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Hey guys, I posted this on androidforums but got no response. So I figured I would ask here, see if anyone can help.
I've been having a problem more and more with mounting my phone to my pc as a disk drive. I want to pull pics off and add things obviously. Increasingly, my phone just won't mount as a disk drive. I have to connect and disconnect it several times to get it to work. And now today, it won't mount no matter what I do.
~ Rebooted the phone
~ Make sure debugging is off (won't work either way)
~ Tried making it automatic and/or make it ask which connection
~ Used "Safely Remove Hardware" and it doesn't help
~ The pc sees the drive added but won't go any farther
~ My phone sees the card just fine and I can access it just fine (32gb)
~ If I take the card out and mount to the pc, it sees it just fine
~ The phone still charges while connected to the pc
~ Sideloading also still works just fine
~ Stock Inspire, no root or anything
So what the hell? Makes no sense... I've since downloaded "Wife File Explorer Pro" and it works like a champ. I can see all the contents and folders of the card and I can upload/download just fine. I'm fine using the Wifi Explorer but I don't like the fact that I can't use my cable. I'm not exchanging the phone so that's out. Any thoughts or ideas? Appreciate your time!
have you tried a different usb cable?
misterbbq said:
have you tried a different usb cable?
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Ahh, yes I did, forgot to include that.
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Ahh, yes I did, forgot to include that.
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ah, ok. it 'kinda' sounds like it's in charge only mode instead of disk mode. do you have it set to ask each time or default to one of the settings?
select diskdrive on phone and I have debugging enabled, make sure to install htc sync, my computer will see the drive but cant access it till i actually select mount as disk drive and click done, then it is accessible, you can try a different usb port, and then try restoring phone if all else fails, your pics should still be on phone.
Sometimes I forget to select the "Done" button at the bottom of the screen to lock in my choice for the USB.
Yeah, I've tried all of this. I've set it to disk drive and automatic and it only charges. I've set it to ask me each time, and it does not. Typically when you plug it in, the usb icon shows up at the top but it no longer does this yet will still charge. Ask, don't ask, debugging on or off, it just doesn't work. When I plug it in, the pc shows the new connection as the H drive but says nothing is inserted. When I remove it, that "drive" disappears. I always make sure and hit done when I choose, nothing seems to work.
Oh well, it's no big deal really. That Wifi Explorer works really well so I can access everything from my browser through wifi. It works suprising well!
I had this problem earlier today I physically removed my memory.card and rebooted.the phone and that fixed it. But it scared me. I have a wintec 16 gb men card class 10. What are you using?
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darkbluexplorer said:
I had this problem earlier today I physically removed my memory.card and rebooted.the phone and that fixed it. But it scared me. I have a wintec 16 gb men card class 10. What are you using?
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I'm using a SanDisk 32gb card, just a slow class 2. Did you mean you re-booted the phone without the card in it and then put it back in after boot up? Or removed it, shut down, re-inserted card and then powered back on?
So I've been having this issue for about a week now. All the apps installed on my phones SD card once I reboot are not loading up. I know the data is still there because the first time that it happened I spent the better part of day freaking out thinking everything was gone gone. At some point I thought of checking of the data by plugging in into the computer. Turns out (1) all the apps miraculously return (2) I can't mount the SD card anymore (3) I can't unmount the SD card anymore either.
What is the deal? It's kind of annoying to lost everything every time you reboot. I'm not really in the mood to tether my phone each time for the unforeseeable future just to keep everything loaded. Has this happened to anyone before? What should I do?
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So I've been having this issue for about a week now. All the apps installed on my phones SD card once I reboot are not loading up. I know the data is still there because the first time that it happened I spent the better part of day freaking out thinking everything was gone gone. At some point I thought of checking of the data by plugging in into the computer. Turns out (1) all the apps miraculously return (2) I can't mount the SD card anymore (3) I can't unmount the SD card anymore either.
What is the deal? It's kind of annoying to lost everything every time you reboot. I'm not really in the mood to tether my phone each time for the unforeseeable future just to keep everything loaded. Has this happened to anyone before? What should I do?
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What do you mean, the icons? I'm going to assume that's what you're referring to, for this reply...
