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SD card's structure.

HI.
Just one question about how to install in the microSD card.
Once i've installed the TomTom provided with the device, how do i go on with new files and folders. I mean, if i want to take my .mp3 files, .divx or even new software to install, should i create new folders for every topic: inside a MUSIC folder --> all my music; if i want to install a new program, i should create a PROGRAM FILES folder and inside all the software i need; the same with video files --> a VIDEO folder.
Is it the way to do or how do you organize all the files in the SD card?
If so did, will the TomTom have any kind of problem when finding the maps if everything is in the same card?

I haven't paid attention to the structure and everything is working well. Don't have that much stuff on card..so if you plan to put lots of files there, I think you should follow the same principals that you have when working with normal pc.

Thank you for your reply mlehtola.
i'll try to keep the SD as tidy as possible with a PC's structure, as you said.

[Q] Android SD Navigation - How does this thing work?

My SD (the one on the Android, not the SD Card, why the hell did they name it SD?!) is full of junk. In fact, it comes with a load of junk by default.
How do I:
1. Get Android to not pull videos, pictures, and music from games? My gallery, video player, doubletwist, etc is full of stuff like that.
2. Know what I can delete and what I can't? I'd like to clean this place up.
3. How do I find stuff? I mean, is it up to me to make "Music" "Pictures" "Videos" folders for my own sake, and Android just looks everywhere and grabs it?
4. How do I go to my SD Card? In fact, I am 100% sure my SD card has two auto-assigned folders on it and nothing else. I have no idea how to access it or put things on it, and I am also sure my phone does not care that it exists. Obviously my phone's SD has plenty of memory on it, but I don't know why there is even a SD card slot. I was thinking of copying some files onto my SD card to put onto my friend's Android phone, but I am also positive I'd have no idea how to perform what should be a basic task.
So, help me out. What am I doing? And, what apps would I need for question four, or just file browsing apps in general.

I'm confused about what this topic is about.
All the words that would describe what he is talking about are replaced with junk and stuff.
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edit: The captivate assigns the internal sd card as SD:
Delete the "junk"

thehyecircus said:
My SD (the one on the Android, not the SD Card, why the hell did they name it SD?!) is full of junk. In fact, it comes with a load of junk by default.
How do I:
1. Get Android to not pull videos, pictures, and music from games? My gallery, video player, doubletwist, etc is full of stuff like that.
2. Know what I can delete and what I can't? I'd like to clean this place up.
3. How do I find stuff? I mean, is it up to me to make "Music" "Pictures" "Videos" folders for my own sake, and Android just looks everywhere and grabs it?
4. How do I go to my SD Card? In fact, I am 100% sure my SD card has two auto-assigned folders on it and nothing else. I have no idea how to access it or put things on it, and I am also sure my phone does not care that it exists. Obviously my phone's SD has plenty of memory on it, but I don't know why there is even a SD card slot. I was thinking of copying some files onto my SD card to put onto my friend's Android phone, but I am also positive I'd have no idea how to perform what should be a basic task.
So, help me out. What am I doing? And, what apps would I need for question four, or just file browsing apps in general.
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A search would have answered your questions. your SD card memory is the phones main programs memory. IT is where alot of your apps store the data. You can use many apps to as a file explorer it even comes with one. Its called My Files. I use Root Explorer which allows to access Root files and make changes to them. The sd card slot is for....wait for it.......More memory. As for it not seeing the files. there are a few music apps that let you set the folders it scans. Power Amp is the best at the moment IMHO. You can also put a file in the folders that you dont want scanned named no media, (with root explorer you can copy one of these files from the root folders if you can make one.)

with pre existing folders (for apps and such)
create a "new file" in it named " .nomedia " with the . (preriod)
this can be done with root explorer or in windows. create blank text document rename to .nomedia with NO .txt then copy and move to folders.
nothing in that folder or sub folder will be included in media scans
or if it is a personal folder you are creating name it starting with a . (period)
and ya internal SD gets messy. Use external for your files to keep organized!

Wouldn't my SD card (even if it is SDHC) be slower? DoubleTwist is already inexcusably slow with my files on the SD itself, what would it be like on the external?
And yes, I know what the SD is, I was just asking why it was named that.

Bumping this because I am curious about any speed differences, and because I would like my SD Card to matter.

[Q] Files dissapearing from micro SD

i try to transfer all my music onto my micro sd to listen to it on my eee pad but once i transfer the files over and put the sd card back in my eee pad the files seem to have deleted themselves ??

Not sure if this also applies to the Transformer but with my G-Tablet you have to put a .nomedia file in the SDCARD root directory to keep the OS from deleting the media files.

how do I make such a file?

icow said:
how do I make such a file?
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You can do it in notepad but I use notepad++ as notepad sometimes saves it as a .txt file without you knowing. Just open a new file and save it as ".nomedia" without the quotes obviously. Make sure it doesn't save as a .txt file and don't put anything in the file. Copy this file over to the root of your internal memory and SDCARD. I also put it in each of my "Movies" and "Music" folders just in case. Hope this helps!

