My Transformer infinity is now on Android 4.2.1 I created a second account and can't access any of the cards: Micro SD on tablet or SD or any USB device on the keyboard. No problem with the primary account...all can be accessed.
Is this a 4.2.1 bug, or am I missing something? Nothing obvious to me in the account setup.
Darrell S said:
My Transformer infinity is now on Android 4.2.1 I created a second account and can't access any of the cards: Micro SD on tablet or SD or any USB device on the keyboard. No problem with the primary account...all can be accessed.
Is this a 4.2.1 bug, or am I missing something? Nothing obvious to me in the account setup.
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It's a security feature that Asus have implemented. If you read the release notes on their website they talk about only the first user being allowed to access the micro SD for security purposes....
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Thanks guys, I hope someone knows how to fix this.
When I connect my Asus EEE Pad Transformer to my PC(Windows 7) via the USB cable, I can see on the PC a new device named "Computer\Transformer TF101\Device Storage" which is my built-in 16 GB, but there is no device for the Micro SD card - it is actually visible in the EEE Pad (at /Removable/MicroSD) and works pretty normally within the Pad.
How do I transfer my files to the MicroSD from the PC then?
I don't want to take out the card and use a card reader, btw.
smallercat said:
Thanks guys, I hope someone knows how to fix this.
When I connect my Asus EEE Pad Transformer to my PC(Windows 7) via the USB cable, I can see on the PC a new device named "Computer\Transformer TF101\Device Storage" which is my built-in 16 GB, but there is no device for the Micro SD card - it is actually visible in the EEE Pad (at /Removable/MicroSD) and works pretty normally within the Pad.
How do I transfer my files to the MicroSD from the PC then?
I don't want to take out the card and use a card reader, btw.
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I would like a response to this as well.
Just for curiosity... you don't see any folder named similar to "sdcard" inside the visible 16gb directory?
Go to:
http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_TF101/
Download tab and then pick your OS and then download PC sync software?
dark_aura said:
I would like a response to this as well.
Just for curiosity... you don't see any folder named similar to "sdcard" inside the visible 16gb directory?
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It happened once or twice that I found a folder named 'MicroSD' in the 16gb directory - it is indeed the MicroSD card, but now it is gone and I have no idea why.
smallercat said:
It happened once or twice that I found a folder named 'MicroSD' in the 16gb directory - it is indeed the MicroSD card, but now it is gone and I have no idea why.
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That's weird... I am waiting for my Transformer to arrive, btw.
Did you tried a full restart on the tablet and try again?
dotpro said:
Go to:
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Download tab and then pick your OS and then download PC sync software?
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Already tried, no luck.
Thanks anyway.
dark_aura said:
That's weird... I am waiting for my Transformer to arrive, btw.
Did you tried a full restart on the tablet and try again?
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Yes I did. but I havn't tried factory reset yet.
More than connecting transformer to PC by the usb cable, I usually use some app like "Websharing" or "WiFi File Explorer PRO". Sadly there's no way to upload data to the microSD card using one of these apps either
Until now, I've been removing microSD card and putting it in my USB all in one media card reader!
well what you can do is simply copy it to internal and then use the HC filemanager to copy it to your microSD, that's what I do.
seshmaru said:
well what you can do is simply copy it to internal and then use the HC filemanager to copy it to your microSD, that's what I do.
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A good workaround, but quite frankly, these are the sorts of little inexcusable things that companies need to check for before they push out products. Hopefully Asus fixes this very soon in an OTA soon. There's absolutely no reason why the MicroSD shouldn't show up as a separate drive when you connect the device to your computer. (Even my Nook classic does that!)
elmasguapo said:
A good workaround, but quite frankly, these are the sorts of little inexcusable things that companies need to check for before they push out products. Hopefully Asus fixes this very soon in an OTA soon. There's absolutely no reason why the MicroSD shouldn't show up as a separate drive when you connect the device to your computer. (Even my Nook classic does that!)
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Well you can always get a Xoom (which doesn't have microSD support at all).
Pretty sure they figured rather a functioning microSD card slot that can't be accessed by USB than no microSD card slot at all.
I'm sure it'll be fixed in an update.
seshmaru said:
Well you can always get a Xoom (which doesn't have microSD support at all).
Pretty sure they figured rather a functioning microSD card slot that can't be accessed by USB than no microSD card slot at all.
I'm sure it'll be fixed in an update.
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Asus seems to have put together a fantastic device, so I have no desire to choose a Xoom over it. My issue is with the increasingly prevalent over-reliance on OTAs to fix simple things that should have included from the start. (And that comment by no means applies exclusively to Asus.)
True, but when you buy a honeycomb device at this stage you pretty much are always buying on potential, since honeycomb is really new and even google admitted it was rushed to market. With that come the inevitable gripes and snags.
I haven't had any issues accessing the micro sd from my computer. If you have the MTP drivers loaded from asus's website should just show up at the bottom as a "music player" that you click on and shows device.
In the device is all the folders on the internal sd card. One of the folders is MicroSD which is your micro sd card.
