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can't access SD card from mass storage!

Hey guys,
i connect my SGS to mass storage (i'm running JP3 btw) and i can see the internal SD and external 16GB SD i have on my laptop, but when i try to copy something over it says 'error cannot read/write because card is protected'
how can i R/W and turn that off?
thanks!

same for me, sine jp2 and jp3 I cannot write to my external sd card :-(

you have to go to the notification bar and click on the USB connection and a message will pop up asking you to "mount", just click on mount.

Install this widget called 'USB Switcher'
put it on your homescreen and connect a USB cable
Touch the widget and now your phone storage is mounted on your computer
If still can't detect the external storage.
try this:
1.power off
2.take out your sd card
3.reformat your sd card via card reader
4.put in your sd card again
5.start the phone
6.connect USB cable
7.Use the widget above

external sd seems to be a bug for half of us, so strange, all was fine until jp2 and jp3, and the above did not work, usb switch getting FC all the time and should not have to do this should just work as before by mounting it, but ever since jp2 I get the android pic and it mounts ok but will not let me copy/place new files into external, no permission/protection is on......guess have to try jp4

Hmmm yeah no need to go to the notification bar in JP3 cause the android screen pops up asking if you want to turn on usb storage. It must be a problem with JP3 :-(
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Using firmware XJG4 version, I managed to access SD card (16 G internal & 8G external from mass storage using 'USB Switcher'
My steps are:
1. Run 'USB Switcher' to unmount SD storage
2. Connect with USB to PC
3. Select mass storage option when prompt
3. Go to PC, 2 drive appears and are accessible.
To confirm the SD cards are unmounted from step 1, run file manager and the SD file directory is empty.

[Q] Is it possible?

Hey. I have owned my Wildfire for a week now so I am still a noob. I wanted to know if it's possible to install a custom ROM on the wildfire without an SD card so basically do it through USB. I have seen some phones can do it with Amon RA recovery but I don't think it is possible for the Wildfire.
Thanks.

Dont think it is although why would you want to do it without? The wf comes with a sd card
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Because when i put my SD card in the adapter and put it into my laptop it cant open the card and asks "do you want to format" and when i choose yes it says "unable to complete format" so im screwed with that SD card

Use paragon partition n look on YouTube 4 a video that will sort it out n will fix that error
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Still dont work its not even showing up on my computer now ive probably ****ed it somehow but on my phone it says 1.83gb free space. weird.

Dose paragon partitioning show ur sd at all if not erm check to make sure ur SD card reader is ok bu using a different SD card
if paragon partitioning is showing ur sd card.
is ur SD card signed as active and does it have a volume letter as these thing will stop I from formating the SD card
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It showed my SD card then when I tried to format it would only show my hard drive and plus the free version does not let you do anything to the card.

Try Panasonic SD Formatter:
http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/sd/download/index.html
E: Probably unrelated, but, make sure your card reader supports SDHC cards.

1.What happens when you connect the phone via USB and choose mount as disk drive?
2.When you use the SD card adapter, and right click on the SD card's drive letter if there's an option to "open as portable device" try that also try updating your laptops card reader drivers.
3.Use bluetooth to transfer the ROMS?
4. If you're already rooted, try formatting SD card via ROM MAnager.

As far as I know you cannot install custom firmware (a "ROM") without an SD card.
You don't have to use your SD card directly from the computer to install custom firmware. You can use file storage mode on your phone's USB connection or adb to access your SD card through your phone on your computer.
To install CyanogenMod with the help of adb, follow the steps in hxxp://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Wildfire:_Full_Update_Guide and put the update.zip into the root of your SD card with this command:
Code:
adb push update-cm-6.1.0-buzz-signed.zip /sdcard/
You need to have your phone connected to your computer, have the appropriate drivers installed to do this and have USB debugging enabled on your phone. Documentation on adb is available at hxxp://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
An alternative way to the above adb method is to enable USB phone storage mode when you connect your phone to your computer and transfer the update.zip file to your SD card.

Hi guys thanks for all your help I have fixed my problem. All I did was use a windows 7 laptop and it worked.

Files on memory card wont work ?

