I had to reformat my external SD card yesterday after somehow managing to corrupt it. Now whenever I try to copy music onto it, I get this error:
"The file 'filename.mp3'' has one or more properties outside of device limits. If possible, use a media program that can convert the file before copying it. If you copy the file now, it will be stored on the device, but may not be presented in the device user interface. Do you wish to copy the file to the device anyway?"
I've Googled it up but haven't come across any concrete solutions. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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all the cabs and programs I've uploaded from here all say "The file _______ cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file." Now I understand what it says, but I havent moved, edited, or deleted any files/folders off my device. I'm going to reinstall all of it, but anyone have any idea why this would happen?
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all the cabs and programs I've uploaded from here all say "The file _______ cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file." Now I understand what it says, but I havent moved, edited, or deleted any files/folders off my device. I'm going to reinstall all of it, but anyone have any idea why this would happen?
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Did you install them to the SD card? Have you looked to see if they're installed? Most programs install to (root)\Program Files where (root) is the device or the SD card.
I suspect you installed them to the SD card and the SD card has a problem.
That, or you uninstalled several programs in a row and ran into the bug I see all the time where it doesn't remove what you expect it to, but in that case you wouldn't have shortcuts in the start menu (but you certainly could in other programs where you set it yourself).
There is a setting in Advanced Config to automaticly delete cabs after beeing installed, have you checked this?
i havent, but I'm glad I still had the cabs on my device as I just reinstalled them. If they werent on there, I would had needed to find them again...
This problem drove me crazy for two weeks. I decided to try to copy the contents of the SD card to my hard drive and then reformat the card.
While copying the SD card, I kept getting an error. I eventually figured out the Program files folder on the card has some corrupted files or folders.
I copied everything except the Program Files folder to my hard drive, reformatted the card, copied everything back to the SD card and reinstalled the cabs.
PJBHermes said:
This problem drove me crazy for two weeks. I decided to try to copy the contents of the SD card to my hard drive and then reformat the card.
While copying the SD card, I kept getting an error. I eventually figured out the Program files folder on the card has some corrupted files or folders.
I copied everything except the Program Files folder to my hard drive, reformatted the card, copied everything back to the SD card and reinstalled the cabs.
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I have had this too. Twice in fact.
First time it was the My Documents folder of the SD card. Just a few days ago, the Program Files folder was affected. Soluation was to open the SD card directly from the PC thro the SD card slot, recover the files and reformat/ copy.
Lesson learnt: Always keep a copy of important SD card contents on your PC/laptop. I do, now. At 8GB, it doesn't matter much on my laptop.
I tried to copy 4.3GB MKV file to note's internal storage. Then I cancelled as it was not completing, now 4gb of free space has disappeared from my internal memory, but I can't find a file to delete anywhere, certainly not in the directory I was copying to. Any one had this issue before?
Try Copy it again and delete it. otherwise try formatting internal Card
reboot the phone
i doubt you will be able to copy anything voer 4gig to the internal memory
there is a some work around to copy files larger than 4gb. it involves changing sd card to ntfs format. just do a search on xda.
I searched the forums but could'nt find a similar problem. My SD card is read by my phone. But when i connect it to the computer through USB storage, only a few folders are seen(lost.dir, buildprop.tmp, .profig.os) along with any new folders that i create. But while browsing the card through a file explorer on my phone i can see all the files and folders. Anyone know what's wrong??
Try to put it in a card reader and see what happends.
Hey
I bought a sd card from eBay and had countless errors and trouble with it, I bought a new sd and had no issue what so ever. So try a new sd card or even formatt the memory card
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See if you can back the contents up to the pc then run disk check or format.
Formatting at the moment is not an option. I have a lot of data on it that needs to be backed up like photos, videos, music etc. Unfortunately i cant backup the contents onto the PC since they cant be seen! Guess i have to upload everything onto dropbox and then format it. And with my current upload speed its going to take days . Unless there's someother way of doing it
Try doing a backup using a card reader for your pc.
Even with a card Reader only the "New" folders that i create can be seen. But on the phone All the folders can be seen.
Have you tried to connect it with Linux based OS or only with Windows?
Try this also. Currently there's a troyan round the globe. When it activates it hides all the folders on external media devices connected to PC, and creates .exe files with names of hidden folders. When you connect your storage to a PC with good antivirus it deletes .exe files but leaves folders on storage in hidden state. Try to configure your Windows Explorer or Total Commander to show hidden files and folders and maybe you'll be lucky.
