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[Q] Changing SD Card

Just wondering,
I'm planning to put a new (bigger) SD card in my desire now that 2.2 is out and apps etc can be installed onto it and i'm running out of space.
whats the best way to do it? just a straight copy and paste of all the stuff on my old card to the new one or is there anything else i need to do to the new card before using it as to not lose anything thats on the old one.

I too am interested in this... what is the best method? (I've got a good vodafone desire so still waiting for update)
Also, microSD cards come in different grades... any recommendations??
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I did this last week. Just use your usb cable and connect your phone to a pc as a hard-drive. Copy all the files on the phone into a folder on the pc.
On your phone, go to settings > SD & Phone storage > Unmount SD card
Turn off your phone, open up the back remove battery and SD card.
Insert new card, replace battery and cover. Turn phone back on.
Settings> SD & Phone Storage > Format SD Card
Once formatted then copy and paste all the files on your pc back into your phone.

When I bought a 32gb card that's exactly what I did.
I'd move any apps you have installed on the old card back to the phone first.

Copy & paste will do. I bought a 32GB Sandisc off ebay a few weeks ago, turns out it's fake and crashes the phone a lot. Beware.
As for class, I think you need a class 2 card.

roloj said:
I too am interested in this... what is the best method? (I've got a good vodafone desire so still waiting for update)
Also, microSD cards come in different grades... any recommendations??
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I used a micro SDHC card.

thanks for the help especially @saorsa1985

Thanks for the help!! Will order a new card today.

[Q] Help, 32GB sdcard not working!

My Kingston 32GB microSD is not working. I plugged it into my computer, a Win7 x64 laptop, through the adapter included with it. At the same time, I used my phone's disk drive feature to mount my old 2gb and copy everything from the 2 to the 32. I then copied the new incubus warm z ROM to the new card as well. I plugged the 32gb card into my phone, and it seemed to be fine. Then I booted recovery, made a nandroid, all still fine. I then wiped my device to install warm z, then did install zip from sd card and selected it and hit install. It came back bad file install failed. Now, nothing reads my 32gb sdcard. The 2GB continues to work fine. Any suggestions? The 2gb had 100 MB free at the time of copying if it matters

Have you tried reformatting. I know there are programs out there for reformatting corrupt SD cards when windows can't get it done.

You can try to repair the SD card through Windows. Mount the SD card to your computer. My Computer, Right click on the SD card drive, Properties,Tools Tab,Check drive for errors.
GL

Repairing through windows doesn't work. I also tried snow leopard disk utility, which also fails. I'll look for one of those programs and report back.
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Try this. It's an official SD card formatting program from Panasonic that formats SD cards to official specs. You can then use Windows to format it to Fat32 if needed. I have used 2.0 on my Win7 x64, and you'll see the 3.0 beta they have for the SDXC cards. I haven't had any issues with it, since I have about 6 microSD's for various MP3 players, phones, computer stuff, it's what I use when reformatting.

RMarkwald said:
Try this. It's an official SD card formatting program from Panasonic that formats SD cards to official specs. You can then use Windows to format it to Fat32 if needed. I have used 2.0 on my Win7 x64, and you'll see the 3.0 beta they have for the SDXC cards. I haven't had any issues with it, since I have about 6 microSD's for various MP3 players, phones, computer stuff, it's what I use when reformatting.
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I tried the 3 beta and the 2 stable; both say that the write-protection switch is on when it is not. Any suggestions?

I'm pretty sure write protection is found in the reader. Maybe try another

I tried it in my laptop's internal reader and in my USB reader. The USB reader was tried on Windows 7 x64 and on Mac OS X 10.6.6.
None worked.

Give this a read.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/11414-2-card-reader-card-write-protected

I'll try the tape thing and report back. My Transcend 8gb class 6 SDHC, meanwhile, works great in the internal. If it matters, I have a Gateway MD2419U laptop

No dice on the tape trick...

I don't know. I guess just keep trying different stuff. Someone said they were able to format a 1gb partition onto the card with there camera. Then through that partition they were able to format entire card. I've seen a few people claiming hdd low level format will fix any problem. You didn't get your card off eBay did you

Well my **** camera didn't do the trick either.... No, I didn't get it off ebay. I dislike ebay with a passion lol
Unfortunately, being a minor, I do not possess a credit card or PayPal account, so my dad found one and ordered it for me. I know for a fact that he doesn't have an ebay account.

