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[Q] SD Card Issues

I have a 32GB SD card (18GB currently available) installed in my Atrix 2, and periodically run into issues where the phone thinks it's full. A specific example - I periodically receive error messages from Swiftkey 3 stating it's unable to download language packs. The message will occasionally repeat itself (unknown interval). The only thing I have found to fix this (and other issues where I'm told there isn't enough storage space) is to unmount and remount the SD card.
Does anyone know what might be causing this issue or have recommendations on how I can fix it? I really appreciate any help you can provide.

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I have a 32GB SD card (18GB currently available) installed in my Atrix 2, and periodically run into issues where the phone thinks it's full. A specific example - I periodically receive error messages from Swiftkey 3 stating it's unable to download language packs. The message will occasionally repeat itself (unknown interval). The only thing I have found to fix this (and other issues where I'm told there isn't enough storage space) is to unmount and remount the SD card.
Does anyone know what might be causing this issue or have recommendations on how I can fix it? I really appreciate any help you can provide.
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What class sdcard are you using? There have been noted issues with sdcards that are higher in class than say, class 6-10. I am running a class 4 32GB card. No issues at all to report with this class sdcard. Some users are able to run higher class sdcards with their phones, while others are not. You could have some corrupted data on your sdcard that is causing the problem as well...
Reference threads to this issue:
Bugs found in Atrix 2
Known working SD Cards
Sd card error

[email protected] said:
I have a 32GB SD card (18GB currently available) installed in my Atrix 2, and periodically run into issues where the phone thinks it's full. A specific example - I periodically receive error messages from Swiftkey 3 stating it's unable to download language packs. The message will occasionally repeat itself (unknown interval). The only thing I have found to fix this (and other issues where I'm told there isn't enough storage space) is to unmount and remount the SD card.
Does anyone know what might be causing this issue or have recommendations on how I can fix it? I really appreciate any help you can provide.
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I have a class 4 8GB card and i too have that issue..
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My SD card is class 10. What would you recommend to get rid of a potentially corrupted file? I don't want to lose everything on the card. If I back up the files I want to keep on my PC & format the card, will the system reinstall any files it needs? Or will I have to reflash the ROM?
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My SD card is class 10. What would you recommend to get rid of a potentially corrupted file? I don't want to lose everything on the card. If I back up the files I want to keep on my PC & format the card, will the system reinstall any files it needs? Or will I have to reflash the ROM?
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That class 10 card is likely the culprit. You might try a lower class 4 card or so and see if the problem persists. As for backing up your sdcard's files to your computer, just plug in your USB cable and select "USB Mass Storage" mode. This will allow you to open folder to view files, where you can copy over everything from the sdcard to the computer. Then, you can do as I mentioned by (unplugging first from computer) unmounting your sdcard and format it from within the phone. If you reboot after wiping all contents on sdcard, there is nothing to worry about, as the device will create any needed file folders upon rebooting.
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To avoid errors use class 4 memory card and if the problem still persist perform a full format of your memory card.

new SD card: now error: Application not installed on your phone"

Just moved from a 8 GB to a 32GB card. And cannot use it...
First I unmounted the old SD card on the phone, and put in the new, unformatted 32GB. I then choose to format it in the phone. Its a Galaxy S GT-9003i with firmware I9003XXKPN v2.3.5
It formated fine. Then I unmounted the new card, plonked in the old card and connected the phone in USB mode to the Macbook. I also connected the newly formatted SD card via a card reader, and it promptly showed up, with the correct free space (although there was a directory on it already called LOST.DIR)
I then copied all apps from the phones 8GB SD to the 32GB card, using the laptop (drag and drop). This also went fine and without a glitch. I then shut down the phone, swapped out the SD cards and booted the phone on again. As expected, it went to do the usual Scanning USB memory. It completed. The space appears to be taken up, but all apps that are on that USB are inaccesible. Their icons grey Androids with a small SD logo in the bottom right corner.
All other apps (the ones on the phone) work fine. The SD card can be used to copy files to on the computer and to take pictures...
Phone is not rooted.
PLease help, if you have a solution to this...
Many tHanks