If that's what you meant, icons on the home screen take a few seconds to get themselves drawn, if apps are on SD.
You can switch to a different skin then switch back to your original skin, to get them to redraw. Or delete/reposition them one at a time. It's a workaround, but changing the skin temporarily is faster.
It's a sense bug, I'm pretty sure.
Doesn't happen if apps are installed on the phones internal storage, so until they fix it, move your apps onto internal storage, if you don't want to deal with this each time you reboot. They run faster if they're not on your SD anyway.
Unless you have waaaay more apps than you really need, of course.
Sorry should've been a little more specific. The shortcuts on my home screen are all no longer working and I'm well aware of how long it takes for sense to load them up on startup but even when I go to display all apps it only displays the apps on internal storage. In fact each and every app on the card (in the apps settings) has a funny icon that has a little "sd" on it now and just says computing and will not load.
And since writing this I can no longer get the phone to load any apps from the sd card by tethering it to the computer. It's still accessible - just downloaded today's song from amazon and played it - but apps on it are almost like they're gone.
This happens to me sometimes too. But usually when it happens to me I can go into Settings - Applications - Manage Applications and move the troublesome app to internal storage, and then it's fine. It never completely disappears.
It might do you some good to reformat your SD card. Move everything off of it first, then format it, then put everything back on.
Is it the stock 8GB SD card, or a different one?
homeslice976 said:
This happens to me sometimes too. But usually when it happens to me I can go into Settings - Applications - Manage Applications and move the troublesome app to internal storage, and then it's fine. It never completely disappears.
It might do you some good to reformat your SD card. Move everything off of it first, then format it, then put everything back on.
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Sold, since I can no longer access the SD card and I've got nothing to listen to at work...
zuriken said:
Is it the stock 8GB SD card, or a different one?
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Yup.
@homeslice976 copied, formatted (made sure it was FAT32), copied everything back and no dice. Same symptoms, Apps will not load.
@zuriken I don't know why you asked about the stock SD card or not, do you think it needs to be replaced? It's only been since February.
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@homeslice976 copied, formatted (made sure it was FAT32), copied everything back and no dice. Same symptoms, Apps will not load.
@zuriken I don't know why you asked about the stock SD card or not, do you think it needs to be replaced? It's only been since February.
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Did you do a full, not quick format? Scan for bad sectors/errors?
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Did you do a full, not quick format? Scan for bad sectors/errors?
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full format, chkdsk /f, still nothing though. This is honestly getting to the point where I'm tempted to switch to another phone. Why can't I access my stuff?
Another new bonus, every time I get some sort of alert it now plays random MP3s from the SD card. What is going on...
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full format, chkdsk /f, still nothing though. This is honestly getting to the point where I'm tempted to switch to another phone. Why can't I access my stuff?
Another new bonus, every time I get some sort of alert it now plays random MP3s from the SD card. What is going on...
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I'd try a brand new, good quality SD card before resorting to switching phones.
Have you flashed any custom roms or anything? I didn't see you mention either way.
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I'd try a brand new, good quality SD card before resorting to switching phones.
Have you flashed any custom roms or anything? I didn't see you mention either way.
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It's gonna be a little while until I can try a new SD card but I'll get back to you.
The only ROM I loaded was the one to originally root that removed the uploading cap from ATT.
I also solved where the random sounds were coming from apparently it doesn't want to play my selected theme and no matter what I do the only one that works is the original HTC default 2010 one or if I download any only the Celesta theme plays... I have a sinking feeling that copying all this funky data isn't going to resolve anything but I'll give it a go.
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It's gonna be a little while until I can try a new SD card but I'll get back to you.
The only ROM I loaded was the one to originally root that removed the uploading cap from ATT.
I also solved where the random sounds were coming from apparently it doesn't want to play my selected theme and no matter what I do the only one that works is the original HTC default 2010 one or if I download any only the Celesta theme plays... I have a sinking feeling that copying all this funky data isn't going to resolve anything but I'll give it a go.
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Good luck.
Since you haven't been messing with multiple roms and such, I don't know what else it could be, other than the SD card taking a dump.
As title says, I have a problem copying high resolution images (say 2569x1600) into my phone. While copying files from PC phone turns off or screen goes black and touch sensitive buttons at the bottom blinks.
