I had been using a 16GB external SD card on my phone and it had been working fine. I decided to swap it out for an 8GB card and now my phone doesn't even see that the card is installed. When I try to mount the card using the storage settings, it tells me that it's preparing the SD card and then it doesn't do anything else.
I've tried reformatting the card, reinstalling CM9, purging both cache and Dalvik. Nothing seems to help. The card works perfectly on my PC. What should I do to get the card to work on my phone?
What happens if you put the 16 back in? Does it mount or does it fall into the same behavior as the 8? So your file explore won't see the emmc or it is just that settings->storage doesn't see it?
Just so we are clear (and I assume you know this b/c you are running nightlies) but I have to ask, you know that External_SD is now the emmc? Sorry.
Thank you for your help. When I put the 16GB back in it acts the same way now. When I browse to the emmc folder with Root Explorer, it shows it as being empty, even though I have the SD Card installed. For some reason, it's just not mounting any of them at all. Very weird.
Did you unmount it before you took it out initially? Maybe try putting it in and rebooting and see if it mounts. Or try rebooting w/o it and them putting it in to see if it remounts. Gotta be something simple cause those are always the hardest to find.
I would suggest a few options then.
1. Post something in the CM9 thread and maybe someone will know a little more about it and possibly some code that you might type in the re-mount it. I have an idea what it would be but I am not running CM9 now, so not sure I can do it ad-hoc.
2. If you can see your internal, then maybe make a nandroid and Odin back to stock 2.1, then reinstall. (but your OP says that you already did that, hmm.)
3. There was a mount fix floating around somewhere on Euphoria or Passion maybe Slim or AOKP. That was mainly for mounting to PC.
See what Faultexception thinks, since he is maintaining the CM9 ROM.
I did unmount it before removing it. I've tried all of the steps you've suggested and even posted on the CM9 thread. Hopefully someone on there has dealt with this before. Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.
I too is having the exact issue, have tried all the above and still nothing.
Haha been having this issue on ics passion for months.. ive just ggotten over it.
My 8gb doesnt work but my exact same model/brand 4gb does.. nothint i can do will fix it.
ive tried secure formatting to every fs imaginable and several other things
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Hi,
I've ran into a snag that I can't seem to figure out, my nookcolor boots normally but does not boot from uSD. In the past I've always been able to find answers by searching but this time, nothing I've tried has worked. I've been using phiremod on the nook for quite a while and recently updated to v6.1.
The first time I rooted the NC, I used a uSD with autonooter 3.0 and everything worked great. Flashed to phiremod 5.2 and have been using CWR off of the emmc to update versions.
Today, I decided to try a new rom and wanted to start fresh with a stock 1.1. I popped in the CWR sdcard I had from a while back and it didn't work, the NC boots normally in to phiremod.
After remaking a bootable CWR sdcard several times and failing, I thought it might be a corrupted boot partition. So I successfully reimaged the boot and system partitions via ADB and I was back to stock. I thought I was good to go except what I've got now is a stock NC that does not boot from the uSD.
I've tried 3 different perfectly good uSDcards with autonooter, monster's rootpack, CWR sdcards, nookie-froyo sdcards... nothing works. Failbooting 8 times causes the NC to reupdate itself to 1.1.
Has anybody encountered this before or some devs can shed some light why it does not boot from uSD? Any help is appreciated.
Edit: N+power causes the NC to do a Factory Reset. Done this twice already.
TC
This might work....
Look, I'm no expert at uSD's, but try this. Maybe your Nook thinks the sd card is an emmc partition. Try holding down the home button while booting? Like, hold the button and then power on. I hope it works for you. I know the pain as I have had many issues, too.
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Hi,
I've ran into a snag that I can't seem to figure out, my nookcolor boots normally but does not boot from uSD. In the past I've always been able to find answers by searching but this time, nothing I've tried has worked. I've been using phiremod on the nook for quite a while and recently updated to v6.1.
The first time I rooted the NC, I used a uSD with autonooter 3.0 and everything worked great. Flashed to phiremod 5.2 and have been using CWR off of the emmc to update versions.
Today, I decided to try a new rom and wanted to start fresh with a stock 1.1. I popped in the CWR sdcard I had from a while back and it didn't work, the NC boots normally in to phiremod.
