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The creation date of files changes when they are moved on the SD card mounted in the smartphone
I’m trying to organize photos and files stored on an SD card using file explorer apps on my smartphone. However, I’m facing an issue where simply moving files to another location within the SD card ...
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Can't Access internal storage after formatting SD card as internal then removing it
I integrated my SD card to use as phone memory. Everything was fine until a couple of days ago.
All of a sudden I saw the "insert SD card" notice appear on the notification bar. I open the ...
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Can I change an SD card volume serial number manually, without formatting?
My laptop runs on stable Arch Linux. My tablet is running Android 14.
I have apps that are linked to a dead card that are very difficult to change the link to. Now I do know you can randomly get a new ...
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App looking for /sdcard path, SD card path is in /storage/<alphanumeric>
I'm trying to run an app (Einstein, the Apple Newton emulator) and it is looking for the ROM image in /sdcard/Download/Einstein, but my Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ displays the sdcard path as /storage/...
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How to install GApps/Magisk any addon through the TWRP recovery to the Android Virtual Device based on Android 5.1.1 and the Nexus 10
I'm trying to install GApps/Magisk etc any addon through the TWRP recovery to the Android Virtual Device based on Android 5.1.1 and the Nexus 10. The first step that I have accomplished has been to ...
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Can someone confirm that this message is normal for an incompatible microSD card?
The first picture below shows what is displayed in the "My Files" app on a Samsung tablet after loading a microSD card into it which is formatted in a filesystem which is incompatible with ...
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MicroSD card transferring questions
I had two problems with two different MicroSD card while transferring files with the phone and vice versa.
The first happened while I was transferring files and accidentally blocked the transfer due ...
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Nokia 7.1 files encrypting, but not decrypting after adding microSDXC
I have a Nokia 7.1 that had some existing photos, videos and other misc files.
I added a micro SDXC card and accepted the option to use it as internal storage, with the option of migrating the ...
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Can't view SD card used as internal storage
OK, I probably screwed myself here but here's hoping:
I was using an SD card as portable storage until I got fed up of my internal storage constantly filling up thanks to a game getting updates every ...
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What does sdcardfs do exactly?
A lot of Android devices out there use sdcardfs to implement external storage. The actual storage (in the case where primary external storage is actually internal) is on the data partition in /data/...
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What happens with phone with no SD storage (only GoogleDrive) when you don't have cellphone/internet signal? And how much data does transfer takes?
I have a S8 android phone with microSD card where all my pictures are stored. Now I need to change phone, and I've just learned the recent phones don't have microSD slot and all goes to Cloud Storage ...
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Since the worsening in Android, many apps do not work more; is there a workaround (Android 12 on Galaxy 10+)?
The various apps show a preparing window saying, like, Permissions are to be granted in the next window (examples), do grant permissions by ...
[See my first screenshot].
Then the app switches to ...
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Installing .apk to Android 5 Device (Zebra TC70) from web browser (2024)
If possible, I would like to avoid using the Android Playstore and point the we browser to the External SD card for installation.
I tried call the following URL in the Chrome browser:
file:///sdcard/
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Specific SD card not detected in a specific phone
So, I had an SD card (16GB). It works normally on my phone. I put it on PC to transfer some files, and now my phone doesn't detect it being inserted.
other phones detect this SD card normally
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Android freezes on all apps - SD card
My Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro has been troubling me for the last few days.
During usage, the app froze and no new app could be opened again, reboots didn't help.
While troubleshooting I noticed, only ...
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How to encrypt data in additional memory?
I add extra memory to my Android Phone of Poco X3
I understand it's complicated to format that extra memory as another internal and I can't really put programs over there.
But can I at least got the ...
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"Can't write to SD card" error message when trying to read from SD card
I've found from online that the "Can't write to SD card" error message often means the card is busted. I would back up everything into my OneDrive, but it doesn't even read anymore. I still ...