oranabana said:
Just moved from a 8 GB to a 32GB card. And cannot use it...
First I unmounted the old SD card on the phone, and put in the new, unformatted 32GB. I then choose to format it in the phone. Its a Galaxy S GT-9003i with firmware I9003XXKPN v2.3.5
It formated fine. Then I unmounted the new card, plonked in the old card and connected the phone in USB mode to the Macbook. I also connected the newly formatted SD card via a card reader, and it promptly showed up, with the correct free space (although there was a directory on it already called LOST.DIR)
I then copied all apps from the phones 8GB SD to the 32GB card, using the laptop (drag and drop). This also went fine and without a glitch. I then shut down the phone, swapped out the SD cards and booted the phone on again. As expected, it went to do the usual Scanning USB memory. It completed. The space appears to be taken up, but all apps that are on that USB are inaccesible. Their icons grey Androids with a small SD logo in the bottom right corner.
All other apps (the ones on the phone) work fine. The SD card can be used to copy files to on the computer and to take pictures...
Phone is not rooted.
PLease help, if you have a solution to this...
Many tHanks
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Have you tried rebooting your phone? If it still does not work, try to unmount your SD Card via settings and then wait for it to successfully unmount and then mount again
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Application not installed on your phone
saywhatt said:
Have you tried rebooting your phone? If it still does not work, try to unmount your SD Card via settings and then wait for it to successfully unmount and then mount again
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Thanks, yes tried this one. No luck.... Its a Samsung mirco SD card (Model: MB-MSBGA) class 10
Anyone else..!?

Did u done app2sd in ur phone with the 8 gig 1
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No not much.
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ah ha
So, I cannot even find the app2sd app under My Apps on the Google Play store... weird. Its also not listing under Manage Applications. Would this really be the cause of the problem!?
Anyone else have any ideas, why the phone cannot load the apps copied from the other SD card...!?!

First of all u have to move all apps from the old sd card to the phone. Or while inserting ur new sd, the apps you moved to your old sd will not work
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Mebin Robin said:
First of all u have to move all apps from the old sd card to the phone. Or while inserting ur new sd, the apps you moved to your old sd will not work
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Thanks, but I canot make sense of this. Firstly all apps on the old SD card will never fit onto the phone (8GB, vs 2GB space), and secondly elsewhere online they always talk about copying files to the new card and then inserting that instead of the old one....
mmmh...!? Whilst I apprecite your post - its not working for me

When apps are moved to the SD card, it isn't entirely moved to the SD card. Only part of it is, that's why when installing apps the space for apps still decreases. Therefore you should use titanium backup or similar backup programs to move the applications.

bscraze said:
Therefore you should use titanium backup or similar backup programs to move the applications.
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Thanks,I had a look at titanium backup, but it requires root access (my phone has not been rooted). I really dont think one should need to root their phone to move from a small to a larger SD card without having to re-install all apps from scratch...!?

oranabana said:
Thanks,I had a look at titanium backup, but it requires root access (my phone has not been rooted). I really dont think one should need to root their phone to move from a small to a larger SD card without having to re-install all apps from scratch...!?
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Without root you will not be able to backup data(AFAIK)

bscraze said:
...Therefore you should use titanium backup or similar backup programs to move the applications.
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OK, so I rooted the phone and used Titanium Backup. It created a backup file on the phone memory. I thought, voila, I am good then, popped in the new SD card, formatted it, and did the restore from Titanium Backup... but:
still getting a lot of greyed out files in the application folder and on the home screens... I really cannot believe all this work is needed to swap out SD cards from a smaller to larger capacity! what a pain in the •••

I have the same problem on my new samsung 32gb 10 class micro sd card and still searching for the solution. If anyone have a solution, please, share it for us. Thanks!

martynas393 said:
I have the same problem on my new samsung 32gb 10 class micro sd card and still searching for the solution. If anyone have a solution, please, share it for us. Thanks!
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I have the same problem to, just backed up my old 16gb card to my pc, installed and formatted a new 32gb card in my S4 and copied the data back over and all the apps that are on the sd card are showing up grey.

