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[HELP ME]Memory card permissions problem

Just bought the Note III SM-N900 Exynos yesterday.
I'm using a 64GB Sandisk UHS class 10 card in exFAT. It performed fine yesterday when the phone was on jellybean.
Today after updating to kitkat via kies some of the apps like mp3tagedit, ES file explorer are not able to save changes on to the memory card.
I tried editing mp3 tags they did not save.
I tried to create new folder via ES file explorer , then a message appears ' the <folder> is created asychronously ' and then again it says ' <folder> is created ' but the folder is not created .
I used Astro file manager and the MyFiles, the pre-installed one, they work fine.
So I read many posts where users were complaining about bootloop issues, compatibility issues, damaged card issues.
Should i expect any problem in the future ?
OR
Is it just that some apps in playstore are not yet fully compatible with KitaKat ?
I'm worried because i come from using Sony phones a lot and very little experience on samsung phones.
I just finished learning about kn0x and warranty issues
I don't want to root to solve this issue, and void my 2-Year warranty just after 2 days of purchase.
So should I stop using the card before eventually it gets damaged or continue hoping the issue would be fixed in future.
Please direct how to proceed.

I had tge sane issue, and I will wait till all the apps became compatible with the kitkat
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_compactdisk_extended_attributes

I've got a brand new Nexus 6p and I'm having a weird problem. Some days ago, in every folder of the device, appeared the same file named "_compactdisk_extended_attributes". I've done the hard reset for the third time but everytime, after a few hours, the same files appeared in every folder again.
Is there anyone else with the same problem?

Perhaps you have installed a new app that places this on scan of the sdcard?
If it keeps appearing it would appear that a app of some sort is putting it there.

I was thinking the same thing but i can't figure out which app could cause the files to appear. I've already tried 360 Security and CM Security but nothing.

That's the content of one of the files.
{"fbDirectorySizeCalculationStarttime":1207,"fbDirectorySizeCalculationTimestamp":1453756997,"fbDirectorySizeCalculationFilecount":2985,"fbDirectorySizeCalculationTimespent":36.306762985,"fbDirectorySizeCalculationSize":1353189702}
Is it possible that none else is having this problem?

I'm having the same problem just recently too. But I'm using a year old OnePlus One. I'll screenshot a list of my installed apps later if I'm free and see if we can isolate the app.

The files appeared on my old Nexus 6 too..maybe it's caused by the update of a system app..I didn't do any update since I've been using my new device..

Hello man, I've got this problem on my MOTO X. I noticed that this file always appears when playing Real Racing. Have you found a solution to this probrema? I already installed many ROMS and the problem persists.

I have the same problem on my Sony Xperia Z5 compact. Even made a complete hard-reset, with deleting everything from the internal storage. But the files appeared again.

I didn't find any solution, but this morning something strange happened: I was checking if the files were still there but they apparently disappeared. I found out that they're still in my phone but in form of hidden files. I think it's because of the system update I did this night, build MMB29Q and Android Security Patch Level: February 1st, 2016.

Castigo90 said:
I didn't find any solution, but this morning something strange happened: I was checking if the files were still there but they apparently disappeared. I found out that they're still in my phone but in form of hidden files. I think it's because of the system update I did this night, build MMB29Q and Android Security Patch Level: February 1st, 2016.
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Same thing, files still there but hidden. I've been disabling apps one at a time to see which is the culprit, but like you said it could be one of the system files...

I'm having the same problem with my Nexus 5. I have not installed any new apps so it had to be from something I already had installed.
"fbDirectorySizeCalculationStarttime":334,"fbDirectorySizeCalculationTimestamp":1453956217,"fbDirectorySizeCalculationFilecount":12766,
"fbDirectorySizeCalculationTimespent":8.022590766000004,"fbDirectorySizeCalculationSize":4739907895}
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I deleted some out of one folder on my computer and did a sync to overwrite the folder on the Nexus 5 and so far the files have not come back yet. I'm not sure what it is but it does appear to be in pretty much every folder on my device.

MichaelTunnell said:
I'm having the same problem with my Nexus 5. I have not installed any new apps so it had to be from something I already had installed.
I deleted some out of one folder on my computer and did a sync to overwrite the folder on the Nexus 5 and so far the files have not come back yet. I'm not sure what it is but it does appear to be in pretty much every folder on my device.
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Keep us up to date..when I deleted the files for the first time they appeared again after two days..

do you find a solution?

Not yet..

try more, if not change usb cable.

