I just got this external SD card installed, but I can't figure out how to move media files off my internal onto my external within the phone (Astro).
I saw the external SD folder under the SD card, but I couldn't move files to it within the phone. I ultimately plugged in Mass Storage and I saw two different external drives and I moved it that way. That took a long time to move 7 gbs.
Any other way to do it?
Use my files that is right there in apps built in long press on the file or folder you want. There are other apps on the market that work but that is there.
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Or move.
From a phone
Astro doesn't allow me to move them from internal to external either. Never has. I just use root explorer or file manager. I assume its something to do with permissions but I never cared enough to look into it.
I'm having the same problem with 2 SD cards. It recognizes the card and all that but when I go into file manager and click storage I see at the bottom right /mnt/sdcard and there are a bunch of folder "downloads,dcim,movies etc". They all have files in them but the sd card still shows no space used.
When I pop out the sd card and go to file manager I still see the /mnt/sdcard and all the files and folders are there so obviously it's not storing stuff on the sd card even though file manager says it is.
Any idea as to what's going on?
cali310 said:
I'm having the same problem with 2 SD cards. It recognizes the card and all that but when I go into file manager and click storage I see at the bottom right /mnt/sdcard and there are a bunch of folder "downloads,dcim,movies etc". They all have files in them but the sd card still shows no space used.
When I pop out the sd card and go to file manager I still see the /mnt/sdcard and all the files and folders are there so obviously it's not storing stuff on the sd card even though file manager says it is.
Any idea as to what's going on?
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one way 2 see the cards content is clicking on the notification icon bottom right of notification bar then the folder icon, this opens up the card and its content
correct path being /removable/microsd
cali310 said:
I'm having the same problem with 2 SD cards. It recognizes the card and all that but when I go into file manager and click storage I see at the bottom right /mnt/sdcard and there are a bunch of folder "downloads,dcim,movies etc". They all have files in them but the sd card still shows no space used.
When I pop out the sd card and go to file manager I still see the /mnt/sdcard and all the files and folders are there so obviously it's not storing stuff on the sd card even though file manager says it is.
Any idea as to what's going on?
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the sd card is in "removable"....in the root directory
cali310 said:
I'm having the same problem with 2 SD cards. It recognizes the card and all that but when I go into file manager and click storage I see at the bottom right /mnt/sdcard and there are a bunch of folder "downloads,dcim,movies etc". They all have files in them but the sd card still shows no space used.
When I pop out the sd card and go to file manager I still see the /mnt/sdcard and all the files and folders are there so obviously it's not storing stuff on the sd card even though file manager says it is.
Any idea as to what's going on?
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There's a folder on the tablet called sdcard that is not actually an sd card. The physical sd cards can be seen under removable>MicroSD
So can I assume that the downlods/dcim etc folders don't save to the sd card automatically like on my evo? And if so is there any way to force it to?
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So can I assume that the downlods/dcim etc folders don't save to the sd card automatically like on my evo? And if so is there any way to force it to?
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It definitely seems that the apps think that the sdcard folder is truly the sdcard. I am really curious if you did apps to sd if it would just save the app in the sdcard folder, or look for a physical sdcard. I am wondering if my 16gb is partitioned somehow for system, data, and sdcard space. I am going to play around with this more when I have time.
With certain apps, you should be able to adjust the save location in the settings.
which sd card do you have?
Its treating the internal storage as if its the SD card you would put in a phone mounting it to /mnt/SDcard.
The actual SD card gets mounted to /Removable/SDCard.
It definitely seems that the apps think that the sdcard folder is truly the sdcard. I am really curious if you did apps to sd if it would just save the app in the sdcard folder, or look for a physical sdcard. I am wondering if my 16gb is partitioned somehow for system, data, and sdcard space. I am going to play around with this more when I have time.
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There is no move to SD option in manage application settings as far as I can see theres no way to move apps to SD card, with the storage you get theres probably no need anyway.
/mnt/sdcard is indeed the onboard storage's sd card partition it seems. I think this is done similar to how the DInc handles its internal storage. The problem with things saving automatically to /mnt/sdcard and not the removable storage by default is because until honeycomb and tablets there haven't been any phones that have both internal storage and external sd card storage. The devs therefore only programmed apps that look for /mnt/sdcard because no matter what phone you used, thats either where the external card is or where the internal memory is partitioned as.
Until the app devs themselves update their software to allow for custom default save locations this will keep happening.
For instance, if you put an office document on one a microsd and try to open it inside quickoffice or polaris, you won't find it as those apps don't let you go any higher than /mnt/sdcard, which on the transformer is the internal memory.
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So can I assume that the downlods/dcim etc folders don't save to the sd card automatically like on my evo? And if so is there any way to force it to?
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It would seem they do download to the appropriate directories under /sdcard/, however /sdcard/ is the internal storage, not the MicroSD card. Looks to be a symlink to /mnt/sdcard.
Given this I expect applications that try to save to the SD card will save in /sdcard/, which of course ends up being the internal storage.
Google blocks the Write ability for third party apps on Android 4.4 KitKat update for uncertain reason. File managers can’t access to SD card at all and lost the ability to manage external storage completely.
However people always find a way to solve problem, although the solution may not be super perfectly.
I recently update File Expert and find it restored the ability to manage external SD card.
Download app from Google Play and open to start. I notice my external SD Card is shown under Folder Tab.External SD Card is accessible and writable again in File Expert. Click to enter, choose a file and try all basic file operations, create, copy, cut, paste, rename, delete, edit and zip file within external SD card. File Expert completes all without any error.
You can even explore more available actions for External SD Card in File Expert. Like trying move a file from internal storage to SD card, sharing files on external sdcard with FTP, Web PC Suite it will be done perfectly, without any error.
What file manager do you use right now? Or is there any file manager can do more?
Hello,
I'd like to create a shortcut or link inside the internal memory folder to point to the external SD card. (Like a shortcut in Windows Explorer.) If I have to use symbolic link I will but I'm afraid this would mess up some apps that scan the internal memory (send it into a circular loop.) I am trying to access the SD card quickly from within the internal disk, when any app shows me that folder. (Basically some apps like CameraMX are STILL failing to show the SD card, even with Root.)
Can anyone help me create the shortcut or link? My mount point for SD is: root/mnt/media_rw/6664-6330. My filesystem is NTFS.
I have: Root Explorer, Solid Explorer, MiX, Terminal.
I tried searching google and XDA but it's hard to eliminate threads talking about the homescreen or adoptable storage. Sorry if this has already been discussed.
Hi, I am trying to find out how can I transfer my app's data to external SD Card so I can save some space in the phone. I saw some videos but all they do is transfer/make a copy of the apk file in the SD Card. I want the app's data/obb to be transfered to SD Card and the app to use it from there. Like in the older models of android there used to be an option Move to SD Card.