Would appreciate instructions on how to move photos taken with the camera and stored in the phone storage to the SD card. The stock file manager doesn't seem to have a move option.
Thanks for any help.
catapp said:
Would appreciate instructions on how to move photos taken with the camera and stored in the phone storage to the SD card. The stock file manager doesn't seem to have a move option.
Thanks for any help.
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I just plug the phone into my laptop - and then move files between internal storage and the SD card ( and the laptop disk as well , if needed ) . That is the easiest way to do it. Another way is to use a File Explorer app that can write to the micro SD card - like ES File Explorer
catapp said:
Would appreciate instructions on how to move photos taken with the camera and stored in the phone storage to the SD card. The stock file manager doesn't seem to have a move option.
Thanks for any help.
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Use the file manager that comes with the idol, it's what I've been using to transfer files to my sd and it works flawlessly in that regard. I wish solid explorer worked for this.
3dupunk said:
Use the file manager that comes with the idol, it's what I've been using to transfer files to my sd and it works flawlessly in that regard. I wish solid explorer worked for this.
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How? I couldn't find an option to move files (camera pics) in the stock file manager.
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How? I couldn't find an option to move files (camera pics) in the stock file manager.
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Go to the picture folder or any folder, long press on the file/folder you want to cut/copy and hit the menu button (the 3 dots) in the top right hand corner. There you choose to cut or copy, after you have chosen your option there is another menu on the left hand side (3 lines). Select the sd card and you can paste in the folder of your choice by hitting the menu on the right side and selecting paste.....voila!
Hopes this helps.
OK - I did what you instructed and it sort of seems to have worked. First I selected the folder and said copy. Then selected the SD card folder and said paste. The pics are there. Then I deleted them from phone storage.
However, now I don't see them in Quickpics. They are there in Gallery .
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I just got a legit sandisk 32gb class 4 off of newegg and before swapping I transferred everything from the external SD folder to my internal, did the swap, formatted in the phone then swapped the contents of my old external SD to the new one. Rebooted a few times but my apps will not load. All my apps are saved to phone or internal SD card as well.
Does anyone know why?
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copying from external to internal would not have copied hidden files.. and many of the apps may have had their own direcdtories on external sd with hidden files..
i always do this is pc by backing up old sd to a directory on the pc (make sure to have view hidden and system files on)
they copy back to a new sd card..
double check what was copied by doing a check disk on the old and new cards and comparing number of files and directories including hidden.. should be the same.
Even if show hidden files was checked off within the phone options itself?
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I keep all the .apk files in a seperate folder on my PC ,as I switch phones to the newest thing once or twice a month,I swap my SD card to new phone,then reinstall the programs from the .apk folder using Astro or whatever your choice of software ,the saved files will find the newly installed progs with hidden files and all,you dont even have to reinstall key codes,passwords or nada,If you are a SICK phone Junkie like me,it will save you lots of stress...Vegas
Sorry, is there a way to move this to the Q and A section? my XDA app doesn't show the Q&A area.
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copying from external to internal would not have copied hidden files.. and many of the apps may have had their own direcdtories on external sd with hidden files..
i always do this is pc by backing up old sd to a directory on the pc (make sure to have view hidden and system files on)
they copy back to a new sd card..
double check what was copied by doing a check disk on the old and new cards and comparing number of files and directories including hidden.. should be the same.
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That worked, thank you!
Vegaslightsss said:
I keep all the .apk files in a seperate folder on my PC ,as I switch phones to the newest thing once or twice a month,I swap my SD card to new phone,then reinstall the programs from the .apk folder using Astro or whatever your choice of software ,the saved files will find the newly installed progs with hidden files and all,you dont even have to reinstall key codes,passwords or nada,If you are a SICK phone Junkie like me,it will save you lots of stress...Vegas
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Thanks, I will keep this in mind as well.
Why do the phone recognize my internal storage as sdcard0? This tends to lead to some problems when locating files in recovery.
Is there a way to make sure extraneous files, such as downloads, stay only on the sd card under sdcard?
Sometimes when placing a file on the sdcard from USB-to-PC connection, I navigated to the root folder using a file explorer, and tap sdcard, only to find it's not there. Instead of I have to home-->storage-->sdcard1.
Can anyone explain what exactly is going on in this case?? Or if anyone found a way to consolidate the folders, how can I do it??
Thank you.
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Why do the phone recognize my internal storage as sdcard0? This tends to lead to some problems when locating files in recovery.
Is there a way to make sure extraneous files, such as downloads, stay only on the sd card under sdcard?
Sometimes when placing a file on the sdcard from USB-to-PC connection, I navigated to the root folder using a file explorer, and tap sdcard, only to find it's not there. Instead of I have to home-->storage-->sdcard1.
Can anyone explain what exactly is going on in this case?? Or if anyone found a way to consolidate the folders, how can I do it??
Thank you.
