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[Q] New A500 owner, couple of noob questions

Hi folks, got my A500 refurb for 200 bucks last night. Its mint, and so far awesome. I am coming from a Nook Color as my last tablet so this is a huge jump. Updated OTA to ICS this morning.
Couple of simple questions:
1. How do I turn off haptic feedback? It wasn't on when it was on HC, but in ICS it has it, the vibrate on this thing is strong enough for it to be annoying. I looked under keyboard settings which is where it is on any of my old devices, and its not there, unless I missed it?
2. Does this thing go to sleep if you leave the screen off for an extended period, like shut off the wifi and go low power? my Nook does that, not sure if theres a setting I need to set. I left for work this morning and left it on my desk, on and connected to WiFi, am I gonna come home to 50% battery?
3. Tried the Hero of Sparta game on it last night while still on HC. Played great but the sound was choppy, I have heard some attribute sound issues to Dolby Mobile, is that the case? Should I try again with Dolby turned off?
4. I believe I read that you can't move apps to the SD card with ICS? Is that the case, because I bought an 8gb tab which means I'm gonna run out of space real quick. Can rooting fix that?

Rogue Leader said:
Hi folks, got my A500 refurb for 200 bucks last night. Its mint, and so far awesome. I am coming from a Nook Color as my last tablet so this is a huge jump. Updated OTA to ICS this morning.
Couple of simple questions:
1. How do I turn off haptic feedback? It wasn't on when it was on HC, but in ICS it has it, the vibrate on this thing is strong enough for it to be annoying. I looked under keyboard settings which is where it is on any of my old devices, and its not there, unless I missed it?
2. Does this thing go to sleep if you leave the screen off for an extended period, like shut off the wifi and go low power? my Nook does that, not sure if theres a setting I need to set. I left for work this morning and left it on my desk, on and connected to WiFi, am I gonna come home to 50% battery?
3. Tried the Hero of Sparta game on it last night while still on HC. Played great but the sound was choppy, I have heard some attribute sound issues to Dolby Mobile, is that the case? Should I try again with Dolby turned off?
4. I believe I read that you can't move apps to the SD card with ICS? Is that the case, because I bought an 8gb tab which means I'm gonna run out of space real quick. Can rooting fix that?
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1. In sound settings
2. I'd be worried if I came home to find my battery at 50 per cent, you be fine
2. Check advanced wifi settings- can tell wifi when to sleep
3. Cant help with this, experiment and find out
4. Not heard of anyone running out - that usb port comes in mighty handy!!!
5. Welcome to the forum

dibb_nz said:
1. In sound settings
2. I'd be worried if I came home to find my battery at 50 per cent, you be fine
2. Check advanced wifi settings- can tell wifi when to sleep
3. Cant help with this, experiment and find out
4. Not heard of anyone running out - that usb port comes in mighty handy!!!
5. Welcome to the forum
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Thanks for the tips, I came home and it was at 92 percent
Shutting off Dolby did fix the sound problem
I put a 32 GB micro SD in it. I was concerned games wouldn't install to it, and apparently they don't. I don't have a lot installed and yet I have less than 1.5gb remaining.
Thanks for the welcome

Rogue Leader said:
Thanks for the tips, I came home and it was at 92 percent
Shutting off Dolby did fix the sound problem
I put a 32 GB micro SD in it. I was concerned games wouldn't install to it, and apparently they don't. I don't have a lot installed and yet I have less than 1.5gb remaining.
Thanks for the welcome
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awesome you're welcome Hows that 32GB Card working, had any issues apart from being too small what brand and class is it m8???

dibb_nz said:
awesome you're welcome Hows that 32GB Card working, had any issues apart from being too small what brand and class is it m8???
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I got a sandisk class 4. It seems to work fine but the fact there's no way to move apps to it makes it a bit useless. I'm not much of a music/movie guy I usually use streaming so media space is wasted on me. Is there a fix for that yet?

app2sd
You might want to try App2sd from the google play store. The app won't move all apps to SD card, only apps that are moveable. So this app won't totally solve your problem but it should help.

partzman2 said:
You might want to try App2sd from the google play store. The app won't move all apps to SD card, only apps that are moveable. So this app won't totally solve your problem but it should help.
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Yeah I have that but it apparently doesn't work with ICS. I read somewhere else here someone complained about this as well. The button doesn't even show up to move apps to SD.

