Files on SD card without restarting

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Hi at all,

everytime I put files on the sd card, I have to reboot Android because without ES File Explorer won't show the new files I put on the memory card.

Even "Refresh" in ES File Explorer doesn't helo. Is there any other way?

Thanks!

Wifi sync is your friend

Originally Posted by lamajstro

Hi at all,

everytime I put files on the sd card, I have to reboot Android because without ES File Explorer won't show the new files I put on the memory card.

Even "Refresh" in ES File Explorer doesn't helo. Is there any other way?

Thanks!

This is a well documented problem. I think it's to do with the way that android sees the SD card with booting from it but don't quote me on that. As far as I know, the best ways round it are:

1. Use dropbox. Free 2gb account and can be very useful.

2. FTP. This is my personal favourite. SwiFTP is a free FTP server for android and there are many free ftp clients for PC/Mac/Linux available. I use FileZilla (opensource ftp client).

3. I believe that if you unmount your SD card before copying files over, then remount however I don't find it particularly successful.

There are other ways like shared folders, email files etc but the top 2 above are the best for me. I use dropbox for small files and one-offs or if I'm copying a lot of stuff and don't want to reboot to winmo, then FTP.

It's also worth noting that if you are a windows user then winamp can sync music over wifi providing you install the winamp android client. However both winamp for windows and android are free.

Hope this helps..
enjoy

Ok, thank you. But that's bad.

The problem is not only that I want to put files through USB on it, it happens also when I use CurrentWidget for example that wants to create a log file on the sd card. Hmm...

I use MDJ Froyo HD 4.6, and there are practically no problems when using mass storage option... After unplugging the files are on the SD card... Only sometimes have to reboot, but not very often...

Why so complicated? Use "Multi Mount SD Card" (it´s free) to connect to PC and you will see new files without rebooting.

Originally Posted by lamajstro

Ok, thank you. But that's bad.

The problem is not only that I want to put files through USB on it, it happens also when I use CurrentWidget for example that wants to create a log file on the sd card. Hmm...

If you're now saying that applications are unable to create files on the SD then there is something wrong with your card. I'd recommend copying everything off it and reformatting it (use disk management to format it, and use the largest cluster size available).

Some builds suffer from this problem and some don't.
Im using HD2ONE 0.3.6 and it's working fine. File explorer detects the new files after transferring via USB Cable

I love this build paired up with the CM6.1.1 Gingerbread Theme

Originally Posted by kashifsiddique

Some builds suffer from this problem and some don't.

I've heard many people complain about not being able to see files after copying them across, but I've never heard anyone say that an app could not make a file on the sd card.

I am having the same exact problem. I was transferring files from this PC to my phone and everything was going fine (it refreshes right away after disconnect) then suddenly, my SD Card got corrupted and I was forced to reformat. I used the same ROM (Darkstone's SUPERAM FROYO) and after that, it won't sync anymore. I even tried removing it and using the HD2ONE (mentioned above) ROM and it was the same. I went home, copied everything from my SD backup from the other PC and same symptoms.

I thought I was missing a sync app or something but no. I looked into each of the folders I copied and most of them are blank.

I hope someone can save us!