I'm not sure the media scanner bug is to blame here (and therefore the .nomedia fix would be possibly useless). Though I have had the problem on my g-tablet, I have music files on my TF that I put there by putting my microSD into my computer, copying the files and then re-inserting it into my TF. I have rebooted my TF many times since then, and all of my music files are still there and still playable within the HC music app and others.
The issue with the g-tablet is/was a bug in the media scanner and is only present in some ROMs (not the stock one or most anything based heavily on stock), and no one seemed to know quite why it happens or how to fix it. The files would only disappear when the media scanner would run, and a lot of folks indicated that they could literally watch the files get deleted as it scanned. The solution was to place a file named ".nomedia" inside the folders where the media resides -- this causes the media scanner to skip those folders (also making the stock apps like your music app, not see those files automatically, forcing you to play them from within a file manager app of some sort).
OP, have you tried copying anything other than music files to your microSD? Do those also not show up?

Also make sure you properly eject the SD card before removing it from your PC.

Okay so I tried the .nomedia trick and iut didn't work but strangely only half of my music is getting deleted ,it is all on there when I check on computer but then i safely remove it and when I put it back in my transformer only half is left weird?
Its not full by the way 32gb card 11gb of music

I have a feeling that File Manager HD is screwing with files on my microSD. Are any of you running it?

Im running into the same issue on my g-tab, going to switch to stock see if i have the same issue. Been trying to get my music files on for the past 4 days with no success, they just keep getting deleted.

I had the same problem but it seems to be working well now. I wasn't ejecting the SD card before removing it from my PC. Make sure that you right click on the sd card from your computer, and go to eject. I haven't had any other problems after that.

coldheater said:
I had the same problem but it seems to be working well now. I wasn't ejecting the SD card before removing it from my PC. Make sure that you right click on the sd card from your computer, and go to eject. I haven't had any other problems after that.
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wil try it tomorow but if its a no go then illjust send the sd card back

[Q] external SD card questions

i'm new to android so please bear with me.
i have a 32GB SD class 4 in my phone. it's been formatted so all it has is the lost.dir (i'm on a mac)
since there are no folders there - how do i gets apps to use it? where do i put music and other files? i have podcasts and other stuff i'd like to drag over but i'm not understanding how the different apps would see it.
i can move some apps to SD card but i think it just moves them to the internal SD card.
it seems that there are 2 SD cards in the phone but no way to differentiate between the 2.
also it sometimes takes forever for the gx2 to recognize the card, its kind of annoying. is having a class 10 better for this?

I use filemanager from the market and it recognizes my external as........"_externalSD" also allows me to transfer files between the two.

ecpht said:
i'm new to android so please bear with me.
i have a 32GB SD class 4 in my phone. it's been formatted so all it has is the lost.dir (i'm on a mac)
since there are no folders there - how do i gets apps to use it? where do i put music and other files? i have podcasts and other stuff i'd like to drag over but i'm not understanding how the different apps would see it.
i can move some apps to SD card but i think it just moves them to the internal SD card.
it seems that there are 2 SD cards in the phone but no way to differentiate between the 2.
also it sometimes takes forever for the gx2 to recognize the card, its kind of annoying. is having a class 10 better for this?
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When you have your phone plugged in pull down the alert bar on the top of the screen and press the "USB Connection" option. It should ask you if you want to turn USB mode on and have a picture of an Android. This will allow you to mount your internal and external sd as if they were regular flash sticks. You can then copy whatever you want to them. I also like to use drop box in combination with Astro for moving things to and from the cloud.

ecpht said:
i'm new to android so please bear with me.
i have a 32GB SD class 4 in my phone. it's been formatted so all it has is the lost.dir (i'm on a mac)
since there are no folders there - how do i gets apps to use it? where do i put music and other files? i have podcasts and other stuff i'd like to drag over but i'm not understanding how the different apps would see it.
i can move some apps to SD card but i think it just moves them to the internal SD card.
it seems that there are 2 SD cards in the phone but no way to differentiate between the 2.
also it sometimes takes forever for the gx2 to recognize the card, its kind of annoying. is having a class 10 better for this?
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1. G2x has the internal sd card partitioned into 2 parts (1 for OS & apps & other for storage & apps).
2. Sd card's class does help but it is not something important until you're running a high def video.
3. Use any file explorer app (File expert etc) for copying files from Internal SD Card to External SD Card.
4. Most of the app's setting menu gives you an option to physically select the storage destination folder i.e. external sd card.
Hope I helped.
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so say i have podcasts and other files on my computer i want to copy to the 32GB SD card - do i just make folders on the card and copy the files over from my computer?

