Hello,
i have a problem with my EXTERNAL sd card on usb storage mode.
When i try to copy somes files on it, windows XP say me there's not available space, and it wrote that's the maximum capacity is about 5 Go ( size of the INTERNAL sd card) instead of the real capacity (16 Go).
Please help me.
PS: excuses my english
PS2:i'd try to search in forum but any solution found.
PS3: I have found the solution in explorer of windows, i've got 2 news storages (internal and external) then i can use each one.
BUT if you try to access on external SD card by the _ExternalSD directory on internal SD windows keep the maximum size of this last.
I'm new on android, and i think that's i have some problems with this file system (mount etc..)
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So, where is my external sd card in folder structure? I have these folders, in the list showing when connected by USB and looking at the root level (shows as E:\ on my computer):
external_sd
sd (shows as a 'hidden' file/folder)
Is one of these actually the external sd card mount point (4GB)? And how do you see what is the remaining space on the card while in this view--not looking at it on the phone?
external_sd is the external card.
Which rom are you running?
My external card shows up as another drive when I connect via USB and click on Mass Storage on the phone and mount it. It is not a folder, but a physical drive with its own drive letter.
sd was used in 2.1
external_sd was used from 2.2 up
they are linked shortcuts that work within the android system, but dont work when unmounted to windows as the external sd will show up as another drive.
TRusselo said:
sd was used in 2.1
external_sd was used from 2.2 up
they are linked shortcuts that work within the android system, but dont work when unmounted to windows as the external sd will show up as another drive.
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Very informative. Thanks.
I have this peculiar problem, sometimes my sd card wont auto-mount.
Thats not really a issue since its easily fixed, but the thing is that when the sd card is not mounted, another folder is used in its place.
so when i try to access the sd card i go to /mnt/sdcard/_externalsd/
Sometimes i get the correct sd card contents, but sometimes i get another folder, containing stuff and photos that ive been placing there when the sd card was not present.
This eats my internal memory and i cannot find this non-mount-folder when the sd card is mounted.
So i wonder, is it possible to disable read/write to this default non-mount folder so it appears as if the sd card isnt present (when it isnt) instead of as it is now, faking a virtual sd card?
Just unmount your sd card then copy the files from externel/ to some backup folder on your internal sd . To get the mounting issue fixed you could mount your sdcard on a pc and format it with the standart system tool , just rightclick the sdcard once its mounted and select format, dont do quick format dunno if thats also gonna work
No auto amount is also due sometimes to a recovery reboot from Rom Manager directly
Happened to me
Entering in recovery with on/off and vol down solve it
everytime i download a file or anything from the web, instead of creating a download folder in the root of the SD card, it created one under the Internal Storage....how can i make the SD card to be my Default storage?
SDcard is internal, SDcard-ext is the external card. Haven't seen anyway to default downloads to the external card.
there has to be a way to make the Micro SD card to be the default for downloads and what not. All my other phones have created subfolders under the MicroSD card.
I do not want to use my internal 8gb to save PDF files when i download them from the internet. I want to use my 32GB MicroSD card like it does on other phones...
This has been a NIGHTMARE. I just realized sdcard is internal and sdcard-ext is my actual SD Card. I just assumed sdcard was my flash memory card as this was the case with my Droid X. I changed ES File to the ext location as my default, and my browser's DL section to the ext location as well as Titanium backup. I can't figure out how to save my E-Mail attachments to the ext directory though and I have to continually move them manually, not to mention every app is using the sdcard directory (internal memory) and thinking it is my actual Micro SDHC card. This is a NIGHTMARE and I have read it is not a Motorola problem as new Samsung and HTC phones have the same problem, it is an Android problem. Why the heck would Google change the naming scheme of the SD Card when it worked fine before? Anyway if ANYONE has any solutions suggestions, I would really appreciate it. Thanks
I totally agree. There had to be a way to make all downloads, etc save to sd c
ard-ext.
It's probably going to take a custom Rom to fix.
Hi
Can anyone clarify the layout of storage on the SGN?
I have a 16GB removable SD card in the Note.
In Root Explorer I can see /SDCARD, beneath which I have /SDCARD/external_sd and /SDCARD/usbStorage. This structure is visible as drive F: on my PC when storage is connected to PC.
I also see a drive G: which appears to be mapped to /mnt/sdcard/external_sd.
Can you tell me which is the removable SD card and which is internal phone memory?
Is the 'external_sd' label being used for two different places?
As you can tell, I'm not an expert in UNIX-style folder allocations!
Thanks.
SD card is internal memory
SD card/Ext SD card is your ext memory card
SD card/USB storage is device attached with OTG cable
Thanks - that helps hugely!
Disregard the rest of this I've answered my own question!
I have the above memory card for my N7000 (Rocket Rom v3) and am having problems verifying its capacity.
H2testw (Windows utility) verified it as having no errors and as 32Gb
ES File Explorer's SD card analyst displays capacity as 11.06Gb
SD Tools displays capacity as 11.6Gb
I have tried copying music (21Gb) to the sdcard using two methods. Firstly connecting the phone as a media device which was very slow and started to throw up errors after a while. Then secondly by removing the SD card from the phone and plugging it into my laptop (Win7) which was far quicker. This second method didn't throw up any errors BUT when I put the card back into my phone no files were found!
I am beginning to think I have a fake SD card which when plugged straight into my laptop is telling it 'Yes I'm a 32GB card' but for some strange reason allows it to copy too many files to the card without complaint. I am going to do some tests to check this out.
In the meantime is there an alternative utility which is guaranteed to verify what my card is either on Android or MS?
Thanks
Please try to do a SD card format on your laptop before putting it in your phone
It might be an issue with its storage that is preventing android from detecting the full size
If that didn't work, try to format the memory card over the phone (using settings)
Best of luck
Mohammed Atef said:
Please try to do a SD card format on your laptop before putting it in your phone
It might be an issue with its storage that is preventing android from detecting the full size
If that didn't work, try to format the memory card over the phone (using settings)
Best of luck
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Okay there were 2 problems, the first one was getting the memory card to be read by my note which I've now managed to do, not sure what I did but there you go, but it certainly wasn't reading before.
The second problem and this is a little embarrassing but when ES File Explorer opens up it displays the contents of the "/sdcard/" by default which on my old desire was the external sdcard but on my note its the internal memory! Not the external sdcard! To view the external sdcard you need to navigate to "/storage/extSdCard/" which is downright misleading unless you come from a Unix mindset of course
SDTools just seems incapable of picking up the external SD card and can only see the internal memory.
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