Rogue Leader said:
Yeah I have that but it apparently doesn't work with ICS. I read somewhere else here someone complained about this as well. The button doesn't even show up to move apps to SD.
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A lot of games and other Database apps usually save the Data to the Ext SD Card by default, or give you an option for location. At least what I've come across.

Rogue Leader said:
I got a sandisk class 4. It seems to work fine but the fact there's no way to move apps to it makes it a bit useless. I'm not much of a music/movie guy I usually use streaming so media space is wasted on me. Is there a fix for that yet?
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A Class 4 is a hair on the slow side, anyways. You would likely see a real world performance hit running apps off a class 4 card.

Moscow Desire said:
A lot of games and other Database apps usually save the Data to the Ext SD Card by default, or give you an option for location. At least what I've come across.
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Yeah the games do save there, but you can't move the actual app to the SD card which is nice to do. I bought an 8 gb tab and with only about 10 games on there and whatever apps I have I'm down to only 1.5 gb.
EDIT: I am wrong. The games do not save there. If I look in ES File Explorer the /mnt/sdcard folder shows a bunch of stuff, yet when I pull the SD card and put it in my PC, its blank except a couple of android insertd folders. I believe ICS DOES NOT save to the SD card? Can anyone else check? In ES File explorer, the sd card I inserted is shown as folder "external_sd" while theres a separate sdcard folder of which nothing in there is on the sd card.
I am wondering if I can just copy the data to the SD card, delete the "sdcard" folder and rename external to "sdcard"
Metallkasten said:
A Class 4 is a hair on the slow side, anyways. You would likely see a real world performance hit running apps off a class 4 card.
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Class 4 is the go to card on many many phones, the higher classes suffer on performance for many phone tasks which are I/O but work great for recording video or taking pictures. Class 10 especially really is made for digital cameras and actually performs worse than a 4 on a phone/tablet.

Having Trouble With Media Thing+Sd Card Help me Please

I bought sandisk 64 gb sd card. I used it for 1 day it has 2-3 music. After that i downloaded 300 music and put my 6000 photo inside of it. And Some 4 season serie.
Whatever now i use my sd card normal like 15-16 gb. But my battery is draining like hell. I slept for 7 hours, screen was off, wifi was off and %20 of my battery gone. And still decreasing.
I checked the battery stats. Something named " Media" using %71-75 of my battery LOL ??
I was using crash rom. I go back to stock rom, wipe everything and still this media thing draining my battery.
I tought it's happening because of sd card right? And when i listen music or something from sd card phone can cook meat .. overheat...
And this starts when i put something to sd card. If i can't use it with full memory why i buy 64 :laugh:
Thanks for reading

ahmetozgur said:
I bought sandisk 64 gb sd card. I used it for 1 day it has 2-3 music. After that i downloaded 300 music and put my 6000 photo inside of it. And Some 4 season serie.
Whatever now i use my sd card normal like 15-16 gb. But my battery is draining like hell. I slept for 7 hours, screen was off, wifi was off and %20 of my battery gone. And still decreasing.
I checked the battery stats. Something named " Media" using %71-75 of my battery LOL ??
I was using crash rom. I go back to stock rom, wipe everything and still this media thing draining my battery.
I tought it's happening because of sd card right? And when i listen music or something from sd card phone can cook meat .. overheat...
And this starts when i put something to sd card. If i can't use it with full memory why i buy 64 :laugh:
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Format the sd card and try again it might help

jaythenut said:
Format the sd card and try again it might help
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Actually i did that one time. But didn't work :fingers-crossed:
Now i am downloading neat rom. And found some solution for this media server scan my sd card over and over again. Putting".nomedia" to name of big files. That makes media server pass that files
But still its not a solution. It's not logical to scan all time my sd card god damn it :cyclops:

I solved it
I used roms without full wipe. First stock s4+legend rom+wanam+arrow+omega+crash rom. And used comadose all time. Phone sucked up I made my phone full new with kies. Using legend rom + comadose + greenify +viper +poweramp all the time. Screen opened 8 hours. 4 hours music . 30 min game + whatsapp etc. i used phone for 15 hours with browsing.
And no sd card problem. Media never drinks battery. I didnt hide the files with .noimage.
Thanks for rom devs :highfive:
I suggest legend rom + comadose
Stay calm cya

It may be the same problem in this thread.

