Hello,
Today I wrecked the touchscreen of my Xperia Z. However there are videos and photos on the internal storage that I really want to keep. The problem is that the device is currently set to MSC and not MTP. Therefor I can't access the internal storage.
Is there a way to still access internal storage in MSC?
Is there a way to switch connection types without using the touchscreen?
It would be amazing if someone could help me out on this. :victory: My phone is not rooted and runs the latest firmware (Feb 2014).
Try with adb shell , mount the Partition, and copy Your files to an external_sd card
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Hi all,
Just got me an Xperia T, very happy with it.
Only thing I am having trouble understanding is how the file system works, please let me try and explain.
I have a 16gb micro SD card in the device and it also has 16gb of internal storage.
When I mount the device to windows it shows two drives (Internal Storage and SD Card), now these are pretty obvious as to which each one is.
Now my quandary: When I use astro file manager to browse the phone the file system is different (in fact pretty much the opposite).
The micro SD card shows up as "ext_card" and the internal storage (I think) shows up as "sdcard" and then there is another folder called "int_storage" that is empty.
Is this correct?
Could someone please clarify this for me?
Thanks,
Dave
Yes, this is the way it's supposed to be.
When you connect to the PC using MTP, you mount SDcard and ext_card from mnt.
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Cheers for the super fast response!
I thought that was how it was working but it was just a little confusing since it swaps around the name of each drive when plugged into windows.
Thanks again.
The way the T handles internal storage is a little odd...
Older devices have the "internal SD" formatted as FAT32.
Newer Android devices have this trick called emulated storage, where a FUSE module does special permissions magic to allow /data/media (on an ext4 system) to be mounted to /sdcard
The T is a little odd in that instead of using /data/media, it has int_storage or something like that, which is then remapped via FUSE to /sdcard. It's the only device I know of to have the internal SD formatted as ext4 but not "unified" internal storage (e.g. /sdcard is just a directory under /data)
Didn't really understand any of that.
But it's nice to know that I was right and it does handle the storage a little strangely (I deduced that much from your post at least).
hello experts,
i am using samsung galaxy note n7000. as u knw it has device memory 1.97gb and usb storage 11.08gb. whenever i am downloading any apps it's installing on the device memory. after that when i try to move it to usb storage using apps2sd/appmgr3 it says "unable to move. Not enough storage space". dn i inserted and 4gb sd card. after that apps can be moved from device storage to usb storage. i just want to knw y i can't move the apps to usb storage without having micro sd card, though usb storage has 11gb free storage. is there any way to move the apps from device memory to usb storage without using xtra sd card?
MY PHONE IS NOT ROOTED. AND I ACTUALLY DON"T WANT TO ROOT IT...!!!
thank you
samveer said:
hello experts,
i am using samsung galaxy note n7000. as u knw it has device memory 1.97gb and usb storage 11.08gb. whenever i am downloading any apps it's installing on the device memory. after that when i try to move it to usb storage using apps2sd/appmgr3 it says "unable to move. Not enough storage space". dn i inserted and 4gb sd card. after that apps can be moved from device storage to usb storage. i just want to knw y i can't move the apps to usb storage without having micro sd card, though usb storage has 11gb free storage. is there any way to move the apps from device memory to usb storage without using xtra sd card?
MY PHONE IS NOT ROOTED. AND I ACTUALLY DON"T WANT TO ROOT IT...!!!
thank you
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It depends from app to app. some app are coded that way that they cannot be moved from phone to usb like banking app and few other apps. some games are automatically downloaded to your usb memory and some apps can be moved as well.
please specify which app you are not able to move and i'll check that.
did you find any solution? because I am unable to move too. the button says move to usb storage. but usb storage is not there.
usman farhat said:
did you find any solution? because I am unable to move too. the button says move to usb storage. but usb storage is not there.
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What do you mean usb storage is not there? What exactly are you trying to do?
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What do you mean usb storage is not there? What exactly are you trying to do?
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Sorry sorry it says move to sd card. But there's no sd card inserted. There should be a dedicated button to move to the 16 gb storage.
The 16gb in built storage is referred to as sd card.
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The 16gb in built storage is referred to as sd card.
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That's the problem. I cannot use this option. It says unable to move app. Not enough storage space.
usman farhat said:
That's the problem. I cannot use this option. It says unable to move app. Not enough storage space.
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So are you saying when first installing the app it's saying no storage space or when you're transferring it to sd card there's not enough space? Two different things.
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when I want to transfer the app then it says no space. I have 8 gb free in storage and around 1 gb internal memory free
What rom are you on? If on jb, try transferring the app to sd using application manager, see if that works. If it still complains it's because you have residual odex files left over from previous uninstall or other expired data files and there are threads on how to remove them.
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I have stock jb rom 4.1.2
I am trying using application manager, the app2sd also diverts to the default app manager.
In the application manager, what's the status of the move to sd card button? Is it greyed out or click able? If is greyed out, you will need to use root and TB to move then to sd card.
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it's clickable, I can click it but it gives error
I am having the same problem.
I did a fresh factory reset (STOCK JB 4.1.2) and format USB Storage because my Note was becoming unreasonably slow. Needless to say, it's lightning fast now, but as I begin installing apps and internal memory starts decreasing, I want to move apps to the internal SD card (USB Storage) which currently has 11gb free. When trying to move I get "Unable to move app. Not enough storage space". How is this possible?
I do NOT want to use an external SD Card, as the phone starts getting slow whenever anything is downloading to it. Even when updating apps it starts getting stupidly slow to do ANYTHING! Rooting is also NOT an option.