Ok, after a quick google, i've found that making a clone of the card and then copying the clone to the new card works
you can use HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool to do this (you'll have to google it as I don't have enough posts to post external links)

heathen666 said:
Ok, after a quick google, i've found that making a clone of the card and then copying the clone to the new card works
you can use HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool to do this (you'll have to google it as I don't have enough posts to post external links)
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Thanks! Yeah that works perfectly! (Apparently there are some "secure" folders in the SD card that start with a period, and the contents do not get copied at all. Those hold the apps and data.) However after using HDD-Raw-Copy it will create an exact replica of the smaller SD card on the larger one and the larger one will appear to be small too, so you must resize your partition or you won't gain anything, your new card will be exactly the same as the old one! You can use MiniTool Partition Wizard home edition which is free to do this: partitionwizard.com :good:

I had the same problem but I was able to fix without extra software. Took old card out of my phone and installed both externally via flash readers to my pc and copied files from one to the other. View hidden files is turned on just in case any hidden items is also copied. This work great for me all apps are accessible now. Hope this helpped

Here is the step-by-step solution: http://www.tomsguide.com/forum/id-2545604/move-data-card-samsung-galaxy.html
There are two ways described to do it successfully:
METHOD 1 uses the xcopy (or xcopy32) command in a Cmd Prompt windown on Windows. The /h switch used on the command allows the hidden and system files to be copied!
METHOD 2 uses a straight copy from old SD card to the new SD card (or from old SD card to folder on computer, then from folder on computer to new SD card) using the simple drag and drop on Windows. BUT YOU MUST HAVE WINDOWS EXPLORER CONFIGURED TO SHOW SYSTEM AND HIDDEN FILES!
Just to be clear, the solution to the problem is trivial. You are simply copying ALL the files from one SD card to another. There is absolutely no reason that copying ALL files from one SD card, including the complete file structure, to another SD card should not work. Your phone can't tell that you switched SD cards. It only knows the files and file structure it can see on the SD card and if they are EXACTLY the same as they were before the switch, your phone should work exactly like it did before the switch except now it will see more free storage space on your larger SD card (which was probably your goal in the first place) AND your phone may possibly even run faster by accessing the data much faster if your new SD card is a faster class of storage media.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO ROOT YOUR PHONE OR INSTALL ALL KINDS OF CRAZY APPS ON YOUR PHONE OR SOFTWARE ON YOUR COMPUTER TO DO THIS!!!
BUT, the key is that YOU MUST ALSO COPY ALL THE HIDDEN FILES and there are lots of them on Android! Everytime I hear of someone having a problem with switchinging to a new SD card, it is because they did NOT copy the hidden files OR their SD card was not properly formatted (FAT32) for the phone.
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[Q] 64GB SD Card on Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2

Use 64GB sd card(Fat32)to store photos and video, but it crushed once i plugged into the device. Photos not preview and video showing FILE CAN'T BE PLAYED. Is anyone experience this? I understand the KitKat is not writable on the SD card, but i'm not sure is storage not available as well. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!

Try to reformat the card via your PC, fat32 and try again. If that doesn't work, try to reformat in EXfat
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HELP!!! 64SD(fat32)or(exfat) on Galaxy Note Pro 12.2
dodo99x said:
Try to reformat the card via your PC, fat32 and try again. If that doesn't work, try to reformat in EXfat
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Try everything I have done, no luck. is this mean my SD card is not working or what. I know some people can use up to 128G.
P.S. SD card shows mounted to the device properly and working fine in my other device.

yakinikuta said:
Use 64GB sd card(Fat32)to store photos and video, but it crushed once i plugged into the device. Photos not preview and video showing FILE CAN'T BE PLAYED. Is anyone experience this? I understand the KitKat is not writable on the SD card, but i'm not sure is storage not available as well. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!
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I'm not say that this is going to, or still is an issue, however, in MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE and from what i have read 6-10 months ago or more (maybe they have solved this issue by now i don't know) every time i formated an SD card Via PC it was horrible and the format destroyed the MicroSD card for use with any android device and then even my computer and they where all BRAND NEW. I think it has something to do with the formatting process of the SD cards and the phone because my 32GB cant be recognized anymore by any device but i can format it all day long on my PC and my androids will not see it... I even tried to format it BACK to what android uses to format the cards on ADB and NOTHING ever worked again. MY SUGGESTION IF YOUR USING IT FOR YOUR PHONE DON'T FORMAT YOUR CARD VIA PC. Flash memory is also has a write life. UNLIKE A HDD that you can erase and move files around constantly the more you erase and move files on your SD card the quicker you are going to see the integrity of your card degrade because FLASH Memory can not handle the constant moving and erasing over and over again. so if you want to ave the life of your flash memory and don't want it tos burn out because i guarantee it will, just be mindful of how many times you move and erase. just a tip. if im wrong someone correct me. good luck!