Solved: Android System eating battery

So, I've seen quite a few posts now about Android System eating way more battery than it should, and I'd noticed the same thing on my phone since day 1. I tried turning features and settings on and off, disabling apps etc etc all to no avail, but I've finally cracked it
Format your external SD card via the phone settings, and use Kies to re-sync your content. Mine was originally formatted as FAT32 and I'd dragged and dropped the music and photos onto it via my computer. I don't quite understand the mechanism responsible, but this seems to be the source of my phone's unusual battery drain. Android System battery utilisation has dropped markedly, and battery life is greatly extended. I noticed the media scanner working for a few hours after I initially inserted the SD card, however after formatting and reloading via Kies the media scanner didn't run, yet all the content shows up where it should. I can only guess that some process responsible for indexing the media was running amok? Either way it's now able to sit in flight mode overnight without dropping a single %, whereas previously it'd drop at least 6%. In active use the display now always sits at the top of the battery use table rather than Android System, usually by a large margin :victory:

vanButton said:
So, I've seen quite a few posts now about Android System eating way more battery than it should, and I'd noticed the same thing on my phone since day 1. I tried turning features and settings on and off, disabling apps etc etc all to no avail, but I've finally cracked it
Format your external SD card via the phone settings, and use Kies to re-sync your content. Mine was originally formatted as FAT32 and I'd dragged and dropped the music and photos onto it via my computer. I don't quite understand the mechanism responsible, but this seems to be the source of my phone's unusual battery drain. Android System battery utilisation has dropped markedly, and battery life is greatly extended. I noticed the media scanner working for a few hours after I initially inserted the SD card, however after formatting and reloading via Kies the media scanner didn't run, yet all the content shows up where it should. I can only guess that some process responsible for indexing the media was running amok? Either way it's now able to sit in flight mode overnight without dropping a single %, whereas previously it'd drop at least 6%. In active use the display now always sits at the top of the battery use table rather than Android System, usually by a large margin :victory:
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What if we don't have an external SD card?

thegame2388 said:
What if we don't have an external SD card?
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Then this isn't what's causing your issue.

vanButton said:
So, I've seen quite a few posts now about Android System eating way more battery than it should, and I'd noticed the same thing on my phone since day 1. I tried turning features and settings on and off, disabling apps etc etc all to no avail, but I've finally cracked it
Format your external SD card via the phone settings, and use Kies to re-sync your content. Mine was originally formatted as FAT32 and I'd dragged and dropped the music and photos onto it via my computer. I don't quite understand the mechanism responsible, but this seems to be the source of my phone's unusual battery drain. Android System battery utilisation has dropped markedly, and battery life is greatly extended. I noticed the media scanner working for a few hours after I initially inserted the SD card, however after formatting and reloading via Kies the media scanner didn't run, yet all the content shows up where it should. I can only guess that some process responsible for indexing the media was running amok? Either way it's now able to sit in flight mode overnight without dropping a single %, whereas previously it'd drop at least 6%. In active use the display now always sits at the top of the battery use table rather than Android System, usually by a large margin :victory:
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So what should we format the memory card to? Fat32 still?

Joe0113 said:
So what should we format the memory card to? Fat32 still?
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Just let the phone format it, there are no options for which file system you would like.

vanButton said:
Just let the phone format it, there are no options for which file system you would like.
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Interesting. And what's your battery like now?

Joe0113 said:
Interesting. And what's your battery like now?
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Much, much better. Oddly the Gallery app now shows more album artwork that was always located on the external SD card, but obviously was not being properly indexed. So far today I've got 3.5 hours of screen-on time and still have 58% battery capacity. Previously it'd have been that low with no screen time.

vanButton said:
Much, much better. Oddly the Gallery app now shows more album artwork that was always located on the external SD card, but obviously was not being properly indexed. So far today I've got 3.5 hours of screen-on time and still have 58% battery capacity. Previously it'd have been that low with no screen time.
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Couple more questions thn I'll stop annoying you :silly:
1. What's your Android System vs Screen now in terms of usage of the battery (% wise). And how was it before you did this little trick?
2. How should I go about putting everything back onto my SD Card (backups, pics. apps, etc.)? I've never used Kies before so I have no idea what to do lol.
3. All you did was go to settings, then storage and hit format sd card, correct?