Well it's dead... I talked to a couple people at best buy today and they confirmed it.
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damaged SD?

can a sd card be damaged if its not removed while you gain root or cwm or flash a rom? i have a sandisk 64gb class 10 that use to work fine before i flashed my S3. After i flashed freeSG3 my sdcard wouldn't mount, keeps saying sd unexpectedly removed. it came preformatted as exFAT and worked fine on the stock tw rom. i stuck in my computer and it said it needed formatted so i reformatted as exFAT and copied a couple files to it. soooo.. im assuming it isn't damaged since it works in my computer. still no luck getting it work on my phone though. I tried my other sd's to see if it was the rom maybe but they work just fine, its only this card. im confused to why it isnt working now, but use to work but still works on my computer. ive only had it for a couple weeks and luckly i got it off of amazon so i can still return it. i've tried rebooting my S3, i even tried to mount in it my vibrant after i reformatted even though i know the vibrant doesnt suppport 64 gb.. it said damaged sdcard. ill give it a few more days of research before i send it in for a new one, im hoping i can get it to work again. my other option i was thinking about doing was to restore my phone back to stock to see it would work again. i dont really want to do that but i think i will for the hell of it before i try returning it.

Your SDCard is not damage, as I've mention in your other thread you are probably running a custom kernel that doesn't support exFat.
Either reformat your card as FAT32 or NTFS or flash back to stock kernel that does support exFat.
exFAT is a proprietary Microsoft product. They don't release licensing to open source software like Android. Apparently Samsung as some kind of licensing deal with Microsoft to use exFAT that's why the stock kernel will work with newer SDCARD formatted as exFAT.

I am going to piggy back on this thread and say that I have the "unexpectedly removed" bug
S3 running stock 4.0.4 - it works fine with a 2gb microsd, but I just bought a 32gb micro sdhc class 10 and it just won't read.
Tried exFAT, Fat32 - NTFS doesn't read on the card.
Suggestions?

darkphantom said:
I am going to piggy back on this thread and say that I have the "unexpectedly removed" bug
S3 running stock 4.0.4 - it works fine with a 2gb microsd, but I just bought a 32gb micro sdhc class 10 and it just won't read.
Tried exFAT, Fat32 - NTFS doesn't read on the card.
Suggestions?
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I was using 32gb card earlier on Stock Rom-unrooted, rooted, RcMix and Xquisit roms without any issue. I know you would have tried but have to ask, did you try copying any data onto the card on a PC? May be some bad sectors are causing it to not recognize.
Can you tell me if CWM or TWRP recognize the card?
I don't have any issues with all my cards - 16gb, 32gb and 64gb ultra sdxc.

I've been putting off rooting it since I was content with the factory rom, but I guess I have no choice. I'll check CWM after I root it.
However, I can't copy any data onto it. Also, the phone recognizes the card but it keeps unmounting/remounting it.

how can I tell if CWM sees the card? Even after root, the phone sees the card, just can't copy anything to it.

Did anyone ever have a fix for the "unexpectedly removed".
Had the problem before. Reformatted sdcard and odin back to stock then flashed cm10 with no problems.
Recently went back to TWFrosty, and the problem exists again. Could it be from going back and forth between TW and Aosp?
My card is fairly new, about 2 mths? Maybe 3.. Weird error, it shows my external sd card blank, then all of the sudden if I leave it be all my files will show back up. Also it has went so far to ask me to reformat the card with my phone. I just avoid the answer, and eventually all my files come back. When I'm near a computer and it does this, I'm able to still see all of the files on the external sdcard on my PC, just not on my phone.
Thanks for all the help..
Billy G.

Sounds like you need to backup then reformat the card. You didn't say what kind/size it is or what format. That can help.
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Sandisk/32gb/fat32
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Well I've got same problem with my 32 SanDisk. Sometimes it's shown on my computer and my phone and tablet, but for the most part its just not showing at all. IdK what the hell is wrong with the thing. I have another one just like that one, and so far (knock on wood) no problems, so my hardware is ok........

