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All,
Created a quick app to re-mount the microSD card as read/write for rooted Motorola XOOM Honeycomb 3.2 users. This app simply dismounts and remounts the microSD card in its "stock" location as read/write. Optionally, you can also add a mount point to /sdcard/external (which is friendlier for some apps).
I hope this helps some people out, I know I like it.
APK Download V0.1b
** FIXED Force Close when /sdcard/external folder doesn't exist **
BTW: I don't have enough posts to put this in development, where it belongs. Mods - Feel free to move this thread as appropriate.
edit: This app is still under development, use of this app is at your own risk. The app will forcefully dismount/remount the sdcard, so any active access to the sdcard is affected, and under extreme cases can result in data loss.
I'm adding a lot more error checking, validation to minimize any chances of data loss. Also, I'm working on hot-swap sdcard support, remount-on-boot support, and a widget to easily get sdcard status.
Reserved for future use.
Installed and granted su permission. App force closes immediately on launch. I'm using rooted stock 3.2 on US wifi only Xoom.
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I figured it out. I fixed the error, and have updated the link in the original post to point to the new app.
Tried new version. Says its mounted in the app but can't write to SD.
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This is exactly what I've been looking for.
Thanks so much for enabling my apps to run normal again
edit if boot on startup option added would be awesome
I dont know what this whole mess is about read/write but read/write works perfectly without any of this.
Worked since I put 3.2 on my device.
If you use root explorer, you can read/write to the sdcard no problem with HC 3.2, but if you try as a normal user, you can read-only. So apps can't store data on the sdcard.
Works great thanks now I can transfer files using astro
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ekarelis said:
All,
Created a quick app to re-mount the microSD card as read/write for rooted Motorola XOOM Honeycomb 3.2 users. This app simply dismounts and remounts the microSD card in its "stock" location as read/write. Optionally, you can also add a mount point to /sdcard/external (which is friendlier for some apps).
I hope this helps some people out, I know I like it.
APK Download V0.1b
** FIXED Force Close when /sdcard/external folder doesn't exist **
BTW: I don't have enough posts to put this in development, where it belongs. Mods - Feel free to move this thread as appropriate.?
edit: This app is still under development, use of this app is at your own risk. The app will forcefully dismount/remount the sdcard, so any active access to the sdcard is affected, and under extreme cases can result in data loss.
I'm adding a lot more error checking, validation to minimize any chances of data loss. Also, I'm working on hot-swap sdcard support, remount-on-boot support, and a widget to easily get sdcard status.
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How's autoboot coming? Eagerly awaiting still
andylhchen said:
This is exactly what I've been looking for.
Thanks so much for enabling my apps to run normal again
edit if boot on startup option added would be awesome
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+1 on all counts!
Thanks, It's perfect
ekarelis said:
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You're the MAN!!
Eternal thanks! Nice and clean, Titanium Backup Pro now works!!!
Thanks man, great work!!
Autoboot would be icing on the cake, but im extremely happy with it in current form.
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Is it possible that the app works on the Asus Eee Pad transformer? (same mount problems seem to me)
Is this just for root on the external SD card or for giving root to the built in 32 gig storage? I am hoping this will be an easy way to root my xoom and de-root it for use with videos from the Google market. Sorry if my question is dumb or obvious.
This doesn't root any part of your Xoom. It is an app for Android 3.2 users that unmounts their read only SD card (stupid default mode) and remounts it in read/write mode - requiring root to do so already.
Wow, nice!
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Great Work
Great work, it's an amazing feature. Working on Acer A500 with Virtuous Xoom Rom.
Thanks for the app its working great
Thx for the app!
BTW, is any body else experiencing the need to reinstall it after a reboot?
I have tried looking for these, but it's been a long night of not understanding some of this stuff and I've gotten to that dreaded, "I give up, this isn't worth it" point. Because of this I may simply not be seeing the answers right in front of me. These are the things I don't understand right now.
1. I've followed the steps to the letter about installing CM7 on an SD card. Then I try to follow the steps to get gapps on there and can't boot into recovery. I don't think I actually can boot into recovery from sd but it doesn't say no anywhere. Confused.