After remaking a bootable CWR sdcard several times and failing, I thought it might be a corrupted boot partition. So I successfully reimaged the boot and system partitions via ADB and I was back to stock. I thought I was good to go except what I've got now is a stock NC that does not boot from the uSD.
I've tried 3 different perfectly good uSDcards with autonooter, monster's rootpack, CWR sdcards, nookie-froyo sdcards... nothing works. Failbooting 8 times causes the NC to reupdate itself to 1.1.
Has anybody encountered this before or some devs can shed some light why it does not boot from uSD? Any help is appreciated.
Edit: N+power causes the NC to do a Factory Reset. Done this twice already.
TC
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My guess is the SD Card is not mounted, try going into the settings and make sure the card is mounted. You may want to unmount it, and then format it. Then unmount it, remove it and then reinstall cwr onto the sd card again. If that doesn't work, try another sdcard. If that doesn't work it could be a hardware issue... it could also be an issue with your card reader, they have been known to break at inopportune times, try a different card reader.
migrax
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migrax said:
My guess is the SD Card is not mounted, try going into the settings and make sure the card is mounted. You may want to unmount it, and then format it. Then unmount it, remove it and then reinstall cwr onto the sd card again. If that doesn't work, try another sdcard. If that doesn't work it could be a hardware issue... it could also be an issue with your card reader, they have been known to break at inopportune times, try a different card reader.
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+1 to the card reader issue. I have a perfect working cm7 build on my nook now, but it took some trial and error. The card reader on my computer looked like it was working fine, but when I would put the card into the nook it wouldn't boot to it. I finally did the same steps with the same card only this time using my phone (tp2) as the card reader plugged into my computer and it worked great.
It definitely was the card reader. Tried a different one and it booted just fine..
As a SDET by profession, it makes me sad I didn't think of this.
Thanks all.
Linux Issue
I know this is rather an old thread, but just in case someone has this problem and is running Linux (I'm running Ubuntu) here is what happened to me. After dd'ing the CWR image several times, I could not get the NC to boot to the sd card. I tried multiple cards and multiple readers, no joy. I thought perhaps something was wrong so I looked at the card in gparted. What I found there was that there was a 1mb of unallocated partition space before the CWR partition. I used gparted to move the partition to be at 0 position and it booted up like a charm.
Don't know if I was doing something wrong the command I used was
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sudo dd if=2gb_clockwork-3.0.1.0.img of=/dev/sdd1 bs=1M
At any rate, if any other linux users run into this, that's how I fixed it.
Randy
rwreed said:
I know this is rather an old thread, but just in case someone has this problem and is running Linux (I'm running Ubuntu) here is what happened to me. After dd'ing the CWR image several times, I could not get the NC to boot to the sd card. I tried multiple cards and multiple readers, no joy. I thought perhaps something was wrong so I looked at the card in gparted. What I found there was that there was a 1mb of unallocated partition space before the CWR partition. I used gparted to move the partition to be at 0 position and it booted up like a charm.
Don't know if I was doing something wrong the command I used was
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sudo dd if=2gb_clockwork-3.0.1.0.img of=/dev/sdd1 bs=1M
At any rate, if any other linux users run into this, that's how I fixed it.
Randy
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Yeah, the problem is you put it on the first partition rather than the card itself. Note the instructions in the forum say device of card. ie: /dev/sdd
I also had an issue where I could create the SD card, and the Nook could see it, but it wouldn't boot from it. It turns out this was because I was using the internal card reader in my laptop to write the card. Once I switched to an external USB card reader, the Nook booted from the card just fine.
I've just come across the same problem.
I started two days ago with this: [ROMS]NEW! Dualboot Mirage CM7 / ICS CM9 Image for SDcard.
I liked ICS so much, I asked the developer how could I just stick with CM9?
He pointed me to this tutorial: Installing CM9 on Nook Color microSD.
It seems as though all the steps are going fine, up until step#10, where I am supposed to reboot INTO a freshly installed nightly.
I have Ubuntu 11.10 reliably running in VirtualBox. Plenty of memory and space.
I run GParted and view the partitions, and they are as expected.
I know Ubutu well enough to follow well-written directions.
The sdcard in my Nook is properly mounted - I think.
After reading this thread, I went to Amazing and bought a new SD card reader.
OH, and all this has been done on a new SD card, 8GB, class 4.
Hopefully it is due to an aging card reader. I'll get the new one in a couple of days and report back.