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Well I've got same problem with my 32 SanDisk. Sometimes it's shown on my computer and my phone and tablet, but for the most part its just not showing at all. IdK what the hell is wrong with the thing. I have another one just like that one, and so far (knock on wood) no problems, so my hardware is ok........
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Crazy. Let me know how it goes.. aosp is working for me for now. We shall see..
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For large (32/64GB) cards, if you're going to use an AOSP ROM, you have to format to FAT32 (or ext3/4). TW based roms will format to exFAT if you format it inside the phone. The drivers for exFAT aren't included in AOSP though.

32gb microsd SDHC problem!!

Hi,
I bought a trancend 32gb microsd SDHC class4 card for the note about 10 days back..Worked fine for 2 days then suddenly stopped working...Stopped working means does not get detected in the phone or on the laptop (there is no option for mount/unmount on the phone)..Ive tried my older 8gb card on my phone and that works fine..Ive also tried the screwed up card on my blackberry bold and it doesnt detect there as well..
Well, i thought its the card's fault and ordered a replacement...
They sent one and same story again!! worked for 2 days and same thing again
Now i dont know if its the card's problem or my phone's..Anybody with any idea??
PS - i am rooted and on criskelo v11.2 with speedmod 3-13 if it matters...also both times i had about 15gb of data in the card...
ive also tried blowing and cleaning the contacts..also tried inserting a piece of paper in the slot to cancel out loose contacts but nothing works
Thanks..

What was the file system on the card?

SolteRR said:
What was the file system on the card?
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err..i dont remember
i formatted it using the phone before putting in files..so whatever the phone formats it as was there...
are there specifications to follow??

Very strange problem , but I am facing the same problem with a Trancend 32 GB card replaced twice and worked only for 1 day and then stopped recognising , not sure if it makes a diff the Mobo was replaced by Service center about 4 months back ,, may be a mobo fault? but my 16GB card just works fine

same thing happened to me also ..... i replaced a new 32g card let me see if it works fine or i will never buy another 32gb trancend card

since both r indians ill talk in tat context
flipkart now says they wont replace anymore and will refund the amount as credit! He also adviced that sandisk works better on the note for this capacity..i dont know wat logic he had! please do update if u find a solution/alternate
@anirudh - which company is that 16gb from? maybe ill have to make do with 16gb since 32 doesnt work

32Gb micro SDHC class 4 by Transcend, not recognised by GT N7000
Hi All,
I'm using a GT N7000 on Official 4.1.2 XXLT5 (recently updated). I'm using a Transcend microsd 32gb class 4 for about a year now with this note. But I'm facing this issue of 'blank SD' and 'unable to format' from 2-3 months now after I updated to one of the official OS upgrade.
I've tried reverting back to all the earlier versions of Android where it worked fine, but there seems to be no change. I can read the card using an external card reader in my laptop, but not through the phone.
I've tried formatting it to all the possible types (NTFS, exFAT, FAT32), nothing seems to work, for the note. I can read it on PC though.
I tried reading the same card in another device, but now it's not readable in that as well. Any suggestion/solution, much appreciated.
Thanks
Baahu

Baahubali said:
Hi All,
I'm using a GT N7000 on Official 4.1.2 XXLT5 (recently updated). I'm using a Transcend microsd 32gb class 4 for about a year now with this note. But I'm facing this issue of 'blank SD' and 'unable to format' from 2-3 months now after I updated to one of the official OS upgrade.
I've tried reverting back to all the earlier versions of Android where it worked fine, but there seems to be no change. I can read the card using an external card reader in my laptop, but not through the phone.
I've tried formatting it to all the possible types (NTFS, exFAT, FAT32), nothing seems to work, for the note. I can read it on PC though.
I tried reading the same card in another device, but now it's not readable in that as well. Any suggestion/solution, much appreciated.
Thanks
Baahu
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Boot into recovery mode and go to mounts and storage. From there format the external memory card (format /sdcard). Alternatively you could try with a format from the "storage" in settings.