2. I don't get why there is a dialer on the ROM. It's so strange that it makes me question whether I did something wrong. Am I the only one that thinks this is wierd or is there some backstory to why it's been left built into the ROM? There's gotta be some reason.
3. Still can't find anything that tells me how I would go about installing apps that I have apk files for on my computer, where I copy them to on my sd card, and where I put other files (pdfs, docs, videos, music) that I want to be able to run.
4. Is an sd card ROM install REALLY the same as booting from the nook itself? Or dual-booting? I feel like it couldn't possibly be the same speed or fluidity. i need to have the ROM but I also need easy access to the actual Nook.
Again, I'm probably wrong in my thinking with some of these things, but very often, even in noob guides, these questions aren't really addressed directly. Anyway, if someone can help me understand these things, I'd really appreciate it. I'm almost at my wit's end fishing for these answers.
Thanks, guys.
1) Just let cm7 load up. Then hold power. A menu comes up. Select reboot. Then select recovery. Then it will do its thing.
2) Cyanogenmod's builds it rom for multiple devices, most of which are phones, so there are items in the rom that pertain to phones ie. dialer.
3) Apks can be placed on any storage area of sd card, or even emmc for that matter, all you need is a file explore like Astro or I believe cm7 rom comes with a file explore. Then just go to the location where you saved the apk and you will be given the option to install the apk.
4)This depends on your sd card. Sandisk cards are the pick of the litter and provide a good user experience. If you use a less worthy sd card then yes there will be lag and it will be less fluid. I myself am on emmc but my friend is on a sandisk card and both perform pretty much the same.
tinpanalley said:
I have tried looking for these, but it's been a long night of not understanding some of this stuff and I've gotten to that dreaded, "I give up, this isn't worth it" point. Because of this I may simply not be seeing the answers right in front of me. These are the things I don't understand right now.
1. I've followed the steps to the letter about installing CM7 on an SD card. Then I try to follow the steps to get gapps on there and can't boot into recovery. I don't think I actually can boot into recovery from sd but it doesn't say no anywhere. Confused.
2. I don't get why there is a dialer on the ROM. It's so strange that it makes me question whether I did something wrong. Am I the only one that thinks this is weird or is there some backstory to why it's been left built into the ROM? There's gotta be some reason.
3. Still can't find anything that tells me how I would go about installing apps that I have apk files for on my computer, where I copy them to on my sd card, and where I put other files (pdfs, docs, videos, music) that I want to be able to run.
4. Is an sd card ROM install REALLY the same as booting from the nook itself? Or dual-booting? I feel like it couldn't possibly be the same speed or fluidity. i need to have the ROM but I also need easy access to the actual Nook.
Again, I'm probably wrong in my thinking with some of these things, but very often, even in noob guides, these questions aren't really addressed directly. Anyway, if someone can help me understand these things, I'd really appreciate it. I'm almost at my wit's end fishing for these answers.
Thanks, guys.
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1. To boot into recovery easily boot into CM7 then on the homescreen hold down the power button until the power off menu appears choose "reboot", in the next menu choose "recovery" and press "OK". The nook would reboot straight into recovery.
2. Those apps are included to allow more apps to show up in the market. You didn't do anything wrong.
3.To install APK applications on your Android phone do the following:
Copy the APK file you want to install to your phone's memory card and insert the card into your Android phone.
Go to Android Market and search for the Apps Installer, App Installer, z-App Installer or Fast Installer application.
Open it and click on the Install button.
After it is installed, just open it. It will show you all the APK files stored directly in the root directory of your memory card.
Just click on the application you want to install and it will be installed.
You could also just install a file manager app like Astro File Manager and then browse to the APK and install it.
4. Depends on the SD card if you using a sandisk card there isn't really any difference but eMMC is always going to be at least a little bit faster and SD cards are more likely to fail quicker but if your using a sandisk you really shouldn't have a problem.
Hope that helps.
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dabiddabird said:
1) Just let cm7 load up. Then hold power. A menu comes up. Select reboot. Then select recovery. Then it will do its thing.
