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Cannot delete file with question mark in it

Somehow an installation file became named PocketPuTTY_WM2k3_release_?007-02-28.zip I don't know how the question mark got there, but now it won't let me delete it. What do I do? Won't let me rename it, either. Total Commander doesn't work either.

Sounds like it is corrupt. Have you tried a soft reset?

wassup said:
Sounds like it is corrupt. Have you tried a soft reset?
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If you mean holding down the power button and restarting it, then yes.
When I try to rename it to remove the question mark, it says "A file name cannot contain any of the following characters: \/:*?"<>|"

Can anyone help me with this? The file is named PocketPuTTY_WM2k3_release_?007-02-28.zip

Hi endolith,
Is the file on the device or on the memory card, if it's on the memory card then copy everything onto your PC and format the card then copy it all back.
Just a thought.

dav3ywrx said:
Is the file on the device or on the memory card, if it's on the memory card then copy everything onto your PC and format the card then copy it all back.
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Yeah it's on the device. I downloaded a thing that turns the device memory into a USB storage device, and I can access it in Linux and see the bytes, but can't mount it as a drive. I think it's not formatted with a normal file system.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=803050

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That's a good idea to use WM5torage to try and delete it.
You could try deleting it with Total Commander for Pocket PC but if that fails it may be hard reset time. Perhaps that would be the best thing anyway as I had a problem similar to this on the MiniSD card and never trusted it again until I formatted it but it seems like a drastic measure just to remove one file.
Good luck.

dav3ywrx said:
You could try deleting it with Total Commander for Pocket PC
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Tried that too. I wonder if there's another file manager that can do lower-level things.
but if that fails it may be hard reset time. Perhaps that would be the best thing anyway as I had a problem similar to this on the MiniSD card and never trusted it again until I formatted it but it seems like a drastic measure just to remove one file.
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Maybe I can use WM5torage read/write and use a byte editor? Or maybe there's a low-level memory editor available for WM5.

Yes, indeed, if you can find something that will alter the file allocation table then perhaps you could replace the dodgy character in the file name, leave the hard reset as a last resort.

Use a MiniSD card reader or WM5Storage and use the MSDOS commandline interface to delete the file by using wildcards.
e.g., from start/run/cmd.exe
Code:
z: (or whatever drive your SD card is in)
cd "\directory name\with quotations\if you use spaces"
del PocketPutty*.zip

_Alex_ said:
Use a MiniSD card reader or WM5Storage and use the MSDOS commandline interface to delete the file by using wildcards.
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WM5torage doesn't seem to be able to turn the main memory into a drive, though. It creates 3 partitions, but none of them seem to be mountable.

micro SD. Not showing in file manager [SOLVED]

As the title says. I've put the microsd card of my htc g2/z in the iconia and its working. Though i cant seem to find it anywhere in my file managers. (Music app shows ext. Sd content) tried es and file manager for honeycomb. I want to transfer music and video's over to internal sd. Since acer does not have usb drivers for mac, this is kind off my only option. Right?
SOLVED:
1.
Micro SD card slot shows up under: /mnt/external_SD.
So in your file explorer you have to go to root, and then mnt.
2. There are no mac drivers for the acer A500. You can try http://www.android.com/filetransfer/
Though, that program seems to crash alot!
3.
Transfer your files from mac to A500 using USB sticks, SD cards, FTP servers (loads in market).
USB stick can be found: mnt/external_USB

huppelkutje said:
Since acer does not have usb drivers for mac, this is kind off my only option. Right?
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No it isn't your only option, you install this: http://www.android.com/filetransfer/.
Regards,
Dave

I will check it out. Thanks alot!
**edit**
Android file transfer keeps crashing as soon as i connect the tab. Tried reboot, but still crashing.
Any other solutions? I've tried FTP and such apps. They work, but ofcourse not as fast as usb connection.
and why is my micro sd card not showing in file explorers?

if you're using es strogs file manager than you first need to go to root (click on the left most icon on top) than go to /mnt than /external_sd <-- that's your micro sd card than simply copy and paste your files from there to your internal storage.

shock2sys said:
if you're using es strogs file manager than you first need to go to root (click on the left most icon on top) than go to /mnt than /external_sd <-- that's your micro sd card than simply copy and paste your files from there to your internal storage.
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Thanks. This makes copying my music alot easier.