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Configure ZArchiver app to continue operation on error & write log file
I use Samsung Galaxy S10+ on Android 12. In the phone, a 256 GB SD card is plugged in. A USB hub is connected to the USB-C OTG of the phone. In a USB-A, the USB stick is plugged in. For the target, I ...
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Can I use an sd card as internal storage with android 8.0
I have a Samsung galaxy s7 with android 8.0. I've put a 64gb microsd in it. I wanted to use the card to store apps on but it's not working.
I'm trying to move a game of about 11gb on to the card but ...
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Use USB attached SD card in gallery
When traveling I usually only have my tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+) with me but not a real PC. So to have a quick check of the pictures I took during the day with my DSLR camera I'd love to use the ...
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SD Card crashing settings but being detected
I ran out of storage on my:
Oukitel WP20 running Android 12
and so I decided to get a 512GB Micro SD Card from SanDisk.
My previous one was a 128GB from SanDisk aswell.
So I backed everything up, ...
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How to replace the adopted SD card without reformatting the entire phone?
I currently have a Fairphone 4 and a 1 TB SD card. It was set up as shared internal storage. Over the past few weeks, I've been having random crashes on the phone which I think may be down to the SD ...
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How does an A2-rated microSD card perform as adoptable storage in 2023?
Here's a small backstory. A relative of mine owns a pretty low end Android phone (Redmi 9T) running Android 12. They got the 64gb storage variant which, of course, wasn't the best idea since there was ...
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Force enable encryption for portable SD card
There should be an option to encrypt SD card (formatted as portable) in the settings, but some manufacturers disable it while some (e.g. Samsung) have it enabled. If that is a built-in Android feature ...
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Shared folder on BlissOS 15 (Android 12L) based on 9p virtio in qemu
Using Qemu I managed to run BlissOS almost perfectly.
For the record this is my script to install and launch BlissOS with Qemu
(I use also an additional USB stick for storage to be able later on to ...
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SD card internal storage - photos not showing in Photos - how do I format/unmount safely to not lose WhatsApp history?
The storage on my Android 11 phone (Fairphone 3) was running out so I mounted a Lexar micro SD card to increase storage. I now realise this was a mistake but not knowing any better I formatted it as ...
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Photos and videos vanished from "second space" on Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
I have (for 2 years) the "second space" in use (Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro, MIUI 12.5.8.0 RJZEUXM, updated about 1 year ago), and it works wonderfully - two separate phones in one. But because ...
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How to mount a folder/partition as USB device for a computer
I have one phone that upon plugged into a computer, shows up as an MTP device. The SD card and the internal storage are visible on the computer. I can also change it to only mount the SD card and then ...
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Cloning encrypted ext4 partition
I have a micro SD card adopted by an Android 8 Oreo phone as internal storage extension, so it has two encrypted ext4 partitions: android_meta and android_expand. I've cloned those partitions into the ...
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Shrinking encrypted ext4 partition
I have a micro SD card adopted by an Android phone as internal storage extension. While being adopted it was partitioned/formatted by the phone with two ext4 partitions: android_meta and ...
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Changing cluster size of SD card formatted as exFAT from 128KiB to some lower value?
I'm using an app that allows me to download data for offline usage. The app is setup to store the data on my 64GB SD card. This all works fine, however, when I downloaded a larger set of data, i.e. ...
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Is there any use on adding extra memory space on your android without rooting or anything fancy?
Say I want to add extra memory to my Android. Well, it turns out the only way to move apps to that extra space is to root first.
So if not for apps or anything, what should we use the extra space for?
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Manually moving an app back to internal storage
I am using Android 11 on a Fairphone 3. I have added a microSD card that I use as storage for apps, and have some apps installed on the SD card. But some of those apps does not work properly, these ...
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How to move the entire termux to sdcard
i have seen multiple posts but non helped.
i have root access and i want to put the whole termux on my 32GB sdcard because i have a very limited internal storage (8GB) and most of it is used by the ...
