How come when i use astro it shows the files on board memory? If i use root explorer i have to go to sdcard ext to see the files. Is there anyway to change the default?
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If its like the Droid 3, internal memory is mounted as /sdcard while the actual microsd card is mounted as /sdcard-ext.
The D3 was the same (I've got one of those) only it didn't come with a 16GB external micro SD. So it's got that going for it.
Same thing on the X2 :/
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So far I have tried linda, astro, and root explorer.
When I try and click on the sd card it is showing me the 8gig partition share on the phone that is set up for app installs.
None of the file manager programs, besides the stock one on the phone, are properly showing the sd card.
Anyone else notice this?
Working fine for me. Root explorer included
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The internal drive is 16GB
Once formatted to FAT, is gets reduced to just over 15GB
Then the OS is placed on the drive in a separate partition which takes up roughly about 4GB bringing that once 16GB drive down again to about 11GB
The remaining partition is partitioned once again to create an internal storage area similar to the SDCARD partition on the XOOM, as well an an application area where programs are pre-installed to.
That is why your internal storage area says only 8GB
The numbers I used are not exact but are rough estimates.
you just have to look around in it. both sd cards are there. its just not as simple as the stock one. my xoom is the same way.
dellenrules said:
The internal drive is 16GB
Once formatted to FAT, is gets reduced to just over 15GB
Then the OS is placed on the drive in a separate partition which takes up roughly about 4GB bringing that once 16GB drive down again to about 11GB
The remaining partition is partitioned once again to create an internal storage area similar to the SDCARD partition on the XOOM, as well an an application area where programs are pre-installed to.
That is why your internal storage area says only 8GB
The numbers I used are not exact but are rough estimates.
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This is exactly right. Is there a way to use any file managers then? They are all being fooled into thinking the internal storage is the sd card when it obviously isnt.
I have found no setting or way thus far to point the file manager apps to the actual sd card instead of the internal partition.
its a messed up sytem if they gave us more memory then it wouldnt b so bad.
not at the moment. either devoplers will have to modify there apps or a custom rom is needed to remap the memory.
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This is exactly right. Is there a way to use any file managers then? They are all being fooled into thinking the internal storage is the sd card when it obviously isnt.
I have found no setting or way thus far to point the file manager apps to the actual sd card instead of the internal partition.
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I actually found a temporary solution to this.. If you are rooted of course since you need to be to do anything useful on this thing.
I used root explorer for this.
For whatever reason they decided to name the internal memory application partition, to sdcard... This is why the file manager apps are getting confused.
The real sdcard is named sdcard-ext...
So All I did was rename sdcard (which is the internal partition), then I renamed sdcard-ext to sdcard. The file manager programs then pointed towards the actual sdcard..
However, upon reboot the folders renamed themselves back to the way they were... Not sure why they are doing that but they are...
If the folders would stop renaming themselves back the above method would be a solution for this prob.
In addition to the above, I dont know if astro has this feature, but on linda you can create a shortcut to the card and place it as a shortcut directly to the folder.
Wish it was possible to get the source to these apps. Could likely edit it and point it towards the proper folder.
Root explorer will allow you to view everything. If your phone is rooted you could edit them with this app as well.
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The SD Card is actually sd-ext in file managers sdcard is the internal
everytime i download a file or anything from the web, instead of creating a download folder in the root of the SD card, it created one under the Internal Storage....how can i make the SD card to be my Default storage?
SDcard is internal, SDcard-ext is the external card. Haven't seen anyway to default downloads to the external card.
there has to be a way to make the Micro SD card to be the default for downloads and what not. All my other phones have created subfolders under the MicroSD card.
I do not want to use my internal 8gb to save PDF files when i download them from the internet. I want to use my 32GB MicroSD card like it does on other phones...