Gallery Problem - Persistent in every MM ROM

I have tried all marshmallow ROMs, A very annoying bug I found was -
- Opening gallery, open a video or picture, return to the main gallery screen, no thumbnails, only grey squares visible.
- WhatsApp works fine until you click on the paperclip icon and then gallery. Then you don't see thumbnails, only white squares.
In video tab that's always the case. When I try to share a video from the gallery I only get to the WhatsApp editing screen, as soon I press send button, the application just freezes and after a couple of seconds, throws up ANR dialogue.
- CLEAN FLASHING, CLEARING CACHE DIDN'T HELPED. :crying:
Custom Roms with KK and LP base never had such problem.
Please help, provide me any solution, even some of our fellows faced this problem in MM Roms.

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Whatsapp

I can confirm.
I have the same problem.

bisato said:
I can confirm.
I have the same problem.
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I google-d this problem and searched in every possible thread regarding this problem, I was not able to find any solution to this, but I explored that devices like OP2, Yureka, LG G series, Samsung, Asus had the same problem on CM13, SlimROMS and other AOSP/CM13 based Roms

Hi, I am Daniel Prashaanth from India. I had the same problem. So what I did was, Just backup-ed all contents from Memory Card and formatted in CM13 itself (Not in PC). After that this Problem is gone forever. Trust me and Try it.

danielprashaanth said:
Hi, I am Daniel Prashaanth from India. I had the same problem. So what I did was, Just backup-ed all contents from Memory Card and formatted in CM13 itself (Not in PC). After that this Problem is gone forever. Trust me and Try it.
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I have a class 10 SANDISK 16GB card, the solution you told didn't worked, I tried it a couple of weeks ago

Parikansh said:
I have a class 10 SANDISK 16GB card, the solution you told didn't worked, I tried it a couple of weeks ago
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+1 I have tried almost everything , even flashing the fastboot files from YU Open OS. but none has helped.

Well, here is a fix, goto internal storage>android>data>com.android.gallery3D delete "cache " folder, hope it works BTW problem is with thumbnail data clearing it should help!

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Hii....my red mi2 model no is 2014818 and I h'v rooted it. Plz say me how can I get costume ROMs for my model...plz help me

Need Christmas Miracle, Trying to Root Encrypted Note 3.0 to Recover Deleted Files

Hello,
Last week 16 Gb of photos and videos (the last 3 years of my life) suddenly disappeared with only the last 6 pics I took in the gallery app. Stupidly I did not back anything up. I realize that the data is still probably on the phone, however to get to this I need to root the phone. The phone is running 5.0 Lollipop and is encrypted because I had to instal mobile iron. for my job. I have tried Kingroot, Kingoroot and several other methods but keep failing. I have not decrypted the phone as I believe this will make the data inaccessible unless there is some way I can get the encryption key off the phone. Any advise of method to use to root or how to extract these files given the current state of the phone would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Sean

dudedudedudedudedude said:
Hello,
Last week 16 Gb of photos and videos (the last 3 years of my life) suddenly disappeared with only the last 6 pics I took in the gallery app. Stupidly I did not back anything up. I realize that the data is still probably on the phone, however to get to this I need to root the phone. The phone is running 5.0 Lollipop and is encrypted because I had to instal mobile iron. for my job. I have tried Kingroot, Kingoroot and several other methods but keep failing. I have not decrypted the phone as I believe this will make the data inaccessible unless there is some way I can get the encryption key off the phone. Any advise of method to use to root or how to extract these files given the current state of the phone would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Sean
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Post a screenshot of file systems,DCIM especially and if using microsd to see where data went.Possibly root is not needed.
Where did the files went?
In case of root i suggest using ODIN software and flashing twrp.tar file. (just in case u havent tried that already).

Cancar96 said:
Post a screenshot of file systems,DCIM especially and if using microsd to see where data went.Possibly root is not needed.
Where did the files went?
In case of root i suggest using ODIN software and flashing twrp.tar file. (just in case u havent tried that already).
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I am not using a microSD
From what I have read the disappearing of photos and videos randomly occurs to some people on the Note 3 and the file data if not overwritten is still present. XDA wont post let me a post a link but there are several threads elsewhere on this issue.
XDA also wont let me attach photos until I have 10 posts. Ill see if I can bump this to do so.

Please don't bump multiple times. Bump once in 24hrs.
Have patience. XDA is a global forum so every member is with various time zones.
Regards
Vatsal,
Forum Moderator.

You must Odin back to 4.4.4 to root.
I would make sure those photos weren't backed up after all. If you just use google+ for example they are backed up by default.
Places to check:
OneDrive, Picasa, gmail, dropbox.