Only with Windows XP and 7 based systems as im at a cousin's place. Found this problem when he wanted some songs from my card. I did scan the SD card using AVG. During the scan i noticed that the current files being scanned included those that i couldn't see using windows/commander file explorer. Hope that helps
Edit: A little messing around and i got it!! Folder Options > Hidden Files and Folders > Unchecked "Hide Protected Operating System Files"
Thank you for all your help
Hi,
I'm feeling really stupid and I hope someone can make sense of this for me.
I've always been confused with the virtual paths that recent Android versions use in the file structure, and am having a hard backing up my SD card to my PC.
I actually want to copy this file:
/storage/emulated/0/AuthenticatorPlus/authplus.db
to my PC so I can copy it to a different device, but would like to a backup at the same time.
I inserted the card into my PC and copied everything onto the PC, only to discover that I couldn't find the folder or the file. Worse yet, I realized that while I have what looks like hundreds of folders on my SD card, I have exactly SEVEN in my backup folder on the PC.
And now I'm having a hard time matching up the files on the PC to those on the SD card. For example, I found a file in the Downloads folder on the PC. I found it on the SD card, but the path is given as
/storage/3737-3334/Downloads
Huh? Can someone make sense of this for me? How can I copy my authplus.db file to my PC, or better yet, back up my entire SD card and make the backup look like what I see on the card?
Thanks!
P.S. I just decided I'd try uploading the file to Dropbox and when I selected the SD card, Dropbox showed me the same folders I'm seeing on the PC! What am I looking at?
MagicSpeller said:
Hi,
I'm feeling really stupid and I hope someone can make sense of this for me.
I've always been confused with the virtual paths that recent Android versions use in the file structure, and am having a hard backing up my SD card to my PC.
I actually want to copy this file:
/storage/emulated/0/AuthenticatorPlus/authplus.db
to my PC so I can copy it to a different device, but would like to a backup at the same time.
I inserted the card into my PC and copied everything onto the PC, only to discover that I couldn't find the folder or the file. Worse yet, I realized that while I have what looks like hundreds of folders on my SD card, I have exactly SEVEN in my backup folder on the PC.
And now I'm having a hard time matching up the files on the PC to those on the SD card. For example, I found a file in the Downloads folder on the PC. I found it on the SD card, but the path is given as
/storage/3737-3334/Downloads
Huh? Can someone make sense of this for me? How can I copy my authplus.db file to my PC, or better yet, back up my entire SD card and make the backup look like what I see on the card?
Thanks!
P.S. I just decided I'd try uploading the file to Dropbox and when I selected the SD card, Dropbox showed me the same folders I'm seeing on the PC! What am I looking at?
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That's because /storage/emulated/0 is considered a virtual SD card meaning a fake SD card and this is usually where downloads go.. The other one /storage/3737-3334/ is the actual real SD card that you put in the phone yourself.. The SD cards name is 3737-3334 that's why it shows up like that.. Basically the system downloads everything on to the fake SD card and it's your choice to copy it and paste it into the real SD card because anything that's in the fake SD card will get erased if you have to factory reset or anything.. Both of them the fake SD card and real one should both have to close to the same folders in them like music, music pictures, pictures media, media etc. etc. You get it? You manually HAVE to move the files to your real SD card FIRST and then you can remove it and copy it.. Just highlight everything in the fake SD card and then copy it over to the real one it's really easy.
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That's because /storage/emulated/0 is considered a virtual SD card meaning a fake SD card and this is usually where downloads go.. The other one /storage/3737-3334/ is the actual real SD card that you put in the phone yourself.. The SD cards name is 3737-3334 that's why it shows up like that.. Basically the system downloads everything on to the fake SD card and it's your choice to copy it and paste it into the real SD card because anything that's in the fake SD card will get erased if you have to factory reset or anything.. Both of them the fake SD card and real one should both have to close to the same folders in them like music, music pictures, pictures media, media etc. etc. You get it? You manually HAVE to move the files to your real SD card FIRST and then you can remove it and copy it.. Just highlight everything in the fake SD card and then copy it over to the real one it's really easy.
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Wow, I've seen that 3737-3334 before but I have never heard this explanation. I knew we were dealing with virtual paths but had didn't know I had access to a location. This makes sense. Thank you!
Hi guys,
Recently I bought an external micro SD card to upgrade my phone's storage. However, I am unable to copy anything from my internal storage to my external storage, when I try I get a notification 'Permissions Required' with a step-by-step guide on how to fix it. After I complete the steps, however, I am sent back to the same 'Permissions Required' page without anything being fixed. The weird thing is that sometimes I can actually copy a file or create a folder, but when I try to copy more than 1 or a few files I get this notification. Some of the files that I could copy to the SD card have been corrupted as well. I have tried everything that is available online (such as enabling the hidden Documents folder) but nothing is working. Does anyone have any experience or idea on how to fix this?
try to format your sd on the same phone