ecpht said:
so say i have podcasts and other files on my computer i want to copy to the 32GB SD card - do i just make folders on the card and copy the files over from my computer?
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Yes, just simply copy the entire FOLDER of the particular file to your External SD Card & if in future, if u download something directly from your phone then simply just copy/paste it from your using any file manager app.
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so i have the phone connected to the computer and I see 2 No Name disks. That's fine. I put a folder called music at the root level of the 32GB card. Now I find that folder in File Expert and I go to play something and it says that file isn't supported. I tried Google Music and Doubletwist. Just mp3's from a CD. are there certain settings for android i need to know about? and do i need to go to File Expert to play this music everytime? Or should I be going through doubletwist on my mac and using it like itunes?
thanks you any help, i'm pretty clueless with this aspect of android right now, trying to catch up.

also both SD cards randomly unmount themselves. is there a reason for this or a way to prevent this?

ecpht said:
so i have the phone connected to the computer and I see 2 No Name disks. That's fine. I put a folder called music at the root level of the 32GB card. Now I find that folder in File Expert and I go to play something and it says that file isn't supported. I tried Google Music and Doubletwist. Just mp3's from a CD. are there certain settings for android i need to know about? and do i need to go to File Expert to play this music everytime? Or should I be going through doubletwist on my mac and using it like itunes?
thanks you any help, i'm pretty clueless with this aspect of android right now, trying to catch up.
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Ok. After reading your problems, here are my suggestions:
1) Copy your 32 GB SD Card files on your computer.
2) Format your 32 GB card. Replace all files back in it.
3) Stop worrying about putting certain files (pics, music) in a root folder. Simply just put any files OR folders inside the Sd card.
4) When it comes to File sharing, think of Android in the same category as Windows.
I hope I helped.
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What is this SD Card Good for Anyway?

I recently bought a Class 10 Sandisk SD Card to increase my storage on my skyrocket.
Initially I thought I would use it to store all my music and free up space on the device. What I am finding is that my PC Music Players (WMP, MusicMonkey) just dont seem able to synch to the external SD Card. They synch no problem to my device, but I get constant errors and freeze ups when trying to synch to the external SD Card. So it doesnt seem useful for music storage.
Then I saw that its very hard to store apps to the device, and I think I need special apps that let me save and run apps from there.
So what good is having the SD Card? Does anyone have suggestions of other ways I can make use of this to better manage the internal storage space on my phone?

lirong said:
I recently bought a Class 10 Sandisk SD Card to increase my storage on my skyrocket.
Initially I thought I would use it to store all my music and free up space on the device. What I am finding is that my PC Music Players (WMP, MusicMonkey) just dont seem able to synch to the external SD Card. They synch no problem to my device, but I get constant errors and freeze ups when trying to synch to the external SD Card. So it doesnt seem useful for music storage.
Then I saw that its very hard to store apps to the device, and I think I need special apps that let me save and run apps from there.
So what good is having the SD Card? Does anyone have suggestions of other ways I can make use of this to better manage the internal storage space on my phone?
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There are lots of other apps you could use instead. Me personally I never use any music player syncing, I copy the music manually in explorer.

lingowistico said:
There are lots of other apps you could use instead. Me personally I never use any music player syncing, I copy the music manually in explorer.
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+1
Even started using Beyond Compare (or any folder comparison tool) to have a better view of what's already on my phone
I have too much music for my external sd card capacity

lingowistico said:
There are lots of other apps you could use instead. Me personally I never use any music player syncing, I copy the music manually in explorer.
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A number of people have mentioned that. What I dont understand is the following: when I use the player to synch, it will automatically figure out which are the new songs in the library and synch them.
When you do a manual copy and paste, unless I keep track of whats new and what needs to be copied, how do I make sure to only copy the new songs instead of having duplicates of everything or having to re-copy the entire library each time? Is there some setting that only copies new files or something like that?

lirong said:
When you do a manual copy and paste, unless I keep track of whats new and what needs to be copied, how do I make sure to only copy the new songs instead of having duplicates of everything or having to re-copy the entire library each time? Is there some setting that only copies new files or something like that?
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It should give you a message that says something like "SongXYZ.mp3 already exists; Do you want to Overwrite, Keep Both, Discard" when you try to paste in a file that already exists.

lingowistico said:
There are lots of other apps you could use instead. Me personally I never use any music player syncing, I copy the music manually in explorer.
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mrfeuss said:
It should give you a message that says something like "SongXYZ.mp3 already exists; Do you want to Overwrite, Keep Both, Discard" when you try to paste in a file that already exists.
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Right but is there any way to set that as a default on a batch of 700 songs, of which only 10 may be new? Obviously cant click on that one at a time.
Sorry I know this is basic stuff, but appreciate the guidance...

lirong said:
Right but is there any way to set that as a default on a batch of 700 songs, of which only 10 may be new? Obviously cant click on that one at a time.
Sorry I know this is basic stuff, but appreciate the guidance...
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If you're doing it from a Windows computer it'll say something like "Do this for the next xx conflicts" I think.