Hello,
I am always running out of space because google music lets me only store my music in the internal storage of the razr i.
To solve this I have unlocked my bootloader and have rooted my phone.
My idea was to use the app "folder binding" to bypass this issue.
I have set the app up like described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015964&page=2 (first post on second page).
and the folders "music" and "cache" appear in my newly created directory on my sdcard but my storage still goes down!
What I ve done:
Source: /storage/sdcard1/GMusic
Target: /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music/
(confusingly target and source seem to be mixed up in the app "folder binding")
Can anybody help me or suggest a solution? Is there a special trick I have to consider with the razr i?
You could try this proposal: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40122063&postcount=529
Thanks for the help!
what it does is using the external sdcard for both internal and external memory right?
I dont doubt that this works but its not the solution I am aiming at. I just want to store the music from google music on my external sdcard.
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Hi folks,
the Android Media Scanner is deleting files stored on my ext. SDCard.
First I thought the card is broken but then I found this:
h_t_t_p:_/_/code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3692
Is anyone else having this issue and/or got a solution for it?
Thanks!
Edit: I am on CM7 n82 currenty
Probably own fault. Might be cause by mounting ExternalSD wrong way.
See updated thread andr. Dev.
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Media files being deleted from SD card
gonzalesdlx said:
Probably own fault. Might be cause by mounting ExternalSD wrong way.
See updated thread andr. Dev.
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Gonzales,
I updated from Android 2.3.4 to 2.3.6 this weekend, and the problem started. I came across both threads at the Android Developers forum, and found no solution.
You do mention above that it was "probably your own fault... see updated thread". Well, I did read the updated threads, and found no solution.
You hint that it has to do with the way the card is mounted/unmounted. And this weekend I did in fact mount/unmount the card various times, connecting it to the PC.
But what exactly did you do? Did you find a solution?
Thanks,
[SOLVED] Media Scanner Deleting Files from SD Card
OK, I believe I found the solution. Apparently the problem can be caused by the SD card being mounted and/or unmounted properly. In my case, I was connecting/disconnecting to/from the desktop PC, having the SD card as Mass Storage. At one point, Android wasn't detecting it anymore so I removed and inserted it a few times.
I did what I describe on the same thread at Android Developers: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3692#c117
Here's what I wrote there:
So I did the following, and it seemed to solve.
1. Connected phone via USB to desktop PC, and dismounted card from phone, allowing data transfer to PC (via Mass Storage Device)
2. In Windows, as a test I created various folders with subfolders, with image files in them. On some I placed a .nomedia file in root and sub-folder, other only in root, others I renamed the sub-folder to start with a ".", etc. (NOTICE: I copied existing .nomedia files from other folders, as Windows doesn't allow files/folders starting with "." to be created)
3. In Windows, I ejected the USB drive politely (i.e.: I didn't just pull the cable out)
4. On phone, opened Settings/Applications/All and found Media Storage
5. Deleted data from Media Storage
6. On phone, I disabled the external access (file storage)
7. Waited patiently until SD card was detected and mounted (previously, I tried forcing that to happen by opening applications that would query the SD card)
The phone performed the Media Scan a couple of times, and ALL MEDIA FILES REMAINED THERE, where they would originally have been deleted from.
In all test folders I created from within Windows, no files were deleted. And in folders that originally had media files (which I didn't touch through Windows), the files no longer were deleted.
Anyway, this seems to have fixed it for me.
My system:
Samsung Galaxy Ace, Android 2.3.6, rooted.
An extra hint: if you feel you card access is slow, get an app like SD Booster and increase the cache size. On my device, it was as low as < 100Kb but increasing it to 1024Kb made a huge difference.
And if you don't want the media scanner to run on boot (increase boot speed), use Rescan Media Root.
Both need root access, by the way.
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And I've had no problems at all ever since, and even mounted/unmounted a couple of times.
Hello everybody!
As per title I am opening gallery and it sees only items installed in the internal sd, how can I let gallery look at .jpg files registered on the EXT SD ? I am not used to this filesystem. For example linking through USB to the car audio system let you listen only to songs installed on the internal SD.
ALL other considerations on the ROM are: perfect, particularly regarding battery life. Didn't find options for my SIP number account, using Sipdroid flawlessly .
Regards.