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The storage isn't extended, it's two separate file spaces. Your internal memory is reported as an internal SD card (sdcard0) and your SD Card is reported as an external SD (sdcard1)
jldr said:
Why do the phone recognize my internal storage as sdcard0? This tends to lead to some problems when locating files in recovery.
Is there a way to make sure extraneous files, such as downloads, stay only on the sd card under sdcard?
Sometimes when placing a file on the sdcard from USB-to-PC connection, I navigated to the root folder using a file explorer, and tap sdcard, only to find it's not there. Instead of I have to home-->storage-->sdcard1.
Can anyone explain what exactly is going on in this case?? Or if anyone found a way to consolidate the folders, how can I do it??
Thank you.
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If you download the Motorola USB Device Manager then in my computer your device will be recognised with internal and external storage available, all folders under these will be clearly visable and you shouldn't have any issues transferring data between the two.
Cheers
I have that manager and it works well, but I would like the folder "sdcard" in the home to link me to the sdcard1 and not sdcard0. Right now the "symlink" in root browser points there. Anyway to change that?
First of all, clarification:
1.There's a lot of guides showing how to bind large games' .obb files and their respective folders/directories to external sd card. This guide will show you how to install these games even if they are bigger than your internal memory. For example, you got 4 Gb internal SD, on ROM goes 2.5 Gb, and for all your apps, pictures and videos goes 1.5 Gb. It fills really fast, so if you want some HD game, say FIFA 14, you can't install it. Here my guide jumps in.2.When a program binds game's .obb data directory (if you have enough memory free on internal SD for the game to install in the first place), its .obb file is indeed transfered on external SD card, but often in memory status there's a bug which still shows it on your internal memory and it is full, but it is not case here.
You need:
1.Rooted phone, Install from unknown sources allowed
2.FolderMount installed (didn't try with Directory Bind yet)
3.Root file manager like Root explorer installed
4.Game you want to install with .apk +data folder downloaded on your PC
5.Write down or somehow mark names of game's data folder and it's .obb file
So, let's start..
1.Find out where should be game's data folder (in most cases it's Android/obb folder)
2.Copy apk on SD root and folder with .obb files on external SD where it should be installed by default
* make Android/obb folder on external SD if you didn't already* for real if it was to be installed on internal memory the path would be: storage/emulated/0/Android/obb/yourgamefolderwithobb3.Once copying is done, navigate with your root browser on INTERNAL SD, and make folder named exactly as your game, the one that you wrote down, on exact location,for example storage/emulated/0/Android/obb/ and inthere you make this yourgamefolderwithobb folder (case sensitive!)
4.Now, you get inside this folder that you made with your root file manager, here it is ˝yourgamefolderwithobb˝ without quotes and inthere you make new file named exactly as your game's .obb file, with .obb extension, and save it, for example ˝main.128yourgame.obb˝ without quotes - case sensitive
* if for any reason you can't save your new file, then you make it on your external SD's root and copy where it belongs on internal SD, and if even this isn't possible, then make this file on your pc - new .txt document> save as>all files>exactly named as your .obb and then copy it via USB on your internal SD on the right place, in the right folder.5.When all previous steps are done, navigate to external SD root and install your game's .apk . When instalation is done, exit your root file manager.
* DO NOT OPEN GAME ONCE INSTALLED, FOR IT'S NOT OVER YET! Just exit6.Go to your MountFolder. On the upper left corner next to ˝List of pairs˝ headline touch menu icon.
7.Once menu open, touch ˝Apps analyzer˝ option. After short scaning, a list of your apps will appear. Search this list for app you just installed. If it's on the list, so far everything is OK, but if it isn't... you probably messed something up, see if you skipped a step or two click back button.
8.Open FolderMount again if it exits. Click ˝+˝ option at the top
9.Give name to your game (gta, tenis...) by filling ˝name˝ gap
10.Click ˝Source˝ gap and navigate to internal SD in the game's directory that you made in step 3! By clicking ˝Source˝ you should already be in /storage/emulated/0, it will say at the top the name and the path of your current directory. Once you're in directory you made, click ✓ option at the upper right
11.A pop-up will appear saying ˝Would you like me to create the destination folder automatically? You can choose a custom destination by clicking no˝ Click NO
12.Click ˝Destination˝ gap and navigate in directory that you copied from your PC on EXTERNAL SD in step 2! Once there click ✓ option again
13.You're back in menu with Name,Source and Destination gaps which you filled. Touch ✓ again.
*I didn't try to tick ˝exclude from media scanning˝, you shouldn't too 'till you check if everything is working as it should. Try experimenting later.14.New pop-up will appear asking ˝Your source directory is not empty. Would you like me to move files to the destination(and overwrite existing files)?˝ Click NO again
15.You're in main menu in FolderMount, there's your game's name that you gave it earlier, next to it is grey pin. Touch that pin once and it will turn green.
* in FolderMount after every reboot a pin will turn grey. Just click it before trying to play game because it will not see .obb files and will try to download them again.16.Exit FolderMount and PLAY YOUR GAME!!!
