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[Q] Cannot transfer apps to microsd card option to move not showing

Hi, can anyone please help?
I have just purchased the Asus eee pad Transformer and it automatically updated to 3.1. I have put some apps on it through the android market.
I went to put some apps/photos etc onto the removable card to save some internal space but when I went into settings then to applications then to manage applications the option to 'move to sd' was not showing on any of the apps. can anyone tell me why and if possible how to rectify this.... what is the point in having a removable card and cant use it. Any replies would be much appreciated..... thanks Jayne

16GB is not enough space for your apps?
You dont need to move apps to SD card as all internal memory (about 16 or 32GB depending on which version you have) is used for applications.

removable sd can be used for for music, movies and any other 3rd party files..
16gb is more than enough for installing apps... (I think...)
there's no app2sd in honeycomb, this is different from what android 2.x does.

thanks for the replies,
I am not able to put pictures/music etc. on to sd card. how do you do it in case I am missing something
thanks

There are several ways to add to The removable SD card. You can get ES file explorer and transfer from SD Card ( internal mem) to Removable card or if you set up your system right use ES file explorer to transfer from your desktop/laptop to the Removable Memory. If you don't want to do that, just put the removable card in your computer , transfer music and photos to it and return it to the TF. I use a Tonido Plug ( small inexpensive ubuntu server) on my network to store everything, then just download or stream to TF via ES File Explorer.

Thanks for this answer, I was actually also asking myself this question.
I saw that app2sd exists on the android market so I guess it doesn't work on our transformer, right ?
there is also an issue I am facing : I downloaded a free application to measure the speed reading and writting of the new SD card I have installed. Whatever I try, the software always check the SDcard directory (so internal) but never the microsd I have installed.
I tried with another one and there is still the same problem. Is it a honeycomb restriction ?
Working with the microsd card seems very difficult (I am still a newbie that may explains why).

Indeed, most of apps only see your internal SD Card.
I've found something to work around the problem - you just have to edit/modify the vold.fstab file.
You can find it in /system/etc/.
Then replace this line:
dev_mount microsd /Removable/MicroSD auto /devices/platform/sdhci-tegra.2/mmc_host/mmc1
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by this one:
dev_mount microsd /sdcard/_MicroSD auto /devices/platform/sdhci-tegra.2/mmc_host/mmc1
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Reboot your TF01!
Now, your TF101 will mount the MicroSD in a directory from the internal SD Card '/system/sdcard/_MicroSD'. All your apps will see it...
PS: you can edit/modify this file with some apps like Root Explorer.

Need Permission
I tried to edit this file but came back with read only tag. I tried to change permissions but again came back read only system file. How do I change the read-only tag?

Found how to do it
I found how I could use adb to pull the file, edit in Notepad and then push it back. It worked.

[Q] Why don't I have a /mnt/usbOTG folder?

US 32gb Xoom WiFi, was HC3.0.1 at purchase, I've since rooted it, installed CWM 4.0.0.4, and flashed Tiamat Manta Ray 2.0.0->2.0.1 (from internal storage...I know it is not recommended or supported).
No issues while flashing the ROMs: the messages during installation are appropriate, ending with 'Welcome to the Party!' I don't notice any specific changes to be sure that it worked, but I assume I am now running Manta Ray.
I bought the Motorola Camera Connection Kit today to connect my extHD, and assumed it wound mount to /mnt/usbOTG, but it doesn't. In fact, there is no /mnt/usbOTG folder, and I can't create one.
I downloaded USB Mass Storage Watcher OTG and I can manually mount the extHD to /mnt/external1 and use it normally.
My questions are:
1) Is there a way to confirm which ROM I am running?
2) Why didn't Manta Ray create the usbOTG folder?
3) Why isn't my extHD (or thumbdrive) automatically mounted?
Thanks in advance!