Try to reformat it on the tablet, not the PC. (Settings --> Storage --> Format MicroSD)

[Q] unusual ext sd problem

Hi. I am a new member. I have a Galaxy Note 2 16gb. I upgraded to kit Kat 4.4 and have had a real problems since. I have a 64gb sandisk external SDXC card and can not add, delete or modify the contents in any way either on the device, connected to laptop windows 7 by USB or by putting the card in the laptop. All existing info is readable only. I researched and rooted my phone successfully. I then followed instructions to add the media rw line in write external storage in permissions which was successfully changed. Still no ability to add or modify files on the external card. Specifically, if I delete a file or folder on the ext card it shows as deleted, but after a reboot the file is returned. The same if I add a file to the card, either by transfer on the phone using "My Files" or EX3 File Explorer or by connecting to my laptop, the added file shows up on the ext card and can be opened but disappears after rebooting. I can't find any explanations on the net and am looking for any 128gb help or suggestions. Incidentally I have the same problem with my unrooted Note 10.1 2014 Ed on kit Kat 4.4. Many thanks for any assistance.
Hermieonthego

It's probably the card is not compatible.

Hermieonthego said:
Hi. I am a new member. I have a Galaxy Note 2 16gb. I upgraded to kit Kat 4.4 and have had a real problems since. I have a 64gb sandisk external SDXC card and can not add, delete or modify the contents in any way either on the device, connected to laptop windows 7 by USB or by putting the card in the laptop. All existing info is readable only. I researched and rooted my phone successfully. I then followed instructions to add the media rw line in write external storage in permissions which was successfully changed. Still no ability to add or modify files on the external card. Specifically, if I delete a file or folder on the ext card it shows as deleted, but after a reboot the file is returned. The same if I add a file to the card, either by transfer on the phone using "My Files" or EX3 File Explorer or by connecting to my laptop, the added file shows up on the ext card and can be opened but disappears after rebooting. I can't find any explanations on the net and am looking for any 128gb help or suggestions. Incidentally I have the same problem with my unrooted Note 10.1 2014 Ed on kit Kat 4.4. Many thanks for any assistance.
Hermieonthego
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Thanks, but the card worked fine before 4.4.

I am having the same problem on my ASUS me176cx. I have tried to follow every post I can find, but nothing has worked. SDfix, editing the platform.xml file, and tried to confirm folder permissions everywhere I could find. I don't know what else to try and it is starting to get to me. If someone would help me to figure out how to fix this, I would be eternally grateful.
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[Q] Dropbox cannot export to SD card

Hi,
Despite its claims, Dropbox will not display my External SD card when I chosoe Export->Save to device.
Yes, I've gone into the Settings and checked "Display Advanced Devices"
I've also made sure my SD card is mounted and writeable. The My Files application is able to move a file from Dropbox to my SD card and the Music player can play music from it too so I know that A)The card is working and B)My device can see and use the card correctly
The problem is inside Dropbox itself but their technical support people are just making me jump through hoops, sending them screenshot after screenshot of other applications saving to the SD card i.e. they think there's something wrong with the device, not their software.
Has anyone else had similar trouble?
Could someone who has managed to get this working take a look at their external SD card contents and see if they have an folder on there for Dropbox anywhere?
Cheers - Brad

By writable, do you mean "The card isn't locked" or "I've rooted and disabled the KitKat external storage security measures"?
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I mean the card isn't locked. I know there are Android security measures that restrict things but DropBox say that they can write to an external SD card, presumably in their own allotted area. No rooting should be necessary.

netizensmith said:
I mean the card isn't locked. I know there are Android security measures that restrict things but DropBox say that they can write to an external SD card, presumably in their own allotted area. No rooting should be necessary.
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That used to be the case in the first few months, yes. However recent updates to Android made that impossible. Quickpic, ES and VLC run into te same issues. I'm on an older firmware version and they work in exactly that manner, but those on a newer update have found that it no longer works.

That's incorrect.
I just downloaded Smart File Manager and used it to copy a document from internal storage to my sd card. I did this 1 minute ago so it definitely works on the latest android OS version for Note Pro 12.2
When you copy you can only copy to a specific location on the SD card:
/storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.smartwho.SmartFileManager/files
Any attempt to copy to any other location on the SD card will fail but the folder above is "owned" by Smart File Manager so it is allowed to copy there. Dropbox would have its own location on the SD card too but on my SD card there is no folder that looks like it's owned by DropBox. I suspect that is why it is failing.