[Q] TWRP doesn't see external SD card - Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble

I have a T320 Tab Pro 8.4 with this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2698460 and with TWRP 2.7.0.1.
I have a 32GB external micro SD card which has been formatted in the tab itself. Also the platform.xml file has been edited to allow write access to the card, which works properly eg using Astro to copy files.
Problem is, TWRP can't see the external SD card. When I select external_sd in the TWRP file manager it does not show the files and folders there. If I backup using Online Nandroid Backup and try to save it to external SD, it instead goes to some obscure directory in the internal storage.
Any help much appreciated!

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droidmark said:
I have a T320 Tab Pro 8.4 with this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2698460 and with TWRP 2.7.0.1.
I have a 32GB external micro SD card which has been formatted in the tab itself. Also the platform.xml file has been edited to allow write access to the card, which works properly eg using Astro to copy files.
Problem is, TWRP can't see the external SD card. When I select external_sd in the TWRP file manager it does not show the files and folders there. If I backup using Online Nandroid Backup and try to save it to external SD, it instead goes to some obscure directory in the internal storage.
Any help much appreciated!
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Here's a little followup for anyone who might have similar issue. I thought I had solved this problem by reformatting the card in the tablet; it was then recognized in various apps that had been a problem before. However, a few days later the card was shown as blank/unformatted. At that point I did some additional testing and determined that it was a counterfeit 32GB card, based on an actual 8GB card. I was able to get a refund and ordered a new 64GB card. Caveat emptor!

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no sd card after flashing ics

yesterday i flashed ics on my a100
i followed the instructions here and it worked
then I did a factory data reset and rooted my a100.
but now the problem:
when I connect my tablet to the pc, I see the internal storage and the sd card. on my a100 I see the internal storage and the sd card, too. but the sd card shows not the correct data. for example I have two videos on the sd card, but can't see them. the same with apk's. when I put them on the internal storage, I can see them with a file explorer(I tried different...ever the same). but the sd card is recognized, when I unmount and mount it.
can someone help me?
EDIT: I formatted my sd card. in the settings it shows that the sd card ist empty. but when I start a file explorer, it shows folders on the sd card. it seems like the file explorer apps didn't update the sd card file system??
Its worth noting that file explorer apps from the market default to /mnt/sdcard which is in fact your internal storage, if using astro you can navigate to /mnt/external_sdcard which is in fact your SD card
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that awkward moment when you notice...
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before I flashed ICS I had no problem. ...learning from mistakes

About no SD Card

So I got my Nexus and realized there is no SD Card slot; but 16GB is more than enough. However, I start to encounter issues regarding this.
1) I bought Titanium Backup and I am suppose to put the files under the Titanium folder in the external memory (which is usually the SD card). Now when I go into USB connection, there's only internal memory on PC. How do I solve this issue
2) Where do I find the application datas?
theonlyhan said:
So I got my Nexus and realized there is no SD Card slot; but 16GB is more than enough. However, I start to encounter issues regarding this.
1) I bought Titanium Backup and I am suppose to put the files under the Titanium folder in the external memory (which is usually the SD card). Now when I go into USB connection, there's only internal memory on PC. How do I solve this issue
2) Where do I find the application datas?
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When you connect to a PC, you essentially see the virtual "SDcard" of the device. Everything works the same as if you had an SDcard, you just don't have to deal with partitions or mounting.

