i just got a new sd card switch to a 32g but for some reason when i try to put ALL my fav tunes on there it always seems to screw up and not copy most of them...what am i doing wrong i know i have enough space..
Maybe try putting the songs in small portions if you have a lot.. other than that I don't know, bro.
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achang9523 said:
i just got a new sd card switch to a 32g but for some reason when i try to put ALL my fav tunes on there it always seems to screw up and not copy most of them...what am i doing wrong i know i have enough space..
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Did you try formatting the card? Where did you buy it? I have heard many many many times that ebay is infiltrated with fraud 32gb cards. They are really 4 or 8gb or something like that. When you mount the card in your computer or phone, what does it show the total size as?
it shows the right amount...
Fraud cards still show the "right" amount as far as I know. Dunno if they do in the phone though
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achang9523 said:
i just got a new sd card switch to a 32g but for some reason when i try to put ALL my fav tunes on there it always seems to screw up and not copy most of them...what am i doing wrong i know i have enough space..
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I agree that it could be a fake card. Where did you buy it from and how much did you pay?
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mobile shack, about $30
$30 for a 32 gig definitely sounds fishy.
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mobile shack, about $30
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You have been EVOfied.
You can test your card's real capacity with a utility like h2test, which will write files until it's full and then verify them. Though you've basically already verified it...if it consistently stops writing files at a certain capacity, that's probably the true capacity of the card. As others have said, if you bought it from ebay, it's common.
http://www.heise.de/software/download/h2test/19574
Don't let the German scare you. It supports English.
Just went through this with a Wintec card bought from Fry's. Here's what will happen with your card, too:
Code:
while (patience == good)
{
Card will spontaneously corrupt data;
Reformat card;
Restore data from back (you do have a backup, right?);
}
beat card into powder with a ball-peen hammer;
I spent $119 for my card and this happened. Return it if you can.
jimbobtexas said:
Just went through this with a Wintec card bought from Fry's. Here's what will happen with your card, too:
Code:
while (patience == good)
{
Card will spontaneously corrupt data;
Reformat card;
Restore data from back (you do have a backup, right?);
}
beat card into powder with a ball-peen hammer;
I spent $119 for my card and this happened. Return it if you can.
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I used to get corrupted stuff too. What I did that stopped it for me was put a thick piece of paper on top of the card and into the slot. When the battery was on top of the card, out would keep it from moving. I suspected the card and phone contacts weren't staying firmly set. If a write cycle happened when the connection was intermittent, corrupt files and or file allocation table.
Is the microSD card in the Evo when you transfer all that stuff to it? If so, it might be worth a shot to take it out and just use a standalone card reader or USB adapter to hook it up to your computer and then transfer that way. No idea if it would make a difference, but just another thing you can try.
achang9523 said:
mobile shack, about $30
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That is a fake card. Sorry.
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Hey everybody its Cardi Lyone here with a pondering question for all you super developers. i recently bought an SD card off of ebay that was a 32gb for my htc evo. granted it came from china so i got it for round 10 bucks but thats not the problem. the card DOES WORK AND read at 32gbs when entered in the phone and threw my laptop; but when i try to copy everything on my stock card to that card everything usually everything reads apps ect, but my music and pictures. i have no idea whats going on thought it was kinda weird. looking for a little feedback before i go out and spend good knows how much for another 32 gb card. thanks for reading and helping.
Hmmm....I don't have any idea, but did you try reformatting it as FAT32? Sorry, that's all I could think of.
The sd card is a fraud. Its not really 32 gigs.
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disastar said:
The sd card is a fraud. Its not really 32 gigs.
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sd cards can be hacked so they say they hold so much data but what it does is just keep writing over the same blocks. There are programs to test the actual size try... h2testw... google it, its a free program it takes awhile since it tries to read and write the the full amount of the card to see its real capacity. my guess is that you have a 512mb card hacked to say 32gb... sorry man
i was figuring so, guess i didnt want to think it was true. but thanks for all your help on the matter. if anyone has a 16 or higher laying around leave me message maybe we could work something out!
I put in my friends sd card in my phone and it read it immediately...so I know there is something wrong with my card...other than my phone, I don't have a reader...should I get one?..so I can either format and try to save the card or at least get the data from it's not too important of data but it would be useful.
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I put in my friends sd card in my phone and it read it immediately...so I know there is something wrong with my card...other than my phone, I don't have a reader...should I get one?..so I can either format and try to save the card or at least get the data from it's not too important of data but it would be useful.
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Yes. You need a card reader and the sd mini chip adaptor.
Do you BONSAI?
Since I don't yet know what bonsai is...(was about to root phone finally ), no, I don't use it...also, can anyone recommend a good card reader?
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Since I don't yet know what bonsai is...(was about to root phone finally ), no, I don't use it...also, can anyone recommend a good card reader?
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Most are the same. If you have a local Walmart or Best Buy go there. You can always return it and order a cheaper one online. The speed is usually in the chip, not the card reader.
Oh and Bonsai is the most awesome, stable, bug free ROM I have ever used. On 4.0.1 now and been with them since 3.0.1.
