Questions tagged [sd-card]
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'.
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Best file system for an external SD card
I have a Galaxy S5 with Android 5 and got a new 64 GB SD card. What is the best file system for the SD card? FAT32 is not an option because I want files >4GB. Which file system offers the best ...
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How can I get my Android Phone to use its SD card by default?
I've installed an Android ROM on my HTC HD2, and it's working smoothly and responsively. I've gotten calling, SMS, MMS and internet to work flawlessly. I do however have one small problem. With only ...
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How can I can open local files in the default Android browser?
I want to open local files that are on my sdcard in the Android browser. How can I accomplish this?
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What are the drawbacks of moving an app to SD card? [duplicate]
Since I upgraded to Android 2.2, I noted some minor disadvantages of moving an app to SD card, like having to wait the SD card to be mounted after a reboot to be able launch the app.
What other ...
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How to transfer files between BlueStacks and Windows PC?
I'm using BlueStacks App Player. Sometimes I need to transfer files between BlueStacks (SD card) from/to my Windows.
I seem to find the file that stores the data in the SD card on <BLUESTACKS_DATA&...
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What's the difference between "sd card" and "usb storage"?
Under Settings -> Storage, I see entries for both "SD card" and "USB storage". What's the difference? What should I be using each of those for?
In addition, how can I control what data goes where? ...
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Why did /sdcard/ turn into /sdcard/0/ with 4.2?
I've never seen this before so I'm assuming that it happened when I upgraded to 4.2: I'm fairly certain that /sdcard/ used to take me straight to my sdcard, but now when I go to that path (in CWM ...
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My adoptable storage is full. How can I move the data to a bigger MicroSD card?
I've got a Moto G 2014 LTE running CM13. When I found out about the whole 'adopt SD card as internal storage' thing, I was quite excited, as the actual internal storage on this phone is tiny. I set up ...
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How to install APK files on SDCARD?
I have samsung galaxy 3 (I5801). I have downloaded many APK files from internet. I have no problem in installing APK files. By default when APK file is selected it installs itself to phone memory. I ...
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Does ClockworkMod Recovery's "Wipe Data" command also wipe the SD card?
I've been playing with rooting and custom ROMs for a while now. I'm fairly comfortable and knowledgable about it all. However there is one thing I haven't really found the answer for nor have I gotten ...
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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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Why do apps get smaller when they are moved to the SD card?
For example, the Barcode Scanner app takes up:
Total: 0.96MB
Application: 0.92MB
Data: 40KB
on the phone. When I move it to the SD Card, it changes to:
Total: 524KB
Application: 484KB
Data: 40KB
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Is it possible to mount on a PC an SD card that has been encrypted by an Android Marshmallow device?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 duos with stock Android Marshmallow, and I'm considering encrypting my SD card to prevent access to its contents in case I lose my phone. The main reason of not doing this ...
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List of special Android SD card folders?
I've seen mention of special folders on the SD card such as "ringtones" and "notifications" .
What is the full list of special folders recognized by Android's (Froyo preferred) configuration and its ...
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How to allow apps to delete SD card content
I have Android version 5.0 on two different devices and on both, if I delete any user content (e.g. photos, music) stored on the SD card it appears to be removed but moments later reappears exactly as ...
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How can I determine the SD card's path?
I'm on a Thinkpad with Android 4.0.2 trying to open an HTML file on an SD card, using the default browser. Answers here have indicated you should access file:///mnt/sdcard, file:///mnt/sdcard-ext, ...
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Clone Android device including the content of SD card
I have to clone about 65 Android devices (Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N). I would do it with a backup in CyanogenMod, but the problem with the Cyanogen Backup is, it does not back up the SD card.
Any other ...
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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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adb "Permission denied" to run a "./configure" file
I need to run a configure file into my android phone so I think the best way to do this is to use the adb shell command.
I'm running an Android emulator onto a Windows-7 platform, and there I'm ...
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"Format as Internal Storage" option no longer available
When I first inserted my SD card, it showed a notification with an "options button." I proceeded to format the card as external, portable storage, although the system storage format option was ...
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Which files/folders on my SDCard are unsafe to delete manually?
I've had my Droid for nearly a year now, and in the process of installing and uninstalling apps, moving data to and from my SDCard, and all the various things one does with a phone the SDCard has ...
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Workaround for Android 4.4 not being able to write to SD cards?
Yesterday I upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S4 to Android 4.4 KitKat and had the bad surprise that it cannot write to my SD card anymore... I know this problem is widely documented everywhere, but has any ...
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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
shell@android:/...
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Is it possible to use an Android phone in "disk mode"?
