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Installing Applications from SD Card

I have a Nook color, but my wifi isnt working on it for the moment, no worries.
I want to install applcations but from my SD Card, i have them all set up but do i need a special program to install them??
Thanks

anyone? help

I have pushed apps to the SD card & use Astro File Mgr to install.
Astro lets you "explore" the folders & when you locate the apk clicking on it will lead you to the option to install the app.
Cheers,
kev

Yeah you need a file manger program like ASTRO. That way you can access the file from the SD card. Once you're in the file manager, just click on the program .apk and then install

Thank you :d

SD Card Access

Hello. I have a HTC Hero with no phone service that I want to give my child for use as MP3 player, etc. I'm trying to figure out how to access the SD card to install a file manager and other apps.
Any assistance will be much appreciated.

When you plug it into usb, you should be able to drag down the notification menu and select mount as a usb drive.

oh yes of course. what i'm asking is seeing the contents of the sd card without it being plugged into the computer so i can install apps. i don't have a file manager on the phone. can the phone otherwise read the card?

jmc55 said:
oh yes of course. what i'm asking is seeing the contents of the sd card without it being plugged into the computer so i can install apps. i don't have a file manager on the phone. can the phone otherwise read the card?
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Install ES Files Manager from the market, it'll let you browse the sd card.

Shelnutt2 said:
Install ES Files Manager from the market, it'll let you browse the sd card.
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the phone has no service. we're using it just as a mp3 player and hopefully to play games.

After CM9 Rom installation my EX SD Card folder is empty????

Hey
I just flashed paranoid android last night and for some odd reason I cannot locate none of of my files on my ex SD card. I was told in cm9 they change the pathway to emn or something like that but that's no where to be found? I never formatted a thing when I flashed the from so very weird that its vanished. Under storage I see SD card down below and it says Mount SD card so but you can't click on it or anything so what has happened.
When I tried to do restore with TB it could not find my folder as it was installed on ex SD. Now in storage it shows USB storage right at the bottom and this is where my ex SD should be i imagine but underneath this is says mount SD card!
Any help would be great.
Thanx

I dont know about your issue with TB, but you can find your files using Astro File Manager.
Open Astro, click "Up" and mount emmc insted of SDcard.
Hope it helps.

Fruitcaked said:
I dont know about your issue with TB, but you can find your files using Astro File Manager.
Open Astro, click "Up" and mount emmc insted of SDcard.
Hope it helps.
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I used to use astro and I now can see my SD card as u said....do u know if this is just a issue with cm9 as I liked using es exploror...
Is it best to just use astro as es is a root exploror.
Cheers

islandmixed said:
I used to use astro and I now can see my SD card as u said....do u know if this is just a issue with cm9 as I liked using es exploror...
Is it best to just use astro as es is a root exploror.
Cheers
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It's not an issue, CM mounts SD card as emmc only. you can disable root access option in ES and it will then just act as file explorer

jeetu1981 said:
It's not an issue, CM mounts SD card as emmc only. you can disable root access option in ES and it will then just act as file explorer
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iam confused jeetu! lol
i cannot find my external sd card in es exploror, so since CM mounts EX SD as emmc what do i need to do to display this? their is no emmc folder listed. now before i flashed this cm9 rom, ES folder could display my ex sd card fine.
So a root exploror and file exploror are the same then? should i just stick with astro as i can see my ex sd card under emmc.
my issue with this, was when i tried to restore my TB backup, i could not find my files as its backed up on my ex sd card. thats why iam irritated by it, or does that have nothing to do with it! lol

islandmixed said:
iam confused jeetu! lol
i cannot find my external sd card in es exploror, so since CM mounts EX SD as emmc what do i need to do to display this? their is no emmc folder listed. now before i flashed this cm9 rom, ES folder could display my ex sd card fine.
So a root exploror and file exploror are the same then? should i just stick with astro as i can see my ex sd card under emmc.
my issue with this, was when i tried to restore my TB backup, i could not find my files as its backed up on my ex sd card. thats why iam irritated by it, or does that have nothing to do with it! lol
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Can you check in setting> storage if you SD is mounted? Root explorer can do everything that a normal file explorer can do, it is just an advanced file explorer with root access. Just having root explorer is enough. Can you find SD in root explorer or some other file manager?
Edit- Got it, go to TB preferences and click "backup folder location" and then hit "detect" It will then detect your backup folder and then click "use current folder", that's it.