So I just got a brand new 32GB Kingston SDHC and every time I copy any music onto it, it takes the time to do so, but once I disconnect it, there is none on my card. Even when I connect it again to the computer to see if its there, its not. Any ideas on whats going on? Other files do go on and stay on, but not music (mp3 to be exact).
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I have noticed that every time I do the transfer, the LOST.DIR folder fills up and when I look at the files within it using ES File Explorer they are my music files. Any ideas now, or do I need a new card?
Bump anyone?
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Did you format the card at all? this can be done right from the phone. It will completely erase anything on there, and then android will build the folders as it needs them.
From the phone, Menu>settings>sd card & phone storage>press "unmountSD card">then press "Format SD card"
From a PC
i) Get a micro SD adapter
ii) unmount your microSD card and take out of phone
iii) put your micro SD card into your adapter and put into your computer's card reader (if you have one)
iv) go to "my computer" and right click on the SD card
v) select "format"
You can try NTFS, but I think, and I could be wrong, that the phone only supports Fat32.
Did you buy it from an authorized retailer? Or from a place like ebay? What you described is a tell-tale sign of a faked card. Its so easy to take a 2gb card, and paint on a number 3 onto it to make it look like a 32gb card.
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Did you format the card at all? this can be done right from the phone. It will completely erase anything on there, and then android will build the folders as it needs them.
From the phone, Menu>settings>sd card & phone storage>press "unmountSD card">then press "Format SD card"
From a PC
i) Get a micro SD adapter
ii) unmount your microSD card and take out of phone
iii) put your micro SD card into your adapter and put into your computer's card reader (if you have one)
iv) go to "my computer" and right click on the SD card
v) select "format"
You can try NTFS, but I think, and I could be wrong, that the phone only supports Fat32.
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Yup, tried it and still no music, any other ideas?
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Did you buy it from an authorized retailer? Or from a place like ebay? What you described is a tell-tale sign of a faked card. Its so easy to take a 2gb card, and paint on a number 3 onto it to make it look like a 32gb card.
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I did get it from ebay, but it was from a store and came in a sealed package. And that doesn't explain why it shows 32GB on the computer and phone, any other ideas?
Its possible you may have a dud. You can try re-formatting as fat32 and if it doesn't work, I'd ask for an exchange/refund.
Ok, I have formatted several times and all that happens is some of the music will copy to the card, but not all of it. However, I have noticed that every time I do the transfer, the LOST.DIR folder fills up and when I look at the files within it using ES File Explorer they are my music files. Any ideas now, or do I need a new card?
try deleting the folder, then re-copy the files.
I did get it from ebay,
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There you go, I'm 99 percent sure you got a fake. NEVER buy memory cards from ebay. Always buy from authorized retailers.
but it was from a store and came in a sealed package.
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It doesn't matter if it's from a store or a person, both are capable of selling fake cards. And anyone with a hair dryer can re-seal a package, or they can just buy new ones for a few pennies.
And that doesn't explain why it shows 32GB on the computer and phone, any other ideas?
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Most fake cards WILL show 32gb. There is a file or something built into the card that can be faked to show a bigger capacity. It's very easy for even the dumbest hacker to do.
teh roxxorz said:
try deleting the folder, then re-copy the files.
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There you go, I'm 99 percent sure you got a fake. NEVER buy memory cards from ebay. Always buy from authorized retailers.
It doesn't matter if it's from a store or a person, both are capable of selling fake cards. And anyone with a hair dryer can re-seal a package, or they can just buy new ones for a few pennies.
Most fake cards WILL show 32gb. There is a file or something built into the card that can be faked to show a bigger capacity. It's very easy for even the dumbest hacker to do.
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Yea, I've tried everything and just can't get it to work. I'm currently trying to get a refund and went ahead and bought one off the Kingston website.
i have a sandisk 2gb sd card and another 8gb sandisk card, but one of my friends scrapped a 16gb internal sd card out of an htc surround7. the 2gb and 8gb cards work perfectly fine in my epic 4g touch running blazer rom and either agats kernel or the kuban kernel, but the 16gb card wont mount in the phone, and if i pull the card out, it causes the phone to reboot. ive done the same thing on my friends evo 3d and my brothers galaxy s3, and had the same problem. it also wont mount on windows 7, 8 or linux mint. any ideas on the problem/ how to get the card to work?
i had the same problem with an 8gb card even when i put it inito a card reader via usb the card actually started to heat up. i sugges you to throw it out and get a new one its not worth messing with it
it didnt heat up, theres no problem with the contacts or anything, i think the filesystem on it is corrupted, and that could be fixed if there was a way to mount it
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it didnt heat up, theres no problem with the contacts or anything, i think the filesystem on it is corrupted, and that could be fixed if there was a way to mount it
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Have you tried reformatting the card? either NTFS or FAT32 partitions. try it via a PC. not the phone
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Have you tried reformatting the card? either NTFS or FAT32 partitions. try it via a PC. not the phone
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it wont mount to my pc in windows 7,8 or linux mint either through the phone or with an sd adapter. i need to find a way to reformat it
Sounds like a bad card
Any way to fix it though? Anyone I can ask? Or is it just a waste of silicon and copper at this point?