Use the card reader with ur pc. Go to disk management and format the card FAT32. Before formating, delete the partition/partitions on ur card. U should get unallocated space. Create partition and it should work. The big problem is that u may see some problems between note and 32gb card. The phone it may restart and u should go to recovery/download mode to restart it... good luck.
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S4 Won't read Sd card

I am stumped! I got a Sandisk 64gb sd card for this. Naturally, it came formatted as exfat. From stock through 3 different CM based ROMs, I can't get this S4 to read the SD card. I even downloaded a partition manager to format it to Fat32. I also wiped it and let the phone format it. Even after that it would read it. I know CM now supports exFat format. I even flashed separately the script from the original thread. In any case my laptop has no problem with the sd card. Any help appreciated.

I have a Patriot 32 gb class 10 that was working fine until s couple of days ago. Then the phone said sd card unexpectedly removed. Pulled battery and card nothing. Did a format still nothing put that card in my Asus transformer tablet. read just fine took the card thatvi had in my tablet without formatting it put it in my s4 and it read it. this is my 4th galaxy device they should have figured this out by now. Any suggestions.
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same happened with my 32gb on my note2 and now in my gs4
tapatalk on android

The sudden unmounting and/or sd card not being recognized by the S4 and other devices as mentioned is a known issue that is usually SD card related. Sometimes it's just a matter of reformatting your card to Fat32 if your ROM cannot read exFAT cards.
But if that's not your issue or you already reformatted your card to the appropriate format, the SD card has failed and warranty/replacement is suggested.
Can happen to SanDisk cards in addition to other manufacturers.
You may hear this issue being associated to SanDisk cards if only because they are probably the most counterfeited card out in the market. But the issue can occur to non counterfeit cards also.
To reduce your chances of having theses issues happen, always get your cards from reputable sources, in blister original packaging, etc. And if the price looks too good to be true, it most likely is. Even if you take the above precautions, you can still have issues.
Always back up your data for that 'Just in case moment' in case stuff happens.
Purchasing a card whose Manufacturer and/or Seller has an excellent return/exchange policy is a plus.
Having a spare SD card available can help you troubleshoot what your issue may be regarding a defective card, formatting issue, device issue, etc.

You may want to take a look at this thread, as it may help you out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2041679

I started to reply to you but my laptop crashed. Seems this s4 just doesn't like that 64gb sandisk. I had an 8gb card laying around and that worked like a charm. The sandisk was foramted exfat out of the box. I formated fat32 and didn't work. I wiped it and left it without format. Put in the phone to let it format the card. It did--fat32 and then still wouldn't read it or even mount it.
I sure don't have anything to lose by trying a different program to format that card. It could come in handy even if I don't use it in the phone. A camera comes to mind.
Oh yeah, it was easeUS that I used to format the card in the first place. Try something else.
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Bowmanspeer said:
I started to reply to you but my laptop crashed. Seems this s4 just doesn't like that 64gb sandisk. I had an 8gb card laying around and that worked like a charm. The sandisk was foramted exfat out of the box. I formated fat32 and didn't work. I wiped it and left it without format. Put in the phone to let it format the card. It did--fat32 and then still wouldn't read it or even mount it.
I sure don't have anything to lose by trying a different program to format that card. It could come in handy even if I don't use it in the phone. A camera comes to mind.
Oh yeah, it was easeUS that I used to format the card in the first place. Try something else.
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Hmmm...
There have been issues with the 64gb SanDisk cards being read by the S4 as well as other devices as described in my previous post, the Ultra cards from what I've read (red & grey) I have the save card, class 10, running without issue on my previous S3 and current S4.
You may want to try the format link above.
You can always purchase another 64GB card on Amazon with a Seller with many, excellent reviews, and go from there, and return what you have to return

Right. That's the very card I have. Thanks for the help.
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Bowmanspeer said:
Right. That's the very card I have. Thanks for the help.
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Anytime.
Let me know how it goes

This happen to me but with my galaxy s3...turned out sd card was corrupted. Good news was Patriot replaced it with a new one....

If the SD card didn't work in other devices I would seek to exchange it. There are other things I can use it in. I just ordered a 32 GB G skill on new egg. That should do it. The other thing I tried on this sandisk is partition it to 2 smaller ones less than 30 GB each formatted to fat32. Finally it recognized one of those partitions. When I get the other card I'll swap them.
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I had the same problem as you OP. I've also downloaded programs to change the format type and stuff, but nothing worked, but I fixed it in a weird way.
My 64gb card didn't work on my samsung. I used many programs to format the card to get it to work, but nothing. What fixed it was....
I took that card and placed it inside my old smartphone (LG G2X). Once placed inside, a pop-up promoted me saying my card was damaged and it will try to fix it. I've tried this on my samsung and it didn't fix it, but once I tried it on this old smartphone, the card for fixed and started to work on my samsung.
I don't know if this could help you, but that's how I fixed my problem.

