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[Q] Can't move files from internal SD card to external SD card from within the XOOM

I've searched the forums and can't seem to find an answer to this, but I do know that others have the same issue. For example, when I download a file such as a new kernel zip file, I am unable to move (using Root Explorer or any other file manager) the file from the internal SD card over to the removable external SD card. I always have to connect to my Mac in order to place the file on the external so that I can move forward with flashing, etc. Anyone have a fix for this? I can't believe that such a simple and required function doesn't work. I realize that the external SD card functionality is based on a hack/mod, but it seems like not being able to write to it from within the device makes it somewhat useless in many ways.
EDIT: Nevermind, SOLVED. Found out you have to "copy" and not "move"...works like a charm

In Root Explorer you need to go to the top left and you'll see a button that says Mount R/W make sure it isn't set as Mount R/O. Afterwards make sure you move the files to SDCard/External so you can see it in recovery.
Good you got it to work..

[Q] Need help. External SD card as default download location

I was wondering if there's anyway to set my external SD card as default, right now everything is being saved in /mnt/sdcard/ not /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD.
For example, I just installed DropBox and every file that I download goes to the sdcard directory.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you

donatello88 said:
I was wondering if there's anyway to set my external SD card as default, right now everything is being saved in /mnt/sdcard/ not /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD.
For example, I just installed DropBox and every file that I download goes to the sdcard directory.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
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There is a thread in the development section that covers that. I havent read it myself but it may have the answers you are looking for.

[Q] Possible to create a folder shortcut in another folder?

So I'm sure many of you have run into this problem...
Newer phones tend to come with their own disk partition that shows up as "sdcard". They also have an external sd slot which shows as "sdcard-ext" or some variation.
Many older apps assume the built in one is the ONLY sdcard, not realizing that they need to offer the option to browse for other sd cards. They often don't give the option to go up directory to get to it either. So you have to copy the files you need manually from your external to your internal.. it's a big pain in the ass.
So is it possible to create a folder shortcut or symbolic link to the sd-ext from within the internal sd card?
Kinda like in windows, you can create a folder shortcut to c:\windows from c:\program files\
Then you could just open that "shortcut" as if you were opening that folder. That would make things much easier

Sure
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/creating-soft-link-or-symbolic-link/

[GUIDE]Install games bigger than your free internal memory

First of all, clarification:
1.There's a lot of guides showing how to bind large games' .obb files and their respective folders/directories to external sd card. This guide will show you how to install these games even if they are bigger than your internal memory. For example, you got 4 Gb internal SD, on ROM goes 2.5 Gb, and for all your apps, pictures and videos goes 1.5 Gb. It fills really fast, so if you want some HD game, say FIFA 14, you can't install it. Here my guide jumps in.​2.When a program binds game's .obb data directory (if you have enough memory free on internal SD for the game to install in the first place), its .obb file is indeed transfered on external SD card, but often in memory status there's a bug which still shows it on your internal memory and it is full, but it is not case here.​
You need:
1.Rooted phone, Install from unknown sources allowed
2.FolderMount installed (didn't try with Directory Bind yet)
3.Root file manager like Root explorer installed
4.Game you want to install with .apk +data folder downloaded on your PC
5.Write down or somehow mark names of game's data folder and it's .obb file
So, let's start..
1.Find out where should be game's data folder (in most cases it's Android/obb folder)
2.Copy apk on SD root and folder with .obb files on external SD where it should be installed by default
* make Android/obb folder on external SD if you didn't already​* for real if it was to be installed on internal memory the path would be: storage/emulated/0/Android/obb/yourgamefolderwithobb​3.Once copying is done, navigate with your root browser on INTERNAL SD, and make folder named exactly as your game, the one that you wrote down, on exact location,for example storage/emulated/0/Android/obb/ and inthere you make this yourgamefolderwithobb folder (case sensitive!)
4.Now, you get inside this folder that you made with your root file manager, here it is ˝yourgamefolderwithobb˝ without quotes and inthere you make new file named exactly as your game's .obb file, with .obb extension, and save it, for example ˝main.128yourgame.obb˝ without quotes - case sensitive
* if for any reason you can't save your new file, then you make it on your external SD's root and copy where it belongs on internal SD, and if even this isn't possible, then make this file on your pc - new .txt document> save as>all files>exactly named as your .obb and then copy it via USB on your internal SD on the right place, in the right folder.​5.When all previous steps are done, navigate to external SD root and install your game's .apk . When instalation is done, exit your root file manager.
* DO NOT OPEN GAME ONCE INSTALLED, FOR IT'S NOT OVER YET! Just exit​6.Go to your MountFolder. On the upper left corner next to ˝List of pairs˝ headline touch menu icon.
7.Once menu open, touch ˝Apps analyzer˝ option. After short scaning, a list of your apps will appear. Search this list for app you just installed. If it's on the list, so far everything is OK, but if it isn't... you probably messed something up, see if you skipped a step or two click back button.
8.Open FolderMount again if it exits. Click ˝+˝ option at the top
9.Give name to your game (gta, tenis...) by filling ˝name˝ gap
10.Click ˝Source˝ gap and navigate to internal SD in the game's directory that you made in step 3! By clicking ˝Source˝ you should already be in /storage/emulated/0, it will say at the top the name and the path of your current directory. Once you're in directory you made, click ✓ option at the upper right
11.A pop-up will appear saying ˝Would you like me to create the destination folder automatically? You can choose a custom destination by clicking no˝ Click NO
12.Click ˝Destination˝ gap and navigate in directory that you copied from your PC on EXTERNAL SD in step 2! Once there click ✓ option again
13.You're back in menu with Name,Source and Destination gaps which you filled. Touch ✓ again.
*I didn't try to tick ˝exclude from media scanning˝, you shouldn't too 'till you check if everything is working as it should. Try experimenting later.​14.New pop-up will appear asking ˝Your source directory is not empty. Would you like me to move files to the destination(and overwrite existing files)?˝ Click NO again
15.You're in main menu in FolderMount, there's your game's name that you gave it earlier, next to it is grey pin. Touch that pin once and it will turn green.
* in FolderMount after every reboot a pin will turn grey. Just click it before trying to play game because it will not see .obb files and will try to download them again.​16.Exit FolderMount and PLAY YOUR GAME!!!
EDIT:
There is a lot of devices, every of them has different internal and external SD paths, be sure to know them well. The best way to find this out is to go in FolderMount, try to create new bind, and by tapping Source and Destination gap see the path for each SD in the upper part of the screen.
Some SD card locations on various devices:
/mnt/sdcard0 - internal and /mnt/sdcard1 - external;
/mnt/sdcard - internal and /mnt/extSD - external
Also, if this guide helped you feel free to let me know that by pressing THANKS button

