connections on Kies and it has to reinstall the drivers for the phone just to actually see the files on the phone. It'll show the phone but it wont show anything inside it just shows blank. Excuse me if I'm coming off idiotic, I have no experience with this phone or 64gb microSD cards lol
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Since you're unrooted, you can't flash a new kernel so you may want to dismiss that last thing.
Have you tried only one 64gb microSD? It seems that your card may be bad or it's not formatted correctly for the stock firmware... I would test out another 64gb card and see if that works since the 16 works just fine.
Edit: Sorry... a little vague... the card needs to be formatted as Exfat if you can do that through Windows, that should work in case the card is actually in good condition.
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Since you're unrooted, you can't flash a new kernel so you may want to dismiss that last thing.
Have you tried only one 64gb microSD? It seems that your card may be bad or it's not formatted correctly for the stock firmware... I would test out another 64gb card and see if that works since the 16 works just fine.
Edit: Sorry... a little vague... the card needs to be formatted as Exfat if you can do that through Windows, that should work in case the card is actually in good condition.
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I don't have any other 64gb microSD cards, the one I have came with the phone. The logo and everything on the card have faded out so I don't know what brand but I think it's sandisk. I don't know at this point I'm thinking it has to be the card because I've tried nearly everything and it's still not working the way I want it to. I formatted it using Windows UGI to FAT32 since thats what you said and that was the same format as the 16gb and sure enough most of the music works with some not working. So I tried putting movies on the card and once I didn't see a preview on the bottom left I knew it wasn't going to work. Seems like the card is bipolar I have a 32gb micro I'll try that, it's brand new still haven't used it, should I just put it in and see if it works or should I format it to FAT32? By the way Thanks again really appreciate your help!
Jcamacho228 said:
I don't have any other 64gb microSD cards, the one I have came with the phone. The logo and everything on the card have faded out so I don't know what brand but I think it's sandisk. I don't know at this point I'm thinking it has to be the card because I've tried nearly everything and it's still not working the way I want it to. I formatted it using Windows UGI to FAT32 since thats what you said and that was the same format as the 16gb and sure enough most of the music works with some not working. So I tried putting movies on the card and once I didn't see a preview on the bottom left I knew it wasn't going to work. Seems like the card is bipolar I have a 32gb micro I'll try that, it's brand new still haven't used it, should I just put it in and see if it works or should I format it to FAT32? By the way Thanks again really appreciate your help!
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Try formatting to Exfat... it doesn't hurt to try at this point.
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Since you're unrooted, you can't flash a new kernel so you may want to dismiss that last thing.
Have you tried only one 64gb microSD? It seems that your card may be bad or it's not formatted correctly for the stock firmware... I would test out another 64gb card and see if that works since the 16 works just fine.
Edit: Sorry... a little vague... the card needs to be formatted as Exfat if you can do that through Windows, that should work in case the card is actually in good condition.
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I think he mention phone is rooted sorry if misread that part thats the reason i recommend to flashed kernel that support exFAT, actually as far as i know 64gb microsd card default format is already exFAT and 32 or 16gb is FAT32 and some are in exFAT. If doesnt want to flashed kernel then i recommend format sdcard from computer just plug in from card then right mouse that drive then format and select FAT32 format. If some instance your computer can't read your microsd card and cant format there is chance thar your microsd card maybe bad.
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If you can see the files in the player, and you can see the sd card directory using a file explorer, its not the card. I had to add two lines to my system settings file. I'm sorry I don't remember the file name or the content of the two lines. Maybe my comment will jog someone's memory.
xxxSuperserieSxxx said:
I think he mention phone is rooted sorry if misread that part thats the reason i recommend to flashed kernel that support exFAT, actually as far as i know 64gb microsd card default format is already exFAT and 32 or 16gb is FAT32 and some are in exFAT. If doesnt want to flashed kernel then i recommend format sdcard from computer just plug in from card then right mouse that drive then format and select FAT32 format. If some instance your computer can't read your microsd card and cant format there is chance thar your microsd card maybe bad.
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The phone is not rooted, it's running stock rom. I've already formatted the card a million times to exFat and still didn't work.
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If you can see the files in the player, and you can see the sd card directory using a file explorer, its not the card. I had to add two lines to my system settings file. I'm sorry I don't remember the file name or the content of the two lines. Maybe my comment will jog someone's memory.
