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Can't write to storage card? A little help?

I was trying to put a movie on my storage card and I keep getting the message that 's write protected. I'm using a Micro SD from my AT&T 8525 w/ an SD adapter and my internal card reader on my Dell XPS desktop w/ Win XP.
Does it have anything to do w/ that it's a 400MB file i'm trying to copy. This is just frustrating.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark

Unrelated question: anyone know why i have the little fido.ca thing next to the american flag in the upper right corner of my posts? if you rest the mouse over it it says "Albania - Albania Mobile Comms" The funny thing is, I happen to be Albanian but I'm not sure how xda would know that.
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AximMarkSD said:
Unrelated question: anyone know why i have the little fido.ca thing next to the american flag in the upper right corner of my posts? if you rest the mouse over it it says "Albania - Albania Mobile Comms" The funny thing is, I happen to be Albanian but I'm not sure how xda would know that.
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AximMarkSD said:
I was trying to put a movie on my storage card and I keep getting the message that 's write protected. I'm using a Micro SD from my AT&T 8525 w/ an SD adapter and my internal card reader on my Dell XPS desktop w/ Win XP.
Does it have anything to do w/ that it's a 400MB file i'm trying to copy. This is just frustrating.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark
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That is a big file for the 8525, Still that does not explain the problem. I have seen this reported before, but I do not recall a solution. Theories about sector size etc etc.
You could try copying the contents of the SD temporarily to PC. Reformat the disk and try again. You could also try via active sync if you have a great deal of patience!
Mike

[Q] Anyone using torrent on Android?

Im using note3,0 KitKat 4.4.2, and having problem with my microSD card when i downloading via torrent app.
Downloading filed directly into my phone storage works fine, however, i am getting error whenever i set the downloading directory into my extSD card.
Used ttorrent,Utorrent Bittorrent apps and none of those worked for me. Both Bit/u Torrent showed me "Error : write to disk(check)", and Ttorrent showed me 'this folder is read-only, it cannot be selected'. (as thumbnails shows.)
Its weird because i can move/copy files from Device storage into Sd memory card via "my files(the basic app.)", and pictures that i took saves into the extSD card...which means i can write on there while torrent doesnt allow me download into the SD card.
is there any solutions on this? Oh, and im not rooted yet.
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KitKat brought a new security "feature", which does not allow any non-system apps to write to external SD card. The only way to remove it is by rooting. A workaround is to download to your phone storage and then, on PC, move it over to the external SD.

I am on KitKat and rooted I used the patch and it works all fine to save in memory card
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I use aTorrent.
I think your external card went bad.
Mine did a few months ago.
I had a 64gb that one stopped working.
Nothing was getting saved to it (nothing could get written to it).
It
Luckily it allowed me to copy from it to my desktop.
I'm on 4.3

Welcome to KitKat. You'll find about a few thousand threads on this issue on XDA.
Google added new security settings to KitKat which makes it impossible for apps to write to the external SD without a workaround from the devs, or Root.
Stock has been changed to work (You still can't rename anything, though). Any 3rd party app needs to be changed by the developer.

File Manager
Ive noticed once ive downloaded the file through Ttorrent you can go to the file manager select the the file and just move it to whatever folder you want on the SDcard. I just use the standard file manager.

NSTwG "testgossamer" factory partition folder?

I've been looking into the "factory" partitions of the Nooks I have in my family and on 3 out of 5 units I have noticed one folder (testogossamer) and one file (mfg_update.zip) more, that on the rest of the units. If I understand correctly, this is a quality control leftover. Am I right? Is it a common and well known thing? Or should I upload those files somewhere for others to see if there is something useful there?
This is a gallery of the .pgm (converted to jpeg for the online gallery) and .jpeg files that I found there and a screenshot of some of the others: http://imgur.com/a/Q05ca#0
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I've been looking into the "factory" partitions of the Nooks I have in my family and on 3 out of 5 units I have noticed one folder (testogossamer) and one file (mfg_update.zip) more, that on the rest of the units. If I understand correctly, this is a quality control leftover. Am I right? Is it a common and well known thing? Or should I upload those files somewhere for others to see if there is something useful there?
This is a gallery of the .pgm (converted to jpeg for the online gallery) and .jpeg files that I found there and a screenshot of some of the others: http://imgur.com/a/Q05ca#0
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Wow, some of those pictures are really trippy!

how can I find this factory partition folder?

