Xperia Z1 and sd card - Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, before buying The Xperia Z1, i would like to know if the device allows "Move to sd card" for apps and games, anyone can help?

Nope not yet maybe in the next update
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you can write your own scripts app to sd or use titanium app to link folders. there are plenty of work around with out app. but you need to know adb and other scripts for it to work. if you code and understands linux, you should know some work around for app to sd. Of course you Need Unlocked Bootloader and Full Root access. linking apps with folders, direction can be used similar to Google Music folder link to external SD.
oh btw, you can choose any phone, not just Z1. cause most runs with OEM customized UI with limitations.
your best bet is running a Phone with stock closely related with out restriction.

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[Q] Orphan files - fragmentation

I have a Nexus S (stock) and want to know if there is a application that will locate files and folders that are leftover when you uninstall apps (similar to a registry cleaner in Windows). I found one for rooted phones but that doesn't help me.
Is fragmentation (within your phone's memory or sd card) a problem with Android? Is there an app for that?
yep it's called SD Maid.
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Thanks. I downloaded and tried it. Found 4 files. The info on market says it's for rooted phones and is very limited for stock phones, Better than nothing, but would love to find an app for stock phones.

new razri user few questions

hi
should be getting mine today
how is everybody coping with the low storage issue?
i have been reading up on directory bind and also rickywyatt method
i dont plan on unlocking the bootloader but i do plan on rooting
What low storage issue are you talking about?
While most of them are installed on the SD, I have a lot of installed applications (about a hundred) and I still have more than 3Gb available (internal storage).
An SDcard can be used for your pictures/videos/games, up 32Gb (at least).
If you want to root your phone and don't want to unlock your bootloader, then don't upgrade it.
However, depending on the installed firmware, it may be impossible to root without unlocking the bootloader.
Motorola has fixed the root exploit in the last update.
ciberbeb said:
What low storage issue are you talking about?
While most of them are installed on the SD, I have a lot of installed applications (about a hundred) and I still have more than 3Gb available (internal storage).
An SDcard can be used for your pictures/videos/games, up 32Gb (at least).
If you want to root your phone and don't want to unlock your bootloader, then don't upgrade it.
However, depending on the installed firmware, it may be impossible to root without unlocking the bootloader.
Motorola has fixed the root exploit in the last update.
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oh, that was something i wanna ask, so if i download Need for Speed MW the 2 gb will install on the SD?
I can't see that it goes to the sd card everything I have downloaded has gone onto the internal memory
App2sd doesn't work so I think the only two methods we can use are directory bind or the internal swap memory trick
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emu123 said:
I can't see that it goes to the sd card everything I have downloaded has gone onto the internal memory
App2sd doesn't work so I think the only two methods we can use are directory bind or the internal swap memory trick
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Did u tried using this app? i dont have a good connection so i cant try it by myself with games https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zbGYuTGlzdGdsQXBwIl0.
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oh, that was something i wanna ask, so if i download Need for Speed MW the 2 gb will install on the SD?
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It depends on the application. Some apps put thier "big" files on the sdcard, some won't.
As emu123 said, you can use an app like Apps2sd to move them from the internal to the external storage.
Even if I install a lot of games, I never ran out of storage. That was the case with my old HTC Desire HD.
Big games can use up to 400Mb, I still have more than 3Gb, which means I can install, at least, 7 big games (but some of them will put files on the SDcard if present). It won't ever happen.
EDIT: I think Apps2sd doesn't work with Android 4.x. Not sure, but I think that the system manages where to install apps when internal storage is full.
I already suggested the ability to move apps to the SD card on the motorola forums, Razr I discussions:
I even got an answer!
I'm a new user so I can't post links search it
Agustinb14 said:
I already suggested the ability to move apps to the SD card on the motorola forums, Razr I discussions:
I even got an answer!
I'm a new user so I can't post links search it
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I'm not sure the "gosh that's a good idea, we'll pass it on" really counts as an answer - almost as if no-one had ever thought of it before!
Does anyone know how to disable vibro on screen unlocking?
Hi, I set up a thread (in my signature) specifically for for those of us new to Motorola - I just got my first Moto phone 2 days ago too. You may find the thread helpful - I will update it with any info. that people need.
How do you mean low storage? Internally? 8GB (practically 5GB) is low to you? Compared with what? Most phones in the upper tier of mid-range have 8GB and many top-range phones start with 8GB...it seems perfectly normal to me. Either way, do you have an SD card? I've a 32GB for my music and it's now full...some phones load the SDs so slowly...but NOT thins phone, all of my music is found in seconds. :fingers-crossed:

