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Xperia V New SD Card, can't make it recognize it as external
SEARCHED FIRST, WANT TO ASK MYSELF!
So I just bought a new Micro SDHC card, 32gb Samsung, placed it in the turned off phone, then turned it on, the sd card is recognized, but it doesn't appear in the ...
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Access Samsung Galaxy S4 storage and SD card directly
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 a while ago. One annoying difference compared to my previous Android device that I've noticed on S4 is that I cannot access the internal storage and SD card directly by ...
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Can data be recovered from crashed sd card? [closed]
My 16GB micro sd card isn't showing any files these days. Earlier it was hanging up in my phone and I decided to transfer all the files to my laptop. As I was copying the files, it got terminated due ...
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Losing partition on sd card
I have a 2GB sd card that I have partitioned with minitool partition wizard, Easus partition master and Gparted. Each time I create a 1.5GB fat16 partition set as primary and a 370MB ext2 partition ...
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Run Ubuntu from SD Card on Android Tablet
I'll be acquiring my first tablet in a few weeks, and haven't tinkered with Android much besides my 1st gen Motorola Droid (I had an HTC Sense, but a power surge fried it and turned it into a brick, ...
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SDCard frequently unmounts itself with HTC One V
I am using HTC One V running ICS 4.0.3. The issue I often get is that my sd card is disconnected automatically for which I have to restart my device.
Secondly it takes a hell lot of time to load ...
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Why does my SD data get messed up when i connect to PC with USB?
Every time I connect my phone to my computer via USB (Huawei U8666E, Android 4.0.3) even after I've disconnected my phone, the following 2 things happen (that I can tell): My ringtone goes back to ...
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Is SD card damaged
I bought 32GB SanDisk class 10/UHS1 SD card from Flipkart.com
Many times it fails to load all apps from SD card and many time it simply says in notifications "Damaged SD card", or suddenly notifies ...
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SD card in Android virtual device
I have created an Android virtual device with sd-card.
Now I want to create another Android virtual device with sd-card with same data.
Where can I find the sd-card image file?
By the way, I'm ...
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Need to unlock Coby tablet; MicroSD card not formatted
My Coby Kyros MID7024 tablet is locked with a pattern lock. The person who set the pattern lock has unfortunately forgotten it. I tried to unlock the tablet using these methods:
The volume ...
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memory card not working [duplicate]
i bought a new android phone and i inserted a 32gb sdhc card that i used in my htc on it. it works well for 3 days , suddenly it showed me a message unsafe to remove memory card. then i reinserted the ...
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Gallery is displaying three, sometimes even four copies of the same file - why?
I have a non-rooted Android phone running 4.0.4 (ICS). The phone has 3GB of internal storage and I have inserted a 16GB SD card. The SD card contains a number of audio and video files.
When I opened ...
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How do i transfer files from an old memory card to a new one using the Sony Xperia J?
I recently bought the Sony Xperia J and bought a new SD card ive tried to transfer my files over through the USB lead and it says theres a error and wont allow me to do it can anyone help me please?
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Malware has corrupted SD card
I have android phone with SD card. Malware has moved all files to other folder. Then I copied it to previous place. But now it doesn't show applications placed in menu. It shows it in settings. What ...
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selecting a chime in Caynax Hourly Chime
In Caynax Hourly Chime when I select chime option a dialog with a Search button appears. But while I have some sound file in my SD it do not show them. How can I choose chime file in this app?
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Should I keep my Android tablets' power off or leave them on standby mode?
Should I keep my Android tablets power off or leave them on standby mode? Which option is better?
I have two tablets: Allwinner A10 single core 10 inch (old one) and Allwinner A31 quad core 9.7 inch ...
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Cannot access all my folders from my SDCard via USB
I plug in the USB cable to my computer. I click on Open Device to view files, I get to the root of my SDCard. The problem is that there is a directory missing.
I can see it with my file manager on ...
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Use Applications on post-boot mounted SD card?
In order to increase free space on /data , I moved some 15Mb of application files to an ext2 partition on external SD card that is mounted on /data/HWUserData/mnt
Specifically, I moved
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Does the lock screen on a encrypted device provide different security than an unencrypted device?
I am wanting to encrypt my phone and sd card. I have been reading around about it all week and still don't understand a few things. I though that the encryption was like blackberry encryption, where ...
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How to save map cache of my city on SD card for use with Google Maps, possibly with no expiry?
I don't have enough rep. to comment under other's post, so I had to open this thread. I read some threads on Google Maps here and the question still persists.
Is there a straightforward method to ...
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Adb Push doesn't push MyROM.zip /sdcard/ though it says it copied the file (Samsung Galaxy Mini)
I want to install latest stable CyanogenMod to Galaxy Mini aka. tass: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_tass
I installed the Google USB drivers as per ...
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Transferring Gallery pictures on my LGL5G to its SD card
I have an LGL35G phone. How can I move pictures from Gallery to its SD card?
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What is covered by “Encrypt phone”?
On Ice Cream Sandwich (CyanogenMod 9), Under Settings > Security there is an option to "Encrypt phone". I understand that this will require me to provide a PIN whenever I start up my phone. But ...
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“cannot write file in SD card” when taking a screenshot
I have an Optimus Black.
When I try to take a screenshot, it makes a noise. Then, it says cannot write file in SD card.
How do I fix that?