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I can see the files but they do not work, At this point everything is leading to the problem being the card. I mean my other SD cards work with the phone and have no problem playing music or video files. I've tried nearly everything and the card still continues to malfunction.
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Try formatting to Exfat... it doesn't hurt to try at this point.
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I've formatted it to exFat a million times. That what I originally was formatting it to because windows quick format doesn't have a FAT32 option only exFat which was default and NTFS. exFat is not the problem.
It's looking more and more like SD damage...
Considering the fact that other cards work fine...
Copy your media to PC from the SD...and get a new card ?
I know it sucks...
And once the new card is installed...be "very" careful moving those files back as they may be messed up...
I'd pull a few songs from the PC after you copy them over and test them on another card to be sure before loading it to a new and expensive SD...
It sounds like the phone is fine...g
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I've formatted it to exFat a million times. That what I originally was formatting it to because windows quick format doesn't have a FAT32 option only exFat which was default and NTFS. exFat is not the problem.
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Try to format to NTFS first then format to FAT32 if doesn't work then maybe a bad microsd card
gregsarg said:
It's looking more and more like SD damage...
Considering the fact that other cards work fine...
Copy your media to PC from the SD...and get a new card ?
I know it sucks...
And once the new card is installed...be "very" careful moving those files back as they may be messed up...
I'd pull a few songs from the PC after you copy them over and test them on another card to be sure before loading it to a new and expensive SD...
It sounds like the phone is fine...g
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Well the card came free with the phone so I'm not too pissed. I'll just sell it and make it someone else's problem.lol
don't be a scumbag; if it doesn't work, don't make someone else's life miserable....throw it away or give it away...
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Well the card came free with the phone so I'm not too pissed. I'll just sell it and make it someone else's problem.lol
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Hummmm, as what the younger people say....REALLY?!?!?!? which I have found has lots of meanings.
really → a question, as an exclamation of dismay, disapproval, doubt, surprise, etc.
wase4711 said:
don't be a scumbag; if it doesn't work, don't make someone else's life miserable....throw it away or give it away...
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I'm not being a scumbag. The card works it's just has some problems but it works. I mean I don't know how the card would react on another phone or maybe someone would use it as their card for their camera I don't know. You're acting like it doesn't work at all and I'm going to try to screw somebody into buying a defective card.
Due to size limitations (GPads only coming in 16gb varieties) I am beginning to run low on space on my Gpad (v500 running cm11). However I have a 64gb microSD card and I would like to use this as much as I can to conserve space on the internal memory.
There are a few ways to solve this but I not fully know how to do this.
Firstly, is it possible install apps to microSD card? If so, how? I know some devices support this and some do not. My phone for example does not but I have heard that some people have had success with this.
Next, there are some rather large folders on my internal storage that I would like move to my sdcard however the apps that use those folder can only read them where they are currently located (cmupdates, ebooks, etc).
I read about symlinks and managed to make a few but the only place I was able to make a symlink was to /data/media/0. But the changes to that do not show up the apps which I believe read either /sdcard or /storage/emulated/0. And for my SDcard I can get to it either in /mnt/media/sdcard1 or through /storage/sdcard1.
I tried and succeeded in making a link between /mnt/media/sdcard1/eBooks and /data/media/0/eBooks however the link does not show up in /sdcard or /storage/emulated/0 and it does not show up in the apps, leading me to believe that is where the apps read the sdcard from.
If anyone can answer the above two questions or give any other suggestions for maximizing available space on my internal card please let me know.
Thank you!
I think most of your issues could be resolved with Link2SD (under 10 posts, can't post a link to Google Play).
You can also use an app called Foldermount. It's only $.99 ( if I recall correctly) for the unlocked version. This allows you to move any folder to SD card. I like it as it guides you thru the way and will move the data for you as well. Latest version has been updated to allow apps from play store to install properly. Well worth the $1 price.
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I think most of your issues could be resolved with Link2SD (under 10 posts, can't post a link to Google Play).
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cbb77 said:
You can also use an app called Foldermount. It's only $.99 ( if I recall correctly) for the unlocked version. This allows you to move any folder to SD card. I like it as it guides you thru the way and will move the data for you as well. Latest version has been updated to allow apps from play store to install properly. Well worth the $1 price.
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Thanks guys! Looks like using these two combined I can get exactly what I wanted. I'll use link2SD to put apps on the SD card and Foldermount to move the other folders I want moved.
Thanks again!
