I think that Android apps can't access the SD card in r/w mode when it is used in USB mass storage mode. Otherwise it works great. I read somewhere that this is a limitation of the FAT32 filesystem, which is a single user fs?! Unfortunately the setting for use in mass storage mode has disappeared and IMHO can only be accessed if you install something like Anycut. I suspect that when using the Mount/Don't Mount dialog from the status bar (after you hooked your phone to your computer) it has the same effect: mount -> exclusive r/w access for the host computer in usb mass storage mode.
I would like to hear what others have seen here. And no, it doesn't seem related to my problem, but thanks anyway. I've not experienced that some kind of files make the fs choke. On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Mattaku Betsujin <[email protected] > wrote: > I don't have an answer :-( > > but for a time my sdcard refuse to mount rw, so all the RSS apps that I run > which need to write into sdcard will fail to start. > > However, the sdcard can be happily written into by Windows (via USB). This > is the first instance that I ever observe that Windows is superior to Linux! > > I tried full reset of the phone (clean wipe internal storage) and still the > sdcard cannot be mounted RW. > > Following some internet posts, I deleted a bunch of thumbnail files and > other stuff (forgot exactly what) from Windows, and bam, Linux can mount the > sdcard RW! > > So this leads me to believe that the Linux mounter gets chocked by certain > files on the sdcard ..... which may be Mariano's problem .... > > Is this some sort of FAT conspiracy? > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:17 PM, fadden <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Complaints from the filesystem code will appear in the output of >> "dmesg", not in the Android log file. You may want to check there. >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
