Hi guys,
I was trying to back up my nova feature to my SD card and for x reason it didn't work. Saving to internal storage work but that would be useless when wiping for a new ROM, I noticed I can't transfer files from my device too ( internal to SD gotta be done by computer). SD card is a 32gb Kingston
Thanks
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xaznxplaya said:
Hi guys,
I was trying to back up my nova feature to my SD card and for x reason it didn't work. Saving to internal storage work but that would be useless when wiping for a new ROM, I noticed I can't transfer files from my device too ( internal to SD gotta be done by computer). SD card is a 32gb Kingston
Thanks
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Hi There
Google has blocked the permission to write to sd card.
easiser solution is download SDFIX from google play.
root required.
Any idea why did they did? I'll try it, thanks
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xaznxplaya said:
Any idea why did they did? I'll try it, thanks
sent from my s5 you 'Mirin?
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Google seems take it as a security issue.
It happens kk4.4 or later.
xaznxplaya said:
Hi guys,
I was trying to back up my nova feature to my SD card and for x reason it didn't work. Saving to internal storage work but that would be useless when wiping for a new ROM, I noticed I can't transfer files from my device too ( internal to SD gotta be done by computer). SD card is a 32gb Kingston
Thanks
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Use Samsung's own app for file moving, worked for me with with multimedia files.
Save it to phone memory then transfer to sd card using my files app.
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SDFix definitely fixes the issue if you are rooted. Android 4.4 changes the stock permissions, so apps only have read/write permissions to folders that they create and can't write to folders created manually or by other apps. SDFix restores permissions to how they were prior to 4.4. Its less secure, but it allows programs like Titanium Backup to function again.
xaznxplaya said:
Any idea why did they did? I'll try it, thanks
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I have no problems with nova backup to sd on my s4,and its on 4.4 too
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Right now there isn't a way to change the folder where the Nova backups are stored (/sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.launcher/backup). What you can do next time is make your backup and then copy it to your SD card or PC. When you do your next reset you can copy that backup file back to where it's expected to be and be back in business. Kind of poor coding that you can't just save it to your SD in the first place...
Omega ROM doesn't have that glitch.
An app called File expert can read/write to external xd card without root. They have sorted this issue out
Sdfix did work guys. I used it to backup Nova setting on ExtSd
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Is there anyway to move apps to SD? I know they took out the feature in ICS, but maybe via an app or something? 8GB is pretty small when you take away a gig for a rom slot...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913576
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Yufice said:
Is there anyway to move apps to SD? I know they took out the feature in ICS, but maybe via an app or something? 8GB is pretty small when you take away a gig for a rom slot...
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better yet, has anyone figured out if you can flip flop the internal and external sd locations so the phone thinks your external sd card is the primary? I know this was possible on the X2 and the RAZR's.
I have the memory switch .zip file, but no way to install it on my rooted Droid RAZR M
I was curious how difficult would out be to just rename the internal storage from sd card to internal storage? If that is possible then we could just rename external to sd card then we should be able to move apps to the card easily.
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hellknight4206 said:
I was curious how difficult would out be to just rename the internal storage from sd card to internal storage? If that is possible then we could just rename external to sd card then we should be able to move apps to the card easily.
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Tried an app from the market and it seems working: GL to SD. need root access
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nah. tried renaming them last week or so and it not only didnt work, the damn things renamed themselves upon reboot. im pretty pissedf about the memory on this phone cuz the phone itself is pretty snappy.
Dang I guess Motorola has this phone on lock down. I used my EVO 4g to copy songs over to my SD card and once I inserted it back in and tried to mount it, it kept saying blank, so I rebooted my phone and it showed up. If I wasn't as smart as I am I would have probably formatted the damn thing lmao I was wondering if they did that as a minor precaution to people trying to hack the phone with something on the SD card, but then again I'm sure if they did a reboot wouldn't have made it show up then.
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Tried an app from the market and it seems working: GL to SD. need root access
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So were you able to move anything other than game data to your ext sd? It let me move dropbox, but nothing else showed up on its list of transferable files.
So from what I understand, apps cannot be installed to the storage card on the S4, correct? Is this fixable with root or maybe a custom ROM? Also, when recording video, will the S4 at least be able to write to the storage card when doing that? And for something like Orange Backup that can create nandroids while in Android, does anyone know if it will be able to write to the storage card? I assume that recoveries like TWRP and CW will have no issue recognizing the card and installing zips from them?
Yes, you can tell the camera to use the SD card. Not sure about Orange Backup, but I've got TWRP on my S4 and it gave me the option of using the SD card, which I took advantage of.
Can't answer your question about custom ROM's being able to give us the app storage transfer to SD option. That would be nice, though.
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Yes, you can tell the camera to use the SD card. Not sure about Orange Backup, but I've got TWRP on my S4 and it gave me the option of using the SD card, which I took advantage of.
Can't answer your question about custom ROM's being able to give us the app storage transfer to SD option. That would be nice, though.
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Hey jejb does that make the apps install on the SD card?
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Hey jejb does that make the apps install on the SD card?
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Not every app. Some give you the choice to use the SD card, some don't. And if the app does not give you the choice, it's hard to move the app/data to the SD card for most programs on this release of Android OS.
There are some threads on possible work arounds, but I've read mixed results on them so far.