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how can I find this factory partition folder?
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You can, for example, prepare the Noogie microsd card (burn the image on the card, however I am not quite sure that the term "burn" is proper in English for that). Then power on the Nook with that microsd inside and plug it into your PC. With a properly prepared Noogie microsd you should see a "Rooted Forever" screen on the Nook, and all the partitions on your PC available to see.

One of recent topics reminded me about this, and I finally got to upload those unusual files. For everyone interested, they can be found here: https://mega.co.nz/#F!bxRmEbwC!DK3iJWyFfwBTwa-SEv0DzQ If anyone know how to run tests connected with all those result message pictures, I would be very grateful for an explanation.

[Q] Why would Dropsync/Autosync/Onesync not be able to write to emulated/0?

I'm having a strange problem with Dropsync/Autosync/Onesync on my GS4 running the "Mostly Stock NG2 v1.3" ROM -- I patched it to allow writing to the external SD card, but for some reason, even though the sync apps show the external SD card as writable, they don't show the emulated/0 folder as being writable, and the apps don't create their application directories as they normally should -- as a result, even though they can write to the SD card, they can't sync because they can't write to the device to keep track of what has been synced. I contacted the developer but he wasn't able to help me, besides identifying the problem is on the device storage side of things rather than a SD card issue.

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I'm having a strange problem with Dropsync/Autosync/Onesync on my GS4 running the "Mostly Stock NG2 v1.3" ROM -- I patched it to allow writing to the external SD card, but for some reason, even though the sync apps show the external SD card as writable, they don't show the emulated/0 folder as being writable, and the apps don't create their application directories as they normally should -- as a result, even though they can write to the SD card, they can't sync because they can't write to the device to keep track of what has been synced. I contacted the developer but he wasn't able to help me, besides identifying the problem is on the device storage side of things rather than a SD card issue.
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I suggest you try a different ROM. There are a lot of important things missing in that ROM. Dialer chooses don't work for one. Almost any other NG2 ROM has the SD Card fix.
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Any recommendations? I used to run TriForceROM 5.4 -- I'd like to find something similar, with crapware removed, wifi hotspot added, etc. but not a complete overhaul that introduces new problems.

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Any recommendations? I used to run TriForceROM 5.4 -- I'd like to find something similar, with crapware removed, wifi hotspot added, etc. but not a complete overhaul that introduces new problems.
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This is my ROM- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3086132
So far there are no problems other than the minor bugs listed in the OP.

Zenpad 8.0 (Z380M)

Hi All,
Apologies If I'm posting in the wrong place.
My partner has just purchased the Zenpad 8.0 (Z380M)
When it's connected to my Win 10 laptop by USB cable only the PC Suite is visible as a CD drive. The internal memory isn't visible for transferring music etc. I E-mailed support and was advised to carry out a factory reset. I have done this and it is still the same. How do I get rid of the CD drive and enable the internal memory to be visible ?
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gibbylinks said:
Hi All,
Apologies If I'm posting in the wrong place.
My partner has just purchased the Zenpad 8.0 (Z380M)
When it's connected to my Win 10 laptop by USB cable only the PC Suite is visible as a CD drive. The internal memory isn't visible for transferring music etc. I E-mailed support and was advised to carry out a factory reset. I have done this and it is still the same. How do I get rid of the CD drive and enable the internal memory to be visible ?
Thanks
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When its connected to your computer open up the cd drive that it mounts as and there should be some software available for you to install which will allow you to interact with the tablet with software that is meant specifically for it. You can also pull down the quick settings banner when the tablet is connected and you should see a notification saying the tablet is charging or that its connected to a pc, click that notification and you should have a few options to choose from. Charging, using to transfer photos, transfer media files MTP, Install software. Something along those lines.

Thanks for the reply.
The problem I had was the software I wanted to use (Calibre) worked outside the PC Suite software that it was trying to install. Thankfully after a firmware upgrade to Android 7.0 the problem went away, and I can now see the internal memory.