Joe0113 said:
Couple more questions thn I'll stop annoying you :silly:
1. What's your Android System vs Screen now in terms of usage of the battery (% wise). And how was it before you did this little trick?
2. How should I go about putting everything back onto my SD Card (backups, pics. apps, etc.)? I've never used Kies before so I have no idea what to do lol.
3. All you did was go to settings, then storage and hit format sd card, correct?
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You're not annoying me, honest, that's why I shared my results here ;P
1: Android System is currently 13%, screen is 29%. Previously Android System would be over 30% no matter what and often much higher if I didn't use the phone much that day.
2: Copy everything off your SD card onto your computer using whichever method you currently use. In Kies there's a file browser icon that lets you browse the contents of your phone, as well as copy things to and from it. You don't have to use the automated sync tools in Kies, you can simply drag and drop using the Kies browser.
3: Yup, that is correct. Not sure if it's maybe formatted using exFAT now, but I believe that's Android's preferred format these days.

I think I formatted my new SD card when I put it in the phone but not sure.
Is there any way to check and see what the card is formatted to? exFAT? Fat32? It was a brand new Samsung card.
I'm not really seeing bad battery life at all just curious.

vanButton said:
You're not annoying me, honest, that's why I shared my results here ;P
1: Android System is currently 13%, screen is 29%. Previously Android System would be over 30% no matter what and often much higher if I didn't use the phone much that day.
2: Copy everything off your SD card onto your computer using whichever method you currently use. In Kies there's a file browser icon that lets you browse the contents of your phone, as well as copy things to and from it. You don't have to use the automated sync tools in Kies, you can simply drag and drop using the Kies browser.
3: Yup, that is correct. Not sure if it's maybe formatted using exFAT now, but I believe that's Android's preferred format these days.
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So when I re copy everything to my phone... Can I put it on my SD card again or should I place it in the internal storage? (using kies as you stated) thanks a lot buddy
Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away

Joe0113 said:
So when I re copy everything to my phone... Can I put it on my SD card again or should I place it in the internal storage? (using kies as you stated) thanks a lot buddy
Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away
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Yup, you can put everything back on to the external SD card via Kies.

Maybe it is also caused by kitkat bug, which is Not only triggered by skype, but also hangouts etc etc http://www.zdnet.com/kitkat-giving-...-says-google-as-it-prepares-a-fix-7000027051/
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Dumb. Not related to battery drain
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thegame2388 said:
What if we don't have an external SD card?
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i'm also getting massive android system use for seemingly no good reason, and it started like 4 days ago, my phone was fine before that.
I'm new to android so I don't even know where to start with regards to uncovering problems of this nature

das7982 said:
Dumb. Not related to battery drain
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Even dumber, you didn't read the article ? It is indeed related to battery drain and is a common bug in kitkat

I think I found a solution to the stupid Android System battery drain...

This is REALLLYYY a PITA but as of right now I'm pretty sure it actually worked. So if your Android System is taking up 25%+ and higher than your screen for taking up battery (in Settings--->Battery stats), then try this. As of right now my screen is #1 and Android System is only at 15%!
**Try this while your charging your phone to 100% to see if it actually worked!!**
1. Download and install Kies3.
2. Copy all contents of your ext SD Card to your computer.
3. Go into Settings-->Scroll down to System and click on Storage.
4. Format your ext SD Card by pressing "Format SD Card".
5. Go into Kies3 and and copy all of your contents back onto your SD Card.
6. Once that process is finished, download SD Scanner.
7. Go into the SD Scanner app and scan the internal storage (default one) and ext SD Card (/storage/extSdCard <-- must be typed exactly like that).
8. Reboot your phone once your phone has hit 100%.
9. See if it worked for you, hope this helps, and if it doesn't then I'm sorry but it worked well for me!

What exactly does this do? Just wondering but thanks for your active posts you have some really helpful stuff here
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timothylockhart said:
What exactly does this do? Just wondering but thanks for your active posts you have some really helpful stuff here
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It made the Android System battery drain go down, and instead of Android System being the #1 battery drainer, screen is!

