First, I was using 64gb uhs-1 and can't create a folder in the es file Explorer.. Always I encounter the "unfortunately, documents stopped working."
Here's the solution:
1. Format SD in Windows to NTFS
2. allocation default
3. This is important! RENAME sd card.. Eg. Shield, Android etc.
4. turn off the device, insert SD card. Reboot.
Now it's read and writable..
ayan15 said:
First, I was using 64gb uhs-1 and can't create a folder in the es file Explorer.. Always I encounter the "unfortunately, documents stopped working."
Here's the solution:
1. Format SD in Windows to NTFS
2. allocation default
3. This is important! RENAME sd card.. Eg. Shield, Android etc.
4. turn off the device, insert SD card. Reboot.
Now it's read and writable..
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Yes! This worked for me!! Thanks
BTW, why the Shield has problems reading FAT32? I can't understand it..
will this work on the S5 (Verizon variant), I have a friend that doesn't want to root her phone, but needs R/W access on her SD card. is this the solution?
linuxct said:
Yes! This worked for me!! Thanks
BTW, why the Shield has problems reading FAT32? I can't understand it..
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My shield read the FAT32 format just fine...but I did have to name the micro SD card first.
Hmm.. I have the galaxy s5 on lolipop 5.0
will this work for me? Simply renaming the card while formating will do away with the write permission cap they implemented?
No longer working in 5.1
This method no longer works in Android 5.1 on the shield tablet, it results in a No Root Access message. Anybody have a method that works on Android 5.1
Still works for me on 5.1. Of course it depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Some actions will always require root.
I am electronically illiterate. I don't understand any of the directions. Can someone be kind enough to dumb this down a thousand notches?
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Hi all. I have a stock a500 with 3.1. Not rooted. I put in the 16gb SD card with files in it and I don't get any indication of the card in the bottom right corner. My phone however will recognize it and the files that are on it. Any suggestions? Ty for any replies
"Try unplugging it, and plugging it in again" - Mistabishi 'Printer Jam'.
What FS is the card formatted to? Have you tried any other card that is known to work? Also, try formatting the SD as FAT32 again from the phone.
I am having the SAME issue on my acer. It wont recognize my 16gb sandisk card. I tried formatting as described and I tried another card. Both are showing up in my HTC inspire but nothing on the acer. Whats the deal? When I go to storage in settings- the external SD total space is recognized but it is not allowing me to access it for storage using app2sd?
this SD card worked just fine on the transformer I took it out of.
da9b16 said:
I am having the SAME issue on my acer. It wont recognize my 16gb sandisk card. I tried formatting as described and I tried another card. Both are showing up in my HTC inspire but nothing on the acer. Whats the deal? When I go to storage in settings- the external SD total space is recognized but it is not allowing me to access it for storage using app2sd?
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Are you even able to see the SD card? check /mnt/sd-external to see if it shows up. If it's there, create a directory, then delete it. Also, check the ".android-secure" hidden directory that should be on the SD card after using app2sd. If the permissions are not set correctly, you won't be able to use app2sd with it (reason for create/delete of the directory). Sidenote, I've seen quite a few apps named app2sd, some of them listed are showing up on my end as non-working with the A500 where others listed should work fine.
Forcefedfun said:
this SD card worked just fine on the transformer I took it out of.
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Still, that does not give me anything to go on. Did you format the card again? Is the card formatted in FAT32? Have you tried formatting the card from your computer using a card reader? I've had SD cards not show up before, reformatting them correctly solved the issue each time. If you don't know what filesystem the card is formatted with, grab a LiveCD with gparted on it (almost any gnome distribution) and I can help you from there. I haven't used Windows since XP SP2 was first released (FCKGW-... if you know what I mean) and I have refused to touch anything Apple since the IIe. Hence the signature.
formatting
Not sure what format they are in. I used a thunderbolt to for mate and a fsscinate and neither were visible. I'll go check what you recommended above though.
What are you guys talking about?
To the OP: You won't have any indication at the bottom. That feature doesn't exist on our devices (but some custom roms based on xoom and ?ASUS? have it). Just check the System screen to see if it finds your sd or simply make a photo from your camera (just set it to save the pictures to your SD). Or use a program and check /mnt/external-sd
To da9b16: a2sd won't work on this device (besides it has enough internal memory).
You'll only be able to access SD directly from your internal memory if you root the device and use a program that creates a symlink from /mnt/external-sd to /sdcard (USB Mount All does this but it's not free) or if you simply navigate to /mnt/external-sd with a file explorer.
I hope that this clears some confusion.
bpivk said:
What are you guys talking about?
To da9b16: a2sd won't work on this device (besides it has enough internal memory).
You'll only be able to access SD directly from your internal memory if you root the device and use a program that creates a symlink from /mnt/external-sd to /sdcard (USB Mount All does this but it's not free) or if you simply navigate to /mnt/external-sd with a file explorer.
I hope that this clears some confusion.