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Apps suddenly unable to access SD card for seemingly no reason
SOLVED (see accepted answer)
So this one is weird.
Everything was working fine untill I rebooted my phone earlier today.
For some reason, since this reboot, apps are unable to access my SD card ...
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Move Android Apps to SD card storage
On Android phones / tablets that have an SD card, when you go to Apps, pick an App, then select Storage, some will have a "Change" option to allow you to seamlessly move that app over to the ...
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Some audio files won't delete or play on my alcatel phone
I copied audio files (music) from my desktop computer to my alcatel.
I only have internal storage,
It seems the ones I copied on a specific day won't play. Message is "We cannot play this file&...
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How to recover files from a healthy microSD card in Android?
I accidentally deleted important documents (about 100 PDFs) that weren't backed up yet from a 64 GB microSD card, which is used as the primary storage in my unrooted Android 9.0 smartphone. The ...
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How to move most of my app in poco to sd card?
I bought SD card. However, the SD card is completely useless. I cannot move any apps to that.
Sure I can store some files there but that means it doesn't get filled automatically.
My main memory is ...
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Android 128GB micro SD does not show up in Windows 11
I have a Motorola Moto G7 Supra with a 128GB SD card. The USB port is broken. I tried to put the SD card in an adapter and it did not read or recognize it. I have a 32GB card that reads in the adapter ...
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After Deleting .thumbdata file all images in sd card are corrupted
I am suffering from media corruption on my SD Card, I have deleted .thumbdata file on my android phone (Samsung J7 Prime) to freeup space on sd card but after deletion all files are corrupted and ...
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Change SD card back to normal storage
I was cleaning up some files on my phone and saw that I have the SD card set as internal storage. As I understand it, this means that the SD card is considered part of the Android filesystem.
This SD ...
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Reformat SD Card from internal to portable
Device: Redmi Note 11
I formatted a SanDisk SD card as internal, using the Android's native file app (com.google.android.documentsui) but now I can't see the card anywhere.
However when inserted, the ...
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I deleted my .asec files, what happened to the apps on my SD-card?
I have a phone with Android 4.4 kitkat and a 32GB SD card on which I had noticed the .android_secure folder was taking up 1.5GB of storage so I decided to free up some storage. There were apps in the ...
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Using LADB: "sm partition" does not show any differnce in internal storage
Using LADB (Local ADB Shell App) i tried turning my SD card into expandable internal storage (or adoptable storage, which isnt availabe on my samsung).
I am unfortunatly not able to connect my phone ...
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Which filesystem should I use on my SD Card?
I have a 1 TB SD Card in a Fairphone 3 running the latest Lineage.
Recently I had issues with random reboots and now found out that my SD Card is formatted with FAT32, which might cause troubles on ...
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Will "Apply update from SD card" delete my data?
Will I lose my data when using Recovery's Apply update from SD card option? And, if so, will I lose data on the phone, on the memory card or everywhere else?
Phone: Samsung SM-A107F/DS (Galaxy A10s)
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Samsung Tab S6 Lite saying "Not Enough Space" when I try to switch storage to SD card for apps in a non-administrator user account
To add to what the title says, I have no problem when I am in the user account on the Samsung Tab S6 Lite to switch apps that are coded for such to be on the SD card that I have installed in this ...
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Why is an OTG not detected when a micro SD card is already inserted in the device?
I have tried this on both Realme XT running Android 11 and Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ running Android 12.
Whenever there's a micro SD card inserted and I attach a USB drive/SD card from my camera via OTG, ...
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Androids 8,9, 12 format SD card to "read only" - only for non-android devices
I formatted two different SD cards with Android 8, 9 and 12. In all cases, the SD cards are write protected for my laptop (SD card reader) - but not for the Phones, or when connecting phone via USB. ...
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