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I've done it half a dozen times. It doesn't root into recovery. I've rooted and flashed my phone several times, so I'm comfortable with the process.
dabiddabird said:
3) Apks can be placed on any storage area of sd card, or even emmc for that matter, all you need is a file explore like Astro or I believe cm7 rom comes with a file explore. Then just go to the location where you saved the apk and you will be given the option to install the apk.
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I only see a really tiny partition to save apks and videos and not enough to save stuff on the card.
dabiddabird said:
4)If you use a less worthy sd card then yes there will be lag and it will be less fluid.
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I'm on a class 4 sandisk 8gb so I should be good.
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Try putting your sd card back into your computer and put the google apps zip in the boot partition again. Then try the steps mentioned above.
That tiny partition is your boot partition there should be others that were created for storage purposes. I think verygreens process creates 4 partitions. You might need partitioning software to see the other partitions if your computer does not recognize them.
Edit: This thread has some info on the partition software http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1187625
I dont know, Im thinking I might not have recovery. Is that even possible?
I had first used the microsd card to try a Honeycomb ROM and then used win32diskimager to place the cm7 rom on there thinking it would completely write over what was there. Should I have formatted instead?
Maybe this is an opportunity to try the rc 7.1?
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Yes I would suggest that you format and start from the beginning using verygreens process http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957 and CM 7.1 rc.
As far as recovery no you do not have recovery such as clockwork mod per-say. This part of the process doesn't take you to a recovery menu. What it does is initiate the install process of the google apps zip.
I don't see a 7.1. I only see these: ??
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=nightly&device=encore
Is that basically what you mean by 7.1? The newest one of these?
tinpanalley said:
I don't see a 7.1. I only see these: ??
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=nightly&device=encore
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Here you go
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=rc&device=encore
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Hey guys,
Thanks for all the help last night. Really appreciate it.
I still don't get how I'm supposed to copy media to the microsd when I can only access a small part of it. This is all I can see on Windows Explorer.
How do I put a 600MB video file on the card or anything else (music, documents, etc) if I only have room for this much??
tinpanalley said:
Hey guys,
Thanks for all the help last night. Really appreciate it.
I still don't get how I'm supposed to copy media to the microsd when I can only access a small part of it. This is all I can see on Windows Explorer.
How do I put a 600MB video file on the card or anything else (music, documents, etc) if I only have room for this much??
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What you are seeing is the boot partition. Your storage is on the 4th partition. To access your storage space you should transfer it over through the nook via USB.
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Ok, cool. Thanks.
Actually, that is because when you created the image to on the card the software only formatted as much as it needed for the image and left the rest unformatted. Download EaseUS to your PC and you can then stretch the unformatted partition out or create an additional one and get your space back. The app is here and it is free: http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
patruns said:
Actually, that is because when you created the image to on the card the software only formatted as much as it needed for the image and left the rest unformatted. Download EaseUS to your PC and you can then stretch the unformatted partition out or create an additional one and get your space back. The app is here and it is free: http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
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Even so, you can only access it through usb via the NOOK, at least on Windows since it only sees the very first FAT32 partition, which appears to be the boot partition.
You guys are awesome. I've totally come to understand better this whole process. I was at that deep-end point last night where nothing was making sense, everything was coming out wrong, and ai was ready to give up. Now I have a pretty smooth running and sweet cm7 nook color. I wish it could run Honeycomb but alas... maybe in time.
For now, the only thing missing for me is to know what the best video player is for CM7 and whether Flash runs on this ROM or not in browsers.
Thanks, guys.
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Rock Player (Lite version is enough) seems to play everything.
Flash is OK, at least on Dophin HD and Opera Mobile
Good to hear your up and running
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Hmmm... Weird. All of a sudden, I can't move any apps or access the pop-up menu when I tap and hold the home screen. It's almost like the screen is locked.
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tinpanalley said:
Hmmm... Weird. All of a sudden, I can't move any apps or access the pop-up menu when I tap and hold the home screen. It's almost like the screen is locked.
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You may have locked it. Check the menu.
patruns said:
The app is here and it is free: http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
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Thanks, just noticed this.