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I just needed to know what the MNT portion of that statement which tells me dir. Thanks! Done and done!
almost same problem
da9b16 said:
I just needed to know what the MNT portion of that statement which tells me dir. Thanks! Done and done!
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hey i have a similar problem , when i put my SD card does recognize but the apps like photo gallery or play music wont read any file from my SD card what can i do
Hi,
My S4 isn't able to modify the microSD card content.
Neither with the File explorer nor via USB from windows.
I tried formatting, deleting, everything.
It works for the moment, but as soon as I unmount the card and mount it again, all data is as before.
I don't have a pc adapter handy, so I don't know what file format the card has.
It's a Sandisk 64GB.
I can't say if it ever worked, because I probably copied that data that is on there directly at my pc.
It's really strange and hopefully someone has a solution.
S4 have issue with SD cards he kills them is not a joke there's topic with that issue maybe yours card is at the end
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2Wires said:
Hi,
My S4 isn't able to modify the microSD card content.
Neither with the File explorer nor via USB from windows.
I tried formatting, deleting, everything.
It works for the moment, but as soon as I unmount the card and mount it again, all data is as before.
I don't have a pc adapter handy, so I don't know what file format the card has.
It's a Sandisk 64GB.
I can't say if it ever worked, because I probably copied that data that is on there directly at my pc.
It's really strange and hopefully someone has a solution.
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Have you tried using something like Root Explorer to check (and change if necessarry) the permissions on your SD card? you want read and write on there.
Has anyone else experienced problems writing files to external SD card just lately? All I know is that the SD card works fine If I use it on the computer with a card reader.
For instance if I copy 300mb of titaniumbackup files it will randomly stop in the process and tell me there is a problem writing the files. This also happens with other files. I can't seem to find anything in the logs either, but then I'm not exactly sure what to look for.
I've tried ES file explorer, the CM11 file explorer and FX file exporer. I've reformatted the SD card using CWM, put it in my card reader on my computer and was able to copy over 40gb of data flawlessly so the card doesn't seem to be corrupt.
I'm not really sure where to start with the troubleshooting, as I said before I'm not sure what I'm looking for in the log files regarding failed file transfers.
re: sdcard issue
Swizzy88 said:
Has anyone else experienced problems writing files to external SD card just lately? All I know is that the SD card works fine If I use it on the computer with a card reader.
For instance if I copy 300mb of titaniumbackup files it will randomly stop in the process and tell me there is a problem writing the files. This also happens with other files. I can't seem to find anything in the logs either, but then I'm not exactly sure what to look for.
I've tried ES file explorer, the CM11 file explorer and FX file exporer. I've reformatted the SD card using CWM, put it in my card reader on my computer and was able to copy over 40gb of data flawlessly so the card doesn't seem to be corrupt.
I'm not really sure where to start with the troubleshooting, as I said before I'm not sure what I'm looking for in the log files regarding failed file transfers.
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If the sdcard is not already formatted with fat32 your best bet is to format it
fat32 and there is an excellent chance that you will be able to use it in your
phone and computer without any further issues.
Here is a direct download link for the windows fat32 formatter:
http://dlp.cloudsvr50.com/td1/81/fat32-format/341/579/TJejpbc5?kw=CL6g3LjlnrsCFUJrfgodDX8AbA
Good luck!
Misterjunky said:
If the sdcard is not already formatted with fat32 your best bet is to format it
fat32 and there is an excellent chance that you will be able to use it in your
phone and computer without any further issues.
Here is a direct download link for the windows fat32 formatter:
http://dlp.cloudsvr50.com/td1/81/fat32-format/341/579/TJejpbc5?kw=CL6g3LjlnrsCFUJrfgodDX8AbA
Good luck!
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I switched to slimkat rom to try it out. It's also based on 4.4 and the same kernel as what I had before. I re-formatted the sd card to fat32 at the same time but everything seems to work now. I wonder what it was. Maybe just a kitkat bug with exfat that still needs to be sorted out
Hi! First of all sorry for my english. Not my best language.
I'm having issues with external SD card on mi note 4 (910H). On KitKat I noticed that some files became corrupt after some time (mainly pictures and videos). Now with lollipop I thought that the problem was solved, everythimg was ok, but now I'm facing the same issues with corrupt files. It seems that mostly everything copied to the SD card becomes corrupt or damaged except for some small files. I've formatted it several times but after some time it comes back. I've read that it's an specific issue with Galaxy smartphones. Anyone with the same problem? I want to know if there is a possible solution or if there's no solution at all.
Sorry if duplicated post.
I have a 128gb Samsung SD card.
probably a bad card. replace it and enable sd card encryption. that way the system can at least detect it.
zurkx said:
probably a bad card. replace it and enable sd card encryption. that way the system can at least detect it.
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The system has no problems detecting it. Some people was talking about this too in other forums. Going to replace it and test what you say.
Morsho said:
Hi! First of all sorry for my english. Not my best language.