I really hope that's it!
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I've just come across the same problem.
I started two days ago with this: [ROMS]NEW! Dualboot Mirage CM7 / ICS CM9 Image for SDcard.
I liked ICS so much, I asked the developer how could I just stick with CM9?
He pointed me to this tutorial: Installing CM9 on Nook Color microSD.
It seems as though all the steps are going fine, up until step#10, where I am supposed to reboot INTO a freshly installed nightly.
I have Ubuntu 11.10 reliably running in VirtualBox. Plenty of memory and space.
I run GParted and view the partitions, and they are as expected.
I know Ubutu well enough to follow well-written directions.
The sdcard in my Nook is properly mounted - I think.
After reading this thread, I went to Amazing and bought a new SD card reader.
OH, and all this has been done on a new SD card, 8GB, class 4.
Hopefully it is due to an aging card reader. I'll get the new one in a couple of days and report back.
I really hope that's it!
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Rather than a card reader, I use Kingston uSD usb stick adapters for my uSD card writing, and they've worked flawlessly. Just an option , if your new card reader doesn't solve your problem. The adapters were "dirt cheap".
brentb636 said:
Rather than a card reader, I use Kingston uSD usb stick adapters for my uSD card writing, and they've worked flawlessly. Just an option , if your new card reader doesn't solve your problem. The adapters were "dirt cheap".
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Great idea.
They're small enough to carry worth me. Thanks.
Hi guys
I'm having some extremely irritating problems with my A500. It doesn't detect any external sd card I've tried so far. It says external sd is unavailable under storage in settings and the external_sd folder is empty in root/mnt. I've tried 3 different cards so far with no success. Anyone have a any advice for me on how to mount the card? I think the problem might be that it doesn't get mounted when I insert it. I can't root because the GingerBreak mod that's been posted needs an external card to work. So maybe some advice on how to root some other way? Then I can try restore a stock image and see what happens.
I had to insert mine and then reboot the tablet for mine to show inside of a file manager.
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I had to insert mine and then reboot the tablet for mine to show inside of a file manager.
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Hey, thanks for the tip. I forgot to add it to my original post. I've tried rebooting with all 3 of the cards I have. I'm starting to think it's a hardware problem...
Have the cards you're testing been formatted NTFS or FAT32? If NTFS they probably won't work without some help.
The stock device only deals with FAT32 mSD cards; I haven't tried the NTFSMount app from the Dev forum on an NTFS-formatted card yet, only USB devices.
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Have the cards you're testing been formatted NTFS or FAT32? If NTFS they probably won't work without some help.
The stock device only deals with FAT32 mSD cards; I haven't tried the NTFSMount app from the Dev forum on an NTFS-formatted card yet, only USB devices.
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Hey. I've formatted the cards multiple times, to FAT32 every time. Might try exFAT tomorrow just to see what happens.
exFAT didn't work. Not that I expected it to, lol. Maybe the GingerBreak apk can be modified to use the usb storage instead of the external sd. Any idea where I can get the source code to take a look at?
If you've tried multiple cards, all FAT32 and all work on other devices, I'd return the tablet while you can, sounds like a hardware problem indeed
Slight problem with the returning, lol. I live in South Africa and ordered my tab from the USA since my own country is so backwards. I don't really mind not having an external sd card, I just wanna root again since almost all the apps I use need root. I'm considering returning, even if it's gonna take a lot of effort, time and money...
EDIT - Another reason I can't return it (and this is a horrible thing) is that SuperUser Permissions is still installed. The recent update made me lose root. So I'm kinda stuck with this app that's proof that I voided my warranty. The only way to get rid of SuperUser is to use some apps that all need root. To get root I need the external sd to work. To get that to work I need to send it for repairs. A very messed up situation
I'm almost positive that it's a hardware issue now. Even when I try to do an update.zip from recovery mode it can't find the file even though it's on the card. Let's hope they don't see the SuperUser app when I return it...
I thought about maybe waiting for Acer to release an update that will unlock the bootloader. But since the SD card slot isn't working I won't be able to install the update. That so much depends on one little slot amazes me. If you wanna know what the single point of failure for an Android device is, look no further.
I know some android tabs came out without external SD card support. I live in the uk and have a 32GB version and the SD card worked out the box. Maybe you have to wait for an update. Just my 2c though. You won't need an external SD to receive OTA updates though.
