I just used Helium and was able to backup to the sd card.
dpham00, Android Central Moderator
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dpham00, Android Central Moderator
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Back up what? you can back up just about anything but when you go to use or retrieve it, it will not show up on the phone for some things like music. I was using astro and tried from es file also. A lot of apps will state right on them when you go to install that they can only work from internal storage ... and that KK had disabled the storage to external sd. No biggie as the phone has quite a bit of storage but if you are some one who put videos and such on sd for storage so kids can watch etc. so it doesn't bog down phone it could be a problem.
I tried the ES Explorer but I can't find a way to make it do a backup.
Deb from my Note 3
Backup app and app data.
I have no problems playing video or music from SD card using quickpic for video. For music I use power amp
dpham00, Android Central Moderator
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I download music directly to phone and if I move to sd from internal storage...have you specifically tried this? I f so i will try the apps you mention. I have no problem with existing music, pics or video on external sd...just stuff I try to move there from internal storage as to keep phone free of mass storage...Please let me know if you have tried this .
I tried the ES Explorer but I can't find a way to make it do a backup.
Deb from my Note 3
I download music directly to phone and if I move to sd from internal storage...have you specifically tried this? I f so i will try the apps you mention. I have no problem with existing music, pics or video on external sd...just stuff I try to move there from internal storage as to keep phone free of mass storage...Please let me know if you have tried this .
Well I have been using My Backup Pro for a while now. That app creates it's own folder on the SD card and writes the backup file to it. I was told by the Dev at My Backup Pro that there is nothing they can do to change the program so It writes to the SD, so If I continue to use that app it will write to the internal memory instead.
I just used Helium and was able to backup to the sd card.
dpham00, Android Central Moderator
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I also am using Power Amp without any issues of seeing my music on my physical SD card. ES File Explorer still writes just fine (as mentioned above) also an app called Total Commander has no issues. Astro, on the other hand, will not write. So....goodbye Astro, hello Total Commander.
It's not a problem reading FROM the SD card, it's when you want to WRITE to it where the problem comes in....
I was referring to the WRITE ability (not just read). ES File Explorer, Total Commander both write to the SD card without issue. Astro could not (so I have stopped using it). Also the Samsung File app also can write to the SD card.
Thank you for responding...I did try es and it transfersI have had this issue myself. I'd download songs, and hen I couldn't find them in my stock music player, and had to dig to find them at all, other than in the music download app itself. I had to move them all over myself. What's more, is that I had to download a third party music/song ID tag app to modify the pictures, and info.
So, to fix this, try different 3rd party music apps. Remember, all the developers have to rebuild their apps on the KitKat, and it can be a mess at the start.
Also, to use ES file explorer, it's tough to be straightforward, as I can't see what you see. Navigate to internal memory, aka SDCard0, find the music folder, touch and hold. Then, tap on move, then find the Ext Sd Card and tap on it, find music and then tap move here at the bottom.
Best of luck!
Thank you for responding...I did try es and it transfers
files to external sd the problem is once they are there only my cloud music player finds them. I have contacted mixzing and hope they can solve as I do not like to store all my music on internal storage, and I download it directly to phone.
I was referring to the WRITE ability (not just read). ES File Explorer, Total Commander both write to the SD card without issue. Astro could not (so I have stopped using it). Also the Samsung File app also can write to the SD card.