twLoaf said:
US 32gb Xoom WiFi, was HC3.0.1 at purchase, I've since rooted it, installed CWM 4.0.0.4, and flashed Tiamat Manta Ray 2.0.0->2.0.1 (from internal storage...I know it is not recommended or supported).
No issues while flashing the ROMs: the messages during installation are appropriate, ending with 'Welcome to the Party!' I don't notice any specific changes to be sure that it worked, but I assume I am now running Manta Ray.
I bought the Motorola Camera Connection Kit today to connect my extHD, and assumed it wound mount to /mnt/usbOTG, but it doesn't. In fact, there is no /mnt/usbOTG folder, and I can't create one.
I downloaded USB Mass Storage Watcher OTG and I can manually mount the extHD to /mnt/external1 and use it normally.
My questions are:
1) Is there a way to confirm which ROM I am running?
2) Why didn't Manta Ray create the usbOTG folder?
3) Why isn't my extHD (or thumbdrive) automatically mounted?
Thanks in advance!
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1) Go to settings--about--and check to see if you see.....Tiamat_Katana......2.0......if you don't see something like that you are still on stock.
2) There should be, in your internal sdcard directory, a directory called mnt and in that you should have at the least, external1 and usbOTG..
3) Most of us need that utility to help mount drives.

Well that was easy- it seems I am still stock, despite the install seeming to take.
I suppose I'll need to try it from a real SD card before asking for more help...unless someone out there has any ideas why it might not have worked from internal storage.
I have root: I have SuperUser in apps, have ClockworkMod Recovery. Must be the SD card vs internal storage issue.

twLoaf said:
Well that was easy- it seems I am still stock, despite the install seeming to take.
I suppose I'll need to try it from a real SD card before asking for more help...unless someone out there has any ideas why it might not have worked from internal storage.
I have root: I have SuperUser in apps, have ClockworkMod Recovery. Must be the SD card vs internal storage issue.
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Yes, do yourself a favor and install the Tiamat 3.2.0.0. R4c recovery and use that with your external sd card. There's just no way around it.

[Q] Xoom is not seeing my microsd card AS a microsdcard

All right, so i recently purchased a wi-fi only xoom from a friend of mine and i'm having a bit of trouble getting it to read my microsd card properly. He had rooted the device previously and immediately lost microsd support.
I recently flashed Team Tiamat Xoom Rom 2.2.1 - Moray and figured that would fix the problem. Of course, it didn't. So I downloaded Androzip and through a bit of digging have come to the conclusion that my microsd card (according to androzip) is not my sd card at all. It is, in fact a folder named "sdcard" within the Xoom's internal memory. According to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254933 my sd card should be in mnt/external1
Only problem is it isn't showing up.
When i go into settings/storage it shows my 8 gig card, i just can't seem to do anything with it. Any advice would be very much appreciated.

killjohnnydead said:
All right, so i recently purchased a wi-fi only xoom from a friend of mine and i'm having a bit of trouble getting it to read my microsd card properly. He had rooted the device previously and immediately lost microsd support.
I recently flashed Team Tiamat Xoom Rom 2.2.1 - Moray and figured that would fix the problem. Of course, it didn't. So I downloaded Androzip and through a bit of digging have come to the conclusion that my microsd card (according to androzip) is not my sd card at all. It is, in fact a folder named "sdcard" within the Xoom's internal memory. According to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254933 my sd card should be in mnt/external1
Only problem is it isn't showing up.
When i go into settings/storage it shows my 8 gig card, i just can't seem to do anything with it. Any advice would be very much appreciated.
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Where to begin...?
Yes, tablets generally use non-removable flash memory for internal storage (hence your internal "sdcard") and additionally, the Xoom has a slot for up to a 32GB external micro sdcard, which should be found (if installed) at mnt/external1, on the same directory level as sdcard.
If you are rooted you should have the ability, through a root app like Root Explorer, to navigate right to mnt/external1. You can mount R/W access and write to the micro sdcard. If you have installed a custom rom/kernel that supports usb host mode, you can also use a usbOTG cable with an app like Drive Mount or USB OTG Watcher and access a thumb drive or a large HDD.

