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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Hi!
Just a few hours after upgrading to 4.4.2 (OTA official) I started to notice some "flaws" in the new OS. Of course there are lot´s of new good things too, but wouldn´t be better if we could eliminate some of the flaws too?
That´s why I´m creating this thread - with the purpose of exchanging experiences regarding the issues and solutions found in order to improve 4.4.2 usability.
I´m starting by sharing my experience with one of the most annoying drawbacks (at least in my opinion): the way external SD card is being used. 4.4.2 simply doesn´t allow data exchange between user installed programs (and data) and external SD card. I´m an user of FX File Manager (in my opinion one of the best file managers I ever seen).
When I opened for the first time in the new OS, the following message appeared: "Your SD Card may now be read only. This device is running Android 4.4 or later and appears to have both an internal storage area and external storage. Google imposed new restrictions in the Android 4.4 KitKat Update: applications that you install yourself ar no longer allowed to write to the "secondary external" storage (the MicroSD card). Applications installed by Google, the device manufacturer, and/or your mobile carrier ar exempt from this restriction. Only applications you choose to install are restricted. Some devices may not enforce this restriction, and other may have a means of disabling it. If you find yourself unable to write to your external SD card, please contact either your mobile carrier or device´s manufacturer support.This problem can be worked around if you have superuser access. Please refer to websites/forums related to your specific device for information."
Awkward!!!
I tried to move some files from my internal download to external SD card and no transfer was possible...
After searching for some workaround, the only way I could manage this situation was by installing ES File Explorer, which found a way to overcome this limitation for file transfer. Of course it solves the issue very partially, since no other programs (including photo / film software) will be able to overcome this problem.
I invite everyone who have/had an issue with 4.4.2 to use this as a way to exchange information, creating a single thread that will make easier to find issues and solutions (if available).
Fixing in general section. It was bug in leaked version but never thought they didn't fix it in OTA version? Flash 3rd kernel would pretty much solve problem I guess. But either way needs root access which means probably avoid warranty due to KNOX
来自我的 GT-I9505 上的 Tapatalk
1. Worse battery management than JB
2. More lagging in games and UI
Generally much ado about nothing imho
I am not installed yet the 4.4.2 update in my GT-I9505 because my carrier sure be the last one to adjust the base to post the update. (Venezuela - DIGITEL).
Regarding some of your issues, particulary the access to the SD Card, I recently read in one post on Questions section with two alternatives to activate the access to the card.
Check it and let us now if reallly working before the rest of the members take the adventure to install the 4.4.2 Kit Kat version.
Good look
what's up igruberger
I use X-plore on my S4, I can transfer files but I cant read newly transferred Mp3's from my external sd since kitcat 4.4 why has this stupid restriction being put in place!!!!! royally pissed off!!!!! and are you aware of any work around yet?? its not the phones manufacturer that can fix the problem, its the android software developers as its a software issue not hardware.
Problem whit my LTE
after the update i could not receive 3G or H or H+ or LTE only Edge someone know how to fix this i'm living in Belgium my carrier is Proximus
build I9505XXUGNF1
Baseband-version I9505XXUFNBA
Thx in advantage
Hey guys. I bought this 64gig micro sd card and I couldnt manage to make it work on my Note 3 (It works on my S3 mini) I started to worry if this is a software issue. I can't write anything but it reads whatever in it. Can you please help me? Thanks!
It's a new "feature" in KitKat, which renders sd cards useless. If you are rooted you can try the xposed module "HandleExternalStorage".
GalaxyInABox said:
It's a new "feature" in KitKat, which renders sd cards useless. If you are rooted you can try the xposed module "HandleExternalStorage".
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or you can modify your platform.xml file and add read write permissions for media.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458021
Note: The system can still use the external SD card so you can still move an app to the SD card I believe.
What ROM are you using?
Ah, I forgot something really important. If you have root access, download something like Terminal Emulator and execute:
"su" to get root access and after that:
"restorecon -v -R /data/media"
This often fixes the problem!
Thanks a lot for your help but the issue is I'm still on stock. I couldn't figure out how to root and not void warranty I saw something like triangle away but if that's going to work about warranty bit how am I going to unroot without seeing the warranty bit 1?
Most big apps have been updated to work with the bew permissions. ES file explorer, Quickpic..
No need to root for that.
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Having this problem with mp3dit. I emailed the programmer and he said that there is nothing that can be done. Somehow I didn't believe that so I'm here searching for a way around it.
sorry for posting this same question a second time, but im unable to find where the first post went in regards to this subject.
