Hi,
Initially when i bought my GT-I9305, the microSD card was writable with all apps (e.g. file managers, titanium backup) on the phone. However, sometime in the last few days the card has become read-only on the phone.
When I use an SD card adapter and put it into my laptop though, it works fine and I can move files around.
Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this or how to fix it?
Thanks!
Have you tried to install any vrthemes on the phone that is using the sd card to apply the theme, so you may have two folders one vrtheme and the other vrtheme-backup which one or both wont be able to be deleted.
I had the same problem caused by vrthemes being applied mainly in an aroma setup if the theme failed to install correctly or not enough free space to apply it seemed to cause this(for me anyway)
Only thing I could do was to copy all files I wanted to the computer then format the sd card then copy everything back. This is a pain with 32gb of data on the card
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txr33 said:
Have you tried to install any vrthemes on the phone that is using the sd card to apply the theme, so you may have two folders one vrtheme and the other vrtheme-backup which one or both wont be able to be deleted.
I had the same problem caused by vrthemes being applied mainly in an aroma setup if the theme failed to install correctly or not enough free space to apply it seemed to cause this(for me anyway)
Only thing I could do was to copy all files I wanted to the computer then format the sd card then copy everything back. This is a pain with 32gb of data on the card
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Thanks! That worked for me, I also had the vrtheme and vrtheme-backup folders on my card. I tried deleting them by themselves from my computer but it did nothing. Formatting it worked though
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I formatted both internal and external cards and flashed a clean rom because the sd cards were full of crap and clutter but now when i try to use a file explorer it says '''SD CARD UNMOUNTED OR NOT PRESENT'''
I know its off formating the internal but what will make it recognise it again?
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Have the same problem every noe and then. I wiped it a couple of times and it seems fine now.
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Every other time I boot
I have this exactly every other time I boot. Always need to reboot twice in order to keep my SD Card working. No joke - had the same issue with two different cards.
the way i fixed it was to clear the data/cach in the manage applications on the es file manager or what ever file manager ur using
Hello I am new to this site and new to android in general. First, some info on my phone.
_ Unlocked bootloader
-Rooted
-ICS 4.0.3
-32gb SanDisk Micro SDHC card with 2 primary partitions
I am having trouble moving anything to my SD card via the phone. When I go to the app menu and try to move an app I only get the option to "Move to Phone Storage." I have searched on google and everyone just makes mention to use a program like link2sd. I've tried using that, and even after creating symbiotic link the apps still only move to phone storage. The program says they are on SD card, but my SD card data usage says otherwise.
My phone does acknowledge the presence of an SD card in the Settings > Storage menu. I am unable to view the contents of the SD card on any of the file explorers either, when I click the SD card all I see are the contents of phone storage. I am able to view and open contents of the SD card by using root explorer under the sdcard2 directory. If I transfer music and photos to the SD card from my PC I can access them with the appropriate widgets on my phone.
So to simplify my post: Is there any way to move an app to the SD card with this device / ICS? The actual external SD card, not the internal phone storage.
Thank you.
I'm not 100% but... In wcx recovery... I think there is an option to switch internal/external storage...
Maybe someone has tried it?
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I actually moved an app to ext.sd using root explorer it basically just copied it.the app I moved was app monster when I used the app it showed internal .when I selected scan sdcard it brought up everything from internal and external .
HTC vivid
Titanium Backup does this really well. You can do a batch operation to move all user apps to external SD.
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dusty2422 said:
Titanium Backup does this really well. You can do a batch operation to move all user apps to external SD.
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Doesn't Astro File Manager do basically the same thing?
As above after every boot it defaults to r/o so I can't download anything until I change it to r/w?
Why is this?
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Have you applied any vrthemes?
I had this happen to me after applying some vrthemes that had some issues and caused corrupted files on my external sd card.
If you have tried to apply a vrtheme that failed you can see if you have one or two vrtheme folders on the sd card one will be backup and if they can not be deleted then you will need to format the sd card to get it back to normal.
Just copy what you can from the sd card to a computer, format the card and then copy the files back to the sd card. That will make it back to normal
Ok I've formatted the card. Is it normal for the internal sd card to be r/o?
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No it's not. You should be able to write to the internal sd wihout problems. I copy and download files to it all the time
Well I don't know then. I suppose I'll have to do a factory reset
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If that doesn't help either I'd recommend installing a different rom
ok, so my microsd card is a samsung 64gb hc/hx? Computer says HX, microsd card says HC... class 10.
I've been putting music on it etc, then when reboot my phone, it like restores to an older stage, files will delete themselves, folders i deleted reappear and the new music is gone etc.. I do it again, same thing happens. Its extremely frustrating.
I notice ill put an apk on there, the icon changes, and it wont open the apk also.
Ive formatted my sd card on both computer and on the phone but the problem remains...
Here an image of a zip when trying to open, it was recently put on the sd and opened fine before rebooting.
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ok, so my microsd card is a samsung 64gb hc/hx? Computer says HX, microsd card says HC... class 10.
I've been putting music on it etc, then when reboot my phone, it like restores to an older stage, files will delete themselves, folders i deleted reappear and the new music is gone etc.. I do it again, same thing happens. Its extremely frustrating.
I notice ill put an apk on there, the icon changes, and it wont open the apk also.
Ive formatted my sd card on both computer and on the phone but the problem remains...
Here an image of a zip when trying to open, it was recently put on the sd and opened fine before rebooting.
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Same problem here. Any solution?
Are you doing this from the phone? Are you on KK?
If so you need to Google "third party write to sd card restrictions on KitKat "
The solution is to root and apply the write to sd card fix
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Root and fix done. The same thing happens if I copy files from pc to micro sd. When I put micro sd in the phone, directory and files above 8/10gb disappear.
You have a broken or dodgy sd card then.
I bought a 64 gig card of eBay write cheap but it was really a 4 gig card formatted to look like a 64 gig one...
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Tried with 3 different micro sd. The result was the same.
Hi all.
The sd card on my s3 lte failed. I managed to copy most of the contents onto my pc but lost all my photos and vids. When I copied the folders onto my new card I found it was 10gb full (16gb card). The main culprit is a file called languages which is 7.58gb.
What is this file?
I thought if it was languages for the phone then it would be on the phone, not the sd card.
Can I just delete it?
My phone seems to work fine without the sd card in...apart from the apps on the card.
Thanks
Matt
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Matt1245 said:
Hi all.
The sd card on my s3 lte failed. I managed to copy most of the contents onto my pc but lost all my photos and vids. When I copied the folders onto my new card I found it was 10gb full (16gb card). The main culprit is a file called languages which is 7.58gb.
What is this file?
I thought if it was languages for the phone then it would be on the phone, not the sd card.
Can I just delete it?
My phone seems to work fine without the sd card in...apart from the apps on the card.
Thanks
Matt
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by ''new card'' do you mean its never been used untill now? or already used with current device or some other device?
im not sure but, if you had used this ''new card'' already, it could be that these languages belong to an app you used or are still using, for example like maybe a keyboard app (storing languages/predictions/data history) or navigation app. anyway if you say that the phone seems to work fine without it and your apps also then there should be no issues deleting this languages file. probably left on the card from an app that you dont use anymore..