Format the card to Fat32.
Sent from Spaceball One.

blackknightavalon said:
Format the card to Fat32.
Sent from Spaceball One.
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I had tried that already when the device initially wouldn't read the sd card. When I partitioned the card in FAT32 then the device picked it up, but only one partition of 29GB.

Bowmanspeer said:
I had tried that already when the device initially wouldn't read the sd card. When I partitioned the card in FAT32 then the device picked it up, but only one partition of 29GB.
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I don't know what your problem is, then. My 64GB Sandisk card works perfectly in my Galaxy 4.

I don't know what me problem is either. When I have the time I going to return to stock and start over. TWRP won't backup onto the SD card either. Wondering if its behaving this way because I rooted the phone before putting SD card in. Though I have done complete wipe (including internal memory) prior to installing current ROM.
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Galaxy S4
Bowmanspeer said:
I started to reply to you but my laptop crashed. Seems this s4 just doesn't like that 64gb sandisk. I had an 8gb card laying around and that worked like a charm. The sandisk was foramted exfat out of the box. I formated fat32 and didn't work. I wiped it and left it without format. Put in the phone to let it format the card. It did--fat32 and then still wouldn't read it or even mount it.
I sure don't have anything to lose by trying a different program to format that card. It could come in handy even if I don't use it in the phone. A camera comes to mind.
Oh yeah, it was easeUS that I used to format the card in the first place. Try something else.
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I have a SanDisk 64gb micro SD card in my S4, and had it ever since I got the phone about 1.5 years ago. now I am getting the issues you all are getting. I have NOT updated to a new firmware version. and I just backed up and reformatted the card. Very frustrating when all your apps disappear. come to find out they are all being stored on the SD card witch is now not responding... I will try a differect card. I wish they would just leave the phone a lot and stop doing so many updates.. they update one thing it screws up another. Ever since the first update my "Drive" app don't work, and they have no clue why.. not even Samsung knows...
oh well
Laurap6286

Laurap6286 said:
I have a SanDisk 64gb micro SD card in my S4, and had it ever since I got the phone about 1.5 years ago. now I am getting the issues you all are getting. I have NOT updated to a new firmware version. and I just backed up and reformatted the card. Very frustrating when all your apps disappear. come to find out they are all being stored on the SD card witch is now not responding... I will try a differect card. I wish they would just leave the phone a lot and stop doing so many updates.. they update one thing it screws up another. Ever since the first update my "Drive" app don't work, and they have no clue why.. not even Samsung knows...
oh well
Laurap6286
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Just curious as to how you got an S4, 1.5 years ago? :cyclops:

Odd SD Card Response
I have recently upgraded from a ATT Samsung Express (Tracfone) moving my 32GB SD Card into the brand new Galaxy S4 I Knoxed up right out of the box just as a matter of principle. I saferooted the phone and installed TWRP which for some reason refuses to load after a few succesful tries and a backup of my system and restore thern reload of TWRP. My concern in this question (unless some knight in shining armour can make sense of my TWRP issue) is that I am not able to write to the samsung branded SD card I removed from the old phone. I cannot create a ROM directory on it when the phone is connected to the PC, nor can I copy files to it. I had hoped to preserve the photos on the card and suppose I can break down and buy an adapter so it will connect to my PC but the point is it "should" work,, no? I cannot create a directory when the phone is connected to the PC nor can I in ES file Explorer. I've also tried to create a directory in root witth ES and am getting the same error. I just want to get the silly balloons off m screen and get google play to run. I am succesfully rooted. I've tried to reload TWRP with Odin only to get the small print int he uper right hand of the screen then no further. I am able to restore my backups thank God.
This is making me batty on a three step process. The card is my main concern right now as I can't load the ROM to it once I get TWRP figured out. Thanks in advance for all the great help I always get. The better I get the more I'll contribute....I promise.
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I'm having the same problem. We are not alone, there are numerous threads in the other S4 forums, like this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281813&page=14