If I connect an iPhone to a PC it is not possible to copy files between the PC and the iPhone. I would like to be able to do this because it would be useful.
What happens if I connect an Android ...
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Should apps take up any internal storage when installed to SD?
I'm running very low on interal phone memory storage - I'm down to 5 MB of the 180 MB available. I understand that not all apps can be installed into SD card, and those will instead use up my internal ...
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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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What is the .android_secure Folder?
On my currently working Android 4.4 phone, much of my apps and data is on a MicroSDHC card and I am trying to find what to preserve and port to a new phone. As I am trying to move from an old phone to ...
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Termux write to SD card
Android 5
Termux 0.54
Not rooted, no wish to
$ pwd
/storage/sdcard1
$ id
uid=10096(u0_a96) gid=10096(u0_a96) groups=1015(sdcard_rw),1028(sdcard_r),3003(inet),9997(everybody),50096(all_a96)
$ ls -l ...
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How to mount disks of a Samsung Galaxy in a Linux System (connected with a USB cable)?
I have connected a Samsung Galaxy S i9000 to a Linux machine over the USB cable.
How can I access the disks of the galaxy from the linux machine through this cable (and not through wireless or by ...
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SSHelper: SD card Permission denied
I am unable to write to my sdcard using SSHelper:
u0_a264@MSM8974:/storage/sdcard1 $ df /storage/sdcard1
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How to prevent Android from creating "Android" and "Lost.dir" folders on external OTG storage?
If I either connect my camera using a USB cable via OTG or insert the SD card in an OTG reader connected to the phone, Android creates automatically two folders: an Android folder and a Lost.Dir ...
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Limited internal storage, how to shift stuff to sd card
Total Available Internal storage on my Sony Ericsson is ~412MB. This is really low but many apps apparently need to be installed there and others still need a footprint even after being shifted to SD ...
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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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All apps installed on my SD card have suddenly disappeared
So this is very odd.
Last night my phone rebooted itself. Nothing unusual there - it does it from time to time. However, this morning when I try to read the news I get
"Application is not ...
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"Update unsuccessful" on all apps running on SD card
I know this problem has been reported before, but man, I am really, really getting tired of it. I have not been able to update any app running from the SD card on my HTC Evo since I got it nearly 6 ...
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Move to SD Card doesn't move everything
I have noticed that when I move apps to the SD card, it doesn't move everything. Is this a bug or a known behaviour or something weird going on with my phone?
Here's an example:
Start point: Phone ...
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How do I stop apps from installing themselves to my SD-card?
It seems that some apps default to saving to SD-card when they're first installed on Froyo rather than defaulting to internal memory, this is annoying because whenever I mount the SD Card as storage ...
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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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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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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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How can I store Android apps on my SD card?
I just got my 3rd Android phone, the problem is that I must reinstall all my applications every time I get a new phone. Is there any way to store the apps on the SD card so that I can insert the new ...
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Access Samsung Galaxy S4 storage and SD card directly
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 a while ago. One annoying difference compared to my previous Android device that I've noticed on S4 is that I cannot access the internal storage and SD card directly by ...
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Why can apps access the whole SD card?
Is there a technical reason for why apps that only need their own data are not limited to one folder? I do realise that some apps use other apps' data, but I'd be much more likely to install an app ...
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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 change photo storage path for LineageOS 16's Camera app?
I am running the latest LineageOS 16.0, and have specified SD Card as my photo storage location for the built-in Camera app.
When I was using LineageOS 15.1, the app saved photos on my SD card's "...
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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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How do I access `$HOME/storage` outside of Termux (with a file explorer)?
How do I access $HOME/storage Termux directory on Android Pie with a GUI File Explorer?
In Termux I print the working directory with pwd and it shows $HOME/storage as:
/data/data/com.termux/files/...
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Is it safe to manually delete the contents of the .Trash-1000 folder on my SDCard?
Can anyone please provide an explanation (or a good resource) of how the folder /mnt/sdcard/.Trash-1000 functions and whether or not it was safe to manually delete its contents? Based on the name and ...
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What does the 'Failed to move application. Not enough memory' error mean when choosing 'Move to SD card'?
When I choose 'Settings - Applications - Manage applications' , and a 'Move to SD card' I get the 'Failed to move application. Not enough memory' error.
Anyone know why ?
I am running Froyo 2.2 on a ...
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How to make WhatsApp store media on external SD card (instead of device storage)?
I have a lot of media files circulating between all my contacts and groups in WhatsApp. And all the media (images, audio, video) takes a lot of space on the device storage (internal). I have not found ...
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