Hi. I am actually a Captivate owner with a Fascinate question. I was able to install Mame4Droid on my Captivate after placing the ROMs into the phone itself. I was unable to install the program onto the microSD card for some reason, but in the end, it didn't matter since I was able to access the folders on the phone.
I tried to do the same with the Fascinate, but was unable to access the phone memory files like I was able to do on the Captivate. I tried to move it to the microSD card, but like the Captivate, I was unable to see the files on the microSD card. I installed the drivers from Samsung onto the computer, but I could only access the microSD card rather than the phone memory. Is it possible to access the phone memory file system to place the files into the right place on the Fascinate without rooting?
Thanks
Idk try question and answer section?
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Okay. Just posted and thanks.
The fascinate doesn't have accessible onboard storage.
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Oh. I see. What a bummer. Now I don't know how to get the ROM's where they need to go since I can't get it to recognize the SD card...
No internal option within Apps themselves.
Tried a couple of app mover apps off Google Play Store -- no dice.
Anyone?
Thanks!
I don't believe you can thanks to ICS.
jntdroid said:
I don't believe you can thanks to ICS.
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Wouldnt blame it on ICS as such, works on other ICS devices.
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Please post questions in the Q&A section
From what I've heard on other forums, Motorola has disabled the feature to move apps to the SD card. I believe that they did this to remove any root exploits. I'm not sure if this is a feature in the developer edition sold directly from Motorola though. Maybe someone with a developer edition could enlighten us.
Now that we have root and jelly bean (I still cant get root on my jb leak but I'm open to suggestions) .....any possible methods to move our apps to the damn SD card?? I'm already getting notifications that the internal storage is almost full.....****ing ridiculous
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Try the files on this page
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/16/droid-razr-hd-razr-m-and-atrix-hd-all-rooted/
including the new su and superuser, not sure if they are the ones from aosp.us but they worked for me on jB leak
Also when it says press button combo for bugreport, I hold vol.up and power, until the root process is complete, vibrates a total of 5 times for me but it worked flawlessly twice, so yeah I suggest u try and hold the buttons until it reboots because of program
tadgerloks said:
Try the files on this page
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/16/droid-razr-hd-razr-m-and-atrix-hd-all-rooted/
including the new su and superuser, not sure if they are the ones from aosp.us but they worked for me on jB leak
Also when it says press button combo for bugreport, I hold vol.up and power, until the root process is complete, vibrates a total of 5 times for me but it worked flawlessly twice, so yeah I suggest u try and hold the buttons until it reboots because of program
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Thanks man, I got it to work finally. I appreciate it...
so any ways you can think of that we can move apps to SD?
Hey guys, I got a BONAFIDE way to move our apps 2 sd!!
first: partition your sd card
then: install and use link2sd
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432459
boom there's the tutorial, took me a good 30 minutes to do (was watching the new always sunny episode while doing it) but it freaking WORKS...
definitely the best bonus of us getting root on our razr m's thus far as the internal storage is realistically only 2-3 gigs so this adds like 33-66% to your apps storage!!
Dyelon said:
Hey guys, I got a BONAFIDE way to move our apps 2 sd!!
first: partition your sd card
then: install and use link2sd
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432459
boom there's the tutorial, took me a good 30 minutes to do (was watching the new always sunny episode while doing it) but it freaking WORKS...
definitely the best bonus of us getting root on our razr m's thus far as the internal storage is realistically only 2-3 gigs so this adds like 33-66% to your apps storage!!
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I attempted this while carefully following the directions and it did not work on a Droid Razr M..... I succeeded creating the 2nd part. and the app identified it accordingly while looking under storage devices, but unfortunately the app only allows the option to move to "sd card"....which is the name on the internal memory, so it gives an error...motorola sly-fully named the internal memory "sd card" so the app keeps trying to send things there and all I get is an error message.............have you succeeded doing this with a Razr M?? And if so what could I be doing wrong???? Thank you!
goherdcj05 said:
I attempted this while carefully following the directions and it did not work on a Droid Razr M..... I succeeded creating the 2nd part. and the app identified it accordingly while looking under storage devices, but unfortunately the app only allows the option to move to "sd card"....which is the name on the internal memory, so it gives an error...motorola sly-fully named the internal memory "sd card" so the app keeps trying to send things there and all I get is an error message.............have you succeeded doing this with a Razr M?? And if so what could I be doing wrong???? Thank you!
