I noticed that whenever I modified the file system with Astro, it doesnt actually change anything on the sd card. Similarly, whenever I modify the sd card using the usb link the changes dont show up in astro. Im using the latest mattc Android build.
Anyone know what's wrong?
i noticed too lol
I just tried it with other file managers too with the same results. This is definatly not ok. Does anyone have a solution?
Root Explorer. Just now used it to change my boot animation. Word.
I was just about to ask something similar...
Basically, A LOT of it comes down to the Android system doing a "rescan" on the SDcard in order to organize the changes (new files, changed files, etc). This is especially true if you use a USB connection to copy new files (movies, .mp3s, etc) to your sdcard (mount as a disk drive) from something like Windows.
There are apps out there that will rescan your card, but they don't appear to work with the way that we have Android set up on the sdcard.
Other than doing a reboot, has anyone been successful in doing a rescan of the sdcard while inside of Android in order to update the changes?
Meteo said:
I noticed that whenever I modified the file system with Astro, it doesnt actually change anything on the sd card. Similarly, whenever I modify the sd card using the usb link the changes dont show up in astro. Im using the latest mattc Android build.
Anyone know what's wrong?
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I have found that when I USB (PC to HD2 (Android), i copy a file from my PC to SD Card while in Android OS, I can see the file on my SD Card with size. However, when I disconnect from USB I cannot install that file (APK) on my HD2. So, I use WM wherever I copy file directly from PC to HD2.
Anyone have any suggestions?
I tried all the file explorers I I think the Root Explorer is the best as it shows all files and has the best/easiest options.
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Other than doing a reboot, has anyone been successful in doing a rescan of the sdcard while inside of Android in order to update the changes?
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You can either remount the SD card in the settings menu or use the Dev Tools app and tap Media scanner/locater.
shadiku said:
You can either remount the SD card in the settings menu or use the Dev Tools app and tap Media scanner/locater.
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Remount doesn't appear to make it work (you'd think that it would, but negative).
I'll try the Media Scanner trick (although I have tried others, maybe this one will work).
Are you able to confirm that this works?
can someone explain the media scanner trick? I dont know what that means..
If you have a ROM with Dev Tools installed (you can also get the APK but this force closes for some.) you can use the Media Scanner item to recreate the cached list of media files on your SD card.
Good luck.
HI.
Is possible installing the apk file explorer the our toshiba original flash (and i thinks foliomod) in the honeycomb?
If the answer is Yes, How?
I think the answer is yes, because it is for android 2.2 and HC support apps from older versions of androids, IF this app is only for roms based on toshiba's original(like FolioMod),for example Theme Chooser for CM7:
1. Copy that app from /system/app with Root Explorer somewhere(e.g. /sdcard/sdcard-disk0)
2. Install HC
3. Install it or copy to /system/app and reboot
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HI.
Is possible installing the apk file explorer the our toshiba original flash (and i thinks foliomod) in the honeycomb?
If the answer is Yes, How?
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It works in HC, (v.3a) but only Internal storage works. Also font in HC is smaller so the text get clipped. Getting SD and USB icons to work is probably about editing paths in the (apk) file.
(A apk file is signed so I dont think you can just hexedit it).
To extract it, install ES File Explorer in stock/1.3/1.4. In ES File Explorer go into (menu) Manager and then App manager, select the file (long click) and do Backup. The .apk file is now in the sd card and can be installed in HC by clicking on the file in any filemanager.
/Martin
If tou want to app see sd card and usb, you have to change mount points for sd card and usb in vold file in /system/etc like on FolioMod, If you don't know how to do this, saay and I'll change it and post here
Jon2555 said:
If tou want to app see sd card and usb, you have to change mount points for sd card and usb in vold file in /system/etc like on FolioMod, If you don't know how to do this, saay and I'll change it and post here
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Is it possible to mount the same device several times ?
To have the mounts for the Toshiba File Manager Icons and mounts to the same device/partition in other places/other names to ?
