I transferred the SD card from my phone to the Shield and I have a couple of installers/APKs in there that I wanted to install. So I downloaded ES File Explorer, navigated to Storage/sdcard1/path/to/apks and when trying to install, I get a parsing error message. I can only install the apk if I copy it to internal storage. How do I get it to install from the sd card?
georaldc said:
I transferred the SD card from my phone to the Shield and I have a couple of installers/APKs in there that I wanted to install. So I downloaded ES File Explorer, navigated to Storage/sdcard1/path/to/apks and when trying to install, I get a parsing error message. I can only install the apk if I copy it to internal storage. How do I get it to install from the sd card?
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I've no clue why you weren't able to do it.
But i was able to do it without any hassle.
I've few APk's for Benchmarks, MXPlayer(Free version) & some test applications which i keep swapping using my SD Card.
I was able to browse them through ES File explorer & Install flawlessly.
Are you doing this for the Games ?
Most games(off late), need the respective libraries to be present. example: /media/obb
georaldc said:
I transferred the SD card from my phone to the Shield and I have a couple of installers/APKs in there that I wanted to install. So I downloaded ES File Explorer, navigated to Storage/sdcard1/path/to/apks and when trying to install, I get a parsing error message. I can only install the apk if I copy it to internal storage. How do I get it to install from the sd card?
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Same here, after/right before the latest update.
I'll probably try reformatting the sd card again. Mine went straight from my s3 to the Shield but really don't think that would have mattered since its still just a fat32 formatted sd card so its kind of weird for it to act like that inside the Shield.
georaldc said:
I transferred the SD card from my phone to the Shield and I have a couple of installers/APKs in there that I wanted to install. So I downloaded ES File Explorer, navigated to Storage/sdcard1/path/to/apks and when trying to install, I get a parsing error message. I can only install the apk if I copy it to internal storage. How do I get it to install from the sd card?
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Well i have the same problem i cant install apks using my external storage(microsd 64 gb) any solutions to this problem?
To clarify i clicked origin resource in the developers mode,even enable it i cant install apks from my nvidia shield
Parsing error fix!
2 solutions
1.) first make sure you format the SDcard with the device.
2.) if that doesnt work or can't simply use your pc or file explorer to copy the apk to devices internal memory this resolved my issues with Nvidia shield and Samsung note 2
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Lately I've been having problems with installing apk files from my sd card. I connect my HTC Desire Z to the pc, copy the apk file to my sd card, disconnect my phone properly from the pc, go into my sd card using es file explorer, locate the apk file i just copied, try to install it but it says Parse error: There is a problem parsing the package.
what the hell do i do??
Sounds like your microSD card is about to go out. Copy the contents to your pc, then do a full reformat of the card and put the stuff back. That might help temporarily but if it really is about to die you'll need a new one at some point obviously.
I did a full reformat of my sd card last night, put everything back in to the card an then today it just effed up again
Have you tried the Easy Installer ap from the Market? It's free. It helps when you install apk from SD card. There is also a possibility that the apk you downloaded was corrupted. Try downloading it from a different site.
Hope this help.
i tried that, at first i put in 1 app and opened it using the app u insisted, but then when i put in other apps, nothing worked as in they werent even there listed
I recently bought a 16GB card for my G2X, and I started downloading more of my music directly to the phone. The problem is, I can't seem to figure out how to move my music to the External SD. I tried to use Astro, but when I selected the Amazon MP3 folder and tried to copy it to the External SD, I got a move error.
Now that I look further, I can't seem to do SQUAT with the external SD. I see it listed in SD and phone storage, but I can't move anything to it with Apps2SD or with the native GB app manager. Am I just missing something?
Are you rooted? If so, try using a Root File Explorer, such as SUFBS or Root Explorer.
I am not. Do I really need to root to use that external SD slot?
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I am not. Do I really need to root to use that external SD slot?
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No, but I just figured, you'd be able to have SU Access, hence, more permissions in Android to move files.
Just try a different file manager from the market. I always had trouble with Astro when moving files to the external sdcard. Anttek File Explorer and Super Manager are two good ones and they're both free.
First thing you do is unmount you external sd card in the sd card settings of the phone and then take it out right away after it says unmounte dof corse then reinstall it and wait till it is done scanning it then see if that works. If not then I would try a different card one that you know works in something else and also try that on in a different device like your pc and see if it workes there this way you can determin if the card is broken or if the phone slot is brokem and if the phone seems to be broken I would try a factory reset.
Thanks, Phburks, I tried Super Manager and that seems to be moving it just fine!
Ok so I am having an issue getting files to my phone to update my ROM and Kernel. The USB gives the errors like should be expected. It will not let me mass storage to get any files on there.
My browser is also giving me issues and when I try to download anything from online it goes right to "Download Unsuccessful."
I have Google Drive and installed it and tried using it but when downloading from there it downloads not onto the SD card.
I also tried to use DropBox but when downloading it says "Storage full or unavailable"
I can view EVERYTHING on my SD card perfectly fine using Astro but I am unable to delete, cut, copy, paste or edit anything on the SD Card.
