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All of a sudden apps on storage card fail to load.
After a few reboots they reappear at random, but disappear again on reset.
Did not have that problem with stock, but after flashing Infused 1.14 (and on) the issue appears even with the (rooted) stock rom.
Any ideas?
I am trying to determine if I need to return and replace the phone before I lose the option.
Thank you in advance.
Answering the question by myself, in case others encounter the same issue.
The external card had something corrupted, and when the system was mounting it, all mess ensued.
Backed up all the data and reformatted.
System appears ok for now
I just had this same problem or at least something very similar to it. Initially I thought it was the 32GB SD card being too big since I read Android had a 16GB external card limit. But those posts were from a year ago and when I searched deeper I read that 32GB cards were being use without size problems now. There was one issue that seemed to affect some people and that was that android could have problems formatting a card that big and that's how I installed it in my Infuse initially- I let the Infuse format it, then popped in in my Macbook Pro (in OSX) to copy over the contents from the previous 8G card. I believe I have hidden files set to show, so I should be copying over everything- though, could this method of upgrading the card be a problem too?
It worked for a couple days, but last night during a reboot I tried to access the app tray and didn't know the card was still being scanned. It froze and I couldn't get past the secondary media scan after many tries. I didn't realize that apps were being automatically installed to the card.
Anyway, I was gonna return the card, but after reading your post, I'm thinking again about corruption due to poor formatting as the problem, so I'll try it again when I get home. Thanks for your post. I really want to be able to use this larger card so I'm keeping my fingers crossed this will solve the problem.
BTW, how did you format the card? I have Win7 x64Pro on my MBP as well if I need to use windows, but did you use FAT, FAT32, ExFat? I'm still a 'droid noob ;P. Thanks again!
-- Infuse 4G Rooted with stock ROM
I'm using MIUI-1.12.9 with APPS2SD after preparing a 512MB partition for the apps on my 8GB Class2 MicroSD Card. The remaining section I used to store files for flashing, music, data, etc.
Now all of a sudden, my phone gives me 'You may remove the SD Card' error. It shows the MicroSD Card as unavailable and even when I connect vias USB, the computer cannot detect it. I tried connecting the card separately to the computer using an adapter, but no luck. However, it still reads the EXT3 partition where all the apps are stored as all the apps are still available to me.
Any ideas on what could be wrong and how to resolve this? I want to backup all my apps first but I can't do that with out Android recognizing the card
I don't have a solution for you, but just out of curiosity why in the hell do you use APPS2SD on Defy? After you install the ROM there is around 1GB of free space on the internal memory. This is more than enough to install over 100 apps. Moreover you can move some of the to SD-card from the interface (Manage Applications).
I figured, the more space I free up the more breathing space right? Anywhich way it was working great. No noticeable lag even though I use a Class 2 SD Card. When all of a sudden after over a week, it suddenly gives me a notification "You can safely remove your SD Card now." Huh? Even after reboot, it gives me the same message. I took out the card and plugged it directly in and it doesn't read, but the EXT3 partition still works fine!
I could just get a new card and start from scratch. But I'm intrigued by this error! Gotta get to the bottom of this. Didn't get any response on the General forum, so I figured I'd try my luck here at the risk of annoying a few people. Can anyone help with any suggestions?
Ive had a weird problem the last day or so, when I reboot my device, apps mysteriously go missing. Each time I reboot, like 5 or 6 different apps disappear. This only happens to SD card apps though. This started happening a few days ago but yesterday it got alot worse AFTER I had reformatted my card. Could there be something wrong with my SD card? The apps still appear to be installed in "manage applications" but they look like "com.aac.cachemate.demo" as the name of the app, instead of "Cachemate" and etc...?
did you use link2sd ?
com....whatever in manage applications usually means, that the apk file is missing, while the application data is present
the mess as described, can be seen if your ext partition is mounted too late ...
nadlabak has some fix about it
https://github.com/nadlabak/android...mmit/e5b9b3195687e04af7a7929f8637e77e1efae9a1
but i can't remember where is part of setting the property, after checking and mounting the whole card ...
nikctsh said:
did you use link2sd ?
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I did not, I used the standard apps2sd built into CM6. Every time I reboot, different apps are missing and then some come back that were missing the time before...They all still appear in manage applications though so they might be intact but I'm not sure if all are, they show up with the default generic android icon, and weird names. "mobi.mgeek.tunnybrowser." (Dolphin Browser) and "net.flixter.android" (Flixter) etc...The storage sizes of the missing apps appear to be different then they are supposed to be. (Maybe)
(This might have something to do with it) Yesterday for hours (before I reformatted) the phone was stuck at "Preparing SD card, checking for errors" so I went online and followed the suggestion an xda member who suggested in another thread to delete the "fsck_msdos" file from "system /bin" which disables the SD card check to see if the SD card has been properly mounted and checked. It seemed to fix my other SD card issue for the rest of the day. could this be related?