[Q] Titanium Backup 6.1.4.3 and Lg G Pad 8.3

Hi is anyone else having an issue with TB not showing external SD card or some features like convert system app to regular app?
See my post in the other threads regarding not being able to write to external SDCard...
RiPpeR_dUdE said:
See my post in the other threads regarding not being able to write to external SDCard...
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HI, Thanks for responding I can write to the sd card. it just not showing up in titanium
jionny said:
HI, Thanks for responding I can write to the sd card. it just not showing up in titanium
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OK, mine is working fine, try this...
From preferences, select Backup Folder Location, hit the back arrow twice until you get a listing of folders; "emulated", "sdcard0" and "sdcard1" (this is your external SD), select "sdcard1" then create new folder, create the new TitaniumBackup folder and you should be good.
RiPpeR_dUdE said:
OK, mine is working fine, try this...
From preferences, select Backup Folder Location, hit the back arrow twice until you get a listing of folders; "emulated", "sdcard0" and "sdcard1" (this is your external SD), select "sdcard1" then create new folder, create the new TitaniumBackup folder and you should be good.
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Thanks again Ripper but I did that already, it did change my backups to sd card and shows that in titanium under backup directory however it does not show my sd card at the bottom of titanium. It should be system rom then internal& media and then ext sd card listed. ext sd card is not listed
jionny said:
Thanks again Ripper but I did that already, it did change my backups to sd card and shows that in titanium under backup directory however it does not show my sd card at the bottom of titanium. It should be system rom then internal& media and then ext sd card listed. ext sd card is not listed
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The only time I saw this was when I could not write to the external SDCard, once I fixed that mine is showing correctly. If you can write to your external SD, you may have another issue.
Screenshot for reference showing both internal and external SDCard....
RiPpeR_dUdE said:
Screenshot for reference showing both internal and external SDCard....
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yea weird and instead of saying sdcard1 mines says external_SD card..... it works fine just its weird it does'nt show at the bottom thanks again for your responses and help ripper
jionny said:
yea weird and instead of saying sdcard1 mines says external_SD card..... it works fine just its weird it does'nt show at the bottom thanks again for your responses and help ripper
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also found out its not the sdcard the sdcard is a sandisk sdxc 64gb i switched it with the one in my phone which is a 32gb adata and it still doesnt show external sd card listing at bottom of titanium backup... well at least now i know its not the card
jionny said:
also found out its not the sdcard the sdcard is a sandisk sdxc 64gb i switched it with the one in my phone which is a 32gb adata and it still doesnt show external sd card listing at bottom of titanium backup... well at least now i know its not the card
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TB is the same for my G Pad with a Samsung 64GB card. Sure you can specify the external card as a backup location, but presumably TB can't automatically identify it as the external card. I imagine TB needs an update for the G Pad memory architecture (path naming).
tdodd said:
TB is the same for my G Pad with a Samsung 64GB card. Sure you can specify the external card as a backup location, but presumably TB can't automatically identify it as the external card. I imagine TB needs an update for the G Pad memory architecture (path naming).
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tdodd may I ask what rom you are running I am on stock and I applied the fix and it didnt do anything still can't write to sd card
jionny said:
tdodd may I ask what rom you are running I am on stock and I applied the fix and it didnt do anything still can't write to sd card
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I'm running the stock LG ROM. The card is formatted as exFAT, as supplied from Amazon.
tdodd said:
I'm running the stock LG ROM. The card is formatted as exFAT, as supplied from Amazon.
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my titanium backup shows the same as you displayed but I still Cant move apps to sd card and titanium backup does not recognize ext sd card on opening screen but I noticed from a previous post that yours does
jionny said:
my titanium backup shows the same as you displayed but I still Cant move apps to sd card and titanium backup does not recognize ext sd card on opening screen but I noticed from a previous post that yours does
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I do not move apps to the SD card. I have no need or reason to. My TB overview screen does not show the external card. Those things do not prevent me writing to the card - it is writeable. Maybe I do not understand the problem. For me there is no problem.
EDIT - OK, now I think I understand - TB does not see the external card so it cannot report on its status and cannot move apps to it. In all other respects the card works as one would expect. As I said in my first post, it seems like TB needs updating in order to discover the card as mounted by the G Pad. Either that or use some sort of folder mount app to mount the external card where TB can find it.
tdodd said:
I do not move apps to the SD card. I have no need or reason to. My TB overview screen does not show the external card. Those things do not prevent me writing to the card - it is writeable. Maybe I do not understand the problem. For me there is no problem.
EDIT - OK, now I think I understand - TB does not see the external card so it cannot report on its status and cannot move apps to it. In all other respects the card works as one would expect. As I said in my first post, it seems like TB needs updating in order to discover the card as mounted by the G Pad. Either that or use some sort of folder mount app to mount the external card where TB can find it.
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CORRECT.... thanks for answering my questions
I noticed this also yesterday when I was on Stock ROM with TiBU. I thought my device was bad but on CM11 TiBU works as normal with the external SD. LG ROM is wonky.
wpbear said:
I noticed this also yesterday when I was on Stock ROM with TiBU. I thought my device was bad but on CM11 TiBU works as normal with the external SD. LG ROM is wonky.
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Thanks for the info. I had a feeling it was LG's ROM
I've been looking more deeply into this, but I don't have the skills to come up with a solution. However, I have a feeling the problem stems from Android itself and while some manufacturers may have implemented their own workarounds it seems that LG has not. Here is an article which outlines the basis of the problem (if I am right).
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...continues-to-shun-sd-cards-multiuser-support/
No help to offer other than to share my experience - I stuck my SD card in the G Pad to restore my app data and have no problems with it. TB restored them from the SD card. I've also been using TB repeatedly to back up and restore Injustice Gods Among Us on my SD card (30 times a day) with no problems.
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LeighR said:
No help to offer other than to share my experience - I stuck my SD card in the G Pad to restore my app data and have no problems with it. TB restored them from the SD card. I've also been using TB repeatedly to back up and restore Injustice Gods Among Us on my SD card (30 times a day) with no problems.
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The problem has nothing to do with backups and restores. It is the inability to move apps to the external SD card. TB gives no clues to the problem - no helpful messages - but other app2sd type apps complain about the way storage is arranged, saying that external storage is emulated. Clearly that is nonsense, because the external SD card it's a very real physical storage device, but I think that multi user support has screwed thing up, as per the article I linked to earlier.
FWIW I have managed to get TB to show the external card on the overview screen by creating a folder in /mnt and using foldermount to point the folder to the external card, but it does not survive a reboot and does not overcome the problem with moving apps to external storage. Maybe foldermount could be used to move large data folders to the external card for apps such as offline navigation or games, which should free up some space from the internal storage. As I have no need to do that (yet) I have not tried.