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Here's an image of what recovery mode says when I select Install Update from external source. Seems the system can't mount the card. Sigh
I like that message at the end.... "Install from sdcard complete."
You had rooted before the update, which means it had to have seen the sdcard then. So it's unlikely that the hardware just went bad. Are the sdcards your trying of different sizes, classes, and/or manufacturer?
I'd go with the same sdcard you used when you rooted before and reformat it using the HP USB Format tool. Selecting fat32, of course. And don't select quick format. See if that helps. Sorry if I missed somethiing relevent above.
Here's the link to the HP first tool. http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html
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Lol, the "fake it till you make it" strategy. Fail Google.
I've tried it with the original SD and two other ones. My guess is some app tried to mount the external SD in /mnt/sdcard and messed up some associations or dependencies or something.
I'm amazed. After everything I've tried it suddenly worked. I was busy in settings and accidentally selected storage. And there it was in all its glory... A working external sd card! I'm rooted again, backed up and ready to roll!
To anyone finding this thread hoping for answers for a similar problem: It was a hardware problem indeed. I fixed it myself by opening the tab and bending the MicroSD slot's pins back into place.
Short story: Was running the latest (as of Dec. 4-5) ICS ROM(s) - the ones with the SD card bug - and my SD card appears to be shot.
Long story:
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I had been using the various betas of the ICS ROMs since I noticed Tytung's first Alpha was out and the ROMs had been improving rapidly. I guess when the headphones issue was fixed it caused problems with reading the SD Card which was documented and seems to be well known.
The constant SD messages didn't bother me much, but eventually I noticed launch icons missing and went to the Market to re-download one of the apps I use (I've been flashing so much, I wasn't sure which apps I didn't bother restoring). The Market app tells me I need a SD Card to install apps, so I just figured it's just the instability of the sd card mount for this latest batch of ROMs and I'll flash an older ROM off my SD card when I get the chance. I also noticed the messages started saying I inserted a blank SD Card but I brushed it off (couldn't look into it at the time).
I get home and find out Clockwork refuses to mount my card which means I can't easily wipe and install something else, so I switch to USB storage mode in CWM to simply transfer a ROM from my PC and my PC only sees ~30mb of my 16GB SD! I initially thought it was just some corruption but I tried all sorts of format and partitioning programs and nothing recognizes more than 30mb of space and none have even been able to format that little space that's showing.
I've been Googling for a while and came up with nothing I haven't already tried so I finally decided to post here. Is there any hope for my SD card? Being the holiday season and for once I've got most of my Christmas shopping done early, I'd rather not waste the little money I have left to run out and buy another SD card right away if it's not necessary.
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Does anyone have any ideas how I could fix this? I'd greatly appreciate it because I now stuck with WM6.5 and realize how much I didn't miss it for the past year
This is also a heads up for testers to be sure to upgrade their ROM ASAP (or at least to the kernel that fixes this) if they're on a ICS ROM with an SD card bug. I'm not complaining - I know this is a part of testing early builds (please ignore my sorry post count; I've been flashing for quite a while) - but there's no reason for others to go through this issue if it can be helped.
Have you tried EaseUS?
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Yes,
Try Easus Partition Manager and/or MiniTool Partition Manager.
They can help but you will have to format your SD card I think.
Good luck!
I had the same problem. I plugged my card into a USB reader after it working error free, it then said it needed to be formatted and was only showing 30mb. After formatting repeatedly it still doesn't read. I haven't retired any positioning software but i think the card may just be done with.
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probably you'll need a replacement.
have you tried the SD formatter? there's like a 0.000001% chance it will work in your case, but why not try it?
UPDATE well it looks as though I have found a solution to my woes. I made several attempts of formatting the 2gb card in my laptop to no avail. I tried my old captivate that it originally came out of and the cappy had troubles reading it. I then stuck it in my evo and it registered instant, so I did asdcard format on my evo and then finally the tablet registers the card. In case this helps anyone else
First off someone please enlighten me on the tabs use and the way it mounts the external SD, I read somewhere that it only uses it for media files such as music books and pics. I have an 8GB that belongs in my EVO, and a 2gb that I had for my captivate I was hoping to use in my Tab for now.
