Help Micro SD wont let me delete files, S5 Neo

[Cara84]

Everytime I delete something from my micro SD card on my phone (S5 Neo), it reappears. I have reformatted the card on my phone AND on my macbook pro. The files always return.

I cannot move any files (photos) onto the SD card either.

I feel like my phone is posessed! I have also tried using a brand new micro SD card, but my computer won't allow me to move anything onto the card either. It's like as soon as I put the card in the phone, the card permanently locked. Both are 32 gb cards and I've been using one of the cards for a couple years now.

HELP. This is driving me insane!

 

[Hadron]

What OS version and what app are you trying to use to do this?

Android 4.4 introduced restrictions on third party apps' ability to write to SD. If you are running 4.4 then only built-in apps will be able to write to the card. With 5.0 they added a system that lets you give an app permission to write to the whole card, but the app has to request it, so if the developer never updated to request this then it still won't work.

Reformatting is different: if the files are there after reformatting then the formatting has failed or you are looking in the wrong place and the files aren't actually on the card (/sdcard is not the sd card, it's part of the internal storage pretending to be a sd card).

 

[Cara OLeary]

I have 6.0.1

I know how to tell if the photos are on the device or SD card (it shows a small image of an SD card if it's saved on there). I've even tried creating a new folder (saved to the device) and moving (not copying) the photos from the SD card to the device. The SD folder will disappear for a few minutes and then reappear. It's crazy.

What OS version and what app are you trying to use to do this?

Android 4.4 introduced restrictions on third party apps' ability to write to SD. If you are running 4.4 then only built-in apps will be able to write to the card. With 5.0 they added a system that lets you give an app permission to write to the whole card, but the app has to request it, so if the developer never updated to request this then it still won't work.

Reformatting is different: if the files are there after reformatting then the formatting has failed or you are looking in the wrong place and the files aren't actually on the card (/sdcard is not the sd card, it's part of the internal storage pretending to be a sd card).

 

[Hadron]

Disappearing then reappearing (without rebooting inbetween) is very odd. What are you using to move/copy files?

 

[Cara OLeary]

I am using my phone...the "Gallery" that came loaded on the phone.

I've never experienced anything like this before. It's like the phone/SD card is possessed.

Disappearing then reappearing (without rebooting inbetween) is very odd. What are you using to move/copy files?

 

[Hadron]

Can you move things with the file manager (My Files I think Samsung call it)? That is the thing I'd use for moving stuff.

 

[Cara OLeary]

Nope. It's like the micro SD card is locked (see attached screenshot).

I am at a loss here. This is so annoying that I can't use my phone properly.

 

[Hadron]

Damn. When this tablet I'm using now had 4.4, which was totally locked down, that app could still write to sd.

I think we might need someone with experience of that device & OS combination here. Has this ever worked, or has it always been like this?

 

[Cara OLeary]

This is the first time this has happened and I've always had an sd card in the phone from day one (phone is over a year old).

Is there a better place I should ask this question? No one else has replied yet.

 

[Hadron]

You could see whether anyone in our S5 section has encountered this: http://androidforums.com/devices/samsung-galaxy-s5.1232/