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Yeah it definitely works on a razr m, I'm using it right now and after I was done the internal memory grew back around a gigabyte....
Hm I'm not sure about that error, I'd say start over and try again with the exact programs it uses
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Dyelon said:
Yeah it definitely works on a razr m, I'm using it right now and after I was done the internal memory grew back around a gigabyte....
Hm I'm not sure about that error, I'd say start over and try again with the exact programs it uses
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I'm also having the same issue; Link2SD is giving me an insufficient space error, because the internal storage is called 'sd card'. What did you do differently? I've followed the original instructions twice from scratch.
Im not sure, I feel like I've been having problems with link2sd since I ota updated to jb...I can't tell if its working or not though its linking all my apps
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yeah I have the same screen, and I think it's the names that's screwing it up
Yufice said:
yeah I have the same screen, and I think it's the names that's screwing it up
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Tried starting over and partitioning the apps partition to FAT32 as well as Ext 2, neither worked. Tried on another card, still no go.
The app thinks the internal storage space is actually the SD card, because that's what it's called. If you look around with a file explorer, you'll see that the internal storage space is actually /sdcard. If you want to get to the REAL sd card, it's under storage/sdcard1. storage/sdcard0 seems to be the same folder as /sdcard. Is there a way/a different app that lets you specify where you want to establish your new apps folder? I think that's all the fix it needs. But I am no dev.
Its called external1 actually.
Mnt/external1
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Any update or luck to move apps to sdcard?
Do we need absolutely to root the device ? Apps like gps navigation, maps.... need more space and I can't move them to the external card.
Yeah if anyone could look into this that would be awesome...my car got broken into in Newark yesterday so I'm busy tryna get that taken care of, I'll be able to mess with it myself later in the week
It's getting really irritating though, i can't keep large game apps on here because of this problem, which is ridiculous seeing as to how the phone runs them like a champ and i have a whole 32 gig card in there
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Same discussion on the Razr i forum...we may have a workaround soon
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953898
Hello,
I just got my LG G2 today. Already flashed the new ParanoidAndroid cause I wanted Android KitKat.
I wanted to connect my MSD-Card Reader to my phone, but it somehow simply does not appear in the file manager.
I tried different apps to mount the SD Card, like "Stick Mount" or "USB OTG Helper" but none of them seem to be able to mount my sd card
Most of all, I want to copy all my music and the games (especially big games like GTA) to the card cause 10gb simply aren't enough.
I'm using a SanDisk Ultra 64GB microSD Card.
Does anybody know what to do? Maybe I simply didn't find the right app!
Oh, and I could not find any solutions in the internet. Forgive me if there are any avaiable that I could not find.
Thanks in advance and merry christmas!
Does PA kernel support USB OTG?
(too busy to check by myself)
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There's a Q&A section for questions and even better yet, there's a thread in the specifically for questions about PA.
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Thanks for your answers.
So, I now flashed CyanogenMod and noticed the smartphone realizes there is a sd card connected. There's a message which says something like "The SD Card is being prepared". However, I cannot reach the folder. Can anybody help me?
P.S. What does PA mean?
Uftherr said:
Thanks for your answers.
So, I now flashed CyanogenMod and noticed the smartphone realizes there is a sd card connected. There's a message which says something like "The SD Card is being prepared". However, I cannot reach the folder. Can anybody help me?
P.S. What does PA mean?
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Paranoid Android
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786356
Use this must repartition and reformat to fat32. Must use stock kernel. Using usb otg now. Custom kernels have issues.
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Thanks, now I finally can save my stuff on the SD card.
But I have another question, and I don't really want to create a new thread.
So, my LG G2 only has 10GB for apps and games, which ain't enough. I wanna copy my apps to the SD card, especially the gameloft games and GTA.
I tried using GL to SD, APP2SD and other stuff but it didn't work, either because I'm too stupid or it is incompatible.
Can anybody help me? Thank you very very much!