Howdy,
I noticed that several apps cannot write to the external memory (sd card) anymore since the last update (January 2021) was installed. This worked fine before. I tried several directories on the sd card with the internal camera app, OpenCamera and Mixplorer. On write attempt, a generic error message is shown ("could not write..."). I checked write permissions for the apps (permission for file access and permission to the root directory of the sd card). In OpenCamera, Storage Access Framework (SAF) is enabled.
This effectively turns the external sd card to a read-only medium.
Anyone experiencing the same issue?
It turned out the the memory card was defect. The problem does not occur with another sd card.
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Hi
I am an xperia miro user(ICS). I updated framewire recenty to 5.8 and rooted my device. Now i am having issues with my external sd card. Es file explorer although it had been granted SU permissions isnt able to create a folder ( operation failed) or transfer any file from sd card to External Sd card. Tried another app called "Rootbrowser" with which i was able to create new folder in external sd card, but still cant write to the External sd card. I have already tried formating my External sd and also changing permissions which i saw on one of the forums here.
Nothing is working for me
I have tons of space left in my External sd card and i cant use it :crying:
Kindly help and solve this issue
I'm having a big issue getting the Android File Manager to grant permissions to write to the SDcard for 3rd party apps. In order to grant permission. One must select the external storage. Doing so will enable to app to modify the contents of that storage. However, my phone does not detect the external storage as seen below ..
(Check attached file)
My situation : I have TTorrent's download directory to my MicroSd -- so as to not waste internal storage. I downloaded a .rar file and it saved to the sd card. I want unpack that file, but I must grant ES File Manager permission to do so. It prompts me of what I need to do. I have the 'Show SD Card' toggled on, and yet my external storage doesn't show.
I have formatted my card using Android's format system.
I have formatted using Windows in both NFTS (Wasn't supported) and exFat.
I have tried mounting and unmounting and restarting the phone.
Yet to no avail ...
This is not an issue with ES File Manager, as I have used QuickPic to attempt to delete pictures from the MicroSD, It asks for permission, and again I cant grant it, because external storage doesn't show even though it is mounted.
What do I do ?
Update:
Apologies, there was another thread on this topic. I got it to work thanks to this thread ! >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773735
SDcard just needs to be formatted to exFAT and the external storage will show for 3rd party apps. At the unfortunate sacrifice of 4Gb file limit sizes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61081028&postcount=16
You mean it needs to be formatted to fat32 correct? That was the solution posted here in the alcatel forums, and it is what you're linking to in your post.. just don't want any newbies getting confused
I recently updated my AT&T LG G4 to 6.0 Marshmallow, and noticed that I could no longer save pictures to my SD card. Upon further inspection, I realized that I couldn't write files nor folders to my SD card, through both apps and manually on my computer. However, I could still read the contents of my SD card. When I then went to format my SD card, I found that I was given an error that /storage/aaaa-aaaa (where aaaa-aaaa is my SD card) could not be found.
Is there anything that I can do to fix this?
1) This is on Shield Tablet ( Original )
2) OTA update, factory reset, Android 6.0
3) 64gb SD card set as portable storage, formats tested includes exFAT and NTFS
4) Write permission granted
5) SD card can be seen in file manager app and Android storage settings
6) Error message = " Path not found " when copying.
Does anyone else have issues with writing data to SD card ?
xonix240719mu said:
1) This is on Shield Tablet ( Original )
2) OTA update, factory reset, Android 6.0
3) 64gb SD card set as portable storage, formats tested includes exFAT and NTFS
4) Write permission granted
5) SD card can be seen in file manager app and Android storage settings
6) Error message = " Path not found " when copying.
Does anyone else have issues with writing data to SD card ?
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I have the same issue now. I downloaded e.g. Total Commander, grant permissions to storage, grant write permissions to external SD, tried to copy a file and got message that it cannot write. Empty file is created and I'm able to delete it.
Trie with 8GB/64GB Sandisk, both formatted in the tablet. Tried factory reset. Nothing helped.
If I connect the tablet to a PC then I'm able to write to the card so it isn't a hardware issue.
Did you found how to fix it?
Never found a solution. Used the built in Android file manager as a workaround when I need to copy files.
It seems that I've found. You have to format the card to FAT32 with 32KB clusters. I used this application for that (Windows doesn't support it and K1 formats the card to exFAT but it cannot write to it then. Absolutly stupid...): EaseUS Partition Master
After formatting to FAT32 I'm able to use the SD card also for writing.
I've been using my micro SD card to store all my music for as long as I've had my 6x. All of a sudden a couple of weeks back I noticed that in the music app none of my songs were to be found. Upon digging further, it became evident to me that the micro SD card was not mounting as external storage since I could not see it under "Settings --> Storage".
Some info:
1) It's a sandisk micro SD ; 64GB SDXC
2) EMUI version 5.0.4
3) Build number BLN-L24C567B376
And I've tried the following :
1) Verified that the SD card mounts without any problem on my PC - confirmed SD card was not the issue
2) Formatted the SD card in both "quick format" and "not quick format" options - didn't solve the problem
3) Reset the phone to factory settings - didn't solve the problem
What is interesting to note is that my phone underwent a software update right about the time when the SD card mounting issue cropped up. But I don't know that for sure and it could be just a coincidence.
Any help / suggestions or sharing of experience with this issue would be appreciated.
Did you try to check in a 3RD Party File Explorer.