Can you let me know if this works for you? I can't get mine to read or write my SD card at all! I can't even move a picture from my Box cloud account to the SD card. Are you experiencing this? Or did I get a bad unit?
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Can you let me know if this works for you? I can't get mine to read or write my SD card at all! I can't even move a picture from my Box cloud account to the SD card. Are you experiencing this? Or did I get a bad unit?
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These solutions did work for me, I am still tweaking to get it the way I like it especially since every time I update my Rom Link2SD has to generate new scripts. I can ready and write to the SD card just fine and I could before I started using this as well. I am not sure why you aren't able to write to your sd card. Could it be a bad SD card? Try plugging it into your computer.
I've tried 2 different SD cards both of which I can move files to and from on my computer. So I know it's not the card. I'm thinking maybe I should exchange it out for another day one...
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I've tried 2 different SD cards both of which I can move files to and from on my computer. So I know it's not the card. I'm thinking maybe I should exchange it out for another day one...
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Probably... That sounds like a device issue not card.
How are the cards formatted?
The ROM you are using may not support the format.
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I've tried 2 different SD cards both of which I can move files to and from on my computer. So I know it's not the card. I'm thinking maybe I should exchange it out for another day one...
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How are the cards formatted?
The ROM you are using may not support the format.
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I'm not sure I just put the card in my computer and clicked format SD card. I'm not rooted or running any special ROM, it's completely stock out've the box.
Well, if you did it from your PC, it may be formatted NTFS, and you need them formatted FAT 32. Get it here; http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html Not only allows formatting almost any format xFAT, Fat32, NTFS, etc.. and you can partition them also which is not supported by Windows, but IS supported by most Android ROMs. I doubt there is anything wrong with your device.
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I'm not sure I just put the card in my computer and clicked format SD card. I'm not rooted or running any special ROM, it's completely stock out've the box.
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Well, if you did it from your PC, it may be formatted NTFS, and you need them formatted FAT 32. Get it here; http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html Not only allows formatting almost any format xFAT, Fat32, NTFS, etc.. and you can partition them also which is not supported by Windows, but IS supported by most Android ROMs. I doubt there is anything wrong with your device.
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Thanks for the tip, this makes me feel a little better about my purchase, I'll give it a try. I'm also thinking of buying a 64gb San Disk card and hopefully it will just work with a brand new one.
These solutions did work for me, I am still tweaking to get it the way I like it especially since every time I update my Rom Link2SD has to generate new scripts. I can ready and write to the SD card just fine and I could before I started using this as well. I am not sure why you aren't able to write to your sd card. Could it be a bad SD card? Try plugging it into your computer.
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These solutions did work for me, I am still tweaking to get it the way I like it especially since every time I update my Rom Link2SD has to generate new scripts. I can ready and write to the SD card just fine and I could before I started using this as well. I am not sure why you aren't able to write to your sd card. Could it be a bad SD card? Try plugging it into your computer.
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I have been trying to fix the issue with Rom updates and link2sd. You have to provide the Rom (in my case cyanogenmod) a backup script so it can back up the files. I am planning on figuring it out at some point but if you get it before I do would you mind posting your script? Thanks!
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I have been trying to fix the issue with Rom updates and link2sd. You have to provide the Rom (in my case cyanogenmod) a backup script so it can back up the files. I am planning on figuring it out at some point but if you get it before I do would you mind posting your script? Thanks!
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So a follow up with this, I was able to get a script working. I don't know if this feature is unique to cyanogenmod or not but any script in /system/addon.d will execute itself during a rom install and be restored automatically if it was wiped. So using 50-cm.sh as an example I made a script called 11-link2sd.sh to perform the backup of the mount script for link2sd which is located in /system/etc/init.d/11link2sd.
I then had insert this script and my mount script into a cyanogenmod update and flash it in. But after that I tried flashing an update of cm11 to test it and it worked! Attached is my script which should also work for anyone who is able to flash it into their /system/addon.d folder.
I also posted this in the Tmobile specific thread, so I apologize if you are seeing this twice. Not sure where stuff like this should go when there are "multiple" sections for the same phone.
I am total stock, not rooted yet, waiting for the 2.22 firmware update from TMO.
I have a 64 gig sd card in the phone, and, in apps like root explorer, I can see the card, and all the files I put on it.