Here's my story, maybe someone can shed a little light here: My tab was purchased with Stock 3.1, I was getting annoyed by the constant update request so I went ahead and rooted and installed CWM without incident, then I decided to install the Stock rooted update from here, however when I insert my SD cards they say they are unavailable. So I stick my 2gb in my laptop format to fat32 (should this be different?, typically it works in every other device I own) It still won't read, I did exactly as others point out in other threads but still I am stumped as to how the card is made available to the OS ? Now in a fit of frustration I pulled my 8gb out of my evo put the 2gb in and wham there it is, I put the 3.2 download on the 8gb popped it in tab entered CWM and flashed the update, I don't know if the 2gb is mountable in CWM I will try tonight but the 8gb was mountable through CWM however my 8gb also was not available to Android even after the update.
So what the heck is the use of the external SD and how is it used?
I think you might have an issue with your ROM,
I use my external SD for my titanium backups and other files I want to keep portable. I have used the SD card through my PC via USB and directly by putting into the PC's card reader.
Have you tried using a file manager? I use File Manager HD and the external card shows up as Storage on the left bar.
As for the filesystem, I think I may have originally formatted as FAT but I have also pulled my SD out of my Blackberry and used it to install Honeylicious through CWM,
All in all I dont think you should be having the issues that you are having...
Good luck
If it won't mount in CWM you need to format it in your android phone, that fixed it for me. Once it is formatted correctly you'll see a notification that an SD card is installed. Also my PC wouldn't see it until I put a custom rom on. Also to store items on it you can use a file manager to move things to and from it.
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If it won't mount in CWM you need to format it in your android phone, that fixed it for me. Once it is formatted correctly you'll see a notification that an SD card is installed. Also my PC wouldn't see it until I put a custom rom on. Also to store items on it you can use a file manager to move things to and from it.
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The 8gb card did mount in CWM but would not mount in the OS, or when it would I would get it was unavailable or sometimes even empy when I know there is only about 1 gb free space, I did not test the 2gb in CWM mainly because it was late and I needed to go to bed, but I will try tonight. The 8gb is the one I updated to rooted 3.2 with, I still need to go to 3.2.1 ? Is there a rooted Stock 3.2.1 floating around I really havent looked much into it yet
I have noticed that getting the iconia to read some sd cards is like tossing dice..Most people who have this issue says one card works perfect in every device but not in the iconia.. Some say the card will work sometimes and not others .. Some say the card works in cwm and not with file manager..
The issue here i think is that you have two CARDS THAT ARE FUSSY ABOUT mating with the iconia. OR Your rom .i would read the threads in the rom you are using.. IF still nothing that sounds like your issue ask the DEV about this.. If STILL No luck you can either try to buy a new diffrent card or flash a new rom to try and Diag. this issue..
Good luck..
Silly question
Is your microSD formatted FAT32?
If it is anything else, your unit may have trouble reading it depending on what ROM you are using - Not all ROM's are capable of reading NTFS or other file systems.
Sometimes, microSD's freak out as well, and the only way to get it back to normal is to format it in a Symbian phone (Nokia)
Also, make sure you are using the correct mount point for the card - /mnt/external_sd - Root Explorer and other apps like it can get there.
Other than that, you may just have a bad microSD, I have had many of them die for seemingly no reason.
tl;dr
The card is tested and good (results below), the card reader is good (tested by reinstalling 5.7.4).
So few other people are having this issue, what is going on with my phone?
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I've read and read, but no matter what I try, I can't get my SD card to work.
Here's the details of how, and what, I installed on my Sprint S5.
I'm coming from Resurrection Remix 5.7.4 MM, (where the SD card worked fine, but did have a few issues with the camera (used open camera instead) and some post reboot oddness (shortcuts disappearing)).
I first formatted card using the windows software sdformatter to FAT32
copied files to SD card using a card reader plugged into PC.
Files copied
RR-N-v5.8.2-20170304-kltespr-Official.zip
open_gapps-arm-7.1-micro-20170327.zip
UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.79-20161211114519.zip
TWRP 3.X
wiped dalvik/cache/system/data
then factory reset
added files to zip queue, Rom, then Gapps, then SU
Flashed
Phone boots fine, initial set up completes.
Tried a reinstall of apps using Ti Pro, but it failed, so started again and used google apps restore during boot. Issues with many apps. So started again, with a "fresh start" option during set up.
I took a few pictures.