I really appreciate the response.
Root Explorer is the only one of those suggestions that I'm familiar with...could you possibly link me to a guide or maybe give, me an idea of how to get that accomplished?

I assume you are still trying to gain access to your micro sdcard (we can get to usb host mode later).
If you have downloaded Root Explorer, open it and it should say that superuser granted root permission, then you want to navigate to the root directory, find mnt, find external1 and you should find your files there. In the top left corner of the screen you should see "Mounted as r/o and Mount R/W" and you can choose the latter and then you should be able to copy and paste to and from your micro sdcard.

That's fantastic.
Thank you very much, I really appreciate your help.

killjohnnydead said:
That's fantastic.
Thank you very much, I really appreciate your help.
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Anytime, I'm happy to help.

I figured this was kind of up the same alley that my co worker is experiencing. He recently got his xoom back from motorola and I got some information from him that might be helpful to my situation.
cdma_n_03.1a.5p ltedc_u_05.19.00
android 3.2.2
build: hlk75d
The xoom is not showing any external sd card, he is using astro file manager. He is not rooting the unit, he is going to keep it pretty much factory fresh, as he wants to use it's tools for display and selling. so I'm attempting to give him as much help as I can.
I'd like to give my buddy some good info to help him out, I think he's gonna have to, and probably should just call verizon and explain his problem, but I hope I might be able to help him out. Thanks and if any other information is needed, please ask, I can get it for assistance.

Bam-Bamm said:
I figured this was kind of up the same alley that my co worker is experiencing. He recently got his xoom back from motorola and I got some information from him that might be helpful to my situation.
cdma_n_03.1a.5p ltedc_u_05.19.00
android 3.2.2
build: hlk75d
The xoom is not showing any external sd card, he is using astro file manager. He is not rooting the unit, he is going to keep it pretty much factory fresh, as he wants to use it's tools for display and selling. so I'm attempting to give him as much help as I can.
I'd like to give my buddy some good info to help him out, I think he's gonna have to, and probably should just call verizon and explain his problem, but I hope I might be able to help him out. Thanks and if any other information is needed, please ask, I can get it for assistance.
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Since I don't have a stock, unrooted 4G upgraded Xoom to play with it's a bit hard to give guidance on this. I can only say that with the HC3.2 update, external sdcard support came to the stock OS, so it should be there at mnt/external1 (I think) and this should be on the same directory level as the internal sdcard (internal storage with all the app, etc). If he's not rooted, he won't be able to use apps that have root permissions, which will limit how deep into the file system he can go. But the micro sdcard should be there.
Maybe his best bet is to try to talk to support at Verizon...see what they say.I'm curious to know....

Thanks for the reply. i believe he is here in the office now and Ill have him check and reply shortly.

Bam-Bamm said:
Thanks for the reply. i believe he is here in the office now and Ill have him check and reply shortly.
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Try installing "Disk Usage" from the market. It will list the current storage devices on your tablet. That's how I found where my sdcard was mounted.
Speedily sent from CM7 Beta

The disk usage app worked. Picked it right up. Thanks button pressed. Have a happy Monday.

New user also
Had xoom for a month. NOT ROOTED! Actually don't know how to do it or what the benefits are! I need to be able to access my flash drives & external hard drives. Drive mount states that I must be rooted! Is there anything out there I can use that doesn't require my to be rooted? Using Honeycomb 3.2.

mefrk469 said:
Had xoom for a month. NOT ROOTED! Actually don't know how to do it or what the benefits are! I need to be able to access my flash drives & external hard drives. Drive mount states that I must be rooted! Is there anything out there I can use that doesn't require my to be rooted? Using Honeycomb 3.2.
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No, sorry.

