I'm trying to move ~30GB (videos, pics, music, other files) from the internal storage to my computer and file copying is very slow over USB 2.0. So slow that it even aborts itself. Any fix for this?
tweeklulz said:
I'm trying to move ~30GB (videos, pics, music, other files) from the internal storage to my computer and file copying is very slow over USB 2.0. So slow that it even aborts itself. Any fix for this?
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I believe what you are encountering is the I/O issue which has been mentioned in some other threads. Most likely a hardware limitation of the internal storage used in infinity.
I don't think there is a fix for this. Maybe copy over in smaller sections?
That's exactly what I did, and it worked. PITA though. Do you know if the external SD ports suffer from the same I/O problem?
tweeklulz said:
That's exactly what I did, and it worked. PITA though. Do you know if the external SD ports suffer from the same I/O problem?
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Don't know whether it affects the SD ports. Will have to give it a try. Am going to buy a Sandisk 64gb ultra micro sd and will move whatever I can onto it. Will have to see if there is any improvement.
Have you tried yourself and if so have you seen any improvement in I/O speeds?
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I've got some interesting issues with my sandisk 2G mini-sd card...
When saving camera photos directly to SD, I consistently get file sizes of 0b. When trying to open these files I get, of course, failures.
At first, I thought my sd is bad... However, I can copy picture files taken with the same program from the internal memory into the sd card and view them without problems both on the phone and using external readers. So it seems the sd is not bad after all.
Any thoughts? I have no idea how to approach this further... in additional directions or tests anyone?
Thanks!
mikorely said:
I've got some interesting issues with my sandisk 2G mini-sd card...
When saving camera photos directly to SD, I consistently get file sizes of 0b. When trying to open these files I get, of course, failures.
At first, I thought my sd is bad... However, I can copy picture files taken with the same program from the internal memory into the sd card and view them without problems both on the phone and using external readers. So it seems the sd is not bad after all.
Any thoughts? I have no idea how to approach this further... in additional directions or tests anyone?
Thanks!
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have you tried to format the SD card with an external reader? i have a 1GB sandisk with no problems at all...
also try to copy from the pc to the SD in the phone a big file (30-40 MB) ,i have read that there are some issues with the mini-SDs and you can identify these issues if you cannot copy big files in the mini-SD from the computer...
The internal memory in the G2x is treated as an SD card in many apps (because it's mounted on stock at /mnt/sdcard). This can pose a problem with applications that store lots of data. Users have large external micro SD cards for this purpose, but many applications just blindly choose to install to /mnt/sdcard. The user has no option of saving to the external card.
Has anyone figured out a way to 'fool' applications into thinking the "External SD" card is actually at /mnt/sdcard?
As an example, if each file system supported symlinks, the amazon mp3 player app could be fooled by:
ln -s /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD/amazonmp3 /mnt/sdcard/amazonmp3
Of course, this won't work when working with SD cards, as they use FAT partitioning which does not support symlinks.
Anyone mess with this and have a 'suggested' way to 'fool' apps into using the external SD card for more storage?
Edit: I have tried swapping mount locations of the two cards in /etc/vold.fstab. This worked, kinda. USB storage mode just hangs when enabled and the computer sees a drive it can't read (and asks you to format it).
Ive been trying to figure out a solution for this since I got my G2x, cause I just have too many gameloft games LOL
Came up w/ the same syslink idea but FAT doesnt support such a simple idea. We can link between an EXT and FAT, but not FAT to FAT, it seems.
This probably requires edits to the kernel init files for a true solution
The vold method would work if there were edits to the kernel, so you had half the solution. Ran into the same mounting bug. Wonder if one if those dual mount apps would work. hmmm
Cm7 fixes this.
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r4d14n7 said:
Cm7 fixes this.
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I noticed this when I ran CM7 for a while. If I remember correctly, it mounts the internal to /mnt/emmc and external to /mnt/sdcard.
Unfortunately, there are a few issues that CM7 has that prevent me from keeping it as my daily driver OS (bluetooth issues, worse camera app, slow to no GPS locking, G2/3/4 data does not enable after wifi disconnect, and a few more). As it matures it could become the solution for me.
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zimphishmonger said:
Ive been trying to figure out a solution for this since I got my G2x, cause I just have too many gameloft games LOL
Came up w/ the same syslink idea but FAT doesnt support such a simple idea. We can link between an EXT and FAT, but not FAT to FAT, it seems.
This probably requires edits to the kernel init files for a true solution
The vold method would work if there were edits to the kernel, so you had half the solution. Ran into the same mounting bug. Wonder if one if those dual mount apps would work. hmmm
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Thanks for the info. At least I now know there is not a simple solution that was escaping me
Why not, then, just reformat the microSD card to a file system that supports symlinks? Backup your data off it first, of course lol.
