I have some weird but probably noob problem. The thing is that I love private mode on s5 but it encrypt everything on internal sd which is very annoying. I haven't found a solution on how to hide my ext sd media on my ext sd. Installed plenty of vault applications but every single time I couldn't change vault location to my external sd card. The card is 32gb made for Android with primary fat32 and 2 gb swap ext4. I got Samsung s5 g900f European model running Android 5.0 without root.
AeiT said:
I have some weird but probably noob problem. The thing is that I love private mode on s5 but it encrypt everything on internal sd which is very annoying. I haven't found a solution on how to hide my ext sd media on my ext sd. Installed plenty of vault applications but every single time I couldn't change vault location to my external sd card. The card is 32gb made for Android with primary fat32 and 2 gb swap ext4. I got Samsung s5 g900f European model running Android 5.0 without root.
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Putting an empty file called .nomedia in any dorectory will hide it from the gallery, video player, and some file explorers.
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Rakuu said:
Putting an empty file called .nomedia in any dorectory will hide it from the gallery, video player, and some file explorers.
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Well that's not the point ... they are still easily accessible
AeiT said:
Well that's not the point ... they are still easily accessible
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Theyre going to be easily accessible no matter what unless you encrypt them or something, you could use privaye mode included woth the phone, or theres some apps that will make an encrypted volume for you.
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Rakuu said:
Theyre going to be easily accessible no matter what unless you encrypt them or something, you could use privaye mode included woth the phone, or theres some apps that will make an encrypted volume for you.
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I know that my English is bad but I think that you skipped my 1st post explaining the problem
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I know that my English is bad but I think that you skipped my 1st post explaining the problem
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For starters, afaik private mode makes its own partition on the infernal sd, theres no full encryption, just an encrypted partition. As for the encrypted volume apps most need root so, i found two that look good though, cryptonite or eds lite, i would check those.
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Rakuu said:
For starters, afaik private mode makes its own partition on the infernal sd, theres no full encryption, just an encrypted partition. As for the encrypted volume apps most need root so, i found two that look good though, cryptonite or eds lite, i would check those.
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Weird thing happened while using Vaulty Stocks ... after fresh install my vault shows in external sd but after restarting app its on internal sd and cannot be switched ... that option just doesn't display anymore ... it apply to every vault type app its look like my ext sd cant be recognized
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Weird thing happened while using Vaulty Stocks ... after fresh install my vault shows in external sd but after restarting app its on internal sd and cannot be switched ... that option just doesn't display anymore ... it apply to every vault type app its look like my ext sd cant be recognized
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The "vault" is just an encrypted volume file, just move it. Dod you check oit those two apps i mentioned?
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The "vault" is just an encrypted volume file, just move it. Dod you check oit those two apps i mentioned?
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Nope I haven't tried those since years ago I have paid for best vault app on google play and i still love it ... your 2 apps got terrible media browser ...
Didn't know about that we can move vault ... in my case this folder is totally invisible if you don't have root access.
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Nope I haven't tried those since years ago I have paid for best vault app on google play and i still love it ... your 2 apps got terrible media browser ...
Didn't know about that we can move vault ... in my case this folder is totally invisible if you don't have root access.
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I really dont know what to tell you then..
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How is it possible to have a custom system status if I did not root my phone? I tried to do a check for a software update, and it says "your device has been modified. Software updates are not available." I have not rooted my phone, so I'm not sure how the system could be "custom". I checked the Knox kernel and warranty void, both are 0x0. Any ideas?
UPDATE: I unmounted and removed my sd card, restarted the phone and it's fine. This is the same sd card that I used in my rooted Note2. I wonder if there's something left over that's making the Note 3 think it's rooted....
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How is it possible to have a custom system status if I did not root my phone? I tried to do a check for a software update, and it says "your device has been modified. Software updates are not available." I have not rooted my phone, so I'm not sure how the system could be "custom". I checked the Knox kernel and warranty void, both are 0x0. Any ideas?
UPDATE: I unmounted and removed my sd card, restarted the phone and it's fine. This is the same sd card that I used in my rooted Note2. I wonder if there's something left over that's making the Note 3 think it's rooted....