I also have been able to move a few programs to the external card, at least partially.
but, in some programs, when I try to save a file to the external sd, or, sometimes when I try to open a file on the external sd, the card does not show up in the path. I have some movies on the card, and when I open BS Player, it doesn't show the external sd card at all.
I think I read that rooting the phone will fix this, but I am not sure if just rooting fixes this, or if you have to do something else to make it show up all the time.
I know there have been issues trying to write and save files directly to the external sd, but I think this is something different.
Thanks in advance!
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but, in some programs, when I try to save a file to the external sd, or, sometimes when I try to open a file on the external sd, the card does not show up in the path. I have some movies on the card, and when I open BS Player, it doesn't show the external sd card at all.
I know there have been issues trying to write and save files directly to the external sd, but I think this is something different.
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You are correct, in that the new Google policies under KitKat only affect write permissions. This shouldn't affect the ability of apps to read the card. I think there is something else going on. How is the card formatted? Is it new, where did you buy it?
I've seen other folks have random issue with the M8 not reading the card (even when it works with other devices) and re-formatting on computer fixed it up.
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You are correct, in that the new Google policies under KitKat only affect write permissions. This shouldn't affect the ability of apps to read the card. I think there is something else going on. How is the card formatted? Is it new, where did you buy it?
I've seen other folks have random issue with the M8 not reading the card (even when it works with other devices) and re-formatting on computer fixed it up.
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its one I have used for at least a year, with no prob..I assume reformatting, to fat 32 would be best for use on this phone?
I dont remember if I re formatted before inserting yesterday; best to do it on a pc and not the phone itself?
thanks for your input!
wase4711 said:
its one I have used for at least a year, with no prob..I assume reformatting, to fat 32 would be best for use on this phone?
I dont remember if I re formatted before inserting yesterday; best to do it on a pc and not the phone itself?
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FAT32 is probably the most universal (was probably formatted that way out of the box). exFAT is supported, and some folks like it since it supports large file sizes (>4GB). But I never use files of that size, so it doesn't matter to me. Just my feeling, FAT32 is the simplest and probably safest (most compatibility) way to go.
You an try to format on the phone. But the other guy I saw that had issues, formatted the card on the phone, still didn't work (but other devices still could read it) then he formatted on PC and it worked perfectly.
unfortunately, I had to just do exfat as well, since my win 8.1 computer, and my wifes win 7 only offered ex fat or ntfs; didn't want to try fat 32 on my sons Imac, just to avoid any mac to pc issues..
Hello, it is a mystery why in Total Commander can not see the normal view external SD card. Does anyone know what the problem is?
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unfortunately, I had to just do exfat as well, since my win 8.1 computer, and my wifes win 7 only offered ex fat or ntfs; didn't want to try fat 32 on my sons Imac, just to avoid any mac to pc issues..
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So did formatting exFAT help?
There are some good 3rd party Windows applications what will format to FAT32, if you still want to try. Thge other guy with a similar SD read issue used one such program to fix it, but I can't remember the name of the program. CNET and other websites have some reliable ratings, recommendations for such free software.
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Hello, it is a mystery why in Total Commander can not see the normal view external SD card. Does anyone know what the problem is?
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Try to format the card as being discussed on this thread.
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So did formatting exFAT help?
There are some good 3rd party Windows applications what will format to FAT32, if you still want to try. Thge other guy with a similar SD read issue used one such program to fix it, but I can't remember the name of the program. CNET and other websites have some reliable ratings, recommendations for such free software.
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Try to format the card as being discussed on this thread.
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I think it did: i can see the external sd in more programs now, but not in all of them.
Possibly because not every program is coded to use an external sd card for storage or access to files.
Once the new firmware gets released by tmobile,(supposedly by the 18th) I will root, s-off, and unlock and see if that changes anything.
Thanks for your follow up:good:
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Try to format the card as being discussed on this thread.
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The format I do first after you insert the card into the phone ....
Lynx12 said:
The format I do first after you insert the card into the phone ....
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MicroSD cards almost always come pre-formatted (usually FAT32) and I never use the formatting offered on the phone. I've seen reports of cards formatted on the phone not working right.
Use a computer and card reader to format the card.
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since my win 8.1 computer, and my wifes win 7 only offered ex fat or ntfs; didn't want to try fat 32 on my sons Imac, just to avoid any mac to pc issues..
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I had kind of the same issue on KitKat the card came new but for some reason it was not working fine.
