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How do you access the contents of your external SD card?

I am trying to figure this out! I have a 32gb microsd card that has movies on it. I plugged it into my computer and just dragged the files over, then inserted the card into the tab. I powered the tab on and I'm using root explorer to search files but none of the files are showing anywhere. When I go into storage it shows the card is there and how much space is used/left but I cannot figure out how to view the files at all.
The card is formatted FAT32 and I'm using a completely stock Iconia a500 16gb

Acceessing your MicroSD
If you're in Root Explorer go all the way to the root folder then from there go to /mnt/external_sd and you should see all the stuff on your card. Hopefully that helps. Not sure why Acer named their internal storage SDCard but it's made it quite annoying.

azraeljarah said:
If you're in Root Explorer go all the way to the root folder then from there go to /mnt/external_sd and you should see all the stuff on your card. Hopefully that helps. Not sure why Acer named their internal storage SDCard but it's made it quite annoying.
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My self as well.....
However AndSMB allows me to transfer files wirelessly over my LAN to the external and USB if installed, schwwet and free a must have.....

I found it... thought that having one root as sdcard which is really the internal memory and then the actual sdcard under the MNT folder was pretty dumb but what do I know I guess. lol
Thanks!!!

every tablet i've played with has always named the internal memory "sdcard".
i wish they would do the same as archos and mount the external sd card within the sdcard folder, so /mnt/sdcard/sdcard
this way most apps could see it.

For now the easiest solution is to make these folders bookmarks or make the /mnt folder your Home Folder. That way one click will get you to root or to any of the mounted media...

using a file explorer (I woud assume root explorer will work) it's at
/mnt/external_sd
usb is at
/mnt/usb_storage
internal memory for storage is at
/mnt/sdcard

[Q] Fixing The "Couldn't Install On USB Storage Or SD Card" Problem

I'm having this major issue with all the 2.3 ROMs no matter what. Some apps just refuse to install when before there was no issue. It's exactly as here. http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...on-usb-storage-or-sd-card-problem-on-android/
I tried searching for the smdl2tmp1.asec file but couldn't find it either on the internal or external sd cards. Plus I am unable to mount the internal card on windows to search for the file.
I deleted /system/etc/init.d/11dalviklocation but that just made it worse. Now all my widgets died. I see a /HWUserData under storage settings now which wasn't there in 2.2 ROMS and I never had this issue in 2.2 ROMs.
Also, at bootup, I always see a notification in the statusbar. SD card safe to remove. And under the /HWUserData storage, I see mount the sd card. It seems the system refuses to mount the sd card or the /HWUserdata additional storage which appears under storage settings.
The only way I can install the hard to install apps is by unmounting my external sd card then installing the app which i guess forces the app to install on the internal sd card.
I installed this mod, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112857&highlight=partition Geno's Custom you data partition's size. Could this be contributing to the problem? Is there a way to search for the file smdl2tmp1.asec file using recovery and deleting it? This issue cropped up after installing an Oxygen ROM and from then on any 2.3 rom I installed has this issue. It's bugging the hell out of me, I'm currently running CM7 and its perfect except for this issue. Help anyone?

First: try to fix permissions from recovery.
Does it mount your SD as SD or your internal sd??? Hwuserdata should correspond to your internal sd. If they are swapped, use root explorer, find fstab file and swap them again
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PlanDreaM said:
First: try to fix permissions from recovery.
Does it mount your SD as SD or your internal sd??? Hwuserdata should correspond to your internal sd. If they are swapped, use root explorer, find fstab file and swap them again
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I tried fix permissions in cwm 4.0.1.5 latest. Didn't work. What's the meaning of swapped? "find fstab file and swap them again". How do I do that? Where is the fstab file? closest i found is the vold.fstab file. that it?
I see this in the vold.fstab file.
dev_mount emmc /HWUserData 14/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc0
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.4/mmc_host/mmc2
That make any sense? Thanks for the reply! This thing is driving me nuts!

It seems that your sd card is damaged.
I suggest before mess with system stuff, to backup all sdcard content on your pc and format your sdcard. Then insert it back to device and try to see if the problems solved.

dancer_69 said:
It seems that your sd card is damaged.
I suggest before mess with system stuff, to backup all sdcard content on your pc and format your sdcard. Then insert it back to device and try to see if the problems solved.
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I did that before actually. formatted my sd card. Could it be a file on the external sd thats causing it? Since I copied back everything on the sd card after formatting it.

For this reason I said to put it on before recopy anything. Maybe some of android system files/folders on sdcard are damaged.

Damn! It was the SD card after all! What a headache! I copied everything except all the hidden files on the sd card which began with (.) Now everything works fine! Can't believe it. Such a simple thing and so much problems it caused.

So can you please tell me what you exactly did. Cause i don't understand but i have the same problem too. I have no root and i have froyo 2.2.1
EDIT: i made it by connecting to the pc and deleting a file...

[Q] How to mount internal memory

Hello, I'm running Oxygen, and I can't find where to mount internal memory. On other ROMs, both the sdcard and the internal memory appeared when I connected to phone to my PC, but now only the sdcard appears.
Thanks in advance.

nimyea said:
Hello, I'm running Oxygen, and I can't find where to mount internal memory. On other ROMs, both the sdcard and the internal memory appeared when I connected to phone to my PC, but now only the sdcard appears.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi don't know if it helps, but this config is in cm7 rom and it mounts both disks so put this (extracted first) in your etc folder replace if needed (backup your original) reboot phone and then try to mount and see what happens

Didn't worked for me. I think oxygen doesn't support mounting the internal memory. It's a known issue

spirosbond said:
Didn't worked for me. I think oxygen doesn't support mounting the internal memory. It's a known issue
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maybe oxygen formats that partition with ex4? or 3? so windows don't mount it?
what if yo format it with phone menu and then press mount in storage menu.

