Under 5.0.1 Lollipop, how do I (or, can I) make external SD writable? The TWRP installation app claims to make that change (I think), but it didn't work.
ivanabq said:
Under 5.0.1 Lollipop, how do I (or, can I) make external SD writable? The TWRP installation app claims to make that change (I think), but it didn't work.
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Go to the playstore and search and download SDFix by NextApp and follow the instructions in the app. That should fix your external sd card problems
ivanabq said:
Under 5.0.1 Lollipop, how do I (or, can I) make external SD writable? The TWRP installation app claims to make that change (I think), but it didn't work.
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Yes you can. In recovery (twrp) go to wipe/advance wipe/ select sd and press change file system/ choose fat. When done reboot to system.
Through play store, download sdfix. This will surely help.
I was kinda wondering the same thing. I haven't tried twrp but I have used the sdfix tool as SuperSU and it says it worked. I was wondering if users like myself could get some more information on the whole write issue. Specifically! Getting a torrent program to write to the sdcard. After all why would I need root for any other reason? Please help with step by step instructions. Any experience at this is much appreciated.
So far I am luck y to have root. I am getting more familiar with adb command interface. I have been reading about rebooting and installing apk's from the boot menu but, this is all overwhelming for someone who just decided that google is a b.i.t.c.h. and it's time to jump on the xda ban wagon. So far my torrent programs either only write to internal space perfectly, or write to sdcard with small file sizes, stopping prematurely or even stopping only to refreash and start the torrent all over from zero percent. The torrent app ability is all so sketchy at best when it comes to using it with lollipop 5.0.1 lg g3.
Let me know if this is not the place for this discussion and I will delete this post and follow your link.
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I just received an e-mail from Zeedomax over at GalaxyS3Root.com with a fix for the App2SD problem on the Galaxy S3!
This will allow you to install apps to your SD card on your GS3.
I just picked up a 64gb SD card and will be enjoying all the extra space for my apps!
Here is the link: http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-t...-external-microsd-for-u-s-canadian-galaxy-s3/
Much credit goes out to Max for his awesome help on Android!
*Note, this does not use the "App2SD" app, it is just a mod that will swap where your phone stores data
Should we wipe and reinstall apps in order to take advantage?
I think that you can uninstall and then restore with Titanium Backup.
How's the performance with using the SD as the main memory?
I'm planning on using my 32gb class 10 sandisk.
feedbacks?
I didn't use it for very long because I still have room with the 16 gb that came on my phone. But when I did, it worked fine for me. I have a class 10 sdxd. If you don't like it though, it's super simple to switch back.
There thread in s3 development already??
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
Thanks op this works well
from a galaxy, far, far away.
iomega311 said:
I just received an e-mail from Zeedomax over at GalaxyS3Root.com with a fix for the App2SD problem on the Galaxy S3!
This will allow you to install apps to your SD card on your GS3.
I just picked up a 64gb SD card and will be enjoying all the extra space for my apps!
Here is the link: http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-t...-external-microsd-for-u-s-canadian-galaxy-s3/
Much credit goes out to Max for his awesome help on Android!
*Note, this does not use the "App2SD" app, it is just a mod that will swap where your phone stores data
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if i recall this is old news now i believe bout 2 or 3 weeks now......that theyve had this already, under android developement section i believe in the second page, but this is still good for people that dont kow and still wanna find it.....only problem bout this is that their is a issue with some phones that when u install this it will swap the storage but ure internal desappears thus leaving u with just the external as a new internal, so u cant access ure real internal anymore due to the lack of support.
there is a way to fix this just follow the instructions here: give thanks to android94301 for figuring out how to do it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849861&page=5
As Promised, Solved: another way to do it using Script Manager
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I didn't invent this, Zedomax adapted in from mattiadj. But most people haven't been able to get it fully working, probably due to variations in the init.d function of various ROMS. They'd be able to see the External SD card as the internal SD, but the internal SD would disappear. This method avoids using init.d, and instead uses the app Script Manager to load the script on boot.
After much fooling around, I figured out how to do it so the External SD card and the internal cards are swapped, but you can see both with any file Explorer. I got it working on CleanROM 2.0, but it should work on Beans 10 as well.
Here's how to do it: Warning, if you do not understand the following instructions, or don’t have experience doing these things, you probably don’t want to do this hack. I am not responsible if you a) brick your phone, b) delete your data, or c) get very frustrated. That being said, the most likely failure will be that you only see the one card (the External card).
Back everything up that you care about first!!!!
1. First, I'd recommend making a Nandroid backup of your phone.
2. Next, just to be extra safe, I would backup your internal SD card to your PC. While you are doing that, if you have data on the external SD card, back that up too.