new SD card: now error: Application not installed on your phone"

Just moved from a 8 GB to a 32GB card. And cannot use it...
First I unmounted the old SD card on the phone, and put in the new, unformatted 32GB. I then choose to format it in the phone. Its a Galaxy S GT-9003i with firmware I9003XXKPN v2.3.5
It formated fine. Then I unmounted the new card, plonked in the old card and connected the phone in USB mode to the Macbook. I also connected the newly formatted SD card via a card reader, and it promptly showed up, with the correct free space (although there was a directory on it already called LOST.DIR)
I then copied all apps from the phones 8GB SD to the 32GB card, using the laptop (drag and drop). This also went fine and without a glitch. I then shut down the phone, swapped out the SD cards and booted the phone on again. As expected, it went to do the usual Scanning USB memory. It completed. The space appears to be taken up, but all apps that are on that USB are inaccesible. Their icons grey Androids with a small SD logo in the bottom right corner.
All other apps (the ones on the phone) work fine. The SD card can be used to copy files to on the computer and to take pictures...
Phone is not rooted.
PLease help, if you have a solution to this...
Many tHanks

oranabana said:
Just moved from a 8 GB to a 32GB card. And cannot use it...
First I unmounted the old SD card on the phone, and put in the new, unformatted 32GB. I then choose to format it in the phone. Its a Galaxy S GT-9003i with firmware I9003XXKPN v2.3.5
It formated fine. Then I unmounted the new card, plonked in the old card and connected the phone in USB mode to the Macbook. I also connected the newly formatted SD card via a card reader, and it promptly showed up, with the correct free space (although there was a directory on it already called LOST.DIR)
I then copied all apps from the phones 8GB SD to the 32GB card, using the laptop (drag and drop). This also went fine and without a glitch. I then shut down the phone, swapped out the SD cards and booted the phone on again. As expected, it went to do the usual Scanning USB memory. It completed. The space appears to be taken up, but all apps that are on that USB are inaccesible. Their icons grey Androids with a small SD logo in the bottom right corner.
All other apps (the ones on the phone) work fine. The SD card can be used to copy files to on the computer and to take pictures...
Phone is not rooted.
PLease help, if you have a solution to this...
Many tHanks
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Have you tried rebooting your phone? If it still does not work, try to unmount your SD Card via settings and then wait for it to successfully unmount and then mount again
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Application not installed on your phone
saywhatt said:
Have you tried rebooting your phone? If it still does not work, try to unmount your SD Card via settings and then wait for it to successfully unmount and then mount again
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Thanks, yes tried this one. No luck.... Its a Samsung mirco SD card (Model: MB-MSBGA) class 10
Anyone else..!?

Did u done app2sd in ur phone with the 8 gig 1
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No not much.
DONT FORGET TO PRESS THE THANKS BUTTON IF HELPED YOU IN ANY WAY

ah ha
So, I cannot even find the app2sd app under My Apps on the Google Play store... weird. Its also not listing under Manage Applications. Would this really be the cause of the problem!?
Anyone else have any ideas, why the phone cannot load the apps copied from the other SD card...!?!

First of all u have to move all apps from the old sd card to the phone. Or while inserting ur new sd, the apps you moved to your old sd will not work
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Mebin Robin said:
First of all u have to move all apps from the old sd card to the phone. Or while inserting ur new sd, the apps you moved to your old sd will not work
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Thanks, but I canot make sense of this. Firstly all apps on the old SD card will never fit onto the phone (8GB, vs 2GB space), and secondly elsewhere online they always talk about copying files to the new card and then inserting that instead of the old one....
mmmh...!? Whilst I apprecite your post - its not working for me

When apps are moved to the SD card, it isn't entirely moved to the SD card. Only part of it is, that's why when installing apps the space for apps still decreases. Therefore you should use titanium backup or similar backup programs to move the applications.