Thanks Man You Saved My life

iDuc said:
Thanks Man You Saved My life
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Glad to help man

Thanks Alot i Realy Needed This Method Because i Love To Play Games But My internal is only 4 gigs and user 1.35 and searched the whole internet for any way but i didn't find
Thanks again
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Thanks Alot i Realy Needed This Method Because i Love To Play Games But My internal is only 4 gigs and user 1.35 and searched the whole internet for any way but i didn't find
Thanks again

I will most certainly have to try this on my tablet! Thank you very much

[Q] SD Card Directory

On my Sony Xperia Z3 I have an application that stores its data on "/storage/emulated/0/Voxx". I would like to move the "Voxx" folder onto the SD Card (to save space on the phone's memory). To do that, I need to change the directory within the application itself.
The thing is that I don't know what would be the righ path to the sd card. Could anyone suggest me how should the new directory look like?
Thank you.

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Sui Generis said:
On my Sony Xperia Z3 I have an application that stores its data on "/storage/emulated/0/Voxx". I would like to move the "Voxx" folder onto the SD Card (to save space on the phone's memory). To do that, I need to change the directory within the application itself.
The thing is that I don't know what would be the righ path to the sd card. Could anyone suggest me how should the new directory look like?
Thank you.
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the 3rd party app cannot store data in external memory card.
unless root your phone and use some merge folder app or app2sdcard to do that.
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Sui Generis said:
On my Sony Xperia Z3 I have an application that stores its data on "/storage/emulated/0/Voxx". I would like to move the "Voxx" folder onto the SD Card (to save space on the phone's memory). To do that, I need to change the directory within the application itself.
The thing is that I don't know what would be the righ path to the sd card. Could anyone suggest me how should the new directory look like?
Thank you.
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Not sure how you're going to make the App change the directory (if there's no option), but the path would be /storage/sdcard1/Android/data/%APP_NAME%, where %APP_NAME%, well, is the name of your App.

I think you need to create simlinks like some apps do to allow what you want, it requires root. Just wait for Lollipop as Google allows it to do what you asked.

Thank you, sxtester!
I copied the application's "voxx" folder from internal memory onto the sdcard and, within the application, I changed the directory from "/storage/emulated/0/voxx" to "/storage/sdcard1/voxx".
I am posting a new, interesting task...you may want to take a look...
sxtester said:
Not sure how you're going to make the App change the directory (if there's no option), but the path would be /storage/sdcard1/Android/data/%APP_NAME%, where %APP_NAME%, well, is the name of your App.
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