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Stop Android from creating folders on a media player external USB drive
I have an X96 media player running Android 11. Whenever I attach an external USB drive or SD card, Android will create a bunch of directories, an "Android" one (this I know about), but also &...
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Connecting HDD to PC having copied files to HDD from phone triggers error check
I have a brand new, formatted with exFAT 1TB external hard drive which I'm connecting to my phone via a USB hub. I can copy files to it no problem.
However when I connect to my Windows 7 PC it says ...
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How to organize photos from Camera folder in to folders sorted by month names?
For various reasons, I often end up pulling photos of my phones by connecting the USB connection to a computer and extracting what I need.
The problem I am facing is that my DCIM/100ANDRO folder is ...
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Why are third party apps entirely excluded from USB OTG since Android 7?
Android KitKat rendered SD cards next to useless for writing, but did not affect USB-OTG at all.
Android 6.0 put USB OTG into read-only, which can be a good thing, but sometimes, I want to write to ...
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basic android file system
I have a samsung galaxy 8, new to android from iphone 7. Since this system is new to me I wanted to get a rundown on the internal/sd storage files, where system files are stored, how to find apps and ...
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googleota directory on SD what is it? A duplication of DCIM folder, or else?
In my Android device I set the default location of file (photos, video, etc.) to be saved to SD memory card. Recently I had some problems with my phone/SD-card and did a backup of the SD files to my ...
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Cannot copy files from internal storage to external SD
Device: Moto X Play Stock (6.0.1) with external SD as portable storage
Prior to rooting (recently), transfer both ways (internal and external SD and vice versa was not a problem)
After, rooting, it ...
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Moving /storage/sdcard0 from NAND to a removable MicroSD card: will it break anything?
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I own a Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G running Android 4.1.2. It comes with 8 GB of built-in NAND flash, which is almost full by now. Luckily, it also has a MicroSD card slot.
My ...
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With stock lollipop, how do I edit/copy/paste/move file onto the external sd card?
I have the stock Google Play Edition of the LG G Pad 8.3. It is essentially a nexus device, stock lollipop, but also has an SD card slot.
I want to use ES File Explorer to manage files on the SD ...
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Ebook reader: open file (and the overall problem with closed source, dumbed-down app ecosystem)
I am a long-time, experienced Linux user, but I am a newbie android user. I am struggling with android: it seems the OS has been dumbed down so much for regular users, that even the simplest ...
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Receiving an EACCESS Permission denied error when copying files to ExtSDCard
My ExtSDCard has begun to act funny over the past few days. I have downloaded and used a few file managers in the past, and my current favorite is ES File Manager. However, over the past few days, I ...
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Files deleted from SD card are restored after restart
I use my sd to watch movies, everything was working fine, suddenly every time I reboot my tab the deleted files are back in the sd card.
I tried to format and still same issue, the deleted files are ...
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How do I make /sdcard link point to external SD Card on Android 4.4.2?
I've got a Samsung GT-I9505 phone with Google Edition Rom installed. As my phone comes with 16Gb internal storage, I bought a 32Gb microSD. However, the phone still uses emulated SD card to store all ...
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Is hpns folder in external sd-card safe to delete?
I searched on the web and stack exchange forums a lot. But, could not find a solution therefore I am posting a question at last.
I have a Micro max canvas Plus2. My external SD-card is of 3.63 GB ...
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How to prevent Android from creating LOST.DIR on SD card?
After the phone restarts, there is a LOST.DIR folder created on the external SD card. Is it possible not to create this folder if nothing is lost?
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Copy all sdcard contents to larger sdcard
Recently I've run out of room on my small (2GB) sdcard. What I want to do is copy all the contents of this card onto something a little larger. I have an FTP server (the one that comes with ES File ...
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SD card directory is "split" on new phone
I moved from a Samsung Mesmerize (Galaxy S, Android 2.2) to a Motorola Electrify (Android 2.3) and the Electrify is reading my SD card differently. My old data is now stored in /mnt/sdcard-ext instead ...
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How to copy a file into Micro SD via USB in Android?
How can I copy a file into micro SD of an Android phone connected via USB to a PC with Windows?
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