Dual File Manager works too. When you start it, just hit the Android back button and you'll see "external_sd"
Sucks that it doesn't mount on my PC though.

huppelkutje said:
Thanks. This makes copying my music alot easier.
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I use Winamp on the desktop and the A500. It syncs music from my desktop machine to my tablet automatically whenever my tablet connects to my home wifi.

just put the card in and power down/on the device.

as mentioned, power down fully, not just On/off until the screen blanks. Found out the hard way, lazy person that I am.
Odd thing I've found though is that when connecting my Acer tab to my Acer .... err ... laptop ... feels so incestuous .... is that the mSD card appears as simply "SDCARD" while it's external_SD from the device itself. Ah the sweet smell of O/S kludges in the morning

qhinton said:
just put the card in and power down/on the device.
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No need to power off > back on. Just put the sd card in and voila! It worked right away. Just could not find the sd card in ES file. But now I know it's under mnt/external_SD/

actually I wouldn't call it solved, its kind of an annoyance if anything else. Titanium Backup for one won't see it, I thought honeycomb was going to mnt internal as essc (or something like that) and the external sd as sdcard?
You can soft link it (now that we have root) but that won't carry across a reboot for now.
any how still loving this thing!

[Q] How to use the "real" SD-Card as storage

Ok here is the deal, this is my first tablet with internal storage, I have the 16gb.
and having a lot of apps using HUGE amount of storage (comics, gps...) the 16gb are nearly full so I bought a microSD of 32gb but...
Ho to set the tablet to store some of this data on the sdcard (the real physical one) and not the internal one???
I tried to move some folder to the card but the "mv" command failed: "cross device link", the purpose was to move the folder and create a symlink.
I have been looking for an app or commands to do that but so far no success, any HELP ?

CarpeNoctem said:
Ok here is the deal, this is my first tablet with internal storage, I have the 16gb.
and having a lot of apps using HUGE amount of storage (comics, gps...) the 16gb are nearly full so I bought a microSD of 32gb but...
Ho to set the tablet to store some of this data on the sdcard (the real physical one) and not the internal one???
I tried to move some folder to the card but the "mv" command failed: "cross device link", the purpose was to move the folder and create a symlink.
I have been looking for an app or commands to do that but so far no success, any HELP ?
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use es file manager, it is free

Euh??? Believe me that will not work or please explain how
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Can't use the mv command from one device to another. Can use cp (copy) then delete the source. However, you cannot create a symlink on the internal sdcard, because its formatted fat32.
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Euclid's Brother said:
Can't use the mv command from one device to another. Can use cp (copy) then delete the source. However, you cannot create a symlink on the internal sdcard, because its formatted fat32.
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He can use mv. Learn linux commands better. He have to specify recursive parametters to do that. Single mv is not enough, because it is sufficient for single file or file masks only. Symlinks are not possible, true. But if he'll use loopback mounts (one big file, like ISO, internally formated to ext4) or reformat internal and external sd to ext4, then he'll be able to create symlinks even on sdcard. This will make another problem: mounting both storages to PC over usb. Both solutions will require him to have advanced linux knowladge. Not talking about kernel and init scripts modification beign involved.
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Euclid's Brother said:
Can't use the mv command from one device to another. Can use cp (copy) then delete the source. However, you cannot create a symlink on the internal sdcard, because its formatted fat32.
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ok so is there any solution to this, this is driving me nuts, what is the point to have a slot for SD-Card if I cant choose where the apps store their content...

CarpeNoctem said:
ok so is there any solution to this, this is driving me nuts, what is the point to have a slot for SD-Card if I cant choose where the apps store their content...
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External sd is expected to be used as an storage for pictures, movies and music. There is solution, but as stated before, not for generic users.
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Virnik0 said:
External sd is expected to be used as an storage for pictures, movies and music. There is solution, but as stated before, not for generic users.
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true that ...
I also own the Notion Ink Adam and we have this "switcharoo" feature enabled ( can check out that forum for info )...Hopefully DEV can implemented in the near future.

