Yo,
I have a 32gb microsd card, and obviously the internal card which only really shows up as 10.9gb. Now when I access my device through airdroid its saying there are 2 internal, the 10.8 and an 11gb. But I can only ever seem to locate one internal.
I want to totally erase my internal card and do a spanking fresh install of a new rom. how do i erase both cards? And are there actually 2 cards in there?
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Cheers!
do you have any addition SDcard in there? normally it is like:
internal SD = internal phone memory
external SD = add-on SD card that you put in (the slot for the external SD is near the SIM card slot, battery etc.)
It's a problem from airdroid, the same thing happens to me.
cool makes sense!
another thing,is it safe to totally format the internal card after a new ROM is installed?
kiwiboy1978 said:
cool makes sense!
another thing,is it safe to totally format the internal card after a new ROM is installed?
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if you are talking about the internal SD card as mentioned by me above, you should not format after installing the ROM, either before .
Normally for installing a ROM you do a factory reset, then flash the new ROM. If you really want to start clean, you can use 'mega wipe' (search for it in the forums here), it will completely format system & internal SD card, hence be prepared to have a flashable ROM on your external SD card.
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Hi, I am new to the Droid. Came from a BB 9700. I am curious as to the difference between the 3 storage options I now have with my Droid.
1. Device
2. USB
3. SD
I basically understand 1 and 3...What the heck is 2? I have stuff there, and I don't know how or what...
Now to the actual question I have. What folders/files do I leave on my Device and what can I put on my SD card? Basically, right now, I put Music, Pictures, Ringtones and Documents on my SD card. I have a ton of other stuff on the Device and was just wondering what, if any I can move and/or delete?
I'm attaching a pic of my device folder for reference. By the way, it says I have a folder that says "External SD" but there is nothing in it...
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external_sd is where your SD card gets mounted. USB is the GS2 built in storage. As for where you put stuff, that's mostly up to you.
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external_sd is where your SD card gets mounted. USB is the GS2 built in storage. As for where you put stuff, that's mostly up to you.
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Roger That...I didn't know what was safe to move and what wasn't.. Like do apps use that stuff and if its on the SD card, will it find it?..
Not really sure about that, as i've never needed it. Internal storage seems much faster even than my class 10 sd card anyway, so i just use external for stuff like music, images, etc... basically storage.
Roger That!
Thanks!
Hi guys,
Couldn't find this question, maybe it's asked already:
I got a External SD-card (8 GB, class 10) that, as far as I can see, when mounted, also shows that amount of storage on my internal SD (as misc).
when not mounted, misc is 1,58Gb
When mounted 5.47 Gb.
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Is this memorygrouping or something?
Can it be disabled? why is it?
free memoryand total memory stays the same or what?
S2 is rooted with westcrip'
s ICS REMIX v8.6.
have you mounted the sd card properly? if not, then files copyed to "external sd" just goes to a folder named "/sdcard/external_sd" in the internal storage. (you can try that, copying files to that folder without inserting the sd card.
i haven't got an sd card so can't tell exactly, just guessing.
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have you mounted the sd card properly? if not, then files copyed to "external sd" just goes to a folder named "/sdcard/external_sd" in the internal storage. (you can try that, copying files to that folder without inserting the sd card.
have mounted properly, copying files to ext-SD which is not mounted won't work...
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sorry i didn't noticed that i was using rootexplorer, it does fail when i try to copy using the system's file manager.
Hey! Is there any way to set the default storage to my external SD card? I have my ext SD set to default storage location in the Camera app, so all my captured images and videos are saved on my ext SD; However, if I save an image from Chrome/Kik/Messenger/ect, it saves it on the internal SD. I recently got a new 32GB Ultra Sandisk card and would like all my apps to save all the images/downloads to my ext SD rather than my internal one, like the Camera application. Thanks in advanced.
You either need to modify the kernel to switch them, or use a script the unmounts the internal and external, then remounts them under the opposite locations.
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You either need to modify the kernel to switch them, or use a script the unmounts the internal and external, then remounts them under the opposite locations.
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If I did it right, my Kernel and ROM information is above. Since I am not having any other problems except this one, it would probably be best to use a script instead of a new Kernel, right? I can't find anything on Google except for complete Internal & External SD swaps, which is not what I'm looking for. Could I use TWRP to mount and remount the locations? If so, how?
You can use the swap script or I installed a new Rom (jellybean 14) which uses your external memory as internal memory. When you plug ur phone into your computer the storage location will look swapped.
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Hello
My Dad gave me his 32 GB SD Card, so I inserted it into my phone.
And there was some of his files, so I had to format it. I went onto the storage settings and scrolled down to find "Erase SD Card"
So I simply pressed it, and confirmed..
So much regrets. It erased my god damn USB Storage filled with 11GB of files, even important ones with all my music, rooting files such as ROMS, downloads, images etc.
Sorry, but I am so ****ing pissed.
The ****ing thing said "Erase SD Card". NOT "ERASE USB STORAGE OR INTERNAL STORAGE".
Here's some screenshots:
So there's my actual internal storage...
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And my USB Storage that is listed as Internal Storage...
And the Erase SD Card option, above the SD CARD.
I don't understand why the option says "Erase SD Card", instead of either ERASE INTERNAL STORAGE, or ERASE USB STORAGE.
It doesn't make any sense.
Now that I'm left with basically a new phone with nothing of my personal files left.
And why the hell doesn't my SD CARD not have a Erase SD Card option?
I know I can't get my files back, but at least, how do I fix this god damn problem?
My phone is rooted with Cyanogen Mod 10.1.3-i9100
Kernel is 3.12.06-rc6-Dorimanx-V9.43-JB-SGII-PWR-CORE
And yes, I can go into clockwork recovery mode.
thanks
I've had a couple of goes at this but I think I should probably start a separate thread.
I'm struggling to get my head round this.
Courtesy of a wise man on another thread - "You set it up for Adoptable Storage I assume? Adopted Storage uses the SD card as the actual internal storage for the device, so it will not show up in a file manager - it is not a separate device any longer."
Moto Z = 32GB - SD Card 64GB
And of course he was correct - I did - even if I didn't quite know I had, or why/how
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I still don't understand what these two screen grabs tell me. On File Manager I can't see what's in there, and on the other (in settings) it's there, and it's got stuff on it.
I lost what was on the SD card to have Adoptable Storage, I'd lose it again to swap back, but should I - which is better?
Is there a better file manager than the Moto one that came on the phone, that would show me more?
Thanks for any help.....
Adoptable storage formats your sd card once you have opted to use it. From memory, if you reverse back to internal and external storage, apps are moved back to internal and sd card will be wiped. Even if you use Adoptable storage your internal and external memory is shown as per your screen shots.
I tried it when I had a 16gb moto x play. I found it not a great success and you had to move most apps onto sd card so wasn't as seamless as I was expecting. Matter of fact found it a waste of time and never tried it again.