/Martin
You think to mount e.g sd card on several places(/mnt/sdcard/sdcard-disk0 and /mnt/sdcard2)? If you think this, answer is yes.
thanks for the answers
No problem.
I just bought my Xperia play, and tried to move some .apk games and apps to the sd card. On PC it shows they were transferred, but on my phone, no sign of the .apk files.
I'm new to the Android system, so maybe I've done something wrong.
How am I supposed to transfer/install those files?
PS: Music and videos successully transferred.
Edit: Solved, used Easy Installer.
Me, I used Appinstaller..
On a side note, I thought you were asking for installing app to sdcard coz we have a poor internal memory.. oh well to answer this, first i used app2sd, but not as helpful as I expect, there are still apps/games that you couldn't be transfer on sd card, so I use link2sd, perfect app for me, now all apps/games can be transfer to sdcard.. But it requires your phone to be rooted and you should have partition on your sdcard.
If you view apk files from astro file manager, it'll let you install them from there. Make sure you have the phone set to allow installation of apps from unknown sources.
Sent from my R800a
Browse to the apk file using any file explorer and open it from there.
Hi,
Just Got the 7.7 3g - so far so good. Screen is as good as they say
The extra resolution defn. helps with web browsing.
Not finding any lag really.
7.7 is just about the limit for my two handed use but i would say the original 7" was a wee bit easier to handle but something with time should become more intuitive.
Just a few issues - external sd card is somewhat limited. Might be deliberate by Samsung but does not make sense.
Normal user apps cant access to the external sdcard. Using connect bot, i checked permissions and it seems that it is mounted by the os with system permissions, where as the internal sdcard is mounted as sd_rw.
This can't be correct? The only way to copy stuff to it is to use the samsung system file explorer as it has system permissions So copy to internal first then to external - this sounds like a bug?
I have not rooted this yet - might then chown to sd_rw get rid of this ?? There is a lot of entries in the vold.fstab to make sense of. Not a hacker so just looking around. A bit too early to start soft-bricking
But I take these don't have protected bootloaders so thats why we can root ?
Video playback is v.good but I am not able to throw on a bluray m2ts file (obviously with the sd card issue) and play smoothly. I found Dice player can handle m2ts by renaming it to a ts file. It then can use hardware decoding. Still drops frames but still watchable to a certain degree. For all other files mx player is still best. I have lossy transcoded some "native" blurays clips and seems that it handle high profile h264 1080p at high bitrates very well. Hoping, formatting sd card ext3/ext4 will improve things.
On the whole very impressive device - plus more ics goodies to come soon hopefully.
I've noticed some issues with the external SD card as well. Only the stock file manager can copy files from the internal storage to the external storage. I was able to transfer files to the ext. SD via Dooblou's Wifi Explorer, though. Although that would crap out a few times.
I'm hoping that we see some new ROMs with a different file system at any rate. The 4GB limit is so 1998.
Fix for external sd write issue
I've already posted a fix for this in our original thread?
davp said:
There is a fix for the write to external storage in this thread:
Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus->Galaxy Tab Plus General->unable to write files to external sd card
post #7
Requires root to apply fix.
There is a new permission that older file managers aren't asking for yet. The stock file manager knows to ask for it.
Fix worked for my P6810 wifi.
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thaloneus said:
I can't post a link to the original post on another forum that worked for me so I will quote it:
Simple solution for external sdcard write access on Android 3.2...if you're rooted
I've found a simple solution for gaining write access to the external sdcard (/mnt/sdcard2) on Android 3.2. The sdcard is mounted r/w, but the owning group is media_rw which is linked to the WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE permission. Unfortunately, this permission was not required for access to the external sdcard prior to 3.2 so most file management utilities do not request it when they run...meaning they only have read access to the card.
The simple solution, if you're rooted, is as follows:
1. Using a root-enabled file manager, navigate to /system/etc/permissions and make sure you have mounted the file system r/w.