3. Next, I would format your external SD card to fat 32. (You could probably use Ext format too, but I didn’t test that.)If you already have it in that format, and have content on it, this won't affect the content, but back it up just to be safe. It’s probably better to have the Ext SD blank to begin with, you can always copy back its content from your pc.
4. Next copy the contents of the internal SD to the External SD card. This is to avoid confusion about apps and such.
5. Next install script manager free from the play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...51bGwsMSwyLDNd
It will show up on your phone as S manager ads.
6. Download the mod from here: http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/G...EDOMAXv0.2.zip
7. You’ll see a folder called: 11extsd2internalsd_gs3_fat32orextfat_US_ZEDOMAXv0. 2.zip
You need to unzip the folder, then go to System/etc/init.d and copy the 11extsd2internalsd file from there to your phone. Put it into the /data directory. Use Root Explorer, and your phone will need to be rooted.
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...0directory.png)
Or you can get just the 11extsd2internalsd file here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...tsd2internalsd
8. Using Root Explorer, navigate to that file in the /data directory. Press and hold the file name until the menu pops up, and click on permissions.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...ermissions.png
(Unix geeks set them to 777, and everyone else copy the picture below. Click OK.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...ings 777.png
9. Open the script manager app, and select Browse as Root in the config screen. Tell it to remember this setting.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...and save.png
10. Navigate to the /data directory and choose the 11extsd2internalsd file that is located in /data and click on it. Click on the “Is script” button.
11. Now tap on the buttons that say Su, Boot, and Save. The file name will come up in yellow after the save.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...ter save.png
12. Reboot your phone and you should see the swap working and be able to access both internal and external SD cards. The external card will show up as sdcard, and the internal card will show up as extSDCard. Your apps should now install to the external card, since your phone will think it's the internal card. Is that confusing? It was to me too!
Good luck and please share your experiences specifying which ROM you used, so that others can avoid frustration.
Thank you’s always appreciated.
This is not working for me but thanks anyways
the dropbox links are not working... can someone specify what the setting is?
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gotnoypi said:
the dropbox links are not working... can someone specify what the setting is?
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never mind, clicking the other link above contains the working Dropbox link
So, would this also work for note2? I can't see any reason why it shouldn't.
manuarh said:
So, would this also work for note2? I can't see any reason why it shouldn't.
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Note 2 dont have init.d folder and etc is read only can create foldr or paste script
I can't set default storage!
I deleted the mode but when I want to dowload something from play store it said there isn't enough space!!
How can I bakc it???
An can I use this mod with Omega custom rom?
Anyone experiencing their s3 taking long time to charge after using this mod? Before this mod, my phone charge normally. Now it will take forever to go up 1 percent. It has been at 59% for 15min
I a made a Nandroid backup before teying anything. Then I flashed the file using recovery but now I get yhe error that I have insufficient space on my phone and O cant install anything. I restote the Nandroid backup but it is still giving me the ertot. please help!
Looks good to me!
Not working on virgin mobile galaxy s3.
Help me Plz..................:crying:
akashaakash said:
Help me Plz..................:crying:
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If you want help, so Post more Details.
Model
Rom Version
And what you have done?
bierma32 said:
If you want help, so Post more Details.
Model
Rom Version
And what you have done?
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Well Firstly,
Android Version 4.4.2..........in wich i was unable to Write nythng in th SD Card..........i cant even install an .apk file....actually i was trying to install
new updated Whatsapp........wich is nt for tablets......
Accrding to the Instruction Odin 3.07 Helpd me to gt root access......oh i forgt, th model is SM-T311 tab 3 8.0.......
aftrwrd by means of ES file Explorer......i tried to edit platform.xml file.....but i failed ...........system was not allowing me to do so.......
thn i gt an app named Nextapp SD fixer....installed.....nd again i was facing th same problm .......stuck.d in btwn.........SD card wasnt allowing me....to do so......used titaniumBackup..........for backup......thn i restartd my device.......suddenly aftr rebooting .....msg loop generated on my screen......tht com.android.systemui has stpd .......thn i decided to restore my device .....remote restore ........using android device manager.....thn also tht msg is still popping out ....com.android.systemui has stopped .......tried safe mode access also.....but tht same old story.....m nt gttng ROM version.....i cnt even open my setting panel..in my tablet.........
Check your SD card on another device. The card could have gone bad (can't write, occasional problems reading, can't format). I've had it happen to me twice.
If system files are on the SD card, read-only can cause problems. Last time I had that happen, I believe I ended up reflashing a clean stock ROM and starting over
Recommend saving app data (not the apps as one of them could be the problem) before nuking your flash though.
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Check your SD card on another device. The card could have gone bad (can't write, occasional problems reading, can't format). I've had it happen to me twice.
