This tag should only be used for questions generic to internal and external SDCards. Whenever possible, please use the more specific tags 'external-sd' and 'internal-sd'. See the 'storage' tag wiki for a full overview of available storage-related tags.
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Unable to copy files to /sdcard
Due to a configuration error I made combined with an OTA update (Android 4.1.2), I had to re-unlock my bootloader to regain root on my GSM Galaxy Nexus. This process wipes the entire phone, including ...
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Move Mail storage from phone's internal memory to the SD Card
I am not too concerned with the security aspect of putting my mail on the SD card, I am however very interested in moving the mail storage from the phone's internal memory to the SD card.
I have ...
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More internal memory or less memory + SD card [duplicate]
I am thinking about buying Samsung Galaxy S3. The problem is that difference in price between 16Gb and 32Gb is significant, and it is much cheaper to buy SD card and compensate this difference. Is it ...
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Is it possible to list all files on SD card created by a certain application?
I would like to see which files on my SD card a certain application has written. How would I go about doing it?
I don't know how writing files from an application works in Android. But maybe these ...
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How to move Applications from phone to SD Card?
I have recently purchased Sony Xperia Tipo Dual phone, I couldn't find to move the apps to SD card. We can able to move the Apps from phone standard memory to Phone Internal Memory.
Can any one give ...
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Missing application from sdcard
I did factory reset. So, I lost application from sdcard but that application files still exist in sdcard.
How do I recovery my application from sdcard. I do not have back up app data file.
My phone ...
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Couldn't move app in Android 4.1 emulator
I am unable to move an app to the SD Card in Android 4.1 on an emulator. It is working fine in other versions (Android 2.3.3 to Android 4.0.3). In Android 4.1 it's giving dialog "couldn't move app".
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How can I mount or unmount the SD Card using ADB?
The sdcard can be umounted by using the umount command.
unmount /mtn/sdcard/.android_secure
how can it be remounted again . I tried using the mount command
mount /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure
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Why can I not assign exec permissions to a file on the SD card?
shell@android:/sdcard/SW # ls -l
-rw-rw-r-- root sdcard_rw 128 2012-09-22 11:42 usb0config.sh
shell@android:/sdcard/SW # chmod 777 usb0config.sh
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Can't mount my sdcard rw
I really messed up my HTC Desire today. I need to copy some files to the sdcard, but my Android phone won't let me mount the SD card with write access.
Here's what I've done in short:
(boot to ...
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SD Card as a Network drive in Wi-Fi Network?
Please help me to emulate my Phone's SD card as a network drive in my Wi-Fi network. I am able to mount it as a Media device which will only help us to play music with Windows Media Player. But I want ...
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widgets not working when app is moved to sd card
When I move my applications to the the sd card using the "Move To SD Card" feature in ICS the widgets for particular application stop working it says "Problem loading widget".Does anyone know a ...
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Everything gets saved to the phone instead of SD card
I'm using the Samsung Galaxy Gio, and my problem is that all my apps get saved to the phone, using up all the storage. I've got space left on my SD card but it doesn't want to install anything there. ...
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How to use a logical disk partition as an SD card in Android-x86
Android-x86 4.0.4 (ICS) runs beautifully on my netbook and it can even mount USB sticks as SD cards, but now I would like to use an available hard disk space (logical partition, /dev/sda7) as a ...
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Automatically un-mount SDCard safely when device is rebooted or turned off?
How can I configure my Galaxy S II so every time my device is either rebooted or turned off the SDCard is safely un-mounted because at the moment if I don't un-mount it, the files on SDCard appear as ...
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Unable to move few Apps to SD Card
I have apps such as Any.DO and AK Notepad installed in My Samsung Galaxy Y Android 2.3.6 phone. I have tried Titanium Backup and App 2 SD (move app to SD) but still not able to move these apps to the ...
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Enable/Disable automatic SD card installations in android phone
i don't know why, but in recent 3 day, my memory card goes crazy! and sometimes (3 times in a day) notify me : "damaged memory card, do you want to format it?"and when i format sd card, some ...
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App searches in wrong directory
I just installed DroidID3Tagger, however it just searches for my music files in /mnt/sdcard, my music however is in /mnt/emmc.
Is there anything I can do instead of moving the files?
I'm using CM9 ...
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SD Card fills up with GPS/*.txt files
My Galaxy ACE SD card fills up with .txt files in the GPS folder when the GPS is on. I often run out of space. This doesn't happen with my other Android phones.
How can I diagnose and fix this?
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Huge “system data” file on SD card
I am running out of space in my SD card on Android ICS and I noticed that a huge file "System data" is taking up to 500MB. Is this normal? How can I reduce its size?
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Does Android's Full Filesystem Encryption also Encrypt the SDcard?
In Android's filesystem encryption do they also encrypt the SDcard? If so Is encrypting the SDcard optional or is it encrypted by default when you choose to encrypt your device?
Here's some info ...
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How can I execute a script on the SD card and be able to pass arguments to it?
I tried executing a script on the sdcard as is because on FAT, everything is 777.
./.profile
./.profile: permission denied
I added this as the initial command for the Android shell and it executes ...
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Creating and handling an encrypted folder on sd-card for unrooted devices
I'm looking for a way to create an encrypted folder on the sd-card and provide password protected access to its contents. Ideally, this would provide a UI to encrypt new files by moving files to it ...
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App can't be moved to SD card
There was an app moved to SD card.
I did a factory reset.
Then I reinstalled the app. It was side loaded by Humble Bundle app, it's not from Google Play.