Can you do that? Will it still be treated as an internal SD card then (for example, able to be accessed via USB on my computer)?
I did some reading about partitioning both the external and internal SD cards to ext3/4, but people didn't seem to have a "flawless" experience. This wasn't specific to the G2x however.
AustinPowersISU said:
I noticed this when I ran CM7 for a while. If I remember correctly, it mounts the internal to /mnt/emmc and external to /mnt/sdcard.
Unfortunately, there are a few issues that CM7 has that prevent me from keeping it as my daily driver OS (bluetooth issues, worse camera app, slow to no GPS locking, G2/3/4 data does not enable after wifi disconnect, and a few more). As it matures it could become the solution for me.
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I'll be more specific. There was a fix for CM7 users to reverse the roles of internal and external storage somewhere in the monster CM7 threads. You could try this fix in reverse to the ROM of your choice. Just search the CM7 thread for information on how to swap internal for external. May or may not work.
r4d14n7 said:
I'll be more specific. There was a fix for CM7 users to reverse the roles of internal and external storage somewhere in the monster CM7 threads. You could try this fix in reverse to the ROM of your choice. Just search the CM7 thread for information on how to swap internal for external. May or may not work.
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Thanks,
I decided that the lack of being able to do this on stock was enough to go to CM7 again. The issues I described before are less annoying (to me) than not being able to save stuff to my external SD. Plus CM7 will always be getting updated as well.
Thanks for the help everyone.
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phburks said:
Why not, then, just reformat the microSD card to a file system that supports symlinks? Backup your data off it first, of course lol.
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Cause I still mount to a Win7 machine sometimes
zimphishmonger said:
Cause I still mount to a Win7 machine sometimes
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I used to use this with XP.
http://www.fs-driver.org/index.html
Haven't tried it with Windows 7. Maybe I'll do that tonight lol. There are some other standalone utilities for windows 7 that let you access ext2/3 file systems but I like this one because it lets windows access them as native file systems so you can access them through windows explorer, etc.
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Can you do that? Will it still be treated as an internal SD card then (for example, able to be accessed via USB on my computer)?
I did some reading about partitioning both the external and internal SD cards to ext3/4, but people didn't seem to have a "flawless" experience. This wasn't specific to the G2x however.
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I'll do some experimenting around. Not really sure.
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This is my first tablet so please forgive these dumb questions. I've been spoiled for years with CM# on my phones so I'm having a hard time adapting.
Is there a way to force apps to use the MicroSD card when saving? Example: In Dolphin HD, you can set your download directory. It defaults to "/mnt/sdcard" which is internal memory. I want to change it to "/Removable/MicroSD" but it keeps telling me that path is not available and to pick another. I googled a bit but all they tell me to do is save to internal then copy to external. I know I'm going to get tired of that really soon...
Some apps allow me to save to the external card. I set K-9 to download attachments to the card and it took the path but when I actually save an attachment, it says it's successful but I can't find the attachment in either internal and external memory. And yes, I did confirm I typed in the right path.
Any suggestions?
TIA
I don't know if this is the issue, but ASUS has decided to mount the external memory cards under a directory in the root directory ("/Removable/microSD" and "/Removable/SD"). Have you rooted your TF700? Most other systems I've used (the SGS2 primarily,and the LG O2x) had the external cards mounted under /mnt/sdcard/(_)External_SD, or under "mnt/emmc" as is the case under CM#. It might drop down to not having write access to these directories (although that'd be strange and never encountered efore on my devices, at least)...
EDIT: under Opera, for example, I can save an embedded image on XDA on the external microSD and I can find it with Total Commander (and open it with QuickPic).Still, I'm rooted.
MartyHulskemper said:
I don't know if this is the issue, but ASUS has decided to mount the external memory cards under a directory in the root directory ("/Removable/microSD" and "/Removable/SD"). Have you rooted your TF700? Most other systems I've used (the SGS2 primarily,and the LG O2x) had the external cards mounted under /mnt/sdcard/(_)External_SD, or under "mnt/emmc" as is the case under CM#. It might drop down to not having write access to these directories (although that'd be strange and never encountered efore on my devices, at least)...
EDIT: under Opera, for example, I can save an embedded image on XDA on the external microSD and I can find it with Total Commander (and open it with QuickPic).Still, I'm rooted.
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Thank you for the reply. I haven't rooted yet but plan to do so this weekend. I'll see if that makes any difference.
as for reading from the card, yes, I can confirm that I can do the same - anything I put on the external card, my apps can read from it. I just can't seem to make apps write to that card, only internal.
