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chaley · 03-30-2017, 06:45 AM

I am traveling and unable to look at the debug log until the weekend. However from the extract you included above it seems clear that android is really telling CC that it can't write the file. I can think of a few reasons this can happen.

The SD card is formatted FAT16 and it is running out of "clusters". It should be formatted FAT32.
The SD card file system is damaged. A chkdsk or reformat would fix this.
The SD card doesn't work reliably in the new phone. I am surprised by how often SD cards simply don't work.
There are permission problems left behind from the previous installation.

I will come back here on the weekend once I have had a chance to look at the debug log.

03-30-2017, 06:45 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,461 Karma: 8025600 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	I am traveling and unable to look at the debug log until the weekend. However from the extract you included above it seems clear that android is really telling CC that it can't write the file. I can think of a few reasons this can happen. The SD card is formatted FAT16 and it is running out of "clusters". It should be formatted FAT32. The SD card file system is damaged. A chkdsk or reformat would fix this. The SD card doesn't work reliably in the new phone. I am surprised by how often SD cards simply don't work. There are permission problems left behind from the previous installation. I will come back here on the weekend once I have had a chance to look at the debug log.