I have a samsung galaxy s5 (sm-g900f) that has been rooted and is running the new Alliance ROM. well even before i installed this ROM my phone would tell me that the SDCard was blank or Unsupported file system. i've tried using 2 different sdcards (a 2GB & 16GB) but both give me the same result on my phone, they work perfectly fine on my old LG & XTE tho. i've used the SDFix app as well as trying to manually edit the platform.xml file and neither of these methods have worked for me. is there something else that i can try to do so i can access my sdcard again?
Only use my Note 3 to play audio and video files.
Recently noticed some video files missing on a 64GB exFAT mSD card.
1st thought they had been deleted by Note 3.
Just did a chkdsk scan and everything OK. Have a screen capture of this but do not know how to attach.
Additional Info: My Note 3 has stock Android 4.4.2 (KitCat) and never rooted.
Am Open to all suggestions how to correct this problem.
Hey I might can offer some assistance. BUT IM A FRESH NEWBIE TO THIS. I MEAN I JUST STARTED REALLY MESSING WITH MY PHONE 2 DAYS AGO. First what type of note 3 do you have? (ie. Sprint=SM-N900P) do you have service on your phone? Do you have any experience with custom ROMs?
SurageBook said:
? (ie. Sprint=SM-N900P) do you have service on your phone?
I hope not as this is not the Sprint model forum .
OP i would copy data off then full format sd card as a starter .
Damaged files look in the Lost Files folders .
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SurageBook "what type of note 3 do you have?" Verizon "have service on your phone?" No "Do you have any experience with custom ROMs?" No
JJEgan "...i would copy data off then full format sd card as a starter." Agree did copy the wanted data.
As previously mentioned have used Windows longer than Android so used chkdsk to examine & fix the mSD Card. Everything was OK and all the missing files were shown and Not damaged,
Since posting I backed up all the wanted data and then put the mSD card back in my Note 3. All the missing files were there and undamaged. Can anyone explain this?
From experience most Windows users reload the OS every few years.
Am wondering if I should Factory reset my Android 4.4.2 OS?
Any recommendations?
Man if you just use that phone for a media device just create a backup of your phone, SD card, and copy it to your PC then install custom ROMs until you find one you like and root that bad boy. My note 3 is my primary phone with service and I have about 10 custom ROMs on my SD card that I switch every couple of days. Earlier today I was on Havco OS 2.8 android 9 now I'm on some rom that when it turns on theres a pink unicorn and its on android 7. Its easier than you think. Things you need are 1. TWRP(for your phone model) 2. Odin(on PC to flash things to your phone*optional) 3. Custom ROM 4. magisk(to root your phone) 5. Gapps (for the android version that's on the custom rom*optional) 6. Enjoy
SurageBook Thanks for the tips!
Do you know if any good tutorials concerning how to root the Verizon version of Note 3?
I don't know about Verizon I'm on sprint but if you go to the Verizon section you'll find a guide for your firmware. https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-note-3/general
Please guys post in the forum for your phones .
Otherwise i see a reply on here not your models leading to a bricked phone .
KermitJ said:
Only use my Note 3 to play audio and video files.
Recently noticed some video files missing on a 64GB exFAT mSD card.
1st thought they had been deleted by Note 3.
Just did a chkdsk scan and everything OK. Have a screen capture of this but do not know how to attach.
Additional Info: My Note 3 has stock Android 4.4.2 (KitCat) and never rooted.
Am Open to all suggestions how to correct this problem.
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try this, this might help with the missing media files
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.house.noranuko.mediarescanner
though i use 128gb sdcard and is formatted in exfat but mediascanner always crashing on me on stock android 5.0, thats why i dont use stock atm
r0mushii Thanks for the tip!
Tried to use the link you provided https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...mediarescanner but got 404 error.
Then used search words "Media Scanner" but got a lot of similar apps.
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r0mushii Thanks for the tip!
Tried to use the link you provided https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...mediarescanner but got 404 error.
Then used search words "Media Scanner" but got a lot of similar apps.
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heres an alternative link(from apkpure): https://m.apkpure.com/media-re-scan...n-above-4-0/com.house.noranuko.mediarescanner
r0mushii somehow these links are not working? got a 404 from 2nd link https://m.apkpure.com/media-re-scan-...mediarescanner
Made a screen capture but do not know how to attach?
media.Re.Scan: media scanner, work on above 4.0
That is the link and it is live on both .
JJEgan "media.Re.Scan: media scanner, work on above 4.0 That is the link and it is live on both"
Thanks!
Was the link problem only on my PC? I am using Chrome browser.
Also is it possible to post screen captures?
I wanted to use a carplay device with my car . for this purpose I installed a firmware upgrade in order to unable to installation of applications.
After the upgrade, access to files on USB was lost .