Now the app can't be moved to SD, getting ...
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Can't move certain apps to my SD card
I recently reset my phone to factory settings, because I didn't have enough space on my internal memory and I wanted to start off anew. When I started downloading apps onto my phone that I had before ...
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Virtual Sd-card won't transfer
I have a Verizon Galaxy Nexus 32GB. I've installed AOKP on it and it has been running pretty okay with no bugs etc...
But after I connected it too my Nintendo Wii I think it mounted sdcard as FAT32 ...
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ICS Mount SD all EXT4
Want to know if ICS can mount an SD when formatted as EXT4 or does it still need a FAT32 partition like Gingerbread. Googled for 30+ mins, can't find an answer.
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airdroid app FileManager doesn't access to sdCard
AirDroid is a impressive app, but I'm not able to access from pc to th SD content, only to the internal folders (also named sd card I think)
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Android Phone SD Card Problem
My Samsung Galaxy Admire phone is saying that an SD card isn't found when the SD card is inside the phone: it shows "Please insert SD Card".
What could be wrong?
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Force Google Maps to save cached maps on SD card
I am downloading a large number of map areas in Google Map for offline use. It appears that, by default, Google Map writes its cache to my phone's relatively scarce internal memory. Is there a way to ...
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Once uninstalled, is data stored by an app on SD card also removed simultaneously?
As an example - newer games once downloaded and installed from the Market (Play Store), also subsequently download extra data to a user's SD card. When one opts to uninstall said app/game, is the ...
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How can I prevent my media library from disappearing when I unmount the SD card?
I have a rooted stock HTC Rezound and frequently connect it to the computer as a USB mass storage device.  After each time I do this, once I'm disconnected and my SD card is mounted, my media library ...
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Unable to open copied files from computer to device (mount as disk drive) - HTC Desire S
I connected my phone as a disk drive and put some files ( .png ,.jpg ,.swf ) in the sdcard.
I am unable to open those files on the phone. I am unable to find those files in the gallery of the device, ...
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could someone please post a screenshot of the default file structure of the sd card for Android 2.3.5? I [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which files/folders on my SDCard are unsafe to delete manually?
I have searched the internet for what I felt would be a simple question. I have had my Evo for almost 18 ...
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How can I save a thread from Go SMS Pro to my SD card?
I have tried several things, but haven't found one that works. How can I save a message thread from Go SMS Pro to my SD card?
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How do I decrypt files on my SD card that I encrypted using the Settings?
I have files that I used to copy from my SD card to my PC using the USB Mass Storage option under the "USB connection" pop-up. I checked the flag under Settings->Location & Security->Data ...
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How to recover files from SD card on HTC Merge?
So today somehow my phone completely reset itself. I went into my local wireless office and they helped me a bit. My phone has lost all of it's contacts and apps (no biggie) but the employee told me ...
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How to find only SD card movable applications on the market?
As I do not have more free space on my HTC Desire, I am interested only in applications which can be moved to the SD card. How to find them on the market (via web interface, or on the device, does not ...
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Is it possible to reorganize the SD card? Because it is a mess in there
One of the things I hate about Android is the folder organization. Each app creates its own folder, usually in the root of the SD card. When I'm trying to find something, I have to search it through ...
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Is it possible to modify files on sd from PC without unmounting?
Motivation:
As I currently got started to put some media (music,ebook,etc..) I need to organize (add,modify,move,rename) files often but also see if the android apps are still recognizing my files ...
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Moving applications to SD card leaves some data behind [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should apps take up any internal storage when installed to SD?
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace. I have recently rooted my phone and now I can move the apps to the SD card, ...
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When should I use the SD card to store data?
In what situations should I store data on my SD card? When it is best to put data on the internal flash? Is this simply used to expand the storage or are there some situations when using it for ...
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Can I store contacts on my SD card? How?
I have 400mb of internal storage on my HTC, 100 of which is consumed by my (extensive) contacts. I am constantly low on storage--is there any way to store my contacts on my SD card?
I looked in the ...
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Why do I always lose this file?
I run a dual-booted HD2 from SDCard/HaRET with MIUI Android & stock WM6.5.
I keep a copy of this file in \Storage Card\My Documents for listening in CorePlayer and survive possible hard resets.
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Freeing up space on SD card
I'm trying to clear some space on my SD card, so I can run AnTuTu Benchmark. Also, having some extra space for music would be great. I'm assuming apps installed to your SD card can eat up free space ...
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What is the process for reformatting SD Card without breaking the current applications on my HTC Incredible?
Here's my scenario:
HTC Incredible, Rooted to MIUI, with an 8GB SD card.
I want to reformat my SD card because I have a ton of junk on it from before I rooted it, so I want to start with a clean ...
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Does Android support the Exchange ActiveSync policy “Encrypt storage card”?
Without middleware, without Google Apps, does Android support the Exchange ActiveSync policy "encrypt storage card."?
According to Wikipedia, Android doesn't support the ActiveSync command to encrypt ...
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Can I install applications onto sd card with Android 2.1? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there any way to move apps to my sd card in android 2.1 on my phone?
When I install applications, my app store to internal memory. So, i want to install my app onto ...
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Apps unavailable after upgrade to Gingerbread
I recently upgraded my HTC Incredible from Froyo to Gingerbread. Everything seems to work fine, except for several apps that had their home screen icons revert to the default Android icon and clicking ...
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Using other block device when conecting Android device to computer as USB storage
When I connect the device to computer, it makes sdcard available to it, as in card reader.
How to make it share not sdcard, but other block device or file?
