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PLZZ- MY STORAGE CARD is "locked" ?? how can i del

im testing my 64 mega storage card on my exec.
but when im trying to delete through active sync it says - read only ect....
how do i change that plz??

plz
any 1 ?

take out the SD card and look at the edges, there is a switch.
if it is towards the middle of the card, then it is locked, if it is towards the top edge of the card, then it is unlocked.
if the files on the SD card are marked read only or system, AS will fail to delete them too.

its mmc
and has no side switch
its smooth and nothing on it
:S
???
somthing todo with the reg maybe?!

just tested it with my spare mmc card, first file read only, deleted fine over AS, it did popup a warning saying that it is read only, second file system file, would not delete, third file read only + system file, would not delete.
the message it gives is
Cannot delete file test3: Access is denied.
Make sure you mobile device has sufficient memory, that the file is not set as read-only, and that you have permission to copy this file type.
the remaining 2 test files were deleted fine using file explorer on the device itself.
Hope that helps.

sure your card doesn't have the lock as shown below in the image?
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All SD cards usually come equipped with the read-write switch.

rukna said:
sure your card doesn't have the lock as shown below in the image?
All SD cards usually come equipped with the read-write switch.
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like the man said its an mmc card and they do not have a switch.
to first poster......have you tried on a normal pc card reader?

actually no...
i dont have a card reader...
otherwise - i would have formated it i guess...
and yea - the device's explorer can delete the files but is annoying like :evil: to do it through there...
would much rather do everything through my good old pc...

SD Card Issues

Jusyt started having an issue with my SD Card noticed really today but a few times in the past.
The SD card seems to 'drop out' I.E. It wont be picked up by the phone.
I currently have the 6.5 UK Offical ROM installed.
Edit:
Seems to be caused when I use RSS Hub and it downloads a feed and freezes.
Almost like it tries to write to the SD, messes up and this drops out the SD Card???

Already discussed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=580159

Thank you for that however that didnt resolve my issue and I wasnt prepared to buy a new card just yet. (I know they are cheap but I always have to get my moneys worth! )
So I have solved the issue.
It appeared there was a file or two that were either corrupted or were located in bad sectors and when the phone tried to read these from the SD Card it failed and the SD Card bummed out.
As opening the folder containing the files also dropped out the SD Card I backed up my data thus:
Connected the phone to the pc via Data Storage.
ran xcopy from command prompt:
xcopy e:\*.* c:\phone_backup /E
This would freeze on the corrupted files so I would then reboot the phone and reconnect it and create a txt file in the C: Drive called file.txt and it contained just the name of the file.
Then you can run:
xcopy e:\*.* c:\phone_backup /E / EXCLUDE:file.txt
This would then attempt to copy the files whilst excluding any files listed in file.txt.
After a few more resets and a few more files added to the list I was able to copy off most of everything.
I then ran the SD Card through the Panasonic SD Card Formatter twice and copied all the files back.
12 Hours later and no issues as of yet. Fingers Crossed!!
If anyone needs a better explanation or help let me know!

I wish you all the best with your method, but how to apply it to an empty SD which has been formatted with Panasonic app (all settings tried)? In that case there are no files to work on..

If the card cant be read at all then it will not work but if it works up to a point and accessing something or something running (RSS HUB, scheduled email download) crashes it this may help.
I would suggest trying to card in the phone in data storage mode, in a camera, in a usb card reader. Try different ways and if one works get the files off you can.
Without using a data recovery tool like Photrec you cant recover data on a card formatted with Panasonic tools. Make sure you get what you can off it before you format!!

Sie: Thanks for taking the trouble of explaining what you did, others with a card problem might find that very useful. I use command line but wasn't aware of the "exclude" switch, it's very handy to know.
Why not "tag" this thread with something to help people find it
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No problem Pete have done that now.
Wasn't aware of the 'tag' function till just.
I think it helps to add resolutions to things if you find them incase anyone else comes across the same issues.

[Q] Fix SD card not being detected ??

i was copying some wallpapers from my computer to my phone.. all good ive disconnected the phone from the pc removed the usb cable .. work for a while ok and after a few minutes the sdcard got unreadable. and since then is not detecable anymore .
i had some problems with the sdcard a couple of years ago and i formated it. and worked fine until now.
what can i do?? to recover it?
ive read some instructions posted by users on HTC something about a fastboot recovery mode.. but the SG3 doesnt have that .. how can i format my sdcard or recover it please ?!?!!?!?