But what does it actually do? Put media scanner to sleep (something that was a HUGE problem on the s3 - media scanner always running)?

crazymook said:
But what does it actually do? Put media scanner to sleep (something that was a HUGE problem on the s3)?
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This is more what I was asking what cons does this have
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crazymook said:
But what does it actually do? Put media scanner to sleep (something that was a HUGE problem on the s3)?
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It scans ALLL of your media for you (hence why I said to scan internal, then your ext Sd Card). Thus eliminating the need for Android to scan your media.

Pretty sure media scan would still run tho...no? Especially if ure taking pics, adding music, etc etc.

crazymook said:
Pretty sure media scan would still run tho...no? Especially if ure taking pics, adding music, etc etc.
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Yes but if you're like me and have a 32GB EXT SD card and have 28 Gigs worth of stuff on it... Then it deff works and is worth it lol.
Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away

Well i tried it... Will hope for the best but..... Kies wouldnt let me add any of my files I carry on my SD card like my titanium backup youtube apk or ceberus apk....
only media files...
Also I have heard of people just removing their sd card and getting god like battery maybe we just have junk sd cards? Planning on getting a 32gb micro class 10 soon enough....
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Joe0113 said:
Yes but if you're like me and have a 32GB EXT SD card and have 28 Gigs worth of stuff on it... Then it deff works and is worth it lol.
Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away
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So how do you add non multimedia files through kies? what does this sd scanner do? caches it or? Like i dont see how this does anything at all i have heard people talking about removing their micro sd card and getting a huge boost of battery so maybe I just have a junk one planning on getting a micro sd 32gb class 10 soon

Joe0113 said:
This is REALLLYYY a PITA but as of right now I'm pretty sure it actually worked. So if your Android System is taking up 25%+ and higher than your screen for taking up battery (in Settings--->Battery stats), then try this. As of right now my screen is #1 and Android System is only at 15%!
**Try this while your charging your phone to 100% to see if it actually worked!!**
1. Download and install Kies3.
2. Copy all contents of your ext SD Card to your computer.
3. Go into Settings-->Scroll down to System and click on Storage.
4. Format your ext SD Card by pressing "Format SD Card".
5. Go into Kies3 and and copy all of your contents back onto your SD Card.
6. Once that process is finished, download SD Scanner.
7. Go into the SD Scanner app and scan the internal storage (default one) and ext SD Card (/storage/extSdCard <-- must be typed exactly like that).
8. Reboot your phone once your phone has hit 100%.
9. See if it worked for you, hope this helps, and if it doesn't then I'm sorry but it worked well for me!
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Noticed this method of Wipe SD Card in another thread, seemed to have worked for me as well. Now battery drain most from screen.

I'm getting terrible Android System drain as well. I've greenified everything and battery life is noticeably improved, but AS drain is still top battery hog. Guess I'll try removing my SD card and if that works I'll wipe it. Pretty frustrating though that this is an issue
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What are you guys formatting your SD Card to? (what format)

Formatted it to whatever phone formats too... this actually really worked and helped but can I add files to my sd card and such as normal or am o limited now
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I'll try this and report back also. I'm on a Note 3 with the S5 port. It's going to take a long time to move over 50gb of stuff back and fourth though lol

MikeyLee said:
I'll try this and report back also. I'm on a Note 3 with the S5 port. It's going to take a long time to move over 50gb of stuff back and fourth though lol
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Literally took almost 2hrs to move 28 GB worth of stuff... Good luck brotha haha.
Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away

Use usb 3.0 its faster.
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JoshBeach said:
Use usb 3.0 its faster.
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I did -__-
Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away

I'm in the process of moving around 50gb of files from the card to my PC and then will go back tomorrow and do this. It is actually high time that I re-organize all of the thousands of images on my card anyway. I think I'll store them by quarter to keep to only a few thousand per folder. Thanks!

This doesnt work. After you start an app or scan folders, for music player for example, Android OS and Android System are right back at the top

MikeyLee said:
This doesnt work. After you start an app or scan folders, for music player for example, Android OS and Android System are right back at the top
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Worked for me. I'm averaging one day six hrs total use with 5hrs on screen time per charge.
Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away

SD card notification

How do you stop this notification from popping up in the status bar?
Thanks

evoguy404 said:
How do you stop this notification from popping up in the status bar?
Thanks
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I think you can just swipe it away

How do you keep it from showing up.