bscraze said:
Therefore you should use titanium backup or similar backup programs to move the applications.
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Thanks,I had a look at titanium backup, but it requires root access (my phone has not been rooted). I really dont think one should need to root their phone to move from a small to a larger SD card without having to re-install all apps from scratch...!?

oranabana said:
Thanks,I had a look at titanium backup, but it requires root access (my phone has not been rooted). I really dont think one should need to root their phone to move from a small to a larger SD card without having to re-install all apps from scratch...!?
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Without root you will not be able to backup data(AFAIK)

bscraze said:
...Therefore you should use titanium backup or similar backup programs to move the applications.
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OK, so I rooted the phone and used Titanium Backup. It created a backup file on the phone memory. I thought, voila, I am good then, popped in the new SD card, formatted it, and did the restore from Titanium Backup... but:
still getting a lot of greyed out files in the application folder and on the home screens... I really cannot believe all this work is needed to swap out SD cards from a smaller to larger capacity! what a pain in the •••

I have the same problem on my new samsung 32gb 10 class micro sd card and still searching for the solution. If anyone have a solution, please, share it for us. Thanks!

martynas393 said:
I have the same problem on my new samsung 32gb 10 class micro sd card and still searching for the solution. If anyone have a solution, please, share it for us. Thanks!
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I have the same problem to, just backed up my old 16gb card to my pc, installed and formatted a new 32gb card in my S4 and copied the data back over and all the apps that are on the sd card are showing up grey.

Ok, after a quick google, i've found that making a clone of the card and then copying the clone to the new card works
you can use HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool to do this (you'll have to google it as I don't have enough posts to post external links)

heathen666 said:
Ok, after a quick google, i've found that making a clone of the card and then copying the clone to the new card works
you can use HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool to do this (you'll have to google it as I don't have enough posts to post external links)
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Thanks! Yeah that works perfectly! (Apparently there are some "secure" folders in the SD card that start with a period, and the contents do not get copied at all. Those hold the apps and data.) However after using HDD-Raw-Copy it will create an exact replica of the smaller SD card on the larger one and the larger one will appear to be small too, so you must resize your partition or you won't gain anything, your new card will be exactly the same as the old one! You can use MiniTool Partition Wizard home edition which is free to do this: partitionwizard.com :good:

I had the same problem but I was able to fix without extra software. Took old card out of my phone and installed both externally via flash readers to my pc and copied files from one to the other. View hidden files is turned on just in case any hidden items is also copied. This work great for me all apps are accessible now. Hope this helpped

Here is the step-by-step solution: http://www.tomsguide.com/forum/id-2545604/move-data-card-samsung-galaxy.html
There are two ways described to do it successfully:
METHOD 1 uses the xcopy (or xcopy32) command in a Cmd Prompt windown on Windows. The /h switch used on the command allows the hidden and system files to be copied!
METHOD 2 uses a straight copy from old SD card to the new SD card (or from old SD card to folder on computer, then from folder on computer to new SD card) using the simple drag and drop on Windows. BUT YOU MUST HAVE WINDOWS EXPLORER CONFIGURED TO SHOW SYSTEM AND HIDDEN FILES!
Just to be clear, the solution to the problem is trivial. You are simply copying ALL the files from one SD card to another. There is absolutely no reason that copying ALL files from one SD card, including the complete file structure, to another SD card should not work. Your phone can't tell that you switched SD cards. It only knows the files and file structure it can see on the SD card and if they are EXACTLY the same as they were before the switch, your phone should work exactly like it did before the switch except now it will see more free storage space on your larger SD card (which was probably your goal in the first place) AND your phone may possibly even run faster by accessing the data much faster if your new SD card is a faster class of storage media.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO ROOT YOUR PHONE OR INSTALL ALL KINDS OF CRAZY APPS ON YOUR PHONE OR SOFTWARE ON YOUR COMPUTER TO DO THIS!!!
BUT, the key is that YOU MUST ALSO COPY ALL THE HIDDEN FILES and there are lots of them on Android! Everytime I hear of someone having a problem with switchinging to a new SD card, it is because they did NOT copy the hidden files OR their SD card was not properly formatted (FAT32) for the phone.
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[Q] saving to micro SD card

