cutting to the chase, im looking for a way to install my apps data and if possible apk files to a otg micro usb flashdrive (its a flash drive that has a micros usb conection that plugs directly into our phones micro usb port.) So far im able to read and write data to it in the sense that i can browse movie files music ect from the usb drive.
What i want to do is to be able to download a app from playstore and it installs automatically to the otg drive.
I tried foldermount and thats fairly inconvenient in the sense i have to first download file to phones internal storage THEN link it to my otg drive, this process is time consuming and irritating for my purposes.
Ive looked into link2sd but its telling me i dont have a 2nd partiton on my otg flash drive, but ive used eauseus partition manager and did that (made a ext 4 , also tried ext 3, partition as part of the overal 16gb flash drive) and no go.
i know this is possible on a custom rom as i did this with a micro sd card many android phones ago.
quick specs on my device
completed stock rooted and bootloader unlocked
latest busybox and su binaries.
no exposed modules or custom kernel.
8gig x1032 singe sim version
any suggestions be my guest.
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I cannot access my external sd card that's in my gTab from windows via the USB cable. I seem to remember that when I first bought it , I could see both the internal and external storage when I connected the gTab to Windows via USB (when it still had stock ROM). Now I am running rooted VEGAn-TAB-v1.0.0b5.1.1 and when I connect it via USB to windows I can only see the internal storage (I couldn't see it when I tried cyanogenmod either). I can access both brom the gTab just fine and if I take out the ext. sd card, windows reads it just fine.
Any idea why and/or how to access both internal and external storage from windows when gTab is plugged in via USB to windows?
As far as I know you could never access the external sdcard from the computer by usb
I load things from my external SD to internal SD and visa versa using ghost commander. Not a super big deal just one extra step. At this point I almost forgot I had to do that to move files between them and my PC.
i use a app that mounts them both
The way I found to access my external sd card from my computer is to ftp into my gTab using filezilla on my computer and SwiFTP FTP Server (available free from Market) on my gTab. Here is another post that talks about how to access the ext. sd card remotely: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869844
roguey said:
i use a app that mounts them both
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You could share the NAME of the app.
Multi Mount SD-Card Free
I didnt have my tab with me
roguey said:
Multi Mount SD-Card Free
I didnt have my tab with me
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Thanks, I know some other people will want to try this app.
Not a great fit for me as I dislike the delays built into a lot of free apps.
I just plug a USB thumb drive into my PC, download the files onto that then plug it into my tablet and download from the USB drive onto the SDCARD. Easy like pie.
Works the other direction too!!!
I have a faves pad 10.1 model yx10a03, and i'm having trouble with storage.
When I go to settings and storage it says I have total space 0.00, even with an 8gb msd card installed. so I'm thinking the tab has lost all its mount points.
I have tried 6 different micro sd cards as well and none of them seem to be recognized, I get a message " preparing sd card then nothing registers.
What do I do? I can get apps to install , but anything that needs more space like google earth etc fails during install.
Some one help...I can't find a firmware update or a custom rom from anywhere.
Iv'e tried factory data reset, no joy. I need a total system reset but not sure how.
Scott
When you connect to your computer or using something like Astro can you see or navigate to the "external" memory card drive?
If I connect it without a Micro sd card inserted I get nothing.
But if I connect the pad to my P.C via usb cable with a Micro sd card in it, it registers as external 8gb drive which I can send files to etc.
If I use astro, it sees that the sd card as a mount but nothing inside. Also doesn't show any size or storage available.
I could do with rooting method and put a custom rom on it but can't find anything about it.
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If I connect it without a Micro sd card inserted I get nothing.
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Phone/Tablet inits the device but it's OS (drivers?) can't read the format.
But if I connect the pad to my P.C via usb cable with a Micro sd card in it, it registers as external 8gb drive which I can send files to etc.
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PC recognized the mounted initialized device and can R/W to the (fat32?) format.
If I use astro, it sees that the sd card as a mount but nothing inside. Also doesn't show any size or storage available.
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Astro (AFAIK) ques the device's I/O system for file spec and info. It (again AFAIK) just sends commands through the Tablet's OS. Kinda like running LS might in IRIX or some other unix.
I could do with rooting method and put a custom rom on it but can't find anything about it.
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I have no idea and I'm a total n00b but... I wonder if the Tablet uses a proprietary/virtual FS on the SD card instead of the direct embedded card driver?
Is there anything in the instructions about formatting the card? Did you try to format the card in the tablet yet?
So this would be like when I format an SD card on my Mac... It can no longer be read by any other device until it's re-formatted by a non-mac device... But if mounted by said external device acting as a "card-reader" then the connected Mac can perform I/O normally. Only in this case your tablet is like the mac in that situation. Errr, if that made any sense.