Upgrade was taken from here :
That means that before an upgrade, I was able to listen to the music from USB stick via builtin media player. After the upgrade, media player does not see the USB.
For the same reason, carplay app doesnot see the device attached to USB port.
The strange thing is that I can see the files via file explorer ( from the head unit) , they are available at /storage/udisk.
so from one side the unit can see the USB and files, but from other side applications cant see it .
What can be the problem and possible solution ?
The details about versions :
car type : Mitsubishi Outlander 2016
MGCOL_MITSU1
Android version
4.4.2
Baseband version
MPSS.TR.1,0-01780-M8626AAAAANAZM
Kernel version
3.4.0
[email protected]#1
Thu Jan 17 17:33:30 CST 2019
Build number
msm8226-userdebug 4.4.2 KVT49L eng.fengxunyi.20190117.171930test-keys
Permissions... file managers generally have global permissions.
Check through settings under storage and individual apps. That's my guess.
blackhawk said:
Permissions... file managers generally have global permissions.
Check through settings under storage and individual apps. That's my guess.
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yes , I was thinking about it too.
The problem that when I want to change permissions via this file explorer , I got the error message that I am not root . but I do .
How can I be sure that I do root , or alternatively how to change permissions ?
ostap26 said:
yes , I was thinking about it too.
The problem that when I want to change permissions via this file explorer , I got the error message that I am not root . but I do .
How can I be sure that I do root , or alternatively how to change permissions ?
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Many times if a app is well coded and needs special permissions it will ask for them during installation. Sometimes they can be set after the fact. Try looking in accessibility.
I haven't played with Kitkat in years but generally it's pretty straight forward. I don't root so know very little on that side. ABD editing might be another option but my knowledge of that is very limited.
Try doing a bunch of Google searches for similar problems with Kitkat storage. The device doesn't have to be the same. You can find solutions many time by cross referencing other devices even platforms.
Many issues are long standing
After the initial search for each parameter, add XDA at the end to find posts here about it easily.
Doing searches for solutions is how I first learned of XDA many years ago
blackhawk said:
Many times if a app is well coded and needs special permissions it will ask for them during installation. Sometimes they can be set after the fact. Try looking in accessibility.
I haven't played with Kitkat in years but generally it's pretty straight forward. I don't root so know very little on that side. ABD editing might be another option but my knowledge of that is very limited.
Try doing a bunch of Google searches for similar problems with Kitkat storage. The device doesn't have to be the same. You can find solutions many time by cross referencing other devices even platforms.
Many issues are long standing
After the initial search for each parameter, add XDA at the end to find posts here about it easily.
Doing searches for solutions is how I first learned of XDA many years ago
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I rooted the device , gave permissions , but nothing happend.
I put the app in the system/app folder , installed it from there . also does not helped ...
somehow a tool called 'root explorer' can see the usb content, but my app or media player cant see it .
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I rooted the device , gave permissions , but nothing happend.
I put the app in the system/app folder , installed it from there . also does not helped ...
somehow a tool called 'root explorer' can see the usb content, but my app or media player cant see it .
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Ummm, I take OTG support for granted... but does your OS/device support it?
Maybe this is the issue?
Incompatible format on the card?
Try formatting card in the device then load data preferably with that device.
Swapping cards between devices can cause issues if each device is writing to it. Haven't seen it happen on Androids but Canon cams, hell yeah.
blackhawk said:
Ummm, I take OTG support for granted... but does your OS/device support it?
Maybe this is the issue?
Incompatible format on the card?
Try formatting card in the device then load data preferably with that device.
Swapping cards between devices can cause issues if each device is writing to it. Haven't seen it happen on Androids but Canon cams, hell yeah.
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I tried several cards , small and big , formatted in a different ways.
And my device worked in the past , it is something that happened after the upgrade
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I tried several cards , small and big , formatted in a different ways.
And my device worked in the past , it is something that happened after the upgrade
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It's rooted?
If it was a OTA upgrade I normally say factory reset time. In your case, not sure that's the right thing to do.
It's not the cards, it's settings or firmware I think it's safe to say.
Try clearing the system cache and a hard reboot.
Try in safe mode to rule out a rogue 3rd party app. Try clearing the data in the associated system apks.
Sometimes poorly coded 3rd party apps can toggle hidden user settings that remain even after uninstall. It's rare but quit the horror when it happens. Scruntinize the apps you installed.
One other irritating thing I've seen happen is clearing the data of a system appd in settings doesn't always remove presumably null marks. When I cleared the data with my package disabler, it fixed the problem.
Saved me a factory reset.
Fun isn't it? Been running down some glitches on my N10+'s, eventually you'll sort it out.
Keep at it over the course of a few days, weeks...
Only persistent is omnipotent