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yeah friend, this also happen to me..
edit: but i didnt try to remove the sdkad like u mention...i'll give it a try friend..thx!
micmaccc said:
yeah friend, this also happen to me..
edit: but i didnt try to remove the sdkad like u mention...i'll give it a try friend..thx!
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It works until you reinsert the sd card and reboot. I'm not sure what on the sd card is making it think it's rooted. I think I will try wiping my sd card. Will report back.
UPDATE: Ok, wiping the sd card works.
its because you have a 64GB SD card...note sure why, but i had this issue since my S4 and still have it today on my note 3. It sucks but it will come back whenever you start putting stuff back on your SD, there is no way around this, i've been working on a thread in the S4 section and have over 300 replies but no one was able to fix this
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It works until you reinsert the sd card and reboot. I'm not sure what on the sd card is making it think it's rooted. I think I will try wiping my sd card. Will report back.
UPDATE: Ok, wiping the sd card works.
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maybe something(app/leftovers) inside is causing this..I will try to find out what
The Beast
You wont be able. I have tried so many times with help from dozens and it seems to be a 64gd specific problem
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You wont be able. I have tried so many times with help from dozens and it seems to be a 64gd specific problem
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yes it looks like to be specific to a 64GB card...
but I've done a few tests one year ago on my S3 that also had the same problem...
it was working fine with a newly formatted card.
it was also working fine with a small amount of music file... but as soon as I filled my card (with at 5GB space left), it started to show custom status.
Today I found out that I had the same problem with my Note 3 when trying to detect/install the latest update. Sad to see that Samsung did not fix this problem.
it looks like that that process that scans the SD card at boot is causing some type of false identification...
I'm sure it would be an easy fix for Samsung... but you have to find someone to first understand this problem and work on it.
I've contacted Samsung support in the past and the only thing they told me was to use a 32GB card max.
I found something interesting today...
I synched around 50GB of music files today... And after a reboot, I got the custom device status. My sync folder had a few hundreds of files and subfolders.
I moved all the files in one unique folder and rebooted my device.
Boot was faster... Media scanner finished a lot faster... And device status was back to normal.
It's not a fix... But at least it's a work around that might help someone.
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You're lucky because my music folder was always one folder on the SD and i always got custom status
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You're lucky because my music folder was always one folder on the SD and i always got custom status
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How many files did you have in this single folder?
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Thousands. About 40gb worth of music. And i cant do anything about it because its isyncr that manages that
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I found something interesting today...
I synched around 50GB of music files today... And after a reboot, I got the custom device status. My sync folder had a few hundreds of files and subfolders.
I moved all the files in one unique folder and rebooted my device.
Boot was faster... Media scanner finished a lot faster... And device status was back to normal.
It's not a fix... But at least it's a work around that might help someone.
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I'll give a try later thx!
The Beast
I have note 3 and my device status is custom I read the comments and removed the sd card which is only 16GB but the device status is custom
Should I format the sd card or what?
Flash stock rom via Odin .
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Absolutely love this feature more so because it's encrypting the data but it is currently limited to internal storage which is very limited with only 16gb models.
Anyone figure out how to make it use an external SD card for directories?
Doesn't that defeat the purpose of private mode? If someone wanted to look at your files they could just remove your card and put it into a computer...if it's on the internal card they would first need to unlock your phone before having access to it's contents....I could see where it could be useful for hiding files from someone who has access to your phone but isn't that tech savvy tho
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Well the files are encrypted so even if removed SD card they still need to Crack encryption. But I agree it's safer on internal memory but what if you want to store 10gb or more?
Hmmm idk I haven't messed with private mode until just now.it's pretty cool...I didn't realize that it encrypted the data. I just thought it hid it on your phone. Maybe someone will figure it out eventually...
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I read that it's basically a stripped down version of Knox without the protected application environment. So it's easy to move items into it and let any app access them rather than restrictions Knox approved apps only.
I'm guessing the encryption is the same as Knox too
I can't get it to work. Is it because I'm rooted?
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AMoosa said:
I can't get it to work. Is it because I'm rooted?