I have galaxy note 3,updated to android kitkat everythink gone well,, but after update finished try to backup my apps to 16 GB external sd card but,,not working
I try 10 different backup app none of them working.. is this problem cause by me or kitkat
There are quite a few posts regarding this issue. Installing the SanDisk app the playstore can fix the issue.
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There are quite a few posts regarding this issue. Installing the SanDisk app the playstore can fix the issue.
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Which SanDisk app are you referring to?
SD card issue
I have the same problem (N9005, 32GB Samsung SD card) - after the update:
- Mybackup Pro is not able to backup on SD card (before it worked well)
- File mamager X-Plore can not create new folders on the external SD card
- similar with the Astro file manager
Only the system-own file manager can create folders. Reading from the card is possible.
After formatting the card: still the same problem.
has anyone additional information?
It's because of the security features of KK... These older apps aren't yet "approved" by Samsung. It has something to do with a simple permission to write to the sd card.
As was stated "Only the system-own file manager can create folders" as this is Samsung approned. Until the Apps are updated and the Samsung seal of approval given these may have trouble...
There is no problem if rooted...
I am truly enjoying KitKat but I wish I could get Titanium to back up to the external sd card.
I guess I will wait like everyone else for the app to get approval from Samsung. Perhaps that will come with the "official' release of KitKat.
Yes, I am rooted and it still cannot back up to the external sd.
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I am truly enjoying KitKat but I wish I could get Titanium to back up to the external sd card.
I guess I will wait like everyone else for the app to get approval from Samsung. Perhaps that will come with the "official' release of KitKat.
Yes, I am rooted and it still cannot back up to the external sd.
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Use External SD fix for KitKat - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2607215
I just got an S5 today and I thought I did everything correctly to get my back files up and working but so far I'm having no luck.
I backed up the entire S4 with Helium and when I put the SD card with the back up on it, I don't have an option to search the external SD card on the S5.
I've factory reset my S4, installed Helium, put the SD card in the S4 and retrieved the back and restored with no problem.
Is helium just not compatible with the S5 yet?
What I did for the time being was take my S4, put the external SD back in it, download Helium again, restore just the SMS back up (I didnt want to download ALL the apps from my google app store) and then connected the S4 to Kies and then backed up the SMS from there and restored it to the S5. It worked!
Still curious why the back up from the internal SD card didn't pick up the Carbon back up though.
Also curious why the external SD card wasn't an option on Helium like it was on the S4.
On a side note, where did I miss singing up for a Samsung cloud account? I watch a video that showed how to back up SMS via "cloud" under the accounts menu on the S4/S5. I also didnt have a "cloud" option.
Cheers
I read that... Android 4.4 block the ability for apps to read SD cards. So, all I can advice you to do is to copy the whole helium "carbon" folder & paste it into the Internal memory of the S5. Then restore backup.
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fumes007 said:
I read that... Android 4.4 block the ability for apps to read SD cards. So, all I can advice you to do is to copy the whole helium "carbon" folder & paste it into the Internal memory of the S5. Then restore backup.
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You read really, really wrong. It does no "block the ability for apps to read SD Cards" lol.....
fumes007 said:
I read that... Android 4.4 block the ability for apps to read SD cards. So, all I can advice you to do is to copy the whole helium "carbon" folder & paste it into the Internal memory of the S5. Then restore backup.
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I copied that folder over to the internal SD and its not able to find any backups.
Joe0113 said:
You read really, really wrong. It does no "block the ability for apps to read SD Cards" lol.....
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I kinda feel like I read as similar statement. I just didn't think this was one of the features that would have been blocked...
Hi I have recently bought Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7inch with 8 GB internal memory and 4 gb user available. I am using and 16GB external SD card. I copied game cache into external sd card Android/obb folder and installed the game but the game cache is not recognized. But if i copy the same into internal storage Android/obb its working fine. Is there any way to fix this with out rooting the phone. As the user available internal memory is very low i can not install many games.
Look for SD Card Kit Kat Fix in the play store by JRummy. That will probably solve your problem. I tried installing GTASA by putting the obb data in SD Card but it didn't work even with SD Card Fix.
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Yeah.. but for it to work the device has to be rooted. Is there any other solution without rooting the device
teja463 said:
Yeah.. but for it to work the device has to be rooted. Is there any other solution without rooting the device
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I believe not. You must do it to emulated/0/sdcard
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If i am not wrong "emulated/0/sdcard" is the path of internal storage i want to install the app in an external storage. Is there a way to do that with out rooting the device. There is an nextapp sdfix app available in play store but the device nees to be rooted. I googled for the solution but all the solutions works only on rooted devices. So my question is there a way to solve this without rooting the device
No, you need to use an app like Foldermount to be able to move games with OBB directory, all methods require root.
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Look for SD Card Kit Kat Fix in the play store by JRummy. That will probably solve your problem. I tried installing GTASA by putting the obb data in SD Card but it didn't work even with SD Card Fix.
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Freakstyler said:
No, you need to use an app like Foldermount to be able to move games with OBB directory, all methods require root.
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Yeah, foldermount does it. It will link /sdcard/android/obb to /extsdcard (needs root)
Dark Mushroom said:
Yeah, foldermount does it. It will link /sdcard/android/obb to /extsdcard (needs root)
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Oh snaps! It works, but it's causing my device to show wrong memory values:
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Yup, at least it works .not getting low storage warning btw
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Yup, at least it works .not getting low storage warning btw
Check this out
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Yeah it keeps changing the values each time I check.
I now have about 14 out 8GB memory.
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