Hey
Yes in astro I can find that emmc file and all my files are present. Its just ES I don't see it at all or no option for me to enable it. I'll rather just have one root explorer.
In storage it lists my SD card and below it' it says mount SD' insert a SD card for mounting So I guess its unmounted?
I used backup pro for my apps but I really don't think it worked as well but if it gives me issues. I'll just have to delete apps again and maybe use TB
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islandmixed said:
Hey
Yes in astro I can find that emmc file and all my files are present. Its just ES I don't see it at all or no option for me to enable it. I'll rather just have one root explorer.
In storage it lists my SD card and below it' it says mount SD' insert a SD card for mounting So I guess its unmounted?
I used backup pro for my apps but I really don't think it worked as well but if it gives me issues. I'll just have to delete apps again and maybe use TB
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Yes, if your card is not mounted then obviously it's unmounted , re-insert your card and see if that helps, if not then you may have to format it. I have faced this issue several times after flashing custom roms (specially CM based)
Check this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060230 post #5 in particular

islandmixed said:
Hey
Yes in astro I can find that emmc file and all my files are present. Its just ES I don't see it at all or no option for me to enable it. I'll rather just have one root explorer.
In storage it lists my SD card and below it' it says mount SD' insert a SD card for mounting So I guess its unmounted?
I used backup pro for my apps but I really don't think it worked as well but if it gives me issues. I'll just have to delete apps again and maybe use TB
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
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Hello again,
I tried ES to see if i could help you and its basically the same as Astro. Click on favorites -> Phone Icon -> emmc. After that u'll find it in history.
Cheers

Fruitcaked said:
Hello again,
I tried ES to see if i could help you and its basically the same as Astro. Click on favorites -> Phone Icon -> emmc. After that u'll find it in history.
Cheers
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Right, but his SD card is not even mounted and that's the main problem here.

jeetu1981 said:
Right, but his SD card is not even mounted and that's the main problem here.
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Well, I may be new to this, but if he can see his external sd card and the files in Astro it must be mounted?

Try this...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.qbanin.binder&feature=search_result

go to mnt/emmc
Its there using root explorer.
And you can use icsbinder from playstore to bind it to sdcard/extsdcard
Just check first two options in icsbinder and reboot.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2

Hey guys....that worked in favourites in ES explorer so I will keep ES lol so thanks for that Mr.
So when I click favourites in ES it goes to emmc and my files are displayed...so weird but I guess its working.
Since I rooted its been one thing after another lol
Thanks all
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

ANDROID 4.4 problem with sd card or limited

any one have problem when copying file from other app than file commader to sd card , or have error from any app when saving to sd card , or from other camera app other than stock???
how to resolve. i think 4.4 has limited security in sd card

Use es file explorer its working fine for me
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karrouma said:
any one have problem when copying file from other app than file commader to sd card , or have error from any app when saving to sd card , or from other camera app other than stock???
how to resolve. i think 4.4 has limited security in sd card
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More like UNLIMITED. HA!

karrouma said:
any one have problem when copying file from other app than file commader to sd card , or have error from any app when saving to sd card , or from other camera app other than stock???
how to resolve. i think 4.4 has limited security in sd card
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Use Q&A forum
And BTW, there is no issue with SD Card and 4.4. Read up on it and you'll understand how it works.

any one can help to work, it is not working. for exemple whennusing astro ican't copy or move file from internal to sd card, and i use aqua camera pro it can't save in sd , and other camera app

Daelyn said:
Read up on it and you'll understand how it works.
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karrouma said:
any one can help to work, it is not working. for exemple whennusing astro ican't copy or move file from internal to sd card, and i use aqua camera pro it can't save in sd , and other camera app
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Maybe out of topic, then Sorry, but who have 4.4 can move the Apps to SD?

for me ES is not working on 4.4 but file commander that come with stock is working!!

Stock file managers are the only ones that work on kit kat for external sd cards, This applies to any phone running kit kat, only system apps have full acess to the SD card
so in our case file commander is the only file manager that works with the external sd card
System apps are also the only ones that can copy/move/create/delete or download stuff on the external sd card, unless they have their own private folder AND if you delete the app then all files in said private folder go out with it too
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im using total commander and i have full access to my sd-card.
that said:
i love total commander because of it's two pane view mode and those useful plugins. i've used it since windows 95 on my PC, so i was happy to see, that there is an android version of it.
i don't know why it's never mentioned on xda. are there any downsides to it? ive never had any problems with it. it makes moving/copying files so much easier
edit:
here's the link, have a look if you like

Maybe I'm not the only one to come up with this solution but I use es file explorer and adownloader and I could not get them to write to the SD card so I downloaded link2sd and converted both apps to system apps which then fixed both apps write issues. It has worked for me has anyone else tried it?!?
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es file dont work for me with some things but stock file comander works fine

Double checked didn't work with tc
But I found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617921
And it worked
Sent from Xperia Z1

Can't write on sd card

Hi,
I've purchased a sd card but I can't write on the sd card with ES Explorer. It says me:
Your system forbids ES from writing on external SD card (check https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail....)
Any help please?
Many thanks and sorry for my English!

Hi.
It's a kitkat restriction, you can't use ESExplorer without root

So... there is a workaround without root?

There is no workaround for ES Explorer without root.

And is possible with other file explorer?
Thanks

Only the one that's preinstalled.

You can manage your SD card from PC, it's the easiest way

Yes. I'm trying to configure torrent client to download directly in sd card but it's impossible

mmm286 said:
Yes. I'm trying to configure torrent client to download directly in sd card but it's impossible
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That sounds like a problem of an older App which has no support for Android 4.4 (yet). Else it could very well create it's own directory on the SDcard and just work.

sxtester said:
That sounds like a problem of an older App which has no support for Android 4.4 (yet). Else it could very well create it's own directory on the SDcard and just work.
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Flud is his name