I thought it is problem with my sd card, so I reformatted it but still couldn't resolve it. To get over this problem I even tried reflashing, still no luck. I think it shouldn't be a problem copying HighRes images as phone itself captures images at the resolution of 3264x2448!
Anyone else with similar issue? Please help!
How are you copping the files (usb, wifi)?
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How are you copping the files (usb, wifi)?
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I tried both way but same problem occurs.
Have you had this kind of problem?
Sometimes i have similar issues. The problem is faulty sdcard (or at least faulty in the phone).
I proved the sdcard + phone combination as faulty this way:
1. Boot in openrecovery and issue adb shell to the phone
2. Simulate some sdcard activity (i was using dd to read and write to a file over the sdcard)
Look for "dma" errors in the dmesg output. if that happens usually you can do something with the phone, but nothing which access somehow the card
Alternatively:
From normal mode, connect via adb to the phone. Copy the files, phone will "freeze", but the linux in it will be alive again you can see dma errors in the dmesg output Your shell will be alive (even if it will be necessary to issue another adb shell command), but the phone framework will be freezed
If somebody is curious the sdcards, which make the phone freeze are realy faulty, but not so obviously. e.g. you can use them normal with other devices and pc. But if you go deep and run some test (divide card in logical parts, then compare the read speed of this parts) you will see that the card is gone to gone...
Anyway, i think that even problematic sdcard dosen't have to make the phone freeze. but .... moto decision (or moto fail)
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I tried both way but same problem occurs.
Have you had this kind of problem?
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I have had this problem, although it wasn't when it was connected to PC. I will get it sometimes when I an downloading off the internet directly to the phone.
What happens with me is the download gets interupted for some reason and then when I try to reset it back to Home screen it never goes. I soft touch the power button and then that is when I see only the 4 lights at the bottom light up and black screen.
I have to do a battery pull and then when I am fully booted up is when I can fix the issue. Something in the interuption causes the SD card to unmount and you get a corrupted file on there. Let's say I was downloading a picture and this happened. Once I do battery pull and reboot, if I go into the media.apk and see my pix, there will be one that is grey and has a ! in it and also I'll get a notificiation that could not read/write to SD card. Find that file, Delete it, go into settings and unmount SD card and then remount it. You will lose whatever pix it was but my SD card is now mounted again.
Sorry for the long description but it has happended to me a number of times and I even started a thread about it. Moral of the story os that a connectiong was broken during download. Either USB came slightly unplugged or BT signal was interupted, or (this happende to me once) the screen timed out and if you have JuiceDefender it will cut your connection.
Find the corrupted file and deleted it, un-remount SD card (in phone) and maybe try transfering smaller batches over at a time.
peshovec said:
Sometimes i have similar issues. The problem is faulty sdcard (or at least faulty in the phone).
I proved the sdcard + phone combination as faulty this way:
1. Boot in openrecovery and issue adb shell to the phone
2. Simulate some sdcard activity (i was using dd to read and write to a file over the sdcard)
Look for "dma" errors in the dmesg output. if that happens usually you can do something with the phone, but nothing which access somehow the card
Alternatively:
From normal mode, connect via adb to the phone. Copy the files, phone will "freeze", but the linux in it will be alive again you can see dma errors in the dmesg output Your shell will be alive (even if it will be necessary to issue another adb shell command), but the phone framework will be freezed
If somebody is curious the sdcards, which make the phone freeze are realy faulty, but not so obviously. e.g. you can use them normal with other devices and pc. But if you go deep and run some test (divide card in logical parts, then compare the read speed of this parts) you will see that the card is gone to gone...
Anyway, i think that even problematic sdcard dosen't have to make the phone freeze. but .... moto decision (or moto fail)
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Thanks mate. Now I guess, I have to resize images to lower resolutions to get rid of this problem. Again thank you for the help!
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I have had this problem, although it wasn't when it was connected to PC. I will get it sometimes when I an downloading off the internet directly to the phone.
What happens with me is the download gets interupted for some reason and then when I try to reset it back to Home screen it never goes. I soft touch the power button and then that is when I see only the 4 lights at the bottom light up and black screen.