I've dumped about 30 gb of stuff on my micro sd without any problems.
lordgodgeneral said:
I haven't had any issues accessing the micro sd from my computer. If you have the MTP drivers loaded from asus's website should just show up at the bottom as a "music player" that you click on and shows device.
In the device is all the folders on the internal sd card. One of the folders is MicroSD which is your micro sd card.
I've dumped about 30 gb of stuff on my micro sd without any problems.
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Quick question, when the "sdcard" folder is inside the visible built-in storage directory, what is the total capacity that your OS shows? It's the built-in storage + SD Card? like 16gb + 32gb = 48gb? or how?
Sd Card
Mine shows up in file manager no problem -
/removable/microsd/
It shows up on my computer -
/device storage/micro sd
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Quick question, when the "sdcard" folder is inside the visible built-in storage directory, what is the total capacity that your OS shows? It's the built-in storage + SD Card? like 16gb + 32gb = 48gb? or how?
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When you hover over the device in my computer, it only shows availablity of the internal storage, and right clicking and hitting properties on the microsd folder does show how much space is taken up on the card, but haven't seen a way to show totaly capacity and how much is left in windows.
Easiest way is just check storage under the settings on the tablet.
just so you guys know, I noticed your PC wont see the microSD card folder if you dont pop it in/out after every time you reboot the tablet.
Pretty sure this is a restriction with Honeycomb. The design was intended for internal storage (hence the dynamic internal flash storage). External is just for media.
Seems the fix needs to come from Android devs and applied to the framework. Would not hold my breath for that, since if you keep up with the Android dev forums, they were not fans of adding external storage in the first place. The OEMs (except Motorola) did their own workarounds just to get stuff working as is. Seems a minor miracle that Asus were able to get the keyboard and its storage functions working.
Guys thank you all for the replies and discussions.
I replaced my MicroSD card today and was surprised to see the new card appeared as 'Computer\Transformer TF101\Device Staroage\MicroSD' in my PC!
Now seems it has something to do with the card itself - no idea what it is though. Both cards worked pretty fine within the Pad btw.
I have a TF101 running Prime 1.1, and a sdcard inserted in it.
I wanted to mount it as a drive via USB to my laptop through a usb cable (like I do on my phone), but I can't find an option for it on Honeycomb to do so. Anyone know how to do this?
Having the same issue. Running Ubuntu 10.04. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA.
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...anyone?
poorace said:
I have a TF101 running Prime 1.1, and a sdcard inserted in it.
I wanted to mount it as a drive via USB to my laptop through a usb cable (like I do on my phone), but I can't find an option for it on Honeycomb to do so. Anyone know how to do this?
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it's already mounted, on device storage there's a folder called microSD, if that doesn't work just pop the microSD card out and pop it back in while plugged in.
poorace said:
I have a TF101 running Prime 1.1, and a sdcard inserted in it.
I wanted to mount it as a drive via USB to my laptop through a usb cable (like I do on my phone), but I can't find an option for it on Honeycomb to do so. Anyone know how to do this?
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To be honest i do not think there is any way to do that yet
Honeycomb does not offer an easy way to include removable storage (which is why the xoom doesnt support sd cards yet officially)
Asus bypassed the Honeycomb issue and mounted the SD card to a directory (Removable Storage)
Since the built in storage is seen as the sdcard by honeycomb that is what is seen by computers
When the next version of honeycomb comes out, they should address this issue
...hopefully
For now i carry one of these bad boys on me while i'm at school (along with my gazillion flash drives )
http://www.amazon.com/elago-Mobile-...FKR8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1304203233&sr=8-3
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To be honest i do not think there is any way to do that yet
Honeycomb does not offer an easy way to include removable storage (which is why the xoom doesnt support sd cards yet officially)
Asus bypassed the Honeycomb issue and mounted the SD card to a directory (Removable Storage)
Since the built in storage is seen as the sdcard by honeycomb that is what is seen by computers
When the next version of honeycomb comes out, they should address this issue
...hopefully
For now i carry one of these bad boys on me while i'm at school (along with my gazillion flash drives )
http://www.amazon.com/elago-Mobile-...FKR8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1304203233&sr=8-3
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That explains it!
SlimDan22 said:
To be honest i do not think there is any way to do that yet
Honeycomb does not offer an easy way to include removable storage (which is why the xoom doesnt support sd cards yet officially)
Asus bypassed the Honeycomb issue and mounted the SD card to a directory (Removable Storage)
Since the built in storage is seen as the sdcard by honeycomb that is what is seen by computers
When the next version of honeycomb comes out, they should address this issue
...hopefully
For now i carry one of these bad boys on me while i'm at school (along with my gazillion flash drives )
http://www.amazon.com/elago-Mobile-...FKR8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1304203233&sr=8-3
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very cool item there. might pick one up myself.