This has been a NIGHTMARE. I just realized sdcard is internal and sdcard-ext is my actual SD Card. I just assumed sdcard was my flash memory card as this was the case with my Droid X. I changed ES File to the ext location as my default, and my browser's DL section to the ext location as well as Titanium backup. I can't figure out how to save my E-Mail attachments to the ext directory though and I have to continually move them manually, not to mention every app is using the sdcard directory (internal memory) and thinking it is my actual Micro SDHC card. This is a NIGHTMARE and I have read it is not a Motorola problem as new Samsung and HTC phones have the same problem, it is an Android problem. Why the heck would Google change the naming scheme of the SD Card when it worked fine before? Anyway if ANYONE has any solutions suggestions, I would really appreciate it. Thanks
I totally agree. There had to be a way to make all downloads, etc save to sd c
ard-ext.
It's probably going to take a custom Rom to fix.
I am so frustrated with the fact I can't store system/user info on my external sdcard and constantly have to play mediator between my internal storage and the internal sd. Is there something to remedy this yet and I just missed it? Or is it something I just need to deal with?
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I don't know if will help you any, but with dolphin browser, your able to change your download directory and change it to your external SD card. I know this won't totally solve your problem, but at least you won't have to move your downloads (for me, this was a big issue because my downloads were filling up my internal storage).
I don't know why some things aren't set up to save them to your external SD card automatically because you get more storage there that really doesn't get used unless you manually put something there.
I believe Motorola should have set up the name for the external SD card as sdcard and the internal SD card as sdcard-int instead of external being sdcard-ext and internal being sdcard. I believe the cause of the issue is because android by default uses the sdcard directory and in this case, that's internal storage and on other devices, the sdcard directory is the actual SD card.
Later on, I may go into safe mode and try switching the directory names around and see if things will still work.
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If you do, let us know, that would be fantastic to fix that!
This seems like the sort of thing a ROM could fix.
With some things, you can go into android options under storage and go to media sync and change that to external SD card and it will save some things on the SD card.
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OK. My wife has a 2gb ext SD card.. She filled it up.. So I backed it up on PC, moved all to a 4gb SD.. All the contents from internal and ext (photos mostly of our little boy) to the 4gb which took up 3.86gb (windows properties) which didn't leave much Storage.. Well I place it in the micro SD slot, it mounts and still says 1.86gb storage: 0 available.. My question is did it act like it was mounting and never Mount? Did it just not read the 4gb sd ? (Hard to believe!), or what is the SD capacity of the phone itself? ( I doubt the biggest SD card capacity is a 2gb, that's redicilous)... Sorry for the remedial question, I own a Hercules SGH-T989 SGSII I use and constantly flash ROMs on weekly (not daily, not a flashaholic).. What am I missing??? I know its gotta be a easy issue I'm missing!
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Sounds like its not mounting the sd card and is just giving you the internal memory. Look further down and if needed click mount sd card/ external storage or whatever the thing says. I've had to manually Mount it before too
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I recently dug out my Bell XT860 after about 6 months of disuse, and found that my external SD slot doesn't seem to be functioning. I had safestrap 3.05 as my recovery and was running a patched MavROM 4.5.
I just finished an sbf to stock 2.3.6 Bell, and still no SD.
I haven't abused this phone, so there's no reason for it to just stop working. Is it possible that somehow my mount points have gotten screwed up in /etc/vold.fstab?
If someone has seen this problem or could post the contents of their vold.fstab I would much appreciate the assistance. (I think any Droid/Milestone 3 model should have the same mount points.)
Forgot to mention, I already tried manually mounting it through System Settings -> Storage. The SD space available says unavailable, and the mount and format options are greyed out. I have also tried to mount 3 separate, known good cards with no change.
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What filesystem are the SD cards formatted to?
Normally fat32 but I also tried ext3. The phone doesn't seem to recognize the sd card slot in the first place. If I could just get someone to post the contents of their Droid 3's (preferably XT860 but I think the file would be the same) /etc/vold.fstab file I could know for sure if it's just a failed sd card slot.
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