i try every android version in my phone.but a problem with sd card.when i copy any file(for example an apk file) to sd card from PC, i cant see that file in any file explorer in android but i am sure that file is in the sd card.what can be the solution?
please help.maybe i miss some details since i am new
I've noticed that aswell... You Connect via USB as MASS STORAGE, but anything copied over to the SD Card wont show up unless you restart Android.... The Files are there is just that you would have to restart Android to See them... I simply just restart the Phone go into Windows Copy the Files over to the SD Card then Start Android.
I cannot access my SD card when I connect it to my desktop, my pc sees it but I can only access the phone itself and not the sd card. It's a 2nd hand phone and the sd card is empty (no htc stuffs or anything) but it's definitely working.
We can sync files into the SD card using HTC Sync but we cannot manually place (Typical drag files in and out) files via removable disk.
How do you know you're seeing the phone and not the SD card? I don't think its possible to browse the files on the phone's NAND itself through windows explorer on the G2.
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ibemad1 said:
How do you know you're seeing the phone and not the SD card? I don't think its possible to browse the files on the phone's NAND itself through windows explorer on the G2.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.
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We see it as "Desire" and not a "Removable Disk" like in my DHD when connected to PC. When we browse it, we do not see any SD card files.
Okay, solved by doing a restore factory settings and formatting the SD card.
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OK, something weird just started happening. For some reason, my Win 7 PC will not display the contents of my micro sd card when I connect my A500 to my pc. My pc recognizes the connection as soon as I plug it in, the dialog box asking if you want to open the folder comes up, all of the files on the internal sd partition are viewable, but when I click on the ext sd card it opens and nothing is displayed. I took the micro sd card out of the a500 and put it in a usb reader and everything was fine. All files were there and accessible. I even ran checkdisk on it and defragged it. I stuck it back in the a500, rebooted, and connected it to the pc and still nothing is displayed when I click on the sd card. This wouldn't be a big deal but now it makes it real difficult to move any files to my a500 from my pc. I have to copy it to internal memory and then move it to the ext sd using a file manager on the a500. If anyone knows of a solution please chime in.
My a500 is currently running a stock rooted 3.2.1 with all the latest updates installed.
cruise350 said:
all of the files on the internal sd partition are viewable, but when I click on the ext sd card it opens and nothing is displayed....
I stuck it back in the a500, rebooted, and connected it to the pc and still nothing is displayed when I click on the sd card. .
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I had similar problem to u except I only had internal storage showing on PC. You can try this - Remove micro sd put it in a usb reader and transfer any file to it, I just used an apk, put it back in tab, connect USB to PC, uncheck USB debugging and you should have access to both internal and external sd.
The weird thing is i'm sure i never had to disable USB debug before I could see external contents. In Device Manager under Portable Devices if USB debug is checked my tab shows up as "MTP" and will not show in win exp. If I uncheck it then it shows as "Acer ICONIA TAB A500" and I can access . Can anyone tell me if this is normal behaviour??? I'm running rooted stock 3.2.1/Win 7. thanks
I had similar problem with no external SD card display when I connected my tablet. Recently, I updated the Android SDK and all of a sudden, my PC displays the external SD card. I am currently using rooted Honeylicious 3.2.1 with the latest recovery RA 3.14
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I had similar problem with no external SD card display when I connected my tablet. Recently, I updated the Android SDK and all of a sudden, my PC displays the external SD card. I am currently using rooted Honeylicious 3.2.1 with the latest recovery RA 3.14
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I'll try that, I am running the exact same thing. I have run several roms before going back to stock rooted and I believe the stock rooted was displaying it properly. I can't think of what might have changed on my computer but I will hunt down the android sdk and download it and see if that changes. I have tried several different drivers for the acer with no improvement.
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I have a similar issue. The Music folder doesn't show up, but all the other folders and files are available.
I noticed when I select properties of the sd card in windows explorer it says under file system: Generic Hierarchical. What the hell is that?? Shouldn't it say FAT32?? Also, up on the top or the windows explorer windows when you have details selected under view it has Name, type, size, track number, and artist as the headers. Luckily, I backed up the sd card the other day to my computer so I'm going to take the sd card out and format it and copy everything back and see if that fixes it.
Anybod work out how to fix it I am using stock 3.2.1 and contents of external sd not visable from pc. Internal sd shows contents no problem.
I Think this is a issue due to the original format of the sd card. I to had a similar issue.. I copied everything off the sd card into my pc to back it up.. then put the card into my android phone and formatted it.. Put card back in win7 pc copied files back to card then put it back in the tablet.. CONNECTED usb cable and all is well.. this was months ago. The issue started all at once for me as well. And i do know the card was originally formatted in my pc... This was talked about alot with flashing rom issues as well as not seeing card thru adb..
This is worth a try .. LET me know if it work or not..
Erica Renee.. the BLONDE ANDROID CHIC WATCHING OVER YOU..
no, didn't work for me erica - the weirdest thing is I can see everything fine from my win7 laptop but not on my win7 desktop - until I disable USB Debug then everything is fine??? I think my issue is drivers - i'm loathe to change them tho as it took forever to get ADB working successfully and not too much of a prob to disable USB debug - it would be nice if someone was able to come up with a definitive solution tho
acer uses mtd in order to sync your data. It also allows you the tablet to continue using the internal memory while allowing access to it at the same time. If you are to change it from mtd to a regular drive then the Acer sync will not work and you will lose access to the memory from the tablet while connected to PC.
I believe I read the sdcard slot was only there to allow you to copy items to the tablet. Maybe they changed it with a early update.
When it is in mtd mode the system does not see the memory directly. That is why you do not see fat32. Just Google mtd storage and you will understand.
I am in MAGLDR usb MassStg trying to uplaod a rom to my sd card and it keeps giving me an error. How do I get it to load? Everytime I try to copy it from ym desktop to the sd card it says can't file specified file or file name but the file is on my desktop and I can open the zip on my computer
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I am in MAGLDR usb MassStg trying to uplaod a rom to my sd card and it keeps giving me an error. How do I get it to load? Everytime I try to copy it from ym desktop to the sd card it says can't file specified file or file name but the file is on my desktop and I can open the zip on my computer
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Don't use MAGLDR mass storage. Either boot into recovery and use its mass storage or remove your micro SD card and plug into computer directly. MAGLDR mass storage has problems or at least I have experienced some before. Mounting the SD card in recovery should work much better.
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it would be much better to take out the SD & use a card reader. I have tried several times using the masstg USB of magldr but most of the time it will fail.
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I am in MAGLDR usb MassStg trying to uplaod a rom to my sd card and it keeps giving me an error. How do I get it to load? Everytime I try to copy it from ym desktop to the sd card it says can't file specified file or file name but the file is on my desktop and I can open the zip on my computer
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MAGLDR gives errors when transferring data to the sd card. You should boot into clockworkmod recovery and mount usb storage from there.
Hope it helps
If i have apps on SD card by apps2SD on the SGS4, can I switch to a new SD by just copying and pasting them over, or do I have to move it all back to the "device storage"?
Thanks
im using the built in function on my phone to do it via applications manager.
Doesn't that put it in an .android_secure folder that can't be seen when plugging in via USB to computer to copy and paste from?
If you use Windows to do the copy, it should work just fine.
Windows doesn't really support file permissions as strictly as Android or Linux does.
I have done the same in the past with no problems.
I did have to change the format to FAT32 to get my phone to recognize the 64GB card.
Might want to use xcopy. Seems to be more reliable for copying android files; for me anyways.
I use these switches - /E /C /J
the /J switch helps with transfering large files like nandroids.
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ADB pull