If system files are on the SD card, read-only can cause problems. Last time I had that happen, I believe I ended up reflashing a clean stock ROM and starting over
Recommend saving app data (not the apps as one of them could be the problem) before nuking your flash though.
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The point is Katkat v4.4.x dont allow apps to write or install in sdcard, you just change The permissions to write.
In your case , install by a clean setup The Stockrom, root it, change The Permission to write on sdcard at Platform.xml with a root Explorer.
Hey warriors!
Pls help - after installing apk and storing obb files into sd card/android/obb folder I cannot run any HD game with my G3. The application will not find the files.
My procedure:
- download apk + cache
- install apk
- place obb files into obb folder (usually the files are already in a correctly named folder, e.g. "com.pixelbite.rr3" (for recklessracing3), so I just extract and copy them from my PC over to SD card)
- run apk - it will then give me an error message, or just look for the files for eternity, or simply just crashes
I have tried couple of games - NOVA3, MC5, RecklessRacing with no luck
- is it because I am not rooted?
- is it necessary to change something in phone settings prior to installing?
- or simply what I am doing wrong?
Many thanks for your help!
leeris said:
Hey warriors!
Pls help - after installing apk and storing obb files into sd card/android/obb folder I cannot run any HD game with my G3. The application will not find the files.
My procedure:
- download apk + cache
- install apk
- place obb files into obb folder (usually the files are already in a correctly named folder, e.g. "com.pixelbite.rr3" (for recklessracing3), so I just extract and copy them from my PC over to SD card)
- run apk - it will then give me an error message, or just look for the files for eternity, or simply just crashes
I have tried couple of games - NOVA3, MC5, RecklessRacing with no luck
- is it because I am not rooted?
- is it necessary to change something in phone settings prior to installing?
- or simply what I am doing wrong?
Many thanks for your help!
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Most of the time, that stuff is stored in the /data partition which you cannot access to write to without root. The only "people" that can access and write to that area are the app itself that wrote to it initially, and an account with root access.
Some games might store some "cache" to the internal sd card, but that all depends on the app.
This is why using the cloud is so much better for game advancement, but not all games are using that.
iBolski said:
Most of the time, that stuff is stored in the /data partition which you cannot access to write to without root.
Some games might store some "cache" to the internal sd card, but that all depends on the app.
This is why using the cloud is so much better for game advancement, but not all games are using that.
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I think I got your point but what would be the safest way to install games without issues? Will rooting the device solve the problem, or is there still some work to do most of the time with every game?
And if root is OK, is there any one-click root available for G3 which is safe? I am very good at bricking the phones
leeris said:
I think I got your point but what would be the safest way to install games without issues? Will rooting the device solve the problem, or is there still some work to do most of the time with every game?
And if root is OK, is there any one-click root available for G3 which is safe? I am very good at bricking the phones
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The only other way to make this work, and you would have had to backed everything up before, is to use Helium which (without root) requires you to have a Windows or Mac client app installed on your PC and you hook up you device that way. It can then backup the data and restore it, without root. However, it only works with certain apps. Not all apps can be backed up with Helium.
As for rooting, it depends on which model of G3 you have. Overall, rooting is easy, but it depends on which version of the Android OS it's running and again, which model of G3 you are using. I don't want to go into it with this thread as it can all be discovered by going to the following FAQ thread in the OP and finding the section for rooting. There it explains which root method works on which model of phone and what version of the OS you must be on. Again, this all depends on the model of the phone you have. Here is the link to the FAQ post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/help-thread-lg-g3-question-t2947298
After that, you can use a lot of different apps to backup and restore your app and data. TiBu is the most popular one.
iBolski said:
The only other way to make this work, and you would have had to backed everything up before, is to use Helium which (without root) requires you to have a Windows or Mac client app installed on your PC and you hook up you device that way. It can then backup the data and restore it, without root. However, it only works with certain apps. Not all apps can be backed up with Helium.
As for rooting, it depends on which model of G3 you have. Overall, rooting is easy, but it depends on which version of the Android OS it's running and again, which model of G3 you are using. I don't want to go into it with this thread as it can all be discovered by going to the following FAQ thread in the OP and finding the section for rooting. There it explains which root method works on which model of phone and what version of the OS you must be on. Again, this all depends on the model of the phone you have. Here is the link to the FAQ post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/help-thread-lg-g3-question-t2947298
After that, you can use a lot of different apps to backup and restore your app and data. TiBu is the most popular one.
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But when a game with cache is officially downloaded from Google Play - this should work more or less correctly right?
leeris said:
But when a game with cache is officially downloaded from Google Play - this should work more or less correctly right?
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What? You have me confused.