Wait so are you telling me that presently there is no way to access your microSD card from your computer? (without using any extra accessories)
Oops just realized it was mounted in the storage folder**
Had to replug in my Sd card
Deusdies said:
Wait so are you telling me that presently there is no way to access your microSD card from your computer? (without using any extra accessories)
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Seshmaru already posted the solution to this earlier in the thread.
When your Transformer is attached to a Windows PC, the SD card is mounted as a subdirectory under device storage.
Regards,
Dave
Android switched from the USB storage class to MTP from Honeycomb. In order to access MTP storage from non-Windows machines you'll need an MTP driver.
For Mac use Android Filetransfer. For Linux use MTPFS.
Details for both can be found here:
http://droidweb.com/2011/05/moving-files-onto-android-3-0-devices/
MTP sucks, you have to use Windows' default copy and paste and it doesn't give you full acess to all the files (only ones Honeycomb wants you to see), horrible system.
frosty5689 said:
...it doesn't give you full acess to all the files ...
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Agreed. I also dislike the inconsistency between actual files and those displayed via MTP. Fortunately most readers of this forum know how to use ADB push/pull or the file explorer to move internal files to a removable USB storage device.
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I've got 3 USB 2.5" HDs. All are NTFS formatted and SATA internally with external eSATA connectors so to me similar cases. All work fine on my PCs. On the TF 2 work and these 2 have a similar case but the 3rd is not picked.
Just something to be aware of that your case can be an issue
Tablet arrived and ive popped in a class 10 16gb micro SD card.
Music and Photos and ebooks are discovered automatically (which is fine) but some apps dont let me 'find' the SD card. ES explorer shows it as 'Removable' bu things like Polaris office I cant seem to find it ???
Any thoughts ?
I have noticed some problems like this as well.
Also, on my android phones, apps can be "moved to SD" card to preserve internal memory. Can't seem to find that option...maybe a honeycomb thing...not sure.
It is not an official update that enabled the microsd function. It was a workaround Asus put in so that we could use the slot. Until an official honeycomb update addressing this issue is released, it will only function in a basic capacity. Most apps don't recognise it because it doesn't reside in the usual place in the filesystem that a microsd card would be, in other versions of android. So either a developer has to update their app to get around this, or you will have to wait for a honeycomb update.
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It is not an official update that enabled the microsd function. It was a workaround Asus put in so that we could use the slot. Until an official honeycomb update addressing this issue is released, it will only function in a basic capacity. Most apps don't recognise it because it doesn't reside in the usual place in the filesystem that a microsd card would be, in other versions of android. So either a developer has to update their app to get around this, or you will have to wait for a honeycomb update.
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Its not a major issue ... i can copy between the two ... just checking i wasnt overlooking something
Hello, there are several threads on this topic. I am confused. I read that it is a problem with KK. What is this issue anyway? Does that mean if I buy a SCANDISK sdcard and insert into the device (be it 10.1 2014 LTE or PRO 12.2, both under KK), the device cannot write files to it? I
hajime_android said:
Hello, there are several threads on this topic. I am confused. I read that it is a problem with KK. What is this issue anyway? Does that mean if I buy a SCANDISK sdcard and insert into the device (be it 10.1 2014 LTE or PRO 12.2, both under KK), the device cannot write files to it? I
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It depends on the application. I am able to copy music and picture files to it using EXFile Explorer but Aquamail will not save attachments to it.
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Android apps can only write to the specific folder that Android created for that specific app on the SD card.
Google argues that this is more secure because this way rogue apps can only mess up the files in their own directory.
This is annoying because you cannot save a file that was not created by the same app, for example if you inserted an SD card straight from your camera.
However, this highly annoying problem is not a bug, it's a feature. Google was never really a big fan of SD cards, hence the lack of an SD card slot on their hardware. Other manufacturers however implemented SD card slots, forcing Google to deal with this "security problem".
There are apps to fix this, however that requires root a tablet. rooting this tablet is not yet possible without breaking Samsung secure (KNOX) support permanently.
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So, if I don't want to root nor have this problem, I go for the Note 10.1 2014 and use Jelly Beans until Google does something to remove this feature? How likely are they going to do it?
Hi.
I had tablet with android 4 and had not any problem.
I bought a tablet with 4GB usable internal storage and 128GB SD card.
I have about 8GB pdf ebooks. my friend have 20GB ebooks.
when i tried to highlight a text in pdf it message unable because external sd card is locked in lollipop!!!
my books is references and it is a problem for editing every time copy paste between internal and external storages.
also i can not edit pictures files in sd card by photoshop!!
some friends can not install and play many 3D games.
I search by google and see from android 4.4 kitkat google locked external sd card.
I see many people have this problem but google continues this foolish prohibition.
I search for solving this problem in step one must root tablet!!! therefore we must decrease security for solving problem!!!
so i see 3 problem:
1) a giant problem: external sd card locked and apps can not write to files + internal storages almost small spaces 4GB-64GB.
2) for solving problem 1 , we must root android (big security losing)
3) many tablets can not be rooted. for exam i googled and find several site that post text for rooting Galaxy Tab A t285. but none effected and i could not root my device.
Why Google do not solve this problem??????