Just share my experience , when I was in 2.1 , I used link2sd , and if I boot without sdcard , all my linked apps will happen like that , I think maybe this is the same case as apps2sd . So , what I do is just uninstalled all those apps , and reinstalled some of it ( it's quite annoying to reinstall over 100 apps ) . As you said , all those apps remained as it's package name , so I'm kinda sure our case is almost the same . But when I was in 2.2 , once I booted with sdcard inserted , but after boot completed , all my user apps dissapear , yes , ALL . But anyway , after scan for sdcard problem in OR , all my apps recovered , with no force close , just like nothing happen during the last boot . So also , try to scan for sdcard problem in OR .
It says my card is mounted (about half of my sd card apps show up) but when I bring up the gallery, it says "SD card unmounted or not present." When I try to unmount it in settings, it never unmounts, I just click "unmount" and nothing happens....
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It says my card is mounted (about half of my sd card apps show up) but when I bring up the gallery, it says "SD card unmounted or not present." When I try to unmount it in settings, it never unmounts, I just click "unmount" and nothing happens....
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It sounds like you have corruption in your sdcard filesystem. I would take your sdcard out, put it directly into a Windows PC and run chkdsk (alternately fsck.msdos on a linux PC).
Mioze7Ae said:
It sounds like you have corruption in your sdcard filesystem. I would take your sdcard out, put it directly into a Windows PC and run chkdsk (alternately fsck.msdos on a linux PC).
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Ok I will run a chkdsk when I get some time to sit down at the computer later. I think it probably is corruption.
Mioze7Ae said:
It sounds like you have corruption in your sdcard filesystem. I would take your sdcard out, put it directly into a Windows PC and run chkdsk (alternately fsck.msdos on a linux PC).
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SD card fixed with error checking in windows!! Thanks!
Fast Boot option may be the culprit
The advice about checking SD card on Windows or Linux sounds good and I will keep it in mind, but I did not need to fix this sort of problem. I am not familiar with CyanogenMod (CM) in any version, but if it has a fast boot option, read on...
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Some (not all) of my apps moved to SD (all by Titanium Backup Pro) have begun to disappear and (sometimes) reappear without warning after I began to add and delete large Virtual Machines created in QEMU from my 16GB SanDisc class 10 microSD card on my HTC Droid Incredible running rooted stock Verizon Android Froyo 2.2.3. I know this thread is far from my phone's "home base", but from what I can tell this problem with disappearing apps located on an sdcard is NOT determined by hardware or even Android version.
I also happen to use LauncherPro by Federico Carnales instead of the built-in HTC Sense launcher. I noted elsewhere on XDA that a user had suggested that because at least some (maybe all) launchers start before the SD Card that this may be a problem, especially if changes are made to the sdcard that the launcher did not perform, or was not active during their performance by other apps such as Titanium Backup. That fits my situation, because I unmounted the SD, physically removed it to a PC, and added/deleted large VM files to save (lots) of time. No problems of this sort before I did this, so there must be some connection.
I noted that other users have tried reformatting SD, substituting different brands of SD, using newer/older SD etc. None of these reliably helped. So I skipped these options.
//// The (simple!) solution I tried that SEEMS to work (only time will tell!) is buried in the main Android Settings (accessed from the Menu button while in Home screen). Under "Applications" there is a setting "Fast Boot" that I checked long ago and forgot about (it seemed like a good thing to do at the time). The text warns "Turn off to use some Market apps" (that shows the age of my 2-yr old used phone and Android OS -- ohmygosh!-- because it refers to Market rather than Google Play Store!) Anyway, I unchecked the option and rebooted the phone.
Yes, it took a bit longer to boot (maybe a whole minute!), but after waiting about another minute ALL my home screen apps had normal icons and loaded properly. Titanium Backup Pro batch scenarios confirmed there were no apps in a forced uninstalled state (i.e. I had not done the deed, the system somehow had done it or at least rendered the apps "invisible" to Titanium, which decided they needed reinstallation).
The only odd behaviour was that auto brightness was turned off after I unchecked Fast Boot and rebooted. Going into Android Settings > Display and rechecking "auto brightness" took care of that. No other oddities or strange behaviours thus far (but it has only been about an hour).