kitkat concers. please take time to help a newbie

Ok so after reading about the limitation on kit kat regarding sd card, i got really confused being a newbie in technical aspects so i was hoping people here can shed a light on my questions:
1. Is the touchscreen issue fixed on kitkat?
2. If i update right now to kitkat, will all my pictures and mp3 saved in sd card be still readable and playable? Or will they be gone? Some people reported breaking sd card after updating.
3. Can i still download music and use file comando(never ised that app before) to move files to sd card?
4. If i use stock camera, images are still saved in sd right?
5. If i have an app moved to sd, and updated the app after updting to kitkat, will i still lose my saved files?
6. Does this limitation mean that we can no longer download files bigger than the internal memory of the phone? Isnt that going to make our xperia z1 useless if you have big apps and only have like 2g internal memory left??
7. I read something about apps can still write on your sd if they make a private folder but i dont understand it. So does this mean we can still download files directly to sd if the app supported kitkat?
Those are some of the questions i have for now. Please please someone answer me cause im really confused.. Thank you.

			
				
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1. It was fixed already in .136 4.3, if you still have problems go via Warranty.
2. Yes, with some specific applications.
3. No, you have to get root.
4. I think so.
5. How did you moved the apps to SD? it was never possible from 4.2.2.
6. Ask Google.
7. You are will not be allowed to write to SD until you get Root and modified system to do it. Search on Z1 section, is there.
Best answer for all your question is: Do not Update to KK.

I cannot write to microSD card (128Gb)!!

Any solution? Many thanks for your kind help!
First things first. Can you write to the SD card using the built-in File Commander app?
plvigo said:
Any solution? Many thanks for your kind help!
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This really needs a fuller description of the problem: what exactly are you trying to do, what do you expect to happen, and what happens instead?
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This really needs a fuller description of the problem: what exactly are you trying to do, what do you expect to happen, and what happens instead?
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Also is the sdcard genuine..?
Millions of fakes around..
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I had same problem,first question should be where did you buy it and for how much? For example sellers from eBay are selling 128gb SD card for 15£ only but it's just rebranded 32 or 64gb cards!
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Hi!
This is the Sd 128Gb I bought:
http://www.amazon.it/SanDisk-Androi...784&sr=8-1&keywords=micro+sd+128+gb+classe+10
I think that is a good one!
I saw that this kind of problem starts with Kit Kat, isn't correct?
It's very strange that I cannot copy from the device any file in the Sd card and viceversa!
Many thanks for your kind help!
It's probably not strange and yes, things changed with KitKat. But since you're still refusing to tell us what exactly you're trying to do and how, we cannot help you.
The device can read the SD card, but cannot write in it any kind of file; it's impossible to move or to copy, paste or delete any kind of file, using all file manager you can find in the google play, also trying with resco explorer for rooter user (my Z3 compact isn't rooted). I hope that this explanation can be clear enough!
It's very strange that you can use the Sd card like the older Jelly Beam system, that allow to move o copy any file from one directory to another or from the internal memory to the SD card!
Many thanks again for your kind cooperation!
Of course it's perfectly possible to copy to/from sd card on KitKat, otherwise what would be the point of even having them in KitKat devices.
But usage is more restricted than in earlier Android versions. Tell us *exactly* what you're trying to do, and we can point you in the right direction.
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Of course it's perfectly possible to copy to/from sd card on KitKat, otherwise what would be the point of even having them in KitKat devices.
But usage is more restricted than in earlier Android versions. Tell us *exactly* what you're trying to do, and we can point you in the right direction.
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I think that my english is not good enough to explain what I would like to do!
I will try again: with my new Z3 compact and the SD Sandisk 128Gb I cannot copy or move a file from the internal storage of the device to the SD card and viceversa. Also, I can write the SD card, for example, to create or to rename or to delete a file or a directory in the SD card.
Is it clear?
I hope so and, once again, many thanks for your kind help!!
Have you tried the File Commander app provided by Sony? Otherwise apps can only write to their own folders.
ghtop said:
Have you tried the File Commander app provided by Sony? Otherwise apps can only write to their own folders.
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Yes, I tried!
With the File Commander provided by Sony you can manage the SD, but you cannot use the directory which you created (that seems to be only for reading and not for writing) for example, for downloading files from app of the device (e.g. Ttorrent).
Any solution?
plvigo said:
Yes, I tried!
With the File Commander provided by Sony you can manage the SD, but you cannot use the directory which you created (that seems to be only for reading and not for writing) for example, for downloading files from app of the device (e.g. Ttorrent).
Any solution?
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You *can* use it for writing ... with File Commander ... but as I stated, otherwise apps can only write to their own folders, e.g. SD card > Android > data > com.yourapp.something
Apps that support saving to SD card will typically have the option in their app settings, and they'll use their own app folder for that. Like Google Music or all of Sony's own apps.
You can also copy stuff to/from top level folders via USB or Wireless Media Transfer.
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You *can* use it for writing ... with File Commander ... but as I stated, otherwise apps can only write to their own folders, e.g. SD card > Android > data > com.yourapp.something
Apps that support saving to SD card will typically have the option in their app settings, and they'll use their own app folder for that. Like Google Music or all of Sony's own apps.
You can also copy stuff to/from top level folders via USB or Wireless Media Transfer.
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Ok!! Many many thanks for your explanation!! Best regards!!
I can't delete photos from my SD since I started using QuickPic rather than the ultra buggy default 'Album' app thing.
Because the same policy applies to all user apps, they only have write access to their own folder for security reasons.