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Yes most likely because it is a form of Knox and root breaks Knox
I've tried moving the encrypted private folders to external SD card with My Files but they just show up as unencrypted.
Anyone got a solution?
colonels said:
I've tried moving the encrypted private folders to external SD card with My Files but they just show up as unencrypted.
Anyone got a solution?
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That's because the encryption is on the container, not on the files.
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That's because the encryption is on the container, not on the files.
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thanks
so i'm trying to create a container on the external SD card then that is also encrypted using Private Mode
otherwise Private Mode is seriously limited to internal memory size which is also shared with apps (and camera burst mode)
16 GB is starting to look real small
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thanks
so i'm trying to create a container on the external SD card then that is also encrypted using Private Mode
otherwise Private Mode is seriously limited to internal memory size which is also shared with apps (and camera burst mode)
16 GB is starting to look real small
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I would personally also prefer to have the option to select a section of my MicroSD as a 'private sector' so to speak. That way, if your phone dies, you can transfer the microSd and access from the new phone, or potentially unlock it via a PC with a password/ software suite. Now if your phone/screen dies, you're f*cked..
How can I reset Private mode, cause I set it to lock with my fingerprint but now it ont activate no mather what I do... How can I reset it,While nbot having to make a factory reset.....
Martin
Jeshter2000 said:
How can I reset Private mode, cause I set it to lock with my fingerprint but now it ont activate no mather what I do... How can I reset it,While nbot having to make a factory reset.....
Martin
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You can toggle it quickly by choosing to display the button in the notification bar drop down.
If you're having trouble with it and set it up for fingerprint then delete all your fingerprints it should turn ask you the backup password you created at the time of fingerprints registered. If you don't have that you are either someone trying to hack into their significant others phone or just very forgetful
So is there no way to use this function with root?
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No if you root you loose this functionality. Noway to get it back if rooted
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No if you root you loose this functionality. Noway to get it back if rooted
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mine is rooted, and i am still using private mode, works like a charm. i am also searching for a way to use the private mode on the SD card
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No if you root you loose this functionality. Noway to get it back if rooted
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i m rooted too but private mode on my device works osm,...
check if u installed xposed framework then it ll stop working....
So it seems Xposed framework breaks Private Mode and also S Health. Such a shame.
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anyone find a solution to this? I would really like to be able to use the external SD card for private storage I've only got about 3gb left on internal from 16gb
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check if u installed xposed framework then it ll stop working....
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So it seems Xposed framework breaks Private Mode and also S Health. Such a shame.
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So that's why I'm facing problems..
Xposed crashed mine Private mode and S Health app.
Can anyone tell me, How can I solve this issue?
Please.....
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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 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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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.
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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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I've been trying for days now with two different sd cards, I'm trying to move music and photos over to my sd card and all I'm getting is errors after errors, I've put the sd card in my pc to move them and using usb to my s5 and still the same. I'm at a loss on this one really I am
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I've been trying for days now with two different sd cards, I'm trying to move music and photos over to my sd card and all I'm getting is errors after errors, I've put the sd card in my pc to move them and using usb to my s5 and still the same. I'm at a loss on this one really I am
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Please try point no 19 on my thread on my signature. It will solve your problem...
Chaitanyapatel8880 said:
Please try point no 19 on my thread on my signature. It will solve your problem...
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Thanks for getting back to me, I have tried to do what you said but it's still not working
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Anyone???
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+1
I have this problem on my s5 but not on my note3 they both run kitkat which is the issue. Google has locked down the software so that you cant use 3rd party apps to transfer files straight to SD card.
Not sure of a fix yet unless you ROOT the device
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84DGR said:
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I have this problem on my s5 but not on my note3 they both run kitkat which is the issue. Google has locked down the software so that you cant use 3rd party apps to transfer files straight to SD card.
Not sure of a fix yet unless you ROOT the device
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strange.. I have no problem before OR after rooting,(I have an s5 Active on AT&T)... Is it too much trouble to try restoring and starting from scratch? Quite obviously youre having a problem others aren't,(storing music on an sd card). That would lead one to belive its either a software or hardware problem specific to YOU only. Something has happened since your last clean set-up..