Anyway, try to format the card on your tablet and see if that works.
This app was written by Jrummy and states that it's for Kit Kat (he should probably update it as it still works). I've used it on every device I've owned since Kit Kat without a single issue. Just run the app and uninstall it when you're done (or don't but it's pointless after you've ran it). It's making a very simple (and reversible) change.
Root is required!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jrummy.sdfix
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I use this app to enable apps to write on micro SD card
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
It worked fine on all my phones including moto X PE. It works on KitKat and Lollipop
Does anyone know how to use your SD card as Mass Storage when you connect it to your computer?
Currently, to write to the phone from the computer, you have to use MTP. It's too slow though. I want to be able to access my external SD like a flash drive.
I have to eject my SD card from my phone and use a SD card adapter to connect it to my computer anytime I want to make any changes.
If I could mount SD card as Mass Storage while phone is connected to computer via USB, that would make things a lot easier.
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Does anyone know how to use your SD card as Mass Storage when you connect it to your computer?
Currently, to write to the phone from the computer, you have to use MTP. It's too slow though. I want to be able to access my external SD like a flash drive.
I have to eject my SD card from my phone and use a SD card adapter to connect it to my computer anytime I want to make any changes.
If I could mount SD card as Mass Storage while phone is connected to computer via USB, that would make things a lot easier.
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When I connect my Mate 7 to the computer, it gives me the option to mount it as a regular flash drive or as MTP.
So, I think it's possible through a software mod.
All,
I just picked up a new Pure, and already have it rooted, and while I have read/write, I can't get the dates to change to the creations date, instead, it has the copy date. Will I need a custom ROM to fix this bug???
(I use a backup program to put "MY" file on the SD, and it tries to use the date to see if there's a change, but can't because it can't change the date. I use to be able to do this with rooted devices.)
Def not working on mm
Any trick for Android 6.0.1? Can't find any working method..
nop dont work on mm, tried many apps and google, no fix
Anyone with a custom ROM know if Writes and datestamp work correctly. (Not per Google)
Aftab_khatri said:
nop dont work on mm, tried many apps and google, no fix
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There is no fix for Marshmallow other than using SD card as external storage?
I have my SD Card set up as portable on my 6.0 Pure, and BitTorrent Sync has issues writing to it. It works perfectly fine on my internal device storage, but starts encountering complete screwups on the SD Card. It did work when I had the SD Card formatted as adoptable, internal storage though.
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I have my SD Card set up as portable on my 6.0 Pure, and BitTorrent Sync has issues writing to it....
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What ROM are you using?
matthelm said:
What ROM are you using?
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I'm on TruPureX 2.5
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I'm on TruPureX 2.5
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- Does Xposed Framework runs on this custom rom?
- How many SOT are you getting?
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- Does Xposed Framework runs on this custom rom?
- How many SOT are you getting?
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Yep Xposed runs on this ROM, it's a great one. For those here for the original thread, I contacted support and sent them my logs and they were able to solve the problem in the next app update.
I'm getting about 5h SOT with moderate-heavy usage after 24h off the charger and a lot of music (Viper too) playing with the screen off. I have a solid amount of wakelocks disabled too, so that adds to it. Still think I should be able to push out some more.
Hi
I have an otg 64 gb Sandisk flash drive with a built-in micro usb for android phones.
My phone is rooted, running stock 6.0.1 and I have Stickmount installed. But ES explorer only sees 8 Gb of space. What do I need to do to make the nexus 5 see the entire flash drive?
(I also have a 32Gb flash drive which ed file explorer's sees correctly).
Thanks.
SOLVED (in case it helps someone else)
I routinely use StickMount when I insert a usb flash drive in my nexus 5 and as mentioned above that did not show the full drive size.
Trying various things, I decided to make StickMount unmount the flash drive and instead accessed it without StickMount. Lo and behold, the nexus 5 now sees and writes to the entire 64 gb!
Don't know why but maybe marshmallow does not need StickMount. In any case this works fine.
In case any one needs to know, this is the drive I purchased. Great for keeping backups in your pocket when traveling.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01M...ve+android&dpPl=1&dpID=51Wny4hPqpL&ref=plSrch
so, my problem is that i only have 3gb lefr on my phone and netflix says no sd card detected when trying to select an external storage as download directory. i am using sony 16gb usb drive with an usb c adapter. i can acces my drive with the built in "files" app. is there a way to create a shortcut or symbolic link or whatever its called that is named .of that links to a folder in my usb drive called netflixmovies? maybe that will trick netflix to think its downloading and playing from the internal storage but is actually using usb storage via that shortcut folder. i have xiaomi mi5 32gb with stock international rom with locked bootloader and no root. is there a possibility i can do this? sorry for my bad english, im 15 and its not my native language