UnicornKaz said:
true that ...
I also own the Notion Ink Adam and we have this "switcharoo" feature enabled ( can check out that forum for info )...Hopefully DEV can implemented in the near future.
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Can you explain a bit more what is the switcharoo ?
As for linux knowledge, I have some but everything I try fails reformating the internal memory in Ext4 is possible but there should be a script or a determine process to automate that for some selected folders, at least I would love to see that

CarpeNoctem said:
Can you explain a bit more what is the switcharoo ?
As for linux knowledge, I have some but everything I try fails reformating the internal memory in Ext4 is possible but there should be a script or a determine process to automate that for some selected folders, at least I would love to see that
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It actually called "toggle app"
it actually out of my league as I am no developer
but this dev for the Notion Ink Adam managed to created a program to swith the 2 locations ( due to the adam's internal is only 8GB...etc ) among other things like toggling the cell standby...etc
He had it successfully implemented
this thread is his creation ( but it has been awhile and us Adam's owner has moved on to HoneyComb..etc
.. see the part included "toggle app"...etc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987863
basically... it's about assigning a different mounting point as a startup script ( internal & external ).... but keep in mind... each device have different mounting name assigned as internal & external ( Xoom, Transformer, Galaxy...etc )
The DEV just basically created a program and went in and adjust the scripted so as to "switched" the mounting point.... switching the internal as external and vice versa
I just PM the DEV of that program... hopefully he will reply and I'll post it in the DEV section and ask the DEV there to dig into it
Then again... with 16GB or 32GB of internal... I don't see the need.... as the external can be use to hold music & large media.... the internal is plenty for apps.... then again... it's never enough. Remember how we used to thought the same thing about desktop's storage space ??? never enough ... LOL

Thanks a lot for you reply, hopefully the dev will reply that is the spirit of XDA after all

CarpeNoctem said:
Ok here is the deal, this is my first tablet with internal storage, I have the 16gb.
and having a lot of apps using HUGE amount of storage (comics, gps...) the 16gb are nearly full so I bought a microSD of 32gb but...
Ho to set the tablet to store some of this data on the sdcard (the real physical one) and not the internal one???
I tried to move some folder to the card but the "mv" command failed: "cross device link", the purpose was to move the folder and create a symlink.
I have been looking for an app or commands to do that but so far no success, any HELP ?
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You can't leave the app on internal and just move the data to external? For example, I'm using Komik as a comic book reader and all the comic data is on my external SD card.
If not, that's a development flaw of the app you're using, in my humble opinion.

Im still relatively new but it seems that external SD card is for storage of media - not for OS, apps, etc. However, I seem to recall seeing an app or 2 that had the ability to store content on the external space. For example, a GPS app that asks where you'd like to store your shape files and assets or an MMO game that lets you specify where you'd like to store the textures and sounds.
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It amazes me how arrogant some of the responses are to someone asking a question...
That is the purpose of these forums, so that us peers can assist others that might not be as knowledgeable.
I can think of two different ways:
1. Astro (or another) file manager to move the files. Might actually have to do a copy and delete.
2. Mount the tablet using the USB cable to a PC and suck off the files and copy them using a either a SD card adapter (notebook) or USB SD card reader.

Virnik0 said:
He can use mv. Learn linux commands better.
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A little harsh and uncalled for, don't ya think? Why do so many want to point out the failures of others.. even when they are trying to help? Sheesh..
I admit, I'm not a linux expert, nor an android expert. But that doesn't stop me from trying to be helpful.
The fact is, I've tried using the "mv" command to move a "Single file" from one device to another (no recursion needed for that, eh?) And it fails with a "cross-device" error. Maybe there is a option on the "mv" command that makes it work and I don't know it.. so I suggested a method that I *DO* know.

internetpilot said:
You can't leave the app on internal and just move the data to external? For example, I'm using Komik as a comic book reader and all the comic data is on my external SD card.
If not, that's a development flaw of the app you're using, in my humble opinion.
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I wouldn't exactly call it a flaw.. more like a feature that the developer didn't foresee to include. Not all devices have external media storage, so apps are developed for the 'average' device.
As noted earlier, there are a few apps that allow you to store large data in other places.. (extra) Praise to those developers. It would be great if more developers considered this option, especially if they have a lot of data.

I just use File Manager HD ( https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rhmsoft.fm.hd&feature=search_result ) to move files around if need be.
About being able to run applications from SD: anyone tried remounting SD without the nosuid,noexec flags? Remounting it with that and then symlinking the files might work.