Files get deleted when cut/pasting

So when I connect my phone to my PC and enable file transfer, I try and copy or cut and paste files and it doesn't work. Yesterday I created a new folder where my pictures are stored by default. I then copied and pasted the pics from the main folder to the new one and it went through the motions but didn't display any. I refreshed and still nothing. I backed out of the directory and the folder said it was empty but so was my main pic folder. So it basically deleted everything instead of pasting them in the new folder. Is there an easy fix to this? Never had this issue with my note 3 and 4. Or any other phone for that matter. Is there like a Read/Write command to turn on or something? Seams like a pretty big flaw to not be able to cut paste files and they just get deleted....
Any help on the subject would be greatly appreciated,

Never had any issues like this, both on encrypted and decrypted data. Try flashing the userdata again and see if the issue still persist.
Also, have you checked for the pics in Recycle Bin?

sufoalmighty said:
Never had any issues like this, both on encrypted and decrypted data. Try flashing the userdata again and see if the issue still persist.
Also, have you checked for the pics in Recycle Bin?
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If it helps, I am not rooted and completely stock. How would I go about finding the recycling bin?

I have the same issue with my OP5 (decrypted)

Have you tried copy pasting?
Mine worked well when I did it (encrypted).

Just drag and drop, don't copy so much, try one folder at a time instead.
Also I'd never use cut and paste, if it fails you could end up in limbo with files missing.
Always copy.
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strider5236 said:
If it helps, I am not rooted and completely stock. How would I go about finding the recycling bin?
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You were moving pics from your PC to the phone, were you not?
Windows moves the files to Recycle Bin when you cut-paste.

sufoalmighty said:
You were moving pics from your PC to the phone, were you not?
Windows moves the files to Recycle Bin when you cut-paste.
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No, just moving files from one folder to another within the phone. Just using the PC to play middle man to issue the command.

Pwnycorn said:
Have you tried copy pasting?
Mine worked well when I did it (encrypted).
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I am not concerned about the files as I have a backup. What concerns me is that the OP5 does this to begin with. I have had several iphones and several Samsung phones and never encountered this issue. That is a design flaw within the software. I was hoping to get an answer as to if this can be fixed or if it is just a flaw with OP5's operating system. Just seems odd this phone does that.

strider5236 said:
I am not concerned about the files as I have a backup. What concerns me is that the OP5 does this to begin with. I have had several iphones and several Samsung phones and never encountered this issue. That is a design flaw within the software. I was hoping to get an answer as to if this can be fixed or if it is just a flaw with OP5's operating system. Just seems odd this phone does that.
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It doesn't happen to everyone. So we can't really talk about a design flaw in the software, otherwise it would affect every device. It's more like a random bug I guess.
As I said, when I got this device I successfully copied my files. Granted, it did seem to have missed a few files (2 Titanium Backup backuped files) and possibly more I did not notice so far.

I've noticed dodgy OTG on the O+5 never had it in a phone before

Because the copying is done by the operating system of your PC, shouldn't there be the problem? The phone is just connected by the internal storage as an external drive. Or is this a driver thing?

Pwnycorn said:
It doesn't happen to everyone. So we can't really talk about a design flaw in the software, otherwise it would affect every device. It's more like a random bug I guess.
As I said, when I got this device I successfully copied my files. Granted, it did seem to have missed a few files (2 Titanium Backup backuped files) and possibly more I did not notice so far.
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Well to me, bugs are inherently design flaws. lol But I don't want to argue semantics. I would just like to find a fix to this "design flaw"/bug. I can understand having a few files deleted or not transferred. But every single file that was selected, cut and pasted? That is just frustrating beyond belief. I just don't get why it does that to begin with. Never encountered this issue with any other phone I have done this same procedure with. I have no issues with transferring files from the pc to the phone. The problem is encountered when I am trying to do things with the internal storage. That is what is confusing me.

@strider5236, tried doing it again on decrypted data using Windows 10 and and Ubuntu 14.04. Moved with no issues. Encrypted data then did it again. No issues still.
Have you tried flashing the userdata image like I initially suggested?

sufoalmighty said:
@strider5236, tried doing it again on decrypted data using Windows 10 and and Ubuntu 14.04. Moved with no issues. Encrypted data then did it again. No issues still.
Have you tried flashing the userdata image like I initially suggested?
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Can that be done on a stock, non rooted phone? If so, how do I go about that? Would odin be needed?

strider5236 said:
Can that be done on a stock, non rooted phone? If so, how do I go about that? Would odin be needed?
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LOL. No, we aren't using a Samsung device. I'll send you the steps in a PM.

sufoalmighty said:
LOL. No, we aren't using a Samsung device. I'll send you the steps in a PM.
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That would be great thank you.

There seems to be a bug in the Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) between Android and Windows 10. It loses files while copying.
http://winfuture.de/news,99331.html (German)