I have to do a battery pull and then when I am fully booted up is when I can fix the issue. Something in the interuption causes the SD card to unmount and you get a corrupted file on there. Let's say I was downloading a picture and this happened. Once I do battery pull and reboot, if I go into the media.apk and see my pix, there will be one that is grey and has a ! in it and also I'll get a notificiation that could not read/write to SD card. Find that file, Delete it, go into settings and unmount SD card and then remount it. You will lose whatever pix it was but my SD card is now mounted again.
Sorry for the long description but it has happended to me a number of times and I even started a thread about it. Moral of the story os that a connectiong was broken during download. Either USB came slightly unplugged or BT signal was interupted, or (this happende to me once) the screen timed out and if you have JuiceDefender it will cut your connection.
Find the corrupted file and deleted it, un-remount SD card (in phone) and maybe try transfering smaller batches over at a time.
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I have exactly same problem as you described. I did battery pull, deleted all the corrupted files and then copied them again but as you said connection gets disconnected and black screen appears. Is this problem with MIUI too, because that's the last option I have left with.
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I have exactly same problem as you described. I did battery pull, deleted all the corrupted files and then copied them again but as you said connection gets disconnected and black screen appears. Is this problem with MIUI too, because that's the last option I have left with.
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I wouldn't say it was anything with the ROM you are on, but main the quantity of material you are transfering at one time. Maybe try to cut it down and do small batches and see if that works.
Btw, I am on Kahl's v4 Epicsteelblue ROM.
Are you overclocked? Perhaps your vsel is too low.
If you're using WiFi make sure to set the WiFi sleep policy (or set your screen not to turn off)
Settings >> Wirless & Networks >> WiFi settings >> (menu) >> Advanced >> WiFi sleep policy >> Never off
it is just the sdcard.
before proving within openrecovery, have tried stock clocks and vsel (e.g. not loading overclock.ko)
also was in doubt about vsel, so tried in openrecovery at 250MHz (suppose the vsel was the standard 39 or 32 don't remember exactly).
So it is not the vsel (or at least vsel alone, may be combination of vsel and frequency )
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I wouldn't say it was anything with the ROM you are on, but main the quantity of material you are transfering at one time. Maybe try to cut it down and do small batches and see if that works.
Btw, I am on Kahl's v4 Epicsteelblue ROM.
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I tried copying single file but it happened!
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Are you overclocked? Perhaps your vsel is too low.
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Previously I used to run MilestoneOverclock @1Ghz with 65Vsel. Last night I tried reflashing , phone wasn't rooted, no overclock module, no Setcpu - phone was completely at stock values and still same thing happened.
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If you're using WiFi make sure to set the WiFi sleep policy (or set your screen not to turn off)
Settings >> Wirless & Networks >> WiFi settings >> (menu) >> Advanced >> WiFi sleep policy >> Never off
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That could be the solution but when plugged with USB cable, phone behaves in same weird manner.
Because that happen only when you copy image, so i think your gallery (or another image software contain error when it make the thumb of image). Have you tried remove gallery and copy to see what happen?
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Because that happen only when you copy image, so i think your gallery (or another image software contain error when it make the thumb of image). Have you tried remove gallery and copy to see what happen?
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No, I didn't try that. After reflashing to stock there shouldn't be any problem, right? It still happens. Really annoying problem. So what I do now is resize images to 854x480.
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Because that happen only when you copy image, so i think your gallery (or another image software contain error when it make the thumb of image). Have you tried remove gallery and copy to see what happen?
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You could try creating a folder with a file named .nomedia inside it (that will prevent media scanning) and see if you can transfer the image into that folder.
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You could try creating a folder with a file named .nomedia inside it (that will prevent media scanning) and see if you can transfer the image into that folder.
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Make sure you google .nomedia and read about it before you do that. There are some bugs and issues that "can" come along with that. If it works great, but if not
It worked for me on a few folders but I didn't push my luck with it.
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Make sure you google .nomedia and read about it before you do that. There are some bugs and issues that "can" come along with that. If it works great, but if not
It worked for me on a few folders but I didn't push my luck with it.
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Can you be more specific about what google search I should use? What I find for ".nomedia" doesn't seem unexpected...
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Can you be more specific about what google search I should use? What I find for ".nomedia" doesn't seem unexpected...