You can format it simply from windows (you need to use a sd card adapter) and to recover you can use EASEUS Data recovery professional. You can also try doing it via the phone, by unmounting the card (if It's not greyed out) and then format.
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Not only should you format, do a disk check on it, since sometimes bad sectors can cause that.
The order you should do is format, check disk, format... that way check disk doesn't detect corrupt files and the second format formats over what the disk check found.
At least in windows and most removable hard drives this is the case... since your problem is with the card not the phone this could be the case

I had teh same problem ...
There's actually 2 options to get it working ...
1) Buy a class 4 or a class 6 sdcard. (Teh one which u get for free with u're G3 phone is class 2 sdcard and it sucks )
2) Remove teh stock applications and install some cool applications which's got teh option "manual folder scan" (You can select this option for force u're application to scan u're sdcard) Like power amp for music player and quick pic for viewing photos or wall papers or what eva ..!

How to add music

I've tried to copy my music to the Music folder in the SD Card but Samsung player doesn't find the music added.
I can't understand why Google add the stupid limitation in 4.4. ?

JmJ17 said:
I've tried to copy my music to the Music folder in the SD Card but Samsung player doesn't find the music added.
I can't understand why Google add the stupid limitation in 4.4. ?
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You cant use your music on the external SD?

0mega007 said:
You cant use your music on the external SD?
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My music apps don't "see" the music. The Android library doesn't find the files in SD.

JmJ17 said:
I've tried to copy my music to the Music folder in the SD Card but Samsung player doesn't find the music added.
I can't understand why Google add the stupid limitation in 4.4. ?
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What I did:
-Unmounted SD
-Popped it into my laptop
-Created a 'Music' folder in the main directory
-Drag and dropped an album in there
-Popped SD card back into phone and the stock Music player found it automatically
Not sure why you're having an issue with yours. Perhaps you need to format your SD?

karmuh said:
What I did:
-Unmounted SD
-Popped it into my laptop
-Created a 'Music' folder in the main directory
-Drag and dropped an album in there
-Popped SD card back into phone and the stock Music player found it automatically
Not sure why you're having an issue with yours. Perhaps you need to format your SD?
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I've solved the problem doing a factory reset. I remember this problem in SGS4, and I still haven't found the reason.

I quess you don't need facory reset, it's enough to unmount /mount your SD card to force system to rescan your card.
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[WORKAROUND][MOTO_CAM]Moto camera save2sd on custom roms

****REQUIRES ROOT****|**For sdcards formatted as portable storage**
Hi. As you already know many of the custom roms break the functionality of moto camera to save directly to external sdcard.But I have found a nice workaround for this. The latest version of Folder Mount works on MM(more details below)
So all we have to do is to link the /storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera to /storage/{number&letters}/DCIM/Camera.
Link to post about latest version of Folder Mount is here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=67007980
It works for my rom+kernel+whatever but you should test it first.Download it and first create a test link between two test folders in both storages. Now with a file manager copy a file in internal test folder.If the app works for you then you should see the file in external sdcard test folder too. Now you can link the DCIM/Camera and there you go!:fingers-crossed:
Tip:When linking,there is a option to hide the external folder from gallery.You can use it to prevent double entry in gallery.
I tested it on-
Resurrection Remix 5.6.9+Squid kernel 16g. My sdcard is sandisk uktra 64 gb formatted as portable .
I haven't tested it with sdcards formatted as internal. I have no idea how that works too.
I am *not* responsible for data loss,so make it *absolutely sure* that you do have a backup of at least a nandroid,internal and external sdcard.All credit goes to the dev of Folder Mount app.:good:
Note: You should also read the Main thread of FolderMount for general instructions, tips and *updates*.Its here-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192122
If you get it working please report back with your rom+kernel+sdcard file system and other details so people can confirm easily.It is a do-it-as-your-risk and you should be careful.Thank you.:laugh:

Screenshots of the app-
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Thanks for this, will try tonight.
Question, does this save a copy on internal and external or just move straight to external?
Edit...just tried on cm13...way easier than I thought and it works. And to answer my own question it does keep a copy in internal as well as external

hossman said:
Thanks for this, will try tonight.
Question, does this save a copy on internal and external or just move straight to external?
Edit...just tried on cm13...way easier than I thought and it works. And to answer my own question it does keep a copy in internal as well as external
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From what I know of the app's working, the files are actually located at external sdcard but are visible on both.If you turn off the link and visit the folders, you will find that internal one(in our case /storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera) appears to be empty whereas the one in sdcard (/storage/{numbers&letters}/DCIM/Camera) holds the files. It can be seen from twrp file manager too. So the good thing is the files are not doubled actually.
A funny thing is it may confuse space calculating apps, for example my es explorer's sd card analyst shows 3.52 gb of 11.81 gb used but at the same time shows dcim one(one the internal; which is empty) as of 3.61 gb alone. But storage option in settings seem to show correctly.
Anyways glad to hear it works![emoji16]
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Guys, check this out!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=67450652
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