I can view them immediately after taking, by pressing the previously taken image image inside the camera app.
Open default Gallery and get the error "No storage. No external storage available."
I installed a+ gallery and it is able to open the images just fine.
Default Files app can browse the SD card.
Aldiko will not download books, as it thinks there is no SD card installed
I've tried (and checking each time)
formatting in card as internal, then back to portable in phone.
Clearing the data/cache for the apps giving errors.
factory resetting
Wiping and formatting the card (on PC to FAT32), and starting again (several times).
Started from scratch again, with a brand new Sandisk card
Tried ZepherOS Zephyr-N Version (Viserion-6.1) Android 7.0
Wiping cache/dalvik only and rebooting
Same "No storage..." error, every time.
I tried ZephrOS. Right after install there is no file manager, but if I click the default app "downloads", I can navigate to the camera folder, then to the image. When I click on it, it opens the image, but still shows the same error "no storage..." even though I'm looking at the image behind the error window. :/
I'm running H2testw, but don't expect an issue, as the same error was on the previous card and the brand new card.
Can I go from 7.0/7.1 to a stock ROM without issues, if so which one?
Update:
SD card test result
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 7.15 MByte/s
Reading speed: 15.7 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
UPDATE #2:
I started fresh with a new install of RR 5.7.4 and the card does still have issues with some apps, but is working fine with others. Open camera works fine, and the gallery access the correct card in this ROM. Aldiko still fails as it's trying to download to /sdcard
Most apps are looking for /sdcard but I have /sdcard1
If it helps, it appears sdcard is symlinking to /storage/self/primary
Anyone able to help?
permissions issue? have you gone into the apps mgmt and set the permissions manually?
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permissions issue? have you gone into the apps mgmt and set the permissions manually?
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, settings>apps>settings>App permissions>Storage is turned on.
Aldiko, for example, is looking for /sdcard but it doesn't exist. I'm thinking a symlink might fix the issue? But am not familiar enough with Android under the hood, to know what other issues that might cause.
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, settings>apps>settings>App permissions>Storage is turned on.
Aldiko, for example, is looking for /sdcard but it doesn't exist. I'm thinking a symlink might fix the issue? But am not familiar enough with Android under the hood, to know what other issues that might cause.
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im not familiar enough with the under the hood stuff to know what else coul be the issue either, @AthieN, Mr. guru thoughts?
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im not familiar enough with the under the hood stuff to know what else coul be the issue either, @AthieN, Mr. guru thoughts?
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What file system is the card formatted in? Try ext4 or exFAT.
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What file system is the card formatted in? Try ext4 or exFAT.
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FAT32 this was recommend in most places I read. I thinks it's a paths issue. I'm not sure the format would make a difference to that, right?
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FAT32 this was recommend in most places I read. I thinks it's a paths issue. I'm not sure the format would make a difference to that, right?
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A fresh install would resolve any path issues. The device can't read the card, which means that it's formatted incorrectly or is incompatible. How did you format it originally? On a computer? Go into the storage menu, and if it's detected, then try using the native Android option to reformat it. Back up your stuff first.
If that fails, try formatting it in recovery.
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A fresh install would resolve any path issues. The device can't read the card, which means that it's formatted incorrectly or is incompatible. How did you format it originally? On a computer? Go into the storage menu, and if it's detected, then try using the native Android option to reformat it. Back up your stuff first.
If that fails, try formatting it in recovery.
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thanks for chiming in sir! your help is always appreciated
AthieN said:
A fresh install would resolve any path issues. The device can't read the card, which means that it's formatted incorrectly or is incompatible. How did you format it originally? On a computer? Go into the storage menu, and if it's detected, then try using the native Android option to reformat it. Back up your stuff first.
If that fails, try formatting it in recovery.
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Thanks, I know the OP was long, but I hoped the details of what I'd already tried would be appreciated. I did several fresh installs trying to fix, and formatted every which way I could in phone and on a PC. Nothing has worked.
I've kind of given up on this and have decided to switch to Verizon. Sprint sucks so bad, after 10 years I've finally had enough, so I have to replace the phone anyway.
If you know of a decent phone to get, I'm looking for a recommendation in this thread, https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/switching-to-verizon-200-phone-t3588790
Thanks for your attention to my issue. Sorry it's left unresolved. I run my own business and just can't spend this much time fixing my phone.