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I don't think these can be fixed. They are really cheap to replace though. I think my sandisk 16gb was about $10 from eBay.
Eh no biggie. It was free anyway. What's a good price for a class 10 32gb? I saw a sandisk in target for $44 which seems steep, and RadioShack had a class for $22
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The current rate seems to be about $1 per GB. You can probably pick one up on eBay for less though usually lots of auctions on these. My sandisk is a class 4 but speeds are good for my use
Also
Here is one at staples on sale now http://m.staples.com/Polaroid-32GB-microSD-microSDHC-Class-10-Flash-Memory-Card/product_730752
Not sure about that brand but if the store is convenient you can always return.
So Im going on vacation here in a few days and was downloading my Amazon prime music to my 64 GB SD card and then randomly after I was done downloading it it gave me a error that said the SD card was blank or had file types that were unsupported. Now when you go to the storage location under settings it would act like the card was not even mounted and would tell me to reformat it.. So I've done that twice and re-downloaded and still the same issue. Now this happened on my Note 3 with a compactly different SD card.
The SD card in my note 4 is brand new is there something Im missing? Its getting super annoying. Because when I have apps to the sd card and pics you cant seem to retrieve them. Is it possible that after I use 32GB of space on that card that anything after that corrupts? Pretty sure that sounded stupid!
I had a issue on my camcorder that i put a 64 gb card in my camcorder when it stated that it supported up to 32gb and anything after that corrupted,
Any suggestions>?
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So Im going on vacation here in a few days and was downloading my Amazon prime music to my 64 GB SD card and then randomly after I was done downloading it it gave me a error that said the SD card was blank or had file types that were unsupported. Now when you go to the storage location under settings it would act like the card was not even mounted and would tell me to reformat it.. So I've done that twice and re-downloaded and still the same issue. Now this happened on my Note 3 with a compactly different SD card.
The SD card in my note 4 is brand new is there something Im missing? Its getting super annoying. Because when I have apps to the sd card and pics you cant seem to retrieve them. Is it possible that after I use 32GB of space on that card that anything after that corrupts? Pretty sure that sounded stupid!
I had a issue on my camcorder that i put a 64 gb card in my camcorder when it stated that it supported up to 32gb and anything after that corrupted,
Any suggestions>?
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Sounds like you're using a counterfeit SD card. They're usually a smaller card (8GB or something) hacked to make it appear to be a larger capacity (say 64GB). When you put the card into a device, it reads as the larger capacity. When writing to it, it can only write up to the actual size, then loops back to the first sector on the card and continues writing.
So basically, in your case, the card may actually be 16GB or something. When writing to it, the card will fill up the 16GB, loop to the first sector, and write over what was just written. It'll do this 4x! (4x16=64). So this will corrupt your card and give you these problems.
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Thank you for the info what type would you recomment. I want to get another 64gb. I thought the one I bought was San Disk... is there a better brand that you would suggest??
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Thank you for the info what type would you recomment. I want to get another 64gb. I thought the one I bought was San Disk... is there a better brand that you would suggest??
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I prefer Sandisk, Samsung, Sony, or Kingston. Buy at a brick and mortar store though. Don't buy online. Well, you can buy online, but do it from brick and mortar store websites (like Best Buy). It's the only way I've found to guarantee not getting a fake. Fakes are especially on Aliexpress, Amazon, and Ebay. Avoid those places for sure.
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Ok i think im gonna go with samsung on this one
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Ok i think im gonna go with samsung on this one
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Just out of curiosity, where did you buy your current SD card, what brand is it, and how much was it?
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The one that's in there now that's giving me issues it was ebay
The new one I ordered from best buy.com
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The one that's in there now that's giving me issues it was ebay
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Yeah, high possibility it's fake. If I had pics of it, I could probably tell, but I'm not going to ask you to go through all that trouble.
Instead, read this:
http://www.ebay.com/gds/Detecting-f...drives-flash-memory-/10000000177896377/g.html
Also try this if you want. It's an app that tries to detect the authenticity of your micro sd.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...lzpDubsqATx95-hSw&sig2=bjJOrORaMPyHAxCTv8BJqQ
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The new one I ordered from best buy.com
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Best Buy only sells genuine cards, and sellers on their marketplace should be authentic too. You should be safe, but I would've gone with whatever was on sale there. No matter what, it should be real.
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Wow just ran that app and it says it's invalid. Fake it ia. Thank you for that app very helpful. Haha you any good with unlocking lol? I've got a unlock code that doesn't work and I'm trying to figure out how to turn the network lock off via the hidden menue
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Wow just ran that app and it says it's invalid. Fake it ia. Thank you for that app very helpful. Haha you any good with unlocking lol? I've got a unlock code that doesn't work and I'm trying to figure out how to turn the network lock off via the hidden menue
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Sorry, but I don't know anything about unlocking. I only know about sd cards because of personal experience. I've bought many cards over the years and many were fakes or crapped out on me in under a year due to poor quality. I've learned where to buy and where not to, trustworthy and untrustworthy brands, etc.
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