2. Edit platform.xml and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
3. Add an additional group definition for this permission...<group gid="media_rw" />
4. Save the changes to the file.
5. Restart your tablet.
After this change, any apps that request the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission (which includes almost anything that access either of the sdcards) will gain group membership in both sdcard_rw AND media_rw, giving them r/w access to both sdcard filesystems.
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Rooted and then applied this change.
Can write to ext sdcard !!!!
Cheers
Will apply as soon as i get tad, should be getting it today, cant wait
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I think you have to format the sd card in the tab. I been able to transfer files no problem. Maybe its due to the mtp for the internal sd.
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will6316 said:
I think you have to format the sd card in the tab. I been able to transfer files no problem. Maybe its due to the mtp for the internal sd.
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Using downloaded apps or the stock File Manager app? Because I formatted the SD card in the Tab and nothing else can write to it. Now, I can drag and drop stuff from my computer via MTP, but that's not the same issue.
Ok, I'm trying to add the permission and it doesn't seem to save after a reboot. I'm rooted and made sure to mount that directory as R/W. After I edit platform.xml and reboot it simply reverts. Can anyone offer a more granular description to this n00b?
Thanks.
Edit: Nevermind. I edited the file on my computer and copied it over the original and am good to go.
burhanistan said:
Ok, I'm trying to add the permission and it doesn't seem to save after a reboot. I'm rooted and made sure to mount that directory as R/W. After I edit platform.xml and reboot it simply reverts. Can anyone offer a more granular description to this n00b?
Thanks.
Edit: Nevermind. I edited the file on my computer and copied it over the original and am good to go.
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Thanks Burhanistan. I had this problem too and did what you did to get around it. Now I can read/write to the external SD with any file explorer.
Hello,
I can access the external SD with no problem, only issue is Titanium backup showing 440Mb capacity on the external SD (32Gb card).
Anyone with the same issue? Any fix?
Thanks.
No problem for me
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I've already posted a fix for this in our original thread?
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Things must have changed as i got my P6800 recently did the upgrade from samsung and tried to copy to external sd and no problem for me. I never tried to do it pre upgrade but maybe the upgrade fixed that. Re i can copy and paste to device from my pc when its connected - to both device and sd. I can also copy using the the stock file manager from device to sd card.
No Issues here also
I recieved the tap a week ago. Now my 32GB Sandisk SD is here.
The Tap did at the first startup and using the described 12 MB Android update via internet conn.
Until now there is no issue between writing from/to SD over PC/MTP, copying between internal and external SD. Used preinstalled Filemanager and ES File Ex.
I tried it unrooted and rooted but not before the Android update.
davp said:
Simple solution for external sdcard write access on Android 3.2...if you're rooted
I've found a simple solution for gaining write access to the external sdcard (/mnt/sdcard2) on Android 3.2. The sdcard is mounted r/w, but the owning group is media_rw which is linked to the WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE permission. Unfortunately, this permission was not required for access to the external sdcard prior to 3.2 so most file management utilities do not request it when they run...meaning they only have read access to the card.
The simple solution, if you're rooted, is as follows:
1. Using a root-enabled file manager, navigate to /system/etc/permissions and make sure you have mounted the file system r/w.
2. Edit platform.xml and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
3. Add an additional group definition for this permission...<group gid="media_rw" />
4. Save the changes to the file.
5. Restart your tablet.
After this change, any apps that request the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission (which includes almost anything that access either of the sdcards) will gain group membership in both sdcard_rw AND media_rw, giving them r/w access to both sdcard filesystems.
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Some people are reporting the above procedure is no more needed, however, with several apps (like Titanium backup, and a SAMBA explorer), writing to the sdcard (extstorage/.../sdcard) is still impossible (GT6800 updated to latest samsung firmware).
I have used this procedure and can state that Titanium backup works now with the SD card.
