So I bought a generic Android phone and almost everything is in place. The phone seems to have a problem recognizing some media files, I've tried formatting the SD card, no luck. I've also tried to convert them in different formats, only some additional ones show up. I've also tried to change the location of the files, but again only 1 or 2 more are recognized.
I don't think it's the Micro SD's problem, I already checked it on my computer and the files are intact. My tablet is also recognizing all the media files properly.
Does anyone know why this happens?
Solution?
System Information:
Android 4.3
Mtk6515
Thanks
EDIT: I'm also not able to see folders inside folders except the android system's.
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Can you tell us what android device you use? Try be specific please
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I was just wondering how one would make a RAW dump of a SD card and then later write back, Like a ISO from a disc for example.
The reason is because I want to backup my HD2 Android card but there is various files I can not seem to find/access via windows, Ive set all folder options to show hidden/system files etc but still cant, so wanted to dump the entire SD card so I can try another build of android out as one of my 8GB cards is for windows other currently has the EvoLeo rom on which is working well but the only other card I have over 1GB doesn't work when trying to boot android.
If you have linux, you can simply use the 'dd' command. It makes a perfect byte-for-byte copy that can later be restored.
If you've got root and bash installed, dd is available on your phone as well. So, if you've got it connected to a network share, you can do it all from the phone as well.
If none of the above works for you, I beleive that Windows allows creating backups of removable storage.
Im just a windows user bud.
Ive tried through windows but not sure how to make a backup of removable media, I guess im aksing what program can do this?
Hmm, try connecting the card to the PC and right click on it in my Computer. A backup option should be either there or somewhere under properties.
(It's been a while since I've used Windows)
Hi all, i do have big problem with my 4GB SD Card in Vodafone 845 (Androind 2.1) which won't mount correctly in WinXP SP3. New drive letter is assigned to SD Card, but when i try to access this new drive i always get message "Drive not found!". Approx. 1 week ago this procedure was working fine, and i was able to access new drive without any problems, but now this is not working for unknown reason. I tried to remove and reinsert SD Card, but it didn't help. SD Card is 100% fine, i can access data on it through phone itself - wallpapers, music etc. I thought that maybe USB cable is damaged, but it's not. I can access all data which are located in phone memory without any problem through this cable in Windows. Then i thought PC Suite app which was provided with this phone became corrupt so i reinstalled this app including phone drivers, but this didn't help. I tried to search for newer drivers for this phone, but i didn't find any. In device managers all devices are and were correctly installed - no unknown devices asking for drivers. So then i decided to do fresh install of Windows XP with hope that this will solve problem, but situation is same and it didn't help at all. I tried to install "automount" app from market, but it didn't help at all. I'm playing with these for long hours now, but still no working solutions. Can somebody help me to solve this issue?
The only thing I see is that you have tried everything BUT you have not tried formatting the card yet. Yes I know you are going to lose everything on it but that is the price we pay some of the time. Format the card and if it still doesn't work, let us know.
Thanks for advice!
Sorry for late reply, i was lying in the bed with flu. I reformatted SDCard and flashed new custom Mr.Edition 1.8 ROM. It's working fine now, i'm able to mount sdcard properly in Window XP now. Seems there was something wrong with SDCard, like if some installed app amended something in SDCard parameters, so WinXP was not able to recognize and mount it. Do you think is it possible?
Sorry for this thread, Ive managed to get it working now
Ok actually Im still having a problem with this, so heres the story
Figured I'd try here for some help here, I have a Bell SGS Vibrant, got tired of waiting for Froyo so I tried a stable build (think its stable ) anyways everything is great overall except now I cant use my external SD card, it says that its write protected, I know that sometimes cards can do that, but I had an idea and was wondering if anyone here could tell me if I was on the right path
I noticed I had a LOST.DIR and .android_secure folders now on my external SD card, from what Ive read its for Mac I believe.... anyways, I noticed the extensions and was wondering if that was the problem, for example looking at my internal SD card its in /mnt/internal_sd/sd directory, so now looking at my external SD its /mnt/internal_sd/external_sd, is that how it should be layed out? I was wondering if I was having problems due to the external SD card being in the internal SD card directory
Model number GT-I9000
Version 2.2
Baseband version I9000XXJP2
Kernel version 2.6.32.9 [email protected] #1
Build number GT-I9000-eng 2.2 MASTER 332 test-keys.332
Just noticed something new when I try to connect the phone in mass storage mode it still says write protected, but when I have it in Kies mode, Windows has it show up as a phone and I can add or delete files that way
From what I know the Lost.dir folder is for files that get corrupted during transfer. At least on the broken flash I have all incomplete transfers go there.