On Win 7 or 8.1
Insert card and note the letter assigned
Start "RUN" with keys [Win-Logo]+[R] and type in »(Edit-Box) "diskmgmt.msc" and press [ENTER]
Select the drive letter for the card and do a right click > Delete Volume, accept the prompt
Then select again the drive and select New Simple Volume
Follow the wizard. Assign a letter. Sometimes you may not get the option of selecting FAT32 from here in some cards. If you don't get the option, select no format. Finish.
Remove card and insert it again, Windows will prompt to format the drive. Select FAT32
You should be done
I'm running viper 1.8.0 on my M8 and I've had a 128gb card in there since I got the phone last June. This afternoon, all of a sudden, the system apps stopped reading the SD card. My gallery and music apps say there's no files. I initially thought my card got wiped somehow, but looking in the storage section of the settings app, it still shows 20gb used. Checked in ES file explorer and all files are there and I can view them, so they're not corrupt. I connected to my laptop and backed up the SD card and formatted from the phone, and put the files back on and still won't read. However, I tried taking a photo and then that one shows up in my gallery! But that's it! Even though it's in the same folder as the rest of them. What's going on here?
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I'm running viper 1.8.0 on my M8 and I've had a 128gb card in there since I got the phone last June. This afternoon, all of a sudden, the system apps stopped reading the SD card. My gallery and music apps say there's no files. I initially thought my card got wiped somehow, but looking in the storage section of the settings app, it still shows 20gb used. Checked in ES file explorer and all files are there and I can view them, so they're not corrupt. I connected to my laptop and backed up the SD card and formatted from the phone, and put the files back on and still won't read. However, I tried taking a photo and then that one shows up in my gallery! But that's it! Even though it's in the same folder as the rest of them. What's going on here?
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Your system apps have updated, but you are still on original M8 firmware. That's the only thing I can think of. I know that quite a few HTC apps updated recently.
I'm guessing you are S-On. You need to return to stock ROM and recovery so that you can update via OTAs, or gain S-Off and update manually (the easiest way).
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Your system apps have updated, but you are still on original M8 firmware. That's the only thing I can think of. I know that quite a few HTC apps updated recently.
I'm guessing you are S-On. You need to return to stock ROM and recovery so that you can update via OTAs, or gain S-Off and update manually (the easiest way).
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Yeah I am s-on. I've been putting off updating because of the lack of a free couple hours to do it all. What you're saying sounds right and I guess htc is pushing me to the wall to update now. Thanks for the help! Much appreciated!
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Yeah I am s-on. I've been putting off updating because of the lack of a free couple hours to do it all. What you're saying sounds right and I guess htc is pushing me to the wall to update now. Thanks for the help! Much appreciated!
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I see you are running Viper ROM. There is an option in Venom Tweaks > Advanced to fix internal/external sd card access.
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I see you are running Viper ROM. There is an option in Venom Tweaks > Advanced to fix internal/external sd card access.
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I don't have that option in tweaks. I'm running an old Venom rom. Maybe it wasn't in there at the time?
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I don't have that option in tweaks. I'm running an old Venom rom. Maybe it wasn't in there at the time?
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It wasn't. Not till Lollipop. (4.0.0)
I'd try to format from your PC (various freeware available) to exFAT format.
Folks have had some funky results formatting on the phone's built-in utility (including read issues).
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I'd try to format from your PC (various freeware available) to exFAT format.
Folks have had some funky results formatting on the phone's built-in utility (including read issues).
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I didn't think of format, since it was working for him before. I use fat32, and haven't had any problems. Just another suggestion if exfat doesn't work for you, and the SD format is the culprit.
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I didn't think of format, since it was working for him before. I use fat32, and haven't had any problems. Just another suggestion if exfat doesn't work for you, and the SD format is the culprit.
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FAT32 is the tried and true, longstanding format. And until pretty recently, my "go-to" format as well (and what I recommended to folks). However, its somewhat inefficient, and has a lot of limitations compared to "newer" formats. My understanding, Windows can't format FAT32 above 32 GB (although 3rd party PC applications can). And some folks here have file sizes above 4GB (believe it or not), which are not supported by FAT32.
I believe most current SD/MicroSD cards come pre-formatted exFAT due to the larger file and total capacity features. They used to be pretty universally pre-formatted FAT32.
I agree it certainly doesn't hurt to try FAT32, as another suggestion as you stated. My main point is to re-format on a PC, rather than the phone; as I've seen folks with similar read issues have better success doing it this way. The exact format (as long as the phone supports it) is probably not the critical factor.