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I got these
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/rescue-squad/117253-nomedia-problems.html
These two are for Droid X but .nomedia is .nomedia
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/d...cture-thumbs-not-opening-nomedia-problem.html
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-x-tech-issues/97843-nomedia-ignored-gallery.html
I am just saying to make sure whoever doesn't put in a .nomedia where it can do some real frustration. "Hey it worked for this folder, why not try it on this folder."
Funny thing is happening on my xt. If i put 16gb class 6 sd card, and when I am on phone call I get random scrambled noise. Until yesterday I thought that it is some kind of hardware failure, but after replacing sd card with provided one with xt (8gb/class 2) everything is working fine...
Sd card is sandisk....
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Hi guys.
Whats is the correct way to log on to a SD card?
When I put the SD card of my canon in the dock it fails to notice the card. I have to restart my TF. Then it sees the card. Is this normal?
After that, finding the files on the card seems to be a bit awkward as well.
thanks for your help!
Steven
If the card was not in the tf when you started it, you need to go to the menu and mount it after inserting it. You should also unmount it before removing it just to be safe. This can be done in the lower right task bar.
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If the card was not in the tf when you started it, you need to go to the menu and mount it after inserting it. You should also unmount it before removing it just to be safe. This can be done in the lower right task bar.
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Which menu?
Click on clock.
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Click on clock.
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Just so you know, I know. But if you're going to give cryptic advice might as well not give it at all. May be obvious to you but for someone who doesn't know its not obvious.
OK, But not sure what is cryptic about lower right task bar. There is only one and if you click on it one of the options is mount and unmount SD card.
tnx
That's a good tip. I didn't know where to mount the card.
I'll try that next time. Thanks!!
Steven
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OK, But not sure what is cryptic about lower right task bar. There is only one and if you click on it one of the options is mount and unmount SD card.
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You said use menu. Which menu? Under settings? In an app that is bleedingly obvious to everyone but newbies?
In fact, nobody uses the word menu for this particular task, so this in itself is cryptic. Please understand that I've been dealing with 1337s and 1337 wannabes ever since I got my first computer. I can sniff out one like a hounddog.
c'est la ton qui fait la musique
wtf is a 1337?
Steven_nl said:
Hi guys.
Whats is the correct way to log on to a SD card?
When I put the SD card of my canon in the dock it fails to notice the card. I have to restart my TF. Then it sees the card. Is this normal?
After that, finding the files on the card seems to be a bit awkward as well.
thanks for your help!
Steven
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I've noticed this as well. I notice that if I have the card in, undock and redock it doesn't mount properly. I haven't played with it much, but I think if I eject the card and then undock it works better. Definitely a bug. Rebooting always resolves the issue.
This seems like an unlikely connection, but I have a Canon camera as well. Another annoyance as well is that the SD images don't show up in MediaStore (Gallery).
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Another annoyance as well is that the SD images don't show up in MediaStore (Gallery).
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I use QuickPic. Yoy can choose the included folders.
not solved
so I tried looking in the "menu" after installing the card. No luck. I have to rrestart the TF to make it show up. when i do, it shows up on the task bar.
Also always remember to check theres no boot flags on the sd and its formated correctly i once formatted to ext2 for a project forgot to switch back then wondered why my phone wouldnt read it lol
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It's formatted by my Canon.
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It's formatted by my Canon.
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You mean the camera? Might be worth putting it to the pc backup your data then wipe it and do one big fat32 partition with no flags
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OK tnx
I use a 600D. It's advised to format the SD card in the cam to erase the images.
Not sure what kind of format that is. (low level?). I'll give it a try.
Mind you. the TF has problems detecting the cam (connected through USB) as well. I have to restart my TF to get working also.
I have moved an SDCard to a new phone with Android 4.4.
Since that time I cannot see the camera files when connected mass storage in a windows 7 machine. The files that are visible on the computer are from last year, before the move of the card to a new phone. They are all on the SDCard, removable. I removed the SDCard from the phone and all the old files are there.
The camera app is apparently saving new pictures to internal storage. Which does not mount USB.
I should say, a while ago my internal storage got full and I went through and selected "Move to SDCard" on most apps. I don't think that is related, but I am no expert.
