Does anyone know why in the world Moto would route the external SD card to /sdcard-ext instead of the standard /sdcard on the Razr? It causes some annoying issues with a lot of apps because files that would normally be written to the SD card are instead saved to internal memory. Does this bug anyone else, or am I just being anal?
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Why The Weird Mapping?
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SoLongSidekick
, Apr 15 2012 02:44 AM
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 03:07 AM
I think it is pretty stupid as well. There is a zip that will fix this but it will screw up everything already installed.
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 06:17 AM
yea, it kills me when rom toolbox saves all my app and script backups to internal, then bloop theyre gone. id have so manyscripts but they always disappear.
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 08:40 AM
i agreee ANNOYANCE!!!!
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 09:39 AM
Many apps give you the ability to specify the "save" location. You can go in & change it.
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 09:56 AM
I've yet to find one (that I use anyways) that I cant change more than just the folder name.
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 11:01 AM
those many apps that allow it also have to be manually change after every wipe. ex rom toolbox backups, go launcher backups, browser download save locations, gameloft. i cant even trust that selecting "save to sd" will actually put it on one or the other.
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 12:59 PM
I think they do it for stability reasons, a internal sdcard is faster and more reliable than even a top end class 10 card. On the earlier generation android phones they would eat through sdcards, then be really unstable without it.....
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 04:45 PM
Its a little annoying but i agree iys for stability and i believe it has to do with the mapping, boot sequencing etc etc
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 07:58 PM
I use MyBackup Pro. It defaults backups to the external sd and default reads from external. UI is very user friendly as well.
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 08:29 PM
What else would you call the map it to? If you are trying to get a majority of programs that need to be compatible and only use the sdcard for extra storage not to be accessed the way that it was..
And i would agree with them.. my RAZR is by far more stable than my x and x2 and I've never lost a picture like I have with my x.. where it can't save to the sdcard for whatever random reason.
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And i would agree with them.. my RAZR is by far more stable than my x and x2 and I've never lost a picture like I have with my x.. where it can't save to the sdcard for whatever random reason.
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 08:31 PM
I think they do it for stability reasons, a internal sdcard is faster and more reliable than even a top end class 10 card. On the earlier generation android phones they would eat through sdcards, then be really unstable without it.....
Interesting...
Its a little annoying but i agree iys for stability and i believe it has to do with the mapping, boot sequencing etc etc
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Well I trusted it before you mentioned it, now I don't know if I can trust the info...
Well let's just say by some weird coincidence David is right, why doesn't every manufacturer just make /sdcard-ext the standard?
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Posted 17 April 2012 - 06:57 PM
Interesting...
Well I trusted it before you mentioned it, now I don't know if I can trust the info...
Well let's just say by some weird coincidence David is right, why doesn't every manufacturer just make /sdcard-ext the standard?
They might be headed that way. On my wife's HTC rezound the external SD card is listed as sdcard_ext with an underscore instead of a dash.
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