I just bought a gtab today. When I connect my gtab to my pc, the computer doesn't see the sd card. I try to format the card with the tablet, but nothing happens. I want to root this thing, but I can't get past my card problems. Anybody know what's wrong?
Looks like the gtab doesn't see the card at all. I've loaded a picture on the card and the gtab doesn't see it. I think the gtab card reader is bad. Anybody run into this problem? Thanks in advance.
Your external card is /sdcard2/ not SD change settings in file explorer to use / as root then you can browse to it.
Most apps don't see the second SD card the devs are working on it. I might have an idea I'm working on it.
Thanks. I just figured that out a little while ago. I was scratching my head. I have one more question. I'm running tnt 2.2, and I have found that when I press the menu button, the settings tab doesn't work. Is there a fix for this? The only way found to get to the settings is by tapping on the wifi indicator and accessing through there.
This will fix your Settings issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=862693
Enjoy.
Oh, awesome. Thanks a bunch.
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I was wondering if anyone here is having problems trasnfering pictures from their computer to the Sensation. Once in awhile a window would pop up saying that their is a corrupt section on the sd card and would I like to scan and fix it but when I take the microSd out and put it on my computer, it says that it's fine. Another is when I am able to transfer picture files and folders and several hours later, it would be gone. It was weird. I double checked it to make sure it transfered and it did but later on the day to show friends, the file would be gone. Anyone else having this issue? Should have I formatted the card first or not?
thanks
not to dredge up too old of a thread but I am starting to see this issue now, with multiple SD Cards. I'm afraid its a hardware issue since the SD Card reader on the sensation looks to be at fault. This is for all file transfers, not just pictures, too.
How did you fix this (if you did)? Like you said, i can read/write fine with the card in my SD Card slot on my computer, but if this is a hardware issue I would like to fix it before my warranty gets closer to expiring..
my phone is running android revolution hd 1.1.14
now that thats out of the way lol, i was in the middle of downloading 2 apps,one finished so i installed and then launched it and my screen went black, so i let the phone sit for about 5 mins waiting for the app (Backbreaker 2) to possible load. The game never loaded so i attempted to go to the home screen,go back,turn the screen on and off,nothing worked. So i removed the battery,put it back in, the phone runs fine and everything works *EXCEPT* my SD Card doesnt work. When i turn the phone off it says "sd card safe to remove". So i go into settings and try to mount the sd card,my phone tells me "sd damged" in the notification bar. When i press that it asks me to format it,when i try to format it it says "external memory in unknown state".
I just wanted to know if this has happened to anyone else and if so how/if they managed to get a fix.
I have an official (paid retail for it lol) 8gb Sandisk class 2 sdhc that ive had for over a year that has never given me any issues.
Ive searched around and found the same problems with other phones (vibrant,hero,desire) and i got mixed answeres between hardware (both sd and phone) and software.
Tried to make sure all the information i could think of was in there. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Does it work on another device? Do a full, low-level format and try again.
i havent had a chance to try yet. im currently at work and have no access to another card or phone. Definatly will try a low-level format on my laptop when i get home.
I work with and "older" group of people lol, i think the newest phone after mine is a sprint pcs clamshell lol
Hi after having to switch my phone off, when I turned it on again it appears that all the apps I moved to the SD card are no longer there. I have just spent some time downloading them from the market again.
Question is why has this happened and how do I stop it from happening again
Thanks in advance
Solution
Hi Nexus.
I think you'll find that the apps still exist, they're just fragmented on the SD
card. This has happened to me plenty of times.
I've found it's only apps that are installed on the SD card and it's never
happened with apps on the phone's internal ROM.
A good way to check is to go into: Settings- Applications- Manage applications-
then tap the SD card tab. That list shows all of your apps installed on the SD
card. I found that when apps here got fragmented/corrupt they didn't show their
original app icon. Instead they showed the stock android app icon. This is a good
way to tell if the missing apps in question are still there but are just fragmented.
