[Android Apps and Games] martyfender:
Despite purchasing Apps2SD Pro to support you and for some of the additional features, I am not inclined to use the SD Fix and the task scheduler since my device is working good and I don't now currently have any write issues on the external Sd, determined in Total Commander or Mixplorer by creating a new file to test.

You know the old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix It"

Do you agree with this, or is there still some unforseen advantage in doing the steps you previously suggested.

It was in the past, when I had issues with this, on both devices. I, however don't recall the steps I took to correct the issue. it may have been solved over the many rom and nandroid backups that I did orignally, trying to solve the wake on doze, remount problem I had.

I purchased my second Nextbook Ares 8A 6.0.1, x86, a good number of weeks ago, because the External SD started having an issue where it would not always mount the SD card. Sometimes it mounts it on insertion, after a very long checking... in the settings: storage and USB. Other times it does not show at all until it is ejected reinserted multiple times. other time it will state that it does not support this device or is corrupted. And all of this with 4 different Sd cards both new and old. Also formatted as fat32, fat32 LBA and GUID microsoft data partition with fat32. Forgot to mention ext4. I have done, many, many rom reinstalls, most with userdata and cache, deleted in fastboot, supersu in both systemless and system mode and Magisk in systemless mode.

This older tablet was released with V1.1.1 of the rom,.

Soon after I created my root thread with modified boot.imgs etc, I flashed a nandroid backup of the V1.2.0 rom. There are several versions of the tablet, but they all have the same kernel version and android version, 6.0.1. However, besides the DISA activation on the newer tablets, after V1.1.1 they may have Different IFWI firmware versions.

I have reinstalled both V1.1.1 and V1.2.0 multiple time on it, since I had the problem. The SD cards, by the way are not

usually

corrupted, by the way when viewing them on another Android device, Windows, or Linux Mint Mate.

connections in the SD card slot do not appear to be loose, either. I do have some past experience and education in electronic with a certification.

It could be a weird, intermittent hardware malfunction, but I don't think so.

My modified boot.imgs, I created, disable encryption, dm_verity and SElinux disabled, although, currently I am running with boot.imgs that are enforcing. seems to make no difference. I have even tried fastboot flashing all of my other android partitions such as persistent, bootloader, bootloader2, config and metadata .imgs.

The problem first occurred a couple of months after my original system mode root. I'm not sure if the IFWI firmware could have been eventually corrupted in some way, flashing the newer V1.2.0, but it worked fine for many weeks.

I do realize that this is definitely not a problem with Apps2SD and that there are probably better places on xda to ask this question.

One is usually directed to ones device forum. But since I am the one who created the Nextbook Ares 8A thread, I am the one on that thread with the most knowledge and experience with the device.

XDA developer, vampirefo, created the custom twrp for it, but really doesn't want to answer any more questions concerning it. He has moved on to root other devices and provide help with them.

I entirely understand if you don't have any ideas about this or don't want to give any support, but do you by chance know of an xda thread to ask this question?

It is only a $68 device, currently, but is fully functional and capable, in every other way. I keep the second device more for learning, and to try to solve the SD card problem. Many would have thrown it away, at this point.

It may be an intermittent problem in the SD controller, I'm not sure if it is a discrete chip or the controller is built into the Intel Cherry Trail processor.

either way, thanks again for reviewing this and for your great app.