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samsung duos s7562 how to see/browse contents of sd card
How can I see/browse the contents of my sdcard on my new and shiny samsung duos GT-s7562?
android ver = 4.0.4
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Why do some applications have `Move to SD card` button disabled? [duplicate]
I've just downloaded an app, and I want to move it to SD card. At the application setting, the app has data like this:
Total ... 10.05MB
Application ... 9.97MB
Data ... 80.00KB
Next ...
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Insufficient file permissions when taking photos
My phone cannot take and save photos, indicating that files cannot be saved in SD card due to insufficient file permissions. I have tried everything, but it's not working.
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Galaxy S3 encryption issues
I have set a 6+ characters password, and I have encrypted the 2GB SD card and ATT Galaxy S3 device. But I am able to read and write files to the card and device using the computer.
How is this ...
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None of the apps installed on my SD card work anymore
The apps worked this morning for a bit, then I plugged my phone in to charger and grabbed it right before I left for work.
When I was checking it on the way to work, most if not all of my apps, said ...
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Micro SDHC card won't mount on Sylvania SYNET7LP-DS
My new Class 4 PNY 16GB Micro SDHC card won't mount on my Sylvania SYNET7LP-DS 32GB Extended storage Froyo (2.20) Tablet. This is the second new card I returned, and still won't mount. When I press ...
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Can I install an app directly to my SD card?
I'm trying to install a large application (EA games' Scrabble free), but I have insufficient space on my phone, so I can't complete the installation. I have plenty of space on my SD card though, but I ...
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How to keep files downloaded via Dropbox after uninstalling app [closed]
I want to know whether there is any app on the Google Play Store which
stores all dropbox files to memory card whenever there is net
available
Leaves the files in my memory card even after I ...
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SD card full bricks Android 2.2: In fsckdelay end. Kill dosfsck, ret=-1
I downloaded this 80 MB ZIP file containing 27000 files to my SD card and unzipped it using this code.
A no space left error occurred before all files could be extracted.
I couldn't remove the ...
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LG Lucid doesn't recognize SD card as extra memory when dealing with photos [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I deal with “Low on Space” messages on my HTC Incredible?
I have an LG Lucid, and recently (more or less) learned how to put files (music, etc.) on it from my ...
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How the data on SD are encrypted in 4.0?
I've got phone with android 4.0, and, for sync with Exchange, I encrypted SD card using android's built-in encryption. However, the phone starts telling me that the card is damaged and needs ...
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SGS with CM10 says sdcard is full although there is plenty of space
I've been using CM10 on my SGS for almost a month now and yesterday the sdcard became full somehow although it isn't.
I can't take photos or download files.
The SD-card has plenty of space, in fact ...
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Widget to display a text file (complete) which is stored on sd card
I'm looking for a widget (4x4 best) which can display a text file permanently which is stored on the SD Card.
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Different methods of moving apps to SD card
There is a native method for moving apps to the SD card, by viewing the app info and pressing the "move to SD card" button. (I don't know on which Android version this was introduced). Not all apps ...
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What difference does it make that I have two SD cards
I guess I don't really understand the Android storage structure; maybe someone can enlighten me or direct me to a place that does. I have a Galaxy S3, Android 4.0.5, with two 16GB SD cards. So:
Does ...
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Make iso of sdcard + data directory
I need to be able to make an iso file of the /mnt/sdcard and /data/ directories on both rooted and nonrooted phones(for forensic analysis). Older phones I can mount to my linux machine and run mkisofs ...
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adb “Permission denied” to run a “./configure” file
I need to run a configure file into my android phone so I think the best way to do this is to use the adb shell command.
I'm running an Android emulator onto a Windows-7 platform, and there I'm ...
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sluggish performance due to mmcqd CPU usage
I have an older Droid Incredible running Cyanogenmod 7.2. Recently, I've noticed some sluggishness on the phone that doesn't seem limited to a single app. The CPU Usage Plus app (which I think just ...
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Why did /sdcard/ turn into /sdcard/0/ with 4.2?
I've never seen this before so I'm assuming that it happened when I upgraded to 4.2: I'm fairly certain that /sdcard/ used to take me straight to my sdcard, but now when I go to that path (in CWM ...
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Limited internal storage, how to shift stuff to sd card
Total Available Internal storage on my Sony Ericsson is ~412MB. This is really low but many apps apparently need to be installed there and others still need a footprint even after being shifted to SD ...
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LG Optimus Logic Transferring apps to Micro SD instead of internal memory
I recently purchased an LG Optimus Logic Net10 phone which runs Android 2.3.6. The phone was advertised as having 1GB internal Memory and also came with a 4GB Micro SD.
When I download apps, they ...
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What would cause the existence of a /sdcard/logfile.log?
Since quite some time I've been getting a file /sdcard/logfile.log which gets really big quickly, last time I checked it was about 2MB. That file seems a general system log since I remember seeing ...
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Apps missing after sd card unmount
The core issue is in the title: the apps that were installed in the SD card seem to be not installed at all after I unmounted the SD card.
As additional information, these are the steps preceding the ...
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Image and video files disappear from the SD Card
Sometimes it happens that all image files (JPEG, PNG, etc.) and videos (3GP) are erased automatically in the SD Card. So they are removed from Gallery also.
This means I risk to lose documents and ...
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Can you factory reset an Android device but not wipe away info on the SD card?
I am looking into factory resetting my 2.2 Android tablet. Is there a way to do this without wiping the contents of the SD card?
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Installing downloaded apks from external site
I have just downloaded APK files of a software from a website to my laptop. My question is if I install this on my phone, will it be installed in the phone memory or in the SD card memory?
I couldn't ...