I'm incluing some images to give a better perspective.
hello guys, i just buy a new memory card for my phone (32gb). since its my first time to use an android phone with memory card. i have this question. is it possible if i can just use the memory card for apps, data files, games? i mean, i dont want to use the internal memory of the phone. is it possible? if it is possible, how can i do it? i dont want to use the internal memory and i just want to use the memory card.
thanks guys!
sarkissmae said:
hello guys, i just buy a new memory card for my phone (32gb). since its my first time to use an android phone with memory card. i have this question. is it possible if i can just use the memory card for apps, data files, games? i mean, i dont want to use the internal memory of the phone. is it possible? if it is possible, how can i do it? i dont want to use the internal memory and i just want to use the memory card.
thanks guys!
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App2SD can do that but it is not always possible or recommendable.
For data files i think and depends on the app (i.e. i can set Open Street Map to store all downloaded maps on external sd card)
Best apps to use are link 2sd and folder mount these both need root.
Because of the way the internal memory is mounted as SD card no app2sd will work as they see internal as sdcard.
Link 2sd you set a partition by connecting card to PC without phone use any free windows partition tool set size and make sure it is set as primary, use fat32
Then when you restart phone with ext sdcard inserted link 2sd will ask that a new partition has been detected and how to mount select fat32 then from in app select which files are in the internal memory and select to make link. they are then moved to ext sdcard and free up space.
When you download games they are harder to move data as they look to particular folder only. Folder mount links these files so you can move to ext card and games still works.
Both are free on the play store.
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Best apps to use are link 2sd and folder mount these both need root.
Because of the way the internal memory is mounted as SD card no app2sd will work as they see internal as sdcard.
Link 2sd you set a partition by connecting card to PC without phone use any free windows partition tool set size and make sure it is set as primary, use fat32
Then when you restart phone with ext sdcard inserted link 2sd will ask that a new partition has been detected and how to mount select fat32 then from in app select which files are in the internal memory and select to make link. they are then moved to ext sdcard and free up space.
When you download games they are harder to move data as they look to particular folder only. Folder mount links these files so you can move to ext card and games still works.
Both are free on the play store.
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so i need to download link2sd and folder mount? is there any workaround without using these two apps?
Don't know but you won't get any apps to ext sdcard or data without using these or similar.
They load at boot and are active, just click app, game and it will run smoothly.
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hi.is there any app to move application and data to sd card without root requirement?
cuz i have c5303 12.0.A.1.257 and i waiting for DooMLoRD Easy Rooting Toolkit v16....until then is there any thing i can do to install my game in sd card?
thanks
snowstar77 said:
hi.is there any app to move application and data to sd card without root requirement?
cuz i have c5303 12.0.A.1.257 and i waiting for DooMLoRD Easy Rooting Toolkit v16....until then is there any thing i can do to install my game in sd card?
thanks
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I guess no... you can't do without root bro..
Wait till root is available for your c5303:highfive: & Then you can move it.
Or you can flash 284 firmware & root it, if you need it urgent.
tanx,im waiting for v16 to root my devise,but can i root then move the app then unroot my devise?cuz i root my galexy note 2 and my battery was drain too fast
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tanx,im waiting for v16 to root my devise,but can i root then move the app then unroot my devise?cuz i root my galexy note 2 and my battery was drain too fast
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Not really as the apps need root to work and every time you boot up you will lose function of apps if you unroot.
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tnx for your help my friend.i hope my xperia sp battery stay for at least 2 days after i root ......
Look at this thread to give you more insight.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42521776
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snowstar77 said:
tanx,im waiting for v16 to root my devise,but can i root then move the app then unroot my devise?cuz i root my galexy note 2 and my battery was drain too fast
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Rooting doesn't cause battery drain.
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I am currently using CM 10...when i connect my phone to my pc, it shows up my sd card but doesnot detect the internal storage...however, i restored to stock to check this and the internal memory showed up in the pc...i need help because i want to transfer files to internal memory but i dont want to remove CM 10
The Only Internal Memory is 90MB So Not big
Internal memory is /emmc so try looking for a way to mount that
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I am currently using CM 10...when i connect my phone to my pc, it shows up my sd card but doesnot detect the internal storage...however, i restored to stock to check this and the internal memory showed up in the pc...i need help because i want to transfer files to internal memory but i dont want to remove CM 10
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You can use a program called "Android commander" It can push and pull files form your root directory, so be careful with what you do.
As far as i know, twrp gives you the option of mounting seperate partitions. Don't know about cwm. So if you don't wanna download another program, you can do that. And ofcourse there's always 'adb push'.
Cwm too gives you the option to mount internal/external storage. You have to go in 'mount and storage' then select the last option (I don't remember how it's called) and then you select to mount internal storage and you plug your USB cable.
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So.. I did what I planned for this weekend - installing the Carbon 4.4.2 rom. ^^
But I have a problem..
In recovery, when I select "Mount USB storage", my computer can detect both the internal storage and the external sdcard. But I can't move files to any of them. I can't even read files.
First, I thought this was a driver issue, but yesterday I noticed that I couldn't move Dolphin Browser's download location to ext sdcard.
It appears that the internal storage is listed twice in the storage directory, while only one of the links is working. The external sd however is listed only once and unfortunately not working.. :/
And by the way, any file managers work just fine. I have full access to the ext sd there..
Hope anyone can help me.
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Hmm..mine also..using J1 ace 2015 android 4.4.4..also cannot move/copy pictures/music to ext sdcard..weird..is it samsung or google problem??annoying!!