We have progress
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175342
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[Guide]Internal SD as external_sd and vice versa

One issue I've had is larger games that place files on the SD card would fill the internal sd card's space up fairly quickly, and they would never have an option to place these files in another location, so I edited the ect/vold.fstab to switch the mount points for sdcard and external_sd so that my larger microsd card could be my primary storage and i could use the internal for other odd things that i change less often, I've yet to run across any issues, although I haven't tried to use the built in format options since doing this. If anyone else wants to try this, here is what I changed to get this to work
via root explorer or another method, find the "vold.fstab" file under the "ect" and make a backup of it, then pick open in text editor in root explorer and change the following sections that are in bold to what i have them shown as
for GB
# internal sdcard
{
ums_path = /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file
asec = enable
discard = enable
format_option = -r 2236
}
dev_mount sdcard1 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd 11 /devices/platform/s3c-mshci.0/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0
# external sdcard
{
ums_path = /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun1/file
asec = disable
}
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
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save and reboot
for ICS (samsung based)
# internal sdcard
{
storage_struct = cover, "/mnt/sdcard/external_sd","/mnt/sdcard/usbStorage"
ums_sys_path = /sys/class/android_usb/f_mass_storage/lun0/file
discard = enable
}
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
# external sdcard
{
ums_sys_path = /sys/class/android_usb/f_mass_storage/lun1/file
android_secure_containers = enable
}
dev_mount sdcard1 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd 11 /devices/platform/dw_mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0 encryptable_nonremovable
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I've attached to this post a copy of my vold.fstab for ICS, i've tested it and it does allow applications to be moved to sd and my 64gig card works just fine as /mnt/sdcard. Best to still backup your original file before trying it and make sure you match the permissions of the original. It did require a few changes to make it function under ICS compared to how it was done in GB. Do not use the ICS copy for GB.

Thanks ciphray.
I have been looking for this and appreciate your help.
Will certainly try now.

Just one word "AMAZING"

This is awesome! Not useful as i have 16gb external card, but will do when i upgrade
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I did the tutorial and now show me the sd space is unavailable and all the space of the sd is in usb storage,how I can do to show me the two spaces at the same time

the lines must be exact so likely there's a space you're not seeing or a letter missed, I've attached a copy of mine in a 7zip file, see if this helps, make sure the permissions match your old file
edit: updated file attachment for move to sd function

I dont think this is getting the attention is deserves, so ... bump
I may just try this before the day is out

Thanks for this tip.
I've found an issues with move apps from the 2GB storage partition to SD card (now the removabe one) after doing the swap. The phone generate an error of "SD card is full".
Any idea on how to solve this problem?
Cheers

Bigmille said:
Thanks for this tip.
I've found an issues with move apps from the 2GB storage partition to SD card (now the removabe one) after doing the swap. The phone generate an error of "SD card is full".
Any idea on how to solve this problem?
Cheers
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edited first post, the asec disable/enable needed to be reversed, this should fix the move to sd coming back as full, just change those 2 save and reboot and that should take care of it

sorry for asking this in note thread....but i want it on my galaxy s2......
can i do the same for it to swapping the memory paths.....???????????

thanks for sharing. so i just install apps and it will be in sd card?
the titanium move apps to sd is external or sd?

this might work for a galaxy s2 with the same paths/partitions however as i do not have a galaxy s2 i cannot test this, at the worst you can just revert to the original file, as long as you made a backup if it doesn't work. it'd definitely be doable either way by following the same overall method of reversing the 2 mount points
as for the apps to sd thing, this doesn't enable any apps to be moved to the sd card that weren't already movable before, this simply makes it so they would go to the sd card instead of the internal 12gb partition, this is mostly useful for games that store files in a fixed path like mnt\sdcard or mnt\sdcard\android such as larger games

Be warned though, the internal space if probably much faster than your SD card. It certainly is in my case, and I don't see myself wearing out the chip in the next few years.

I have SG-N...
If I do this, will the device going to be faster or it's just about more storage space?

Just more storage space. The internal SD is a great design as the average read and write is about 20 ~ 30 mb/s. Run an ANTUTU test and you'll see what i mean.
If you prefer performance, this is definitely the way to go. The external SD is better suited for recording videos, storage pictures, and movies on the go.

Would it be possible to update this hack for the ICS build?
I tried the same with ICS "vold.fstab" but only the external SD card will mount, not the internal SD card.
Many thanks

Still, doesn't work for apps storage space (The 2GB allowed for apps to be installed on device)!
If this way can be extended to cover that instead of Move2SD or Link2SD, it would be great!
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OK, so I followed this step by step & now my external SD is unavailable & won't mount & the internal USB storage is unavailable as well. Restarted a few times to no avail. Because the external card won't mount. I can't copy the original file back over. I typed it in, per the original file & that didn't help either, any ideas?