Issues with deleting/editing on SD

I've been having problems with deleting and editing files on my SD card. I was really hoping this would be fixed when upgrading to Lollipop but I'm having the same issues.
I'm using JetAudio Player which has the ability to edit MP3 tags and delete files/folders from the app directly. I've never been able to do it. I contacted the dev and he said to remove all the files, reset the device reopen the app, etc. Just setting everything back to zero. It didn't do anything. Then he suggested I try with the Google Play Music app and it's the same thing! I can't delete music that's on my SD card from that app either.
I've tried formatting it to NTFS (which the Z3c didn't even recognize as valid formatting) FAT32 from my computer and as exfat from the phone itself and none of it made a difference.
I have successfully deleted files on the SD card from ES file explorer after it prompted me for the root SD folder.
Has anyone had these issues before?
Have you tried http://click.xda-developers.com/api...play.google.com/store/apps/d...evasque.fmount
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Pants sorry bad link
Look for SD fix nextapp on the playstore
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I'd rather not root it since I've had to send it back and I don't want to void my warranty...
Are you talking about the limitation introduced by Google since KitKat - external SD isn't writable by user apps, only by system apps?
Google fixed that in Lollipop, that's why I'm asking. I'm running Lollipop and an official Google app can't write to my SD card.
I can move apps to my SD card, but Google Play Music can't delete files on my SD card.
Google didn't "fix that", there's a different API now that allows doing a large part of what KitKat totally prevented. However, this API needs to be utilized by the app - old apps that didn't get updated specifically for Lollipop with support for this new API will get blocked just the same as in KitKat. This is why ES Explorer asked for the root of SD card.
My guess is that the apps you use aren't updated, including Google's own.
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Google didn't "fix that", there's a different API now that allows doing a large part of what KitKat totally prevented. However, this API needs to be utilized by the app - old apps that didn't get updated specifically for Lollipop with support for this new API will get blocked just the same as in KitKat. This is why ES Explorer asked for the root of SD card.
My guess is that the apps you use aren't updated, including Google's own.
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I am aware that Lollipop uses a different API for this. With all respect, I'd be really surprised if google didn't update their own app with this. Can anyone with a stock Lollipop Z3 Compact check if they can delete songs from the Play Music app?
Facing Similar Issues.
I am unable to update album art or edit metadata of song files on the SD card of my Xperia Z3 compact. I have tried the Walkman app and also another app called MusiXmatch. Both show a message that we they can't edit the files. My previous phone Xperia Z faced no such problems on Jelly Bean. Isn't there any cure for this problem without rooting.

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