I think there is a problem with the SD card reader. That notification means that the SD card unmounted and re-mounted itself. So it thinks you just inserted the SD card.

It happens on my phone too. Since Samsung blocked adoptive memory android is forced to mount and unmount during reboot

bash_array said:
It happens on my phone too. Since Samsung blocked adoptive memory android is forced to mount and unmount during reboot
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/03/04/galaxy-s7-brilliant-feature-uturn/#4d373def1757
the adoptable storage was a blow, but at least we can still install apps on the micro sd.

Om thinking of moving to this device from the Note 4 which I love but was getting these chronic dismounts w a Samsung 64 gb evo class 10 sdhc, lss, the card was bad after less than 2 years, have an ancient 1gb sandisk class 6 in it temporarily and no issues. Now Handset will not be recognized on any pc as usb mtp just charging. I think its the micro usb jack, even though its had minimal use bc I wirelessly charge, didnt first year. I think that is a poor protocol as it adds a vunerable vector for all kinds of headaches. Anyhoo how would you guys compare the 2 phones? Removable memory is non negotiable for me as was removable battery, but I'm willing to forgo the latter for this form factor. Im a heavy user, gamer WOT Blitz addict. Sorry if I derailed a bit.
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It only shows after boot. You can swipe it away to keep it from during until next reboot.

I rebooted and it hasn't showed up since the first day it ever showed up

Adoptable storage came at the urging of Google. LG G5 doesn't have it either. Adoptable storage was memory for devices with low storage amounts. Presumably, 32GB isn't considered low storage.

Mine keeps doing it. When trying to put music on the sd card, it will keep saying sd has stopped working. Brand new sandisk ultra memory card too. Will work until I set the phone down and phone shakes a little. Will not play music on sd card either.
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I took the ultra card out and put in a $6 128 GB card and it works now.

My note 4 is 32 gig and I get low mem warnings if I dont load apps pics music movies to an sdhc. Expandable storage is always a plus.
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If you guys are getting the message. Turn off your phone and reseat the SD card then turn it back on.

I stuck a piece of tape to hold the SD card in place and create a fine extra layer. Haven't had the notification in 6 hours. Used to get it once an hour or so.

My SD card notification keeps showing up no matter if I swipe it away. It shows up about every 20 minutes
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hawkye said:
It only shows after boot. You can swipe it away to keep it from during until next reboot.
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My notification regarding the SD card shows up about every 20 minutes. I swipe it away and it will show up again. This started about 2 days ago. Didn't have a problem when I first got the phone.
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Tidbits said:
If you guys are getting the message. Turn off your phone and reseat the SD card then turn it back on.
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Done that. Even got a new SD card and reseated it and still does it.

Mine does come every few hours, 5 or 6, not too bad, but would prefer this is not happening, as it seems like the sd cards are like inserted and ejected improperly, I'm afraid this will bring damage or problems with the sd cards later on.

Mine comes every reboot. Annoying.

20degrees said:
Mine comes every reboot. Annoying.
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This is the intended behavior, if it didn't show at boot time, that would indicate no sd card is present. The ones seeing it randomly throughout the day are the ones with issues. Either the issue is the card is not seated properly, the card is damaged (or contains corrupt media files), or there is something physically wrong with the phones. It is showing this because it believes the card was removed and reinserted. I have not seen it, except after booting, and I have had a card in it since day one.

You can also turn off the notification for my files ask.
Settings>notifications>advance(top right corner) scroll to my file previews on popup off and lock screen hide. Should do it

BowLow said:
You can also turn off the notification for my files ask.
Settings>notifications>advance(top right corner) scroll to my file previews on popup off and lock screen hide. Should do it
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Disabling the notification does nothing to help these people solve the actual problem. If the device is unmounting the sd card randomly, there is a problem. Imagine you were recording a movie to the sd card, and it disappeared from the system, not only would you lose your video, most likely the phone woukd crash and massive corruption would occur on the sd. There is a great potential for data loss here, in fact some may already be occurring. No file system likes to be uncleanly dismounted repeatedly, eventually corruption occurs.