if you edited it with root explorer then it should have also created a backup called vold.fstab.bak unless you edited it more than one time in which case that file would have been overwritten with your second edit, you could try going into cwm and mounting the storage via usb from in there to get to your backup on your card(this doesn't effect your sd card while not booted into android), and then put it in a dropbox account or email it to yourself, and then save that file to an accesible area of your 2gb internal storage, and then copy it from there, did you use the correct copy? ie GB ver on GB or ICS ver on ICS? they changed a few things so the 2 are not interchangeable, but as long as you have it exactly right including spaces then there shouldn't be any way this wouldn't work on any of the Samsung based roms

Cannot Manually Add files to internal Storage SD Card, but Apps can be transfered

I'm having a rather unique problem with my the Micro SD card I installed.
I can format it as internal storage and it won't pop up for file managers or my computer.
This means I can't manually move files to it all.
Despite that when it's internal storage I can move apps to it and it adds new apps to it by default.
I could go to move all and move everything it can on, but it's a fairly slow SD card so I'm hoping to mainly put music, videos and any pictures on there.
I worry about it moving the apps that I want to keep in internal storage for speed over.
Does anyone know how I could fix this?
EDIT:
I didn't manage to figure out how to add files manually while it was internal storage through either internal file managers or through the computer.
But I did manage to find the SD card while it was portable.
The trick is to use the built in file explorer on the phone and copy a small file onto the SD card.
With there being something other than just Android files on the SD card it can then be discovered by the computer.
This mainly solves my problem as I plan to use it primarily for storage of music and game files, with the emulators being on the phone itself.

I had this issue a few days ago. You have 2 options to format, (1) as a internal storage and only your phone can read this and other option (2)to use on others devices. Using the second option I managed to transfer files to my microSD like it used to be.
While using the first option I was able only to transfer apps to it through the system.
I hope it helps

I'm using one, but I'm not even able to find it with File Manager?
Is that normal for Internal Storage?
I expected there to at least be a folder in the normal phone space called SD card or something?
Is there no way to manually move music there when it's internal storage?
Also I tried changing it to be portable but my computer still couldn't see it.
File manager could actually see it and open it but I couldn't copy paste anything to it.
So I turned it back to internal as I can at least move apps to it successfully at the moment.

Rajvir8 said:
I'm using one, but I'm not even able to find it with File Manager?
Is that normal for Internal Storage?
I expected there to at least be a folder in the normal phone space called SD card or something?
Is there no way to manually move music there when it's internal storage?
Also I tried changing it to be portable but my computer still couldn't see it.
File manager could actually see it and open it but I couldn't copy paste anything to it.
So I turned it back to internal as I can at least move apps to it successfully at the moment.
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When I tried as Internal Storage any File Manager found my SDcard too... Thats why I'm using as portable.
After that, i could see this.
Maybe you're missing something like changing the USB connection from Charging to File transfering.
Did you checked this?

Yes it can see the rest of my phone and move files, so I've made sure to change it to file transferring.
When you used internal storage file managers failed to find your SD card as well?
dennismac said:
When I tried as Internal Storage any File Manager found my SDcard too... Thats why I'm using as portable.
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Here your saying that you could find it and that's why you swapped over?
I assume you forgot to say it failed to show up separately and that's why you changed to portable.

Rajvir8 said:
Yes it can see the rest of my phone and move files, so I've made sure to change it to file transferring.
When you used internal storage file managers failed to find your SD card as well?
Here your saying that you could find it and that's why you swapped over?
I assume you forgot to say it failed to show up separately and that's why you changed to portable.
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Sorry! Yes, I failed to find my SD card too, thats why i changed to portable.
Im assuming this is a normal behavior, my last Android phone was a Galaxy S2 and I stopped following Android changes for the lasts 4/5 years. But idk why you can't see it even in portable mode... That should work as worked for me.
Hope someone help you more than I did!

dennismac said:
Sorry! Yes, I failed to find my SD card too, thats why i changed to portable.
Im assuming this is a normal behavior, my last Android phone was a Galaxy S2 and I stopped following Android changes for the lasts 4/5 years. But idk why you can't see it even in portable mode... That should work as worked for me.
Hope someone help you more than I did!
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Thank you for trying to help.
I think I might have figured out part of the problem, the file explorer I normally use doesn't have permission to add anything to the SD card. I'm not sure how I would go about giving it permission though.
But when I use the system built in I was able to copy paste some music onto it.
With a file on the SD Card my computer was able to locate it as well, and I can now copy and paste to the SD card using my computer.
So with your help I was able to figure out how to get portable working.
It is a bit disappointing that there isn't a way to manually add files while it is an internal storage though.
So again while your solution didn't directly work, it made me think and find a solution to my problem even if it's not the one I wanted.