I'm having issues with external SD card on mi note 4 (910H). On KitKat I noticed that some files became corrupt after some time (mainly pictures and videos). Now with lollipop I thought that the problem was solved, everythimg was ok, but now I'm facing the same issues with corrupt files. It seems that mostly everything copied to the SD card becomes corrupt or damaged except for some small files. I've formatted it several times but after some time it comes back. I've read that it's an specific issue with Galaxy smartphones. Anyone with the same problem? I want to know if there is a possible solution or if there's no solution at all.
Sorry if duplicated post.
I have a 128gb Samsung SD card.
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Hi
I have a similar isues with multiple Note 4 's please see my thread , i hope it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/please-help-strange-problem-t3030198
I found the possible solution for Note 4 SDcard Issue after dealing so much with it, posting here it may help some people.
History :
If you own an SDXC or 64GB+ SD card with exfat you probably faced suddenly disappearing all the sd card contents where says the sd card is empty, mine started with this and formatting it using Windows, Note 4 and etc goes to same scenario, it actually happens because Note 4 and Windows formatting them using exfat FS.
In this guide you need a windows PC or TWRP or Mac at your choice.
Steps to fix the issue :
I assume only high speed sd cards (SDXC and U1+) with exfat larger than 32gb are problematic with note 4 and smaller size than 64gb can be formatted to Fat32 without any tools already in Windows, so this guide is intended for high end ones, like the one i had Silicon Power SDXC U1 Elite class 10
Metod 1: (recommended)
1. Detach your MicroSD card (most known to be problematic typr sd is SDXC)
2. Insert it to SD Adapter place to your laptop (if your computer has no dedicated sd slot attached to motherboard better use a laptop otherwise use Card reader) and remember drive letter
3. Store your sd content to your pc to restore later.
4. Download EaseUS partition master (free or other type) all will do the job
5. Right click on the right drive letter corresponding for your SD Card and select Format
6. Give it a name Like "SDcard" or what you like then select Fat32 for file system, finally select 64kb for cluster size, and press OK button
7. Finally press the apply button in top left and magic happens
8. Now you can place back your files, your sd card is ready.
Method 2 TWRP
1. Backup your data in an OTG drive or Internal storage or cloud.
2. Boot into the TWRP select wipe menu
3. Push advanced wipe, select MicroSD card, push change File System button.
4. In this menu choose Fat and press the button, wait for it till the a message says successful appear.
5. Now boot to your system and you'll notice it's fixed and you can place your files back.
Method 3 Using Mac OS X:
If you own a Macbook or iMac or anything similar just attach your SD card to it using its Adapter then run the "Disk Utility" app in others folder or type it in Spotlight (don't forget to take a backup already) then Select erase button on the sd card and use Fat in the menu, just you need to do it Twice, then you'll good to go.
I was able to do that in Sierra with latest updates.
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I am unable to transfer files from my phone memory to my sd card.
I am also unable to transfer files from my pc to sd card in the phone. I have no issue transferring files from pc to phone memory.
I can view and open files on the sd card and the phone is able to play music and movies stored on the sd card.
Can anyone help me fix this issue?
Thanks!
I don't have such problem at all.
Try different file browsers like ES File Explorer and Astro.
If those do not work, try and factory reset your phone and ask for a replacement if the problem still persists after that.
chizzwhizz said:
I am unable to transfer files from my phone memory to my sd card.
I am also unable to transfer files from my pc to sd card in the phone. I have no issue transferring files from pc to phone memory.
I can view and open files on the sd card and the phone is able to play music and movies stored on the sd card.
Can anyone help me fix this issue?
Thanks!
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Does the phone read the sd card? Do you have anything on it to access? If not I would suggest formatting the sd card.
tabletalker7 said:
Does the phone read the sd card? Do you have anything on it to access? If not I would suggest formatting the sd card.
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The phone reads all the files on the sd card. I get an error that says Access denied when i copy a file from the phone memory to any folder on the SD card...however I get no error when I copy the files to the root SD card. It's weird...not sure whats going on.
You need to use the stock file manager to copy to the sd card or from the sd to internal as this is a "security feature" since Android lollipop. If you wish to use any other file explorer you MUST be rooted...
ultramag69 said:
You need to use the stock file manager to copy to the sd card or from the sd to internal as this is a "security feature" since Android lollipop. If you wish to use any other file explorer you MUST be rooted...
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I use ES File Explorer and it works - and I won't root until ZTE posts full factory roms for the US version.
I still think there is some issue with the sd card that can be solved by formatting it - if the phone won't move files to it and the pc recognizes the phone but not the sd card how did you get files on it in the first place?
ultramag69 said:
You need to use the stock file manager to copy to the sd card or from the sd to internal as this is a "security feature" since Android lollipop. If you wish to use any other file explorer you MUST be rooted...
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Not true. I just used Solid Explorer to copy files from internal memory to the SD card. There was an extra procedure of selecting the sd card in what looks like the stock storage selection menu thing (that also has Drive, Downloads etc) which was apparently necessary for Solid Explorer to get the necessary permission. Maybe it doesn't work with old file explorer apps that haven't implemented this solution, but it definitely works with Solid Explorer without root.