Alessandro
Try to force media files check. Go in Settings , Sdcard and memory, and unmount/remount sdcard.
Thanks for your reply, tried also folders rescan in dev tools, seems it scans EXT EMMC also but no results . Must look into some older thread in Acer Liquid, I remember smthg regarding a COOLIRIS.MEDIA file in sdcard in order to let device look into specific media for the type of files.
Will come back with results .
Regards , Alessandro.
So, I found that msg., but it regarded an old 2.2 version of Android for the Acer Liquid, and it said to cancel file in Android/data/, all the files in Cooliris.media, and reboot; maybe System remounts files in the SD when scanning for media and rebiults this file properlY ( it seems now untouched from the 23 of December ). Turning to EXT 4 as I am now maybe left EXT Sdcard unchanged: even if I set photos to be recorded in the external, photo is actually recorded only in internal SD ( which is a bit ..... full now, with nandroid etc. ) .
Need help.
Regards
Alessandro
solved
Found I had from 5/1/2012 a .NOMEDIA file in the root of External SD: deleted it and ... problem solved.
Hello y'all
I'm new here so please redirect me if a similar thread exists (Though I didn't find one)
I bricked my device the other time. I managed to fix it using patched PIT files. I lost 3GB and all of those stuff. My device works fine, no problem.
The problem I have encountered is that, if I flash CM9 or CM10 or any other AOSP based ROM, my 8GB eMMC (internal memory) shows as my external SD and the 32GB external SD doesn't show at all! I am not able to access any file on it normally. My music player, PDF reader, video player, etc are not able to show those files when I launch such applications. In order to access files, I have to use root explorer and navigate to /emmc, and select the file I wanna use before I can launch it. This is hectic.
However, on Touchwiz based ROMs, it works just fine.
Any help?
Thanks!
Try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.qbanin.binder
Trying it. If it works, I sure will hit that thanks button. Thanks in advance again! :good:
You're the man!!!! Thanks!!!
Workd!!
Saw a similar post in the Samsung section, but playlists still downloads on the internal and not the SD.
Any working solution for Xperia on that topic?
Heres the link to the other thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984322
I used that method on my Xperia Z, and it worked absolutely fine.
And you watched the storage bar decrease on the card, and not the phone?
When you entered the path in Spotify, did it say storage/sdcard0 ?
I also looked for any Spotify file under /android, but couldnt find any...
Yeah the storage bar on my sdcard decreased. At first it said storage/sdcard0, and so I changed it to sdcard1.
Got it now, changing to sdcard1did it, but i had to reboot first...
Thanks mate!!!
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Thois method will work you just have to change the location on the old spotify app from /storage/sdcard0 to /storage/sdcard1 OR you can use /mnt/ext_card ether on works
Didnt have to change any location, just replace path sdcard0 with sdcard1
Hi,
I have a question regarding media storage location of Whatsapp - I don't necessarily expect a solution but would like to at least verify the behaviour on other phones.
My old android device (Sony Ericsson SK17i) saved the Whatsapp media files to the external SDCard.
I bought a S3 mini this week and noticed a difference: Whatsapp media files are not stored on external SDCard anymore, but on the internal storage. I guess that this comes from the internal storage being presented as SDCard0, so maybe Whatsapp thinks that this is in fact the external SD-Card.
Can somebody with S3 mini check how this behaves with his phone? Within Whatsapp I didn't find a way to configure this, can anyone think of a solution to that?
Many thanks in advance.
I bought a S3 mini this week and noticed a difference: Whatsapp media files are not stored on external SDCard anymore, but on the internal storage. I guess that this comes from the internal storage being presented as SDCard0, so maybe Whatsapp thinks that this is in fact the external SD-Card.
Can somebody with S3 mini check how this behaves with his phone? Within Whatsapp I didn't find a way to configure this, can anyone think of a solution to that?
Many thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]
mine saved on phone internal too....and i'am afraid there's no setting from within whatsapp to store in external sd card....however you can reduce space by using directory bind....search around and you will find it.....directory bind or link2sd should do it....
nazri5363 said:
mine saved on phone internal too....and i'am afraid there's no setting from within whatsapp to store in external sd card....however you can reduce space by using directory bind....search around and you will find it.....directory bind or link2sd should do it....