Thanks to many reading within the XDA forum, I have found this simpler procedure :
- download / install the "Root Browser Lite" app from the android market
- add write access to group and other to the following directory: /system, /system/etc, /system/etc/permissions (with root browser Lite, press on the directory name during 3 seconds to get a contextual menu allowing to change the permissions)
- add write access to group and other to the file platform.xml in /system/etc/permissions
- use the editor of "Root Browser Lite" to modify the file platform.xml as described above (you should have two <group gid= ...> lines within the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE xml block.)
- save the file. Verify that a .bak file has been created and that the date of platform.xml changed.
- remove the write access.
- Turn off the GTAB, then turn it ON.
NB: Titanium backup still reports a erronous free size on the SD card (401MB), but backups on the sdcard work.
can't save the xlm doc
davp said:
I've already posted a fix for this in our original thread?
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Hi, I edit the file but when I try to save it I fail because it says original saved as .....xlm.bak, but I can't find that file and the one I find is unchanged, any ideas?
There is an automated installer for the fix here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21670802
Is for the plus but worked fine for me
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damm, must forget something, just followed exacty all the steps
still no writing on sd card
the automatic installer failed also
IS there a way to go into the (forgive the incorrect term) "registry" or similar, and have Android re-interpret/understand that instead of looking in "/sdcard"... it should instead look/point programs to "/mnt/sdcard/extstorages/sdcard"...
i heard that it might be called something like a "simlink" or "symbolic link"... maybe this could resolve the application installation issue to the sdcard as well as backups, transfers, etc... right now, not only do i run out of space too fast, can't install apps to the sd card, but as well, if i should run a hard reset... all my data erases! (yes, the internal "SD card" is erased in a hard reset)...
so, for all practical senses, when it says it will erase data, unless you KNOW you have copied ALL you user data to your "Real" SD Card, you will kill your data without even knowing it when you do a hard reset, even if you "thought" you were protected because "I saved my info to the SD card!"
(and yes, this was my experience today, so it's a fact.)
backup programs won't point to the sd card, (app manager, titanium, app list backup, etc)...
so unless you actively move files individually to the card (and know where to look)...
Bottom line... is there a hack/workaround on this that's not just "open up for file transfers" or is someone working on a ROM that might kill the partitioning and allow the /sdcard to actually point to a real external card?
Edited: Nevermind...
acess-rights-hell
hi forum
i would like to use the EzyKernel v1 - 23/02/2012 as in post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513413&highlight=ezykernel
one of the prerequisites is a stock ZSKL firmware.
on the tab is/was XXKL4 AUT/CH
i successfully flashed the ZSKL2 - but that's where the nightmare started: i could not write to sdcard, busybox/superuser don't work properly, as i can't get root via su - which means to me, that there are messed up accessrights also in other places, not just the SD. the funny thing is, that i finally got the overclocking EzyKernel working, but not busybox + superuser.
does that sound familiar to anyone ?
i would really appreciate any ideas about this.
thank you
with best regards from switzerland
roland
could you please explain what "make sure you have mounted the file system r/w" means. And sorry for my noob question, but does this fix allow to install apps on the external sd card or I'm missing something.
Hello guys,
I want to download torrent files using BitTorrent app in my sd card. But when I try to change location then it gives me error like "This Android version restricts file saving beyond the folder "
So guys can you tell me how to fix it?? My device is rooted via magisk.
MAH35H said:
Hello guys,
I want to download torrent files using BitTorrent app in my sd card. But when I try to change location then it gives me error like "This Android version restricts file saving beyond the folder "
So guys can you tell me how to fix it?? My device is rooted via magisk.
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Apps can have permission to internal storage but I believe sd permissions changed again in oreo and apps can't really access it but you can still link sd folder to bittorrent folder with app2sd
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.co.pricealert.apps2sd
In folder mount set source to bittorrent folder and destination to sd folder
try disabling "fsync" in miscellaneous section of kernel auditor it worked for me ?