I don't know.. im quite slow witted but that's an idea..
of course, however, im adding them to the sd card FROM MY EXTERNAL HD. NOT from the s5 internal memory to the sd card... ...if that's the case, try moving from the phone's memory to a folder on your desktop and then back into the phone via sd card
Doing it that way yes I can achieve the desired result.
I have a media server that I used to be able to acces as follows
Es file explorer > media server
Copy file from server to sd card
Now I cant do it that way.
So I add the additional step and it works.
The other issue is quikpix or any 3rd party viewer I used to be able to delete pictures straight out of quikpix now it says I can only delete from the pre installed view (sviewer)
I hope that makes sense
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I've been trying for days now with two different sd cards, I'm trying to move music and photos over to my sd card and all I'm getting is errors after errors,
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Probably a permissions error. Kitkat restricted third party app access to the SD card to make the OS more secure. Which broke a lot of apps. But I'm just guessing because you didn't provide any details that would enable us to troubleshoot it properly. Lots of errors.. uh huh. But what were those errors? What firmware version? How is the SD card formatted? What app are you using when the errors occur?
It's like saying your car is having problems.. but not giving any idea of what that really means. Did you have trouble starting your car? Won't go faster than 70 km/h.. stall.. weak brakes.. oil pressure light on? And for that matter, what model of car are we talking about? Knowing what specific SD card errors you had is rather essential information and it's odd that you wouldn't give us those details.
I don't think you did a forum search or you would have literally tripped over all the SD card problem threads and mentioned that. Most of the recent threads talk about the problems Kitkat introduced and it isn't hard to find posts in many of them describing how to fix the issue.
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I have a question about doing a TWRP backup and restore from an SD card. I was able to backup my current ROM to my SD card (I should note that I am running Marshmallow and using my SD card as adoptable storage), but I am not able to access the backup from my PC or from any file manager app on the phone.
the backup appears to be in /external_sd/media/0/TWRP/backups but I can't seem to find that folder anywhere to copy that backup folder to my PC. Is there a way to overcome this?
Yes, make your sd card portable storage.
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Clear data on External Storage and Media Storage apps and reboot... Note you may have to reassign ringtone, notification tone, and alarm sounds after this.
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Clear data on External Storage and Media Storage apps and reboot... Note you may have to reassign ringtone, notification tone, and alarm sounds after this.
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Where do I clear data on external storage? I do not see the option to do that in the Settings. I can only clear cached data.
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Where do I clear data on external storage? I do not see the option to do that in the Settings. I can only clear cached data.
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It's an app... Got to Settings - Apps, then Show System from the 3 dot menu and scroll down.
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It's an app... Got to Settings - Apps, then Show System from the 3 dot menu and scroll down.
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Tried doing that, but still cannot view that folder.
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Anyways, I ended up just reformatting the SD card as portable. Seems that is the only way
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Clear data on External Storage and Media Storage apps and reboot... Note you may have to reassign ringtone, notification tone, and alarm sounds after this.
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I just installed Marshmallow.
SD card formatted portable, but not recognized in recovery (TWRP). So, I reformatted again as portable. Still nothing. I cleared data for media and external storage. Still nothing.
SD card shows fine on phone and PC. But nothing in TWRP.
Should I try another recovery? Did I miss something?
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I just installed Marshmallow.
SD card formatted portable, but not recognized in recovery (TWRP). So, I reformatted again as portable. Still nothing. I cleared data for media and external storage. Still nothing.
SD card shows fine on phone and PC. But nothing in TWRP.
Should I try another recovery? Did I miss something?
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That's weird... Never seen that.
What version of TWRP?
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That's weird... Never seen that.
What version of TWRP?
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I was on TWRP 3.0 ... tried several times. Lost my ENTIRE SD card after reformat (argh). Finally switched to an old Philz. Worked like a charm.
Crazy!
This is an old post but this answer might help someone now also, it tricked me for a min. In twrp when you hit backup at the bottom of the screen it says "storage" click that, then choose your SD card or internal memory for the backup.