[Q] TWRP defaults to wrong external sd path

Ok first of all I'm using dandroids latest rom and I recently installed the latest version of TWRP because Clockworkmod would not work with exfat and I read that TWRP would. So when I tried to do a backup with TWRP to my 64gb microsd card, it detected my external sd card as /storage/emulated/0 when it should really be /storage/extsdcard. Because it detected the wrong path it made a backup on my internal drive. When I use TWRP's file manager, I can navigate to the external sd path just fine and see all my files on my micro sdcard. When I click on the internal sd card button within the file manager the path shows simply sdcard. When I click on the externalsd button it shows /storage/emulated/0. How can I point the external sd to /storage/extsdcard instead of /storage/emulated/0?
Any help would be appreciated.
tacomaguy20 said:
Ok first of all I'm using dandroids latest rom and I recently installed the latest version of TWRP because Clockworkmod would not work with exfat and I read that TWRP would. So when I tried to do a backup with TWRP to my 64gb microsd card, it detected my external sd card as /storage/emulated/0 when it should really be /storage/extsdcard. Because it detected the wrong path it made a backup on my internal drive. When I use TWRP's file manager, I can navigate to the external sd path just fine and see all my files on my micro sdcard. When I click on the internal sd card button within the file manager the path shows simply sdcard. When I click on the externalsd button it shows /storage/emulated/0. How can I point the external sd to /storage/extsdcard instead of /storage/emulated/0?
Any help would be appreciated.
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Ok so I guess when I boot into recovery, I can choose the external sd card but not straight from the app icon. Its weird, but it works. I just have to boot to recovery first.
What App are you referring to ?
Try Nandroid manager to mange your Backups.
Perseus71 said:
What App are you referring to ?
Try Nandroid manager to mange your Backups.
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TWRP is what I was talking about. works great from recovery but not so much from within android. Maybe its just the Rom I'm running or something. I was more concerned with pointing recovery at my micro sd location where my nandroid backups are saved.
Can you Re-flash latest TWRP version for your Device ?

Deleted files from SD card but empty space the same

Hi
I have the Galaxy tab S 10.5 SM-T800 with stock rom
and when I delete files from EXTERNAL SD Card the space doesn't get affected by the deletion, I did that from both samsung stock file manager or from Samsung videos app of course because the device is not rooted
I've tried that for many times and still the same space (deleted files more than 2 GB)
I've tried also hooking the EXTERNAL SD Card to the PC using a card reader and removed couple of large files and the empty space increased perfectly but not from the Tab itself
I think you may be deleting stuff from the internal sdcard and not external.
ashyx said:
I think you may be deleting stuff from the internal sdcard and not external.
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Excuse me? I'm not following
I'm deleting from SD Card (The external SD Card) not the internal memory
As I stated I tried this from both the tab, and attaching the SD Card to a reader and plug into the PC
The external sd card is called something like ext_sd on the tab s. The internal storage is called sdcard.
Make sure you are deleting from the correct directory.
ashyx said:
The external sd card is called something like ext_sd on the tab s. The internal storage is called sdcard.
Make sure you are deleting from the correct directory.
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Seriously !!
Maybe the sd card is busted try a other one

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