Also its normal that when viewing the contents of your phone through a file explorer on your device that the external SD is in the /sdcard/external_sd/ folder
Now to your problem...have you tried formatting your card?
GH057257 said:
From what I know the Lost.dir folder is for files that get corrupted during transfer. At least on the broken flash I have all incomplete transfers go there.
Also its normal that when viewing the contents of your phone through a file explorer on your device that the external SD is in the /sdcard/external_sd/ folder
Now to your problem...have you tried formatting your card?
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Ok so I was on the wrong track then, thanks for the info I appreciate it
Ya I only brought up the LOST.DIR cuz I hadnt seen it before in the file system
I have tried formatting it but Win7 is a POS when it comes to formatting it always fails (plus dunno if a FAT format will work properly with Android?), perhaps Ill try it on my Ubuntu laptop and see if I can do it that way, I dont think its a card issue as I have tried another card with the same result, then again its not like 2 cards cant be corrupted
Ill post back here after trying that
Tried formatting it didnt solve the problem, also tried another card that I know isnt corrupted since it works on my wifes BlackBerry, its the same thing, so this is an OS issue
Done lots of Googling but have come up empty
Anyone have any ideas?
Hi,
for a few days im not able to write anything to my sdcard (SanDisk 8GB). Im sure its not permission related (read only mode..). My computer (linux) can read flawlessly, just like my phone (Moto Milestone/TheFroyoMod 2.4c). But when i copy files to the sdcard and plug it back in, the new written data is lost. Same for my phone. I can take photos but the files cant be stored on the sdcard. I already tried to format the sdcard with GParted but it wont let me do ANY changes. Even if i format it to another FS, when i plug it back in, its still FAT 32 with all the data still on it. Windows wont let me format it at all.
Does anyone have a similar issue and manged to solve it?
ty!
Is it an old card, been used a lot? It may not be the case, but it sounds like nand that has run out of write cycles.
well ive been using it for 6 months now. Just regular usage.
It sounds like you've tried everything available to you. I'd recommend copying the contents of the SD card onto your PC for safe keeping and try to source another card.
Got about 27GB of mp3 files on my Windows 10 Laptop. Attempted to copy mp3 files off Windows 10 Laptop to my S8 and here are some of the things I experienced....
1. I attempted to copy all my music, which include folders and files. Wouldn't copy all the music/files.
2. Tried to copy again and it doesn't even try to copy the files.
3. Some of the folders and files just disappeared.
4. I tried the process several times and it just seem broken
Anyways, just wondering how to do this, or what I am missing.
The laptop is updated and drivers too, and my S8 Active is running Oreo fwiw.
TY
jkeener88 said:
Got about 27GB of mp3 files on my Windows 10 Laptop. Attempted to copy mp3 files off Windows 10 Laptop to my S8 and here are some of the things I experienced....
1. I attempted to copy all my music, which include folders and files. Wouldn't copy all the music/files.
2. Tried to copy again and it doesn't even try to copy the files.
3. Some of the folders and files just disappeared.
4. I tried the process several times and it just seem broken
Anyways, just wondering how to do this, or what I am missing.
The laptop is updated and drivers too, and my S8 Active is running Oreo fwiw.
TY
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Maybe your phone needs more memory? I would've done it folder by folder see if it pops up on the phone
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Maybe your phone needs more memory? I would've done it folder by folder see if it pops up on the phone
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I have over 30GB on my phone, and over 100GB free on my 256GB Samsung SD Card (new and fast). Tried both.
jkeener88 said:
I have over 30GB on my phone, and over 100GB free on my 256GB Samsung SD Card (new and fast). Tried both.
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Check to see if you are using USB 3.0 ports They cause a lot of issues with file transfer and odin flashed
USB 2.0 ports are recommended
I set USB debugging in the Developer Options and things are working better. Had no idea about that one.