I have two camera items in gallery. I can see all the files, new and old, and can send any of them with an SMS message. No problems. When I removed the SDCard gallery only had one camera item.
So to troubleshoot, I have downloaded ESFileExplorer. That can see all the files.
But when I connect to USB and enable USB storage, I can only see the removable card. To test I removed the SDCard from the phone and installed it in a card reader, I can see all the files now.
I do notice one difference now, when I connect the phone to USB with no SDCard installed I get the usual message to enable USB storage, and I click the button, it chuggs, and goes back eventually to the same message, and the USB storage is indeed not mounted. So the stock phone with no SDCard will not mount USB storage, though it offers to.
I have two notifications in the notification pane, one "USB connected" with the robot and the button "turn on usb storage".
I also have a different notification "connected as mass storage" which when selected has four entries, SDCard, which is selected, and PTP, MTP and Charging.
But it seems even though SDCard in checked, it's not actually mounted for some reason.
Any ideas, or is the idea of putting an SDCard in an android phone now a bad idea because of this?
My reading indicates this might be a problem introduced with the permissions changes with KitKat. If so, they really need to fix that. But judging on all the fighting on security issues on Bugzilla which results is just plain wrong development decisions, well, I get it. But I just had to ask you guys who probably actually know.
Firstly, try to be more concise when have problems, post the things you have tried in numbers or columns so somebody who might want to help can quickly know what you have tried and suggest something.
I did not read past your 2nd paragraph.
Secondly, I had a problem with my own sdcard, a kingston 16gb, in the past. Long story short, it became unreadable in my phone. Try to connect it to a PC, if you have an adapter, and back your files there.
The only solution for me was formatting it in my PC. After the format, it works for now.
I also switched phones, formerly a phone running CM11, now a phone running stock Sony 4.4 firmware.
Lastly, it might have to do with the fact that, whatever phone you switched to, some folder naming causes issue for the OS to read.
Again, back your files up, format the SD card.
shadowcore said:
Firstly, try to be more concise when have problems, post the things you have tried in numbers or columns so somebody who might want to help can quickly know what you have tried and suggest something.
I did not read past your 2nd paragraph..
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Hmm.. Well, then thanks for the response.
shadowcore said:
Secondly, I had a problem with my own sdcard, a kingston 16gb, in the past. Long story short, it became unreadable in my phone. Try to connect it to a PC, if you have an adapter, and back your files there.
The only solution for me was formatting it in my PC. After the format, it works for now.
I also switched phones, formerly a phone running CM11, now a phone running stock Sony 4.4 firmware.
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As I said, the card is readable on a pc, and on the phone. It's hard for me to think that is the answer. I did all that, and posted it.
shadowcore said:
Lastly, it might have to do with the fact that, whatever phone you switched to, some folder naming causes issue for the OS to read.
Again, back your files up, format the SD card.
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Now that's an idea.
Before I try that I will see if anyone else has any ideas.
But that doesn't explain why the USB storage does not mount when I connect USB with the SDCard removed from the phone. It tries but never mounts. I think that is a clue.
I was gonna post a link to esr's "how to ask questions the smart way", but I don't have enough rep to post the outside link to catb.org.
I do try to follow that approach, and though I am new here I am NOT new to forums. I have been doing this, well, longer by far than most. A lot.
Well, still no change. I may just get another SDCard, put that in and see if that one exhibits the problem.
Virtual?
I did get another SDCARD, no difference.
I need to find the issue here.
I noticed I have two camera items in gallary, one has a camera icon and one has a folder icon.
The one with the camera icon only contains old pictures, from before migration.
The one with a file folder icon contains current pictures, taken by this phone.
When I plug into a computer as USB storage, only the old one mounts, the one with the camera icon. The new pictures (folder icon in gallery) do not mount.
Clearly this seems like a virtual filesystem that has it's pointers slightly wrong.
The camera app is saving it's photos in a directory that is not mounted when USB storage is used. It's not in the SDCARD, but it is in the internal memory.
The camera subdir that is a folder icon should be the one mounting as USB storage, and the other folder should be virtualized as a part of that.
I guess the problem is Kitkat does not save camera pictures on the SDCARD if available, as previous android versions did.
Can anyone suggest steps to isolate this problem?