What do I need to do?
Really trying to avoid another wipe if at all possible.
I suffered this issue too.....Check your memory card firstly whether u can write on it and it is not corrupted if not then u have done a bad flash......
Download Astro File Manager from the Play Store, go into the Preferences, and touch the enable browser downloads box.
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Sometimes it pays to have a microSD card reader. If you have a laptop, check the sides and see if it has a reader built in.
It kinda sounds like your sdcard is stuck on read-only... Try mounting your sdcard through USB from recovery maybe? That's all I can think of if you can't delete/write while booted.
Also, if you can mount sdcard and read files off of it, try copying all files off and into a backup folder, format sdcard, restore files.
Hope some of this helps. I really do recommend you buy a standalone MicroSD card reader. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA12K0958408 <<< $4 and free shipping, should work fine.
I have a stand alone microSD card reader. And i can get my computer to read the files perfectly fine. I can view them and everything. But I cannot move them off of the memory card or add/delete files on the memory card.
I'm using ES File Manager to copy files from my computer to a new Note PRO. I can copy files to the internal storage but I can't copy to the external SD. Also, I cannot use ES File Manager to move files from internal storage to the SD. I can use the stock file manager to move files between internal and SD. So the questions are:
1) Can ES File Manager be made to copy files to the SD card?
2) If not, then can the stock file manager access Windows devices to copy files from the computer to the SD?
Likely the Kitkat SD write permission issue. See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2681357
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Likely the Kitkat SD write permission issue. See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2681357
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Yep, that looks like it. Thank you. I'm not ready to root yet to solve the issue. I was not able to tell if this is a bug or by design. It's pretty limiting.
Still trying to figure out if the built-in file manager can be used to copy from a Windows computer to the SD card.
If you connect your tablet to your windows PC you should be able to access internal and external sdcard. They will show up as separate drives. If they don't, install Kies 3 then connect your tablet again.
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If you connect your tablet to your windows PC you should be able to access internal and external sdcard. They will show up as separate drives. If they don't, install Kies 3 then connect your tablet again.
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I was hoping to get this done using wi-fi just for the convenience. It is something I did with previous devices. It always surprised when a basic feature goes away.
If you have an FTP server installed on your PC, My Files app can pull your files that way, then save them to external sdcard
ES File Explorer implemented the workaround within the first few days of KitKat's release. I've been using it to move files in all directions to and from my MicroSD on my Note 3, S5 and NotePro for months without issue. The main thing that doesn't work is renaming.
However, the WiFi transfer to MicroSD has been blocked by Google for security reasons after a series of WiFi-related file security problems. No file manager is capable of this without Root. Same as how you can no longer download files off the internet directly onto the MicroSD.
It's much faster to just pull out the MicroSD and plug it into a PC, anyway. The transfer protocols on Android are a nightmare.
I went to Wal-Mart and picked up a 64GB SD card. I just purchased the tablet yesterday and rooted it using towelroot but that's all I've done. I put the SD card in and it's recognized and showing the correct available space. I'm able to create a file using ESFile explorer but I can't do anything with it. I tried a couple torrent clients to download files to the SD card and it keeps saying unable to write to folder or that it's write protected. When in file explorer I can create a file and under properties it does show it's able to be written to. I also have downloaded and tried the kitkat SD card fix app. I've gotten pretty frustrated with it so just did a complete factory reset and going to start from scratch. I was able to move apps to SD card using an app but that's all I could do. I'd really like to put any/all downloaded apps and files on the SD card since I only have a 16GB version.
Any ideas what I can do?
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I went to Wal-Mart and picked up a 64GB SD card. I just purchased the tablet yesterday and rooted it using towelroot but that's all I've done. I put the SD card in and it's recognized and showing the correct available space. I'm able to create a file using ESFile explorer but I can't do anything with it. I tried a couple torrent clients to download files to the SD card and it keeps saying unable to write to folder or that it's write protected. When in file explorer I can create a file and under properties it does show it's able to be written to. I also have downloaded and tried the kitkat SD card fix app. I've gotten pretty frustrated with it so just did a complete factory reset and going to start from scratch. I was able to move apps to SD card using an app but that's all I could do. I'd really like to put any/all downloaded apps and files on the SD card since I only have a 16GB version.
Any ideas what I can do?
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Well just an update after doing a factory reset everything seems to work now, of course i get to download everything again. I think it might have had something to do with the OTA update. After doing the factory reset it kept the update. Now I can freely move to and from the SD card so all is good.
FYI, since you are rooted I would suggest installing the Xposed Framework and then install the "HandleExternalStorage" module, the KitKat update cripples external SD card access so file managers, emulators, and the like can no longer write to the SD card. Installing this module re-enables external SD card read/write access for all applications, it is not the device. There is also an app on the Play Store call 'SDFix: KitKat Writable MicroSD' which accomplishes the same thing, however the Xposed module is much safer as it can be enabled and disabled at will. Simply install the module, enable it, and that's it.