Hi there ive put a 16gb memory card in my s2 when i copy via kies the stuff i put on wont work (video and pics) when i copy direct to memory card without kies i get same
The memory card was formatted via the phone menu
Im stuck pls can you help ?
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Any one pls ? Im mega confused as they all work when they go onto the phone memory
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I have no problems....
mancuk29 said:
Any one pls ? Im mega confused as they all work when they go onto the phone memory
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I dont have such problems with my external sdcard.
All I can think of, is to try and format the sdcard on your PC as fat 32 (BTW what size is your sdcard?) and copy the file to the sdcard with the pc explorer, assume you are using windows as you are running kies.
This will test if the problem is the sdcard or something else, if the card formats with windows explorer the it should be OK.
Hope you get it to work.
ATB

Format the card to FAT 32 via the PC .
jje

Can you mount the sd card on the galaxy?
If not, connect sd card directly to the computer (with card reader) and run cmd. Then use this command to fix the sd
Code:
chkdsk /F [Letter where SD Card is]:
So if my sd card would be on G:, I would write chkdsk /F G:

Ill have a bash at computer fat32 just got a couple of filns transfering ... Fingers crossed thanks for help so far
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Switching SD cards

Hi
I recently got a SD card with a higher capacity than my current one and am looking to migrate whatever software android uses with my existing card. So far I've installed most on the phone memory but some like Aldiko reader have some components on the SD card and the program crashed when I switched cards.
How can I ID and migrate the essential files to the new card? Or will I have to reinstall all the apps with the new card? I don't have very many apps installed.
Thanks

Put original SD card in phone, plug phone into computer usind the USB, select disk drive. Then open up the mass storage device and select all, then copy to a temporary folder on your PC. Eject the mass storage device from PC
Now insert new SD into phone, go to menu, settings, SD and storage. From here unmount SD and then erase/format SD. When complete mount SD card. Then connection to PC and copy everything back to your new SD card.
Hope this helps
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Thanks much

Your welcome
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nickhammond121 said:
Put original SD card in phone, plug phone into computer usind the USB, select disk drive. Then open up the mass storage device and select all, then copy to a temporary folder on your PC. Eject the mass storage device from PC
Now insert new SD into phone, go to menu, settings, SD and storage. From here unmount SD and then erase/format SD. When complete mount SD card. Then connection to PC and copy everything back to your new SD card.
Hope this helps
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[Q] Can't Transfer Big Files to Internal/External SD Card After Rooted

Hi all, I just got my Note 3 N-900 Exynos few days ago and I decided to root it. Before it's rooted I can transfer big size files (100mb-700mb) to my internal/external SD card without any problem. But after it's rooted now I can't copy files around those sizes anymore. Anybody know what's wrong and got the solution for this issue? Any help will be much appreciated.
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If you typically use USB 3.0 then it might be the 5 minute timeout. Try a large file with USB 2 and see if it completes.
Frank

What do you mean? I just plugged in the stock usb that came with the phone to my pc and copy-paste the files. Not sure whether it's the 3.0 or 2.0 usb. When I paste it suddenly the explorer force closing.
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I would try a SD Card reader from Best Buy, you should have no problem transferring files with the card out of the phone. it plugs into the computer similiar to a flash drive, and you can access the micro card with a reader.

kusumalaga said:
What do you mean? I just plugged in the stock usb that came with the phone to my pc and copy-paste the files. Not sure whether it's the 3.0 or 2.0 usb. When I paste it suddenly the explorer force closing.
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i have a problem too
when i copy or cut something with usb3 an error pops up that your device isnt responding or disconnected
only in usb3 mode i have this problem and i know that there is not anything wrong with my usb3 port because i used it before by usb3 flash memories.

musicman625 said:
I would try a SD Card reader from Best Buy, you should have no problem transferring files with the card out of the phone. it plugs into the computer similiar to a flash drive, and you can access the micro card with a reader.
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Yes I do have a micro sd card adapter so I can plug it in to my pc as a removable disk. But it's annoying that I have to unmount my sd card, take it off my phone, put in in the adapter and then plug it in the pc everytime I want to transfer files to my phone.
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18sika99 said:
i have a problem too
when i copy or cut something with usb3 an error pops up that your device isnt responding or disconnected
only in usb3 mode i have this problem and i know that there is not anything wrong with my usb3 port because i used it before by usb3 flash memories.
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Mine doesn't have a pop up like it that, the windows explorer just shut down suddenly when I attempted to paste the file.
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Did you format the card? I recall not doing that a while back and I had the same problem

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Did you format the card? I recall not doing that a while back and I had the same problem
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No I didn't format both internal and external sd card. You think formatting them is a possible solution for this issue?

none
You wont format the internal, just the external. I can only tell you it worked for me, make a folder for your files, move them off the card, format and put them back on