What are you expecting to happen when you download an app from Google Play? Not sure what you are asking...
Hi,
I updated my G Pad 7.0 Wifi (V400) to Stock 5.0 Lollipop yesterday via OTA and everything looked fine.
I have 2 users on my tablet (one - main - for me, the other one for my girlfriend) and I noticed that the secondary user is unable to mount SDcard at all, so my gf cannot use a big part of her applications.
I already tried rebooting, mount/unmonut and remove/re-insert sdcard, next step should be a WIPE, but I'd like to know first if it's a bug or a Lollipop "security feature" or something.
If you have an updated v400, can you have a try?
Thank you very much!
Davide.
I have a V410. On stock LG kitkat no normal users are able to write to the microSD, not even the primary user. I have to enable root access to even write files to it with a file manager. No lollipop yet on the V410 (not stock anyway).
I know its not exactly what you were asking, but just thought I'd share it. LG definitely has sdcard access messed up in their roms for this tablet line, at least that has been my experience. TWRP, AROMA File Manager, and timmytim's CM12 can all use the sdcard just fine.
jason2678 said:
I have a V410. On stock LG kitkat no normal users are able to write to the microSD, not even the primary user. I have to enable root access to even write files to it with a file manager. No lollipop yet on the V410 (not stock anyway).
I know its not exactly what you were asking, but just thought I'd share it. LG definitely has sdcard access messed up in their roms for this tablet line, at least that has been my experience. TWRP, AROMA File Manager, and timmytim's CM12 can all use the sdcard just fine.
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Jason, thank you for sharing your experience but I'm facing a different issue. I try to explain it better.
With 4.4.2 I was able to move some of my applications to the sdcard (Settings --> Applications --> [app name] --> Move to SD card). Doing this with my primary user allowed me to save some internal storage space and all of my users could play games that were previously moved to the sdcard.
Now with 5.0.2 everything is fine with my primary user, but with my second user I can't see sdcard at all... I see all my moved application in the drawer as a "generic Android icon", and if I try to launch them I get the "SD card removed" popup error.
I know that in a major upgrade like Kitkat->Lollipop a clean installation with full wipe is required, but I asked if someone with Lollipop could try my same scenario in order to check if this is a common Lollipop "feature" (making a wipe useless) or just a bug due to messy upgrade.
Thanks in advice to everybody for your help.
Just to share my personal solution with all of you: I tried a full wipe with no results. At the end I decided to switch to CM12.1 and this solved my problem.
my friend i have 2 problem with android 6
1 i cant access my sd card to read or write in adm
2 this version of android for all program question to access allow deny . its very bad for all program question allow deny
Plllllz hellp me to fix it .
Thx
Can't open file in adm . Not access
Hy ,
i think you need to format your sd card with android 6 (take a back uo before ^^)
hossputer said:
my friend i have 2 problem with android 6
1 i cant access my sd card to read or write in adm
2 this version of android for all program question to access allow deny . its very bad for all program question allow deny
Plllllz hellp me to fix it .
Thx
Can't open file in adm . Not access
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welcome to Marshmallow You can't read/write to your ext SDcard anymore, ask Samsung why. you can fix Titanium Backup (Search XDA).
TWRP can read/write, Root Explorer too. it's a hell of a mess, i'm back on Lollipop right now
i'm in 6.0 with my all devices and all can read/write the sd card , you need give allow autorisation at the application want , one time and will never ask
TWRP
zip install
xposed framework
module enable
extSD fix
forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=18828
kaodd said:
welcome to Marshmallow You can't read/write to your ext SDcard anymore, ask Samsung why. you can fix Titanium Backup (Search XDA).
TWRP can read/write, Root Explorer too. it's a hell of a mess, i'm back on Lollipop right now
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maybe I'm not quite getting it. does that mean that if you have music, document or movie on your sd card thar you cant play it??
lost extsd support
Guys pls help.
ive flashed 6.0.1 official n rooted my tab sm-t700 and tried foldermount.I tried the patch for sdcard but it gave an error.Now after reboot it wont detect my extsd cards.Ive tried restoring the /system/bin/sdcard and /system/bin/vold files with no success.I guess they are modified somewhat.Can anybody share the original untouched sdcard and vold files for SM-T700 please?
kaodd said:
welcome to Marshmallow[emoji14] You can't read/write to your ext SDcard anymore, ask Samsung why. you can fix Titanium Backup (Search XDA).
TWRP can read/write, Root Explorer too. it's a hell of a mess, i'm back on Lollipop right now
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MM and Samsung roms fully support reading and writing to the sdcard. All that is required is for the app to ask for authorisation.
If it doesn't ask it's a bad app.
ADM also works fine with MM and sdcard.