[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pranna:
AOKP w/ Devil kernel

I have same problem as these others and can't find can't find solution for this:

"So I've tried everything to get music to stay on my "external" SD card (32gb Micro SDHC class 6, by Kingston). I say

STAY because its syncs fine. But as soon as I try to unconnected it ( I've just yanked it, ejected the drive from

windows then pulled it, ejected it then shut off the phone and pulled it then turned it back on, etc...) it moves 90%

of the files from the music folder to lost.dir. I've done just about everything i can think, heres a list (sorry if some of them seem silly)

unmount SD card, remove from phone, plug into computer, load songs, re-mount = all files in LOST.dir

Sync "USB Mass Storage" Using

Windows Media

VCast media Maneger = all files in LOST.dir

Motorola "motocast USB"

WinAmp

Drag and Drop to folder

sync with the "windows Media Sync" mode not "USB Mass Storage"

Windows Media

VCast media Maneger

Motorola "motocast USB" = all files in LOST.dir

WinAmp

Sync to internal memory and move files to external. = All file in LOST.dir

Now here's where it gets strange, I've done this with 2 different SD cards, (both 32gb one a class 6, one a class 10)

and the same thing happens. I've use both of these cards on 2 different phones (talked to Verizon and they just sent

me a new phone) and the same thing happens. What the heck is going on?"

and this guy:

I'm having issues with music on an external sd card, can anyone advise?

I mounted a 32Gb sd card in Samsung Galaxy 1. I then copied music into music folder on card.

This has been done using Kies and several other times using a usb card holder and Win Explorer - all with same

results...

When I turn on phone, the external media scanner runs ok. I go to music and it only shows approx 16 cds of music. The

remainder seem to be "dumped" into media folder without structure,or alternatively get dumped into the Lost.dir.

Its almost like there's a limit on the size of the memory space allocated to the music folder.

I have used other apps to rescan media. I have also reformatted the cards to ensure no hidden files or attributes.

Also tried this with another new 4Gb card with same issue.

I just got a new Ainol 7 Advanced 7 inch Android tablet (which is pretty cool for cost v's performance).

Unfortunately, this has the same issues as the Samsung.

Obviously, this is due to the same "features" of the Android O/S and its memory mgt of external cards."

I'm using a 16gig card myself and the same thing is happening. Even if I transfer files over wifi and rescan media.

Someone said "I could be mistaken, but I think you may be right about the memory limit in file allocation on that device. I know it's true of some versions of the Android Operating System. The OS wants more storage area for system activity than

or media. Some users solve that issue by rooting their device and manipulating those parameters"

also said "In Unix the lost & found directory is for orphaned files and/or directories. They become orphaned due the OS no longer having the correct pointers to those files.

and "Some tweaks such as sdcard speed tweak and other sdcard related tweaks in init.d folder is causing this problem... Try to boot your phone without them and see if it works"

So I removed what I think was a speed tweak from the init.d folder and rebooted...same thing.

There seems to be from what I've seen, a 1.8 or 2gig limit on media files on the external SD. Everything works great until you add past 2gig, then the rest goes to LOST.DIR. So I tried something, format the SD and copied over 5gig of PDF files, I got the same thing only it seemed the limit was now 3.8gig. So does anyone know how to get around these limits?