EDIT:
There is a lot of devices, every of them has different internal and external SD paths, be sure to know them well. The best way to find this out is to go in FolderMount, try to create new bind, and by tapping Source and Destination gap see the path for each SD in the upper part of the screen.
Some SD card locations on various devices:
/mnt/sdcard0 - internal and /mnt/sdcard1 - external;
/mnt/sdcard - internal and /mnt/extSD - external
Also, if this guide helped you feel free to let me know that by pressing THANKS button
Thanks Man You Saved My life
iDuc said:
Thanks Man You Saved My life
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Glad to help man
Thanks Alot i Realy Needed This Method Because i Love To Play Games But My internal is only 4 gigs and user 1.35 and searched the whole internet for any way but i didn't find
Thanks again
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Thanks Alot i Realy Needed This Method Because i Love To Play Games But My internal is only 4 gigs and user 1.35 and searched the whole internet for any way but i didn't find
Thanks again
I will most certainly have to try this on my tablet! Thank you very much
I tried Titanium backup today and it can't write my Micro SD Card, how do I allow that? Also Airdroid can't write to the Micro SD card as well, I tried their instruction but it didn't work (it open up the default file manager app and it didn't seems to show what the app said...
could it be that while introducing the sd card into ur system, android encrypted the storage? try and completely format the sd card, see if that helps remove the encryption... (beware, that might take a while, so just let it sit there for an hour or so if it seems to be "stuck")
after opening the stock file manager , u have to go to settings and select show advanced storage (don't know if it's the correct name in english) go out of settings and u will see selection on the left side. select ur sd card and then choose "select all" titanium backup isn't working for me on ext card, the same with spotify. it works only if stock file manager is opening at writing access from the app u want to use with ext card
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farmating ext card isn't helping
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could it be that while introducing the sd card into ur system, android encrypted the storage? try and completely format the sd card, see if that helps remove the encryption... (beware, that might take a while, so just let it sit there for an hour or so if it seems to be "stuck")
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I don't think so because I simply put my Micro SD card from S4 into Mate 8 and it see the card and it's contents normally right away.
dlorean said:
after opening the stock file manager , u have to go to settings and select show advanced storage (don't know if it's the correct name in english) go out of settings and u will see selection on the left side. select ur sd card and then choose "select all" titanium backup isn't working for me on ext card, the same with spotify. it works only if stock file manager is opening at writing access from the app u want to use with ext card
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farmating ext card isn't helping
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Hmmm, I somehow managed to make AirDroid work... By choosing the select all button at the bottom of the stock file manager after selecting the external card (not in the settings).
hm ok, well its was just an idea anyways
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I got it working.
Going to Setting -> Preferences -> Backup folder location -> Storage provider (click to change) (the white text just below the grey "Browse to the path your backups will be stored..." paragraph) -> Then choose the DocumentProvider storage and then choose your location again. TB prompt if I want to move backup from old folder, I said yes even though it was the same folder. It took only a few seconds.
Now I can back up in my Micro SD .
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I got it working.
Going to Setting -> Preferences -> Backup folder location -> Storage provider (click to change) (the white text just below the grey "Browse to the path your backups will be stored..." paragraph) -> Then choose the DocumentProvider storage and then choose your location again. TB prompt if I want to move backup from old folder, I said yes even though it was the same folder. It took only a few seconds.
Now I can back up in my Micro SD .
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Were you able to find a similar setting for Move to SD? I don't even have that option available to me in TiBu.
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Were you able to find a similar setting for Move to SD? I don't even have that option available to me in TiBu.
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I never try the Move to SD function, sorry.
Guys, sorry to ask this, but I have some issues with some apps when they try to write something to the microSD card........for example: Titanium Backup says that any destination folder in the microSD is not writable.....
I´ve just rooted my phone with shoey63 assistance so I´m using the latest recovery, MM 291 with latest SU version.
In the particular case of TB, I had to do this trick to make it work:
In TB, go to Preferences -> Backup Folder Location.
Click on Storage provider at the top (it's not obvious that it's clickable).
Click on DocumentProvider storage. That will take you to a File Manager interface. You may have to click on the 3-dot menu on the top-right to enable the (external) SD card to be shown, then click the menu lines in the top-left and select your SD card, and click the "Select" at the bottom right. (You don't have to select your Titanium Backup folder here, you're just using this to get access to your SD Card.)
Now you should be back in Titanium Backup and you can browse like you used to to get to your preferred backup folder on your external SD Card
I warn you that using this Document Provider storage is much slower - at least it seems so for me. But, it seems that it's the only way to go for now.
Have the same problem with some other apps that say the microSD card lack of write permissions.
I´ve already flashed the ExtSD_Fix_rw-signed-v2.9b.zip fix a couple of times and the same scenario with RICDefeat.zip without luck. Just to mention that I can copy/move/delete files in the card using ES File Explorer just fine, but when I need to define a file/folder as the destination folder in some apps, they give me an error stating that file/folder is not writable.
Does someone could give me a hand with this?
TIA.
Alx