I will report back here on this thread only (Samsung Fascinate > Fascinate Q&A > What just happend? apps on sdcard) if anything else requires reporting. Silence implies success!
link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1873670
(I am copying this post to other relevant threads, but will not post anything further elsewhere -- only there. This is a bit arbitrary (although this thread appears to be the most recent active one on this topic), but I hope this approach pleases the XDA sysops/admins) :angel:
Sorry for opening up old thread. My HDC Note3 clone phone having the same/similar issue. The phone have 8G ROM which partition into 2 different name, internal phone (1G) and SD card (5G). Whatever Apps that I install on the SD card will disappear from home menu every-time I re-boot using the power button. However, it it still there when the phone do their own reboot due to something
I try unchecked "Fast Boot" but disappearing act still happen. Any suggestion to resolve the issue?
Hello all,
I spent the last couple of hours to install a large number of apps, games etc. to my shield tablet (after a lollipop factory reset). I moved most apps to the SD card from the app manager.
Then, I restarted - and all the apps i moved to to the sd card have disappeared. A few seconds later they came back in the application folder - but they did not come back to the desktop.
I tried again - put them on the desktop and in folders - then restarted. The same thing has happened: they disappeared from the desktop.
Initially they were not in the app folder either - but then they appeared a few seconds later.
It seems like lollipop has difficulty seeing if there are a large number of apps on the SD card and therefore removes them all from the desktop?
This is a major issue as I never experienced such a thing with Kitkat...
Any thoughts?
I had this same issue and solved it. It is an SD card formatting issue.
My suddenly root-less Shield's apps couldn't write into my SD card and some icons kept disappearing from the home screens. I dug into the first issue (since Lollipop reportedly removes Kitkat's limitation in that aspect), and it seems all you need to do is format your card (in a PC) in NFTS. Cards come in exFAT by defect and formatting them in android uses that format as well, and for some reason apps in Lollipop can't write in an exFAT card. Formatting in NFTS not only allowed my file explorer to write onto the SD card, but it stopped the icons disappearing from my home screen as well.
Hope this helps!
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I had this same issue and solved it. It is an SD card formatting issue.
My suddenly root-less Shield's apps couldn't write into my SD card and some icons kept disappearing from the home screens. I dug into the first issue (since Lollipop reportedly removes Kitkat's limitation in that aspect), and it seems all you need to do is format your card (in a PC) in NFTS. Cards come in exFAT by defect and formatting them in android uses that format as well, and for some reason apps in Lollipop can't write in an exFAT card. Formatting in NFTS not only allowed my file explorer to write onto the SD card, but it stopped the icons disappearing from my home screen as well.
Hope this helps!
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Thank you for the help. I am able to write to the SD card (Formatted in the tablet).
The issue I think is a timing issue:
Lollipop boots up - before it loads the long list of apps from the SD card.
So immediately, during boot, those apps I moved to the SD card are not visible, therefore their icons are removed from the desktop or folders.
Then, a few seconds later the SD card read completes and the apps become visible in the apps folder. However, by that time the icons on the desktop are already drawn, so the apps are not on the desktop (or dock) any more.
Very frustrating. I will try to use an alternative launcher now - hoping that that will work better ...
If it does not, I will try moving the apps back to main memory to see at how many apps do I start getting the problem. (If I had only 5-10 apps on SD card, this problem did not existed. I experienced it only when I moved 20+ apps to SD)
Either way: this is not normal...
If you formatted in the tablet you're still in exFAT. I had the same delay you speak of, but it's gone now with my card in NFTS. Never had an icon disappear ever since I reformatted, I even tried just now to make sure and everything works like a charm. I think you should give it a try, even if it is to discard possible sources of error.
Anyways, good luck!
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If you formatted in the tablet you're still in exFAT. I had the same delay you speak of, but it's gone now with my card in NFTS. Never had an icon disappear ever since I reformatted, I even tried just now to make sure and everything works like a charm. I think you should give it a try, even if it is to discard possible sources of error.
Anyways, good luck!
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I see what you mean - makes sense. Will copy all data from microsd to my PC - reformat and recopy. Lets see how that changes things.
Thank you
Gadgetguy2005 said:
I see what you mean - makes sense. Will copy all data from microsd to my PC - reformat and recopy. Lets see how that changes things.
Thank you
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Update: formatted card to NTFS. Results are exactly the same. The apps on the microSD take about 10 seconds to show up (I have about 50 apps on the microsd...).
So that did not solve the problem.
I will set up nova launcher now. Lets see if that helps to solve this (not a real solution - but could be a good work around)
Gadgetguy I think your tablet did not update correctly, becuase after updating to lollipop I have 0 issues, no lag, wifi is much better - getting 2-3 bars where previously getting only 1 and no issues related to sd card (i am on the same formatting when i took my card out of the box)... Or maybe there is a problem with build and results of upgrade vary from tablet to tablet and i am one of the lucky ones
Goodluck, hope you find your solutions soon
What is your SDcard ? Brand ? Model? NTFS ? Cluster Size ?