Thanks!
asoong said:
Thank you for the reply. I haven't rooted yet but plan to do so this weekend. I'll see if that makes any difference.
as for reading from the card, yes, I can confirm that I can do the same - anything I put on the external card, my apps can read from it. I just can't seem to make apps write to that card, only internal.
Thanks!
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You're welcome. Indeed, I meant that I can save an online image using my browser of choice onto the external memory. That's what seems to be the bottleneck in your case.
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You're welcome. Indeed, I meant that I can save an online image using my browser of choice onto the external memory. That's what seems to be the bottleneck in your case.
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Thanks for the explanation. Yes, I can confirm Opera works as advertised. Seems to be the only browser that can.
Stock and FF do not allow custom download directories
Dolphin HD didn't accept paths to external memory (and won't allow downloads larger than 2GB )
Chrome didn't allow downloads at all :crying:
Thanks again!
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i'm using wifi file transfer pro to transfer files from/to my pc. i store my movies and other larger files on the external sd card (sandisk ultra 32GB uhs-1) because of I/O lag.
but after transferring some larger amount of data the external sd card is not accessible anymore until i reinsert it. i was able to copy one 300MB file, the other 300MB file was cut off at about 200MB. sometimes it's possible to transfer larger amounts of data, sometimes no problem at all.
the file system browsers on the tablet still show the files with correct size and let me browse through the directories, but i can't access any files anymore until the sd card is removed.
anyone else having this weird issue? no idea if it's the app or something else, but such file transfers shouldn't kill the sdcard.
What filesystem are you using on this card? Hopefully not NTFS?
no, i'm using fat32 as linux is my main OS and ntfs is always a pain there i guess i have to try to reproduce it again with logcat running.
Might be some problems with uhs-1 support, as it seems to work well for some under the .26 firmware and somewhat worse for others. In fact, logcat might be useful (although I'm not sure if I should say "good luck with reproducing it" ;>)
Hi, I have been trying to transfer some bluray isos to my tablet and either they wont finish transferring or vlc wont play them when they do. I had success transerring one iso with Wondershare Mobile go but it put the file in a hard to find folder and vlc wouldnt play it. I have an sd card coming tomorrow. I have read some post on here about the issue but the last one was dated March of last year. I know many people disagree with what I'm trying to do but I get bullheaded and dont give up that easy. Would stickmount work? Cyanogenmod or another ROM? I havent rooted yet but would be opposed to it. Ive read some post that say that its not a problem anymore. Any thoughts , ideas or comments would be appreciated.
rufusmcd said:
Hi, I have been trying to transfer some bluray isos to my tablet and either they wont finish transferring or vlc wont play them when they do. I had success transerring one iso with Wondershare Mobile go but it put the file in a hard to find folder and vlc wouldnt play it. I have an sd card coming tomorrow. I have read some post on here about the issue but the last one was dated March of last year. I know many people disagree with what I'm trying to do but I get bullheaded and dont give up that easy. Would stickmount work? Cyanogenmod or another ROM? I havent rooted yet but would be opposed to it. Ive read some post that say that its not a problem anymore. Any thoughts , ideas or comments would be appreciated.
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If your sdcard is formatted to FAT32 then you can't put files over 4GB on it. Could this be the problem?
kickassdave said:
If your sdcard is formatted to FAT32 then you can't put files over 4GB on it. Could this be the problem?[/QUOT
I'm not sure how its formatted. Its a brand new shield tablet. My external sd card hasnt come yet. I read though that the 4gb limit shouldnt be a problem on android devices.
I did transfer a 4.29gb file that played.
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rufusmcd said:
kickassdave said:
If your sdcard is formatted to FAT32 then you can't put files over 4GB on it. Could this be the problem?[/QUOT
I'm not sure how its formatted. Its a brand new shield tablet. My external sd card hasnt come yet. I read though that the 4gb limit shouldnt be a problem on android devices.
I did transfer a 4.29gb file that played.
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Your SD card is most likely FAT or FAT32 which has a 4GB limit.
Some but not all android kernels support exFAT which has a much larger file limit, this would be the preferred way I would fix it. I formatted my card in my device to find out .
Some kernels also support NTFS which avoids the FAT32 limit but can lead to unintended behaviour - eg. apps will not be able to work out the correct amount of free space left.
Failing another solution the least desirable way to fix this (other than transcoding) is split the video into 4GB parts.
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The shield tablet can read SD cards formatted NTFS. That should at least allow the large file to be transferred. I'm a little surprised the system partition on a linux-based tablet uses case-insensitive FAT formatting.