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ok, thanks for double-checking, I was afraid so. I don't want to link the whole app to sd card, but directory bind sounds like a very good idea, I haven't thought of that.
FolderMount (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192122) did the trick. Thanks!
F157 said:
FolderMount (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192122) did the trick. Thanks!
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How do you managed to make the default Image preview program to work properly?
I marked the "Media verification" checkbox on the folder mount configuration so that de SD Card folder wouldn't appear on the image preview program, but now I only can see some black thumbs with no image "attached" that points to internal memory.
Did any of this happened to you? Or something similar with the images or how you see them?
in my S4
whenever i open this app , notifications comes saying :
checking for root ......
exit
and nothing happens !
install GL to SD from google play and move the data from sdcard0 to ext and link it
Nothing worked out for my xperia zl
evildog1 said:
install GL to SD from google play and move the data from sdcard0 to ext and link it
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This seems like a solution to my problem- moved my whatsapp media folder using the manual settings in Gl to SD, but it seems wonky. I took a picture of myself and sent it to someone, and it worked fine. Image is stored in my "sent" folder on the card, which also shows up in internal if I browse there with an explorer. I click on the image in whatsapp, it becomes full screen.
But when someone sends ME an image, it seems to never download. I see the thumbnail, I click it, and then it says that the media is not found on the SD card.
Sure enough, I browsed the folder in explorer (hooked up to my computer as PTP, browsing in windows 7) and the file isn't there. Only the one that I originated. I tried to create a file there, and it actually timed out on me and said device wasn't available. So it seems to sometimes work but not other times? How strange!
Dishe said:
This seems like a solution to my problem- moved my whatsapp media folder using the manual settings in Gl to SD, but it seems wonky. I took a picture of myself and sent it to someone, and it worked fine. Image is stored in my "sent" folder on the card, which also shows up in internal if I browse there with an explorer. I click on the image in whatsapp, it becomes full screen.
But when someone sends ME an image, it seems to never download. I see the thumbnail, I click it, and then it says that the media is not found on the SD card.
Sure enough, I browsed the folder in explorer (hooked up to my computer as PTP, browsing in windows 7) and the file isn't there. Only the one that I originated. I tried to create a file there, and it actually timed out on me and said device wasn't available. So it seems to sometimes work but not other times? How strange!
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it seems you have root permission problem. you may try to fix permission via custom recovery. GL to SD is working fine and i'm able to download additional data on ext SD.
evildog1 said:
it seems you have root permission problem. you may try to fix permission via custom recovery. GL to SD is working fine and i'm able to download additional data on ext SD.
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Ah, that might have been it.
In the mean time I gave up, removed it and went with foldermount, linked above. Works just fine out the door, cleaner UI too.
Move WhatsApp Media To External SD Card
This App automatically redirects WhatsApp media to the External SD Card in order to save memory: I cannot post the link, but you can search Nicola Rosada On Play Store and download Photo & File Redirect.
Dishe said:
Ah, that might have been it.
In the mean time I gave up, removed it and went with foldermount, linked above. Works just fine out the door, cleaner UI too.
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I got foldermount and used it to mount data/obb folders from some apps to my ext SD card. But this is what i get for whatsapp: The data and obb options are greyed out so i cant select them and it says there is no data to begin with (0 B). How did you do it? Thanks
Thanks for saving me to ask this question. My son has a SG Grand Prime SM-G530H and is facing the same problem.
Dishe said:
This seems like a solution to my problem- moved my whatsapp media folder using the manual settings in Gl to SD, but it seems wonky. I took a picture of myself and sent it to someone, and it worked fine. Image is stored in my "sent" folder on the card, which also shows up in internal if I browse there with an explorer. I click on the image in whatsapp, it becomes full screen.
But when someone sends ME an image, it seems to never download. I see the thumbnail, I click it, and then it says that the media is not found on the SD card.
Sure enough, I browsed the folder in explorer (hooked up to my computer as PTP, browsing in windows 7) and the file isn't there. Only the one that I originated. I tried to create a file there, and it actually timed out on me and said device wasn't available. So it seems to sometimes work but not other times? How strange!
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Got the same Issue - can send Images and theyll get stored on SD via Foldermount, but when i receive images, just got the blurry thumbnail and after i downloaded the image i got that "Media is not found on the SD card" issue.
Anyone knows what i did wrong?