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What is your SDcard ? Brand ? Model? NTFS ? Cluster Size ?
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ADATA Premier Micro SDXC UHS-1 U1 CLASS10 64GB Memory Card - formatted NTFS, default cluster size (dont remember what I used - will check).
If default it is 4kb. Try with the max : 64kb.
For reference, mine is a SamsungSDXC Pro UHS-I 64GB
Mine is Samsung Grade 1 Class 10 64GB Evo Micro SDXC Memory Card, Fat32 - for reference too
Unresolved Issue
First, since when is NTFS the preferred format for Android??
Second, this same issue has been unresolved and persistent on the Google Now launcher for a long time, research it. All these format and speed questions are grabbing at straws. The issue is REAL and nobody is owning up to it. Google never has and now Nvidia will not with their launcher either. The new Nvidia launcher looks and acts just like the Google now launcher in form, function and this bug.
Nova Launcher does not have this issue and I was forced to switch to it even though I hate the overhead.
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If default it is 4kb. Try with the max : 64kb.
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Is this necessary/recommended? I just reformatted mine with the default and I haven't copied anything over yet, so if this is better in any way, I'd like to go ahead and reformat now.
Yes it is, you have to be closest to the best setting. 128kb is default out of factory, so go with 64kb the closest you can do with NTFS.
Varmer said:
I had this same issue and solved it. It is an SD card formatting issue.
My suddenly root-less Shield's apps couldn't write into my SD card and some icons kept disappearing from the home screens. I dug into the first issue (since Lollipop reportedly removes Kitkat's limitation in that aspect), and it seems all you need to do is format your card (in a PC) in NFTS. Cards come in exFAT by defect and formatting them in android uses that format as well, and for some reason apps in Lollipop can't write in an exFAT card. Formatting in NFTS not only allowed my file explorer to write onto the SD card, but it stopped the icons disappearing from my home screen as well.
Hope this helps!
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Worked here, thank you
DavidSchrader said:
First, since when is NTFS the preferred format for Android??
Second, this same issue has been unresolved and persistent on the Google Now launcher for a long time, research it. All these format and speed questions are grabbing at straws. The issue is REAL and nobody is owning up to it. Google never has and now Nvidia will not with their launcher either. The new Nvidia launcher looks and acts just like the Google now launcher in form, function and this bug.
Nova Launcher does not have this issue and I was forced to switch to it even though I hate the overhead.
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Thank you David : you are probably right. I may have had the same on kitkat, but since there I never used the factory (google or nvidia) launcher I did not run into issues.
On lollipop I wanted to avoid to use a third party launcher - hence the problems.
I use now Nova launcher - and it works. (And formatting to NTFS did not help - it had zero results)
My SD card (Sandisk 64Gb) is formatted to NTFS apps disappearing
I am having the same app disapearances. most of my apps have been moved to my NTFS SD card. I can't format it to FAT32 as my Shield tablet won't recognize it. Under storage it just states to insert SD card and mount it. rather than displaying the stats on the SD card (space used, space free) so my card HAS to be NTFS as of today I am having disappearing apps and they don't appear after a few mins and sometimes I have to reboot my tablet up to 10 times before they show up! this is beyond annoying! what is the point of being able to store apps on external storage when the apps disappear like that?!
I'm on 5.1, having reboot "Android is Optimizing", and stalled loading of apps after boot from NTFS formatted 64 gig class 10 Samsung memory card, along with USB OTG not working. Has anyone came across a solution for any of these?
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I'm on 5.1, having reboot "Android is Optimizing", and stalled loading of apps after boot from NTFS formatted 64 gig class 10 Samsung memory card, along with USB OTG not working. Has anyone came across a solution for any of these?
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I wrote a tutorial on how to get rid of the optimizing notice, plus a ton of other improvements for ota 3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3118187
When you use sd card as an adoptable storage, (galaxy s7) even when i wanna change my sim card, would removing the tray cause a serious system problems? Or is there a workaround. I wanna use adoptable storage to have some more space to install apps but this question in my mind prevents me from doing it.
Can anybody enlighten me with experiences?
Should you format adoptable?
Generally it's a bad idea which lots of manufacturers don't support, and for good reasons. For starters, you'll no longer be able to remove the SD card from the device. This is because Android will store system files onto it. Also, SD cards can only have data written to them a limited number of times. After they expire, your phone will not function properly. SD cards also perform much slower when formatted internally, and it can often cause apps to perform poorly and lag. Some apps won't even work at all, and any other device will not be able to use the SD card without formatting it itself.
Proceed at your own risk.