phones like the galaxy s do a similar thing where /mnt/sdcard is the internal memory and /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/ is the actual SD
personally I ended up kludging a solution where I query android.os.Build.MODEL and switch on it. I think it might be a legacy issue to do with having large amount of internal storage but who knows... On Oct 12, 3:53 am, BJGApps <bjga...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an app on the market and recently have had some reports of > problems writing to the SD. What appears to work completely fine on > some phones has proven not to work on others. > > I have done some searching on this and really need some advice to help > make sure I am on the correct path. > > I am using Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() to get the > directory of the SD card. As I have read, this is the preferred method > to get the path of external storage. From there I am creating a > directory, a sub directory, and moving a file. This works perfectly > fine for a majority of users, however more recently I have had reports > of it failing this process. > > Two examples were the Atrix and the Bionic. > > It appears that some devices are reporting wrong information when > using Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(). It appears to return / > mnt/sdcard when in reality it looks like the path should be /mnt/ > sdcard-ext. This causes an exception to occur where it is trying to > make a directory in the wrong location. > > Can someone shed some light on how I am supposed to handle this? Am I > supposed to be using something other than getExternal? What am I > supposed to do if the devices return wrong information? I really don't > want to have to tell someone its not my problem, contact their > manufacture. > > Help me Android Developers, you're my only hope. > > -BJGApps -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