No, the partition is fat, you can see this if you run /proc/mounts from adb shell.

So, how can I install a new ROM, without mounting the internal memory? Suggestions?

Tommixoft said:
maybe oxygen formats that partition with ex4? or 3? so windows don't mount it?
what if yo format it with phone menu and then press mount in storage menu.
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the problem is with the rom because at the storage settings it doesn't recognize any internal sd. Only your external. That's why windows don't mount it either.
So, how can I install a new ROM, without mounting the internal memory? Suggestions?
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Yes I have oxygen r1 too and install any new rom via clockworkmod. I paste from external sd to internal with root explorer (i think astro can do it also), boot to clockworkmod and install zip from sd card (the internal sd card).
Clockworkmod reads the internal sd card correctly.

Thanks, by the way, what's the internal sd folder?

nimyea said:
Thanks, by the way, what's the internal sd folder?
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Your internal sd card folder is named "HWUserData" and you can find it with a file manager (astro or root explorer etc...).
Sorry for my bad english

Thanks a lot
Your English is fine by the way

[HELP] Recovery doesn't read/mount my external SD...

Good, I have the latest version of the MIUI (2.1.13) and CWM 4.0.0.5 and I can not mount the external SD in CWM (this only reads/mounts internal).
I'll try to explain what is wrong with me ...
With external storage in x5 settings:
- CWM gives error when you mount the external sd.
- CWM just read the sdcard or internal sdcard.
- In the root explorer in the sd-ext has nothing.
- in the root explorer the sdcard folder has my files of the external card (strange I think).
- Connected to the PC can see both cards as the external is drive H: andinternal as drive I:
With internal storage x5 settings:
- CWM gives error when you mount the external sd.
- CWM just read the card or internal sdcard.
- In the root explorer in the sd-ext has nothing.
- In the root explorer in sdcard folder has the default rom files.
- I can not see the external sd root anywhere in explorer.
- Connected to the PC can see both cards as the external drive I: and internal as drive H: (exchange units in relation to external storage - WEIRD!)
I've tried to put my phone with al factory settings (TMN original ROM (portugal) and pink screeen files) then root and install all CWM recovery's but with everyone of them i can not mount or install (read) from my external sd in the recovery...
What worries me most is that I can only install Roms from the internal sd, so if one day can not make it boot the phone I'm F *****...
Someone can help me solve this?

now when i connect to pc i see my sdcard as a cd drive...i can see the files but i can't change anything what is going on?

On project menu, which appears with #*#*2846975*#*# on official 2.3(doesn' t work on miui AFAIK) there is a menu related to sd card. I've read before some time that someone fix this CD kind mount problem from there. I think that the enabled option is GOOGLE. If not, change it to that, reboot and see if the problem solved. Otherwise try the other options.

2nd problem solved...thanks!
What about my problem about recovery and external sd?

Try to check the card from pc, and maybe backup and refromat it to fat32.

SOLVED!!!!

Good news!
Can you post how, so the solution be available for others with same problem?

joaocalas said:
SOLVED9!!!!
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hoow?? can you share it?

Error when trying to copy files between phone and SD card

I am unable to transfer files from my phone memory to my sd card.
I am also unable to transfer files from my pc to sd card in the phone. I have no issue transferring files from pc to phone memory.
I can view and open files on the sd card and the phone is able to play music and movies stored on the sd card.
Can anyone help me fix this issue?
Thanks!

I don't have such problem at all.
Try different file browsers like ES File Explorer and Astro.
If those do not work, try and factory reset your phone and ask for a replacement if the problem still persists after that.

chizzwhizz said:
I am unable to transfer files from my phone memory to my sd card.
I am also unable to transfer files from my pc to sd card in the phone. I have no issue transferring files from pc to phone memory.
I can view and open files on the sd card and the phone is able to play music and movies stored on the sd card.
Can anyone help me fix this issue?
Thanks!
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Does the phone read the sd card? Do you have anything on it to access? If not I would suggest formatting the sd card.

tabletalker7 said:
Does the phone read the sd card? Do you have anything on it to access? If not I would suggest formatting the sd card.
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The phone reads all the files on the sd card. I get an error that says Access denied when i copy a file from the phone memory to any folder on the SD card...however I get no error when I copy the files to the root SD card. It's weird...not sure whats going on.

You need to use the stock file manager to copy to the sd card or from the sd to internal as this is a "security feature" since Android lollipop. If you wish to use any other file explorer you MUST be rooted...

ultramag69 said:
You need to use the stock file manager to copy to the sd card or from the sd to internal as this is a "security feature" since Android lollipop. If you wish to use any other file explorer you MUST be rooted...
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I use ES File Explorer and it works - and I won't root until ZTE posts full factory roms for the US version.
I still think there is some issue with the sd card that can be solved by formatting it - if the phone won't move files to it and the pc recognizes the phone but not the sd card how did you get files on it in the first place?

ultramag69 said:
You need to use the stock file manager to copy to the sd card or from the sd to internal as this is a "security feature" since Android lollipop. If you wish to use any other file explorer you MUST be rooted...
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Not true. I just used Solid Explorer to copy files from internal memory to the SD card. There was an extra procedure of selecting the sd card in what looks like the stock storage selection menu thing (that also has Drive, Downloads etc) which was apparently necessary for Solid Explorer to get the necessary permission. Maybe it doesn't work with old file explorer apps that haven't implemented this solution, but it definitely works with Solid Explorer without root.