The way to solve this, the way that's worked for me, is to plug the phone into a
pc and mount the SD card as a disk. Then on the PC access the SD card via
explorer and right click- properties- tools- then click de-fragment.
This may take up to 30 mins as it's not as fast as a HDD.
From using this technique my apps have always returned and I can use them
with no problems again.
I've also noticed that this issue only happens if I restart or turn the phone off. I
don't understand what is corrupting the apps as the SD card is mounted
correctly and is the one supplied as standard.
I hope I've helped, and I guess this will save you from re-downloading all of your
apps again.
I'm happy to hear anyone's thoughts/suggestions onto why this is actually
happening in the first place too.
Cheers, Dms
Hi thanks so much for the answer. This has been bugging me for ages and even though I have been searching I have not had any joy solving it until your reply.
As you said it only seems to happen to apps on the sd card, and I would like to know why they are not "persistent" There must be a developer who understands the Android system who can explain why this happens and what you can do to make apps you have on your sd card permanent.
As you said it only happens to me when I re start my phone.
Thanks again for the answer
Hi. It's no problem. Yes I havn't seen anything about this issue being mentioned either.
I'd like to know what's causing it. Whether it's a hardware fault or something in the software.
It's a real pain having to hook it up to my pc to sort it out. Especially when I'm away from a pc, I can't use half of my apps.
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So i was on a call the other day, finished the call and backed out of phone app. Then i saw "sd card removed unexpectedly" in notification bar. So i go to check card through astro and says card not mounted. If i go to settings>sd storage and hit mount card, it just grays out the option. The card is still readable in my laptop and doesnt contain any errors. I formatted a fresh card and put that in and same thing. I've tried wiping, factory reset, reflashing rom, all with same results. Card will not mount in recovery either.
Just cant figure it out. Is it a hardware issue? Software? Why all of a sudden?
For the record i'm running sky raider 1.3. I had the darkhorse theme on there until the day before when i reflashed the rom due to a font color thing i didnt like. The only other thing i did was went into the build.prop file and changed the call screen from 3.0 to 2.1 to avoid the call screen bug. Which i did previously when installing skyraider.
I did do a search and couldn't find any results to be helpful to my situation. If anyone can help please let me know.
I dont know if this will help you or not, but my buddy bought a tbolt from craigslist, and it absolutely would not read the sd card either. I even took it apart just to check the slot etc. Eventually i exhausted everything I could think of and ended up running an RUU. For some reason that fixed it.... Good luck.
Thanks, i'll consider it. But flashing anything without an sd crad is a pain in the ass!
I need assistance to restore the external sd card on my Galaxy Tab plus. For some reason My Files began crashing on start-up. I then discovered that the extStorage link was no longer available in any explorer. When I open the settings menu and click Storage it force closes as well. I tried a Factory reset to no avail. I located a new Myfiles.apk on line, but it wont install.
Please, if anyone has any ideas short of flashing the rom, let me know.
Now I'm kind of a noob in regards to tablets, but if it was me, I would turn off the tablet completely and then remove the microSD card. I would then turn on the tablet and make it is functioning properly. If so and if I had one, I would plop in a different microSD card and see what that does.
If that is all working, then suspicion falls on the original microSD card. I would then put the microSD card in a SD or USB adapter and insert that into, again if you have one, a laptop or desktop computer. If it does, see if you can copy the files over to the computer and then use the computer to refomat the card to "Fat 32".
I would then take the card out and plop it back into the tablet and if everything is working.
If so, dismount it from the tablet, insert it back into the computer, copy your files over and then plop it back into the tablet and see if it now reads your files properly.
This is kinda like a crime scene, you need to do small discrete tests to see where the problem lies. Is the culprit your tablet or the tablet card port or the microSD card or a corrupt file on the card or was it Colonel Mustard with a knife in the parlour closet...
G.B.
And remember, talking dogs are liars.
Been there, done that.
Ja, I have tried that approach. It seems this criminal is a tad more sinister. I think my only option now is to flash the stock rom. I was hoping to do that when ICS came out though.
Thanks for the help!