I had an micro sd card with NTFS, and my Pixel XL couldn't read it. So I used the phone to format it to.... guess what? Fat-freaking-32.
Pixel formats cards to Fat32? This is painful.
Is there a way to make Pixel recognize NTFS of exFAT? Can Pixel not read files larger than 4GB?
What am I missing?
nabbed said:
I had an micro sd card with NTFS, and my Pixel XL couldn't read it. So I used the phone to format it to.... guess what? Fat-freaking-32.
Pixel formats cards to Fat32? This is painful.
Is there a way to make Pixel recognize NTFS of exFAT? Can Pixel not read files larger than 4GB?
What am I missing?
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You could use Total Commander and their seperate plugin for ntfs. Its in the play store.
I think I read somewhere that NTFS is owned by Microsoft and Google declined to pay the necessary royalties to Microsoft for the ability to include NTFS support in the Pixel OS
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You could use Total Commander and their seperate plugin for ntfs. Its in the play store.
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The phone would literally say that the sd card was not supported.
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You could use Total Commander and their seperate plugin for ntfs. Its in the play store.
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Are you saying that while the Android OS 7.1.1 couldn't recognize the sd card, an app called Total Commander could do it?
Ok, how do I copy and read a 4+GB file in a Pixel XL? With an SD/XD Micro card, with an adapter?
Here's the info on the adapter... (I don't know why everyone isn't using it...)
https://www.amazon.com/Dash-Micro-G3-Type-C-keychain/dp/B01C5JJKFY
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Are you saying that while the Android OS 7.1.1 couldn't recognize the sd card, an app called Total Commander could do it?
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I believe that it will, but have never tried it. That app plugs into the API of the software and reads the card directly for you. But anything you do would be done via Total Commander, which is a file manager, so copying and so on.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/nexus/9Y2Y46GsEVQ/dTZiDuCrAQAJ
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I believe that it will, but have never tried it. That app plugs into the API of the software and reads the card directly for you. But anything you do would be done via Total Commander, which is a file manager, so copying and so on.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/nexus/9Y2Y46GsEVQ/dTZiDuCrAQAJ
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So, you are saying that I should reformat my card to back NTFS or exFAT, then copy all of my files (100+GB = over an hour), then try to use this in my Pixel XL (which already rejected it once), with a new untested app called Total Commander, in hopes that it can read the sd card, which the OS cannot?
With no evidence whatsoever - when you yourself said - "I believe that it will, but have never tried it.".........................
Could you please give me some more encouraging facts? Something to motivate me to spend multiple hours on this endeavor?
Do you see where your post makes ZERO sense?
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So, you are saying that I should reformat my card to back NTFS or exFAT, then copy all of my files (100+GB = over an hour), then try to use this in my Pixel XL (which already rejected it once), with a new untested app called Total Commander, in hopes that it can read the sd card, which the OS cannot?
With no evidence whatsoever - when you yourself said - "I believe that it will, but have never tried it.".........................
Could you please give me some more encouraging facts? Something to motivate me to spend multiple hours on this endeavor?
Do you see where your post makes ZERO sense?
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By that logic, you posting this thread make ZERO sense. If you didn't want to go back to NTFS or exFAT why did you ask the question. Which I answered in a polite and helpful manner. And yes, I linked you to some people that had success.
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By that logic, you posting this thread make ZERO sense. If you didn't want to go back to NTFS or exFAT why did you ask the question. Which I answered in a polite and helpful manner. And yes, I linked you to some people that had success.
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I just read the link you posted - sorry, didn't have the time to go through it yesterday.
This one guy said that you could do it with Total Commander and a Paragon File System plugin.
I guess I could try it. But it's cumbersome as hell - I'd have to copy multi-GB files to internal storage before I could play them in MX Player. Is that right?
As a side note, so Google just can't afford and NTFS or exFAT license. Nice!
Just one more frustrating thing about this phone. Sigh.
I deliberately formated my sd card to use NTFS and my android 8.1 phone has no problem using it
JavJav123 said:
I deliberately formated my sd card to use NTFS and my android 8.1 phone has no problem using it
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That's nice but without the model of the phone that information is useless.
Some manufacturers pay the royalty and install the driver in their phones OS.
Most don't, though some Chinese manufacturers put the driver in anyway.