04-17-2011, 02:57 AM | #1 |
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Accessing external SD card through USB
I have PE with external 4G micro SD card.
The thing is every time I need to copy files to this SD card from my PC, I need to take out the SD card and use SD reader so that it can be seen from my PC. If I use USB cable to connect PE to my PC, I can see Removable Drive which is this SD card in PE but cannot access it, so unable to copy files directly. What I can see and access is eDGe directory (I guess this is internal storage). Is that normal? or I need to set something to access SD card from USB cable? |
04-17-2011, 03:47 AM | #2 | |
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However, I hardly ever use this method: I always have a USB-stick in my pocket, so I can quickly copy a file wherever I am from a device (if allowed, of course) and move it to my eDGe. BTW, I have the EE with library on SD-card. Hope this helps you. |
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04-17-2011, 07:39 AM | #3 |
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Have done that and the green Android turned to yellow but still could not access the external SD storage .. hmmm perhaps a bug in Ermine?
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05-13-2011, 09:58 PM | #4 |
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I have the same issue. I just bought a 16g sd card and wanted to see what was actually stored on the 1g sd card that i initially put in the device, but could only see the 3(4?)g internal sd card when hooking up to my pc. I've been using Android phones for several years, and haven't had this problem with 2.2 on my HTC G2 phone.
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05-13-2011, 10:42 PM | #5 |
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I just purchased a 7" Pocket Edge and I can't find information on the largest GB SD card it will take. And would a SanDisk 32GB MicroSDHC work in it? Thanks for any feedback. sw
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05-13-2011, 10:51 PM | #6 |
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the problem could be due to the format of the SD card, I'm not sure which types Android supports, but that would be my first guess for the problem so check on that if you haven't already.
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05-13-2011, 10:57 PM | #7 | |
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Regards, Micheal |
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05-13-2011, 11:26 PM | #8 |
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In regards to accessing the extsdcard from the PC connection, it cannot be done on the Android system. Android is set up to let a USB connection to PC mount the SDcard only, which in our case turns out to be the main storage. If you need to add files to your SD card you can a) copy to the main SD card and move after you dismount or b) send to your PE by means of something like Dropbox, Awesome Drop, SugarSync etc.
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05-13-2011, 11:29 PM | #9 |
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64 GB? Really?!
Michael, do you know where I could confirm that the 7" Pocket Edge would take a 65GB Sandisk MicroSD Card? 64GB is pricey and I'd like to be sure it would work before I spent that much! Thanks very much for your confirmation that the 32GB would work, though....sw
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05-14-2011, 02:58 AM | #10 |
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05-14-2011, 03:07 AM | #11 | |
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c) unmount the external sd-card from the eDGe, put it in the reader (if you have one) on your PC, copy your files and put it back in the eDGe. d) use a usb-stick to copy or move files from the PC to the eDGe |
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05-14-2011, 07:14 AM | #12 |
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In addition to the above I would add e) use ES File Explorer to connect to a FTP server, if you have one, and transfer what you want where you want it.
I also know hat not every one has a FTP server on their network but ES file Explorer also has a LAN option which I think can be used if you have a windows computer - not having one I am unable to test this. |
05-14-2011, 08:09 AM | #13 |
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32 it is
Thank you for that confirmation. It saves me some $$, headaches and time! sw
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05-14-2011, 08:37 AM | #14 |
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I'm sorry, I guess I have one more question before purchasing a 32GB SDHC card....there are different "classes" of cards. Does that make a difference to the 7" Pocket Edge? Is Class 4 okay or is higher better? I assume the difference is speed of access? And is SanDisk still the "best" brand of SD cards or does Kingston or other competitors' cards work in the Dualbook? I read some feedback that SanDisk doesn't always disclose the class of their cards now??? Thanks so much for your help! sw
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05-14-2011, 08:51 AM | #15 | |
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Edit: here it is: http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...ght=cards+work Last edited by sjarrel; 05-14-2011 at 08:54 AM. |
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