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[Jughead32]

hey guys not sure if this is specific to my model i have a g2x.
I recently bought a 16gb sd card for it replacing a crappy 1gb i had laying around.

Something i have now noticed as computers now see it as 2 different drives instead of 1. a 16gb and a 5gb shows up, where as with the 1gb that was all that showed up and would be used if i xfered stuff over.

thanks
Justin

 

[GoldenBulletXD]

Are you using mac or pc?

If pc go into computer management, then click disk management, when you find your device delete all partitions, It should now the block should be gray instead of blue, Click on the gray block and click create new partition.

Thats it

 

[Jughead32]

odd, the delete partition isn't highlighted when i select them.

any other ideas?

 

[B2L]

Shouldn't it show as two separate storage devices on purpose? If I remember correctly the G2X has 8GB of internal memory, and also an SD card slot. So if you have a 16 GB SD card it should show two different storage devices. One being internal storage, and the other being SD storage. That's why you are showing both 16GB available and 5GB available since you have used some of the internal storage, and some of the space is designated for apps.

It seems like previously it wasn't showing both of them, when it should have been all along.

 

[mrsbelpit]

^this sounds correct, I have 2 different drives on my phone, one for internal, and one for the sd card.

 

[Jughead32]

ok, i just want to make sure the card is being used over the 8gb on board memory.

 

[GoldenBulletXD]

So its reading your internal memory and external?

 

[Jughead32]

yeah, when i connect to the comp. 1 drive with 5gb shows up with the folders and another at 16 gb(well 14.5) with iirc the same folders pops up. when i go to manage apps it only shows that i have a 5gb sd card and when i move apps to sd card thats where it puts them.
Although Using doubletwist to sync my music it did put the songs on the external 16gb.

I have reset the phone to factory and it shows the same.

 

[GoldenBulletXD]

Glad that you fixed your problem

 

[faelon]

yeah, when i connect to the comp. 1 drive with 5gb shows up with the folders and another at 16 gb(well 14.5) with iirc the same folders pops up. when i go to manage apps it only shows that i have a 5gb sd card and when i move apps to sd card thats where it puts them.
Although Using doubletwist to sync my music it did put the songs on the external 16gb.

I have reset the phone to factory and it shows the same.

Yes, the G2X has 8Gb of onboard RAM of which 3Gb is reserved for the OS, so 5Gb is available to the user. This will show up as the first drive. The second drive is the SD card, which will be the size of the card. I believe the phone will also autocopy some key info from the onboard ram to the SD card to create a backup. This is why you are seeing the same folders in both places before you put anything on the SD card.

 

[GoldenBulletXD]

Yes, the G2X has 8Gb of onboard RAM of which 3Gb is reserved for the OS, so 5Gb is available to the user. This will show up as the first drive. The second drive is the SD card, which will be the size of the card. I believe the phone will also autocopy some key info from the onboard ram to the SD card to create a backup. This is why you are seeing the same folders in both places before you put anything on the SD card.

Very in-depth explanation