I have been having some issues when saving music to my micro SD. I am running the latest version of katkiss(and love it). I have the files on my internal SD card, then try to move them to my external SD card using root browser, of file manager HD. It looks as though the files move, but when I unmount the card, and remount, or just reboot the tablet, the files are no longer there. Maybe I am doing something wrong, just looking for some good advice.
Thanks everyone for making this tf101 awesome again!!

I would try manually from adb or console to see if you get any errors which file managers can silently suppress.
I don't have the device with me right now so I can't give you the exact path to use, but something like:
cp -a /sdcard/Music/file-or-directory* /mnt/storage/2
the paths are wrong of course, I really can't remember where they're mounted. I'll update the post when I get home unless someone can give the proper paths before then. Using cp will tell you if there's errors.
I would also try to copy files to the card on a computer, to see if you can replicate the problem there. It could just be a dying card or a messed up filesystem on it.

Lethe6 said:
I would try manually from adb or console to see if you get any errors which file managers can silently suppress.
I don't have the device with me right now so I can't give you the exact path to use, but something like:
cp -a /sdcard/Music/file-or-directory* /mnt/storage/2
the paths are wrong of course, I really can't remember where they're mounted. I'll update the post when I get home unless someone can give the proper paths before then. Using cp will tell you if there's errors.
I would also try to copy files to the card on a computer, to see if you can replicate the problem there. It could just be a dying card or a messed up filesystem on it.
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Thanks for the reply. I may be doing something wrong i don't know. The card is brand new, and i did the FAT32 long format. The same thing happens to me when i use a USB adapter in the main connector and try to move music from my tablet to a USB drive. It looks like it moves, but as soon as I unmount, and re-mount, no files are there. I am formatting my SD and USB drives on a windows 8 laptop. I have read where some people have luck formatting NTFS, but my laptop won't even let me format my USB drive that way.
I appreciate your effort. I am sure we can get this resolved some how. Just gotta keep messin' with it.
troyvs

Is it the dock sdcard or the tablet's?
The exact command to test a copy would be (for the tablet's external sdcard):
cp -av /storage/sdcard0/file.name /storage/sdcard1/
I'm running 021 and this worked for me. The command should return something like:
/storage/sdcard0/file.name -> /storage/sdcard1/file.name
and get you back to a shell if it works. Otherwise paste the message it gives you.
If the devices work elsewhere and you're sure it's the tablet, try wiping cache and dalvik... I've seen it cause weirder issues. You could also try to do a full backup in recovery and then do a full wipe, and reflash katkiss. If it works you know it's something with the old rom, and if it doesn't you can restore the backup.
troyvs said:
Thanks for the reply. I may be doing something wrong i don't know. The card is brand new, and i did the FAT32 long format. The same thing happens to me when i use a USB adapter in the main connector and try to move music from my tablet to a USB drive. It looks like it moves, but as soon as I unmount, and re-mount, no files are there. I am formatting my SD and USB drives on a windows 8 laptop. I have read where some people have luck formatting NTFS, but my laptop won't even let me format my USB drive that way.
I appreciate your effort. I am sure we can get this resolved some how. Just gotta keep messin' with it.
troyvs
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I have moved files from the internal SD (photographs actually as there was no option to save them anywhere else only the internal SD) to the micro SD card using the X-plore app and the ES file manager app with no problems. I did however learn that both sd cards e.g. the internal and external are just called sd card and the internal sd card is shown under Device and under Storage so it is possible to cut and paste from the Internal sd card back into the Internal sd card.
I am assuming you are referring to the sd card on the tablet and not the sd card in the dock.